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This is the first text on language in communication written from a social psychological perspective that sets issues in their broader biological, sociological and cultural contexts.

This is the first text on language in communication written from a social psychological perspective that sets issues in their broader biological, sociological and cultural contexts.

Reorienting the field of American literary modernism, Christopher Schedler defines an intercultural form of representation termed "border modernism" that challenges the aesthetic hegemony of metropolitan ("high") modernism. In this study, Schedler compares the works of European and Anglo-American modernists with the works of Mexican, Native American, and Chicano writers who engaged with modernist theories and practices. In the process he uncov...

Today's top athletes understand that meeting one's nutritional needs is critical when competing. Those who perform heavy physical activity must receive an increased level of nutrients, fluid and energy. This book offers a concise introduction to the links between nutrition and physical performance.

Der einzige Mensch, den er geliebt hat und der seinen Aufstieg hätte verhindern können, liegt bei San Remo auf dem Meeresgrund: Tom Ripley hat sich zum souveränen Verbrecher gemausert, der seinen Untaten das Flair französischer Lebensart zu verleihen weiß. Mit seiner Frau Héloise lebt er ein sorgenfreies Luxusleben bei Paris und handelt nebenbei mit berühmten Gemälden - nicht nur aus Liebhaberei. Als ein Kunstsammler die Gemälde als Fälschunge...

Bereits die ersten Titanlegierungen, die Ende der 1940er Jahre entwickelt wurden, schrieben Luftfahrtgeschichte. Sie ermöglichten den Eintritt in das Düsentriebwerkzeitalter und damit den Schritt in eine neue Ära der Luft- und Raumfahrt. Auch heute ist Titan noch mit dem Flair des Exotischen umgeben. Inzwischen etablieren sich die Titanlegierungen aufgrund ihrer herausragenden Eigenschaften - hohe spezifische Festigkeit, ausgezeichnete Korros...

Der berühmteste und über Frankreichs Grenzen hinaus fruchtbarste französische Gedichtband des 19. Jahrhundert: Verlaine und Mallarmé, Swinburne, d'Annunzio und George und viele andere haben entscheidende Wirkung von ihm erfahren.

A legendary hacker reveals how to guard against the gravest security risk of all-human nature "...a tour de force, a series of tales of how some old-fashioned blarney and high-tech skills can pry any information from anyone. As entertainment, it's like reading the climaxes of a dozen complex thrillers, one after the other" --Publishers Weekly Kevin Mitnick's exploits as a cyber-desperado and fugitive from one of the most exhaustive FBI manhu...

Darwin with an MBA.." -- Terry Burnham, coauthor, Mean Genes What Drives You? The Drive to Acquire? The Drive to Bond? The Drive to Learn? The Drive to Defend? Learn what two Harvard researchers-- Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria-have discovered about what drives us to make the choices we make. Driven reveals the scientific foundation for an understanding of human nature and the mysteries of human behavior. "Driven makes a daring leap across d...

It's easy to understand the excesses of the '90s by reading Bob Menschel's captivating, well-written history of the ways investors have been victimized by greed, folly, and chicanery. This is a fascinating chronicle of improbable manias that set off frenzied and thoughtless buying." --Arthur Levitt, former chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission "This book's light-hearted, level-headed insights may be directed at the business world, but t...

A set of cards based on the "Farmyard Tales" series, each with a picture and word on one side, and the word alone on the other. For use at home, and in the classroom. Readership level: 3+.

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Throughout the centuries certain Christians chose to live out the challenges of the Gospel in communities that withdrew from the common and conventional in the world. This book studies this phenomenon and focuses on a number of contemporary Christian communities, lay and religious, who respond to the Gospel call to discipleship in a radical way, whether by being communities of peace and reconciliation, of social ministry and solidarity with th...

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If you need to know the implications of running multimedia applications when traversing from fixed to wireless networks and the guaranteed levels of service they require, then this is the book for you..... Managing Service Level Quality across Wireless and Fixed Networks deals with the search for the real time information that constitutes the 'customer experience' in terms of application performance so that service levels can be verified agai...

Making Sense of Criminology is a clear, concise introduction for all students new to the subject. As well as introducing ideas about crime and criminals, it is intended to help students make sense of criminology as a study or discipline. The authors present criminology as a debate about assessing and evaluating information connected with crime. The book explores the key issues, philosophies and debates in criminology, making use of a variety o...

This volume provides essays that represent a range of perspectives on women, gender and sexuality in the ancient world, tracing the debates from the late 1960s to the late 1990s.

Provides a unique overview of the study of fish biology and ecology, and the assessment and management of fish populations and ecosystems.

This volume, subtitled Fisheries, focuses on a wide range of topics, including the history of fisheries science, methods of capture, marketing, economics, major models used in stock assessments and forecasting, ecosystem impacts, marine protected areas and conservation.

As the Soviet communist regime gave way to democracy, the emergence of an entirely new political and social landscape had the potential to turn Russian society upside down. In Mothers and Soldiers: Organizing Men and Women in 1990s Russia, Amy Caiazza looks at the effects of this seismic change on gender roles, and specifically the role of women in a newly democratic Russia. By observing through a gendered lens institutions like the military, ...