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Camp Nelson, Kentucky, was designed in 1863 as a military supply depot for the Union Army. Later it became one of the country's most important recruiting stations and training camps for black soldiers and Kentucky's chief center for issuing emancipation papers to former slaves. Richard D. Sears tells the story of the rise and fall of the camp through the shifting perspective of a changing cast of characters -- teachers, civilians, missionaries...

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.

The African Stakes in the Congo War analyzes the Congo conflict by looking at the roles played by various states and factors in the conflict. Part I introduces the conflict by showing the historical and regional context of the war. Part II examines those states and groups that worked to support the Kaliba regime, Part III examines the rebel groups working to overthrow Kabila and those intervening on their behalf. Part IV looks at the role of s...

In this edited volume fourteen scholars, mostly from Latin America, analyze the current state of relations between North America and Latin America in a number of sectors - economic, security, politics, and the environment. Particular attention is paid to processes of economic integration that dominated political discussions during the decade of the 1990s - NAFTA, MERCOSUR, the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA). Because most of the sc...

It is a testament to the enduring power and beauty of Jane Kenyon's poetry that many people - even those not particularly interested in poetry - know her work. What forces and influences shaped Kenyon's writing? And what shaped her as a person and a poet? These are the questions that John Timmerman seeks to answer in Jane Kenyon: A Literary Life. In the opening chapters Timmerman beautifully limns the story of Kenyon's life, drawing on unpubli...

George Orwell (1903¿1950) is one of England's most famous writers and social commentators. He is the author of the classic political satire Animal Farm and the dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four. He is also well known for his essays and journalism, particularly his works covering his travels and his time fighting in the Spanish Civil War. His writing is celebrated for its piercing clarity, purpose and wit and his books continue to be b...

The only complete collection of shorter fiction by the undisputed master of detective literature, assembled here for the first time in one volume, includes stories unavailable for decades.

A step-by-step guide to bringing up happy, responsible children... One of the greatest challenges any parent will face, is teaching their children the difference between right and wrong and helping them to learn good social behaviour, whilst maintaining a satisfying, loving relationship. Today, more than ever before, parents are concerned about their children's behaviour and its effect not only on the child, but also upon society. This step-by...

Japan's Asian Policy" gives a timely, rich and balanced account of Japan's renewed foreign policy toward its neighbors and of its neighbors's responses. Japan's diplomatic focus on the United States for the last half of a century and its difficulty with its own historical past has been a hindrance to its effort to construct a friendly and cooperative relationship with its Asian neighbors. Yet the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998 led Japan t...

Packed into this volume are more than 7, 000 entries for individual poets and translators and more than 21, 000 entries for individual poems. A separate index provides access by title or first line.

The African Stakes in the Congo War analyzes the Congo conflict by looking at the roles played by various states and factors in the conflict. Part I introduces the conflict by showing the historical and regional context of the war. Part II examines those states and groups that worked to support the Kaliba regime, Part III examines the rebel groups working to overthrow Kabila and those intervening on their behalf. Part IV looks at the role of s...

There is an increasing emphasis on activation and participation in European social welfare policy. This book challenges the underlying presupposition that regular employment is the royal road to inclusion. Drawing on original empirical research, it investigates the inclusionary and exclusionary potentials of different types of work, including activation programs. Active Social Policies in the EU makes an important contribution to the debates i...

Verna Allee, whose groundbreaking book the Knowledge Evolution helped usher in the exploding field of knowledge management, has brought her experience-tested insights into an exciting new synthesis, penetrating to the very heart of value creation. The Future of Knowledge strips away traditional business thinking to reveal the new patterns of management thought and practice essential for success in a more complex world.

The standards GPRS and EDGE significantly enhance the GSM standard for mobile communications by supporting packet-oriented data services with higher bit rates than currently possible. This enables transparent access to fixed packet data networks. While GPRS will provide data services prior to UMTS deployment, both GPRS and EDGE have the potential to complement 3G networks. Initially UMTS will only be available in areas with high subscriber den...

Workplace health is now recognised as having major legal, financial and efficiency implications for organizations. Psychologists are increasingly called on as consultants or in house facilitators to help design work processes, assess and counsel individuals and advise on change management. The second edition of this handbook offers a comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date survey of the field with a focus on the applied aspects of work and...

Increase your powers of vocabulary, calculation and logical reasoning with this book of brand new IQ tests. Each timed test is approximately the same degree of difficulty and consists of a mixture of numerical, diagrammatic and logical reasoning questions. Answers are provided with detailed explanations where necessary, together with a guide to assessing performance on each test individually, and cumulatively on all ten tests. Whether you use ...

Today's construction industry is being asked more and more to protect the quality of the countryside and to help enhance our natural environment. The industry is subject to a complex and wide-ranging regulatory framework, it now needs to understand its responsibilities and take them seriously.Paul Rees provides here an authoritative guide, outlining wildlife and nature conservation law in the UK - including our European and international commi...

Der Gedichtband "Der Weg zu Dir" beinhaltet eine Reihe zartfühlender Gedichte, die von der Moderne bis zur Romantik reichende Palette setzt sich mit der Liebe, Sehnsucht und Verlassenheit auseinander, Gefühle, mit denen jeder Mensch im Leben einmal konfrontiert wird. Also weg mit den Krücken, die unsere Phantasie beengen und offen werden für Gefühle, die uns leider abhanden gekommen sind.

Since the early decades of the last century, some eminent European scientists have contributed to the creation of a new perspective of our planet Earth. Some outstanding scientific articles were published in the journal Geologische Rundschau (now International Journal of Earth Sciences), mostly in German. These milestones of geoscientific research are available in English for the first time and are presented in this volume. Famous authors incl...

This volume contains the proceedings of the 13th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets WIRN VIETRI 2002, jointly organized by the International Institute for Advanced Scienti?c Studies "Eduardo R. Caianiello" (IIASS), the Societ`aIt- iana Reti Neuroniche (SIREN), the IEEE NNC Italian RIG, and the Italian SIG of the INNS. In this book a review talk, dealing with a very up-to-date topic "Ensembles of Learning Machines", and original contributions, app...