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Subtle lessons in justice, loyalty, and tribal law pervade these 14 imaginative tales, recounted by a master storyteller with a special talent for entertaining audiences of all ages.

The March sisters--Joe, Beth, Meg, and Amy--are as different in personality as they are one in their devotion to each other--the girls vow to support their beloved mother, Marmee, by behaving their best while Father is away serving in the Civil War. Although poor in material wealth, the family possesses an abundance of love, friendship, and imaginative gifts that captivate readers time and again.

Provides guidance in the practical aspects of fieldwork and gives suggestions for collecting both qualitative and quantitative cultural data. The author was inspired by students and fieldworkers to write a practical field guide to cultural research for those who want to discover culture from an emic perspective. It is useful to ethnographers, development workers, sociologists, missionaries, and anyone who desires to study another culture in de...

While many Sinologists assume that Marxism and Fascism played some indeterminate role in China's long revolution, in "A Place in the Sun, " A. James Gregor attempts a detailed analysis of their respective influence on major protagonists. In the exposition, Gregor reveals an unsuspected and complex set of relationships between the Chinese revolution and essentially European ideologies. His discussion concludes with a number of estimations that ...

J. P. Moreland and Scott B. Rae present a vigorous philosophical and ethical defense of human nature as body and soul, examining Christian dualism as it impinges on critical ethical concerns.

Throughout the successive generations of information technology, the performance evaluation of software, computer architectures, and computer networks remains an important issue. In this book, top academic and industrial experts on system performance evaluation and its applications review the major issues now faced in this area. In a series of structured and focused chapters, they present advances in performance methodologies and applications....

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HIV/AIDS Prevention: Current Issues in Community Practice will help researchers and psychologists explore specific methods of improving HIV/AIDS prevention research. This book discusses the University-CBO Collaborative Partnership (UUCP) Model, evaluation activities for AIDS service organizations, and studies concerning college women and condom use and psychological distress among African-American and Latino Males impacted by HIV. Containing t...

The Clinton scandal consumed the better part of a year of American public life, bitterly dividing the nation and culminating in a constitutional crisis. In this book, thoughtful, nonpartisan essays provide an insightful and lasting analysis of one of the major political events of our time.Here leading scholars explore the long-reaching constitutional and political implications of the scandal: how it will affect the presidency, the law, and the...

Fuzzy logic applications allow uncertain or imprecise data to be clustered and analyzed when traditional methods cannot be used. This volume offers an introduction to fuzzy set theory and then progresses through the algorithms and techniques used to manipulate data using fuzzy sets, including classification, hierarchy, and cluster structure.

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Learning to Argue in Higher Education was written to allow for a cross-fertilization of ideas about argument between different disciplines and traditions, and to encourage conversation about their approaches to its teaching and learning.

Die Ozeane, die Antarktis, der Weltraum und die Atmosphäre sind keiner Regierung unterstellt, aber ihr Zustand ist wichtig für Überleben der Menschheit. So erhebt sich die Frage, wie die rund 180 Staaten der Erde zusammenarbeiten können, um diese Allgemeingüter zu schützen und zu erhalten. Diese erste systematische, vergleichende Analyse der staatenlosen Regionen erfaßt gesetzliche Regelungen, die unter anderem die Ozeane, das Südpolargebiet, ...

This Second Edition summarizes the state of the art of gender issues in fieldwork both in anthropology and sociology. Warren shows how the researcher's gender affects both the fieldwork relationships and the production of ethnography. The authors' focus is more empirical than theoretical, using literature on gender and ethnography, together with their own experiences as women ethnographers, they focus on ways in which researchers represent the...

Als die Väter und Mütter des Grundgesetzes unter dem Eindruck der Hitlerdiktatur die Verfassung der Bundesrepublik schrieben, versuchten sie, die Bürger vor Übergriffen des Staates zu schützen. Dass Schutz vor der Willkür der Wirtschaft ebenso wichtig ist, haben die Bürger erst gelernt, seit jedermann klar ist, dass es nie wieder Arbeit für alle geben wird. Deshalb, so Hochhuth, muss das Recht auf Arbeit ein Bestandteil der Verfassung werden. ...

Nach dem von Wolfgang Rasch edierten Erinnerungsbuch «Die Jahre die Ihr kennt» folgt in der Werkausgabe jetzt die von dem Arno-Schmidt-Spezialisten Bernd Rauschenbach besorgte Ausgabe der gesammelten Gedichte. Sie präsentiert die Texte, darunter auch viele unbekannte, in ihrer chronologischen Reihenfolge. Rühmkorf hat sich nie als einen Ausgelernten betrachtet, der Dichter hat viele Schulen durchlaufen und vielen Meistern über die Schulter geb...

DNA sequencing (VI), andthe polymerase chain reaction (VII).

This book contains a selection of the papers presented at the 24th Meeting of the Euro Working Group on Financial Modelling held in Valencia, Spain, on April 8-10, 1.999. The Meeting took place in the Bancaja Cultural Center, a nice palace of the XIX century, located in the center of the city. Traditionally, members of the Euro Working Group on Financial Mod­ elling meet twice a year, hosted by different active groups in successions. The year ...

A research network has examined how quality management is implemented in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe and what the consequences are for the qualification needs of employees. The research has taken place within the framework of the Leonardo da Vinci programme, which is an action programme of the European Commission DG XXII - Education Training and Youth. This book presents conclusions including three parts: "Results" deri...