David Krieger's Books

Wake Up!

By: David Krieger

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Wake Up is the latest poetry book by David Krieger. He has written four books of peace poetry and also edited four peace poetry anthologies.He continues on his path of writing piercing and thought-provoking peace poetry. His poems are often poems of remembrance, as well as warnings about the dangers of the nuclear age.Wake Up! is divided into six sections: Truth Is Beauty; War; Remembering Bush II; Global Hiroshima; Peace; Portraits; and Imperfection.Krieger has received many awards for his work for peace and a nuclear-free world, including three peace writing awards from the OMNI Center for Peace, Justice and Ecology.These poems leave us wanting to do more to build a peaceful world and assure humanity's future.The book has received much praise. Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu wrote, “There is haunting beauty and truth in this poetry.” Doug Rawlings, poet and Vietnam War veteran said of Wake Up! that “…it reads like a series of eloquent telegrams sent directly to the heart of a culture, ours…” Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and author of A Coney Island of the Mind, wrote: “Wake Up! is accessible and moving writing, setting itself against the dominant murderous culture of our time. Every poem hits home.”

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150098874X

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The Challenge of Abolishing Nuclear Weapons

By: David Krieger

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The Challenge of Abolishing Nuclear Weapons

By: David Krieger

In the more than sixty years since the advent of nuclear weapons, there has been little meaningful progress toward nuclear disarmament. Some countries have nuclear weapons, while other states are forbidden to acquire them, a status quo that lacks rational basis and cannot be sustained. In this remarkable collection, scholars and policy analysts argue that humankind has a choice: either allow nuclear weapons to continue to proliferate throughout the world or move toward their complete elimination. The vast majority of people on the planet would surely opt to abolish nuclear weapons. But decisions about nuclear weapons are not made by the public, but by small groups of political elites. Consequently, in a world with nuclear weapons, the fate of humanity rests in the hands of a small number of individuals, whose perceptions, communications, and judgment determine whether there is to be a future. The contributors to this volume provide historical perspective on nuclear weapons policy; explore the role of international law in furthering the prospects of nuclear weapons abolition; consider the obstacles to abolition; present a path to achieving a nuclear weapons-free world; and look beyond abolition to consider issues of post-abolition sovereignty and general and complete disarmament. The goal of a nuclear weapons-free world can be awakened by an engaged citizenry bringing pressure from below in demanding action from political leaders. This book contributes to this awakening and engagement.

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Transaction Publishers

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1412814901

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Path to Zero

Dialogues on Nuclear Dangers

By: Richard A. Falk,David Krieger

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Path to Zero

Dialogues on Nuclear Dangers

By: Richard A. Falk,David Krieger

The Path to Zero argues that it is time to re-open the public debate on nuclear weapons. In a series of clear and well-reasoned dialogues, long-time scholars and peace activists Richard Falk and David Krieger probe key questions about our nuclear capability and dig beneath the secrecy that has largely surrounded its existence. Falk and Krieger argue that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were only the beginning. In recent times, nuclear annihilation at the hands of rogue states and terrorists has become an even greater concern than the spectre of nuclear war between superpowers. The Path to Zero argues that whilst none of us has the power to bring about global change alone, together we are immensely powerful - powerful enough to overcome the threats of the Nuclear Age and move us appreciably along 'the path to zero'.

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Routledge

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1317254732

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Manufactured Schema

Thatcher, the Miners and the Culture Industry

By: David V. Khabaz

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Manufactured Schema

Thatcher, the Miners and the Culture Industry

By: David V. Khabaz

A couple of decades after Margaret Thatcher managed to radically transform the rules of industrial relations in Britain, there has been a great deal of debate, comment and analysis by a wide range of commentators with various ideological persuasions. Thatcherism has, therefore, become an infamous concept in the study of modern British politics. This book re-examines one of the most controversial features of that era, the relationship between the media (in particular the press), the Prime Minister and the trades unions in the 1980s. The book is based on the assumption that Thatcher's policies were supported by the most partisan press industry to date. This assumption is empirically substantiated with the aid of a comprehensive research program. This research compares the editorials of the national press in the 1970s to provide a more in-depth understanding of the differential outlook of the press to the miners and their strikes. Through an added qualitative scrutiny of the role of Murdoch's newspapers in three successive general elections involving Thatcher, the book argues that the relationship between Thatcher and Murdoch had a deep impact not only upon the press but on British society as a whole.

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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1905237618

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Marine Force One #3

Recon By Fire

By: David Stuart Alexander

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Marine Force One #3

Recon By Fire

By: David Stuart Alexander

From the author of Special Ops and Shadow Down comes this explosive action novel about Marine Force One, a special detachment of the Marine Corps whose prowess in combat and specialized training sets them apart from the average grunt. They charge where others retreat, and succeed where others fail. They are the best America’s got. Islamic terrorists have learned a new game—wreaking havoc on Middle Eastern oil facilities to send America reeling into economic turmoil. To find the leaders of the operation, Marine Force One heads to Yemen—but the job is more complicated than any search and destroy operation they’ve ever done. The terrorists have kidnapped an American Air Force officer, and getting close to them puts his life at risk. But Marine Force One plays by their own rules . . . and they play for keeps.

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110122083X

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Lead Wars

The Politics of Science and the Fate of America's Children

By: Gerald Markowitz,David Rosner

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Lead Wars

The Politics of Science and the Fate of America's Children

By: Gerald Markowitz,David Rosner

In this incisive examination of lead poisoning during the past half century, Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner focus on one of the most contentious and bitter battles in the history of public health. Lead Wars details how the nature of the epidemic has changed and highlights the dilemmas public health agencies face today in terms of prevention strategies and chronic illness linked to low levels of toxic exposure. The authors use the opinion by Maryland’s Court of Appeals—which considered whether researchers at Johns Hopkins University’s prestigious Kennedy Krieger Institute (KKI) engaged in unethical research on 108 African-American children—as a springboard to ask fundamental questions about the practice and future of public health. Lead Wars chronicles the obstacles faced by public health workers in the conservative, pro-business, anti-regulatory climate that took off in the Reagan years and that stymied efforts to eliminate lead from the environments and the bodies of American children.

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Univ of California Press

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0520283937

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OpenVMS System Management Guide

By: Lawrence Baldwin,Steve Hoffman,David Miller

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OpenVMS System Management Guide

By: Lawrence Baldwin,Steve Hoffman,David Miller

OpenVMS System Management Guide, Second Edition, the most complete book on the topic, details for system administrators the tools, technologies, and techniques by which they can configure, maintain, and tune computers running Hewlett-Packard's high-performance OpenVMS operating system. Revised by a topical authority and a principal OpenVMS engineer, the book enables system administrators to perform more efficiently and effectively those everyday tasks critical to an OpenVMS system. Examples have been updated to include OpenVMS/VAX 7.3 and OpenVMS/Alpha 7.3-1. - OpenVMS administration best practices and utilities - System management strategies that support business objectives - Updated references to latest HP documents and other WWW resources - New chapter summarizing software installation - New appendix to help the hobbyist get started

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0080513123

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Organising Poetry

The Coleridge Circle, 1790-1798

By: David Fairer

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Organising Poetry

The Coleridge Circle, 1790-1798

By: David Fairer

Writing their early poetry during the 1790s, a decade of European revolution, Coleridge, Wordsworth and their friends have always been thought of as 'the First-Generation Romantics'. This book challenges that concept by viewing them from an entirely new perspective as poets who were continuing an eighteenth-century 'organic' tradition.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199296162

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Making Innovation Last: Volume 2

Sustainable Strategies for Long Term Growth

By: Hubert GATIGNON,David Gotteland,Christophe Haon

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Making Innovation Last: Volume 2

Sustainable Strategies for Long Term Growth

By: Hubert GATIGNON,David Gotteland,Christophe Haon

Making Innovation Last considers the long term success of a firm. Authored by a trio of top international scholars who present pioneering new work on what it takes to create long term growth, the book examines the internal conditions that are likely to encourage sustainable innovation, as well as what a culture of innovation should look like.

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1137572647

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Writing Space

Computers, Hypertext, and the Remediation of Print

By: Jay David Bolter

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Writing Space

Computers, Hypertext, and the Remediation of Print

By: Jay David Bolter

This second edition of Jay David Bolter's classic text expands on the objectives of the original volume, illustrating the relationship of print to new media, and examining how hypertext and other forms of electronic writing refashion or "remediate" the forms and genres of print. Reflecting the dynamic changes in electronic technology since the first edition, this revision incorporates the Web and other current standards of electronic writing. As a text for students in composition, new technologies, information studies, and related areas, this volume provides a unique examination of the computer as a technology for reading and writing.

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1135679576

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Postmodernism And Social Inquiry

By: David R. Dickens,Andrea Fontana

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Postmodernism And Social Inquiry

By: David R. Dickens,Andrea Fontana

This introduction to postmodernism offers a comprehensive examination of postmodern theory and its application to the study of society. It surveys the work of theorists and explores the potential and limits of postmodern analysis across key areas of development, including deconstruction, semiotics, the new ethnography and feminist theory. This guide should be suitable as an undergraduate text for social and cultural theory courses and should appeal to students of social research methods.

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Shrouds of the Night

Masks of the Milky Way and Our Awesome New View of Galaxies

By: David L. Block,Kenneth C. Freeman

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Shrouds of the Night

Masks of the Milky Way and Our Awesome New View of Galaxies

By: David L. Block,Kenneth C. Freeman

The Milky Way has captivated the mind of multitudes ever since the beginning of time. Particularly striking are its apparent dusty gaping voids. With the advent of near-infrared technology, astronomers have discovered an awesome new view of its structure, and of the structure of other galaxies around us. Galaxies are encased within Shrouds of the Night: shrouds or veils of cosmic dust, which have given us a totally incomplete picture of what our majestic Universe actually looks like. In this book, we feature some of the remarkable early photographic work of masters such as Isaac Roberts and Edward Barnard, before presenting to the reader the unmasked (dust penetrated) view of our cosmos, using some of the world’s largest ground and space-based telescopes.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387789758

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Late Prehistory of Point Pelee, Ontario and Environs

By: David L. Keenlyside

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Late Prehistory of Point Pelee, Ontario and Environs

By: David L. Keenlyside

Research at Point Pelee in extreme southern Ontario revealed a unique sequence of prehistoric occupation at three major multi-component sites. This sequence has been divided into four periods commencing in the 6th century A.D. and terminating about the fifteenth century A.D.

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University of Ottawa Press

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177282075X

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Shakespeare and Economic Theory

By: David Hawkes

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Shakespeare and Economic Theory

By: David Hawkes

Over the last 20 years, the concept of 'economic' activity has come to seem inseparable from psychological, semiotic and ideological experiences. In fact, the notion of the 'economy' as a discrete area of life seems increasingly implausible. This returns us to the situation of Shakespeare's England, where the financial had yet to be differentiated from other forms of representation. This book shows how concepts and concerns that were until recently considered purely economic affected the entire range of sixteenth and seventeenth century life. Using the work of such critics as Jean-Christophe Agnew, Douglas Bruster, Hugh Grady and many others, Shakespeare and Economic Theory traces economic literary criticism to its cultural and historical roots, and discusses its main practitioners. Providing new readings of Timon of Athens, King Lear, The Winter's Tale, The Merchant of Venice, Measure for Measure, Julius Caesar, Macbeth and The Tempest, David Hawkes shows how it can reveal previously unappreciated qualities of Shakespeare's work.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472576993

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Spirituality, Healing, and Medicine

Return to the Silence

By: David Aldridge

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Spirituality, Healing, and Medicine

Return to the Silence

By: David Aldridge

Aldridge evaluates the existing literature from across the disciplines to ascertain just how effective spiritual healing may be on the patient's well-being. He encourages us to redefine treatment strategies and our understanding of health, and argues that the spiritual elements of experience help the patient to find purpose, meaning and hope.

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1853025542

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The Preceramic Horizons of Northeastern Oklahoma

By: David Albert Baerreis

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The Preceramic Horizons of Northeastern Oklahoma

By: David Albert Baerreis

David Albert Baerreis reports on the excavation of three sites in Delaware County in northeastern Oklahoma, and the artifacts found there. The author focuses on lithics (projectile points and other chipped stone tools as well as ground stone tools) and provides a comparative analysis of the material.

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U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY

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1949098370

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The net of Hephaestus. A study of modern criticism and metaphysical metaphor

By: David M. Miller

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The net of Hephaestus. A study of modern criticism and metaphysical metaphor

By: David M. Miller

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3111664821

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First Peoples in a New World

Populating Ice Age America

By: David J. Meltzer

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First Peoples in a New World

Populating Ice Age America

By: David J. Meltzer

A study of Ice Age Americans, highlighting genetic, archaeological and geological evidence that has revolutionized our understanding of their origins, antiquity, and adaptations.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108498221

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Foundations of Biochemical Psychiatry

By: David S. Segal,Joel Yager,John L Sullivan

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Foundations of Biochemical Psychiatry

By: David S. Segal,Joel Yager,John L Sullivan

Foundations of Biochemical Psychiatry provides information pertinent to the development of biochemical psychiatry, including biochemical studies of psychiatric patients before and after pharmacological intervention and genetic studies. This book discusses the development of biochemical psychiatry as a significant experimental and conceptual approach to understanding mental illness. Organized into 24 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the neurochemical processes involved in the elaboration of a behavior and the extent to which alterations in those processes are responsible for behavioral differences. This text then discusses the clinical characteristics of schizophrenia, including common symptoms, natural history, and subtypes. Other chapters consider the contribution of genetic factors to the etiology of schizophrenia. This book discusses as well the similarities among hallucinations, dreams, and primary process thinking. The final chapter deals with the factors that may influence the neuroendocrine system. This book is a valuable resource for psychiatrists, neuropharmacologists, neurobiologists, behavioral biologists, and psychoanalysts.

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Butterworth-Heinemann

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1483192660

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The Lives of George Frideric Handel

By: David Hunter

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The Lives of George Frideric Handel

By: David Hunter

How have Handel's 'lives' in biographies and histories moulded our understanding of the musician, the man and the icon?

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Boydell & Brewer

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1783270616

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Argentina and the United States

An Alliance Contained

By: David Sheinin

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Argentina and the United States

An Alliance Contained

By: David Sheinin

In the first English-language survey of Argentine-U.S. relations to appear in more than a decade, David M. K. Sheinin challenges the accepted view that confrontation has been the characteristic state of affairs between the two countries. Sheinin draws on both Spanish- and English-language sources in the United States, Argentina, Canada, and Great Britain to provide a broad perspective on the two centuries of shared U.S.-Argentine history with fresh focus in particular on cultural ties, nuclear politics in the cold war era, the politics of human rights, and Argentina's exit in 1991 from the nonaligned movement. From the perspectives of both countries, Sheinin discusses such topics as Pan-Americanism, petroleum, communism and fascism, and foreign debt. Although the general trajectory of the two countries' relationship has been one of cooperative interaction based on generally strong and improving commercial and financial ties, shared strategic interests, and vital cultural contacts, Sheinin also emphasizes episodes of strained ties. These include the Cuban Revolution, the Dirty War of the late 1970s and early 1980s, and the Falklands/Malvinas War. In his epilogue, Sheinin examines Argentina's monetary crash of December 2001, when the United States-in a major policy shift-refused to come to Argentina's rescue.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820328081

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Firecracker

By: David Iserson

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Firecracker

By: David Iserson

Expelled for cheating at her private school, seventeen-year-old Astrid, who lives in a rocket ship parked in her backyard, must attend public school where she learns some lessons about family, friendship, and romance.

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Razorbill

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1595146814

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The Sea People

Children of the sea

By: David J. Greening

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The Sea People

Children of the sea

By: David J. Greening

For as long asanyone could remember, the Shardana had sailed their gigantic ships across the endless waters oft he Lautan Tedau, the Peacefull Sea, fishing, hunting the mighty raksasa ans trading with the inhabitants off the islands doting the ocean. This ist he tale oft he Perahu and those onboard: Kura-Kura, the orphan girl, Pirang, the shaman ́s daughter, sleepless Mati and Kegentingan, the chief harpooner ́s only living son. No-one in living memory had seen or heard anything oft he scourge oft he seas, the Tangata ́mango, the deadly Shark-Men, who had once killed and looted their way across sea and land until they had finally become the stuff of nightmare and legend. Until now....

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tolino media

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3752129433

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Authoritarian Argentina

The Nationalist Movement, Its History and Its Impact

By: David Rock

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Authoritarian Argentina

The Nationalist Movement, Its History and Its Impact

By: David Rock

David Rock has written the first comprehensive study of nationalism in Argentina, a fundamentalist movement pledged to violence and a dictatorship that came to a head with the notorious "disappearances" of the 1970s. This radical, right wing movement has had a profound impact on twentieth-century Argentina, leaving its mark on almost all aspects of Argentine life—art and literature, journalism, education, the church, and of course, politics.

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Univ of California Press

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0520917243

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Holy War

The Rise of Militant Christian, Jewish and Islamic Fundamentalism

By: David S. New

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Holy War

The Rise of Militant Christian, Jewish and Islamic Fundamentalism

By: David S. New

Temple Mount is believed by some Jews to be the locus of their ancient Temple. Known to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif (the Noble Sanctuary), this site is home to two mosques, one of which is the third most holy shrine in all of Islam. Jewish fundamentalists want to destroy the mosques on Temple Mount and rebuild the Temple. Christian apocalypticists are financing and supporting their efforts. If the mosques are destroyed, Islamic fundamentalists have vowed to destroy Israel, resulting in the possibility of nuclear war. This book addresses the idea that the recent rise of militant Christian, Jewish, and Muslim fundamentalisms and their interaction are endangering peace in the Middle East. It fully examines the thesis that apocalypticist fundamentalists--Christians in America, Jews in Israel and America--are working together to hasten the coming of the Messiah by instigating a Holy War in the Middle East. Several chapters focus on three U.S. political figures--Jerry Falwell, Ronald Reagan, and Pat Robertson--who helped bring Christian fundamentalism into the mainstream of American politics. One chapter tells of Jewish preparations for rebuilding the Temple on Temple Mount. Other chapters document the rise of religious fundamentalism in Israel since 1967, Haram al-Sharif-Temple Mount crises involving Christian-Jewish cooperation, and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism. Separate chapters are devoted to Israel's nuclear program and political psychology, and the fact that nuclear weapons are leaving Russia and finding their way to Islamic nations and Islamic terrorists.

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McFarland

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147660391X

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Classic Keys

Keyboard Sounds That Launched Rock Music

By: Alan S. Lenhoff,David E. Robertson

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Classic Keys

Keyboard Sounds That Launched Rock Music

By: Alan S. Lenhoff,David E. Robertson

Classic Keys is a beautifully photographed and illustrated book focusing on the signature rock keyboard sounds of the 1950s to the early 1980s. It celebrates the Hammond B-3 organ, Rhodes and Wurlitzer electric pianos, the Vox Continental and Farfisa combo organs, the Hohner Clavinet, the Mellotron, the Minimoog and other famous and collectable instruments. From the earliest days of rock music, the role of keyboards has grown dramatically. Advancements in electronics created a crescendo of musical invention. In the thirty short years between 1950 and 1980, the rock keyboard went from being whatever down-on-its-luck piano awaited a band in a bar or concert hall to a portable digital orchestra. It made keyboards a centerpiece of the sound of many top rock bands, and a handful of them became icons of both sound and design. Their sounds live on: Digitally, in the memory chips of modern keyboards, and in their original form thanks to a growing group of musicians and collectors of many ages and nationalities. Classic Keys explores the sound, lore, and technology of these iconic instruments, including their place in the historical development of keyboard instruments, music, and the international keyboard instrument industry. Twelve significant instruments are presented as the chapter foundations, together with information about and comparisons with more than thirty-six others. Included are short profiles of modern musicians, composers, and others who collect, use, and prize these instruments years after they went out of production. Both authors are avid musicians, collect and restore vintage keyboards, and are well-known and respected in the international community of web forums devoted to these instruments.

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University of North Texas Press

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157441786X

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Urinary Tract Infections

Molecular Pathogenesis and Clinical Management

By: Matthew A. Mulvey,David J. Klumpp,Ann E. Stapleton

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Urinary Tract Infections

Molecular Pathogenesis and Clinical Management

By: Matthew A. Mulvey,David J. Klumpp,Ann E. Stapleton

A comprehensive overview of clinically important infections of the urinary tract Urinary tract infections (UTIs) continue to rank among the most common infectious diseases of humans, despite remarkable progress in the ability to detect and treat them. Recurrent UTIs are a continuing problem and represent a clear threat as antibiotic-resistant organisms and infection-prone populations grow. Urinary Tract Infections: Molecular Pathogenesis and Clinical Management brings the scientific community up to date on the research related to these infections that has occurred in the nearly two decades since the first edition. The editors have assembled a team of leading experts to cover critical topics in these main areas: clinical aspects of urinary tract infections, including anatomy, diagnosis, and management, featuring chapters on the vaginal microbiome as well as asymptomatic bacteriuria, prostatitis, and urosepsis the origins and virulence mechanisms of the bacteria responsible for most UTIs, including uropathogenic Escherichia coli, Proteus mirabilis, and Klebsiella pneumoniae the host immune response to UTIs, the rise of antibiotic-resistant strains, and the future of therapeutics This essential reference serves as both a resource and a stimulus for future research endeavors for anyone with an interest in understanding these important infections, from the classroom to the laboratory and the clinic. If you are looking for online access to the latest clinical microbiology content, please visit www.wiley.com/learn/clinmicronow.

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1555817408

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The Anatomy of a Game

Football, the Rules, and the Men who Made the Game

By: David M. Nelson

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The Anatomy of a Game

Football, the Rules, and the Men who Made the Game

By: David M. Nelson

This is the first football history to chronicle year by year how playing rules developed the game. Football - a four-dimensional game of rushing, kicking, forward passing, and backward passing - has had more playing rule changes since its inception than any other sport. The Anatomy of a Game follows football rules from the game's European roots through its beginning in the United States to its position as the number-one spectator sport in the 1990s. Highlighted are details of the crisis years that changed the character of the game, with coaches and rules committee members the featured players. David M. Nelson, who served on the NCAA Rules Committee longer than Walter Camp, provides personal insight into all Rules Committee meetings since 1958, as well as an appendix - chronological and by rule - listing every change since 1876." "Ever since the first two human beings kicked, threw, or batted an object competitively, there have been playing rules. Games are mentioned in the Bible, and the Romans brought football's forerunner to Britain, from where it was exported to the United States. It was in the United States that college students decided to make their game rugby rather than soccer. Although the students invented United States football and made the first rules, their ruling power was eventually lost to the faculty, administrators, coaches, rules committees, and the NCAA." "Beginning as a brutal sport, football survived several crises before and after the turn of the century, eventually becoming respectable. The 1931 injury crisis split the high school and college rules and the same year the professionals went their own way, with rules largely based on spectator appeal." "Today the sport is a national treasure primarily because of its playing rules, over seven hundred in total, which make college football unique among the world's team sports. Moreover, football remains an American game, never having the same impact in other countries as do baseball and basketball." "Rules make the game, but people make the rules. Football survived the major crises that threatened the game because committee members adhered to the precepts that had governed football since its inception. The game began with an attempt to have a consistent code of justice, personal accountability, and equality. In some sense the playing rules are a type of moral precept that explains in the simplest terms what can and cannot be done. The Football Code, which first prefaced the rules in 1916, makes the game - more than any other sport - a moral one because it sets standards for coaching, playing, sportsmanship, and officiating."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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Handbook of Sociology and Human Rights

By: David L. Brunsma,Keri E. Iyall Smith,Brian K Gran

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Handbook of Sociology and Human Rights

By: David L. Brunsma,Keri E. Iyall Smith,Brian K Gran

Long the province of international law, human rights now enjoys a renaissance of studies and new perspectives from the social sciences. This landmark book is the first to synthesize and comprehensively evaluate this body of work. It fosters an interdisciplinary, international, and critical engagement both in the social study of human rights and the establishment of a human rights approach throughout the field of sociology. Sociological perspectives bring new questions to the interdisciplinary study of human rights, as amply illustrated in this book. The Handbook is indispensable to any interdisciplinary collection on human rights or on sociology. This text: Brings new perspectives to the study of human rights in an interdisciplinary fashion. Offers state-of-the-art summaries, critical discussions of established human rights paradigms, and a host of new insights and further research directions. Fosters a comprehensive human rights approach to sociology, topically representing all 45 sections of the American Sociological Association.

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1317258398

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Petroleum Engineering Explained

By: David Shallcross

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Petroleum Engineering Explained

By: David Shallcross

Assuming no mathematical or chemistry knowledge, this book introduces complete beginners to the field of petroleum engineering. Written in a straightforward style, the author takes a practical approach to the subject avoiding complex mathematics to achieve a text that is robust without being intimidating. Covering traditional petroleum engineering topics, readers of this book will learn about the formation and characteristics of petroleum reservoirs, the chemical properties of petroleum, the processes involved in the exploitation of reservoirs, post-extraction processing, industrial safety, and the long-term outlook for the oil and gas production. The descriptions and discussions are informed by considering the production histories of several fields including the Ekofisk field in the North Sea, the Wyburn Field in Canada, the Manifa Field in Saudi Arabia and the Wilmington Field off the Californian Coast. The factors leading up to the well blowouts on board the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Mantara Field in the Timor Sea are also examined. With a glossary to explain key words and concepts, this book is a perfect introduction for newcomers to a petroleum engineering course, as well as non-specialists in industry. Professor David Shallcross is one of the foremost practitioners in chemical engineering education worldwide. Readers of this book will find his previous book, Chemical Engineering Explained, a useful companion.

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