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A classic comprehensive sourcebook, now fully updated For more than four decades An Introduction to Multivariate Statistical Analysis has been an invaluable text for students and a resource for professionals wishing to acquire a basic knowledge of multivariate statistical analysis. Since the previous edition, the field has grown significantly. This updated and improved Third Edition familiarizes readers with these new advances, elucidating se...

A forward-thinking contribution to the field of dementia and is commendable for its goal of striving beyond overly simplistic, formulaic conventions. It would be well placed on the library shelf of the curious and contemplative cognitive clinician." -- New England Journal of Medicine

This groundbreaking book brings together contributions by leading scientists from different fields to provide a balanced view of the spectrum of current studies on autism. Four main areas of research are covered. Twin and family data indicate that the heritability of the underlying liability to autism exceeds 90%. This probably involves interactions among a relatively small number of susceptibility genes, an hypothesis that is examined in deta...

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Zu Beginn dieser Arbeit steht das Phänomen Kindheit, und zwar unter der Prämisse von wissenschaftlicher Forschung. Es werden dazu eine Reihe von Forschungsansätzen genannt, insbesondere eine Darstellung, welchen Stand Kinder in der Gesellschaft grundsätzlich haben und in wie weit die postmoderne Gesellschaft dem Streben nach mehr Rechten für Kinder nachkommt. Daran schließt sich ein kurzer historischer Überblic...

From the inadvertent marriage of a brother and sister in Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders to the sexually charged intrafamilial relationships in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, a remarkable number of English novels written between 1684 and 1814 predicate their plots on the tabooed possibility of incest. In the first full-length study to examine the striking prevalence of such plots in early English novels, Ellen Pollak focuses on literary representa...

Dr. James Dobson provides practical guidelines and simple steps to help anyone understand their emotions so that they can improve interaction with others.

Your Guide to Getting a Useful Evaluation Evaluation is vital and beneficial to any nonprofit organization. An effective evaluation can help identify an organization's successes, share information with key audiences, and improve services. It can confirm that an organization is truly making a difference. This book is for: organization managers and decision makers, policymakers, funders, researchers, and students studying applied social service ...

Votes should be weighed, not counted', Nineteenth-century liberals argued. This study analyzes parliamentary suffrage debates in England, France and Germany, showing that liberals throughout Europe used a distinctive political language, 'the discourse of capacity', to limit political participation. This language defined liberals, and they used it to define and limit full citizenship. The rise of consumer culture at the end of the century drove...

Noted scholars, theologians, and others question the U.S. government's reaction to the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center.

This extensively researched empirical analysis of the GDR in the years 1971-1989 challenges current historical interpretations of GDR history. It focuses on four social groups - youth, women, writers and Christians - to highlight the stability of this socialist society until 1987. The strength of the regime is shown to have been based on a continuously negotiated process of give-and-take involving major parts of the population.

Makes a compelling case for the importance of thoughtful research design and persuasive evidence in theory building

Marilyn Monroe died at 36. Her death certificate lists "Acute Barbiturate Poisoning. Ingestion of Overdose" as the cause. Just below that line, you can see that the person who issued her death certificate typed "Probable Suicide" since it has never been determined whether her death was a suicide, an accident, or possibly a homicide. This book is a collection of death certificates for 170 Hollywood notables from the Silent Era to today--fascina...

The debate over the proper definition of "religion" has occupied the attention of social scientists for many years without shedding much light on the nature of religion. This volume aims to inspire a re-orientation in the way students of religion think about the task of defining religion.

This text presents a systematic approach to solving design problems by listing the needed equations, calculating degrees-of-freedom, developing calculation procedures to generate process specifications-mostly pressures, temperatures, compositions and flow rates - and sizing equipment. It tabulates numerous easy-to-follow calculation procedures as well as the relationships needed for sizing commonly used equipment.

Praise for VALUES, PROSPERITY, AND THE TALMUD "The ancient wisdom of the Talmud is as relevant today as it was 1, 500 years ago, and its advice about business?both tactical and ethical?is as applicable to our high-tech world as it was to their world of trading mules and buying olives." Alan M. Dershowitz Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law Harvard Law School "For too long we?ve separated business from religion and in so doing we?ve thrown the b...

The Circle Within is your guide to creating a personal spiritual practice for daily life. The first section is a thoughtful examination of Wiccan ethics and philosophy that explores how to truly live Wicca. The second section includes devotional prayers and rituals that provide inspiration for group or solitary practice. Topics in this Wicca book include: cultivating an ongoing personal relationship with deity, ethics and standards of behavior...

With complete example projects in astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, and physics, this is the ideal beginner's guide for any student who wants to create a successful science fair entry. It delivers savvy tips on devising unique projects and experiments.

Jim Harrison the unforgettable journey of the writer who has established himself as one of our most important American voices.

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The drama takes it form from the shifting scenes of memory, and Williams's surrogate self invites us to focus, in turn, on the various inhabitants or his dilapidated rooming house in the Vieux Carré: the comically desperate landlady, Mrs. Wire, Jane, a properly brought-up young woman from New York making at last grab at pleasure with Tye, the vulgar but appealing strip-joint barker, two decayed gentlewomen politely starving in the garret, and ...