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You fear the isolation and the pain of serious chronic illness. We all do. But, if you learn to transform that lonely experience into a shared one, you will feel new hope.

Part of "The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series, " this landmark volume assesses the contribution of recent work in ethnobiology to anthropological thought.Considers the ways in which the subject matter and methodologies of ethnobiological research address core anthropological questions.Contributors explore a wide range of themes, such as our understanding of those processes which transform the environment...

Recipient of Silver Medal from the Slovak Foreign Ministry After the collapse of communism, the quest for independence and challenges of democratization created a contest between two powerful forces: Nationalists and Europeanists. Recipient of the Silver Medal (Strieborna Plaketa) from the Slovak Foreign Ministry, this book examines the battles between those rivals by tracking the rise, maintenance, and decline of national movements in two pos...

Martin Wight (1913-1972) was one of the most original and enigmatic international thinkers of the twentieth century. This new study, drawing upon Wright's published writings and unpublished papers, examines his work on international relations in the light of his wider thought, his religious beliefs, and his understanding of history.

This is the book learner drivers have been praying for. Jam-packed with everything you really wanted to know about the test and driving in general but never got to ask.

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Deutschland hatte 2004 mit Abstand die meisten Patentanmeldungen in Europa. 18, 6 Prozent aller weltweiten Patentanmeldungen stammen aus Deutschland. Nur die USA halten mit 26, 4 Prozent einen größeren Anteil. Japan folgt mit 16, 6 Prozent, in Europa folgt Frankreich mit 6, 5 Prozent. Hauptziel jedes Patentinhabers ist es, ein Produkt zu entwickeln, das die Kundenbedürfnisse im Höchstmaße befriedigt und zu einem Verk...

For the past 45 years, a small, highly respected company called MAP has been successfully transforming companies and the lives of the people who work for them. The key: helping companies and people pinpoint their Vital Factors, the critical elements that will either hold them back or propel them to success.

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As educators, how do we challenge and interrupt the social construction of whiteness in ourselves, in the classroom, in schools, and in the wider society? Coming from diverse backgrounds, the contributors in this volume draw on their own well-examined experiences of race, racism, and whiteness in developing effective antiracist pedagogies and classroom activities that interrupt and contest whiteness. They have explored their own lives from the...

Teachers Teaching Teachers focuses on basic guiding principles that give direction to, sustain, and renew educators on their journey toward educating their students. These principles are based on the characteristics and behaviors observed in successful teachers' classrooms. Topics include building relationships, motivation, communication, class management, humor, stress management, professional growth, and the power of the profession. Although...

Undressing the Ad aims to empower readers to become media literate through the work of deconstructing the consumer culture that surrounds them. By introducing critical scholarship on advertising in a way that is accessible, the book attempts to show how issues of race, class, and gender are expressed in contemporary advertising. The readings in this book take a decidedly critical political perspective and explore how representation in advertis...

This book introduces the basic theoretical concepts required for the analysis of the optical response of semiconductor systems in the coherent regime. The entire presentation is based on a one-dimensional tight-binding model. Starting with discrete-level systems, increasing complexity is added gradually to the model by including band-structure and many-particle interaction. Various linear and nonlinear optical spectra and temporal phenomena ar...

Unique in terms of approach and content, this book takes a linguistic analysis of political leadership to see if, how and why metaphors are used for oratorical and rhetorical purposes.

This volume provides a clear and compelling introduction to a most significant topic. Compiled by members of a Harvard seminar, it directs attention to issues raised by the general public and by students of social science and criminal justice. The frequently asked questions address: psychopaths and psychopathy, sociopathy, and antisocial personality disorder, psychological, biological, gender-related, and other theories of causation, psycholog...

Running the gamut through the entire realm of human experience-from great joy and sensuality to political outrage, spiritual enlightenment, the awe of nature's power, and life's simple moments-author Marcielle Brandler's poetry enlivens the imagination. "Marcielle writes a unique and sensual poetry that is born in the dark and emerges into the light with an erotic intensity. Her poetry obviously comes out of very real personal experiences that...

All fans of the Ladies Professional Golf Association should include My Life: From Fairway to Airway in their libraries of important golf books. Betty's unique and fresh perspective on the beginnings of women's professional golf makes for fascinating reading. Her personal memories of Babe Zaharias, Patty Berg and other LPGA stars, as well as movie star Katharine Hepburn and golf course developer Marion Hollins offer intimate, never previously t...

A hilarious read for dog lovers of all ages"-Canine Times Lucky Banuska is the self-appointed historian of the Great Ribbon War. The Journals are the oral history of that war. Lucky said he gained the position of historian when he befriended Crazy Barry Harful.Crazy Barry's memory is slipping because of numerous concussions he received during his car-chasing, tire-biting escapades in his pursuit of immortality. (A prophecy says that one day a ...

Another heart-warming saga featuring Liverpudlians Molly and Nellie, from a hugely popular bestselling author

Pauline Quenu, the daughter of shopkeepers in the Parisian business district Les Halles (see The Fat and the Thin, aka The Belly of Paris), is taken in by relatives on the coast of Normandy following the death of her parents. There, Pauline - kind and open-minded - is confronted with a gout-plagued host, his avaricious wife, and their lazy son, a morbid hypochondriac, whom she is expected to marry. While the family takes advantage of Pauline, ...