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Written to meet the need of teachers, lecturers and tutors at all stages in their career, this is the authoritative handbook for anyone wanting to and understanding the key issues, best practices and new developments in the world of engineering education and training. The book is divided into sections which analyse what students should be learning, how they learn, and how the teaching and learning process and your own practice can be improved....

In the first century BC lending and borrowing by the senators was the talk of Rome and even provoked political crises. During this same period, the state tax-farmers were handling enormous sums and exploiting the provinces of the Empire. Until now no book has presented a synthetic view of Roman banking and financial life as a whole, from the time of the appearance of the first bankers' shops in the Forum between 318 and 310 BC down to the end ...

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Biomedical EPR – Part A focuses on applications of EPR spectroscopy in the areas of free radicals, metals, medicine, and physiology. The book celebrates the 70th birthday of Prof. James S. Hyde, Medical College of Wisconsin, and his contributions to this field. Chapters are written to provide introductory material for new-comers to the field which lead into up-to-date reviews that provide perspective on the wide range of questions that can be ...

This series presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in polymer and biopolymer science including chemistry, physical chemistry, physics and materials science. It is addressed to all scientists at universities and in industry who wish to keep abreast of advances in the topics covered. Impact Factor Ranking: Always number one in Polymer Science. More information as well as the electronic version of the whole content availabl...

This book summarises the results of the project TAMI (Technology Assessment in Europe, between Method and Impact), a two-year project that brought together the main institutes of technology assessment in Europe, both parliamentary and non-parliamentary ones. TAMI created a structured dialogue between technology assessment experts and policymakers on current methodologies and their impact in policymaking. The TAMI team explored and assessed the...

Die Aufsätze des Bandes sind die überarbeiteten und zum Teil stark erweiterten Fassungen von Vorträgen, die im Dezember 2001 auf einem Internationalen Kolloquium in Bonn gehalten wurden. Sie behandeln Probleme, die sich mit der Geschichte jeder Weltepoche verbinden, an deren Anfang, Johann Gustav Droysen zufolge, der Name Alexander steht. Michael Zahrnt (Köln) fragt - Ist Samos 'eine Reise wert'? - und wartet mit einer Neuinterpretation des Ve...

An elegant and enlightening companion book for yoga practitioners. This beautifully designed book invites readers to dis-cover the rich tradition of yoga through single pieces of wisdom-one for each day of the year. Filled with thought-provoking and inspiring quotations from the greatest yogic texts and yoga teachers throughout history, as well as invaluable instruction on specific poses, it is an essential resource and companion for anyone wh...

Globalization and terrorism are both charged concepts, people use the terms loosely without regard for exactitude, often to further political ends. This book carefully defines these concepts, puts them in historical as well as political context, and amplifies the basics with an exploration of the way in which the dreams inspired by globalization can translate all too easily into the nightmare of terrorism.

The spread of new information and communications technologies during the past two decades has helped reshape civic associations, political communities, and global relations. In the midst of the information revolution, we find that the speed of this technology-driven change has outpaced our understanding of its social and ethical effects. The moral dimensions of this new technology and its effects on social bonds need to be questioned and scrut...

Apple cider, applesauce, apple muffins, cakes, and pies! Annie is a very busy apple farmer. She bakes yummy treats with the apples she picks and saves her best apples to sell at the market. Follow Annie through her apple-filled day of picking, counting, sorting, baking, and selling, and then try making some of her simple apple recipes.

Presenting case studies from various parts of the world -- the United States, Canada, Australia, Israel, and the United Kingdom -- this landmark text offers an interdisciplinary empirical perspective on judicial review's impact on bureaucracies. Individual chapters consider fundamental conceptual and methodological issues. The volume will significantly advance the research agenda concerning judicial review and its relationship to social change.

Americans pride themselves on being an ethical people. They go to church, quote the Bible, erect statues, and discuss morality with abandon. They also trust their government to do the right thing when it comes to delivering legal justice and conducting foreign policy. Trouble is, American foreign policy has yielded some pretty spectacular ethical lapses, and (as 9/11 starkly demonstrated) the world is beginning to notice. Here, Mark Gibney lay...

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A needed and welcome account of Carry Nation's story... deservesthe highest praise." -- Journal of AmericanHistory"Admirably interweaves early 20th-century religiousculture, regional politics, the suffrage and temperance movements, and the woman whoworked zealously to unite them all." -- Library Journal (starredreview)In her well-received biography of Carry A. Nation, FranGrace unfolds a story that often contrasts with the common public image ...

This new version of the Caldecott-winning classic by illustrator David Small and author Judith St. George is updated with current facts and new illustrations to include our forty-second president, George W. Bush. There are now three Georges in the catalog of presidential names, a Bush alongside the presidential family tree, and a new face on the endpaper portraiture. Hilariously illustrated by Small, this celebration by St. George shows us the...

Selections from nearly thirty years of teachings by one of the principal students of Gurdjieff.Exchanges Within concentrates on one main question: How do we find within ourselves what we have lost-our reality, wholeness, and significance-as the human kind of being in the universe?Through the intensity of his own search, John Pentland radiated the help necessary for group members again and again to discover and try to express where they actuall...