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Crossroads of Culture

Christianity, Ancestral Spiritualism, and the Search for Wellness in Northern Malawi

By: Eric Lindland

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Crossroads of Culture

Christianity, Ancestral Spiritualism, and the Search for Wellness in Northern Malawi

By: Eric Lindland

Combining history, ethnography, and culture theory, this book explores how residents in northwestern Malawi have responded over time to the early missionary assertion that local religious and healing practices were incompatible with Christianity and western medicine. It details how local agents, in the past and today, have constructed new cultural forms that weave facets of ancestral spiritualism and divination with Christianity and biomedicine. Alongside a rich historical review of the late-19th century encounter between Tumbuka-speakers and the Scottish Presbyterians of the Livingstonia Mission, the book explores the contemporary therapeutic dance complex known as Vimbuza and considers two case studies, each the story of a man confronting illness and struggling to understand the roots and meaning of his a?iction. In the process, the book considers the enduring missiological and anthropological topics of conversion and syncretism, and questions the assertion by some scholars that Western missionaries in Africa have been successful agents of religious hegemony.

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African Books Collective

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999606042X

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9789996060427

Innovations in Adolescent Substance Abuse Interventions

By: Eric Wagner,Holly Waldron

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Innovations in Adolescent Substance Abuse Interventions

By: Eric Wagner,Holly Waldron

Innovations in Adolescent Substance Abuse Interventions focuses on developmentally appropriate approaches to the assessment, prevention, or treatment of substance use problems among adolescents. Organized into 16 chapters, this book begins with an assessment of adolescent substance use; theory, methods, and effectiveness of a drug abuse prevention approach; and problem behavior prevention programming for schools and community groups. Some chapters follow on the community-, family- and school-based interventions for adolescents with substance use problems. Other chapters explain psychopharmacological therapy; the assertive aftercare protocol for adolescent substance abusers; and twelve-step-based interventions for adolescents.

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407

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Elsevier

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0080508774

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9780080508771

The PayPal Wars

Battles with Ebay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth

By: Eric M. Jackson

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The PayPal Wars

Battles with Ebay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth

By: Eric M. Jackson

Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and the rest of the “PayPal Mafia” are now household names who’ve reshaped technology, automobiles, space travel, and politics. But two decades ago, they were unsung entrepreneurs attempting to launch a Silicon Valley startup against overwhelming odds. That improbable journey started in the shadow of Stanford University, when Thiel met Max Levchin, a Ukrainian engineer who recently moved to California. Years before anyone had heard of Bitcoin, the two set out to build an online payment service that could reduce government control over currency by empowering people around the globe. But after their startup, PayPal, survived the dot-com crash only to find itself besieged by an unimaginable series of challenges, that lofty dream threatened to become a nightmare. Former insider Eric M. Jackson’s telling of PayPal’s origins is an eyewitness account to technology history, as well as an engrossing story of human struggle and perseverance against overwhelming odds. PayPal went from unknown startup to online powerhouse in just three years, but for the company's team it was not an easy journey. The entrepreneurs that joined together to overhaul world currency markets first had to face one of the greatest series of trials ever thrown at a startup before becoming part of Silicon Valley lore. Jackson's lively, blow-by-blow account of PayPal's death-defying beginnings and ferocious battles offers a detailed perspective that only an eyewitness could provide. Read The PayPal Wars and you'll learn how: Elon Musk joined with Peter Thiel, and how the two future titans would soon square off to control the company. Organized crime attempted to ransack PayPal—but the company fought back. Government bureaucrats and regulators ferociously tried to shut down the upstart payments service. Turmoil pushed PayPal to the brink of insolvency before Thiel and his team turned the business around. “Our clashes with the credit card associations, the banking lobby, state regulators, foreign Mafioso, and litigation-happy lawyers significantly increased” as the company’s profile grew, writes Jackson, adding that the initial public offering that was meant to strengthen PayPal with an infusion of cash ironically attracted a rogue's gallery of foes instead. "The modern business environment," Jackson concludes, "turned out to be more hostile than even our fiercest competitor." This somber warning—that regulators, lawyers, and lobbyists threaten to undermine American entrepreneurship—makes The PayPal Wars a timely read for every concerned citizen.

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337

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Simon and Schuster

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1645720845

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9781645720843

The Architecture of Norman England

By: Eric Fernie

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The Architecture of Norman England

By: Eric Fernie

This important addition to the literature is the first overall study of the architecture of Norman England since Sir Alfred Clapham's English Romanesque Architecture after the Conquest (1934). Eric Fernie, a recognized authority on the subject, begins with an overview of the architecture ofthe period, paying special attention to the importance of the architectural evidence for an understanding of the Norman Conquest. The second part, the core of the book, is an examination of the buildings defined by their function, as castles, halls, and chamber blocks, cathedrals, abbeys, andcollegiate churches, monastic buildings, parish churches, and palace chapels. The third part is a reference guide to the elements which make up the buildings, such as apses, passages, vaults, galleries, and decorative features, and the fourth offers an account of the processes by which they wereplanned and constructed. This book contains powerful new ideas that will affect the way in which we look at and analyze these buildings.

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384

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199250812

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9780199250813

Neurobiology of Mental Illness

By: Dennis S. Charney,Eric J. Nestler

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Neurobiology of Mental Illness

By: Dennis S. Charney,Eric J. Nestler

This is a new edition of the first comprehensive text to show how the advances in molecular and cellular biology and in the basic neurosciences have brought the revolution in molecular medicine to the field of psychiatry. The book begins with a review of basic neuroscience and methods for studying neurobiology in human patients then proceeds to discussions of all major psychiatric syndromes with respect to knowledge of their etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment. Emphasis is placed on synthesizing information across numerous levels of analysis, including molecular biology and genetics, cellular physiology, neuroanatomy, neuropharmacology, and behavior, and in translating information from the basic laboratory to the clinical laboratory and finally to clinical treatment. Editors Dennis Charney and Eric Nestle, along with their six section editors and over 150 contributors, have revised and updated all 80 chapters from the previous edition and have added new chapters on topics relating to, for example, genetics, experimental therapeutics, and late-life mood disorders. Both a textbook and a reference book, Neurobiology of Mental Illness is intended for psychiatrists, neuroscientists, and upper level students.

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1496

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Oxford University Press

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0199857547

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9780199857548

German Wheat Beer

By: Eric Warner

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German Wheat Beer

By: Eric Warner

This is a thoroughly researched book that teaches history, techniques of brewing and recipe profiles of original wheat beers. It explores this German beer style and has everything a brewer needs to brew wheat beer at home or in a professional brewery. The Classic Beer Style Series from Brewers Publications examines individual world-class beer styles, covering origins, history, sensory profiles, brewing techniques and commercial examples.

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Brewers Publications

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193846933X

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9781938469336

Nicotine Addiction Among Adolescents

By: Eric F Wagner

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Nicotine Addiction Among Adolescents

By: Eric F Wagner

Catch up with current theories on a major public health menace! Adolescent smoking has increasingly become a concern as a public health issue, yet the theoretical and empirical literature in the area remains skimpy. Nicotine Addiction Among Adolescents furnishes researchers and medical professionals with a comprehensive overview of current theories and statistics. Moreover, it offers fresh empirical research as well as suggestions for promising avenues of investigation. The first half of Nicotine Addiction Among Adolescents provides a solid conceptual and practical context for studying adolescent nicotine addiction, drawing on the most advanced scholarly studies of why teenagers start smoking and the process of addiction. The second half evaluates nicotine replacement therapy, smoking interventions among substance-abusing adolescents, and smoking among teenage girls. Nicotine Addiction Among Adolescents addresses all phases of adolescent tobacco use. This valuable guide details: the pharmacological, psychological, and developmental factors that influence teen smoking behavior the hidden connection between depression, gender, and cigarettes the grounds for the debate over whether most teens become addicted to nicotine emerging practices and methods to help adolescents stop smoking links between smoking and other kinds of substance abuse ways to improve prevention and intervention programs unanswered questions about teenage smoking that demand further research Nicotine Addiction Among Adolescents recognizes the need for developmentally sensitive approaches for conceptualizing and treating nicotine addiction and offers you thought-provoking strategies and models that will spark future research.

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138

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Routledge

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1317825829

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9781317825821

Hidden Pacific Northwest

By: Eric Lucas

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Hidden Pacific Northwest

By: Eric Lucas

In this extensive guide to America's upper-left corner, Lucas uncovers everything from the best buys in bustling Pike Place Market to Charles at Smuggler's Cove, a mansion once owned by Al Capone and now a French restaurant. He also points the way to outdoor adventure--the rapids of the Salmon River, the slopes of Whistler Resort, and more. 12 illustrations. 20 maps.

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596

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1569751315

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9781569751312

Semigroups, Algorithms, Automata, and Languages

Coimbra, Portugal, May-July 2001

By: Gracinda M. S. Gomes,Jean Eric Pin,Pedro V. Silva

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Semigroups, Algorithms, Automata, and Languages

Coimbra, Portugal, May-July 2001

By: Gracinda M. S. Gomes,Jean Eric Pin,Pedro V. Silva

The thematic term on ?Semigroups, Algorithms, Automata and Languages? organized at the International Centre of Mathematics (Coimbra, Portugal) in May-July 2001 was the gathering point for researchers working in the field of semigroups, algorithms, automata and languages. These areas were selected considering their huge recent developments, their potential applications, and the motivation from other fields of mathematics and computer science.This proceedings volume is a unique collection of advanced courses and original contributions on semigroups and their connections with logic, automata, languages, group theory, discrete dynamics, topology and complexity. A selection of open problems discussed during the thematic term is also included.

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526

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World Scientific

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981238099X

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9789812380999

Hidden Washington

Including Seattle, Puget Sound, San Juan Islands, Olympic Peninsula, Cascades and Columbia River Gorge

By: Eric Lucas

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Hidden Washington

Including Seattle, Puget Sound, San Juan Islands, Olympic Peninsula, Cascades and Columbia River Gorge

By: Eric Lucas

From the newest Seattle restaurants to the best spots for moonlight sea kayaking in the San Juan islands, this revised edition provides the lowdown for Washington State, including the Puget Sound, Olympic Peninsula, Cascades, and the Columbia River Gorge.

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1569754861

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9781569754863

The Star Chamber

How Celebrities Go Free and Their Lawyers Become Famous

By: Eric Dubin

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The Star Chamber

How Celebrities Go Free and Their Lawyers Become Famous

By: Eric Dubin

An unprecedented inside look behind celebrity trials from attorney Eric Dubin. Dubin spent five years in the high profile trenches culminating with his 30-million-dollar jury verdict against Robert Blake for killing his wife. Dubin details the raw truth behind the scenes, when the media circus invades the courthouse, and the powerful effect it has on all participants, including the defendant, lawyers, judge, and jury, as well as the verdict.

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Phoenix Books, Inc.

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1597775533

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The Post-Earthquake City

Disaster and Recovery in Christchurch, New Zealand

By: Paul Cloke,David Conradson,Eric Pawson,Harvey C. Perkins

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The Post-Earthquake City

Disaster and Recovery in Christchurch, New Zealand

By: Paul Cloke,David Conradson,Eric Pawson,Harvey C. Perkins

This book critically assesses Christchurch, New Zealand as an evolving post-earthquake city. It examines the impact of the 2010–13 Canterbury earthquake sequence, employing a chronological structure to consider ‘damage and displacement’, ‘recovery and renewal’ and ‘the city in transition’. It offers a framework for understanding the multiple experiences and realities of post-earthquake recovery. It details how the rebuilding of the city has occurred and examines what has arisen in the context of an unprecedented opportunity to refashion land uses and social experience from the ground up. A recurring tension is observed between the desire and tendency of some to reproduce previous urban orthodoxies and the experimental efforts of others to fashion new cultures of progressive place-making and attention to the more-than-human city. The book offers several lessons for understanding disaster recovery in cities. It illuminates the opportunities disasters create for both the reassertion of the familiar and the emergence of the new; highlights the divergence of lived experience during recovery; and considers the extent to which a post-disaster city is prepared for likely climate futures. The book will be valuable reading for critical disaster researchers as well as geographers, sociologists, urban planners and policy makers interested in disaster recovery.

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289

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Taylor & Francis

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1000839400

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9781000839401

Fields Virology: RNA Viruses

By: Peter M. Howley,David M. Knipe,Sean Whelan,Eric O. Freed

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Fields Virology: RNA Viruses

By: Peter M. Howley,David M. Knipe,Sean Whelan,Eric O. Freed

Now in four convenient volumes, Field’s Virology remains the most authoritative reference in this fast-changing field, providing definitive coverage of virology, including virus biology as well as replication and medical aspects of specific virus families. This volume of Field’s Virology: RNA Viruses, Seventh Edition covers the latest information on RNA viruses, how they cause disease, how they can cause epidemics and pandemics, new therapeutics and vaccine approaches, as provided in new or extensively revised chapters that reflect these advances in this dynamic field. Bundled with the eBook, which will be updated regularly as new information about each virus is available, this text serves as the authoritative, up-to-date reference book for virologists, infectious disease specialists, microbiologists, and physicians, as well as medical students pursuing a career in infectious diseases.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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197511261X

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9781975112615

Book's by Eric M. Jackson

Crossroads of Culture

Crossroads of Culture

Innovations in Adolescent Substance Abuse Interventions

Innovations in Adolescent Substance Abuse Interventions

The PayPal Wars

The PayPal Wars

The Architecture of Norman England

The Architecture of Norman England

Neurobiology of Mental Illness

Neurobiology of Mental Illness

German Wheat Beer

German Wheat Beer

Nicotine Addiction Among Adolescents

Nicotine Addiction Among Adolescents

Hidden Pacific Northwest

Hidden Pacific Northwest

Semigroups, Algorithms, Automata, and Languages

Semigroups, Algorithms, Automata, and Languages

Hidden Washington

Hidden Washington

The Star Chamber

The Star Chamber

The Post-Earthquake City

The Post-Earthquake City

Fields Virology: RNA Viruses

Fields Virology: RNA Viruses

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