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Faced with many challenges and choices, formulators must choose the composition of detergents carefully. This text enables formulators to meet the demands of the complexity of formulations, economic and sustainability constraints, and reducing the impact of detergents on the environment to which they may eventually be released.

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This volume transcends over-arching national models to focus instead on local coal mining societies that can then be compared and contrasted to similar communities elsewhere. Adopting a regional approach that compares coalfield communities from five continents, this volume reflects coalfield experiences on a truly global scale. By looking at what made communities unique as well as what they shared in common, a much fuller understanding of the ...

Offering a detailed overview of state involvement in the rationalisation and reorganisation of British industry between the wars, this is the first work to address the issues in a comprehensive manner for over 50 years. Utilising a range of primary source material (including papers from the PRO, the Bank of England, the Federation of British Industry and various private archives) Julian Greaves has combined a selection of detailed case studies...

Theology and the churches are often considered to be at the margins of contemporary culture, frequently struggling for identity and attention. In this important new book Martyn Percy argues that a rich form of practical theological engagement is needed if the churches are to comprehend their situation in the modern world, thereby enabling them to engage more confidently with society. Drawing on a range of perspectives in the religion-culture d...

This book is aimed at all librarians and information professionals working in culturally diverse environments, whether in an academic, public or commercial setting. It addresses the issues of communication, diplomatic etiquette and common courtesies from a wide range of cultures and of how to provide library services across cultural boundaries and languages. Each chapter clearly defines a different aspect and provides clear guidance and strat...

Believing deeply that the gospel touched every aspect of a person's life, Peter Cartwright was a man who held fast to his principles, resulting in a life of itinerant preaching and thirty years of political quarrels with Abraham Lincoln. "Peter Cartwright, Legendary Frontier Preachers is the first full-length biography of this most famous of the early nineteenth-century Methodist circuit-riding preachers. Robert Bray tells full story of the lo...

In this book, you'll find a pragmatic vision of directing that helps you set a standard of high quality from preproduction to first rehearsal to opening night.

There generally remains a gulf between the way most Black faculty perceive the racial climate at their institutions and the recognition by non-Black faculty and administrators that there are problems and that these perceptions have merit. This book is intended to promote a productive dialogue.

In Witness to AIDS, Edwin Cameron grapples with the meaning of HIV/AIDS as he confronts the possibility of his own lingering death, and for all of us in facing up to one of the most desperate challenges of our time.

Packed with sensational recipes and beautiful food photography and marks a significant step-up for Rayburn owners who want to get the most out of their cooker. A must-have cookbook for all Rayburn owners.

The Perkiomen Creek is a picturesque stream that drains a major portion of western Montgomery County. It begins just beyond the northern borders of the county and travels south. The creek empties into the Schuylkill River at the county's lower border. The old Perkiomen Railroad closely followed the same path. Along the Perkiomen showcases postcards of the Perkiomen Valley in Montgomery County as it existed during the first half of the twentiet...

This book explores how the lower federal court appointment process became vastly politicized in the modern era.

Suicide is an ageless concern that has been with us as long as man has existed. Forbidden by all religions, suicide has nonetheless become such a practical problem that it is now an everyday concern, resulting in more annual deaths than homicide. Suicide must be seen as a societal and personal problem - it is a complex act with no simple explanation. The motivation is multifaceted, often not understood by the family or by other survivors. Sui...

Offers in-depth understanding for a wide variety of barriers to student learning as well as a learned synthesis of the best thinking about student motivation and healthy development...Adelman and Taylor's book provides a perspective that helps practitioners understand all students who enter the classroom' - Linda Miller, Consultant, Iowa Department of Education 'As psychologists and support staff we read innumerable journal articles regardin...

Henry James (1843-1916) and William Dean Howells (1837-1920) are best known for the central roles they played as nineteenth-century American novelists. Here, Rob Davidson presents a study of James's literary criticism to be published since the early 1980s and of Howells's criticism.

Written by a leading scholar in the field, Classical Japanese: A Grammar is an elegant, comprehensive, and practical guide to classical Japanese. Extensive notes and historical explanations make this volume useful as both a reference for advanced students and a textbook for beginning students.Classical Japanese ( bungo) was used to write Japanese for more thirteen hundred years, until World War II. The volume, which explains how classical Japa...

Der rechtliche Schutz wissenschaftlicher Leistungen durch das Urheber-, Patent-, Marken- und Internetrecht gewinnt gerade in der Informationsgesellschaft immer größere Bedeutung. Für "Nichtjuristen" lebensnah und praxisorientiert erörtert das Handbuch Grundkenntnisse der gesetzlichen Rahmenbedingungen. Speziell die im Bereich Forschung und Lehre auftretenden Fallkonstellationen werden durchgespielt und in zahlreichen Beispielen verarbeitet.

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»Erzählungen von großer Meisterschaft, mit Witz, mit Tempo, mit Frechheit« Elke Heidenreich Julian Barnes wird immer wieder gepriesen für seine stilistische Brillanz, für die scharfe Beobachtungsgabe, die Ironie und den oft schwarzen Humor. Der Erzählungsband mit dem geheimnisvollen Titel Der Zitronentisch zeigt Julian Barnes in seiner ganzen Meisterschaft. Jede Erzählung steht für sich, doch sind alle durch das Thema miteinander verbunden -...