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In 1973, an old American Indian woman dies with nothing left of her tribe but a trailer and a two-hundred-acre reservation in the sleepy backyard of Ledyard, Connecticut. It seems to signal the end of the Mashantucket Pequot tribe. But it is just the beginning. Over the course of the next three decades, the reservation grows to more than two thousand acres and becomes home to Foxwoods, the largest casino in the world, grossing more than $1 bil...

If it is strange to hear a story for a sermon, it is strange because the church has missed one important fact about the Bible: the Bible has more stories than anything else. It is God's idea from the beginning that the bulk of the Bible is narrative. If over the centuries Christians have become used to sermons being a string of assertions, explanations, or exhortations (with a sprinkling of stories as illustrations), the sermons have not been ...

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Beginning with the Frankoma Pottery, the authors present the histories of many Oklahoma potteries, including Tamac, Sequoyah, Cherokee, and Winart, the clays, glazes and trademarks by which each firm may be identified, and the variety of items they produced. The ceramics range from sculptures, masks and limited edition series to vases, planters and dinnerware available all over America.

More than 800 American-made salt and pepper shaker sets are presented, along with background information on the companies and artists that produced them. 655 color photos illustrate shaker sets made from the 1930s to the 1960s. Also includes information on marks, labels, heights, and values. A must for every salt and pepper shaker enthusiasts' library!

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Rodney Appell, and a host of respected clinical experts comprehensively summarize the state-of-the-art in the diagnosis and treatment of both neurogenic and nonneurogenic urinary problems in males and females alike. Tailored for use by today's busy practicing urologists, as well as frontline physicians, this book provides the essential physiological background for classifying voiding dysfunctions, surveys the practical diagnostics for these dy...

Commissario Salvo Montalbano aus Sizilien ist der neue Star unter den Mordkommissaren der internationalen Krimiliteratur: ein liebenswerter Eigenbrötler mit einer Vorliebe für schöne Frauen und gutes Essen. Aber auch jemand, der "seine" Sizilianer kennt und mit südlicher Nonchalance und nüchternem Realitätssinn die vertracktesten Fälle löst - und deshalb schon bald das raffiniert inszenierte Spiel um den Fall Luparello durchschaut ...Commissar...

Dieses Buch soll helfen, das Herz zu entdecken, zu öffnen und zu aktivieren. Es soll den Leser inspirieren, seine himmlische Natur in seinem eigenen Herzen (wieder) zu entdecken und zu verwirklichen.Safi Nidiaye erzählt, warum das Herz das Geheimnis aller Geheimnisse birgt, den Kern von Religion und Spiritualität. Sie zeigt, wie man sich auf die Herzen großer Meister oder Heiliger einstimmt, wie man durch das Herz Kontakt mit Engelwesen bekomm...

Winzige Systeme mit riesigem Potential! Neue Ansätze der chemischen Synthese führen zu einem immer größeren Bedarf an verkleinerten und zunehmend komplexen Reaktionssystemen. Mikroreaktionssysteme sind ein heißes Thema, da sie grundlegend neue Wege für die Chemische Reaktionsführung, Verfahrenstechnik, Kombinatorische Chemie und Biotechnologie eröffenen. Kleine, kostengünstige und vielseitige Einzelkomponenten gewährleisten für viele Reaktion...

Dieses Buch bietet * zuverlässige, streng geprüfte und aktuelle Methoden zur Synthese der wichtigsten Eisenoxide, * eine ausführliche Beschreibung der Verfahren zur Charakterisierung der Eisenoxide, * Laborverfahren und -materialien, die dem Naturwissenschaftler allgemein zugänglich sind, * Hinweise auf mögliche Fehlerquellen bei der Synthese, * Informationen bezogen auf Chemie, Bodenkunde, Medizin, Korrosionswissenschaft und Umweltchemie.

This work questions why some children thrive and others falter when their parents are divorced. It follows children from 1100 divorcing families, and from a range of different backgrounds, to discover what makes the difference and focuses on a period beginning four years after the divorce.

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Inhaltsangabe:Gang der Untersuchung: Um einen Einblick in die institutionellen Besonderheiten des IASC zu geben ist das erste Kapitel überschrieben mit "IASC - Organisation, Verfahren und Standards". Die einzelnen Strukturelemente des IASC und deren Aufgaben werden dargestellt. Daran schließt sich eine Beschreibung der Herkunft der entwickelten Standards an, die Normsetzungsprozesse als Entwicklungslinie werden erläutert. Weiterhin soll der p...

While numerous provocative works have sought to justify why women should be ordained as Catholic priests, When Women Become Priests is the first sustained reflection on the differences that would obtain with women at the altar. In the face of a centuries-old tradition of a male priesthood, what are the implications for the Catholic church of ordaining women? Would women priests become co-opted into the male clerical caste, particularly in rela...

While numerous provocative works have sought to justify why women should be ordained as Catholic priests, When Women Become Priests is the first sustained reflection on the differences that would obtain with women at the altar. In the face of a centuries-old tradition of a male priesthood, what are the implications for the Catholic church of ordaining women? Would women priests become co-opted into the male clerical caste, particularly in rela...

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The idea of European unity, which the Nordic states have historically resisted, has recently become the foremost concern of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, and Finland. Christine Ingebritsen provides a timely analysis of Nordic economy and security policies in the wake of the vast transformation of regional politics between 1985 and 1995. Why did all five Nordic states consider trading autonomy for integration after 1985? And why do some fol...

The King's German Legion earned renown as the crack corps of Wellington's army during the Peninsular Wars, including the famous charge at Garcia Hernandez during the Salamanca Campaign. A wide variety of uniforms are illustrated here, including light and heavy cavalry, and artillery.