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In Context: the Reade Festschrift

By: Irving Finkel

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In Context: the Reade Festschrift

By: Irving Finkel

In Context: the Reade Festschrift' is a collection of invited and peer-reviewed essays by friends and colleagues of Julian Edgeworth Reade, sometime Mesopotamia curator at the British Museum from 1975 to 2000. Here is fresh work from which any reader can gain a new appreciation of the importance of the ancient Near East.

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1789696089

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The Ark Before Noah

Decoding the Story of the Flood

By: Irving Finkel

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The Ark Before Noah

Decoding the Story of the Flood

By: Irving Finkel

The recent translation of a Babylonian tablet launches a groundbreaking investigation into one of the most famous stories in the world, challenging the way we look at ancient history. Since the Victorian period, it has been understood that the story of Noah, iconic in the Book of Genesis, and a central motif in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, derives from a much older story that existed centuries before in ancient Babylon. But the relationship between the Babylonian and biblical traditions was shrouded in mystery. Then, in 2009, Irving Finkel, a curator at the British Museum and a world authority on ancient Mesopotamia, found himself playing detective when a member of the public arrived at the museum with an intriguing cuneiform tablet from a family collection. Not only did the tablet reveal a new version of the Babylonian Flood Story; the ancient poet described the size and completely unexpected shape of the ark, and gave detailed boat building specifications. Decoding this ancient message wedge by cuneiform wedge, Dr. Finkel discovered where the Babylonians believed the ark came to rest and developed a new explanation of how the old story ultimately found its way into the Bible. In The Ark Before Noah, Dr. Finkel takes us on an adventurous voyage of discovery, opening the door to an enthralling world of ancient voices and new meanings.

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0385537123

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The Ark Before Noah

Decoding the Story of the Flood

By: Irving Finkel

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The Ark Before Noah

Decoding the Story of the Flood

By: Irving Finkel

In THE ARK BEFORE NOAH, British Museum expert Dr Irving Finkel reveals how decoding the symbols on a 4,000 year old piece of clay enable a radical new interpretation of the Noah's Ark myth. A world authority on the period, Dr Finkel's enthralling real-life detective story began with a most remarkable event at the British Museum - the arrival one day in 2008 of a single, modest-sized Babylonian cuneiform tablet - the palm-sized clay rectangles on which our ancestors created the first documents. It had been brought in by a member of the public and this particular tablet proved to be of quite extraordinary importance. Not only does it date from about 1850 BC, but it is a copy of the Babylonian Story of the Flood, a myth from ancient Mesopotamia revealing among other things, instructions for building a large boat to survive a flood. But Dr Finkel's pioneering work didn't stop there. Through another series of enthralling discoveries he has been able to decode the story of the Flood in ways which offer unanticipated revelations to readers of THE ARK BEFORE NOAH.

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1444757067

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9781444757064

Handbook of Psychology, Forensic Psychology

By: Irving B. Weiner,Randy K. Otto

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Handbook of Psychology, Forensic Psychology

By: Irving B. Weiner,Randy K. Otto

Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. This award-winning twelve-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of psychology and represents the most current knowledge in the field. This ten-year revision now covers discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychology's new interest in evidence-based practice and mindfulness, and new findings in social, developmental, and forensic psychology.

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John Wiley & Sons

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111828190X

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9781118281901

Assyrian Stone Vessels and Related Material in the British Museum

By: Ann Searight,Julian Reade,Irving Finkel

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Assyrian Stone Vessels and Related Material in the British Museum

By: Ann Searight,Julian Reade,Irving Finkel

This catalogue makes available more than 600 complete or fragmentary stone vessels kept in the British Museum. Most of them were excavated at Nineveh and other major sites in northern Iraq and Syria, and are presented here for the first time. They range in date from prehistory down to the Persian and Hellenistic periods; the bulk belong in the eighth and seventh centuries, when the Near East under Assyrian rule grew increasingly cosmopolitan. The collection includes luxury items made for palaces and temples, often bearing royal inscriptions, besides many perfume-jars, mortars and other vessels for practical use. The catalogue incorporates extensive information on material culture, art, technology, economic relationships, and social and religious practices, and will be used by historians, archaeologists, philologists and anthropologists alike.

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Oxbow Books

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1782975209

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9781782975205

The First Ghosts

A rich history of ancient ghosts and ghost stories from the British Museum curator

By: Irving Finkel

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The First Ghosts

A rich history of ancient ghosts and ghost stories from the British Museum curator

By: Irving Finkel

It's enthralling stuff, mixing the scholarly with the accessible and placing storytelling right at the heart of the human experience.' - History Revealed 'A fascinating journey' - Yorkshire Post 'Marvellous...Finkel is an expert in Mesopotamian cultures at the British Museum, and is one of the most clever, and nicest, of people it has ever been my pleasure to encounter...A fascinating journey' - The Scotsman There are few things more in common across cultures than the belief in ghosts. Ghosts inhabit something of the very essence of what it is to be human. Whether we personally 'believe' or not, we are all aware of ghosts and the rich mythologies and rituals surrounding them. They have inspired, fascinated and frightened us for centuries - yet most of us are only familiar with the vengeful apparitions of Shakespeare, or the ghastly spectres haunting the pages of 19th century gothic literature. But their origins are much, much older... The First Ghosts: Most Ancient of Legacies takes us back to the very beginning. A world-renowned authority on cuneiform, the form of writing on clay tablets which dates back to 3400BC, Irving Finkel has embarked upon an ancient ghost hunt, scouring these tablets to unlock the secrets of the Sumerians, Babylonians and Assyrians to breathe new life into the first ghost stories ever written. In The First Ghosts, he uncovers an extraordinarily rich seam of ancient spirit wisdom which has remained hidden for nearly 4000 years, covering practical details of how to live with ghosts, how to get rid of them and bring them back, and how to avoid becoming one, as well as exploring more philosophical questions: what are ghosts, why does the idea of them remain so powerful despite the lack of concrete evidence, and what do they tell us about being human?

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1529303273

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9781529303278

The Midrashic Process

Tradition and Interpretation in Rabbinic Judaism

By: Irving Jacobs

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The Midrashic Process

Tradition and Interpretation in Rabbinic Judaism

By: Irving Jacobs

The purpose of this book is to re-examine those basic issues in the study of Midrash which to some extent have been marginalised by trends in scholarship and research. Irving Jacobs asks, for example, whether the early rabbinic exegetes had a concept of peshat, plain meaning, and, if so, what significance they attached to it in their exposition of the biblical text. He enquires if the selection of proemial and proof-texts was a random one, dependent purely upon the art or whim of the preacher, or rather if exegetical traditions linked certain pentateuchal themes with specific sections of the Prophets (and particularly the Hagiographa), which were acknowledged by preachers and audiences alike. As Midrash in its original, pre-literary form, was a living process involving both live preachers and live audiences in the ancient synagogues of the Holy Land, to what extent, he asks, did the latter influence the former in the development of their art and skills?

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Cambridge University Press

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052146174X

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9780521461740

Custer's Luck

By: Edgar Irving Stewart

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Custer's Luck

By: Edgar Irving Stewart

This is undoubtedly a remarkable book on a period of American history about which much has been written - the period of the Indian wars in the Northwest, from the close of the Civil War until the Custer disaster on the Little Big Horn. It presents in graphic detail and on a vast canvas the great events and the small which reached a decisive crescendo in Custer’s fate. Here is no savage battle incident presented in isolation from other events, but a sweeping panorama of a whole ere-inept, hesitant, and tragic. To insure comprehensiveness, the author describes the pertinent facts of the Grant administration, the embitterment of the Great Plains tribes, and the deteriorating Civil War army. The book is the record not only of the dashing Seventh Cavalry and its leader but also of the Grant-Custer feud, Sitting Bull, the Belknap scandal, Rain-in-the-Face, the battle strategy of the Indians, and Custer’s military rivals. Particular note is taken of the effect on history of Custer’s recklessness and glory-seeking and of the superstitions and fatalistic determination of the Sioux and the Cheyennes. The Battle of the Little Big Horn, reconstructed in this account largely on Indian eyewitness testimony, climaxed the long-developing tragedy and provided a "smashing crescendo to the vacillating policy of the United States government...towards the Indians of the Great Plains." A four color reproduction of an oil painting by John Hauser, entitled "The Challenge," has been selected for the cover of Custer’s Luck. The original canvas is in the collection of the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the publishers gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of that organization in making this reproduction possible.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806116323

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9780806116327

Shopkeeper's Son

By: Irving L. Fink,Dale Borman Fink

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Shopkeeper's Son

By: Irving L. Fink,Dale Borman Fink

Stories and Recollections of Iriving L. Fink (1920-2015), edited and prefaced by his son Dale Borman Fink. Composed of humorous and sometimes poignant vignettes from childhood and adulthood. Irving L. Fink was born in 1920 in Youngstown, Ohio and grew up in nearby Newton Falls. After graduating from Northwestern University, he served in World War II. He married Beatrice Borman of Toledo and they raised their five children in Indianapolis. Fink, who practiced law from 1949 until shortly before the end of his life, earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and was a founder of the Indiana Civil Liberties Union. Fink was an avid storyteller, poet, songwriter, musician, joker, and sportsman.

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1329990889

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9781329990883

Handbook of Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology

By: Irving B. Weiner,Howard A. Tennen,Jerry M. Suls

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Handbook of Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology

By: Irving B. Weiner,Howard A. Tennen,Jerry M. Suls

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0470647760

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Handbook of Psychology, Industrial and Organizational Psychology

By: Irving B. Weiner,Neal W. Schmitt,Scott Highhouse

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Handbook of Psychology, Industrial and Organizational Psychology

By: Irving B. Weiner,Neal W. Schmitt,Scott Highhouse

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1118282000

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9781118282007

Handbook of Psychology, Developmental Psychology

By: Irving B. Weiner,Richard M. Lerner,M. Ann Easterbrooks,Jayanthi Mistry

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Handbook of Psychology, Developmental Psychology

By: Irving B. Weiner,Richard M. Lerner,M. Ann Easterbrooks,Jayanthi Mistry

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John Wiley & Sons

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047076886X

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9780470768860

Matters Mathematical

By: I. N. Herstein,Irving Kaplansky

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Matters Mathematical

By: I. N. Herstein,Irving Kaplansky

From the Preface: "This book is based on notes prepared for a course at the University of Chicago. The course was intended for nonmajors whose mathematical training was somewhat limited ... Mastery of the material requires nothing beyond algebra and geometry normally covered in high school ... [It] could be used in courses designed for students who intend to teach mathematics ... We want the reader to see mathematics as a living subject in which new results are constantly being obtained." Reprint/Revision History: second edition 1978

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American Mathematical Soc.

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0828403007

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9780828403009

The Hero King Gilgamesh

By: Irving Finkel

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The Hero King Gilgamesh

By: Irving Finkel

Long ago, in a time of magic, there lived a mighty king whose name was Gilgamesh. He ruled a great city, and he was the noblest and strongest of men. Everyone bowed down to him; no fighter could match him. Surely he had everything he could want. But Gilgamesh was restless, and bored.

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0844247014

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The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood

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Hodder & Stoughton

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1444757075

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9781444757071

The Rebel's Dilemma

By: Mark Irving Lichbach

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The Rebel's Dilemma

By: Mark Irving Lichbach

The author brings significant new insights to the study of dissent, rebellion, and revolution

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University of Michigan Press

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0472085743

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9780472085743

Handbook of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience

By: Irving B. Weiner,Randy J. Nelson,Sheri Mizumori

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Handbook of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience

By: Irving B. Weiner,Randy J. Nelson,Sheri Mizumori

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0470890592

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Mind and the World-order

Outline of a Theory of Knowledge

By: Clarence Irving Lewis

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Mind and the World-order

Outline of a Theory of Knowledge

By: Clarence Irving Lewis

Theory of "conceptual pragmatism" takes into account both modern philosophical thought and modern mathematics. Stimulating discussions of metaphysics, a priori, philosophic method, much more.

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0486265641

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9780486265643

Practical Chess Endings

A Basic Guide to Endgame Strategy for the Beginner and the More Advanced Chess Player

By: Irving Chernev

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Practical Chess Endings

A Basic Guide to Endgame Strategy for the Beginner and the More Advanced Chess Player

By: Irving Chernev

300 practical endgame situations, ranging from very simple to masterpieces by Capablanca, Reti, Tarrasch, Lasker, more.

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048622208X

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9780486222080

Where We Live

A Social History of American Housing

By: Irving H. Welfeld

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Where We Live

A Social History of American Housing

By: Irving H. Welfeld

This volume examines the changing trends in home ownership and construction, and describes the evolution of cities, suburbs, apartments, condominiums, and other forms of public housing. Welfeld's study covers single-family dwellings and current imbalances in housing and offers suggestions for housing the elderly and providing subsidies for the poor, and for mainstreaming public housing. ISBN 0-671-63869-6: $18.95.

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Simon & Schuster

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0671638696

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9780671638696

Handbook of Psychology, Health Psychology

By: Irving B. Weiner,Arthur M. Nezu,Christine M. Nezu,Pamela A. Geller

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Handbook of Psychology, Health Psychology

By: Irving B. Weiner,Arthur M. Nezu,Christine M. Nezu,Pamela A. Geller

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0470891920

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9780470891926

Family Mediation

Contemporary Issues

By: Howard H. Irving,Michael Benjamin

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Family Mediation

Contemporary Issues

By: Howard H. Irving,Michael Benjamin

Preface by Hugh McIsaac Family mediation has quickly become a significant means of legal dispute resolution, recognized in most North American jurisdictions as a relief to already overburdened judicial systems. Using an innovative practical approach, the authors of Family Mediation incorporate the pivotal principles of family therapy into this new context--the judicial realm of family mediation. The practice model--therapeutic family mediation--thoroughly treats history, specific issues, and practice in an ecosystemic approach and responds to feminist critique of mediation. In addition, the authors offer important perspectives on mediating with multicultural populations and the role of the mediator in child custody disputes and child protection cases. Through examination of family mediation research as well as helpful case history vignettes, the authors of this volume take action to fill significant gaps between family therapy and mediation. Family Mediation provides a new take on family mediation that will benefit not only professionals and researchers in family studies, social work, clinical psychology, and sociology but also professional and volunteer mediators, conciliation court personnel, and family law specialists. "Family Mediation is an excellent blend of scholarship and practice, and it is the best of the books I have read on family mediation. First, it is clear and well written. Second, it provides an in-depth, current review of the divorce literature. The literature on divorce is large, uneven, and difficult to interpret. The authors have done a service to the profession by skillfully reviewing and integrating this literature." --Stephen J. Bahr, Brigham Young University "This book is one of the most comprehensive and well-researched texts on mediation to date. The authors have compiled an immense array of information regarding the history of family mediation, the practice and knowledge base, a review of literature regarding divorce, the principles of mediation, gender and cultural issues, elements in a child custody dispute, sharing parenting, cultural issues, and the use of mediation in dependency, and they include an excellent summary of research conducted. . . . Of particular value is the enormous scope of the review of literature and the work of others, not only in Canada but also the United States, Australia, and Great Britain, underscoring the international nature of this transformation. What Howard H. Irving and Michael Benjamin have done is chart a major shift in the handling of conflict and they have done it very well." --Family and Conciliation Courts Review "Howard H. Irving and Michael Benjamin have surveyed and summarized an immense amount of material within the covers of this volume, presenting it in a clear, readable style. It is one of the rare texts on mediation that does justice to the complexity of families generally and families in North America particularly--to their diversity of culture, to the scope of feminist thought and gender differences, and to the ranges of social class. Their attention to divergent forms of mediation and differences in practice across jurisdictions is broadly sighted. An excellent choice for a text in mediation." --Mary A. Duryee, Family Court Services, Alameda County, Oakland, CA "Howard H. Irving and Michael Benjamin grapple with what is the most difficult event that confronts almost half of all modern families--divorce. Historically, the developmental issues and problems surrounding divorce have been solved in the courts. But modern-day courts are overwhelmed by an avalanche of divorce cases, more than a million a year, and are unable to meet the needs of separating parties. Family Mediation offers a fundamentally different approach from the conventional legal system. The empirical research and clinical experience Irving and Benjamin bring to bear on this subject have resulted in the seminal work in this area. This delightful and thoughtful book is a must for the modern mediation practitioner who works with families and children." --Duncan Lindsey, Professor, UCLA, and Editor-in-Chief, Children and Youth Services Review "This book is unique in providing a complete overview of relevant subject areas for family mediation under one cover. Its writing is timely because it dispels some of the myths in the rapidly expanding field of family mediation. . . . Family Mediation is a comprehensive text that follows the development of family mediation through the present and concludes with the predictors of future directions. It is perhaps the most thorough critical review of the literature pertaining to family mediation and develops an inclusive practical model of practice for practitioners. The book is readable . . . responsible, and of interest to family mediators and the family law lawyers who work closely with them. It may become a must as a background for the novice family mediator about to embark on a course of training." --Laurel Pearson, McWhinney, Metcalfe, and Associates, Toronto, Canada

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SAGE Publications

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1452247064

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9781452247069

Chicago's Jewish West Side

By: Irving Cutler

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Chicago's Jewish West Side

By: Irving Cutler

For nearly half a century, the greater Lawndale area was the vibrant, spirited center of Jewish life in Chicago. It contained almost 40 percent of the city's entire Jewish population with over 70 synagogues and numerous active Jewish organizations and institutions. This book will bring back memories for those who lived there and retell the story of Jewish life on the West Side for those who did not.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738560154

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9780738560151

The USSR Olympiad Problem Book

Selected Problems and Theorems of Elementary Mathematics

By: D. O. Shklarsky,??????? ?????????? ??????,Isaak Moiseevich I?A?glom,Irving Sussman

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The USSR Olympiad Problem Book

Selected Problems and Theorems of Elementary Mathematics

By: D. O. Shklarsky,??????? ?????????? ??????,Isaak Moiseevich I?A?glom,Irving Sussman

Over 300 challenging problems in algebra, arithmetic, elementary number theory and trigonometry, selected from Mathematical Olympiads held at Moscow University. Only high school math needed. Includes complete solutions. Features 27 black-and-white illustrations. 1962 edition.

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0486277097

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Medical Microbiology E-Book

A Guide to Microbial Infections: Pathogenesis, Immunity, Laboratory Diagnosis and Control. With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access

By: David Greenwood,Richard C B Slack,Michael R. Barer,Will L Irving

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Medical Microbiology E-Book

A Guide to Microbial Infections: Pathogenesis, Immunity, Laboratory Diagnosis and Control. With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access

By: David Greenwood,Richard C B Slack,Michael R. Barer,Will L Irving

Medical microbiology concerns the nature, distribution and activities of microbes and how they impact on health and wellbeing, most particularly as agents of infection. Infections remain a major global cause of mortality and in most hospitals around one in ten of those admitted will suffer from an infection acquired during their stay. The evolution of microbes presents a massive challenge to modern medicine and public health. The constant changes in viruses such as influenza, HIV, tuberculosis, malaria and SARS demand vigilance and insight into the underlying process. Building on the huge success of previous editions, Medical Microbiology 18/e will inform and inspire a new generation of readers. Now fully revised and updated, initial sections cover the basic biology of microbes, infection and immunity and are followed by a systematic review of infective agents, their associated diseases and their control. A final integrating section addresses the essential principles of diagnosis, treatment and management. An unrivalled collection of international contributors continues to ensure the relevance of the book worldwide and complementary access to the complete online version on Student Consult further enhances the learning experience. Medical Microbiology is explicitly geared to clinical practice and is an ideal textbook for medical and biomedical students and specialist trainees. It will also prove invaluable to medical laboratory scientists and all other busy professionals who require a clear, current and most trusted guide to this fascinating field.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0702051195

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9780702051197

The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played

62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy

By: Irving Chernev

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The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played

62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy

By: Irving Chernev

Over 60 masterly demonstrations of the basic strategies of winning, featuring games by the greatest chess masters — Capablanca, Tarrasch, Fischer, Alekhine, Lasker, others. Each game offers a classic example of a fundamental problem and its best resolution, described and diagramed in the clearest possible manner for players of every level of skill. 146 illustrations.

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