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Literally the last word for Hollywood trivia buffs, a celebrity death certificate is also strangely compelling. Its matter-of-fact reportage makes the famous ordinary, illuminating previously well-lit profiles with the unfiltered light of the everyday. A death certificate may also reveal information that stars assiduously concealed, such as actual birthdates. In California, home to many of Hollywood's brightest stars, death certificates are a ...

The pithos is one of the most distinctive utilitarian forms of the Cretan Bronze Age ceramic repertoire. Because of its use as a storage container, a pithos is the foremost parameter for the evaluation of the economic organisation of palatial and domestic sectors of Cretan Bronze Age society. The pithoi as pottery and their significance for the understanding of the Cretan Bronze Age economy has been the focus of a research project carried out ...

In the two decades since this book was first published, excuse- making has flourished - both as a practice and as a process inviting investigation and theory. Indeed, how could it be otherwise?" So write the authors in their new introduction. But they also maintain that excuse-making is a critical element in what social psychologists refer to as "reality negotiation." Originally published by John Wiley in 1983.

Aims to take us on a tour of the author's favourite bird watching area - Hampstead Heath in London - a suburban haven for wildlife, comprising different habitats for birds. This title reveals the beauty and diversity of the local bird life, using drawings and photographs, prose and poetry, and is for those who love birds in a natural setting.

Friends, Citizen, Strangers proposes a solution: a moderate form of cosmopolitanism that finds a place for multiple levels of attachment and association.

Based on substantial ethnographic fieldwork and featuring rich interviews with First Nations members, Cultures and Ecologies links perspectives on fishing conflict issues to local community revitalization efforts.

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Poet, Magician, Mountaineer, Polemicist and Pornographer, Aleister Crowley was the most famous, or infamous, name in twentieth century occultism. With his usual flair and style, Colin Wilson brings this complex and enigmatic figure to life and provides an engrossing portrait of the self-styled Great Beast, the man whom the contemporary press dubbed "The Wickedest Man in the World".The popular image of him as, in the words of Francis King, 'an ...

Deals with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems implementation, and also business operations/processes and information systems to support business operations/processes. This book allows the reader to avoid problems of teaching separate fields, providing the opportunity to better educate students.

Based on the premise that it is difficult, if not impossible, to manage a modern business or public organization without at least some knowledge of the planning, use, control and benefits of information technology. This book also presents several perspectives that influence IS/IT strategy work.

Provides a combination of theory, pedagogy, and practice to help enable faculty and students across disciplines to explore creating a Web portfolio. This book provides research conclusions, case studies, and technical processes, which allow people of various levels to develop a personal approach to creating a Web portfolio.

Introduces a community health group to the potential of using a geographic information system (GIS) to improve birth outcomes. This book provides an overview of why geography is important in the investigation of health, and shows the importance of the four main components of a GIS. It also introduces the importance of GIS.

Presents methodologies, strategies, and design approaches for building interfaces for a user-centered CALL environment. This book acts as a guide to help educators, administrators, professionals and researchers find the basis of a framework for the development and management of CALL environments.

Problem-based Learning (PBL) has been the focus of many developments in teaching and learning facilitation in recent years. It has been claimed that PBL produces independent learners who are motivated, engaged in deep learning, work as a team, and develop effective strategies, skills and knowledge for life-long learning and professional work. "Technology and Problem-Based Learning" is aimed at educators who may be considering introducing PBL a...

Presents a comprehensive study of teaching applications involving educational technology. This book encourages collaboration across geographical borders to promote information literacy, facilitate the learning process, and to establish a greater infusion of technology throughout the region.

In order for an IT project to be successful, the basic definition of success needs to be extended to include meeting return on investment expectations, product quality, and security. This book describes and illustrates practices, procedures, methods, and tools for IT project management that address this extended definition of project success.

Provides a record of research and applications in industrial database modeling. This book discusses the major aspects of databases for industry data modeling, database models, and database applications in information systems. It helps readers gain an understanding of the techniques related to the developments of industrial database modeling.

Discusses the technology behind portals and grid networks, gives information to the history behind grid technology evolution, and supplies readers with the knowledge to make qualified managerial decisions. This book looks at computing platforms and global cyber-infrastructure for solving large-scale problems in science, engineering, and business.

Intended for researchers and professionals in SMEs and e-commerce, this book points to various issues concerning e-commerce in SMEs, and highlights the need to do something in order to bridge the existing divide between the two. It raises the importance of addressing the e-commerce phenomenon in SMEs at a global level.

Covers a pedagogical survey of the changes induced by information and communication technology (ICT) in the society and education. This work analyzes facts, instruments, solutions, and strategies while suggesting interpretations and hypotheses to develop a way of thinking about ICT use in education.