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A Gift of Presence

The Theology and Poetry of the Eucharist in Thomas Aquinas

By: Jan Heiner Tück

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A Gift of Presence

The Theology and Poetry of the Eucharist in Thomas Aquinas

By: Jan Heiner Tück

Jan-Heiner Tück presents a work that explores the sacramental theology, lived spirituality, and Eucharistic poetry of the Church’s doctor communis, St. Thomas Aquinas. Although Aquinas’ Eucharistic poetry has long occupied an important place in the Church’s liturgical prayer and her repertoire of sacred music, the depth of these poems remains hidden until one grasps the rich sacramental theology underlying it. Consequently, Tück first offers a detailed but approachable primer of Aquinas’ theology of the sacraments, before diving deeply into the Angelic Doctor’s theology and poetry of the Eucharist. The Scriptural accounts stand at the heart of the systematic framework developed by Aquinas, and thus significant attention is devoted to showing the harmony between the accounts of Christ’s passion and the detailed exposition of the Summa theologiae. Moreover, the Eucharistic controversies of the ninth and eleventh centuries provide the contrapuntal context in which Aquinas did his thinking, praying, and writing. Not surprisingly, therefore, the response he crafts to these controversies draws upon both speculative powers and contemplative prayer, brought together in the unity of Aquinas’ theology and spirituality. The net result is a twofold treasure for the Church: a careful systematic presentation of Eucharistic theology and the lived devotional expression of the same in the carefully constructed—and now much beloved—stanzas of Pange lingua gloriosi, Lauda Sion, Adoro te devote, etc. By revealing the lively interplay of the saint’s powerful speculative intellect and a heart steeped in love for the Eucharistic Lord, Tück offers a sophisticated exposition of Aquinas’ Eucharistic poetry and the roots it sinks into a wider theological framework. Finally, the contemporary significance and power of Aquinas’ work is drawn out, not only in the rarefied realm of intellectual inquiry but also in the everyday expanse of ordinary life.

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CUA Press

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081323039X

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Tippecanoe and Tyler Too

Famous Slogans and Catchphrases in American History

By: Jan R. Van Meter

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Tippecanoe and Tyler Too

Famous Slogans and Catchphrases in American History

By: Jan R. Van Meter

So the next time we hear or see one of these verbal symbols used to sell a product, illustrate a point, make a joke, reshape a current cause, or resuscitate a forgotten ideal, we will finally be equipped to understand its broader role as a key source of the values we continue to share and fight about. Taken together in Van Meter's able hands, these famous slogans and catchphrases give voice to our common history even as we argue about where it should lead us."--BOOK JACKET.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226849686

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A Guide to Authentic e-Learning

By: Jan Herrington,Thomas C. Reeves,Ron Oliver

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A Guide to Authentic e-Learning

By: Jan Herrington,Thomas C. Reeves,Ron Oliver

Part of the groundbreaking Connecting with e-Learning series, A Guide to Authentic e-Learning provides effective, working examples to engage learners with authentic tasks in online settings. As technology continues to open up possibilities for innovative and effective teaching and learning opportunities, students and teachers are no longer content to accept familiar classroom or lecture-based pedagogies that rely on information delivery and little else. Situated and constructivist theories advocate that learning is best achieved in circumstances resembling the real-life application of knowledge. While there are multiple learning design models that share similar foundations, authentic e-learning tasks go beyond process to become complex, sustained activities that draw on realistic situations to produce realistic outcomes. A Guide to Authentic e-Learning: develops the conceptual framework for authentic learning tasks in online environments provides practical guidance on design, implementation, and evaluation of authentic e-learning tasks includes case studies and examples of outcomes of using authentic e-learning tasks Written for teaching professionals in Higher Education who teach online, A Guide to Authentic e-Learning offers concrete guidelines and examples for developing and implementing authentic e-learning tasks in ways that challenge students to maximize their learning. This essential book provides effective, working examples to engages learners with authentic tasks in online learning settings.

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Routledge

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113519419X

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Socialism across the Iron Curtain

Socialist Parties in East and West and the Reconstruction of Europe after 1945

By: Jan De Graaf

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Socialism across the Iron Curtain

Socialist Parties in East and West and the Reconstruction of Europe after 1945

By: Jan De Graaf

This comparative study of post-war European socialism explores the problems of socio-economic and political reconstruction across the Iron Curtain.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108425089

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Gerardus Joannes Vossius

Poeticarum Institutionum Libri Tres / Institutes of Poetics in Three Books

By: Jan Bloemendal

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Gerardus Joannes Vossius

Poeticarum Institutionum Libri Tres / Institutes of Poetics in Three Books

By: Jan Bloemendal

This is a new, critical edition (in two-volumes) of Gerardus Joannes Vossius' Latin Poeticae institutiones (1647), with a translation in English, an introduction, annotations and a commentary. In appendices the De artis poeticae natura ac constitutione and De imitatione are published, with a translation.

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9004183698

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Keeping The Millennials

Why Companies Are Losing Billions in Turnover to This Generation- and What to Do About It

By: Joanne Sujansky,Jan Ferri-Reed

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Keeping The Millennials

Why Companies Are Losing Billions in Turnover to This Generation- and What to Do About It

By: Joanne Sujansky,Jan Ferri-Reed

This is a great book and a must-read for anyone who wants tounderstand the young people who are now or will soon join the workforce. It'sone of the most useful value-added books about the Millennial generation." —Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Management, University of Southern California,and author of On Becoming a Leader "Are you confused trying to understand the younger generation? Keeping the Millennials explores this fascinating generation raised withtechnology and the challenges they bring to the workplace. Read this great book andlearn how to attract, hire, and retain this dynamic new generation!" —Marshall Goldsmith, New York Times and Wall Street Journal #1 bestselling author of What Got You Here Won't Get You There and Succession: Are You Ready? "Keeping the Millennials is a lively and insightful book that'sessential reading for every leader who aspires to enlist the hearts, minds, andspirits of a highly talented new generation that demands cool workplaces but is reluctant to make long-term commitments. Weaving together compelling cases and relevant research with illustrative examples and practical tips, Joanne Sujansky and Jan Ferri-Reed havewritten a balanced and indispensable guide to recruiting, retaining, and developing the workforce that will drive the future of our organizations and our economies." —Jim Kouzes, bestselling coauthor of The Leadership Challenge "I love this book!!! It's fresh as a breaking news flash and as fun to read as yourfavorite blog! Definitely rates an A+ as timely, targeted, and terrific. All managers will clearly see themselves and their employees in crisp new perspectives...and can easily latch on to precise tools to make their organization more competitive in a turbulent reality." —Morris Massey, PhD, creator of the What You Are Is... video training series, EnterpriseMedia.com "Corporations are always concerned about return on investment. Drs. Sujansky and Ferri-Reed have made a clear case about the bottom-line value of keeping Millennials—and creating productive workplace cultures for all generations. This is amust-read for anyone concerned about the retention of these key employees." —Jack Phillips, PhD,Chairman, ROI Institute

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John Wiley & Sons

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047049851X

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The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Central Banking

By: David G. Mayes,Pierre L. Siklos,Jan-Egbert Sturm

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The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Central Banking

By: David G. Mayes,Pierre L. Siklos,Jan-Egbert Sturm

The economic influence of central banks has received ever more attention given their centrality during the financial crises that led to the Great Recession, strains in the European Union, and the challenges to the Euro. The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Central Banking reflects the state of the art in the theory and practice and covers a wide range of topics that will provide insight to students, scholars, and practitioners. As an up to date reference of the current and potential challenges faced by central banks in the conduct of monetary policy and in the search for the maintenance of financial system stability, this Oxford Handbook covers a wide range of essential issues. The first section provides insights into central bank governance, the differing degrees of central bank independence, and the internal dynamics of their decision making. The next section focuses on questions of whether central banks can ameliorate fiscal burdens, various strategies to affect monetary policy, and how the global financial crisis affected the relationship between the traditional focus on inflation targeting and unconventional policy instruments such as quantitative easing (QE), foreign exchange market interventions, negative interest rates, and forward guidance. The next two sections turn to central bank communications and management of expectations and then mechanisms of policy transmission. The fifth part explores the challenges of recent developments in the economy and debates about the roles central banks should play, focusing on micro- and macro-prudential arguments. The implications of recent developments for policy modeling are covered in the last section. The breadth and depth enhances understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing central banks.

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0190626194

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Rewrite Right!

Your Guide to Perfectly Polished Prose

By: Jan Venolia

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Rewrite Right!

Your Guide to Perfectly Polished Prose

By: Jan Venolia

The definitive guide to polishing your prose from veteran editor Jan Venolia. Everyone knows that writing can be improved by the simple process of reviewing, editing, and rewriting, but many struggle with how to go about critiquing their own work—be it a letter to a friend, an important business document, or an academic essay. Fortunately, help is at hand in Rewrite Right! The skills needed to revise your work are surprisingly easy to learn and a cinch to incorporate into everyday writing routines. This practical guide describes in clear, direct language how to effectively rewrite a report, letter, essay, or article, so that writers of all levels can improve the quality of their work and harness the power of language.

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Ten Speed Press

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0307784177

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Tombs in Early Modern Rome (1400–1600)

Monuments of Mourning, Memory and Meditation

By: Jan L. de Jong

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Tombs in Early Modern Rome (1400–1600)

Monuments of Mourning, Memory and Meditation

By: Jan L. de Jong

Jan L. de Jong studies how tombs in Early Modern Rome (1400-1600) did not just function as a place to bury the dead, but as monuments of mourning, memory, and meditation on life, death and the hereafter.

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9004526935

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From Technology Transfer to Intercultural Development

Understanding Technology and Development in a Globalising World

By: Jan van der Stoep,Sytse Strijbos

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From Technology Transfer to Intercultural Development

Understanding Technology and Development in a Globalising World

By: Jan van der Stoep,Sytse Strijbos

The central theme of this book is the intercultural development of technology in a globalising world. Migration, tourism, information and communication technology and international trade stimulate tfhe encounter between cultures, leading to a totally new social configuration on a worldwide scale.

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1920382046

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Uncertain Input Data Problems and the Worst Scenario Method

By: Ivan Hlavacek,Jan Chleboun,Ivo Babuska

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Uncertain Input Data Problems and the Worst Scenario Method

By: Ivan Hlavacek,Jan Chleboun,Ivo Babuska

This book deals with the impact of uncertainty in input data on the outputs of mathematical models. Uncertain inputs as scalars, tensors, functions, or domain boundaries are considered. In practical terms, material parameters or constitutive laws, for instance, are uncertain, and quantities as local temperature, local mechanical stress, or local displacement are monitored. The goal of the worst scenario method is to extremize the quantity over the set of uncertain input data.A general mathematical scheme of the worst scenario method, including approximation by finite element methods, is presented, and then applied to various state problems modeled by differential equations or variational inequalities: nonlinear heat flow, Timoshenko beam vibration and buckling, plate buckling, contact problems in elasticity and thermoelasticity with and without friction, and various models of plastic deformation, to list some of the topics. Dozens of examples, figures, and tables are included.Although the book concentrates on the mathematical aspects of the subject, a substantial part is written in an accessible style and is devoted to various facets of uncertainty in modeling and to the state of the art techniques proposed to deal with uncertain input data.A chapter on sensitivity analysis and on functional and convex analysis is included for the reader's convenience.·Rigorous theory is established for the treatment of uncertainty in modeling· Uncertainty is considered in complex models based on partial differential equations or variational inequalities · Applications to nonlinear and linear problems with uncertain data are presented in detail: quasilinear steady heat flow, buckling of beams and plates, vibration of beams, frictional contact of bodies, several models of plastic deformation, and more ·Although emphasis is put on theoretical analysis and approximation techniques, numerical examples are also present·Main ideas and approaches used today to handle uncertainties in modeling are described in an accessible form·Fairly self-contained book

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Elsevier

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0080543375

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Perspectives on Public Space in Rome, from Antiquity to the Present Day

By: Jan Gadeyne

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Perspectives on Public Space in Rome, from Antiquity to the Present Day

By: Jan Gadeyne

This volume provides readers interested in urban history with a collection of essays on the evolution of public space in that paradigmatic western city which is Rome. Scholars specialized in different historical periods contributed chapters, in order to find common themes which weave their way through one of the most complex urban histories of western civilization. Divided into five chronological sections (Antiquity, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Modern and Contemporary) the volume opens with the issue of how public space was defined in classical Roman law and how ancient city managers organized the maintenance of these spaces, before moving on to explore how this legacy was redefined and reinterpreted during the Middle Ages. The third group of essays examines how the imposition of papal order on feuding families during the Renaissance helped introduce a new urban plan which could satisfy both functional and symbolic needs. The fourth section shows how modern Rome continued to express strong interest in the control and management of public space, the definition of which was necessarily selective in this vastly extensive city. The collection ends with an essay on the contemporary debate for revitalizing Rome's eastern periphery. Through this long-term chronological approach the volume offers a truly unique insight into the urban development of one of Europe’s most important cities, and concludes with a discuss of the challenges public space faces today after having served for so many centuries as a driving force in urban history.

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Routledge

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1317081692

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Pennsylvania Biographical Dictionary

By: Jan Onofrio

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Pennsylvania Biographical Dictionary

By: Jan Onofrio

Pennsylvania Biographical Dictionary contains biographies on hundreds of persons from diverse vocations that were either born, achieved notoriety and/or died in the state of Pennsylvania. Prominent persons, in addition to the less eminent, that have played noteworthy roles are included in this resource. When people are recognized from your state or locale it brings a sense of pride to the residents of the entire state.

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Somerset Publishers, Inc.

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0403099501

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9780403099504

Materials for Total Joint Arthroplasty

Biotribology of Potential Bearings

By: Robert Sonntag,J. A. N. Philippe KRETZER

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Materials for Total Joint Arthroplasty

Biotribology of Potential Bearings

By: Robert Sonntag,J. A. N. Philippe KRETZER

The replacement of a degenerated joint such as the hip and knee is one of the most outstanding interventions that allows the medical community to restore the patient's quality of life. However, today's patient is increasingly younger and more active and this presents a challenge for the orthopaedic community as a greater demand has been created for a longer lasting artificial joint that can allow the patient to maintain their lifestyle and thus new approaches in biotribology have been focused on this area of research. This invaluable book provides a broad introduction to the boundary conditions, developments and latest research activities already available to the surgeon and offers an insight into solutions being developed for new high performance bearings in joint replacements. The contributors are leading experts in their field and this is the first complete volume to bring together such unique insights. Orthopaedic engineers, surgeons and researchers concerned with new biomaterials would find this a vital reference volume to evaluate the latest state of research in the area."--

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World Scientific

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1783267178

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The Development, Conceptualisation and Implementation of Quality in Disability Support Services

By: Jan Šiška,Julie Beadle-Brown

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The Development, Conceptualisation and Implementation of Quality in Disability Support Services

By: Jan Šiška,Julie Beadle-Brown

Social services for people with disabilities have undergone substantial changes over time, in particular in the past two decades. Whilst lack of affordable and appropriate housing is a barrier to community living for many people with disabilities, it is only one part of the jigsaw. This book traces some of these changes, in particular related to living situation and support available, in a range of different countries and considers the factors that have influenced these changes. This book considers other aspects of what is needed to bring about real change in the lives of all people with disabilities.

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Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press

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8024649535

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Proof Analysis

A Contribution to Hilbert's Last Problem

By: Sara Negri,Jan von Plato

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Proof Analysis

A Contribution to Hilbert's Last Problem

By: Sara Negri,Jan von Plato

This book continues from where the authors' previous book, Structural Proof Theory, ended. It presents an extension of the methods of analysis of proofs in pure logic to elementary axiomatic systems and to what is known as philosophical logic. A self-contained brief introduction to the proof theory of pure logic is included that serves both the mathematically and philosophically oriented reader. The method is built up gradually, with examples drawn from theories of order, lattice theory and elementary geometry. The aim is, in each of the examples, to help the reader grasp the combinatorial behaviour of an axiom system, which typically leads to decidability results. The last part presents, as an application and extension of all that precedes it, a proof-theoretical approach to the Kripke semantics of modal and related logics, with a great number of new results, providing essential reading for mathematical and philosophical logicians.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139501526

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Texas Tornado

The Times and Music of Doug Sahm

By: Jan Reid,Shawn Sahm

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Texas Tornado

The Times and Music of Doug Sahm

By: Jan Reid,Shawn Sahm

A biography of the Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados founder, a rock and roll innovator whose Grammy Award–winning career spans half the twentieth century. Doug Sahm was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist of legendary range and reputation. The first American musician to capitalize on the 1960s British invasion, Sahm vaulted to international fame leading a faux-British band called the Sir Douglas Quintet, whose hits included “She’s About a Mover,” “The Rains Came,” and “Mendocino.” He made the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in 1968 and 1971 and performed with the Grateful Dead, Dr. John, Willie Nelson, Boz Scaggs, and Bob Dylan. Texas Tornado is the first biography of this national music legend. Jan Reid traces the whole arc of Sahm’s incredibly versatile musical career, as well as the manic energy that drove his sometimes-turbulent personal life and loves. Reid follows Sahm from his youth in San Antonio as a prodigy steel guitar player through his breakout success with the Sir Douglas Quintet and his move to California, where, with an inventive take on blues, rock, country, and jazz, he became a star in San Francisco and invented the “cosmic cowboy” vogue. Reid also chronicles Sahm’s later return to Texas and to chart success with the Grammy Award–winning Texas Tornados, a rowdy “conjunto rock and roll band” that he modeled on the Beatles and which included Sir Douglas alum Augie Meyers and Tejano icons Freddy Fender and Flaco Jimenez. With his exceptional talent and a career that bridged five decades, Doug Sahm was a rock and roll innovator whose influence can only be matched among his fellow Texas musicians by Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Janis Joplin, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Texas Tornado vividly captures the energy and intensity of this musician whose life burned out too soon, but whose music continues to rock. “Doug was like me, maybe the only figure from that period of time that I connected with. His was a big soul. He had a hit record, “She’s About a Mover,” and I had a hit record [“Like a Rolling Stone”] at the same time. So we became buddies back then, and we played the same kind of music. We never really broke apart. We always hooked up at certain intervals in our lives. . . . I’d never met anyone who’d played on stage with Hank Williams before, let alone someone my own age. Doug had a heavy frequency, and it was in his nerves. . . . I miss Doug. He got caught in the grind. He should still be here.” —Bob Dylan “I once made the analogy that Doug was like St. Sebastian—pierced by 1,000 arrows—but instead of blood, talent coming out of every wound. I really regard him as the best musician I ever knew, because of his versatility, and the range of his information and taste.” —Jerry Wexler, Atlantic Records producer

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Univ of TX + ORM

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0292792859

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Acromegaly

Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment

By: Aart Jan van der Lely,Albert Beckers,Adrian Daly,Steven W. Lamberts,David R. Clemmons

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Acromegaly

Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment

By: Aart Jan van der Lely,Albert Beckers,Adrian Daly,Steven W. Lamberts,David R. Clemmons

This book reviews the pathophysiology and physical manifestations of acromegaly and discusses the multiple treatment options now available for the management of the patient with acromegaly. The book contains an ample number of illustrations that help to emphasize points of particular interest, including radiological, histopathological, and physical

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CRC Press

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1040169090

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Atomic Scale Dynamics at Surfaces

Theory and Experimental Studies with Helium Atom Scattering

By: Giorgio Benedek,Jan Peter Toennies

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Atomic Scale Dynamics at Surfaces

Theory and Experimental Studies with Helium Atom Scattering

By: Giorgio Benedek,Jan Peter Toennies

Experimental advances in helium atom scattering spectroscopy over the last forty years have allowed the measurement of surface phonon dispersion curves of more than 200 different crystal surfaces and overlayers of insulators, semiconductors and metals. The first part of the book presents, at a tutorial level, the fundamental concepts and methods in surface lattice dynamics, and the theory of atom-surface interaction and inelastic scattering in their various approximations, up to the recent electron-phonon theory of helium atom scattering from conducting surfaces. The second part of the book, after introducing the experimentalist to He-atom spectrometers and the rich phenomenology of helium atom scattering from corrugated surfaces, illustrates the most significant experimental results on the surface phonon dispersion curves of various classes of insulators, semiconductors, metals, layered crystals, topological insulators, complex surfaces, adsorbates, ultra-thin films and clusters. The great potential of helium atom scattering for the study of atomic scale diffusion, THz surface collective excitations, including acoustic surface plasmons, and the future prospects of helium atom scattering are presented in the concluding chapters. The book will be valuable reading for all researchers and graduate students interested in dynamical processes at surfaces.

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Springer

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3662564432

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Whispering Shadows

A Novel

By: Jan-Philipp Sendker

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Whispering Shadows

A Novel

By: Jan-Philipp Sendker

American expat Paul Leibovitz is living as a recluse on an outlying island of Hong Kong when the murder of a distressed American woman's son brings him out of his shell.

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Simon and Schuster

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1476793654

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Getting Your Second Wind

By: Jan Tilley

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Getting Your Second Wind

By: Jan Tilley

InGetting Your Second Windyou won't find instructions on how to lose 100 pounds in a month or how to be happy eating nothing but "rabbit food." Instead, Jan's wise words will spur you to tap into your motivation and use it to propel you to success! This is a guide to making a fresh start and finding your personal path to wellness. Join Jan on your journey and discover: How to clear the clutter and uncover the "real" you. How to identify the passions that drive you. How to embrace who you are -- inside and out. How to make wise food and fitness choices. How to build a fitness regimen that will keep you motivated. How to overcome life's challenges to find contentment. How to live with purpose and joy. Anyone can enjoy a powerful transformation and find personal fulfillment through deliberately making healthy choices in diet, exercise, and mental outlook. All it takes is commitment and a willingness to change -- one workout, one meal, one life lesson at a time. So, let's go! It's time to harness the power of your second wind!

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Wheatmark, Inc.

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1604941340

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The Freshwater Fishes of Suriname

By: Jan H.A. Mol

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The Freshwater Fishes of Suriname

By: Jan H.A. Mol

With some 480 currently known fresh- and brackish-water fish species, Suriname has a rich inland fish fauna that is related to the most diverse freshwater fish fauna on planet Earth, i.e. that of the Amazon River. Interest in the freshwater fishes of Suriname by naturalists and scientists extends back over more than two centuries. Suriname is undoubtedly the site of origin of the oldest extant preserved specimens of South American fishes and 19 Surinamese fish species were described and figured by Linnaeus. Building on ichthyological studies initiated in the 1960s by the Brokopondo Project, this book provides an introduction to the freshwater fish fauna of Suriname, including identification keys, photographs of the species and descriptions of their habitats, that should be especially useful to decision makers, conservation biologists, aquarium hobbyists and eco-tourists.

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9004207651

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9789004207653

Bayesian Philosophy of Science

By: Jan Sprenger,Stephan Hartmann

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Bayesian Philosophy of Science

By: Jan Sprenger,Stephan Hartmann

How should we reason in science? Jan Sprenger and Stephan Hartmann offer a refreshing take on classical topics in philosophy of science, using a single key concept to explain and to elucidate manifold aspects of scientific reasoning. They present good arguments and good inferences as being characterized by their effect on our rational degrees of belief. Refuting the view that there is no place for subjective attitudes in 'objective science', Sprenger and Hartmann explain the value of convincing evidence in terms of a cycle of variations on the theme of representing rational degrees of belief by means of subjective probabilities (and changing them by Bayesian conditionalization). In doing so, they integrate Bayesian inference—the leading theory of rationality in social science—with the practice of 21st century science. Bayesian Philosophy of Science thereby shows how modeling such attitudes improves our understanding of causes, explanations, confirming evidence, and scientific models in general. It combines a scientifically minded and mathematically sophisticated approach with conceptual analysis and attention to methodological problems of modern science, especially in statistical inference, and is therefore a valuable resource for philosophers and scientific practitioners.

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Oxford University Press

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0191652229

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9780191652226

Attracting Perfect Customers

The Power of Strategic Synchronicity

By: Stacey Hall,Jan Brogniez

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Attracting Perfect Customers

The Power of Strategic Synchronicity

By: Stacey Hall,Jan Brogniez

Promoting "static synchronicity", this book introduces a revolutionary sales and marketing model where "like attracts like".

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1576751244

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Jan Hus

Faithful Witness to Truth

By: Jan Blahoslav Lášek,Angelo Shaun Franklin

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Jan Hus

Faithful Witness to Truth

By: Jan Blahoslav Lášek,Angelo Shaun Franklin

The Bohemian reformer Jan Hus made a substantial and critical contribution to the development of the medieval church, owing especially to his views and teachings on Scripture, the church, faith, conscience, and spirituality. This book offers a presentation of Hus’s theological commitment centered on his understanding of truth. Lášek and Franklin explore Hus's preaching ministry and his long-drawn-out legal struggle against charges of heresy as ethical outworkings of this approach to truth. Central to this exploration is a new annotated translation of Hus’s Appeal to Jesus Christ as the Supreme Judge against the pope and canon law. This document was not only a protest against papal power, but expressed a fundamentally new legal situation: in bypassing canon law, it essentially represented a personal claim to freedom of conscience. This unheard-of principle from within the medieval legal framework preceded other related ecclesiastical and legal developments by several centuries. The authors argue that Hus’s appeal thus represents a momentous event in church history and European history as a whole. Due to the historical significance of his martyrdom and commemoration by many churches throughout Europe, this book demonstrates that Hus remains an important figure not only for the study of European history, but also for understanding contemporary values of Western civilization.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1793637431

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Media Freedom as a Fundamental Right

By: Jan Oster

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Media Freedom as a Fundamental Right

By: Jan Oster

Jan Oster develops a coherent theoretical and doctrinal framework for the scope, content and limitations of media freedom.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107098955

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9781107098954

English – One Tongue, Many Voices

By: Jan Svartvik,Geoffrey Leech

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English – One Tongue, Many Voices

By: Jan Svartvik,Geoffrey Leech

This is the fully revised and expanded second edition of English - One Tongue, Many Voices, a book by three internationally distinguished English language scholars who tell the fascinating, improbable saga of English in time and space. Chapters trace the history of the language from its obscure beginnings over 1500 years ago as a collection of dialects spoken by marauding, illiterate tribes. They show how the geographical spread of the language in its increasing diversity has made English into an international language of unprecedented range and variety. The authors examine the present state of English as a global language and the problems, pressures and uncertainties of its future, online and offline. They argue that, in spite of the amazing variety and plurality of English, it remains a single language.

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Springer

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0230596169

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9780230596160

Venice

By: Jan Morris

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Venice

By: Jan Morris

Often hailed as one of the best travel books ever written, Venice is neither a guide nor a history book, but a beautifully written immersion in Venetian life and character, set against the background of the city's past. Analysing the particular temperament of Venetians, as well as its waterways, its architecture, its bridges, its tourists, its curiosities, its smells, sounds, lights and colours, there is scarcely a corner of Venice that Jan Morris has not investigated and brought vividly to life. Jan Morris first visited the city of Venice as young James Morris, during World War II. As she writes in the introduction, 'it is Venice seen through a particular pair of eyes at a particular moment - young eyes at that, responsive above all to the stimuli of youth.' Venice is an impassioned work on this magnificent but often maddening city. Jan Morris's collection of travel writing and reportage spans over five decades and includes such titles as Sydney, Coronation Everest, Hong Kong, Spain and Manhattan '45. Since its first publication, Venice has appeared in many editions, won the W.H. Heinemann award and become an international bestseller. 'The best book about Venice ever written' Sunday Times 'No sensible visitor should visit the place without it . . . Venice stands alone as the essential introduction, and as a work of literature in its own right.' Observer

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Faber & Faber

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0571247881

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9780571247882

Electroencephalography

Textbook and Atlas

By: Hans O. Lüders,Soheyl Noachtar,Jan Rémi

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Electroencephalography

Textbook and Atlas

By: Hans O. Lüders,Soheyl Noachtar,Jan Rémi

Electroencephalography provides a systematic approach to normal and abnormal electroencephalography (EEG) patterns, serving as an instructional guide for the beginner in EEG and an essential reference for the experienced EEG reader. Containing about 400 figures illustrating typical EEG patterns which are also available online in reformatted referential and bipolar montages, this book covers how electrical waves are generated into the brain, the equipment required to record electrical brain waves (including the set-up of EEG machines, electrodes, and procedures), biological and non-biological disturbances called artifacts in EEG recordings, and differentiation of normal and abnormal patterns in EEG.

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521

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Oxford University Press

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0197502334

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9780197502334

Deformations of Singularities

By: Jan Stevens

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Deformations of Singularities

By: Jan Stevens

These notes deal with deformation theory of complex analytic singularities and related objects. The first part treats general theory. The central notion is that of versal deformation in several variants. The theory is developed both in an abstract way and in a concrete way suitable for computations. The second part deals with more specific problems, specially on curves and surfaces. Smoothings of singularities are the main concern. Examples are spread throughout the text.

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Springer

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3540364641

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Renegades, Showmen & Angels

A Theatrical History of Fort Worth from 1873-2001

By: Jan Jones

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Renegades, Showmen & Angels

A Theatrical History of Fort Worth from 1873-2001

By: Jan Jones

Jan Jones' volume on Fort Worth's theatrical heritage presents for the first time a comprehensive history of the showmen, performers, theaters, and events that shaped the city's histrionic fortunes in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries."--BOOK JACKET.

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384

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TCU Press

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0875653189

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9780875653181

Skin Immune System (SIS)

Cutaneous Immunology and Clinical Immunodermatology

By: Jan D. Bos

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Skin Immune System (SIS)

Cutaneous Immunology and Clinical Immunodermatology

By: Jan D. Bos

Immunodermatology is a field covering the majority of skin diseases, including the most prevalent onesin the general population. The Second Edition of Skin Immune System (SIS) discusses immune-mediated skin diseases and disease groups in which the SIS plays a role. It covers major findings in immunophysiology and immunopathology that have occurred since the introduction of the First Edition in 1990. As the subtitle indicates, the Second Edition adds a new emphasis on cutaneous immunology, and also includes new information on immune-based therapeutic interventions and methods, such as phototherapy and the immunological therapy of skin cancer. The book contains Part I, with introductory chapters; Part II, with descriptions of the cellular elements; and Part III, which describes the humoral and molecular components of SIS. Part IV follows to integrate the facts described in Parts II and III into concepts of pathophysiology. It contains a number of concepts entitled "response patterns" that describe how the constitutional elements of SIS work together. New in this edition are the descriptions of immunodermatological diseases individually described in Part V. Part VI is also all new and summarizes principles of immunotherapy.

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CRC Press

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0849340160

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9780849340161

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