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Since its inception in 1991, EUROMAT has been held each year on behalf of the Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS), and alternates between general and topical prospectives. This year's theme, Advances in Mechanical Behaviour, Plasticity and Damage, was proposed by the Societe Francaise de Metallurgie et de Materiaux (SF2M) to FEMS. This publication contains a selection of papers presented at the EUROMAT 2000 Conference, held in ...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- PART ONE: THE BOOK'S CONTEXTS -- PART TWO: RESEARCHERS' CONTEXTS -- PART THREE: LIBRARIES' CONTEXTS -- PART FOUR: LIBRARY MANAGEMENT -- APPENDICES -- Index

Offering a fresh critical perspective on this momentous event, Andrew Shennan examines both the continuities and discontinuities that resulted from the events of 1940. The main focus is on the French experience of the war, but this experience is framed within the larger context of France's - and Europe's - protracted mid-twentieth century crisis.

In societies suffering from acute political and social cleavage, policing agencies are invariably at the heart of the conflict resolution processes. In Northern Ireland, there have been calls for the RUC to be disbanded as well as for it to be retained unchanged. After considering various options and models especially from Spain, South Africa, and the Netherlands, this book charts a path for reform that takes account of Northern Ireland's poli...

The well-being of any nonprofit organization rests first with its volunteer board of directors. This book offers board members the guidance they need to successfully govern their organizations--no matter what type or size of nonprofit they may lead. Written by Candace Widmer and Susan Houchin, The Art of Trusteeship shows how to fulfill ten key trustee responsibilities and includes much-needed detail on defining a mission, strategic planning, ...

Get ready to take another fantastic journey with physicist and author Robert Gilmore, this time with Dorothy, following the yellow building block road through the land of the Wizard of Quarks. Using characters and situations based on the universally known story, The Wizard of Oz, we learn along the way about the fascinating world of particle physics. Classes of particles, from quarks to leptons are shown in atomic garden, where atoms and molec...

A historical non-fiction account of the 117th Pennsylvania volunteer regiment in the American Civil War of 1861 to 1865. This is the regimental history of the unit much better known as the 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry.

Drawing on a range of source materials dating from the 18th century, this text argues that the prejudice against the "Jews" is not only a western phenomena, but that it exists in eastern countries such as China. It shows that the representation of Jews and Judaism are very complex there.

Following both a patient and an employee through a physician visit, this is a "how-to" manual for implementing practice management solutions. The first section provides information and examples prior to the patient visit, and includes examples of physicians who utilize email and Web sites to attract patients, electronic scheduling systems to decrease wait time, and registration systems which can verify insurance information. The second section...

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Deep-sky observing is easily the most popular field for amateur astronomers. The big problem faced by non-professional observers is what to look at - what is visible at a particular time of year. The Deep-Sky Observers Year is a month-by-month guide to the best objects to view. Objects are given a "star rating" according to how difficult they are to observe or image with a particular size of telescope. The book includes many images produced by...

The revised edition of this classic text covers both the turbulence of war which raged throughout this period, and explores how, alongside such turbulence, it was possible for some countries to both flourish and produce spectacular advances in art, science and thinking.

The new edition of this classic account of "Revolutionary Europe" brings to life many of the key issues that have fascinated historians since the fall of the Bastille and now includes a new introduction examining RudU's life and works and an updated list of readings.

This story from the winner of Japan's premier fiction prize centers around an amateur geologist and bookseller who is told by a dying soldier at the end of World War II how a small pebble contains the Earth's history in its ephemeral matter. When the war ends, the geologist returns home and opens a bookstore, and what consoles him most in life is the collecting of stones.

Eine umfassende Einführung in Bautechnik und Konstruktionsmethoden! Der Autor setzt einen besonderen Schwerpunkt auf die solide Vermittlung grundlegender Konzepte, die er mit Hilfe einer überschaubaren Anzahl klassischer und numerischer Verfahren umsetzt. Sehr viele Beispiele von Analysen und Entwürfen helfen dem Leser bei der Aufbereitung des Stoffes für die Praxis. Durch das Einbeziehen von Computerprogrammen werden ingenieurtechnische Grund...

Updated for the second edition, this text encourages teachers' and pupils' interest in and understanding of language in its different modes. Bunting explains appropriate linguistic concepts to enable teachers and student teachers to provide good classroom practice.

This updated edition provides practical assistance to teachers and student teachers working with children with special educational needs in mainstream schools. It offers strategies for effective classroom organization and management in an easily accessible format.

This study guide is written for student teachers and newly-qualified and returning teachers. It covers the teaching of all aspects of history in the primary school, including the use of artefacts, visits, visual and written sources, drama, photographs and websites.

This study guide is written for students, inexperienced and returning teachers. It covers the teaching of all aspects of English in the primary school, including reading and writing different genres and for different purposes, speaking and listening, and drama.

Though shorter than Haruki Murakami's South of the Border, West of the Sun, it is a more expansive work, delving into frightening territory....Smoothly translated by James Westerhoven, Okuizumi's prose is full of glassy surfaces that tilt to reach vertigo-inducing depths.-Los Angeles Times "This eloquent, sorrowful, marvelously translated novel is a meditation on the ravages of war, the persistence of violence on the human soul and incredible ...