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How Long Is the Present

Selected Talk Poems of David Antin

By: David Antin

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How Long Is the Present

Selected Talk Poems of David Antin

By: David Antin

Poet, performance artist, and critic David Antin invented the “talk poem.” He insists that his poems be oral and created in front of a live audience, in a specific time and place, with the transcription of the performance adjusted for print by presenting it not in prose but in clumps of words without justified margins or punctuation, peppered with white spaces that indicate pauses. In this book, editor Stephen Fredman provides a critical introduction to a selection of talk poems from three out-of-print collections, accompanied by a new interview with the author. As Fredman points out, Antin’s work is a form of conceptual writing that has influenced generations of experimental poets and prose writers. His profound and humorous talk poems are essential for classroom and scholarly discussions of the arts in modernism and postmodernism—offering as well an invitation to strengthen the ties between the sciences and the humanities.

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UNM Press

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0826355307

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9780826355300

Radical Coherency

Selected Essays on Art and Literature, 1966 to 2005

By: David Antin

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Radical Coherency

Selected Essays on Art and Literature, 1966 to 2005

By: David Antin

“We got to talking”—so David Antin begins the introduction to Radical Coherency, embarking on the pursuit that has marked much of his breathless, brilliantly conversational work. For the past forty years, whether spoken under the guise of performance artist or poet, cultural explorer or literary critic, Antin’s innovative observations have helped us to better understand everything from Pop to Postmodernism. Intimately wedded to the worlds of conceptual art and poetics, Radical Coherency collects Antin’s influential critical essays and spontaneous, performed lectures (or “talk pieces”) for the very first time, capturing one of the most distinctive perspectives in contemporary literature. The essays presented here range from the first serious assessment of Andy Warhol published in a major art journal, as well as Antin’s provocative take on Clement Greenberg’s theory of Modernism, to frontline interventions in present debates on poetics and fugitive pieces from the ’60s and ’70s that still sparkle today—and represent a gold mine for art historians of the period. From John Cage to Allan Kaprow, Mark Rothko to Ludwig Wittgenstein, Antin takes the reader on an idiosyncratic, personal journey through twentieth-century culture with his trademark antiformalist panache—one thatwill be welcomed by any fan of this consummate trailblazer.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226923320

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9780226923321

How Long is the Present

Selected Talk Poems of David Antin

By: David Antin

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How Long is the Present

Selected Talk Poems of David Antin

By: David Antin

In this book editor Stephen Fredman provides critical introductions to a selection of talk poems from Antin's now out-of-print collections in conjunction with a new interview with the author.

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University of New Mexico Press

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0826355293

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Berlioz

Servitude and Greatness, 1832-1869

By: David Cairns

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Berlioz

Servitude and Greatness, 1832-1869

By: David Cairns

Praise for Berlioz, Volume I "We now have a biography that not only takes in the immense documentation of Berlioz's early life but goes far beyond it in piecing together an incomparably rich portrait of the man and his milieu. . . . The picture is so vivid and the prose so magnetic that not a word seems wasted. . . . Cairns's biography of Berlioz must take its place with the handful of great lives of composers, such as Thayer's Beethoven, Newman's Wagner, and Walker's Wolf."--Hugh MacDonald, The Listener "Even at this halfway stage, [Cairns's] Berlioz stands as one of the great biographies of our day, and also one of the great feats of literary sympathy with an artistic genius, filled with a love, knowledge, and understanding of his subject that flame up on every page."--Max Loppert, Financial Times "This biography is kindled by sympathy and enthusiasm for its subject, and is written with a lifelong professional experience of Berlioz behind it. It is also beautifully and interestingly written. The chapters flow together like Berlioz's own harmonic changes, and with equal resonance."--Roger Norrington, Independent

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Univ of California Press

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0520240588

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Revelations of Self

American Women in Autobiography

By: Lois J. Fowler,David H. Fowler

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Revelations of Self

American Women in Autobiography

By: Lois J. Fowler,David H. Fowler

Five autobiographies (abridged and accompanied by notes and introduction) speak of women's experience in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The writers: Anna Cora Mowalt (playwright and actress), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (women's rights leader), Harriet Jacobs (escaped slave), Mary Antin (Russian Jewish immigrant), Margaret Sanger (founder of the birth control movement in the US). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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SUNY Press

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0791403742

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Historic Cities of the Americas [2 volumes]

An Illustrated Encyclopedia [2 volumes]

By: David F. Marley

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Historic Cities of the Americas [2 volumes]

An Illustrated Encyclopedia [2 volumes]

By: David F. Marley

With rare maps, prints, and photographs, this unique volume explores the dramatic history of the Americas through the birth and development of the hemisphere's great cities. Written by award-winning author David F. Marley, Historic Cities of the Americas covers the hard-to-find information of these cities' earliest years, including the unique aspects of each region's economy and demography, such as the growth of local mining, trade, or industry. The chronological layout, aided by the numerous maps and photographs, reveals the exceptional changes, relocations, destruction, and transformations these cities endured to become the metropolises they are today. Historic Cities of the Americas provides over 70 extensively detailed entries covering the foundation and evolution of the most significant urban areas in the western hemisphere. Critically researched, this work offers a rare look into the times prior to Christopher Columbus' arrival in 1492 and explores the common difficulties overcome by these European-conquered or -founded cities as they flourished into some of the most influential locations in the world.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1576075745

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9781576075746

The Past is a Foreign Country - Revisited

By: David Lowenthal

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The Past is a Foreign Country - Revisited

By: David Lowenthal

A completely updated new edition of David Lowenthal's classic account of how we reshape the past to serve present needs.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521851424

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Conqueror

By: S. M. Stirling,David Drake

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Conqueror

By: S. M. Stirling,David Drake

Conqueror" comprises the second half of The General series, which was originally published as five separate novels: "The Forge, The Hammer, The Anvil, The Steel" and "The Sword." This is their first unified publication.

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Baen Books

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074343594X

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The Unofficial Guide to Paris

By: David Applefield

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The Unofficial Guide to Paris

By: David Applefield

A comprehensive travel guide to Paris, France, with maps and information on hotels and over sixty restaurants, cultural and historic sights, and shopping and entertainment venues.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470138289

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9780470138281

The Greater Journey

Americans in Paris

By: David McCullough

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The Greater Journey

Americans in Paris

By: David McCullough

New York Times"-bestselling, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author McCullough presents the enthralling story of the American painters, writers, sculptors, and doctors who journeyed to Paris between 1830 and 1900 and how they altered American history.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416571779

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9781416571773

The Poetry of Disturbance

The Discomforts of Postwar American Poetry

By: David Bergman

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The Poetry of Disturbance

The Discomforts of Postwar American Poetry

By: David Bergman

In The Poetry of Disturbance, David Bergman argues that post-war poetry underwent a significant if subtle shift in emphasis, moving from the modernist concern with the poem as a visual text to one that was chiefly oral in nature. The resulting change was disturbing, especially for those brought up on the principles of high modernism. This new stress on orality implied a shift in the economy of the poem, away from the austerity of language advocated by Pound and Eliot to a style that conveyed freedom, expansiveness, and an innovative directness.

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1316300021

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A Saint in the Sun

Praising Saint Bernard in the France of Louis XIV

By: David N. Bell

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A Saint in the Sun

Praising Saint Bernard in the France of Louis XIV

By: David N. Bell

This volume contains translations or summaries of the most important panegyrics in praise of Saint Bernard that were preached during the reign of Louis XIV. Some of the preachers were and are regarded as the greatest orators ever to grace the French pulpit. All the translations are extensively annotated, and there are three introductory chapters providing a necessary background for appreciating the sermons. Sixteen preachers are represented, and, with one exception, none of the material has ever appeared in English. For those interested in the afterlife of Saint Bernard, as he was used, and sometimes abused, in the reign of the Sun King, this collection provides essential primary sources.

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Liturgical Press

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0879071710

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Ours Was the Shining Future

The Story of the American Dream

By: David Leonhardt

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Ours Was the Shining Future

The Story of the American Dream

By: David Leonhardt

The clear-eyed, definitive history of the modern American economy and the decline of the American Dream, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist behind The New York Times's “The Morning” newsletter. “With the even-handed incisiveness that has made him one of the country’s most-respected voices on economics, David Leonhardt illuminates the inside history of the players and missteps that have stolen so many Americans’ futures.”—Jane Mayer, author of Dark Money NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • ONE OF THE ATLANTIC’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Two decades into the twenty-first century, the stagnation of living standards has become the defining trend of American life. Life expectancy has declined, economic inequality has soared, and, after some progress, the Black-white wage gap is once again as large as it was in the 1950s. How did this happen in the world’s most powerful country? And what happened to the “American dream”—the promise of a happier, healthier, more prosperous future—which was once such an inextricable part of our national identity? Drawing on decades of writing about the economy for The New York Times, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer David Leonhardt examines the past century of American history, from the Great Depression to today’s Great Stagnation, in search of an answer. To make sense of the rise and subsequent fall of the American dream, Leonhardt tells the story of the modern American economy as an ongoing battle between two competing forms of capitalism: one that envisions prosperity for most, and one that serves the individual and favors the wealthy. In vivid prose, Ours Was the Shining Future traces how democratic capitalism flourished to make the American dream possible, until the latter decades of the twentieth century when, bit by bit, the dream was corrupted to serve only the privileged few. Ours Was the Shining Future is a sweeping narrative full of innovation and grit, human drama and hope. Featuring the trailblazing figures who helped shape the American dream—Frances Perkins, Paul Hoffman, Cesar Chavez, Robert Kennedy, A. Philip Randolph, Grace Hopper, and more—this engaging history reveals the power of grassroots democratic movements from across the political spectrum. And though the American dream feels lost to us now, Leonhardt shows how Americans—if they commit themselves to transforming the economy, as they did in the past—have the power to revive the dream once more.

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Random House

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0812983335

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9780812983333

Hope Rearmed

By: David Drake,S. M. Stirling

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Hope Rearmed

By: David Drake,S. M. Stirling

Sequel omnibus edition to Hope Reborn. A young hero overcomes implacable foes to lead a planet fallen into a dark age back to the high point of its lost technological civilization. Contains The Anvil and The Steel in the General series. Series relaunched in The Heretic and continuing in The Savior. After the collapse of the galactic Web, civilizations crumbled and chaos reigned on thousands of planets. Only on planet Bellevue was there a difference. There, a Fleet Battle Computer named Center had survived from the old civilization. When it found Raj Whitehall, the man who could execute its plan for reviving human civilization, he and Center started Bellevue back on the road leading to the stars. Now Raj Whitehall has come close to reuniting the entire planet of Bellevue. Because of his victories and because of the way he won them, Raj is loved by the people¾and his army would follow him to Hell. Even those closest to him, his band of sworn companions and his wickedly subtle but utterly loyal wife, hold him in awe. And that's the problem. For though Raj battles only in the name of his emperor and has proven his loyalty again and again, still the half-mad jealousy and fear of that emperor Clerett is about to give Raj no choice but to revolt or face death and the loss of all he has gained for freedom. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). About prequel omnibus volume, Hope Reborn: "The various battles and intrigues_all of them very clever and some of them very unexpected_make up the core of these extremely well-written and unabashedly fun books. And really, the action never stops. I highly recommend them to you as theyve come out in a tasty trade format thats very easy to hold and lug around (they are, in other words, backpackable)."¾Amazing Stories About the Raj Whitehall series: _[T]old with knowledge of military tactics and hardware, and vividly described action. . .devotees of military SF should enjoy themselves.Ó¾Publishers Weekly _[A] thoroughly engrossing military sf series. . .superb battle scenes, ingenious weaponry and tactics, homages to Kipling, and many other goodies. High fun.Ó¾Booklist

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Baen Publishing Enterprises

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1625792492

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9781625792495

Salons, Singers and Songs

A Background to Romantic French Song 1830-1870

By: David Tunley

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Salons, Singers and Songs

A Background to Romantic French Song 1830-1870

By: David Tunley

Music! It is the great pleasure of this city, the great occupation of the drawing-rooms, which have banished politics, and which have renounced literature, from ennui. Jules Janin, An American in Paris, 1843 Afternoon and evening entertainments in the drawing rooms of the aristocracy and upper middle classes were a staple of cultural life in nineteenth-century Paris. Music was often a feature of these occasions and private salons provided important opportunities for musicians, especially singers, to develop their careers. Such recitals included excerpts from favourite operas, but also the more traditional forms of French song, the romance and its successor the m die. Drawing on extensive research into the musical press of the period, David Tunley paints a vivid portrait of the nineteenth-century Parisien salons and the performers who sang in them. Against this colourful backdrop, he discusses the development of French romantic song, with its hallmarks of simplicity and clarity of diction. Combined with Italian influences and the impression made by Schubert's songs, the French romance developed into a form with greater complexity - the m die. Salons, Singers and Songs describes this transformation and the seeds it sowed for music by later composers such as Faur Duparc and Debussy.

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Routledge

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1351550209

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9781351550208

Discontented America

The United States in the 1920s

By: David J. Goldberg

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Discontented America

The United States in the 1920s

By: David J. Goldberg

--from the foreword by Stanley I. Kutler

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JHU Press

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0801860059

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9780801860058

Lacan in Contexts

By: David Macey

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Lacan in Contexts

By: David Macey

In the most comprehensive study of Jacques Lacan yet to be published in English, David Macey challenges many of the assumptions that have come to surround Lacan's work. He shows that key elements of Lacanian thought relate not to structuralism, as is often claimed, but to surrealism, Bataille and the early French phenomenologists. The famous "return to Freud" is shown to mask Lacan's adherence to a psychiatric tradition and to trends within French psychoanalysis which were opposed by Freud himself. A detailed and challenging reading of work by Lacan and his associates on femininity reveals its reliance upon a virulently sexist discourse and upon an iconography derived from surrealism. The view that Lacanian psychoanalysis has a positive contribution to make to feminism and to theories of gender and sexual difference is contested. As well as providing a new and provocative reading of Lacan's work, Lacan in Contexts is an important contribution to psychoanalytic history and to the history of French intellectual life.

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Verso Books

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1789607396

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9781789607390

Hope Renewed

By: David Drake,S.M. Stirling

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Hope Renewed

By: David Drake,S.M. Stirling

Contains Books #5 and #6 The Sword and The Chosen, in the best selling General series. The Empire of Man has fallen and a new Dark Age is upon the stars. With planets cut off and reduced to subsistence and ignorance, humanity has nearly forgotten its past greatness. But one battle computer has survived the Collapse. He is Center. And Center is determined to find and aid leaders who can return a star-faring republic to the galaxy. The first of these leaders is Raj Whitehall, a man born to be a general, and molded to retake civilization itself from the jaws of barbarism. The Sword For five years Raj Whitehall has led his men across the face of the planet Bellevue. With saber and bayonet he has conquered one barbarian nation after another. Now his greatest enemy is his own overlord, Barholm Clerett, who's so paranoid of Raj's victories that he is reduced to only one thought: Raj Whitehall must die. The Chosen Planted by interstellar probes on hundreds of human-occupied worlds, the downloaded personalities of Raj Whitehall and the ancient battle computer known as Center work together for planetary unity. On Visager, a nation-state of vicious militarists is about to start the final war that will bring their fatal racist infection to the stars. Now two young men once at odds in war must unite and, with the aid of the disembodied voices of their mentors from the stars, stand against exporting eternal tyranny to the galaxy itself. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). About the Raj Whitehall series: _[T]old with knowledge of military tactics and hardware, and vividly described action . . . devotees of military SF should enjoy themselves.Ó¾Publishers Weekly _[A] thoroughly engrossing military sf series . . . superb battle scenes, ingenious weaponry and tactics, homages to Kipling, and many other goodies. High fun.Ó¾Booklist About David Drake: _[P]rose as cold and hard s the metal alloy of a tank ã rivals Crane and Remarque ãÓ _Chicago Sun-Times _Drake couldnt write a bad action scene at gunpoint.Ó _Booklist The General Series The Forge S. M. Stirling David Drake The Hammer S. M. Stirling David Drake The Anvil S. M. Stirling David Drake The Steel S. M. Stirling David Drake The Sword S. M. Stirling David Drake The Chosen S. M. Stirling David Drake The Reformer S. M. Stirling David Drake The Tyrant Eric Flint David Drake The Heretic Tony Daniel David Drake The Savior Tony Daniel David Drake Omnibus EditionsWarlord David Drake S. M. Stirling Contains The Forge and The Hammer Conqueror David Drake S. M. Stirling Contains The Anvil and The Steel Hope Reborn David Drake S. M. Stirling Contains The Forge and The Hammer Hope Rearmed David Drake S. M. Stirling Contains The Anvil and The Steel

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Baen Publishing Enterprises

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1625792972

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Natural Autoantibodies

By: Yehuda Shoenfeld,David A. Isenberg

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Natural Autoantibodies

By: Yehuda Shoenfeld,David A. Isenberg

Natural Autoantibodies provides an in-depth analysis of all aspects of natural antibodies. The book examines the advantages and pitfalls of every type of technique that is widely used for detecting autoantibodies. It also covers the sequencing of human autoantibody genes, discussing how sequencing is undertaken and the genetic clues available to elucidate the genetic origins of autoimmunity. Animal models of autoimmunity are also covered, and the up-to-date account provided in this book explains how natural autoantibodies have important regulatory functions and also occasionally serve as templates for autoimmunity. Other topics examined in Natural Autoantibodies: Their Physiological Role and Regulatory Significance include idiotypes of natural autoantibodies; the pathogenic role of natural autoantibodies; and methods to measure the effects of genetic and sex hormones, as well as aging, on natural autoantibodies. The book will be an excellent research tool and reference for immunologists, rheumatologists, and others interested in the topic.

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CRC Press

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084935501X

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International Investment Protection of Global Banking and Finance

Legal Principles and Arbitral Practice

By: Arif H. Ali,David L. Attanasio

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International Investment Protection of Global Banking and Finance

Legal Principles and Arbitral Practice

By: Arif H. Ali,David L. Attanasio

Global banking and finance is a complex and specialized field with sector-specific investment forms, subject to distinctive legal and regulatory frameworks and unique types of political risk. This comprehensive guide to international investment protection in the finance and banking sector, written by acknowledged experts in the field of investor-State arbitration, provides the first in-depth discussion of how international investment law applies to investors and investments in the sector. Featuring expert guidance on the key legal protections for cross-border banking and finance investments, with complete and up-to-date coverage of investor-State cases, the analysis crystallizes a set of field-specific legal principles for the sector. In particular, the authors address the following practical aspects of investment protection in the banking and finance sector: how sector-specific forms of investment, such as loans and derivatives, impact the dispute resolution process; types of political risk that cross-border investments in the sector are likely to encounter; distinctive adverse sovereign measures that underlie disputes in the sector, including those from sovereign debt defaults and banking sector bailouts; specific treaty provisions, such as jurisdictional carve-outs and targeted exclusions; remedies available for violations of international investment protections; how monetary damages may be assessed for injury to banking and finance sector investments; the scope of financial services chapters included in certain free trade agreements; the protections available under domestic foreign investment laws; and alternative sources of protection such as political risk insurance and investment contracts. International disputes practitioners and academics, in-house counsel in the finance and banking industries, and arbitrators addressing banking and finance disputes will welcome this book for its practical guidance. With strategies for investors as well as for sovereign States to navigate the intricacies of the investment protection system, the authors’ comprehensive analysis will help ensure appropriate international protection for banking and finance sector investments, both when establishing investments and when resolving disputes. The book lays the groundwork for the future consolidation of international investment protection as a critical tool to manage the political risk confronting global banking and finance.

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Kluwer Law International B.V.

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9403535628

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9789403535623

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Before Dishonor

By: Peter David

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Star Trek: The Next Generation: Before Dishonor

By: Peter David

An enemy so intractable that it cannot be reasoned with. The entire race thinks with one mind and strives toward one purpose: to add our biological distinctiveness to their own and wipe out individuality, to make every living thing Borg. In over two centuries, the Federation has never encountered a greater threat. Twice Starfleet assembled and threw countless starships to stand against them. The Borg were stopped, the price paid in blood. Humanity breathed a sigh of relief, assuming it was safe. And with the destruction of the transwarp conduits, the Federation believed that the killing blow had finally been struck against the Borg. Driven to the point of extinction, the Borg continue to fight for their very existence, for their culture. They will not be denied. They must not be stopped. The old rules and assumptions regarding how the Collective should act have been dismissed. Now the Borg kill first, assimilate later. When the Enterprise manages to thwart them once again, the Borg turn inward. The dark places that even the drones never realized existed are turned outward against the enemy they have never been able to defeat. What is revealed is the thing that no one believed the Borg could do.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416554718

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9781416554714

Mollison's Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine

By: Harvey G. Klein,David J. Anstee

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Mollison's Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine

By: Harvey G. Klein,David J. Anstee

“Both authors have dealt in an authoritative way withthe still rapidly expanding specialty and the eleventh edition ofthe book will be of the greatest value to all who are interested inthe scientific and practical aspects of blood transfusion inclinical medicine.” From the Foreword by Professor P.L. Mollison Highly respected, long-established book that has become the"bible" in transfusion medicine Why Buy This Book? Provides a sound basis for understanding modern transfusionmedicine Definitive reference source for any clinician involved withpatients requiring transfusion and for all staff working intransfusion services, immunohaematology laboratories and bloodbanks Highly practical advice on management issues for theclinician Completely revised and updated to reflect the rapid pace ofchange in transfusion medicine Written by two of the world's leading experts in the field

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470986859

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9780470986851

Patriarch

The Abe Bickman Family History

By: David M. Bickman

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Patriarch

The Abe Bickman Family History

By: David M. Bickman

Shortly before his death, Abe Bickman (the "Patriarch") gave his son, David, his modest family archive. This archive comprised: an envelope, postmarked in 1948 and with a return address in Brazil, in which were contained several black & white photographs; several letters from relatives in the Ukraine, written in Yiddish in the 1920s; and a military passport issued by the Czarist Russian government in the very early 1900s. The author had the letters and passport translated and then reconnected with relatives in Brazil. He subsequently went to Brazil and met many of his cousins living there, some of whom helped him to locate, and eventually meet, cousins from Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Israel and the United States. Bickman's research into his father's family history also involved gathering information from public archives in Canada, the United States and Ukraine, where he found his earliest direct paternal ancestor bearing the family surname (then "Bikman"). Bickman discovered that much of his father's family's history is a microcosm of the history of Eastern European Jewry from 1774 to the present and, in this process, learned much more about himself than he ever anticipated.

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FriesenPress

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1525526782

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9781525526787

Seeking Common Ground

Public Schools in a Diverse Society

By: David B. Tyack

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Seeking Common Ground

Public Schools in a Diverse Society

By: David B. Tyack

The American republic will survive only if its citizens are educated--this was an article of faith of its founders. But seeking common civic ground in public schools has never been easy in a society where schoolchildren followed different religions, adhered to different cultural traditions, spoke many languages, and were identified as members of different "races." In this wise and enlightening book, filled with vivid characters and memorable incidents that make history but don't always make history books, David Tyack describes how each American generation grappled with the knotty task of creating political unity and social diversity. Seeking Common Ground illuminates puzzles about democracy in education and chronic conflicts that continue to make news. Americans mistrusted government, yet they entrusted the civic education of their children to public schools. American history textbooks were notoriously dull, but they were also highly controversial. Although the people liked local control of schools, educational experts called it "democracy gone to seed" and campaigned to "take the schools out of politics." Reformers argued about whether it was more democratic to teach all students the same subjects or to tailor curriculum to individuals. And what was the best way to "Americanize" immigrants, asked educators: by forced-fed assimilation or by honoring their ethnic heritages? With a broad perspective and an eye for telling detail, Tyack lets us see that debates about the civic purposes of schools are an essential part of a democratic culture, and integral to its future.

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Harvard University Press

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0674011988

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9780674011984

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