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Unreconciled

From Racial Reconciliation to Racial Justice in Christian Evangelicalism

By: Andrea Smith

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Unreconciled

From Racial Reconciliation to Racial Justice in Christian Evangelicalism

By: Andrea Smith

In the 1990s, many evangelical Christian organizations and church leaders began to acknowledge their long history of racism and launched efforts at becoming more inclusive of people of color. While much of this racial reconciliation movement has not directly confronted systemic racism's structural causes, there exists a smaller countermovement within evangelicalism, primarily led by women of color who are actively engaged in antiracism and social justice struggles. In Unreconciled Andrea Smith examines these movements through a critical ethnic studies lens, evaluating the varying degrees to which evangelical communities that were founded on white supremacy have addressed racism. Drawing on evangelical publications, sermons, and organization statements, as well as ethnographic fieldwork and participation in evangelical events, Smith shows how evangelicalism is largely unable to effectively challenge white supremacy due to its reliance upon discourses of whiteness. At the same time, the work of progressive evangelical women of color not only demonstrates that evangelical Christianity can be an unexpected place in which to find theoretical critique and social justice organizing but also shows how critical ethnic studies' interventions can be applied broadly across political and religious divides outside the academy.

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Duke University Press

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1478007036

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AVENUE21. Connected and Automated Driving: Prospects for Urban Europe

By: Mathias Mitteregger,Emilia M. Bruck,Aggelos Soteropoulos,Andrea Stickler,Martin Berger,Jens S. Dangschat,Rudolf Scheuvens,Ian Banerjee

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AVENUE21. Connected and Automated Driving: Prospects for Urban Europe

By: Mathias Mitteregger,Emilia M. Bruck,Aggelos Soteropoulos,Andrea Stickler,Martin Berger,Jens S. Dangschat,Rudolf Scheuvens,Ian Banerjee

This open access publication examines the impact of connected and automated vehicles on the European city and the conditions that can enable this technology to make a positive contribution to urban development. The authors argue for two theses that have thus far received little attention in scientific discourse: as connected and automated vehicles will not be ready for use in all parts of the city for a long time, previously assumed effects – from traffic safety to traffic performance as well as spatial effects – will need to be re-evaluated. To ensure this technology has a positive impact on the mobility of the future, transport and settlement policy regulations must be adapted and further developed. Established territorial, institutional and organizational boundaries must be investigated and challenged quickly. Despite – or, indeed, because of – the many uncertainties, we find ourselves at the beginning of a new design phase, not only in terms of technology development, but also regarding politics, urban planning, administration and civil society.

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Springer Nature

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3662641402

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Migrant and Tourist Encounters

The Ethics of Im/mobility in 21st Century Dominican and Cuban Cultures

By: Andrea Easley Morris

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Migrant and Tourist Encounters

The Ethics of Im/mobility in 21st Century Dominican and Cuban Cultures

By: Andrea Easley Morris

Migrant and Tourist Encounters: The Ethics of Im/mobility in 21st Century Dominican and Cuban Cultures analyzes the effects of clashing flows of voluntary and involuntary travelers to and from these countries due to an increase in migration and tourism during the last three decades. I compare the ways in which literary works and films reflect on and critique the power relations and ethics of im/mobility and encounter, both on the islands and in destinations abroad. The works draw attention to the interconnectedness of migration, tourism, and other forms of travel as well as immobility, and portray growing local and global inequalities through characters’ disparate access to free, voluntary movement. I consider how the works respond to the question of the moral potential of encounters produced by im/mobilities and the possibility of connection across differences. I argue that Dominican and Cuban artists not only critique neo-colonial paradigms of power and im/mobility, but envision and enact strategies for belonging and, in some cases, suggest a path toward de-colonial cosmopolitanism.

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1000074536

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Raising Your Game

Over 100 Accomplished Athletes Help You Guide Your Girls and Boys Through Sports

By: Ethan J. Skolnick and Dr. Andrea Corn

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Raising Your Game

Over 100 Accomplished Athletes Help You Guide Your Girls and Boys Through Sports

By: Ethan J. Skolnick and Dr. Andrea Corn

America's children are joining and quitting youth sports in record numbers. If kids can't find the fun in an activity, they may try to find the way out. If an adult can't find the right tools, they may not know the right words to say or the right actions to take. In Raising Your Game, authors Ethan J. Skolnick and Dr. Andrea Corn present a guide adults can use to ensure the most enjoyable and enriching youth sports experience for a child. Through a combination of advice from more than 100 elite athletes and time-tested sports psychology concepts, Raising Your Game prompts parents to consider what really matters when it comes to their kids and sports. From LeBron James to Shannon Miller, Brandi Chastain to Jason Taylor, John Smoltz to Mary Joe Fernandez, Sanya Richards-Ross to Torii Hunter, athletes from across the sports spectrum discuss their setbacks and successes what worked for them and what didn't. Raising Your Game discusses the types of guidance that can ignite inspiration and foster participation, practice, and progress, and which methods can create frustration and dejection. It shows the difference a supportive parent can make by showing up, showing interest and, at times, showing restraint.

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iUniverse

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1475960875

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Parallel Optimization

Theory, Algorithms, and Applications

By: Yair Censor,Stavros Andrea Zenios

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Parallel Optimization

Theory, Algorithms, and Applications

By: Yair Censor,Stavros Andrea Zenios

This book offers a unique pathway to methods of parallel optimization by introducing parallel computing ideas into both optimization theory and into some numerical algorithms for large-scale optimization problems. The three parts of the book bring together relevant theory, careful study of algorithms, and modeling of significant real world problems such as image reconstruction, radiation therapy treatment planning, financial planning, transportation and multi-commodity network flow problems, planning under uncertainty, and matrix balancing problems.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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019510062X

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9780195100624

Grave Accusations

A True Story of Lies, Family Secrets, and Death

By: Andrea Egger,Paul Dunn

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Grave Accusations

A True Story of Lies, Family Secrets, and Death

By: Andrea Egger,Paul Dunn

When beautiful 31-year-old Monica Dunn dies from a shotgun wound in her suburban New Mexico home, her decorated police officer husband, Paul, is immediately accused of pulling the trigger.

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Macmillan

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031298524X

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How to Get Your Dog to Do What You Want

A Loving Approach to Unleashing Your Dog's Astonishing Potential

By: Warren Eckstein,Andrea Eckstein

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How to Get Your Dog to Do What You Want

A Loving Approach to Unleashing Your Dog's Astonishing Potential

By: Warren Eckstein,Andrea Eckstein

Why settle for anything less than a best friend? Every dog wants to perform -- and deservedly gain your love and affection. With Warren Eckstein's expert guidance, you can forget about frustration and disobedience, and enjoy years with a loyal, alert, and very happy dog! Here are wonderful insights, witty observations, and step-by-step advice for: * Communicating with your dog * Hassle-free housebreaking *The training ABCs -- from sitting to heeling and beyond * Diet, grooming, exercise and dentistry tips * Coping with canine old age * And much, much more! "Too bad Warren isn't a marriage counselor! If only he could do for husbands what he does for dogs!" Kathie Lee Gifford

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Ballantine Books

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0307792315

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Divided by Faith and Ethnicity

Religious Pluralism and the Problem of Race in Guatemala

By: Andrea Althoff

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Divided by Faith and Ethnicity

Religious Pluralism and the Problem of Race in Guatemala

By: Andrea Althoff

Two unprecedented, striking developments form part of the reality of many Latin Americans. Recent decades have seen the dramatic rise of a new religious pluralism, namely the spread of Pentecostal Christianity - Catholic and Protestant alike - and the growth of indigenous revitalization movements. This study analyzes these major transitions, asking what roles ethnicity and ethnic identities play in the contemporary process of religious pluralism, such as the growth of the Protestant Pentecostal and neo-Pentecostal movements, the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, and the indigenous Maya movement in Guatemala. This book aims to provide an understanding of the agenda of religious movements, their motivations, and their impact on society. Such a pursuit is urgently needed in Guatemala, a postwar country experiencing acrimonious religious competition and a highly contentious debate on religious pluralism. This volume is relevant to scholars and students of Latin American Studies, Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, Practical Theology, and Political Sciences.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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1614518408

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Outcomes Measures in Plastic Surgery, An Issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery

By: Kevin C. Chung,Andrea L Pusic

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Outcomes Measures in Plastic Surgery, An Issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery

By: Kevin C. Chung,Andrea L Pusic

Outcomes . . .familiar in medicine fields, but only in recent decades becoming more of an issue for surgeons . . .the highly subspecialized nature of the surgical profession and breadth of procedures along with variance in patient population creates a challenge in achieving useful, informative outcomes. Here, in this issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery, the focus is on evidence-based practice and outcomes in plastic surgery, spanning the major areas of cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. Outcomes as guidance for the surgeon’s decision regarding approaches and techniques for procedures is the approach. Some of the topics covered are: Measuring Outcomes in Aesthetic Surgery; Measuring Outcomes in Craniofacial and Pediatric Surgery; Measuring Outcomes in Hand Surgery; How to Link Outcomes Data to Quality Initiatives in Plastic Surgery; along with How to Use the Outcomes Questionnaire, Pearls and Pitfalls; among others. Guest Editors Kevin Chung and Andrea Pusic lead this review. Dr. Chung is involved with structuring evidence-based practice and research in hand surgery to derive the best evidence to guide treatment for upper extremity conditions and he developed the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire. Dr Pusic developed the BREAST-Q, which measures satisfaction and quality-of-life outcomes among breast reconstruction patients. Out of the BREAST-Q has come the FACE-Q, which provides a clinically useful patient-reported outcome measure of satisfaction and quality of life following elective surgical and non-surgical facial rejuvenation.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1455772232

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Contentious Minds

How Talk and Ties Sustain Activism

By: Florence Passy,Gian-Andrea Monsch

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Contentious Minds

How Talk and Ties Sustain Activism

By: Florence Passy,Gian-Andrea Monsch

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY NC ND 4.0 International license. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Why does the mind matter for collective action? In Contentious Minds, Florence Passy and Gian-Andrea Monsch explain how cognitive and relational processes allow activists participate in and sustain their commitment to activism. Based on a wide array of survey and interview data with activists engaged in protest, volunteering and unions, they highlight how a commitment community develop shared values, identities, and meanings through interaction. The interplay of talk and ties enables stories and meanings to be constructed and exchanged, conveys worldviews and intentions that are modified through ongoing conversations, and reinforces and maintains commitment over time. Passy and Monsch's ambitious work brings the mind and culture back into the study of social movements and highlights the crucial role social networks play in constructing the communities and shared values that sustain commitment.

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Oxford University Press

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0190078014

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Five Rings and One Star

From Bergen-Belsen to Munich '72: The Story of Shaul Ladany

By: Andrea Schiavon

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Five Rings and One Star

From Bergen-Belsen to Munich '72: The Story of Shaul Ladany

By: Andrea Schiavon

5 September, 1972. 4.30 a.m. The Munich Olympic Village. Black September, a group of Palestinian terrorists, break into the Israeli team's apartments. It is the beginning of the most tragic event in Olympic history and, after twenty hours, the day will end in a massacre, with the deaths of eleven Israelis, five Palestinians and a German policeman. This is the story of the race-walker Shaul Ladany: a survivor. But more than just a member of the Israeli team from those terrible events in Munich, Ladany was a survivor of the darkest period in twentieth century history, having been interred as a child at the Nazi concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen, the camp where Anne Frank died. For the second time in his life, Ladany has survived history. Ladany, the world record holder in the fifty-mile walk and a professor of industrial engineering, is one of Israel's most successful athletes, having won dozens of national championships and competed at both the 1968 and 1972 Olympics; he was a student at Columbia University in New York, a soldier in the Six Days War and the Yom Kippur War. From Eichmann to Sharon, from Bikila to All Blacks, from Nixon to Thatcher: they are all a part of Ladany's walk through the twentieth century. Award-winning author and journalist Andrea Schiavon tells Ladany's extraordinary life and, walking with him, chronicles a whole century of events in this astonishing, touching and epic biography.

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Birlinn Ltd

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191353863X

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Level Set and PDE Based Reconstruction Methods in Imaging

Cetraro, Italy 2008, Editors: Martin Burger, Stanley Osher

By: Martin Burger,Andrea C.G. Mennucci,Stanley Osher,Martin Rumpf

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Level Set and PDE Based Reconstruction Methods in Imaging

Cetraro, Italy 2008, Editors: Martin Burger, Stanley Osher

By: Martin Burger,Andrea C.G. Mennucci,Stanley Osher,Martin Rumpf

This book takes readers on a tour through modern methods in image analysis and reconstruction based on level set and PDE techniques, the major focus being on morphological and geometric structures in images. The aspects covered include edge-sharpening image reconstruction and denoising, segmentation and shape analysis in images, and image matching. For each, the lecture notes provide insights into the basic analysis of modern variational and PDE-based techniques, as well as computational aspects and applications.

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Springer

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3319017128

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What is Translation History?

A Trust-Based Approach

By: Andrea Rizzi,Birgit Lang,Anthony Pym

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What is Translation History?

A Trust-Based Approach

By: Andrea Rizzi,Birgit Lang,Anthony Pym

This book presents a dynamic history of the ways in which translators are trusted and distrusted. Working from this premise, the authors develop an approach to translation that speaks to historians of literature, language, culture, society, science, translation and interpreting. By examining theories of trust from sociological, philosophical, and historical studies, and with reference to interdisciplinarity, the authors outline a methodology for approaching translation history and intercultural mediation from three discrete, concurrent perspectives on trust and translation: the interpersonal, the institutional and the regime-enacted. This book will be of particular interest to students and scholars of translation studies, as well as historians working on mediation and cultural transfer.

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303020099X

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Urban Tourism and Development in the Socialist State

Havana during the pecial Period

By: Andrea Colantonio

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Urban Tourism and Development in the Socialist State

Havana during the pecial Period

By: Andrea Colantonio

After the collapse of the Soviet bloc in 1989, Fidel Castro announced the beginning of aSpecial Period for Cuba. During this time, the Cuban government has been obliged to look outward to other economies of the developed world, specifically targeting tourism as a mechanism for economic growth and development. This book examines the role played by international tourism in Cuba‘s institutional and economic restructuring and the country‘s reinsertion into the capitalist world economy. It provides the most comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the economic, social, environmental and political realities which have emerged in Cuba as a result of the redevelopment of urban tourism since the early 1990s. By analyzing the allocation of tourist resources and its impacts, the generation of tourism policy, and the politics of tourism development, it focuses on the political economy of urban tourism in Cuba and the balance of power between domestic and foreign stakeholders involved in the Cuban tourist industry.

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1351143557

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Rescuing Our Roots

The African Anglo-Caribbean Diaspora in Contemporary Cuba

By: Andrea J. Queeley

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Rescuing Our Roots

The African Anglo-Caribbean Diaspora in Contemporary Cuba

By: Andrea J. Queeley

Contributes new perspectives on historical black identity formation and contemporary activism in Cuba."--Choice "Provides invaluable insight into the histories and lives of Cubans who trace their origins to the Anglo-Caribbean."--Robert Whitney, author of State and Revolution in Cuba: Mass Mobilization and Political Change, 1920-1940 "Adds a missing piece to the existing literature about the renewal of black activism in Cuba, all the while showing the links and fractures between pre- and post-1959 society."--Devyn Spence Benson, Davidson College In the early twentieth century, laborers from the British West Indies immigrated to Cuba, attracted by employment opportunities. The Anglo-Caribbean communities flourished, but after 1959, many of their cultural institutions were dismantled: the revolution dictated that in the name of unity there would be no hyphenated Cubans. This book turns an ethnographic lens on their descendants who--during the Special Period in the 1990s--moved to "rescue their roots" by revitalizing their ethnic associations and reestablishing ties outside the island. Based on Andrea J. Queeley's fieldwork in Santiago and Guantánamo, Rescuing Our Roots looks at local and regional identity formations as well as racial politics in revolutionary Cuba. Queeley argues that, as the island experienced a resurgence in racism due in part to the emergence of the dual economy and the reliance on tourism, Anglo-Caribbean Cubans revitalized their communities and sought transnational connections not just in the hope of material support but also to challenge the association between blackness, inferiority, and immorality. Their desire for social mobility, political engagement, and a better economic situation operated alongside the fight for black respectability. Unlike most studies of black Cubans, which focus on Afro-Cuban religion or popular culture, Queeley's penetrating investigation offers a view of strategies and modes of black belonging that transcend ideological, temporal, and spatial boundaries. A volume in the series Contemporary Cuba, edited by John M. Kirk

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University Press of Florida

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0813063086

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Alternatives to Litigation

Mediation, Arbitration, and the Art of Dispute Resolution

By: Andrea Doneff,Abraham Ordover

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Alternatives to Litigation

Mediation, Arbitration, and the Art of Dispute Resolution

By: Andrea Doneff,Abraham Ordover

Alternatives to Litigation was first published in 1993 when alternate dispute resolution practice was in its infancy. Now in its Third Edition, this book reflects the growth in this field and also the growing interest and in some states mandatory use of ADR. Authors Andrea Doneff and Abraham Ordover explore key concepts and terms, and address practical how-to issues that all attorneys need to recognize and master regardless of their field of expertise. Alternatives to Litigation includes appendices providing sample agreements, checklists, a model standard of conduct, commentary on ethical issues and other useful resources.

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Aspen Publishing

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160156337X

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Making Ballet American

Modernism Before and Beyond Balanchine

By: Andrea Harris

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Making Ballet American

Modernism Before and Beyond Balanchine

By: Andrea Harris

Situating ballet within twentieth-century modernism, this book brings complexity to the history of George Balanchine's American neoclassicism. It intervenes in the prevailing historical narrative and rebalances Balanchine's role in dance history by revealing the complex social, cultural, and political forces that actually shaped the construction of American neoclassical ballet.

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Oxford University Press

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0199342245

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Exiled God and Exiled Peoples

Memoria Passionis and the Perception of God During and After Apartheid and Shoah

By: Andrea Fröchtling

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Exiled God and Exiled Peoples

Memoria Passionis and the Perception of God During and After Apartheid and Shoah

By: Andrea Fröchtling

""Exiled God and exiled peoples"" sets out to explore the perceptions of God within a number of forcibly removed communities in South Africa and Jewish survivors of the Shoah, with the latter being predominantly of German origin. It considers rupture in individual and commmunal life-stories as a determining factor in the perception of and the relationship with God and follows the path paved by survivors of apartheid and the Shoah by recalling their topo-logy, their stories about place, displacement and terror and the encapsulated relationship with God in their respective exiles.

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LIT Verlag Münster

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3825857913

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Chinese Business History

Interpretive Trends and Priorities for the Future

By: Robert Gardella,Andrea McElderry,Jane K. Leonard

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Chinese Business History

Interpretive Trends and Priorities for the Future

By: Robert Gardella,Andrea McElderry,Jane K. Leonard

This study focuses on how Chinese business organization, practice, and success have been interpreted in the historical literature. By introducing various interpretations of China's economic development (including the impact of the West, modernization, and Marxist, Weberian, and revisionist approaches), as well as Western business history theory, the book establishes a basis for constructing an appropriate framework for future research.

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1315502151

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Entanglements: Envisioning World Literature from the Global South

By: Andrea Scheurer, Maren Schulze-Engler, Frank Wegner, Jarula M. I. Gremels

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Entanglements: Envisioning World Literature from the Global South

By: Andrea Scheurer, Maren Schulze-Engler, Frank Wegner, Jarula M. I. Gremels

Entanglements: Envisioning World Literature from the Global South scrutinizes current debates to bring historical and contemporary South-South entanglements to the fore and to develop a new understanding of world literature in a multipolar world of globalized modernity. The volume challenges established ideas of world literature by rethinking the concept along the notion of “entanglements”: as a field of variously criss-crossing relations of literary activity beyond the confines of literary canons, cultural containers, or national borders. The collection presents individual case studies from a variety of language traditions that focus on particular literary relationships and practices across Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe as well as new fictional, poetical, and theoretical conceptions of world literature in order to broaden our understanding of the multilateral entanglements within a widening communicative network that shape our globalized world.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3838215931

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Escaping the Deadly Embrace

How Encirclement Causes Major Wars

By: Andrea Bartoletti

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Escaping the Deadly Embrace

How Encirclement Causes Major Wars

By: Andrea Bartoletti

Encirclement, Andrea Bartoletti argues, is an essential strategic possibility of the international system and a key trigger of major war. Using historical case studies, Escaping the Deadly Embrace examines how great powers try to escape the two-front war problem and seek to preserve their security. Encirclement is a geographic variable that occurs in the presence of one or two great powers on two different borders of the surrounded great power. The surrounding great powers may not have the capacity to initiate a joint invasion. Yet their threatening presence triggers a double security dilemma for the encircled great power, which has to disperse its army to secure its borders. When the surrounding great powers become capable of launching a two-front attack, the encircled great power initiates war. This situation, disastrous in itself, can also lead to war contagion when other great powers intervene in the new conflict owing to the rival-based network of alliances. Combining archival work and historiographical analysis, Escaping the Deadly Embrace demonstrates the efficacy of this by assessing three major wars: the Italian Wars, the Thirty Years' War, and World War I. These findings, Bartoletti shows, have important implications for future major wars. Challenging the current focus on the US-China rivalry, he argues that the most concerning strategic scenario is the encirclement of China by India and Russia.

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Cornell University Press

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1501765930

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Contemporary Jewish Writing

Austria After Waldheim

By: Andrea Reiter

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Contemporary Jewish Writing

Austria After Waldheim

By: Andrea Reiter

This book examines Jewish writers and intellectuals in Austria, analyzing filmic and electronic media alongside more traditional publication formats over the last 25 years. Beginning with the Waldheim affair and the rhetorical response by the three most prominent members of the survivor generation (Leon Zelman, Simon Wiesenthal and Bruno Kreisky) author Andrea Reiter sets a complicated standard for ‘who is Jewish’ and what constitutes a ‘Jewish response.’ She reformulates the concepts of religious and secular Jewish cultural expression, cutting across gender and Holocaust studies. The work proceeds to questions of enacting or performing identity, especially Jewish identity in the Austrian setting, looking at how these Jewish writers and filmmakers in Austria ‘perform’ their Jewishness not only in their public appearances and engagements but also in their works. By engaging with novels, poems, and films, this volume challenges the dominant claim that Jewish culture in Central Europe is almost exclusively borne by non-Jews and consumed by non-Jewish audiences, establishing a new counter-discourse against resurging anti-Semitism in the media.

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1135114730

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The Best 173 Law Schools

By: Eric Owens,John E. Owens,Jennifer Adams,Andrea Kornstein

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The Best 173 Law Schools

By: Eric Owens,John E. Owens,Jennifer Adams,Andrea Kornstein

The Princeton Review s The Best 169 Law Schools provides student-survey-driven profiles of the nation s top law schools as well as detailed statistics about other accredited law schools. Each profile includes information on academics, campus life, and admissions, and the book also provides answers to all the practical questions one should ask when applying to law school.

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110188195X

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Civetta, Taylor, & Kirby's Critical Care Medicine

By: A. Joseph Layon,Andrea Gabrielli,Mihae Yu,Kenneth E. Wood

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Civetta, Taylor, & Kirby's Critical Care Medicine

By: A. Joseph Layon,Andrea Gabrielli,Mihae Yu,Kenneth E. Wood

Covering every problem encountered in today’s intensive care unit, this leading critical care textbook presents the knowledge and expertise of more than 350 global experts in this fast-changing field. Beginning with the social aspects of medicine, it then discusses monitoring and organ system pathobiology followed by specific diseases states/syndromes. Each chapter begins with immediate concerns and proceeds to broader-based discussions of relevant pathophysiologic and clinical issues.

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1469889854

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9781469889856

Autocratization in post-Cold War Political Regimes

By: Andrea Cassani,Luca Tomini

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Autocratization in post-Cold War Political Regimes

By: Andrea Cassani,Luca Tomini

This book deals with post-Cold War processes of autocratization, that is, regime change towards autocracy. While these processes are growing in number and frequency, autocratization remains a relatively understudied phenomenon, especially its most recent manifestations. In this volume, the authors offer one of the first cross-regional comparative analyses of the recent processes of regime change towards autocracy. Building on an original conceptual framework, the two authors engage in the empirical investigation of the spreading of this political syndrome, of the main forms that it takes, and of the modes through which it unfolds in countries ruled by different political regimes, with different histories and belonging to different regional contexts. The research is conducted through a mix of research techniques that include descriptive statistical analysis, Qualitative Comparative Analysis and case study. This book will be of interest to a heterogeneous readership that encompasses the broader community of scholars, analysts, observers, journalists, and practitioners interested in political development and regime change in different geographical areas.

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Evaluating Derivatives

Principles and Techniques of Algorithmic Differentiation, Second Edition

By: Andreas Griewank,Andrea Walther

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Evaluating Derivatives

Principles and Techniques of Algorithmic Differentiation, Second Edition

By: Andreas Griewank,Andrea Walther

This title is a comprehensive treatment of algorithmic, or automatic, differentiation. The second edition covers recent developments in applications and theory, including an elegant NP completeness argument and an introduction to scarcity.

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Musculoskeletal Assessment in Athletic Training and Therapy

By: Matthew R. Kutz,Andrea E. Cripps,American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS),

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Musculoskeletal Assessment in Athletic Training and Therapy

By: Matthew R. Kutz,Andrea E. Cripps,American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS),

Written in conjunction with the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), Musculoskeletal Assessment in Athletic Training provides a comprehensive overview of common injuries impacting the extremities and the assessments and examinations the Athletic Trainer can conduct. Unit I “Foundations” introduces the student to the foundations of examination, evaluation, and musculoskeletal diagnosis, providing a helpful recap of relevant medical terminology along the way. Units II and III delve directly into the lower and upper extremities, reviewing relevant anatomy, discussing common injuries, and discussing their assessment. Finally, Unit IV “Medical Considerations and Risk Management” provides an overview of factors to keep in mind when evaluating the lower and upper extremities, including the needs of special populations, environmental conditions, and other medical conditions that can complicate the evaluation.

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Surgical Treatment of Colorectal Problems in Children

By: Alberto Peña,Andrea Bischoff

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Surgical Treatment of Colorectal Problems in Children

By: Alberto Peña,Andrea Bischoff

This superbly illustrated book on the surgical treatment of pediatric colorectal problems focuses in particular on the specific technical maneuvers that may be considered key to successful results. The presented management concepts are based on a database comprising over 5000 patients, more than 2300 of whom have been operated on by one of the authors as lead surgeon over the past 30 years. The full range of colorectal disorders in children is thus covered, from cloaca and fistulas to rare presentations. In addition, chapters are included on topics such as prenatal diagnosis, minimally invasive techniques, recent advances in imaging, and a bowel management program for fecal incontinence. Surgical Treatment of Colorectal Problems in Children is eminently a practical book. Clarity, simplicity and applicability are emphasized throughout. The excellence of the illustrations and photographs is a crucial feature and the reader will also have access to instructive videos of procedures.

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The Shoulder in Sport

Management, Rehabilitation and Prevention

By: Andrea Fusco,Andrea Foglia,Frank Musarra,Marco Testa

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The Shoulder in Sport

Management, Rehabilitation and Prevention

By: Andrea Fusco,Andrea Foglia,Frank Musarra,Marco Testa

The book is divided into 5 sections: the first and second sections provide introductory topics, such as anatomical variances of the articulations and soft tissues, the biomechanics of the shoulder, diagnostic imaging, specialist and functional examinations. The third section is dedicated to the description of surgical solutions in acute articular, muscle and tendinous pathologies. Rehabilitation and prevention are described in the fourth section, where the authors present exercises of post-surgical rehabilitation, techniques of mobilizing in manual therapy and load multidimensional model. The last two chapters in this section are dedicated to prevention, especially of chronic pathologies, using intervention influencing programmes, methodology of training and how to rectify incorrectly performed movements. The last section is dedicated to the use of electromyography of the surface. This method is used to register muscular activity during training; the description contains practical information and a great number of references of clinical interest.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0443068747

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Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Multicultural Perspective

A Multicultural Perspective

By: Allen E. Ivey,Michael J. D'Andrea,Mary Bradford Ivey

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Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Multicultural Perspective

A Multicultural Perspective

By: Allen E. Ivey,Michael J. D'Andrea,Mary Bradford Ivey

Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy fully integrates a multicultural approach, which is demonstrated in practice throughout every chapter and every theoretical approach. New to the Seventh Edition: Increased focus on visual elements such as photos, charts, and summary tables. More focus on case illustrations. Increased coverage of ethical and legal issues, technology and on the counseling relationship. Added coverage of narrative counseling and brief, solution-focused counseling.

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1412987237

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Feminist Theory and the Philosophies of Man

By: Andrea Nye

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Feminist Theory and the Philosophies of Man

By: Andrea Nye

In the past decade there has been an explosion of feminist theory - in many cases depending on theoretical foundations borrowed from men. Andrea Nye critically examines the ambivalent relationship between feminists and male theory.

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Routledge

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1134566956

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Humanitarian Hypocrisy

Civilian Protection and the Design of Peace Operations

By: Andrea L. Everett

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Humanitarian Hypocrisy

Civilian Protection and the Design of Peace Operations

By: Andrea L. Everett

Devil in the details : peace operations, civilian protection, and policy design -- Political will, organized hypocrisy, and ambitions-resources gaps -- Quantitative evidence -- France in Rwanda -- The United States in Darfur -- Australia in the Southwest Pacific

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Cornell University Press

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1501714813

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Unfinished

Thoughts Left Visible

By: Kelly Baum,Andrea Bayer,Sheena Wagstaff

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Unfinished

Thoughts Left Visible

By: Kelly Baum,Andrea Bayer,Sheena Wagstaff

This groundbreaking book explores the evolving concept of unfinishedness as essential to understanding art movements from the Renaissance to the present day. Unfinished features more than 200 works, created in a variety of media, by artists ranging from Leonardo, Titian, Rembrandt, Turner, and Cézanne to Picasso, Warhol, Twombly, Freud, Richter, and Nauman. What unites these works, across centuries and media, is that each one displays some aspect of being unfinished. Essays and case studies by major contemporary scholars address this key concept from the perspective of both the creator and the viewer, probing the impact that this long artistic trajectory—which can be traced back to the first century—has had on modern and contemporary art. The book investigates the degrees to which instances of incompleteness were accidental or intentional experimental or conceptual. Also included are illuminating interviews with contemporary artists, including Tuymans, Celmins, and Marden, and parallel considerations of the unfinished in literature and film. The result is a multidisciplinary approach and thought-provoking analysis that provide valuable insight into the making, meaning, and critical reception of the unfinished in art.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1588395863

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Swaiman's Pediatric Neurology E-Book

Principles and Practice

By: Kenneth F. Swaiman,Stephen Ashwal,Donna M Ferriero,Nina F Schor,Richard S. Finkel,Andrea L. Gropman,Phillip L Pearl

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Swaiman's Pediatric Neurology E-Book

Principles and Practice

By: Kenneth F. Swaiman,Stephen Ashwal,Donna M Ferriero,Nina F Schor,Richard S. Finkel,Andrea L. Gropman,Phillip L Pearl

Since 1975, Dr. Kenneth Swaiman's classic text has been the reference of choice for authoritative guidance in pediatric neurology, and the 6th Edition continues this tradition of excellence with thorough revisions that bring you fully up to date with all that's new in the field. Five new sections, 62 new chapters, 4 new editors, and a reconfigured format make this a comprehensive and clearly-written resource for the experienced clinician as well as the physician-in-training. - Nearly 3,000 line drawings, photographs, tables, and boxes highlight the text, clarify key concepts, and make it easy to find information quickly.

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0323374816

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