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An interdisciplinary study of 'medieval film' and its cultural functions

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Throughout the world, the threat of HIV/AIDS to women's health has become the focus of increased concern. This work focuses on international perspectives on women and HIV casting a deliberately wide net addressing the issue of the interaction between HIV and gender in a specific geographic area.

Suitable for those concerned with the installation and servicing of domestic and industrial equipment, this work explains the basic principles underlying the practical and theoretical aspects of installing and servicing gas appliances and associated equipment.

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Responsibility-sensitive" accounts of distributive justice have been a notable recent development in political theory, and luck egalitarianism has become the default position among such philosophers as Ronald Dworkin, G. A. Cohen, and Richard Arneson. This book outlines the key issues of luck egalitarianism and considers both the positions of its proponents and its leading critics (Elizabeth Anderson, Susan Hurley, and Samuel Scheffler).

The Digby Poems" are the twenty-four short lyrics of Oxford Bodleian MS Digby 102--a remarkable sequence of late medieval poetry that until now had only been edited once in its entirety, and that more than a century ago. With this new edition, Helen Barr includes, for the first time, a full critical apparatus, a substantial introduction, and annotation to each of the twenty-four poems in the Digby manuscript. Gathering new evidence that sugges...

June, 1775 found Fort Bennett on the Ohio River under heavy attack by a combined force of British soldiers and various Indian tribes. After the battle raged 5 days, the Fort was defeated and about 150 settlers were massacred. When the U.S. Government devloped a time machine, they set Agent Jim Slater back to 1775 with modern weapons to alter the outcome of the battle. In doing so, he ran into many things he hadn't planned on, one being falling...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Medien und Politik, Pol. Kommunikation, Note: 1, 9, Universität Duisburg-Essen (Institut für Politikwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Seminar: Einführung in das wissenschaftliche Arbeiten. Öffentliche Kommunikation, Medien und Demokratie., Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Gute Kontakte zur Presse und prägnante Äußerungen sind elementare Voraussetzung für politische Karrieren, diene...

This is the first comprehensive book written on the uses of InLace resin inlay for gourd artists and wood turners. Chapters present carving techniques in gourds, mixing resin, insetting, sanding, and polishing. Step-by-step directions that can be applied to any gourd and five projects from contributing artists are include, as well as three original designs for the crafter's use. The most common challenges working with resin inlay are addressed...

Discover how the quest for gold and silver in Southern Arizona created boom towns that attracted hard-living men and shady ladies. View the dusty streets of Tombstone where the Earp family fought the Clantons. Discover dude ranches where famous people dressed like their favourite movie-star cowboys and cowgirls, and enjoy humorous postcards made for early tourists. Follow the development of historic Tucson from adobe barrios to the modern-day ...

It has been over 350 years since Annapolis, Maryland, was founded, and it served as Maryland's state capital for over 310 years. Over 240 gorgeous colour photographs present poignant and picturesque views of sidewalk and harbour scenes, storefronts, houses, doorways, St John's College, and the well-known United States Naval Academy. The text provides a heartfelt and light-hearted narrative reminiscing on the author's childhood impressions of A...

The Encyclopedia of Rawhide and Leather Braiding is the definitive work on the subject in the English language and results from the late Bruce Grant's many, many years of interest and experience as a braider and writer on the subject. It combines most of the material published in Leather Braiding and How to Make Cowboy Horse Gear (described elsewhere in this catalog) with a mass of completely new material. The previously published and new matt...

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Covers all aspects of size-exclusion chromatography, including the latest findings and applications The Second Edition of Modern Size-Exclusion Liquid Chromatography is your complete guide to the theories, methods, and applications of size-exclusion chromatography. It provides an unparalleled, integrated, up-to-date treatment of gel permeation and gel filtration chromatography. With its detailed descriptions of techniques, data handling, comp...

Count backwards from 10 to one during one of the most colorful times of year: fall. Learn about the bright, colorful leaves and the trees from which they fall: aspen, birch, maple, oak, chestnut, linden, pine, beech, dogwood, and sweet gum. Watch the animals frolicking in the crisp, autumn air as they get ready for the approaching cold winter. The "For Creative Minds" educational section includes: Plant parts, Leaves--the shape of it all, What...

Shortly before his death in 2004, Jacques Derrida expressed two paradoxical convictions: he was certain that he would be forgotten the very day he died, yet at the same time certain that something of his work would survive in the cultural memory. This text by Peter Sloterdijk - one of the major figures of contemporary philosophy - makes a contribution of its own to the preservation and continuation of Derrida's unique and powerful work. In th...

Der Korea-Kriegsveteran und pensionierte Automechaniker Walt Kowalski mag es nicht, wie sich sein Leben und seine Nachbarschaft verändert haben. Auch seine Nachbarn, die Hmong- Immigranten aus Südostasien, kann er überhaupt nicht leiden. Aber die Situation erfordert es, dass Walt diese Nachbarn gegen eine örtliche Gang verteidigen muss, die Angst und Schrecken verbreitet. Zum ersten Mal seit Million Dollar Baby arbeitete Eastwood, der für die ...

Prana - der kosmische "Atem", die universelle Lebensenergie. Schon die Weisen und Heiler längst vergangener Zeiten wussten um diesen kraftvollen Strom, der unseren Körper über die Chakras durchfließt. Doch nur der ungehinderte Fluss und die Reinheit des Pranas gewähren unser allumfassendes Wohlbefinden. Immer mehr Menschen leiden an Seele, Geist und Leib. Als Fortsetzung seines Buches "Die hohe Kunst des Pranaheilens" stellt Master Choa Kok Su...

The writings of Jean Baudrillard have dramatically altered the face of critical theory and promise to pose challenges well into the 21st century. His work on simulation, media, the status of the image, the system of objects, hyperreality, and information technology continues to influence intellectual work in a diverse set of fields. This volume uniquely provides overviews of Baudrillards career while also simultaneously including examples of c...