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This collaborative work by two-well-known pronunciation specialists  breaks new ground in presenting an applied, sociolinguistic orientation to pronunciation teaching and research that is both up-to-date and comprehensive in scope. It is a welcome addition to the pronunciation literature that should be on the reading lists of all language teachers and applied linguists.”—Rodney H. Jones, University of Reading, UK“This book makes a valuable con...

Wenn wir unseren negativen Gedanken freien Lauf lassen, schaden wir nachweislich unserer Gesundheit. Andauerndes Grübeln über Sorgen und Ängste schwächt unser Immunsystem. Unser Umgang mit Stress beeinflusst sogar unsere Genregulation. Das sind zwei von vielen aktuellen Forschungsergebnissen, die die Wirkung unserer Gedanken auf unsere Gesundheit belegen. Daher sollten wir umdenken. Durch die anschauliche Aufbereitung neuester wissenschaftlich...

This edited volume offers an historical perspective on the creation of a global mass industry around skiing. By focusing on the ski resort as loci par excellence for global exchange, the contributors consider the development of skiing around the world during the crucial post-war years. With its global lens, Leisure Cultures and the Making of Modern Ski Resorts highlights both commonalities and differences between countries. Experts across vari...

In recent years the approach towards rib fractures has evolved. Abandoned in the past, due to inadequate instrumentation and lack of evidence, rib fixation has recently re-emerged as a treatment option for trauma patients. There have been a number of advances over the last 25 years that now allow surgeons to internally fix rib fractures that otherwise may have not had other options. However, as a result there has been a rapid increase in liter...

In ganz Europa wird die Frage nach der Zukunftsfähigkeit der unterschiedlichen wohlfahrtsstaatlichen Systeme diskutiert. Gesucht wird unter anderem nach innovativen Ideen, die die Leistungsfähigkeit sozialer Dienstleistungen erhalten oder erhöhen können und im Sinne einer inklusiven Gesellschaft die Teilhabe aller Gesellschaftsmitglieder ermöglichen.Das vorliegende Werk präsentiert anhand von Text- und Videomaterial empirisch gewonnene Forschu...

This book discusses the role of selective identities in shaping China’s position in regional and global affairs. It does so by using the concept of political transition of power, and argues that by taking different types of identities—state, ideology and culture—the Chinese government has adjusted China's identity to different kinds of audiences. By fitting different kinds of "self", China has secured its relatively peaceful transition within ...

This handbook offers a comprehensive treatise on Grammatical Evolution (GE), a grammar-based Evolutionary Algorithm that employs a function to map binary strings into higher-level structures such as programs. GE's simplicity and modular nature make it a very flexible tool.    Since its introduction almost twenty years ago, researchers have applied it to a vast range of problem domains, including financial modelling, parallel programming and ge...

A light-hearted, accessible walk through botany and evolution with sex as an organizing principle: how, why, and with what results plants do it-and what role humans play as matchmakers.

Vorlesezeit für die ganze Familie im Zeichen des Bundesweiten Vorlesetages.Der Bundesweite Vorlesetag ist ein öffentlichkeitswirksames Zeichen für die Bedeutung des Vorlesens und die Freude und die Begeisterung für Bücher, die das Vorlesen weckt. Seien Sie dabei: mit vielen neuen Freundschafts- und Gutenachtgeschichten-, Lach-, Familien und Tiergeschichten. Kurz: Reisen Sie ins Land der Fantasie. Mit Geschichten von Paul Maar, Martin Baltschei...

COME HOME. LOVE, DAD warmly introduces us to magical mirrors of every color and shape, giant balls of string, brothers wearing Davy Crockett T-shirts, and stalwart lions who guard the entrance to the Art Institute. Shelly Reuben's description of her father's escapades in the kitchen, "if flour footprints aren't on the floors and carpets (it) doesn't taste as good, " make you wish that you too, had been there to inhale the smell of his koochen ...

An original and revealing slant on the life of "Walden" author Henry David Thoreau, drawing on letters and journals to present a fuller picture of how the life connected with the work. Described by "Publishers Weekly" as 'definitive... an awesome achievement'.

This book navigates the numerous American and Canadian cartographic resources available in print, and online, offering information on how to locate and access the large variety of resources. Cartographic materials are highlighted and summarized, along with lists of map libraries and geospatial centers, and related professional associations.

A bright and brilliant academic, Tova Feinman had an enviable life. She had a job through which her intellect shone, a loving husband, and a child who adored her. But sometimes, people's lives are far different than they appear on the outside. Wracked with trauma from childhood abuse, and dealing with her husband's addiction to pills, Tova sought therapy to soothe her mind.But therapy is not as easy as simply finding a person to talk to. Forgi...

The practical information women need to protect themselves before, during, and after divorce, presented with empathy, inspiration, and tough-minded realism

Title 21 presents regulations promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Office of the National Drug Control Agency in the area of food and drugs.

James L. Brooks, Larry Charles and many other sitcom writers are interviewed here revealing a sense of the hard work behind the laughs.

This book investigates a special genre of interpreting in the Chinese context, namely Government Press Conference (GPC) Interpreting. Drawing on the modality system from Systemic Functional Grammar and a corpus of 21 interpreting events, the project explores the regular patterns of modality shifts in Chinese-English GPC interpreting and seeks explanations in the sociocultural context. As a corpus-based project, the book covers qualitative anal...

Employing proven flower-growing techniques used by commercial greenhouses the world over, the growing of cannabis plants is demystified in this helpful gardening book. The natural cycles and growth of the plant are explained, as is how to sprout seedlings, manage growth and soil, how and when to use nutrients, what to look for when it is flowering and finishing, how to cure, and a little about what cannabis can be used for in day-to-day living...