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The Breeding Of Contempt, details two horrific events in the Nation?s history. The 1973 mass murder of seven people in Washington, D.C., and the 1977 siege on Washington that left a reporter dead, and nearly took the life of a popular city councilman. The book also introduces readers to a literary first, a Black family hiding in the Federal Witness Protection Program. The Breeding of Contempt reintroduces the reading public to some of the Blac...

Use of visual information is used to augment our knowledge, decide on our actions, and keep track of our environment. Even with eyes closed, people can remember visual and spatial representations, manipulate them, and make decisions about them. The chapters in Volume 42 of Psychology of Learning and Motivation discuss the ways cognition interacts with visual processes and visual representations, with coverage of figure-ground assignment, spati...

In 2000, a New York art collective invited friends and colleagues to create a group show of original art work based on a randomly chosen theme - for fun! It was a response to what they saw as the malaise of their generation. The reaction to this seemingly simple concept and its fresh sincerity was overwhelming. Several shows later, and with additional bases in Berlin and Tokyo, this collective of diverse talents (it takes its name from Le Phal...

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This work covers Bronson's entire output in film and on television, and includes many film stills and photographs. Alphabetical entries list film or episode, complete cast and credits, and year of release. Accompanying each entry's plot synopsis and discussion is a survey of the critical responses to the work. The great Charles Laughton once said Bronson "has the strongest face in the business, and he is also one of its best actors." Pretty h...

This book traces ancient peoples of the world from their beginnings to the year 500 BC.

Publishing these six plays by Mercedes de Acosta, theatre historian Robert A. Schanke rescues lost theatrical writings from obscurity. The plays, including "Jehanne d'Arc", "Jacob Slovak", "The Mother of Christ", "World Without End", "The Dark Light" and "Illusion", explore lesbian identity.

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This report discusses the information revolution in Asia and its likely course over the next five to ten years.

This major new textbook will equip students with a complete understanding of contemporary politics, state and society in the United Kingdom today. Key underlying themes include: - the differences between traditional and alternative `sites of power' and what we mean by `political' - the relationships between politics, society and how individuals become and remain engaged with politics - the rapid transformations in contemporary social structu...

This second comprehensive edition of these Principles is to help public authorities, industry and communities worldwide anticipate accidents involving hazardous substances resulting from technological and natural disasters, as well as sabotage. It addresses the following issues: preventing the occurrence of chemical accidents and near-misses, preparing for accidents through emergency planning, public communication, etc., responding to accident...

Steve Bruce draws on material from all over the world and from all religious traditions to explore the complex links between religion and politics.

The charismatic form of healing called qigong, based on meditative breathing exercises, has achieved enormous popularity in China during the last two decades. Qigong served a critical social organizational function, as practitioners formed new informal networks, sometimes on an international scale, at a time when China was shifting from state-subsidized medical care to for-profit market medicine. The emergence of new psychological states deeme...

Krebs ist für jeden Patienten eine niederschmetternde Diagnose, die an die Grundfeste der Existenz rührt. Selbst wenn mit allem kämpferischen Mut Operation und Therapien angegangen werden, schwanken die Gefühle immer zwischen Hoffnung, Zweifeln und Angst: Die Patienten brauchen nicht nur medizinische Versorgung, sondern vor allem auch seelische Unterstützung. Dies ist Aufgabe der Psychoonkologie, die Krebspatienten in allen Phasen der Erkranku...

In its early years, Richwood was the site of several large mills that processed logs harvested from some of the last virgin forestland in the United States. Among these were a band saw mill, paper manufacturing plant, tannery, handle factory, and the largest wooden clothespin factory in the world. Images of America: Richwood explores the history of this fascinating community in its heyday through the eyes of local photographer Finley Taylor, w...

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Anfang 2002 konnte man in vielen Presse-Mitteilungen und Fachartikeln lesen, welche Möglichkeiten sich durch das Internet bei der Personalrekrutierung ergeben. Oftmals wurden Kosteneinsparungen und Prozessbeschleunigungen mit zweistelligen Prozentzahlen beziffert - der Fantasie schienen keine Grenzen gesetzt zu sein. Die eigene, mehrjährige Erfahrung des Autors in vielen Projekten bei einem der führenden Online-...

The charismatic form of healing called qigong, based on meditative breathing exercises, has achieved enormous popularity in China during the last two decades. Qigong served a critical social organizational function, as practitioners formed new informal networks, sometimes on an international scale, at a time when China was shifting from state-subsidized medical care to for-profit market medicine. The emergence of new psychological states deeme...

Steve Bruce draws on material from all over the world and from all religious traditions to explore the complex links between religion and politics.