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I don't even help [my children] with their homework in the evening because I'm in the chat rooms, and I don't help put them to bed because I don't realize how late it is. I also don't help them get ready for school in the morning like I used to do because I'm checking my e-mail. And I just can't stop myself."-Raymond, an Internet addict. Internet addiction is real. Like alcoholism, drug addiction, or compulsive gambling, it has devastating ef...

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This book examines the formulation and the implementation of the Royal Navy's policy towards German naval disarmament after the Second World War.

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This second edition looks at the physiologic, biochemical, and morphologic characteristics of hepatotoxicity and includes an analysis of techniques in molecular biology and immunochemistry, among others contributing to the growth in understanding of the toxic events involved. It focuses on clinical characterization of chemical hepatotoxicity, microscopic characteristics of the mechanisms by which chemicals can produce liver injury and experime...

The first book on the middle class in early twentieth-century Latin America to be published in English in a generation.No social class has generated more controversy than the middle class, and nowhere has that class been more controversial than in Latin America. Once believed not to exist, then later the great hope of the Alliance for Progress, the Latin American middle class is often blamed for not fulfilling the entrepreneurial, democratizin...

Pacification" provides the first comprehensive history of America's "battle for hearts and minds" in Vietnam. More than simply an ideological campaign, pacification, which included the controversial "Phoenix Program, " blended military and political approaches for developing a popular base for the Saigon government. It was in many ways the essence of the struggle between North and South Vietnam. The author details the difficulties of planning ...

This professional reference tool combines basic concepts of hydrology with the latest applications for landscape architecture and site engineering— including effective, eco-friendly, and people-friendly design methods for: Wetlands construction Groundwater recharge Infiltration Porous pavements Stream restoration Water harvesting Stormwater management is an essential component of all landscape architecture and site engineering projects. Introd...

Protein glycosylation is now acknowledged as a major posttranslational modification with significant effects on protein folding, conformation distri­ bution, stability, and activity. The added oligosaccharide chains are large and diverse and have specific recognition motifs important in many aspects of cell interactions and regulation. As such, there is a growing need to communicate the analytical methods of the specialist carbohydrate chemist...

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Ein Muss für jeden Alteingesessenen - und für alle Neuankömmlinge: das Schlüsselwerk zum Verständnis der helvetischen Seele und ihrer Eigenarten. Ein Buch über die kleine Schweiz von einem großen Schweizer Schriftsteller.

W. Somerset Maugham war nach Oscar Wilde der gefeiertste Autor brillanter Gesellschaftskomödien. So kannte er auch das Theater hinter den Kulissen: Liebe, Leidenschaft, Ehrgeiz und Intrigen der Schauspieler, Regisseure, Direktoren und Mäzene. So entstand dieses Porträt eines Stars, der Schauspielerin Julia Lambert.

Economic growth since the Industrial Revolution has been achieved at great cost both to the natural environment and to the autonomy of communities. What can a Marxist perspective contribute to understanding this disturbing legacy, and mitigating its impact on future generations? Renowned social theorist James O'Connor shows how the policies and imperatives of business and government influence--and are influenced by--environmental and social ch...

Charterpilot Matt Shore fliegt Pferdebesitzer und Spitzenjockeys von einem Rennplatz zum anderen. Eine leichte Aufgabe, dachte er. Bis die erste Bombe explodiert.

Praise for Aquifer Hydraulics . . . "Very easy to understand and follow, even for complicated applications . . . this book will be a significant addition to the library of individuals who are practicing in the field of geohydrology." -Professor M. M. Aral, Georgia Institute of Technology "A valuable source of information for every student and practitioner of quantitative hydrogeology. I commend Dr. Batu for the thorough research and dedicate...

Die vorliegende Dissertation entstand wahrend meiner Tatigkeit als wissen­ schaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut fUr Industrielle Fertigung und Fabrikbe­ trieb in Stuttgart. Mein Dank gilt Herrn Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. multo H.-J. Warnecke fUr die groB­ ziigige Unterstiitzung und Forderung, die zum Erfolg meiner Arbeit beitrugen. Herrn Prof. Dr. rer. nat. A. Goldschmidt danke ich fUr die wohlwollende Unter­ stiitzung als Koreferent und die ein...

Bo Rothstein examines the experience of the Sweedish Social Democratic Party, otherwise known as the SAP, to analyze the limits a social democratic government labors under and the possibilities it enjoys in using the state to implement large-scale social change. He uses two SAP programs, one successful and one failed, to examine the potential for social change in capitolist nations.