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In the ideal follow-up to his Caldecott Honor book "Alphabet City, " Johnson turns his talents towards numbers. Wordless spreads featuring photorealistic paintings of New York City invite readers to search for the numbers zero through 21 hidden in the images. Full color.

Anlass zu dieser Publikation gab die Diskussion um eine Regelung des Verhältnisses zwischen Staat und Religionsgemeinschaften in der Schweizerischen Bundesverfassung. Der Schweizerische Evangelische Kirchenbund (SEK) setzt sich seit einiger Zeit dafür ein, dass das bestehende kantonale Religionsverfassungsrecht durch eine entsprechende bundesrechtliche Verhältnisbestimmung ergänzt wird. Der Rat des SEK beauftragte die Autoren, die Stossrichtun...

Did you know that John Adams had to coax Thomas Jefferson into writing the Declaration of Independence? It's true. The shy Virginia statesman refused at first, but then went on to author one of our nation's most important and inspiring documents. The third U.S. president, Jefferson was also an architect, inventor, musician, farmer, and-what is certainly the most troubling aspect of his life-a slave owner. Finally, here's a biography for kids t...

This wide-ranging and provocative study focuses on the importance of the mother in the genealogical and social frameworks of the Old French and Occitan chanson de geste. The masculine dominance of these narratives of warfare and conflict is questioned, reassessed, and redefined, as the complexity and significance of the maternal character is revealed through the study of a contrasting range of epic texts, with Raoul de Cambrai providing a key ...

On Ordered Liberty goes beyond the liberal and conservative divide, asking its readers to think about the proper ends of human choice and actions in a free society. Beginning with the insights of Alexis de Tocqueville and some natural law sources, author Samuel Gregg suggests that integral law must be distinguished from most contemporary visions of freedom. This requires, he believes, a complete repudiation of utilitarian ideas as incompatable...

Alchemical Healing" brings together innovative techniques of shamanism and energetic healing with the principles of alchemy, creating a practical form of physical healing, therapeutic counseling, and spiritual growth. The author provides ways to integrate spirit and matter, develop communications between divinity and humanity, retrieve knowledge, and to influence physical reality in order to achieve healing and transformation.

Les thèmes socio-politiques du Magnificat ont toujours, en raison de leur caractère radical, posé un problème à l¿exégèse. En effet, ils ne s¿accordent guère avec les nombreux passages de l¿¿uvre lucanienne qui expriment une position plutôt conciliante vis-à-vis de l¿occupant romain. Les solutions proposées à cette troublante polyphonie ont été multiples. Elles tendent généralement à privilégier unilatéralement le caractère soit révolutionnair...

Ecological Security moves the analysis of global environmental and resource issues to the next level by developing an 'eco-evolutionary' perspective for analyzing emerging problems associated with rapid globalization. Preserving future ecological security will depend upon maintaining dynamic equilibriums among human populations, and between them and pathogenic microorganisms, other species, and the sustaining capabilities of nature. This eco-e...

Shedding new light on the division of power, the essays in this volume explore the variety of roles and assumptions about queens from the Americas to Eurasia. Together they provide a global tour of archaeological and historical queens that illustrate the intersection of gender and power in archaeology.

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It was the Old Buffalo Trail that led both Native Americans and Daniel Boone to the site of present-day Boone, North Carolina, at an elevation of 3, 333 feet. Located among the scenic and cool mountains of the High Country, Boone was for a long time a seasonal hunting spot with only a few settled families. After the Civil War the community's population began growing, and in 1899, the tiny town of Boone included 150 residents. In the 1880s, the...

One of the most prominent and dynamic African-American neighborhoods in U.S. history, Paradise Valley served as a social and cultural mecca for Detroit's black community from the 1920s through the 1950s. Now the site of stadiums and freeways, the area was once home to places like the Gotham Hotel and the Surf Club, and welcomed the likes of Billie Holiday, Joe Louis, and Sammy Davis Jr. This book uses more than 200 previously unpublished photo...

Christian Democracy swept across parts of Latin America, gaining influence in Venezuela in the 1940s, Chile in the 1950s, El Salvador and Guatemala in the 1960s, and Costa Rica and Mexico in the 1980s. This book offers an overview of Christian Democracy in the region-- underscoring its remarkable diversity--and examines the Christian Democratic organizations of Chile and Mexico, which are still major parties today. The concluding section analy...

Famous in his time as a painter, prankster, and philosopher, Leonardo da Vinci was also a musician, sculptor, and engineer for dukes, popes, and kings. What remains of his work-from futuristic designs and scientific inquiry to artwork of ethereal beauty-reveals the ambitious, unpredictable brilliance of a visionary, and a timeless dreamer.Robert Byrd celebrates this passionate, playful genius in a glowing picture book replete with the richness...

This is a comprehensive guide to all types of natural and man made disasters and their effect on buildings. It gives overall guidance and a basic technical understanding of prevention, mitigation and management of disaster, and outlines a checklist of preventive design elements for each situation.Every category is illustrated with a case study which pin points the essential information that is crucial to architects and engineers in designing b...

This book introduces physics students and teachers to the historical development of the kinetic theory of gases, by providing a collection of the most important contributions by Clausius, Maxwell and Boltzmann, with introductory surveys explaining their significance. In addition, extracts from the works of Boyle, Newton, Mayer, Joule, Helmholtz, Kelvin and others show the historical context of ideas about gases, energy and irreversibility. In ...

The ninth edition of the OECD Agricultural Outlook analyses how global and domestic forces are shaping agricultural markets over the medium term. Issues addressed in the report include: - - What is the role of government policies and how are they infl

Good communication is fundamental to effective nursing and this text interweaves theoretical concepts of communication into the analysis of everyday nursing situations. This approach makes material interesting and has the added benefit of encouraging reflective practice. Readers will be better able to make sense of face-to-face communication and know how their interactions can be improved.

Many of us, especially since 9/11, have become personally concerned about issues of security, and this is no surprise. Security is near the top of government and corporate agendas around the globe. Security-related stories appear on the front page everyday. How well though, do any of us truly understand what achieving real security involves? In Beyond Fear, Bruce Schneier invites us to take a critical look at not just the threats to our secur...

Die Gedichte in diesem Buch beschreiben Liebesglück und -kummer, verliebte Momente und Ernüchterung, handeln von Prinzen und Fröschen, Verführern und entzauberten Helden - dem ewig lust- und leidvollen Wechselspiel unter Liebenden eben: Wechselbäder zwischen Pathos und Lachen, Ironie und Poesie. Die Autorin bedient sich souverän der verschiedenen Stilarten, um sie auf eine eigene Weise zu verfremden: Unversehens münden konventionell anmutende ...