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Scott Zephyr always heard that there were three things you never spoke of in polite company-religion, sex and politics. So when he decided to write his memoirs, he was determined to write about almost nothing else except religion, sex and politics. Scott recalls his days as a shy Jewish boy growing up in a Christian neighborhood and questioning his Jewish identity. As he gets older and explores his sexuality, he remembers his failed romantic r...

Nick Turner is a cool, easy going, nonchalant private investigator, who goes about his business solving other people's problem by gathering information from his varies sources. He's a thinker, who believes in the preservation of life. Along with his German Shepherd, Zeus, and his for best friends, all of which are former Marines, who served together in Vietnam in 1968, during the Tet affective. Afterwards they formed an alliance that has laste...

Mayor Janice McArthur was the pillar of strength and had a way of dealing with any problems that came her way. But when a bizarre series of events plague her life day after day, she can no longer explain them away as coincidence. Dealing with death and danger, she is struck with an overwhelming sense of fear that she just might not live through this nightmare.

The premise of the book is to demonstrate that language is not a unique cognitive ability that requires specialized neuromechanisms. It seeks to cover areas that support aspects of learning language and speculates how language might be learned. It is intended primarily for graduate students, researchers in applied linguistics who have an interest in second language research and cognitive scientists.

Saving the Best Dance for Last tells the story of a young woman whose childhood experiences drove her into a circle that is one of the oldest professions in history, but the most unregulated social accretions in the world. Even though she was born and raised in the church, she was abandoned because of her conduct that didn't meet the standards of her religious community. And because of those childhood experiences she shares the emotional burde...

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Die Rheinlandbesetzung durch die Sieger des 1. Weltkriegs brachte von 1918-1926 britische Truppen in den Kölner Raum und den vorgelagerten Brückenkopf auf der rechten Rheinseite. Der Verfasser untersucht die Politik der Besatzer und ihre Auswirkungen auf Bevölkerung und Wirtschaft des Solinger Kreises im nördlichen Teil des Brü-ckenkopfs. Er zeigt, wie tief diese "vergessene" Besatzung in das tägliche Leben eingriff, dass sie aber auch Zusamme...

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Working from a thematic, empirical-analytical approach, this work surveys the root causes of civil wars and military coups d' tat in West Africa, analyzes the implications for the region as a whole, and identifies possible solutions.

This book explains the roots, politics, and legacy of Korean ethnic nationalism, which is based on the sense of a shared bloodline and ancestry. Belief in a racially distinct and ethnically homogeneous nation is widely shared on both sides of the Korean peninsula, although some scholars believe it is a myth with little historical basis. Finding both positions problematic and treating identity formation as a social and historical construct that...

This book is the first comprehensive treatment of the roots, politics, and legacy of Korean ethnic nationalism from a sociohistorical perspective.

This book analyzes the political, legal, and economic dynamics shaping environmental outcomes across two districts in Aceh, one of the richest and most expansive areas of tropical rainforest in Southeast Asia. Its central theme is that the present cycle of ecological decline can best be understood in terms of the way political, economic and social forces operate at the district level.

Based on unusual and only recently available sources, this book covers the entire Cultural Revolution decade (1966-76), and shows how the Cultural Revolution was experienced by ordinary people at the base of rural and urban society.

This book is a study of Catholic teachings on purity, and the anxiety these teachings have generated with respect to relations with the Jews since the time of St. Paul.

This book analyzes the political, legal, and economic dynamics shaping environmental outcomes across two districts in Aceh, one of the richest and most expansive areas of tropical rainforest in Southeast Asia. Its central theme is that the present cycle of ecological decline can best be understood in terms of the way political, economic and social forces operate at the district level.

Adolescence is a tough time for secondary students as well as for you, their teachers and support professionals. Being no longer a child, but not quite an adult, teens need a safe, enjoyable outlet that engages them and gives them a chance to talk about their feelings. Drama can be that outlet, and in Drama and the Adolescent Journey, you'll find ways to use dramatic enactments to help adolescents make a successful transition to adulthood. In ...

Curling - das faszinierende Spiel mit den Steinen, die übers Eis gleiten ist neben dem Eishockey die einzige spielerische Disziplin bei olympischen Winterspielen und erfreut sich zunehmender Beliebtheit. Autor Uli Kapp, der in Turin 2006 für Deutschland an den Start gehen wird, vermittelt den Lesern alle Aspekte dieser spannenden Sportart in besonders authentischer und kompetenter Form: Die Geschichte, Das Spiel - die Grundlagen, Die Technik u...