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Can qualitative and quantitative methods be combined effectively in psychology? What are the practical and theoretical issues involved? Should different criteria be used to judge qualitative and quantitative research? The acceptance of qualitative research methods in psychology has lead to a split between qualitative and quantitative methods and has raised questions about how best to assess the validity of research practice. While the two appr...

This book is the first holistic treatment of the contemporary Carribean.

Pulp Fictions of Medieval England demonstrates that popular romance not only merits and rewards serious critical attention, but that we ignore it to the detriment of our understanding of the complex and conflicted world of medieval England.

Piano Time 3 builds on the techniques acquired in Piano Time 1 and 2, introducing new keys, semiquavers in various rhythmic patterns, triplets, and a variety of finger-twister exercises. It also practises the Alberti bass, scales with hands together and the melodic minor scale, and shows players how to plan their own concert.

A staunch neoclassical economist, Sherwin Rosen drew inspiration from Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations, " particularly his theory of compensating wage differentials, which Rosen felt was central to all economic problems involving product differentiation and spatial considerations. The main theme of his collection is how markets handle diversity, including the determination of value in the presence of diversity, the allocation of idiosyncratic b...

Focusing on ancient rhetoric outside of the dominant Western tradition, this collection examines rhetorical practices in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Israel, and China. The book uncovers alternate ways of understanding human behavior and explores how these rhetorical practices both reflected and influenced their cultures. The essays address issues of historiography and raise questions about the application of Western rhetorical concepts to these very d...

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The threat of a Dutch invasion, the fear of challenges to the restored monarchy by supporters of the Interregnum regimes, and defiant Quakers were among the problems Sir Anthony Oldfield of Spalding had to face as a deputy lieutenant of the Lincolnshire militia. In the first decade of the Restoration the county militias were responsible for the internal defence of the realm and became the most important institution of local government. Oldfiel...

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Der Gesundheitstourismus ist Teil eines dynamischen touristischen und gesundheitswirtschaftlichen Gesamtsystems, wird von diesem beeinflusst und beeinflusst dieses wiederum seinerseits. Auch bestimmte Bereiche in der Gesundheitstourismusbranche in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern entwickeln sich nicht isoliert, sondern sind eingebettet in ein komplexes Umfeld. Nationale gesellschaftliche und wirtschaftliche Rahmenbedingungen a...

Inhaltsangabe:Problemstellung: Im Oktober 1997 ist nach langem zwischenstaatlichem Ringen die EU-Richtlinie 97/55/EG zur vergleichenden Werbung durch die Europäische Union als weiterer Schritt zur Harmonisierung des Werberechts in den EU-Staaten erlassen worden. Sie regelt unter bestimmten Voraussetzungen die Zulässigkeit vergleichender Werbung, die seit diesem Zeitpunkt nicht mehr als unlauter angesehen werden sollte. Die Umsetzungsfrist wur...

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Ende 2006 soll die neue Basler Eigenkapitalvereinbarung (Basel II) in Kraft treten, die regelt, wie viel Eigenkapital eine Bank bei einem Kreditgeschäft hinterlegen muss, um Reserven im Falle einer Insolvenz des Schuldners vorhalten zu können. Im Rahmen der aktuellen ¿Basler Eigenkapitalvereinbarung (Basel I)¿ muss das kreditvergebende Institut 8 % der Kreditsumme hinterlegen. Dieser Satz soll nach Willen der ¿B...

Hungarian cinema has often been forced to tread a precarious and difficult path. Through the failed 1919 revolution to the defeat of the 1956 Uprising and its aftermath, Hungarian film-makers and their audiences have had to contend with a multiplicity of problems. In the 1960s, however, Hungary entered into a period of relative stability and increasing cultural relaxation, resulting in an astonishing growth of film-making. Innovative and groun...

A MYSTERY CLASSIC IS BORN . . . The Black Mask is without a doubt the single most important magazine for the modern mystery field. In its pages writers such as Earl Stanley Gardner and Dashiell Hammett reshaped the established view of mystery fiction, creating the tough-guy sleuth. The May 1920 issue - the magazine's second - shows the groundwork being laid for future issues, with a featured mystery novel by Hamilton Craigie and plenty of fas...

In this major new book, Wolfgang Behringer surveys the phenomenon of witchcraft past and present. Drawing on the latest historical and anthropological findings, Behringer sheds new light on the history of European witchcraft, while demonstrating that witch hunts are not simply part of the European past.

This book offers an informative and accessible cultural history of the European avant-garde in its early twentieth-century heyday. It provides comparative coverage of cultural experimentation across the major European languages, including English, French, German, Russian, Spanish and Italian.Andrew Webber presents striking examples to illustrate a time of unprecedented experiment and energetic performance in all aspects of culture. Readings of...

Aimed at advanced students of Spanish interested in improving their understanding of Spanish phonology and pronunciation, ¿Qu¿ien suena! focuses on providing the simplest analysis of the pronunciation of Spanish sounds. The text's goal is for the student to be able to replicate successfully, to the extent possible, native speakers' typical pronunciation and intonation patterns.

Social Identities argues that we have a collection of social selves and that our identities are influenced by such things as class, gender, sexuality, race, nationality, religious views and by the media.

A Daily Passage Through Mark is a series of 109 daily readings taking the reader through the entire Gospel of Mark. Written in John Wayland's unique heartfelt manner, this book combines solid theology with practical, everyday application.

This unique book, written by local experts in the city, deals with the transformation of Barcelona during the last twenty years.

The author was leading an average life when one day, and very suddenly, he died and had a Near Death Experience (NDE). He came back to this life after being given a choice, but while there he was exposed to the biggest mystery of all - death - and was allowed to see behind its veil. The event was so powerful that immediately following his recovery he began decades of research into the subject and embarked on a personal quest to find the answer...