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To understand Iraq, Charles Tripp's history is the book to read. Since its first appearance in 2000, it has become a classic in the field of Middle East studies, read and admired by students, soldiers, policymakers and journalists. The book is now updated to include the recent American invasion, the fall and capture of Saddam Hussein and the subsequent descent into civil strife. What is clear is that much that has happened since 2003 was fores...

Tripps book traces Iraqs political history from its 19th-century roots in the Ottoman empire to the development of the state and the ascendancy of Saddam Hussein. This is a story of social conflict, power struggles, hostility and wars with neighboring states, and Iraqs deteriorating relations with the West.

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Narrative chapters and supplementary reference materials explore the construction, purpose and scope of the largest stone structures known to man.

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: In einer dynamischen Wettbewerbsumgebung ist es für Unternehmen unabdingbar einen Wettbewerbsvorteil gegenüber konkurrierenden Unternehmen zu erzielen. Der Druck durch zunehmenden Wettbewerb und die damit verbundene erhöhte Dynamik und Komplexität machen es notwendig, die traditionellen Vorgehensweisen durch neue Lösungen zu ersetzen, um flexibel mit den schnell wechselnden Anforderungen und der permanenten Veränder...

Inhaltsangabe:Problemstellung: Das Thema Rente ist spannend und hochaktuell wie nie zuvor in Deutschland. Die Auseinandersetzung mit diesem Thema ist angesichts der aktuellen Diskussion um Rentenkürzungen und Beitragserhöhungen wichtiger denn je. Die Veränderungen beeinflussen das Leben aller sozialversicherungspflichtig Beschäftigten, sowohl heute, als auch zukünftig. Im Hinblick auf den demografischen Wandel wird ersichtlich, dass auf die R...

Interviews with the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of Maus: A Survivor's Tale

Provides an illustrated analysis of the symbolic imagery found in gardens throughout history. This work discusses the constituent elements of gardens - both real and imagined - that uncovers their often-hidden symbolic meanings. It uses over 380 paintings to provide a continuous visual record of the myriad and ephemeral form of the garden.

This is a fascinating new examination of one of the most feared and efficient secret services the world has ever known. This new book is based upon an archival study of files unlocked just after the fall of the Berlin Wall and available to just a few German and western readers.

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How often do you find the space to keep track of yourself? Which relationships in your life help you to take risks? What is it like for you to spend time alone or 'doing less'? What do you need right now? This book is full of questions. These questions will nudge you towards parts of yourself that you haven't seen in a while, and open up the opportunity for you to do things differently. They'll help you to put your face right up close to life,...

One upon the Throne and the Lamb: A Tradition Historical/Theological Analysis of Revelation 4-5 is an analysis of the tradition history underlying Revelation 4-5 and the way John employed these traditions. The hypothesis is that John incorporated themes from the Hebrew Bible and Jewish tradition, especially apocalypticism and Greco-Roman themes, to present his vision of God and Christ. In the process, John has transformed the traditions to pre...

Narrative & Imperative is the first book in English on Italian Holocaust writing as a whole. Risa Sodi explores the work of eight representative authors, including the internationally famous (Primo Levi, Giorgio Bassani, and Elsa Morante) and the lesser known (Giacomo Debenedetti, Paolo Maurensig, Liana Millu, Bruno Piazza, and Giuliana Tedeschi). She examines issues of genre, language, gender, and facticity while situating the works studied w...

The contributors to Globalizing Cultural Studies: Ethnographic Interventions in Theory, Method, and Policy take as their central topic the problematic status of «the global» within cultural studies in the areas of theory, method, and policy, and particularly in relation to the intersections of language, power, and identity in twenty-first century, post-9/11 culture(s). Writing against the Anglo-centric ethnographic gaze that has saturated vari...

With detailed analysis of the text, discussions on themes, historical backgrounds and author biographies, York Notes offers students the best insight into the world of English Literature.

Blindness has always fascinated those who can see. Although modern imaginative portrayals of the sightless experience are increasingly positive, the affirmative elements of these renderings are inevitably tempered and problematized by the visual predilections of the artists undertaking them. This book explores a variety of the (dis)continuities between depictions of the sightless experience of beauty by sighted artists and the lived aesthetic ...

If John Lennon, Gertrude Stein, Stephen Hawking, and Mother Goose had conspired to write a grammar book, GRAM-O-RAMA would be it. Suited both for an audience of word-lovers and for students in the classroom, this textbook contains dozens of unconventional exercises geared toward learning grammar. Its interactive method offers students and teachers a smart approach by focusing on the musical side of language. Exercises encourage the writer to e...

Your marvelous new book is an extremely useful, deeply thought out and unbelievably helpful contribution . the book has changed my life and it can help millions of people." -Hoshang Jungalwalla, MD, consultant psychiatrist, London, England The single greatest force in the human body is its constant drive to heal itself. Healing, Meaning, and Purpose is a step-by-step guide that reveals the real secret to maintaining health and wellness. Richar...

Jonathan Goble (1827-1896) was the most colorful and aggressive missionary in nineteenth-century Japan. The maverick Baptist won acclaim as inventor of the rickshaw, translator of the oldest extant Bible portion published in Japan, and pioneer in the distribution of Scriptures. But he was disliked for his volcanic temper, violent acts, and shady ethics. The missionary icon became an outcast. This book grew out of the author's 1990 work, Jonath...

Among the many applications of stem cell research are nervous system diseases, diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune diseases as well as Parkinson's disease, end-stage kidney disease, liver failure, cancer, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's disease. Stem cells are self-renewing, unspecialised cells that can give rise to multiple types all of specialised cells of the body. Stem cell research also involve...