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Presenting surveys of the violent conflicts in Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, the contributors offer a combination of background information, detailed descriptions of ongoing activities, and assessments of future prospects for conflict resolution and peacebuilding.

[I tell her] "golf is sacred. Holy. Sacrosanct." I like that. Sacrosanct. So she tells me about this article she read, about the attitude of the average middle-aged guy toward the game of golf...Anyway, according to Darlene, the idea behind this stupid article is that at a certain age, men give up on sex and spend all their time and energy on golf instead. To which I asked, So what's your point? That didn't go down so well. (Jack in Act I) The...

The collapse of the Duvalier dictatorship gave rise to hope among Haitians for a democratic journey to economic development, political renewal and social peace. The reality has not been so sanguine. This text analyzes the vicissitudes of politics in Haiti from the demise of Duvalier to 2001.

In "Tsunami Man" young readers are given an inside look at the life of a working scientist who uses his knowledge for the common good and serves as a role model for future scientists. Filled with dramatic accounts of tsunami survivors, the book also addresses the "how" and "why" of tsunamis.

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by Maq Mannan President and CEO, DSM Technologies Chairman of the IEEE 1364 Verilog Standards Group Past Chairman of Open Verilog International One of the major strengths of the Verilog language is the Programming Language Interface (PLI), which allows users and Verilog application developers to infinitely extend the capabilities of the Verilog language and the Verilog simulator. In fact, the overwhelming success of the Verilog language can be...

This volume examines the method of meditative reading encouraged by John Cassian (c. 360-435) in his ascetic writings, the bulk of which are fictive dialogues that purportedly record the instruction he had received from Egyptian Christian monks.

Have you ever wondered how the internal space of our brain connects with the external space of society? Drawing on hermeneutics and neuroscience Stephen Reyna develops an anthropological theory that explains the relationship between the biological and the cultural.Recent popular interest in the brain is evident, and now social anthropologists are starting to consider connections between science and anthropology. Reyna is an anthropologist prep...

Approaching geometry through a transformational lens, this book concentrates on topics such as the use of transformations, coordinates and matrices and congruence and similarity. Activities that take students through geometric tasks require some use of technology, including interactive geometry software and a calculator or a computer with software that produces geometric images and graphs.

Robert Bage's Hermsprong satirises English society of the 1790s targeting, in particular, corrupt clergymen, grasping lawyers and wicked aristocrats. The protagonist, a European raised among Native Americans, visits Europe and is dismayed by what he encounters. While such satire might seem conventional enough, Hermsprong is distinguished from other political novels of the period by its comedy. This Broadview edition contains extensive primary ...

What is the nature and function of the Pentecostal/Charismatic gift of speaking in tongues? Drawing on detailed observations and interviews with people who speak in tongues, as well as survey data, Cartledge presents explanations on the meaning of this gift for participants and their churches.

Bringing together prominent scholars in the sociology of religion, this collection of essays offers a framework for understanding the transition from the essentially penitential purposes of the medieval pilgrimage, to the rise of the varied spiritualities of contemporary religious tourism. Covering over 1, 500 years of religious travel, these essays explore the forms of expression and experience which we must engage reflectively to better unde...

This volume represents a working commitment by individuals and institutions to improve the education of inner-city youngsters and to transform radically the preparation of people who will teach in the inner city. The authors propose actions that are designed to direct teaching in the inner city.

This text offers a comprehensive analysis of international efforts to promote democracy during the post-World War II period, with an emphasis on developments since 1989. The authors assess the efforts of major industrialized democracies, multilateral actors, and NGOs.

As Latin America's new democratic regimes have decentralized, the region's capital cities have gained increasing importance. This is the story of how these cities are changing operationally and how the empowerment of mayors and other municipal institutions has exacerbated political tensions.

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This encyclopaedia examines the influence and contributions of women in every era of American history, from the colonial period to the 21st century. Divided into three chronologically-arranged volumes, it includes historical surveys and thematic essays on issues affecting women's lives.

This volume represents a working commitment by individuals and institutions to improve the education of inner-city youngsters and to transform radically the preparation of people who will teach in the inner city. The authors propose actions that are designed to direct teaching in the inner city.

Probability theory has become a convenient language and a useful tool in many areas of modern analysis. This book intends to explore part of this connection concerning the relations between Brownian motion on a manifold and analytical aspects of differential geometry. It begins with a review of stochastic differential equations on Euclidean space.