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The Melville-Hawthorne Connection

A Study of the Literary Friendship

By: Erik Hage

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The Melville-Hawthorne Connection

A Study of the Literary Friendship

By: Erik Hage

This book offers the first in-depth examination of the friendship between the authors. Hawthorne's influence upon Moby-Dick is weighed, as is the probability of Melville's influence upon Hawthorne. This was a friendship whose true basis--beyond an almost instantaneous mutual affinity and admiration for each other--was intellectual ideas and literary pursuits, and the conversations between the two hewed mostly to philosophical and spiritual rumination as well as to those matters that concern writers most: craft and publishing.

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McFarland

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0786470763

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Youth Tourism to Israel

Educational Experiences of the Diaspora

By: Erik Cohen

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Youth Tourism to Israel

Educational Experiences of the Diaspora

By: Erik Cohen

Based on over ten years of the author's empirical research, this text is a comprehensive analysis of educational tours to Israel for Jewish youth. The tours are explored from multiple aspects including: history, education, population and comparison of sub-populations, and ethnic and religious identity.

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Channel View Publications

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184541084X

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Institutional Change

Theory and Empirical Findings

By: Sven-Erik Sjostrand

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Institutional Change

Theory and Empirical Findings

By: Sven-Erik Sjostrand

This book brings together some 15 papers drawn from the 330 papers presented at the Third Annual Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics in Stockholm, Sweden in June 1991. Part 1 outlines a basic theory of institutional change; Parts 2 and 3 examine case studies in international experience with institutional change. The authors of the original papers include Douglas North, Amitai Etzioni, Oliver Williamson, as well as eminent scholars from Eastern and Western Europe, representing views and analyses from ten different countries.

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Routledge

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1315486237

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The Knight, the Cross, and the Song

Crusade Propaganda and Chivalric Literature, 1100-1400

By: Stefan Erik Kristiaan Vander Elst

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The Knight, the Cross, and the Song

Crusade Propaganda and Chivalric Literature, 1100-1400

By: Stefan Erik Kristiaan Vander Elst

Examining English, Latin, French, and German texts, The Knight, the Cross, and the Song traces the role of secular chivalric literature in shaping Crusade propaganda across three centuries.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812248961

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9780812248968

Geometric Folding Algorithms

Linkages, Origami, Polyhedra

By: Erik D. Demaine,Joseph O'Rourke

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Geometric Folding Algorithms

Linkages, Origami, Polyhedra

By: Erik D. Demaine,Joseph O'Rourke

Did you know that any straight-line drawing on paper can be folded so that the complete drawing can be cut out with one straight scissors cut? That there is a planar linkage that can trace out any algebraic curve, or even 'sign your name'? Or that a 'Latin cross' unfolding of a cube can be refolded to 23 different convex polyhedra? Over the past decade, there has been a surge of interest in such problems, with applications ranging from robotics to protein folding. With an emphasis on algorithmic or computational aspects, this treatment gives hundreds of results and over 60 unsolved 'open problems' to inspire further research. The authors cover one-dimensional (1D) objects (linkages), 2D objects (paper), and 3D objects (polyhedra). Aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students in mathematics or computer science, this lavishly illustrated book will fascinate a broad audience, from school students to researchers.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107394090

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Mozart and the Nazis

How the Third Reich Abused a Cultural Icon

By: Erik Levi

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Mozart and the Nazis

How the Third Reich Abused a Cultural Icon

By: Erik Levi

A music historian uncovers Nazi Germany’s use of Mozart as a WWII propaganda tool in this “intriguing study [that] comprehends a range of vital topics” (Choice). As the Nazi war machine expanded its bloody ambitions across Europe, the Third Reich sought to promote a sophisticated and even humanitarian image of German culture through the tireless promotion of Mozart’s music. In this revelatory book, Erik Levi draws on World War II era articles, diaries, speeches, and other archival materials to provide a new understanding of how the Nazis shamelessly manipulated Mozart for their own political advantage. Mozart and the Nazis also explores the continued Jewish veneration of the composer during this period while also highlighting some of the disturbing legacies that resulted from the Nazi appropriation of his work. Enhanced by rare contemporary illustrations, Mozart and the Nazis is a fascinating addition to the study of music history, World War II propaganda, and twentieth century politics.

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Yale University Press

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0300165811

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9780300165814

The New Organizational Wealth

Managing & Measuring Knowledge-based Assets

By: Karl Erik Sveiby

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The New Organizational Wealth

Managing & Measuring Knowledge-based Assets

By: Karl Erik Sveiby

Sveiby offers practical advice on how to manage knowledge companies - such as accounting firms, management consulting firms, advertising agencies and computer consultants - and their employees

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Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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1576750140

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State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures: From Consumerism to Sustainability (State of the World)

By: Erik Assadourian,The Worldwatch Institute

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State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures: From Consumerism to Sustainability (State of the World)

By: Erik Assadourian,The Worldwatch Institute

The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and accessible summaries ... on the global environment. (E.O. Wilson, Pulitzer Prize??winning author).

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W. W. Norton & Company

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039333726X

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Liberty or Equality

The Challenge of Our Times

By: Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

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Liberty or Equality

The Challenge of Our Times

By: Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

Sometime in the 18th century, the word equality gained ground as a political ideal, but the idea was always vague. In this treatise, Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn argues that it reduced to one simple and very dangerous idea: equality of political power as embodied in democracy. He marshals the strongest possible case that democratic equality is the very basis not of liberty, as is commonly believed, but the total state. He uses national socialism as his prime example. He further argues the old notion of government by law is upheld in old monarchies, restrained by a noble elite. Aristocracy, not democracy, gave us liberty. On his side in this argument, he includes the whole of the old liberal tradition, and offers overwhelming evidence for his case. In our times, war and totalitarianism do indeed sail under the democratic flag. This book, capable of overturning most of what you thought you knew about political systems, was first published in 1952.

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Ludwig von Mises Institute

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1610160304

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Dynamics in Several Complex Variables

By: John Erik Fornæss

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Dynamics in Several Complex Variables

By: John Erik Fornæss

This CBMS lecture series, held in Albany, New York in June 1994 aimed to introduce the audience to the literature on complex dynamics in higher dimension. Some of the lectures are updated versions of earlier lectures given jointly with Nessim Sibony in Montreal 1993. the authro's intent in this book is to give an expansion of the Montreal lectures, basing complex dynamics in higher dimension systematically on pluripotential theory.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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0821803174

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Democracy and Democratization in Comparative Perspective

Conceptions, Conjunctures, Causes and Consequences

By: Jørgen Møller,Svend-Erik Skaaning

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Democracy and Democratization in Comparative Perspective

Conceptions, Conjunctures, Causes and Consequences

By: Jørgen Møller,Svend-Erik Skaaning

This book provides an introduction to theory and research on democracy and democratization. From this foundation, it elucidates a systematic framework to conceptualize democracy for comparative study.

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0415633508

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John Calvin on the Visions of Ezekiel

Historical and Hermeneutical Studies in John Calvin's 'sermons inédits', especially on Ezek. 36-48

By: Erik A. de Boer

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John Calvin on the Visions of Ezekiel

Historical and Hermeneutical Studies in John Calvin's 'sermons inédits', especially on Ezek. 36-48

By: Erik A. de Boer

John Calvin's sermons on Ezekiel, held between 1552 and 1554 in the church 'la Madeleine' in Geneva and now studied for the first time, offer intriguing material on his exposition of prophetic visions. The manuscripts disclose the reformer's preaching on the book as a whole, including the visions on the restoration of Israel, Gog and Magog, and the great temple vision. The first part of this study focuses on the history of patristic, medieval and 16th century exegesis of Ezekiel. The second part is a systematic theological analysis of the hermeneutical principles of Calvin's exposition of visionary revelation. Finally, the sermons on the visions of Ezek. 36-48, a unique specimen of literal historical exegesis with a christological perspective, are analysed.

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BRILL

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9047412214

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9789047412212

Strindberg

Painter and Photographer

By: Per Hedstrom,Per Hedström,August Strindberg,Douglas Feuk,Erik Höök,Agneta Lalander

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Strindberg

Painter and Photographer

By: Per Hedstrom,Per Hedström,August Strindberg,Douglas Feuk,Erik Höök,Agneta Lalander

Om den svenske forfatter August Strindberg (1849-1912) som maler og fotograf

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Yale University Press

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0300091877

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Jewish Youth around the World, 1990-2010

Social Identity and Values in a Comparative Approach

By: Erik H. Cohen Z"l

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Jewish Youth around the World, 1990-2010

Social Identity and Values in a Comparative Approach

By: Erik H. Cohen Z"l

In Jewish Youth around the World 1990-2010: Social Identity and Values, Erik Cohen offers a rich and multi-faceted picture of Jewish adolescents and young adults today. Based on numerous empirical studies conducted by the author over the course of two decades among various populations in Israel and every major Diaspora country, it considers a range of issues, including: demographics and migration patterns, Jewish identity, involvement in the Jewish community, leisure time activities, values, relationship to Israel and to the global Jewish collective. In-depth analysis of the data uncovers similarities and differences of various sub-populations by nationality, level of religiosity, age, gender and more. The book is pioneering in its comparative approach to Jewish youth around the world.

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BRILL

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9004278206

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Politics and Society in Western Europe

By: Jan-Erik Lane,Svante Ersson

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Politics and Society in Western Europe

By: Jan-Erik Lane,Svante Ersson

Politics and Society in Western Europe is a comprehensive introduction for students of West European politics and of comparative politics. This new edition has been extensively revised and updated to meet with the new needs of undergraduate students as they come to terms with a changing social and political landscape in Europe. This textbook provides a full analysis of the political systems of 18 Western European countries, their political parties, elections, and party systems, as well as the structures of government at local, regional, national and European Union levels. Throughout the book, key theoretical ideas are accessibly introduced and examined against the very latest empirical data on civil society and the state.

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SAGE

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0857022083

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9780857022080

ETINED - Volume 7 - Means to counter education fraud

Legislation, practices and instruments

By: Michael Draper,Dennis Farrington,Chiara Finocchietti,André Hesselbäck,Luca Lantero,Erik Johansson,Phil Newton

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ETINED - Volume 7 - Means to counter education fraud

Legislation, practices and instruments

By: Michael Draper,Dennis Farrington,Chiara Finocchietti,André Hesselbäck,Luca Lantero,Erik Johansson,Phil Newton

In July 2022, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted Recommendation CM/Rec(2022)18 aimed at assisting its member states in combating fraud in the field of education. The recommendation followed four years of work in the framework of the ETINED platform of the Council of Europe on ethics, integrity and transparency in education, and addresses the need for a common European approach in this field. This new international standard is structured in four dimensions: prevention, prosecution, international co-operation and monitoring. The text makes six main recommendations to member states of the Council of Europe: to promote high-quality education by eliminating education fraud; to protect pupils, students, researchers and staff at all levels of education from organisations and individuals engaged in selling (and advertising) fraudulent services; to provide support for the implementation of preventive and protective measures, as well as a culture of equality of opportunity at all levels and in all sectors of education and training, and in the transition between these sectors; to monitor technological developments that could support new forms of fraud; to facilitate international co-operation in the field; to support wide dissemination of the recommendation. The research studies in this book analyse the situation in countering education fraud in some member states at the time when the recommendation was adopted and give suggestions for consistent implementation of it in the future.

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9287193525

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Convex Functions and their Applications

A Contemporary Approach

By: Constantin Niculescu,Lars-Erik Persson

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Convex Functions and their Applications

A Contemporary Approach

By: Constantin Niculescu,Lars-Erik Persson

Thorough introduction to an important area of mathematics Contains recent results Includes many exercises

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387310770

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9780387310770

Songs for Dead Parents

Corpse, Text, and World in Southwest China

By: Erik Mueggler

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Songs for Dead Parents

Corpse, Text, and World in Southwest China

By: Erik Mueggler

A community's rituals and practices surrounding death are one of its foremost ways of making sense of itself and its relationship to the passage of time. Historical time, in particular, with its attendant social and political shifts, is most directly experienced and reckoned with through those whom time leaves behind, the men and women whose lives come to form that community's past. In Songs for Dead Parents, distinguished anthropologist Erik Mueggler investigates death in a mountain community in Yunnan Province, which he studied over a period spanning two decades. Through evocative analyses of the community's rituals, exchanges, laments, and chants, Mueggler shows how their way of thinking and feeling the passage of time and the loss of life is rooted in the landscape surrounding them and the raw materials it provides. These materials give new substance to the dead, as they transform from body to effigy to stone to text in a cycle of degeneration and regeneration that gives shape to the ongoing life of the community. In the wake of the disappearance of the socialist rituals that once gave people narrative structures with which to understand historical change, death rituals have become ways of coming to terms with that socialist past as well as ways of moving forward from it and creating new forms of meaning. What emerges from Mueggler's book is a powerful analysis of a praxis and poetics of grief, one whose personal and historical dimensions are profoundly intertwined. Written in an accessible language for multiple audiences, Songs for Dead Parents will appeal to anthropologists, historians, scholars of modern China, and any reader interested in how a community grieves, mourns, and endures.

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University of Chicago Press

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022648100X

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9780226481005

Leadership at the Apex

Politicians and Administrators in Western Local Governments

By: Poul Erik Mouritzen,James H. Svara

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Leadership at the Apex

Politicians and Administrators in Western Local Governments

By: Poul Erik Mouritzen,James H. Svara

Although the relationship between elected officials and appointed executives has often been viewed as a struggle between master and servant-with disagreements as to which group occupies which rol-the authors reveal more interdependence and shared influence than conflict over control.

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University of Pittsburgh Pre

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082295785X

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9780822957850

Ambiguous Borderlands

Shadow Imagery in Cold War American Culture

By: Erik Mortenson

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Ambiguous Borderlands

Shadow Imagery in Cold War American Culture

By: Erik Mortenson

The image of the shadow in mid-twentieth-century America appeared across a variety of genres and media including poetry, pulp fiction, photography, and film. Drawing on an extensive framework that ranges from Cold War cultural histories to theorizations of psychoanalysis and the Gothic, Erik Mortenson argues that shadow imagery in 1950s and 1960s American culture not only reflected the anxiety and ambiguity of the times but also offered an imaginative space for artists to challenge the binary rhetoric associated with the Cold War. After contextualizing the postwar use of shadow imagery in the wake of the atomic bomb, Ambiguous Borderlands looks at shadows in print works, detailing the reemergence of the pulp fiction crime fighter the Shadow in the late-1950s writings of Sylvia Plath, Amiri Baraka, and Jack Kerouac. Using Freudian and Jungian conceptions of the unconscious, Mortenson then discusses Kerouac’s and Allen Ginsberg’s shared dream of a “shrouded stranger” and how it shaped their Beat aesthetic. Turning to the visual, Mortenson examines the dehumanizing effect of shadow imagery in the Cold War photography of Robert Frank, William Klein, and Ralph Eugene Meatyard. Mortenson concludes with an investigation of the use of chiaroscuro in 1950s film noir and the popular television series The Twilight Zone, further detailing how the complexities of Cold War society were mirrored across these media in the ubiquitous imagery of light and dark. From comics to movies, Beats to bombs, Ambiguous Borderlands provides a novel understanding of the Cold War cultural context through its analysis of the image of the shadow in midcentury media. Its interdisciplinary approach, ambitious subject matter, and diverse theoretical framing make it essential reading for anyone interested in American literary and popular culture during the fifties and sixties.

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SIU Press

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080933433X

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9780809334339

Democracy and the Marketplace of Ideas

Communication and Government in Sweden and the United States

By: Erik Asard,W. Lance Bennett

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Democracy and the Marketplace of Ideas

Communication and Government in Sweden and the United States

By: Erik Asard,W. Lance Bennett

This book explores the institutional links between society and government that shape political communication.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521565251

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The Danish Slave Trade and Its Abolition

By: Erik Gøbel

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The Danish Slave Trade and Its Abolition

By: Erik Gøbel

In The Danish Slave Trade and Its Abolition, Erik Gøbel offers an account of the well-documented Danish transatlantic slave trade. Denmark was the seventh-largest slave-trading nation with forts and factories on the Gold Coast and a colony in the Virgin Islands. The comprehensive Danish archival material provides the basis for Gøbel’s descriptions of the volume and composition of the slave trade and trade cargoes, as well as the shipping and conditions on board along the Middle Passage. Attention is also paid to the 1791 Danish Slave Trade Commission report and the final decision to abolish the slave trade altogether. *The Danish Slave Trade and Its Abolitionis now available in paperback for individual customers.

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BRILL

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9004330569

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9789004330566

Own Any Occasion

Mastering the Art of Speaking and Presenting

By: Erik Palmer

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Own Any Occasion

Mastering the Art of Speaking and Presenting

By: Erik Palmer

The world is your stage. Own it. Great speaking does not come easy. But even the wallflowers among us can’t avoid speaking forever. In Own Any Occasion, speaker and educator Erik Palmer taps into his vast experience to simplify the process of extraordinary speaking, whether you’re giving a wedding toast or preparing for a one-on-one sales call. His approach is equal parts preparation and delivery: Never speak unless you have something worth saying, and never let a poor performance diminish a good message. In 11 steps, Palmer shows readers how to craft the perfect message and captivate audiences with exceptional delivery, no matter the circumstance. He demonstrates that the steps to impress when you meet your in-laws for the first time are the same ones that will help you succeed in front of an auditorium full of executives. Whether your audience is large or small, your message personal or professional, Palmer’s easy system will help you become the best speaker you can be in any situation. Own Any Occasion is for anyone who wants to master the art of speaking well, from first-time presenters to seasoned pros looking for a new process. Give yourself the tools to impress every listener and develop a more confident you.

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Association for Talent Development

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1562867717

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9781562867713

The Philosophical Baroque

On Autopoietic Modernities

By: Erik S. Roraback

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The Philosophical Baroque

On Autopoietic Modernities

By: Erik S. Roraback

In his pioneering study The Philosophical Baroque: On Autopoietic Modernities, Erik S. Roraback argues that modern culture, contemplated over its four-century history, resembles nothing so much as the pearl famously described, by periodizers of old, as irregular, barroco. Reframing modernity as a multi-century baroque, Roraback steeps texts by Shakespeare, Henry James, Joyce, and Pynchon in systems theory and the ideas of philosophers of language and culture from Leibniz to such dynamic contemporaries as Luhmann, Benjamin, Blanchot, Deleuze and Guattari, Lacan, and Žižek. The resulting brew, high in intellectual caffeine, will be of value to all who take an interest in cultural modernity—indeed, all who recognize that “modernity” was (and remains) a congeries of competing aesthetic, economic, historical, ideological, philosophical, and political energies

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900433985X

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Intelligence and Surprise Attack

Failure and Success from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 and Beyond

By: Erik J. Dahl

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Intelligence and Surprise Attack

Failure and Success from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 and Beyond

By: Erik J. Dahl

How can the United States avoid a future surprise attack on the scale of 9/11 or Pearl Harbor, in an era when such devastating attacks can come not only from nation states, but also from terrorist groups or cyber enemies? Intelligence and Surprise Attack examines why surprise attacks often succeed even though, in most cases, warnings had been available beforehand. Erik J. Dahl challenges the conventional wisdom about intelligence failure, which holds that attacks succeed because important warnings get lost amid noise or because intelligence officials lack the imagination and collaboration to “connect the dots” of available information. Comparing cases of intelligence failure with intelligence success, Dahl finds that the key to success is not more imagination or better analysis, but better acquisition of precise, tactical-level intelligence combined with the presence of decision makers who are willing to listen to and act on the warnings they receive from their intelligence staff. The book offers a new understanding of classic cases of conventional and terrorist attacks such as Pearl Harbor, the Battle of Midway, and the bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The book also presents a comprehensive analysis of the intelligence picture before the 9/11 attacks, making use of new information available since the publication of the 9/11 Commission Report and challenging some of that report’s findings.

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Georgetown University Press

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1589019989

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9781589019980

Our Uncle Sam

The Sam Cooke Story from His Family's Perspective

By: Erik Greene

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Our Uncle Sam

The Sam Cooke Story from His Family's Perspective

By: Erik Greene

Sam Cooke. His silky voice, dashing smile, and laundry list of hit records have managed to withstand the test of time. Now the extraordinary life of The Man Who Invented Soul Music is remembered by those who knew him best: Our Uncle Sam: The Sam Cooke Story From His Family's Perspective Available for the first time in print... Sam Cooke's great-nephew Erik Greene has compiled cherished memories and personal photos celebrating the private life of this legendary superstar. Sam's family reveals how his sparkling personality, captivating presence and enormous generosity not only made him a popular entertainer in the music industry, but a favorite within the family as well.

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Trafford Publishing

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1412209870

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9781412209878

Cormac McCarthy

A Literary Companion

By: Erik Hage

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Cormac McCarthy

A Literary Companion

By: Erik Hage

Cormac McCarthy, the author of such works as Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, No Country for Old Men, and The Road, is one of America's greatest living writers--an uncompromising examiner of the depths of human depravity, the nature of evil, and the bonds that endure. This companion is intended for both the scholar and lay reader seeking a comprehensive understanding of McCarthy's body of work. Alphabetically ordered entries offer analysis of novels, characters, motifs, allusions, plays, and themes, as well as commentary on events, people and places related to McCarthy scholarship. Most entries include a selected bibliography for further reading. A biographical introduction provides information on the life of this reclusive author, and discussion topics are provided as an aid for instructors.

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0786455594

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