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The Woman "From Obscurity to the Wings of Change"

A Book for the Upcoming Woman, the Girl-Child, and Their Supporters

By: Dr. Onu Felix Madu Wogu (B.Sc MBA Ph.D K.Sc)

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The Woman "From Obscurity to the Wings of Change"

A Book for the Upcoming Woman, the Girl-Child, and Their Supporters

By: Dr. Onu Felix Madu Wogu (B.Sc MBA Ph.D K.Sc)

The Woman From Obscurity to the Wings of Change This book is all about the woman. God created the woman when he saw and said, “It is not good that the man should be alone” (Genesis 2:18). God was not satisfied, at a stage, with the performances of Adam alone in the garden of Eden. God therefore created the woman for fruitfulness and to unveil hidden knowledge, wisdom, and procreation in fulfillment of God’s blessings and wishes for his creation on earth. The men on earth became jealous and suspicious of the woman because of her nature and qualities. The early religious leaders, family heads, the community leaders, authors and Bible writers, the governments in the Middle East, and society in general made laws and culture aimed at demeaning and downplaying the woman’s qualities and contributions. They veiled the woman to obscurity in the land. Centuries later, women passed through changes toward emancipation as a result of pressure by feminist groups, government and civil society agencies in developed and civilized countries who made legislations and edicts prohibiting discrimination and gender inequality laws against women. Several women and men organizations in cooperation with government-initiated activities and made laws aimed at abolishing all kinds of gender discrimination in their nations. As a result of these laws, women became not just educated, but they became educators in various fields of science and technology. Highflier women became professors, doctors, engineers, pilots, political leaders, heads of states, and industrial leaders in their nations. Today’s women are on the wings of change. They now compete with men all over the world. Women are becoming more equal to men than expected. Many men are confused and are looking up to the women highfliers for direction.

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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1638441871

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The Evolution and Function of Cognition

By: Felix E. Goodson

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The Evolution and Function of Cognition

By: Felix E. Goodson

Appropriate as a textbook for graduate courses, The Evolution and Function of Cognition provides a systematic and progressively inclusive integration of the facts and principles of cognitive psychology. It includes contributions of information processing and reaction, and emphasizes historical continuity. In addition, the book shows how evolutionary psychology fits in with the mainstream of thought in psychological theory. The Evolution and Function of Cognition will benefit scholars and researchers interested in the general topics of evolutionary psychology and cognitive science.

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Psychology Press

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1135635196

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The Diocese Of Disorder

By: Dan Felix

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The Diocese Of Disorder

By: Dan Felix

Bishop Precious hinders a true man of God from performing faith healing but enables a conman of the cloth to work a charity fraud. He rubbishes and intimidates experienced as well as outspoken priests. And what is more, the sick and wounded priests are abandoned to their fate. Bishop Precious's materialistic lifestyle influences Father Cajetan, who takes to amassing wealth and then leads a life unbefitting of a priest. Materialism, maltreatment, murder, cover-ups, cronyism, and the like become the order of the day. Horror! After everything has been considered, who murdered Rev. Father Wence? Can order be restored in the dysfunctional diocese? Can truth be stranger than fiction? Find out in The Diocese of Disorder, the story of a disordered diocese, set in Nigeria, the United States, Rome, and Canada. "Whether you read The Diocese Of Disorder as a work of satire or fiction, one thing is clear: there's a crying need to address the issues raised in it." - Dr S. King "Skillful and ingenious exploration of faith, fact and fancy. Unputdownable." - Dan Brian "Grace does not change nature, and the corruption of the best is the worst. Brilliantly plotted and lively paced." - Dr J. Cornwell "... captures a man in a position of power and status, falling to weaker aspects of his personality. Great Job!" - J. J. Fatton The Editor "Every Bishop should read The Diocese Of Disorder, an insightful novel of good and evil that touches the heart. And, if possible, address the questions raised in it as they relate to his diocese." -- Sir M. Felixson

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Author House

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1496981138

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9781496981134

Corporate Environmental Accountability in Nigeria

A Global, National and Regional Study in the Age of Globalization

By: Felix Moses Edoho

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Corporate Environmental Accountability in Nigeria

A Global, National and Regional Study in the Age of Globalization

By: Felix Moses Edoho

This book examines the imperative role of global environmental governance, and the need to incorporate corporate environmental accountability and mechanisms for enforcement, to effectively address the global environmental crisis. The author, Felix Moses Edoho, Sr., examines the issues at the various global, national, and regional levels. In Part I the book examines the issues at the global level and looks at the impact of transnational corporations (TNCs) and globalization on the global environmental crisis. Furthermore, it also examines the efforts of the United Nations in initiating global environmental architecture to tackle the crisis. Part II considers the issues at the national level and focuses on Nigeria. The author explores Nigeria’s regulatory and institutional framework for environmental governance and implementation. Lastly, at the regional level in Part III, the discourse centers on how decades of oil exploration and production have unleashed monumental ecological tragedies in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria due to the lack of corporate environmental accountability. This book will be of great interest to academics and students who are interested in broadening their knowledge of environmental governance and policy in developing countries. It will also be of value to environmental regulatory agencies and public administrators, development professionals, and TNCs.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000986721

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9781000986723

Management Challenges for Africa in the Twenty-First Century

Theoretical and Applied Perspectives

By: Felix M. Edoho

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Management Challenges for Africa in the Twenty-First Century

Theoretical and Applied Perspectives

By: Felix M. Edoho

Edoho and his contributors examine the management challenges facing African governments and businesses on the eve of a new millennium. As the authors make clear, Africa's future is defined by how Africa does in the 21st century. For Africa, a major challenge is how to effectively and efficiently manage its vast wealth. Africa is not poor because it is poor—it is poor because it cannot manage its development process. The shortages of managerial knowledge, skills, and talents are pervasive. Consequently, the region lacks the ability to organize production and run operations effectively and efficiently. The task of developing managerial manpower in Africa is not only imperative, it is urgent. After outlining theoretical and applied perspectives on management, the volume examines the public and private sector planning and management. It then explores the globalization of management technology, provides case studies of African management dilemmas, looks at management ethics and morality, and concludes with an analysis of the role of management in African national development. As the authors make clear, abundant resources will not of themselves usher in an African economic renaissance. Africa needs skills to identify and analyze its resources, to undertake investment, and to establish and run all kinds of organizations. Until Africa develops its indigenous managerial talents, development will continue to be elusive, and the process traumatizing. An important resource for scholars, students, and policy makers involved with African economic development.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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031309554X

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9780313095542

Funding Community Initiatives

By: Silvina Arrossi,Felix Bombarolo,Jorge E Hardoy,Diana Mitlin,Luis Perez Coscio,David Satterthwaite

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Funding Community Initiatives

By: Silvina Arrossi,Felix Bombarolo,Jorge E Hardoy,Diana Mitlin,Luis Perez Coscio,David Satterthwaite

Despite four decades of development planning, at least one third of the urban population of Africa, Asia and Latin America remains poor. Over 600 million live in 'life and health threatening' homes and neighbourhoods because of poor housing and inadequate or no piped water, sanitation and health care. But even as the shortcomings of government and development programmes become more apparent, so do the untapped abilities of low-income groups and their community organizations to develop their own solutions. This book analyses the conditions necessary for successful community initiatives and includes case studies of 18 intermediary institutions (most of them Third World NGOs) who provide technical, legal and financial services to low-income households for constructing or improving housing. Many also work with community organizations in improving water, sanitation, drainage, health care and other community services. Through the analysis of innovative financial systems for income generation, house construction and service provision, Funding Community Initiatives considers the feasibility of loans for addressing current urban housing problems. It also considers how to increase greatly the scale and effectiveness of support going to low-income households and community organizations. This book will be of interest to students and professionals concerned with urban development in Africa, Asia and Latin America, especially those concerned with low income shelter and community finance.

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Routledge

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1134166621

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9781134166626

Quality in Thoracic Surgery, An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics

By: Felix G. Fernandez

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Quality in Thoracic Surgery, An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics

By: Felix G. Fernandez

This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Felix Fernandez, is devoted to Quality in Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Fernandez has assembled expert authors to review the following topics: Risk adjustment and performance measurement for lung cancer resection; Risk adjustment and performance measurement for esophageal cancer resection; Oncologic quality indicators in thoracic surgery; National Quality Forum metrics for thoracic surgery; Volume outcome relationships in thoracic surgery; Failure to rescue in thoracic surgery; Quality and cost in thoracic surgery; Patient reported outcomes in thoracic surgery; Database audit in thoracic surgery; European Society of Thoracic Surgeons risk score; International database collaboration in thoracic surgery; Hospital readmissions following thoracic surgery; and more!

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323532608

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9780323532600

Missionary Enterprise and Rivalry in Igboland, 1857-1914

By: Felix K. Ekechi

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Missionary Enterprise and Rivalry in Igboland, 1857-1914

By: Felix K. Ekechi

This study of the evangelization of the Igbos uses archives of the Holy Ghost Fathers in Paris. Prior to 1885 the protestant missions dominated the field, but from that date the Roman Catholic influence was established and the two churches; struggle for mastery is the central theme.

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Psychology Press

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071462778X

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Émigré Scholars and the Genesis of International Relations

A European Discipline in America?

By: F. Roesch,Felix Rösch

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Émigré Scholars and the Genesis of International Relations

A European Discipline in America?

By: F. Roesch,Felix Rösch

This is the first Anglophone volume on émigré scholars' influence on International Relations, uniquely exploring the intellectual development of IR as a discipline and providing a re-reading of some of its almost forgotten founding thinkers.

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Springer

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113733469X

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Debt and Transfiguration: Prospects for Latin America's Economic Revival

Prospects for Latin America's Economic Revival

By: David Felix

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Debt and Transfiguration: Prospects for Latin America's Economic Revival

Prospects for Latin America's Economic Revival

By: David Felix

Collection of essays representing the analysis and policy proposals of a wide range of economists, and dealing with many contentious issues about the re-structuring strategies of Latin American debtor countries, their economic and political adjustments, and schemes for external financing. Visits to customers by a cross-functional team of marketers and engineers play an important role in new product development, entry into new markets, and in exploring customer satisfaction and dissatisfaction. The new edition of this widely used professional resource provides step-by-step instructions for making effective use of this market research technique. Using a wealth of specific examples, Edward F. McQuarrie explains how to set feasible objectives and how to select the right number of the right kind of customers to visit. One of the leading experts in the field, McQuarrie demonstrates how to construct a discussion guide and how to devise good questions, and offers practical advice on how to conduct face-to-face interviews. Extensively updated throughout, this third edition includes three new chapters as well as expanded coverage of the analysis of visit data. It also discusses which industries and product categories are most (and least) suitable to the customer visit technique. The author also covers how the customer visit technique compares to other market research techniques such as focus groups.

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Routledge

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1315490595

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Biography of an Idea

John Maynard Keynes and the General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money

By: David Felix

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Biography of an Idea

John Maynard Keynes and the General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money

By: David Felix

The culmination of John Maynard Keynes's thought and lifework was The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. Here, placing it in the context of his era, David Felix examines the evolution of Keynes's theorizing. He boldly claims that The General Theory lacks logical and factual support as pure theory, but is an achievement of great statesmanship in political economy. Felix argues that Keynes's ideas have misled successive generations of students and practitioners. He suggests that a more discriminating view of his thought can reconcile Keynesian views with neoclassical theory and replace the false synthesis that dominates contemporary text-books with a truer one. Biography of an Idea devotes four chapters to an analysis of The General Theory and an examination of the economic logic of Keynes. The author disentangles the work's fundamentally simple theses from its difficult technical pre-sentation. He shows how Keynes shaped his economic model as he did as an effort to win public support for sensible policies that clashed with generally accepted beliefs of the time. Biography of an Idea is bound to be controversial due to the many cohorts of economists who have been trained in macroeconomics according to Keynes. It will be of interest and ac-cessible to intellectually curious laymen and students, and important to economists, historians, and political scientists.

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1351294237

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Modeling Power Electronics and Interfacing Energy Conversion Systems

By: M. Godoy Simoes,Felix A. Farret

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Modeling Power Electronics and Interfacing Energy Conversion Systems

By: M. Godoy Simoes,Felix A. Farret

Discusses the application of mathematical and engineering tools for modeling, simulation and control oriented for energy systems, power electronics and renewable energy This book builds on the background knowledge of electrical circuits, control of dc/dc converters and inverters, energy conversion and power electronics. The book shows readers how to apply computational methods for multi-domain simulation of energy systems and power electronics engineering problems. Each chapter has a brief introduction on the theoretical background, a description of the problems to be solved, and objectives to be achieved. Block diagrams, electrical circuits, mathematical analysis or computer code are covered. Each chapter concludes with discussions on what should be learned, suggestions for further studies and even some experimental work. Discusses the mathematical formulation of system equations for energy systems and power electronics aiming state-space and circuit oriented simulations Studies the interactions between MATLAB and Simulink models and functions with real-world implementation using microprocessors and microcontrollers Presents numerical integration techniques, transfer-function modeling, harmonic analysis and power quality performance assessment Examines existing software such as, MATLAB/Simulink, Power Systems Toolbox and PSIM to simulate power electronic circuits including the use of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar sources The simulation files are available for readers who register with the Google Group: power-electronics-interfacing-energy-conversion-systems@googlegroups.com. After your registration you will receive information in how to access the simulation files, the Google Group can also be used to communicate with other registered readers of this book.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119058260

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9781119058267

Kendig's Disorders of the Respiratory Tract in Children E-Book

By: Robert W. Wilmott,Andrew Bush,Robin R Deterding,Felix Ratjen,Peter Sly,Heather Zar,Albert Li

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Kendig's Disorders of the Respiratory Tract in Children E-Book

By: Robert W. Wilmott,Andrew Bush,Robin R Deterding,Felix Ratjen,Peter Sly,Heather Zar,Albert Li

Now in a fully updated 9th Edition, Kendig's Disorders of the Respiratory Tract in Children, by Drs. Robert Wilmott, Andrew Bush, Robin Deterding, and Felix Ratjen, continues to provide authoritative, evidence-based information to residents, fellows, and practitioners in this wide-ranging specialty. Bringing key knowledge from global experts together in one easy-to-understand volume, it covers everything from the latest basic science and its relevance to today's clinical issues, to improving patient outcomes for the common and rare respiratory problems found in newborns and children worldwide. - Uses succinct, straightforward text, numerous tables and figures, summaries at the end of each chapter, and more than 500 full-color images to convey key information in an easy-to-digest manner. - Contains new chapters reflecting expanding knowledge on the respiratory complications of Down syndrome and other genetic disorders, modern molecular therapies for cystic fibrosis and asthma, and pulmonary embolism and thromboembolic disease. - Includes access to a new video library with demonstrations of key procedures. - Features a new templated format with more descriptive headings and bulleted text for quick reference and navigation. - Covers today's key issues, including the genetic basis of respiratory disease, new and emerging respiratory infections, interstitial lung diseases in infants and young children, technology and diagnostic techniques for pulmonary function tests, emerging lung infections, and new therapies for cystic fibrosis and asthma. - Provides up-to-date instruction on important procedures, such as bronchoscopy and pulmonary function testing. - Highlights the knowledge and expertise of three new editors, as well as more than 100 world authorities in the fields of pediatrics, pulmonology, neurology, microbiology, cardiology, physiology, diagnostic imaging, critical care, otolaryngology, allergy, and surgery. - Expert ConsultTM eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323555950

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9780323555951

Sonia Sotomayor

The True American Dream

By: Antonia Felix

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Sonia Sotomayor

The True American Dream

By: Antonia Felix

Necessary reading" (Booklist) from a New York Times bestselling biographer. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Sonia Sotomayor's former colleagues, family, friends, and teachers, New York Times bestselling biographer Antonia Felix explores Sotomayor's childhood, the values her parents instilled in her, and the events that propelled her to the highest court in the land. With insight and thoughtful analysis, Felix paints a revealing portrait of the woman who would come to meet President Obama's rigorous criteria for a Supreme Court justice, examining how Sotomayor's experiences shed light on her Supreme Court rulings-and how she will continue to write her great American legacy.

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Penguin

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0425242951

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9780425242957

Holmes and Frankfurter

Their Correspondence, 1912-1934

By: Oliver Wendell Holmes (Jr.),Felix Frankfurter

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Holmes and Frankfurter

Their Correspondence, 1912-1934

By: Oliver Wendell Holmes (Jr.),Felix Frankfurter

The first publication of an extensive correspondence between two of the century's greatest American jurists.

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UPNE

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0874517583

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9780874517583

Cognition and Language Growth

By: Sascha W. Felix

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Cognition and Language Growth

By: Sascha W. Felix

Language acquisition is a human endeavor par excellence. As children, all human beings learn to understand and speak at least one language: their mother tongue. It is a process that seems to take place without any obvious effort. Second language learning, particularly among adults, causes more difficulty. The purpose of this series is to compile a collection of high-quality monographs on language acquisition. The series serves the needs of everyone who wants to know more about the problem of language acquisition in general and/or about language acquisition in specific contexts.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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311087167X

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9783110871678

Kennan and the Cold War

An Unauthorized Biography

By: David Felix

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Kennan and the Cold War

An Unauthorized Biography

By: David Felix

With his policy of containment, US diplomat George F. Kennan (19042005) devised a way to resist the Soviet Union's attempt to conquer the world for Communism. That way was to go to the brink of war to prevent war. His idea was first expressed in his famous Long Telegram from Moscow on February 22, 1946.It took genius to see a wartime ally as a dangerous adversary, and to convince the American leadership to act upon it. Back in the United States, the young diplomat first acted as deputy commandant in the National War College. He then operated as director of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff to restore Europe from wartime destruction. By 1950 Kennan began to reverse his thinking, believing that the military component of American policy was going too far. While his old colleagues continued to develop US power, given point by the atomic bomb, Kennan withdrew from government and began a new career as a public intellectual campaigning for a more peaceable policy in his eighteen books, and articles and talks.The breakdown of the Soviet economy in the 1980s showed that Kennan was right the second time as well. Always sympathetic to the Russian people and culture, which the later Soviet leaders appreciated, Kennan was able to welcome the new non-Communist Russia into a more peaceable relationship with the democracies that ended the Cold War. His life and works have become a national treasure.

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Routledge

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1351510258

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9781351510257

The Possibility of Convivence in Nigeria

Towards Intercultural Hermeneutics and Religion in Dialogue

By: Felix Ikeagwuchi Agbara

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The Possibility of Convivence in Nigeria

Towards Intercultural Hermeneutics and Religion in Dialogue

By: Felix Ikeagwuchi Agbara

Despite the present-day democratic government's commitment to human rights, socio-cultural and religious clashes still pose a threat to Nigeria. As a panacea a split according to ethnic and religious boundaries has been suggested; on the other hand upholding the different strands might spell greater benefits for the country's development. The basic assumption of both views is that ethnic and religious pluralism have led to conflicts, but that they are fuelled by politics, inequitable distribution of economic goods and the negative forces of globalization. In this project, examining these conflicts and the efforts made to resolve them, particular attention will be paid to dialogue and reconciliation. The key practice suggested is convivence: a symbiosis of interactive and interpenetrative approaches, based on intercultural and interreligious hermeneutical perspectives.

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LIT Verlag Münster

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3643800916

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9783643800916

The Formation of the Modern Self

Reason, Happiness and the Passions from Montaigne to Kant

By: Felix O Murchadha

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The Formation of the Modern Self

Reason, Happiness and the Passions from Montaigne to Kant

By: Felix O Murchadha

Charting a genealogy of the modern idea of the self, Felix Ó Murchadha explores the accounts of self-identity expounded by key Early Modern philosophers, Montaigne, Descartes, Pascal, Spinoza, Hume and Kant. The question of the self as we would discuss it today only came to the forefront of philosophical concern with Modernity, beginning with an appeal to the inherited models of the self found in Stoicism, Scepticism, Augustinianism and Pelagianism, before continuing to develop as a subject of philosophical debate. Exploring this trajectory, The Formation of the Modern Self pursues a number of themes central to the Early Modern development of selfhood, including, amongst others, grace and passion. It examines on the one hand the deep-rooted dependence on the divine and the longing for happiness and salvation and, on the other hand, the distancing from the Stoic ideal of apatheia, as philosophers from Descartes to Spinoza recognised the passions as essential to human agency. Fundamental to the new question of the self was the relation of faith and reason. Uncovering commonalities and differences amongst Early Modern philosophers, Ó Murchadha traces how the voluntarism of Modernity led to the sceptical approach to the self in Montaigne and Hume and how this sceptical strand, in turn, culminated in Kant's rational faith. More than a history of the self in philosophy, The Formation of the Modern Self inspires a fresh look at self-identity, uncovering not only how our modern idea of selfhood developed but just how embedded the concept of self is in external considerations: from ethics, to reason, to religion.

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1350245488

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Kendig and Chernick's Disorders of the Respiratory Tract in Children E-Book

By: Robert W. Wilmott,Thomas F. Boat,Andrew Bush,Victor Chernick,Robin R Deterding,Felix Ratjen

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Kendig and Chernick's Disorders of the Respiratory Tract in Children E-Book

By: Robert W. Wilmott,Thomas F. Boat,Andrew Bush,Victor Chernick,Robin R Deterding,Felix Ratjen

Kendig, Chernick’s Disorders of the Respiratory Tract in Children is the definitive medical reference book to help you confront critical challenges using the latest knowledge and techniques. You’ll get the state-of-the-art answers you need to offer the best care to young patients. Tackle the toughest challenges and improve patient outcomes with coverage of all the common and rare respiratory problems found in newborns and children worldwide. Get a solid foundation of knowledge to better understand and treat your patients through coverage of the latest basic science and its relevance to clinical problems. Get comprehensive, authoritative coverage on today’s hot topics, such as interstitial lung disease, respiratory disorders in the newborn, congenital lung disease, swine flu, genetic testing for disease and the human genome, inflammatory cytokines in the lung, new radiologic techniques, diagnostic imaging of the respiratory tract, and pulmonary function tests. Learn from the experts with contributions from 100 world authorities in the fields of pediatrics, pulmonology, neurology, microbiology, cardiology, physiology, diagnostic imaging, anesthesiology, otolaryngology, allergy, and surgery.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1455740500

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Keynes

A Critical Life

By: David Felix

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Keynes

A Critical Life

By: David Felix

Only a person of Keynes's unique character could have achieved what he did. After teaching neoclassical economics for two decades, he developed an extraordinary theory—extraordinary in that it built upon the theoretical complex he intended to overthrow and extraordinary in that it provided the best guidance for defeating the Depression of the 1930s and managing an economy thereafter. This biography shows how Keynes's personality left its stamp on his ideas, the connections between his all-too-human quirks and his theorizing, between his dominating personality and his success as a policymaker. Although sympathetic to the man, his aims, and his accomplishments, this is the first critical biography of John Maynard Keynes. Based on the mass of material Keynes left behind, including hundreds of letters, the book shows how he thought, rationalized, and acted, as well as the connections between the fallible human and the abstract theory. It shows his transformation from an active homosexual to a contented married man—the relationship giving him a personal and social stability that was important to his achievement. It shows his superb confidence that he was right—even when he completely reversed his previous position—and his unshakable resolution to see his ideas carried out. This is A Critical Life—critical because Keynes's life had a critical impact, and because the book takes a critical look at that life.

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0313388911

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The Grey Undercurrent

Whalers and Littoral Societies at the Deep Beaches of Africa (1770–1920)

By: Felix Schürmann

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The Grey Undercurrent

Whalers and Littoral Societies at the Deep Beaches of Africa (1770–1920)

By: Felix Schürmann

By extending their voyages to all oceans from the 1760s onward, whaling vessels from North America and Europe spanned a novel net of hunting grounds, maritime routes, supply posts, and transport chains across the globe. For obtaining provisions, cutting firewood, recruiting additional men, and transshipping whale products, these highly mobile hunters regularly frequented coastal places and islands along their routes, which were largely determined by the migratory movements of their prey. American-style pelagic whaling thus constituted a significant, though often overlooked factor in connecting people and places between distant world regions during the long nineteenth century. Focusing on Africa, this book investigates side-effects resulting from stopovers by whalers for littoral societies on the economic, social, political, and cultural level. For this purpose it draws on eight local case studies, four from Africa’s west coast and four from its east coast. In the overall picture, the book shows a broad range of effects and side-effects of different forms and strengths, which it figures as a "grey undercurrent" of global history.

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3110759918

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Power, Knowledge, and Dissent in Morgenthau's Worldview

By: Felix Rösch

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Power, Knowledge, and Dissent in Morgenthau's Worldview

By: Felix Rösch

This book provides a comprehensive investigation into Hans Morgenthau's life and work. Identifying power, knowledge, and dissent as the fundamental principles that have informed his worldview, this book argues that Morgenthau's lasting contribution to the discipline of International Relations is the human condition of politics.

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113739529X

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History

By: John Higham,Leonard Krieger,Felix Gilbert

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History

By: John Higham,Leonard Krieger,Felix Gilbert

This book, originally published in 1977, is a survey of European historiography from its origins in the historians of Greece and Rome, through the annalists and chroniclers of the middle ages, to the historians of the late eighteenth century. The author concentrates on those writers whose works fit into a specific category of writing, or who have inlfuence the course of later historical writing, though he does deal with some of the more specialist forms of medieval historiography such as the crusading writers, and chivalrous historians like Froissart. He maintains that ‘modern’ history did not develop until the 18th Century.

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Routledge

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1317247108

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Climate Change and Energy Insecurity

The Challenge for Peace, Security and Development

By: Felix Dodds,Richard Sherman

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Climate Change and Energy Insecurity

The Challenge for Peace, Security and Development

By: Felix Dodds,Richard Sherman

Climate change is now recognised as one of the greatest challenges facing the international community and when coupled with energy production and use - the most significant contributor to climate change - and the related security problems the double threat to international security and human development is of the highest order. This wide-ranging book brings together leading thinkers from academia, government and civil society to examine and address the global insecurity and development challenges arising from the twin thrust of climate change and the energy supply crunch. Part one considers energy. It analyses the challenges of meeting future energy demands and the ongoing and future security-related conflicts over energy. Coverage includes security and development concerns related to the oil and gas, nuclear, bio-fuels and hydropower sectors, ensuring energy access for all and addressing sustainable consumption and production in both developed and rapidly industrializing countries such as India, China, Brazil and South Africa. Part two analyses how climate change contributes to global insecurity and presents a consolidated overview of the potential threats and challenges it poses to international peace and development. Coverage includes future water scenarios including a focus on scarcity in the Middle East, food security, biodiversity loss, land degradation, the changing economics of climate change, adaptation and the special case of small island states. The final part lays out the potential avenues and mechanisms available to the international community to address and avert climate and energy instability via the multilateral framework under the United Nations. It also addresses mechanisms for resource and knowledge transfer from industrialized to developing countries to ensure a low-carbon energy transition by focusing on the rapid deployment of clean energy technologies and ways to tackle income and employment insecurity created by the transition away from traditional energy sources. This book offers the most comprehensive international assessment of the challenges and solutions for tackling the global insecurity arising from climate change and energy provision and use. It is essential reading for students, researchers and professionals across international relations, security, climate change and the energy sectors.

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1136546286

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London’s Working-Class Youth and the Making of Post-Victorian Britain, 1958–1971

By: Felix Fuhg

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London’s Working-Class Youth and the Making of Post-Victorian Britain, 1958–1971

By: Felix Fuhg

This book examines the emergence of modern working-class youth culture through the perspective of an urban history of post-war Britain, with a particular focus on the influence of young people and their culture on Britain’s self-image as a country emerging from the constraints of its post-Victorian, imperial past. Each section of the book – Society, City, Pop, and Space – considers in detail the ways in which working-class youth culture corresponded with a fast-changing metropolitan and urban society in the years following the decline of the British Empire. Was teenage culture rooted in the urban experience and the transformation of working-class neighbourhoods? Did youth subcultures emerge simply as a reaction to Britain's changing racial demographic? To what extent did leisure venues and institutions function as laboratories for a developing British pop culture, which ultimately helped Britain re-establish its prominence on the world stage? These questions and more are answered in this book.

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Springer Nature

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3030689689

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The Digital Condition

By: Felix Stalder

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The Digital Condition

By: Felix Stalder

Our daily lives, our culture and our politics are now shaped by the digital condition as large numbers of people involve themselves in contentious negotiations of meaning in ever more dimensions of life, from the trivial to the profound. They are making use of the capacities of complex communication infrastructures, currently dominated by social mass media such as Twitter and Facebook, on which they have come to depend. Amidst a confusing plurality, Felix Stalder argues that are three key constituents of this condition: the use of existing cultural materials for one's own production, the way in which new meaning is established as a collective endeavour, and the underlying role of algorithms and automated decision-making processes that reduce and give shape to massive volumes of data. These three characteristics define what Stalder calls 'the digital condition'. Stalder also examines the profound political implications of this new culture. We stand at a crossroads between post-democracy and the commons, a concentration of power among the few or a genuine widening of participation, with the digital condition offering the potential for starkly different outcomes. This ambitious and wide-ranging theory of our contemporary digital condition will be of great interest to students and scholars in media and communications, cultural studies, and social, political and cultural theory, as well as to a wider readership interested in the ways in which culture and politics are changing today.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1509519637

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Collective Creativity

Exploring Creativity in Social Network Development as Part of Organizational Learning

By: Felix von Held

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Collective Creativity

Exploring Creativity in Social Network Development as Part of Organizational Learning

By: Felix von Held

Creativity in organizations has become a key topic of organizational research. This work expands on existing research by exploring creativity in the dynamics of social networks. Collective creativity is introduced as a central part of organizational learning and seen as the expression of creativity on the collective level. The research is able to empirically assess creativity in the development of social structures. For the assessment of creativity this work applies a longitudinal study design by combining social network analysis with creativity studies. The approach enables to relate creativity indicators with social network measures. It is based on an empirical study of innovation projects in the automotive industry and thereby extends existing research and theories on creativity, social network dynamics and organizational learning.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3531193406

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Physical Language Learning Spaces in the Digital Age

By: Felix A. Kronenberg

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Physical Language Learning Spaces in the Digital Age

By: Felix A. Kronenberg

How do we intentionally design physical environments for language learning and teaching? How can we build spaces that are inclusive, accessible, safe and equitable? While the Covid-19 pandemic has advanced notions of online education, it has also revealed the benefits and affordances of human-to-human interaction in physical learning spaces. This book explores the design of physical spaces intended for language learning specifically. From residential learning spaces to active classrooms, from social and experiential spaces to zoom rooms and language centers, from mobile community-based learning to hybrid makerspaces, language learners and educators have more choices than ever regarding their possible learning environments. Changing pedagogies and new technologies provide ever more alternatives to the normalized technology of the classroom. With a focus on creating new awareness of the affordances and benefits of physical spaces as active agents in the language learning and teaching processes, this book takes a practical approach to introduce readers without any prior knowledge of design or architecture to the topic. As language learning spaces need to consider stakeholders from diverse cultures, Felix Kronenberg provides examples from language centers around the world, including Asia, Europe and the United States. Readers will learn how to conceptualize and create supportive, resilient, flexible, inclusive, accessible, affordable, sustainable, and safe physical learning spaces. The book is an interdisciplinary introduction to this emerging field, drawing from research in disciplines such as architecture, learning spaces design, second language acquisition, pedagogy, history, and sociology.

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