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What are we to make of contemporary newspapers in Japan speculating about the possible connection between aquatic creatures and earthquakes? Why did Japan's government spend taxpayer money to observe catfish in aquariums as part of its mandate to fund earthquake prediction research? These actions are legacies of the 1855 Ansei Edo earthquake. In his investigation of the science, politics, and lore of seismic events in Japan, Gregory Smits exam...

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The European debt crisis has posed a challenge for many people to understand, both non-Europeans and Europeans alike. Even economists, finance specialists and market commentators are often uncertain of its causes or in the interpretation of events ongoing, or of past events that have taken place that then shaped the current situation. Typically this lack of understanding results from a lack of understanding of how European institutions work, t...

Based on new archival research, argues that the 'New Deal' era in the US was one of corporate dominance rather than progressive reform.

Der Kleinkrieg zwischen der Nonne Lotte und dem schlitzohrigen Bürgermeister Wöller geht in eine neue Runde. Für neue Intrigen sorgt u.a. Wöllers Plan, ein Kongress- Zentrum auf dem Klostergelände bauen zu lassen. Doch Lotte wäre nicht Lotte, wenn sie sich nicht auch in diesem Falle zu wehren wüsste und sich mit Witz, Einsatz und Tatendrang dem Bürgermeister entgegenstellen würde.Die komplette Staffel 3:DVD1- Hochzeitsglocken- Lebendig begrabe...

Here's an amazing story--amazing because it is HIS story. It is Doris Ekblad-Olson's testimony to God's faithfulness, humor, incredible guidance, protection and loving care, evident whether in America, Canada, Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Australia, Mongolia, Malaysia, Panama, India, or Russia. God proves Himself full of surprises. As this book illustrates, God still searches among His children for those available to share His heart by prayer...

The Secret GardenThis work is important in that it contains all the principles of the science of tasawwuf in a concise form. Furthermore, it is the first translation freed of the centuries-old baggage of christian and orientalist vocabulary which has often obscured the teachings of Islam. Thus, instead of the 'mystic' statements of a 'Sufi Doctor', we have Shaykh Mahmud Shabistari's lucid exposition of the deen of Islam. He demonstrates in his...

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With this award-winning book, parents can team up with their children or teens to help them do the most courageous thing they will ever have to do: conquer their Worry Monster. Make Your Worrier a Warrior provides useful and comforting methods that parents can use to help their children create an anxiety-reducing "toolbox" to carry with them wherever they go. In building this foundation for their children, parents might even find that these st...

Focuses on the little known Magical Realist painter Marta Hegemann (1894-1970), re-inserting her into the histories of avant-garde modernism -- .

Brings together work on forms of popular television within the authoritarian regimes of Europe after World War Two -- .

His focus is on solving the murders-until the unthinkable happens… Recently widowed, Austin Police Detective Jason Scarsdale works to solve the murders of two pedophiles, while trying to be both mother and father to his five-year-old daughter. During his investigation, Scarsdale is forced to navigate between the crosshairs of two police commanders out to get him. Drawn to Austin Police Crime Analyst, Dani Mueller, who has also suffered tragedy...

The second issue in a new series, Global Financial Development Report 2014 takes a step back and re-examines financial inclusion from the perspective of new global datasets and new evidence. It builds on a critical mass of new research and operational work produced by World Bank Group staff as well as outside researchers and contributors.

Provides theoretical, curricular, and pedagogical frameworks for teaching a wide-range of visual and multimodal texts, including historical fiction, picture books, advertisements, websites, comics, graphic novels, news reports, and film. Each unit of study presented contains suggestions for selecting cornerstone texts and visual images and launching the unit, as well as lesson plans, text sets, and analysis guides.

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Jack can't wait until Christmas but his faithful dog, Max is worried. Each day Max watches his best friend write letters to Santa asking for more wonderful toys. Max is sure Jack shouldn't ask for so many gifts for himself, even if he is a good boy. Will Jack stop writing lists long enough to discover what's really important about Christmas? Max is on a mission to help his pal discover the greatest gift of all. Will he succeed? Find out in, "T...

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Borders and conflict in South Asia is the first full-length study of the 1947 drawing of the Indo-Pakistani boundary in Punjab. Using the Radcliffe commission as a window onto the decolonisation and independence of India and Pakistan, and examining the competing interests - both internal and international - that influenced the actions of the various major players, it highlights British efforts to maintain a grip on India even as the decolonisa...

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