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Posing the questions which underlie the many-sided debate of how to respond to and influence change, this text covers both scientific and sociological aspects of ecosystem management. It also includes discussion of the response of soils and vegetation to human impact.

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Despite the extraordinary growth of research interest in neurotrophic factors, the techniques available have often been inadequate or just emergent from other disciplines. In Neurotrophin Protocols, established leaders in the neurotrophin field detail their special expertise in a wide variety of key protein, RNA, recombinant, and in vivo techniques. The protocols range from immunological analysis for the cellular localization and quantificatio...

Performing Live defends the abiding power of aesthetic experience by exploring its diverse roles, methods, and meanings. Ranging from rap, techno, and country music to cinema, cyberspace, and urban design, Richard Shusterman develops his radical theory of "somaesthetics, " charting the complex network of bodily arts so prominent in contemporary life and self-styling. By blending concrete aesthetic analysis with insightful social critique, Shus...

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The emotions have traditionally been marginalized in mainstream social theory. This book demonstrates the problems that this has caused and charts the resurgence of emotions in social theory today. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, both classical and contemporary, Simon Williams treats the emotions as a universal feature of human life and our embodied relationship to the world. He reflects and comments upon the turn towards the body and i...

Most anthologies of Renaissance writing include only (or predominantly) male writers, whereas those that focus on women include women exclusively. This book is the first to survey both in an integrated fashion. Its texts comprise a wide range of canonical and non-canonical writing -- including some new and important discoveries. The texts are arranged so that writing by women and men is presented together, not in a "point-counterpoint" system ...

Jetzt neu!Die Topographie der Muskel-Triggerpunkte jetzt auf einer Seite: übersichtlich und dekorativ - für Praxisraum und Fortbildung. Und nur Bilder: zu jedem Triggerpunkt wird die entsprechende Schmerzlokalisation für jedes Körperteil dargestellt und unterstützt somit den Therapeuten bei der praktischen Umsetzung des erfolgreichen Klassikers von G. Travell und den Muskel-Triggerpunkten. Maße: 70 x 83 cm

Newly returned from battle, Prince Arutha is puzzled by a rash of assassinations plaguing his city, and commissions his most trusted agent, Squire James--a former thief--to discover the cause. Unless James can prevent one last slaying, his beloved Krondor will be reduced to ruins.

Hailed by "Time" magazine as one of the 100 greatest minds of the century, Tim Berners-Lee, the genius behind the Internet, reveals where it came from, reflects on its impact, and predicts where it is headed.

Die Aufgabensammlung richtet sich an Schülerinnen und Schüler ab Klasse 8 zur Vorbereitung auf die Abschlussklasse. Sie deckt den Unterrichtsstoff der Klassen 6 bis 9 ab.

Barbara Kingsolver, a writer praised for her "extravagantly gifted narrative voice" (New York Times Book Review), has created with this novel a hymn to wildness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itself.Prodigal Summer weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives inhabiting the forested mountains and struggling small farms of southern Appalachia. At the heart of these intertwined...

She's known for creating passionate women and unforgettable men. Now Cait London brings you her most formidable family yet—the Langtrys.When the Wild Heart of a Langtry Is Captured...Michaela Langtry returns home to Wyoming seeking peace, and if she can avoid Harrison Kane II she might succeed in getting it. Harrison's cool composure and frustrating logic challenge Micaela, so she sets out to crack his carefully built shields. After all, Langt...

After the breakup of the USSR, it briefly appeared as though Russia's emerging commercial banks might act as engines of growth for a new capitalist economy. However, despite more than a decade of "reforms", Russia's financial system collapsed in 1998. Why had ambitious efforts to decentralize and liberalize the banking industry failed? In A Fistful of Rubles, Juliet Johnson offers the first comprehensive look at how Russia's banks, once expect...

In The Human Dichotomy, John Clarke discusses how the ratio between the numbers of males and females will change in the future. Scientific and technological advances, accompanied by social and economic change, are affecting the number of births, the number of deaths and the mobility of the two sexes, with the prospect of further dramatic changes in store. What impact will this have on the lot of women and girls world-wide? Will changes in the ...

The Lambda Award-winning author of "Openly Bob" offers a hilarious take on his childhood, on how an ordinary kid from an average family could grow up to be so normal, funny, and gay.

From Pulitzer Prize runner-up Frederick Buechner comes another powerfully honest memoir. Full of poignant insights into his most personal relationships, this moving account traces how the author was shaped as much by his family's secrets as by its celebrations. Within the innermost chambers of his consciousness, Buechner, in his characteristically self-searching style, explores the mysteries and truths behind his deepest connections to family,...

Visionary and roguish in approach, "The End of Marketing As We know It" captures a seismic shift in marketing from the master of the trade. "A wizard of marketing discloses his magic. No matter what your industry, you will benefit greatly from Sergio Zyman's out-of-the-box thinking and contemporary concepts".--Charles R. Schwab.