Includes a new translation of Ibn Ezra's introduction to the Torah Multi-disciplinary: Ibn Ezra is an important figure in Jewish studies, medieval studies, philosophy, linguistics and theology
A note from Nerissa Blanchard: Now that my twin has found love, she wants me to be as happy asshe is. She doesn't know how blue coming home to this empty housemakes me. And our poor mother—I found her in the library, murdered. I'm thankful that Drew Lancaster was one of the first officers on thescene. He's encouraging and supportive (and he's handsome, too!).Lately, I've been hearing strange things around the house, and I worrythat Mother's killer—or maybe someone else—is trying to push meover the edge of madness.
For many years my family was involved with assisting neighbors and friends. We contributed our time and talent, both on a personal level and through various service organizations. It has always been my firm belief that one should give back to their community. This was instilled into me as a young child, and I tried to instill the same into my children. My hope is that young families together with their children reading this book are encouraged to participate in community service or plan together as a family to help out a neighbor in need. What better way is there to bond as a family than by helping others?
Includes a new translation of Ibn Ezra's introduction to the Torah Multi-disciplinary: Ibn Ezra is an important figure in Jewish studies, medieval studies, philosophy, linguistics and theology
This ethnographic study deals with the ways people in Athens, Greece, use style to construct their social class identities. Including a rich dataset comprising ethnographic interviews with actual people who live in the stereotypically seen as leafy and posh northern suburbs and in the stereotypically treated as working class western suburbs of Athens coupled with data from popular literary novels, TV series and Greek hip hop music, it argues that the relationship between style and social class identity is mediated by complex social meanings encompassing features from and discourses relevant to both areas, which are structured across different orders of indexicality depending on the genre of speech in which they are created. As such, it will be of interest to scholars in sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, anthropology, sociology, Modern Greek studies, and to everyone who is interested in how social class is constructed via language.
The world of finance is again undergoing crisis and transformation. This book provides a new perspective on finance through the prism of popular and formal culture and examines fascination and repulsion toward money, the role of governments and individuals in financial crises and how the Crisis of 2008, like others since 1720, repeat the same patterns of enthusiasm, greed, culpability, revulsion, reform and recovery. The book explores the political and socio-economic factors which determine fallibility and resilience in financial cultures, periods of crisis, transition and recovery based on cyclical rather than linear progression. Examining the roots of financial capitalism, in Europe and the United States and its corollary development in Asia, Russia and emerging markets proves that cultural and psychosocial reactions to financial success, endeavor and calamity transcend specific periods or events. The book allows the reader to discover parallel and intersecting reactions, controversies and resolutions in the cultural history of financial markets and institutions.
Irene Hope Hedrick has returned with Volume 2 of her memoir. A gifted writer and storyteller, she can still recite from Robert Louis Stevenson's poem From A Railway Carriage. Irene's father read William Blake to her as a child, called her by her nickname, "Our I." She learned early that "Infinity is in the here and now," and that "Eternity demands, is relentless." Her father also told her: "If you grow up with a kind heart and a sense of love, you'll live to be a hundred." Irene intends to, even as she invites you to listen to her stories from the depression, World War II in England, marriage to a Yankee soldier and immigration to the United States. If, as it is said, "Charity can be given with an empty hand, with a kind word" Irene has been charitable in the gift of these hopeful tales. She includes quotes by thinkers as diverse as Plato, Herodotus, song lyrics, and wisdom-bearing language. Read and be nourished. Ann Staley, teacher, poet & essayist, author of Primary Sources
20 years ago Pepperberg set out to discover whether results of pigeon studies necessarily meant that other birds were incapable of mastering cognitive concepts and the rudiments of referential speech. This is a synthesis of her studies.
The Effective Teaching of History brings together the varied expertise of three experienced educationalists to provide a practical and invaluable guide for teachers, and teachers-in-training who wish to teach history Key Stages 1-4. It covers a wide range of methods and resources for teaching national curriculum history and examines the role of history in schools and colleges in the 1990s.
This book defines and examines the counterpart of Schur functions and Schur analysis in the slice hyperholomorphic setting. It is organized into three parts: the first introduces readers to classical Schur analysis, while the second offers background material on quaternions, slice hyperholomorphic functions, and quaternionic functional analysis. The third part represents the core of the book and explores quaternionic Schur analysis and its various applications. The book includes previously unpublished results and provides the basis for new directions of research.
Harold Hill is an engineer, not a theologian, but the gospel he describes in down-to-earth, common-sense, every-day language gets to the essence of what living the Christian life is all about.
A note from Nerissa Blanchard: Now that my twin has found love, she wants me to be as happy asshe is. She doesn't know how blue coming home to this empty housemakes me. And our poor mother—I found her in the library, murdered. I'm thankful that Drew Lancaster was one of the first officers on thescene. He's encouraging and supportive (and he's handsome, too!).Lately, I've been hearing strange things around the house, and I worrythat Mother's killer—or maybe someone else—is trying to push meover the edge of madness.
Americans have a fine tradition of spelling words one way and pronouncing them another. While every region of the country has contributed to this tradition, South Carolinians have elevated the practice to an art. A classic South Carolina example is the name Huger, which is pronounced YOO-JEE by natives. This dictionary includes some 400 South Carolina names, their peculiar pronunciations, and brief stories about their origins. Many folks hailing from other parts may consider these pronunciations just plain wrong, but rest assured South Carolinians will roll their eyes when those folks ask for directions to HUE-GER Street!
There are forces better recognized as belonging to human society than repressed or left to waste away or growl about upon its fringes." So writes Valerie Flint in this powerful work on magic in early medieval Europe. Flint shows how many of the more discerning leaders of the early medieval Church decided to promote non-Christian practices originally condemned as magical--rather than repressing them or leaving them to waste away or "growl." These wise leaders actively and enthusiastically incorporated specific kinds of "magic" into the dominant culture not only to appease the contemporary non-Christian opposition but also to enhance Christianity itself.
The second edition of this authoritative book examines in detail all the corporate insolvency procedures available in Ireland, including examination, receivership and winding-up. It examines the rights and liabilities of the parties involved in the winding-up process - company directors, shareholders, and secured and unsecured creditors - and also addresses the issue of fraudulent and reckless trading.
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