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Although service-learning programs can have diverse theoretical roots, faculty who engage their students in service-learning may not be be cognizant of alternatives to the one they adopt. This book presents not only a historical perspective, but it also debates the theories and issues surrounding the conflicts inherent in those theories. One theory, based on a philanthropic model, engages students in a commitment to serve others from a sense o...

Appropriate for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, this text covers Fraunhofer diffraction, Fourier series and periodic structures, Fourier transforms, optical imaging and processing, image reconstruction, and more. Solutions. 1989 edition.

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Master storyteller Burgess charms youngsters once again with tales of life in the Green Forest. This time he recounts the adventures of Happy Jack Squirrel, who starts the day cheerily enough but soon finds himself trying every trick he knows to get away from his enemy, Shadow the Weasel. 4 black-and-white illustrations.

In this varied collection of beautifully structured verse, the poet quietly reflects on the nature of his faith, spirituality, virtue and eternity. While the poems explore the deepest complexities of the human condition they resonate with a unifying buoyant rhythm and deceptively simple melodic repetition. I pray to Thee Lord, bless me too. Inspire me in all that I do, In Thee O Lord I hope and live And all I have to Thee I give. From po...

An informal guide to the wildlife of Namibia.

In 1915, journalist Emily Post set out from New York to investigate whether it was possible to drive comfortably across the country to San Francisco in an automobile. This is a reprint of Post's only travel book, originally published by Colliers' Magazine seven years before she became famous for her book on etiquette.

Drawing from extensive primary research, Boyson (business, University of Maryland) presents detailed examples of how organizations as diverse as Coca Cola Bottling Company and the US Department of Defense are reaping the rewards of online information and communication hubs. The authors, all affiliated with the Supply Chain Management Center at the

In the last 35 years, declining deaths from heart disease have translated into 13 million lives saved and extended. Medical treatments and lifestyle changes have dealt successfully with the serious heart problems of Vice President Richard Cheney, talk show host David Letterman, Disney/ABC CEO Michael Eisner, and countless other less famous people. In the past, those with serious heart disease would have died young, but today can live long and ...

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Cowboy politics is in. When George W. Bush announced a new American policy of pre-emptive attack against potential enemies in 2002, he ushered in the triumph of Texas values over the American agenda. This book traces in lucid and engaging style the fascinating influence of the Texas warrior culture from the Alamo to the present day. This is not a history of Texas, but much Texas history is entwined with American national politics. This book lo...

At a time when more nuanced understandings of Muslim countries and their legal and social practices are urgently needed in the West, the appearance of this collection is especially welcome. In these illuminating and accessible essays, the contributors explain how Islam sees itself in terms of social policy, how it treats women, and how it encourages charity, education, and general social welfare.

A high school student is chosen to write a paper each year. This year the student, for the first time, is a young lady. The three older gentlemen that help each student discover through family papers and journals a common link to her subject. In her youth and idealism she decides to write on influence peddling through the political system. She is assisted by one teacher that had researched the subject years before while attending college. Thro...

It is often argued that a very special sort of consciousness went into creating Islamic art, that Islamic art is very different from other forms of art, that Muslims are not allowed to portray human beings in their art, and that calligraphy is the supreme Islamic art form. Oliver Leaman challenges all of these ideas, and argues that they are misguided. Instead, he suggests that the criteria we should apply to Islamic art are identical to the c...

It is often argued that a very special sort of consciousness went into creating Islamic art, that Islamic art is very different from other forms of art, that Muslims are not allowed to portray human beings in their art, and that calligraphy is the supreme Islamic art form. Oliver Leaman challenges all of these ideas, and argues that they are misguided. Instead, he suggests that the criteria we should apply to Islamic art are identical to the c...

In his own humorous style, Knoxville News-Sentinel columnist Sam Venable takes us through the seasons on the calendar. He has been celebrating the seasons since he was a child and recognized four seasons--Christmas, Birthday, Out-of-School, and In-School. Since then he's added a few more to his calendar--dove, duck, deer, rabbit, quail trukey, trout, fly fishing season. You get the idea. As Sam said, "I was able to cram 28 months of activity i...