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Inspire your aspiring young gymnast with this thrilling book about gymnastics. Join Hannah and Jessica at the gym and watch them learn the beam, bars, and vault. All it takes is a little boost of confidence!Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge. ...

Most Protestant churchgoers would be surprised to learn that at one time features such as crosses, candles, choir vestments, sanctuary flowers, and stained glass were viewed as suspicious, foreign implements associated strictly with the Roman Catholic Church. Blending history with the study of material culture, Smith sheds light on the ironic convergence of anti-Catholicism and the Gothic Revival movement in 19th-century America.

The relationship between welfare and racial inequality has long been understood as a fight between liberal and conservative forces. In The Segregated Origins of Social Security, Mary Poole challenges that basic assumption. Meticulously reconstructing the behind-the-scenes politicking that gave birth to the 1935 Social Security Act, Poole demonstrates that segregation was built into the very foundation of the welfare state because white policy ...

L'être humain joue au théâtre, danse, chante, exécute des numéros de cirque, met en scène le quotidien. Ces pratiques spectaculaires, séparées ou confondues dans les sociétés en mutation de l'Occident, sont amenées aujourd'hui à redessiner leur identité dans des champs (inter)culturels, des imaginaires, des contraintes, des modes de lecture complexes. Le concept d'adaptation, au centre de ce livre, trouve dans pareil contexte une résonance exe...

Anglo-Indians are the human legacy of European colonialism. These descendants of European men and Indian women regularly appear as disconsolate and degenerate figures in colonial and postcolonial literature, much to the chagrin of contemporary Anglo-Indians. Many significant writers, such as Rudyard Kipling, Maud Diver, John Masters, Salman Rushdie and Hari Kunzru, have created Anglo-Indian characters to represent the complex racial, social an...

The nature of religion on the domestic front in Britain during the Second World War has, hitherto, been relatively unexplored. This study focuses on Birmingham and describes wartime popular religion, primarily as recounted in oral testimony. The difference the War made to people¿s faith, and the consolation wrought by prayer and a religious outlook are explored, as are the religious language and concepts utilised by the wartime popular media o...

Il libro propone un corso base di algebra per gli studenti universitari, strutturato in base ai nuovi ordinamenti. Temi quali gruppi, anelli e campi sono dapprima introdotti attraverso esempi semplici (così come numeri, polinomi e permutazioni) e sono successivamente discussi in modo approfondito nella seconda parte del libro. Vengono anche trattate temi come applicazioni alla crittografia, codici, informatica, fornendo anche cenni storici. Il...

This absorbing study looks at the dangers of American food production, including exposure of food to food-borne pathogens, pesticides, and much more.

The U-869 was one of more than 1, 200 U-boats that were constructed for the Nazi war machine. It was sunk off the American eastern seaboard by a combination hedgehog and depth-charge attack. There were no survivors to tell the tragic tale. Now, for the first time, the real saga of the U-869 can be told in full. Archival documents have established that the U-boat was sunk by two American destroyer escorts. Seven crewmembers of those aggressive ...

Bewusst zeige ich (dir) praxisorientiert Lösungsmöglichkeiten, die völlig von klassischen Bewerbungsratgebern abweichen und mit strategischen Hintergedanken Inhalte von teuren Unternehmenseminaren enthalten. Leider scheint die Ansicht bei jungen Berufsstartern vorzuherrschen: Ich finde keine Lehrstelle oder sonstigen Arbeitsplatz, ich habe keine Chance, weil, und so weiter und so fort! Die Negativliste läßt sich sehr weit fortsetzen. Auch auf ...

Jesus Christ has just been executed and the apostles he left behind are devastated and alone. But then an interesting series of events renew hope that their teacher is still alive. While they do believe He will someday physically return, they come to realize that He has never really left them. Surprisingly enough, the story even includes encounters with UFOs. But more importantly, it is a story of forgiveness and redemption.

A British woman travels to the land of her father's birth. There she meets some of her relatives who tell her tales of love and war, of initiation into other realms, of treachery and The Power of Water. Set in an empire that shares some of its geography and history with Russia, this novel is the first in a series called The Web between the Worlds.

Middle age calls for an adventure. Not an earth shattering adventure, but something a 40 year old father of two can handle. Drive around the United States in a 1948 open top tourer, for more than 9000 miles? It turned out to be a lot harder than it seemed....

Creating from the Soul" is a journey into the mind and spirit. It is a metaphysical journey into the "Light of Truth" and the "Darkness of the Ego." Through these pages, you will delve into the depths of your soul and find its path to God. The book illustrates ways to open your insights, remove your psychological and spiritual blocks, guiding you to higher consciousness, creating more harmony, and improving your life. We include methods and ph...

Jesus Christ has just been executed and the apostles he left behind are devastated and alone. But then an interesting series of events renew hope that their teacher is still alive. While they do believe He will someday physically return, they come to realize that He has never really left them. Surprisingly enough, the story even includes encounters with UFOs. But more importantly, it is a story of forgiveness and redemption.

Only weeks after moving to Florida, Carole Sfekas is diagnosed with a brain tumor. Carole is faced with a near death experience. As her story unfolds, Carole describes for her readers, her quest for survival. Her inspiring healing story includes her spirituality, intuition, and holistic healing. She expresses her belief in heavenly angels and earth angels who facilitated her healing. She details specific holistic spirit mind body modalities wh...

There are over fifteen thousand homicides committed in the United States each year. Depraved madman Gerald Rucker has spent a lifetime contributing to those statistics through the murders of more than fifteen women. But the selection of his latest victim has come at a price. Her death has inspired a deep thirst for revenge in an unlikely adversary: attorney Nick Lacour. Lacour¿s newfound fury rivals the killer¿s thirst for blood¿now the hunter...

A lot of economic problems can formulated as constrained optimizations and equilibration of their solutions. Various mathematical theories have been supplying economists with indispensable machineries for these problems arising in economic theory. Conversely, mathematicians have been stimulated by various mathematical difficulties raised by economic theories. The series is designed to bring together those mathematicians who were seriously inte...

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