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Extends previous research in sports economics and provides a valuable resource for professional economists working on sports economics topics.

Western medicine, including psychiatry and psychology, has had a virtual monopoly of the health industry. This has led to economic incentives that literally keep people sick. Anthropologists, because of their holistic and comparative base, are in a unique position to apply their knowledge within clinical settings. Written for anthropologists, but useful to all clinicians, Rush's book offers a new model for understanding health and illness, pro...

The author establishes a model outlining the development of emotional problems and then offers the clinical tools and techniques for helping individuals, families and groups reduce stress and retranslate traumatic or distressing events.

For anyone who is interested in the history of books and in the personal and transformative experience of reading. Radway offers both an engaging look at the Book-of the-Month ClubAAA1/2s role as a cultural institution and a profound meditation on the love of books.

Mr. Tall has one long problem--his legs! Can anyone help him? Full color.

Life is very sleepy for Mr. Lazy--until Mr. Bustle and Mr. Busy try to wake him up! Full color.

Little Miss Tiny is so small, no one knows she even exists. Not to worry, Mr. Strong is on the case!

Little Miss Star is not the famous star she'd like to be just yet--but that'sall about to change! Full color.

Explores the Rommel legend through the influential variables of battle, including logistics difficulties, weapons technology, and his relations with Hitler.

Exploring the area of virtue theories, this text argues that the main question they pose, namely, "what kind of person should I be?” provides a more promising approach to moral questions than deontological or consequentialist moral theories.

Libraries in the Arab world are numerous and have a long and distingished history. Today, they serve over 250 million people. To provide good service to this large population and improve other areas of librarianship and information services, the evaluation of library and information services becomes a necessity. This is particularly true in the case of libraries in the Arab world, because locating such materials is not an easy task, given the ...

Dual natures comprised Chopin's personality. On one hand, he was a highly creative romantic idealist and on the other, a realist trying to cope with the world at large. Documentary evidence illustrates the disparities in his personality as a reflection of these two diverse aspects of his psyche. Of special interest are five previously unpublished letters in English and the unfolding of Chopin's controversial relationships with Tytus Woyciechow...

Holland was once a superpower upon whose empire the sun never set. Today it is on the leading edge of social change. This history of Holland, from its earliest beginnings to the present day, provides the most up-to-date survey of modern Dutch history, including the current Dutch approach to a number of social issues, such as the welfare state, the environment, socialized medicine, and the role of the military in the post-Cold War world. Contai...

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This timely book points the way towards a new positive regulatory framework for international investment following the failure of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI). It examines the flaws in free-market strategies underpinning the recent phase of globalization, in particular drawing out the lessons from the MAI, which was suspended in October 1998. The authors explore an alternative based on a positive regulatory framework for inte...

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Building on an outstanding record as an innovator, the Steelcase Corporation has redefined the role of R&D, to drive innovation throughout the entire organization, winning numerous awards for its products and services as a result. Miller, the director for R&D, at Steelcase, explains how Steelcase has transformed the role of R&D, in the company, and also describes the framework and techniques used to implement this new strategy.

Aum Shinrikyo and Japanese Youth offers insights into Japanese spirituality by analyzing the motivations of those who joined the Aum Shinrikyo religious sect. This group attracted worldwide attention after its poison gas attack on the Tokyo subways in March, 1995. Daniel A. Metraux explores the reasons that thousands of Japanese people, many of them youths, joined the sect. He questions why they joined it, what they expected of their membershi...

For the second time, the European Software Engineering Conference is being held jointly with the ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engine- ing (FSE). Although the two conferences have different origins and traditions, there is a significant overlap in intent and subject matter. Holding the conferences jointly when they are held in Europe helps to make these thematic links more explicit, and enco- ages researchers and practit...