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The remarkable narrative of the Medieval traveler Pero Tafur comes from a single manuscript written before the printing press was invented. Letts presents the journeys of Tafur through Europe and the Holy Land during the years 1435-1439 when the voyager was in his mid-twenties. A wealth of information about pre-modern Europe and Palestine await the reader of this account.

A book on linear algebra which deals only with those aspects of the subject applicable in the social sciences. It provides an understanding of linear algebra for those who wish to use it as a tool in the design, execution, and interpretation of research. It illustrates some of the applications of linear analysis.

Aims to focus attention on the complex and inter-related problems - social, economic, political, and geographical - that come with development, placing particular emphasis on the problems which accompany attempts at industrialization.

Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989) was born in Guthrie, Kentucky. In his lifetime he won three Pulitzer Prizes, the National Book Award, the National Medal for Literature, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1986 he was named the country's first Poet Laureate.

Originally published: New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1991.

This book examines the theory and practice of performance budgeting, which aims make government more effective by linking the funding of government agencies to the results they deliver. Combining thematic studies and case studies, it clearly presents the diverse range of contemporary performance budgeting models and examines their effectiveness.

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Shamanism is the world's oldest religion. The rituals and beliefs of this ancient tradition were carried from Asia and Siberia into the New World by nomadic hunting bands beginning 12, 000 years ago. This unique collection of essays on shamanism in Central Asia and the Indian Americas provides sound and engaging scholarship that reflects the great diversity in this fascinating field. First published in 1994, Ancient Traditions has become a vit...

The danger raised by the terrorist threat is real, existential, and vital to the United States. But the attacks on 9/11 have been broadly misunderstood. In assessing the meaning and significance of the war on terror, Tschirgi raises many issues related to the Middle East and American policy toward that area. For example, he debunks the entire exceptionalist approach to the Arab world (the presumption that Arab societies fail to be fathomed by ...

Jane Austen was born in Steventon rectory on 16 December 1775. Her family later moved to Bath and then to Chawton in Hampshire. She began writing Pride and Prejudice when she was twenty-two years old. It was originally called First Impressions. It was initially rejected by publishers and only published in 1813 after much revision. All four of her novels published in her lifetime were published anonymously. Jane Austen died on 18 July 1817. Nor...

Jane Austen was born in Steventon rectory on 16th December 1775. Her family later moved to Bath and then to Chawton in Hampshire. She wrote from a young age and Pride and Prejudice was begun when she was twenty-two years old. It was originally called First Impressions. It was initially rejected by the published she submitted it too and eventually published in 1813 after much revision. All four of her novels published in her lifetime were publi...

Looks back through the twentieth century in order to confront issues of self and community in veterans' literature, exploring how war and the military have shaped the identities of Ernest Hemingway, James Salter, and Tim O'Brien, three of the twentieth century's most respected authors.

The United States at the turn of the twentieth century cultivated a passion for big. It witnessed the emergence of large-scale corporate capitalism, the beginnings of American imperialism on a global stage, record-level immigration, a rapid expansion of cities, and colossal events and structures like world's fairs, amusement parks, department stores, and skyscrapers. Size began to play a key role in American identity. During this period, bigne...

This special issue of Camera Obscura explores the impact of divas (and divos) in film and popular culture and considers their fraught psychic and social positioning.

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Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit einer Thematik, welche in der Praxis schon seit Längerem einen hohen Stellenwert einnimmt. Das öffentliche Interesse in Deutschland an dem Thema Investorenaktivismus entflammte durch eine Äußerung vom damaligen SPD-Vorsitzenden Franz Müntefering, der aktivistische Investoren mit dem Begriff Heuschrecken bezeichnete. Der Begriff ist möglicherweise für Investoren mit bestimmten Strateg...

Le vieillissement de la population va induire des changements immédiats, tant dans les modes de prestation de service public que dans la gestion des ressources humaines au sein de l'administration centrale. Il a un impact sur la réallocation des effectifs entre les secteurs et va entraîner une réorganisation de la prestation de service dans le domaine social entre les secteurs public et privé. Et il s'agira bien sûr d'accroître la productivité...

- Évaluation et recommandations - Principaux enjeux de politique économique - Retrouver un sentier de croissance plus viable - Enjeux budgétaires à moyen et long terme - Renforcer l'innovation - Améliorer le fonctionnement des marchés des biens et services

Describes the rules governing international security decision-making and examines the different understandings of collective security in the post-Cold War world. Challenging the claim that 9/11 fundamentally changed world politics, this book argues that the events exacerbated existing tensions between the veto powers of the UN Security Council.

Lucid and well-researched." --The New Yorker In order to win the famous battle of New Orleans, Andrew Jackson believed that it was necessary to declare martial law and suspend the writ of habeas corpus. In doing so, he achieved both a great victory and the notoriety of being the first American general to ever suspend civil liberties in America. Andrew Jackson and the Politics of Martial Law tells the history of Jackson's use of martial law and...