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Drawing on hundreds of previously unpublished eyewitness accounts, this sweeping narrative history covers the entire war and includes new material on the fighting in the Pacific, the dropping of the atomic bomb, and the contributions of African Americans and other minorities.

Composed of 17 syllables, haiku can convey the essence of an emotion, a fleeting moment in nature, or a throwaway comment. This is a selection of 60 classic haiku by masters such as Basho and features an explanatory introduction to the form and brief biographical notes of major authors.

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Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, anhand von Tatsachen und eigenen Schlußfolgerungen zu zeigen, wie ein Unternehmen auf strategischer und operativer Ebene bei der Produktneueinführung (product launch) handelt. In diesem Zusammenhang ist die Notwendigkeit einer konzeptionellen Planung aufgrund der Tatsache, daß immer mehr Märkte durch Stagnation oder Rückgang und damit zunehmenden Wettbewerb gekennzeichnet sind, heute mehr d...

Inhaltsangabe:gang der Untersuchung: Die Frage nach (musik-)kulturellen Rezeptionshaltungen und ihren kulturpolitischen Auswirkungen gehört nicht unbedingt zum Kernbereich der Musikwissenschaft. Und dennoch ist es legitim, sich in einem musikwissenschaftlichen Kontext ¿ der in diesem Fall sehr musiksoziologisch ausgerichtet ist ¿ damit zu beschäftigen. Denn in welchem Zusammenhang Menschen Musik produzieren und rezipieren, ihre Motivationen d...

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Die Seminararbeit bietet eine ausführliche Zusammenfassung der Biographie Hannibals mit dem Stand Dezember 1984, wobei alle gängigen bis dahin erschienenen Biographien und Quellen eingearbeitet wurden. Es wurde nicht nur der Lebenslauf Hannibals detailliert behandelt, sondern auch die Persönlichkeit und die Leistung Hannibals als Feldherr und Politiker beurteilt. Die Gliederung der Biographie ist chronologisch, die Be...

Of the many dramatic episodes of the American Revolution, perhaps none is more steeped in legend than the Valley Forge winter. Paintings show Continentals huddled around campfires and Washington kneeling in the frozen woods, praying for his army's deliverance. To this day schoolchildren are taught that Valley Forge was the "turning point of the Revolution" -- the event that transformed a ragged group of soldiers into a fighting army. But was V...

Modern social thought ranges widely from the social sciences to philosophy, political theories and doctrines, cultural ideas and movements, and the influence of the natural sciences. Provides an authoritative overview of the main themes of social thought. Long essays and entries give full coverage to each topic. Covers major currents of thought, philosophical and cultural trends, and the individual social sciences from anthropology to welfare ...

This book deals with the safety assessment of structures and structural components, possibly operating beyond the elastic limits under variable repeated thermo-mechanical loads. Examples of such situations can be found both in mechanical and civil engineering (e.g. transportation technologies, pressure vessels, pipelines, offshore platforms, dams, pavements and buildings in seismic zones). So-called "direct" methods are focused, based on the...

The book outlines special approaches using singular and non-singular, multi-domain and meshless BEM formulations, hybrid- and reciprocity-based FEM for the solution of linear and non-linear problems of solid and fluid mechanics and for the acoustic fluid-structure interaction. Use of Trefftz functions and other regularization approaches to boundary integral equations (BIE), boundary contour and boundary node solution of BIE, sensitivity analys...

Natural resource engineering is the design of planned activities that compliment or oppose natural or societal forces and leads to modifications in soils, water, biota and/or the air. Natural resource engineers prevent and solve problems stemming from manipulation of the elements native to the earth. This book integrates environmental and water quality issues. It surveys hydrology in general with focus on surface water management. Topics cover...

Parenting After Infertility "Parents who have wondered about the long term impact of infertility on their self image will find the answers in this insightful book."--Lois Melina, author of Raising Adopted Children and Making Sense of Adoption Finally, here's a book that's sensitive and responsive to the unique emotional experience of parenting after a long, ardous course of infertility diagnosis and treatment. "The Long-Awaited Stork" gives yo...

Contends that the gross imbalance of power in the modern state is in need of justification and that democracy simply masks this need with the illusion of popular sovereignty. This book points out the emptiness of slogans like 'power to the people', as individual votes do not affect the outcome of elections.

For intermediate business Spanish classes.Using a proficiency-based approach, this intermediate-level text teaches the vocabulary and grammar necessary to conduct basic business activities in Spanish speaking countries. Each chapter contains three pasos, each consisting of six sections-Empecemos, Charlemos un poco, Entrevista, Situaciones, Repaso de gramática, and Escribamos. In each chapter, related vocabulary is introduced in a contextualize...

The essays in this book were presented at the 2001 symposium for "Ethics of Electronic Information in the 21st Century." The first section of the book features papers that pay special tribute to Stephen Almagno, the first professor in the United States to teach an ethics course in a library science program. The second contains papers on library issues and ethics. The third section covers topical issues, such as Internet plagiarism.

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Drawing on Cornel West's prophetic revision of American pragmatism and fictional cases of teaching from Toni Morrison's Beloved, Teaching at the Crossroads of Faith and School develops an alternative conception of the role of the teacher for a contemporary educational milieu marked by increasing religious diversity and marred by controversy over the appropriate relationship between religion and education. Jeffrey Ayala Milligan offers a critic...

Oppression and the Human Condition is both a valuable teaching tool and an insightful addition to scholarship on the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre.