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After Antiquity

Greek Language, Myth, and Metaphor

By: Margaret Alexiou

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After Antiquity

Greek Language, Myth, and Metaphor

By: Margaret Alexiou

With the publication of Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition, widely considered a classic in Modern Greek studies and in collateral fields, Margaret Alexiou established herself as a major intellectual innovator on the interconnections among ancient, medieval, and modern Greek cultures. In her new, eagerly awaited book, Alexiou looks at how language defines the contours of myth and metaphor. Drawing on texts from the New Testament to the present day, Alexiou shows the diversity of the Greek language and its impact at crucial stages of its history on people who were not Greek. She then stipulates the relatedness of literary and "folk" genres, and assesses the importance of rituals and metaphors of the life cycle in shaping narrative forms and systems of imagery.Alexiou places special emphasis on Byzantine literary texts of the sixth and twelfth centuries, providing her own translations where necessary; modern poetry and prose of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; and narrative songs and tales in the folk tradition, which she analyzes alongside songs of the life cycle. She devotes particular attention to two genres whose significance she thinks has been much underrated: the tales (paramythia) and the songs of love and marriage.In exploring the relationship between speech and ritual, Alexiou not only takes the Greek language into account but also invokes the neurological disorder of autism, drawing on clinical studies and her own experience as the mother of autistic identical twin sons.

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Cornell University Press

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150172049X

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Performing Brecht

By: Margaret Eddershaw

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Performing Brecht

By: Margaret Eddershaw

Performing Brecht is an unprecedented history of the productions of Brecht's plays in Britain over forty years. Margaret Eddershaw surveys all aspects of Brecht in performance, from his methodologies to his place in postmodernist theatre and beyond. She focuses on key productions by directors including George Devine, Sam Wanamaker, William Gaskill, Howard Davies, John Dexter and Richard Eyre. Eddershaw also provides three in-depth case studies of productions in the 1990s, incorporating her own exclusive access to the rehearsals and in-depth interviews with directors and performers. The case studies are: * The Good Person of Sechuan, directed by Deborah Warner and starring Fiona Shaw; * Mother Courage, directed by Philip Prowse and starring Glenda Jackson; * The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui, directed by Di Trevis and starring Antony Sher

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Routledge

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1134895402

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Letters, Literacy and Literature in Byzantium

By: Margaret Mullett

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Letters, Literacy and Literature in Byzantium

By: Margaret Mullett

These studies look at general problems of reading Byzantine literature, at literacy practices and the literary process, but also at individual texts. The past thirty years have seen a revolution in the way Byzantine literature has been viewed: no longer is it considered a decadent form of classical literature or a turgid precursor of modern Greek literature. There are still prejudices to overcome: that there was no literary public, or that Byzantium had no drama or humour, but Byzantine texts are now read as literature in the social context of literacy and book culture. One genre is treated here more fully: the letter (Derrida said that letters represent all literature). In these studies epistolography is examined from the point of view of genre, of originality, of communication and as evidence for political history. Other genres touched on include the novel, historiography, parainesis, panegyric, and hagiography. The section on literary process includes essays on genre, patronage and rhetoric, and the section on literacy practices deals with both writing and reading. The collection includes one unpublished lecture which acts as introduction, and additional notes and comments.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000941647

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Clifford Algebras and Dirac Operators in Harmonic Analysis

By: John E. Gilbert,Margaret Anne Marie Murray

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Clifford Algebras and Dirac Operators in Harmonic Analysis

By: John E. Gilbert,Margaret Anne Marie Murray

The aim of this book is to unite the seemingly disparate topics of Clifford algebras, analysis on manifolds, and harmonic analysis. The authors show how algebra, geometry, and differential equations play a more fundamental role in Euclidean Fourier analysis. They then link their presentation of the Euclidean theory naturally to the representation theory of semi-simple Lie groups.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521346541

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Family Transformation Through Divorce and Remarriage

A Systemic Approach

By: Margaret Robinson

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Family Transformation Through Divorce and Remarriage

A Systemic Approach

By: Margaret Robinson

Family Transformation Through Divorce and Remarriage is the first book to look thoroughly at the complete divorce-remarriage-stepfamily cycle in the context of demographic data, the legal process and the theoretical framework. For each phase of the cycle, the author describes the stages of development, summarises the relevant research and illustrates the effects on family members with case examples.

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Routledge

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1134940769

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Masha and the Firebird

By: Margaret Bateson Hill

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Masha and the Firebird

By: Margaret Bateson Hill

Masha's mother sells eggs at market, and Masha loves to paint their smooth shells. One day, deep in the forest, Masha meets the magical Firebird, guardian of the eggs of the four elements: earth, water, air, and fire. The Firebird asks Masha to paint its eggs so that they blend with the elements, hiding them from the vicious witch, Baba Yaga. At first, the plan works well, but Baba Yaga finally gets her hands on the last egg, and Masha sets off on an amazing journey to find it. This original folktale blends elements of the Firebird legend and traditional European folktales in a bilingual English and Russian text, along with suggestions to inspire children to paint their own eggs.

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Zero to Ten

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1840892013

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Tropic of Venice

By: Margaret Doody

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Tropic of Venice

By: Margaret Doody

In this journey through the work of artists and the writings of travelers who have been both smitten and repelled by the influence of Venice, Margaret Doody explores ways in which this is a city profoundly unlike any other on earth—and one that simultaneously unsettles and reveals many of our most deeply rooted cultural values.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812239849

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Introduction to the Cellular and Molecular Biology of Cancer

By: Margaret Knowles,Peter Selby

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Introduction to the Cellular and Molecular Biology of Cancer

By: Margaret Knowles,Peter Selby

This title includes the following features: Great breadth of coverage inone volume: covers all aspects of cancer, in a concise and affordable format;Provides a comprehensive introduction to the initiation, development, andtreatment of cancer; Chapter are written by experts in each field, giving astate-of-the-art summary of each topic; Extensive references provide links toall the relevant literature, facilitating further study

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Oxford University Press

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0198568533

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Pathways through Care at the End of Life

A Guide to Person-Centred Care

By: Claire Henry,Anita Hayes,Margaret Holloway,Tes Smith,Eleanor Sherwen,Katie Lindsey

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Pathways through Care at the End of Life

A Guide to Person-Centred Care

By: Claire Henry,Anita Hayes,Margaret Holloway,Tes Smith,Eleanor Sherwen,Katie Lindsey

As someone approaches the end of their life, it is vitally important that they receive quality care and support, that their wishes are met, and that they are treated with dignity and respect. Pathways through Care at the End of Life is a comprehensive guide to providing excellent, person-centred end of life care. Following a pathway from initial conversations about end of life to care in the last days of life and after death, it covers assessing need and planning care, co-ordinating care between different agencies, and ensuring quality in different settings, such as at home, in a hospice, or in hospital. Good practice guidance on communication, ensuring the person's needs are met, support for their family and how to facilitate a good death is given. Case studies illustrate real life practice, and questions throughout each chapter encourage reflective practice. This book will be essential reading for all those working with people at the end of life, such as nurses, social workers, GPs and home carers, as well as students in these fields.

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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0857007165

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King Richard II

By: Margaret Shewring

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King Richard II

By: Margaret Shewring

Considers the theatrical fortunes of Richard II from its politically controversial beginnings on the Elizabethan and Restoration stage, to its various later interpretations responding to 19th- and 20th-century tastes and attitudes. A wide range of performances is documented and discussed. These illustrate the ways in which different theatres and companies have staged the play by cutting, restructuring or adding to Shakepeare's script to highlight spectacle, the personality of the King, the nature of authority and the place of Richard in the overall sweep of English history.

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Manchester University Press

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0719046262

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Children's Fiction Sourcebook

A Survey of Children's Books for 6-13 Year Olds

By: Margaret Hobson,Jennifer Madden,Ray Prytherch

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Children's Fiction Sourcebook

A Survey of Children's Books for 6-13 Year Olds

By: Margaret Hobson,Jennifer Madden,Ray Prytherch

First published in 1992, this Sourcebook is a basic working tool for all those concerned with children’s reading. It will help librarians and teachers to select a comprehensive stock of children’s’ fiction for their institutions.The authors in the sourcebook have been selected on the grounds of importance, popularity and current availability. Author entries are arranged in alphabetical order and indexes provided by title, series, age-range and genre. Each entry consists of some background information, and evaluative comment on style of the book, a list of the authors books with publisher, date and price, and literary agent where applicable. There is a suggestion of similar authors, sequels, related series and reader age range.

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0429867530

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Jewels Along the Newell

The Extraordinary Stories of the Ordinary Folk Who Live Along One of Australia’S Most Iconic Highways

By: Margaret Dwyer

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Jewels Along the Newell

The Extraordinary Stories of the Ordinary Folk Who Live Along One of Australia’S Most Iconic Highways

By: Margaret Dwyer

Everyone has a story to tell, or so the saying goes. This is certainly true in the towns of Parkes, Alectown, and Peak Hill that sit along one of Australias most iconic highways, the Newell. From a pioneering shearer with a penchant for karaoke, to a dentist who moved in Londons high society and made dental care available to all in the area, or a world-class opera singer in her twenties, the residents of this region have achieved at the highest levels across a variety of fieldssometimes against all odds. In Jewells along the Newell, Margaret Dwyer has documented the funny, tragic, and inspiring stories of the wonderful folk who have made their home along the Newell Highway over the past hundred years, shining light on these precious gems.

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Balboa Press

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1452524726

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Cystic Fibrosis, Third Edition

By: Margaret Hodson,Andrew Bush,Duncan Geddes

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Cystic Fibrosis, Third Edition

By: Margaret Hodson,Andrew Bush,Duncan Geddes

This international and authoritative work, which brings together current knowledge in the field of cystic fibrosis, has become established in previous editions as a leading reference in the field. The third edition continues to provide everything that the clinician or allied health professional treating patients with cystic fibrosis will need in a single manageable volume. Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, it reflects the significant advances that have been made in the field since the second edition published in 2000. Cystic Fibrosis evaluates in detail the basic science that underlies the disease and its progression, putting it into a clinical context. Diagnostic and clinical aspects are covered in depth, as are monitoring the condition and the importance of multi-disciplinary care, reflected in the sections into which the new edition has been sub-divided to improve accessibility. Future developments, including novel therapies, are covered in a concluding section. The clinical areas have been much expanded, with the introduction of separate chapters covering sleep, lung mechanics and the work of breathing, upper airway disease, insulin deficiency and diabetes, bone disease, and sexual and reproductive issues. A new section on monitoring discusses the use of databases to improve patient care, and covers monitoring in different age groups, exercise testing and the outcomes of clinical trials in these areas. Separate chapters are devoted to paramedical issues, including nursing, physiotherapy, psychology, and palliative and spiritual care. Throughout, the emphasis is on providing an up-to-date and balanced review of both the clinical and basic sciences aspects of the subject, and to reflect the multi-disciplinary nature of the cystic fibrosis care team. Drawing on the expertise of a team of international specialists from a variety of backgrounds, the third edition of Cystic Fibrosiswill continue to find a broad readership among respiratory physicians, paediatricians, specialist nurses and other health professionals working with patients with cystic fibrosis.

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CRC Press

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1444113690

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On the Cusp

By: Margaret Gosley

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On the Cusp

By: Margaret Gosley

This is about the adventures of a perpetual outsider. She is unsure of who she should be. Through the accident of her birth, the author records the changing values of the times she lived through. There are many stories of adopted children and their struggle with identity. Uniquely, the author inherited her birth mothers notebooks and is able to include her voice along with her own. She is at times chaotic and always uncertain as to who she should be. Only late in life does she find resolution as to the meaning of identity.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1543488021

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Pediatric Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition

By: Donald Bentley,Carlos H. Lifschitz,Margaret Lawson

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Pediatric Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition

By: Donald Bentley,Carlos H. Lifschitz,Margaret Lawson

Pediatric Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition provides in-depth coverage of major clinical nutrition problems in pediatrics, and highlights the importance of nutrition in the care of complex gastrointestinal complications. Includes detailed information on the diagnosis and management of major gastrointestinal and nutritional disorders. The comprehensive appendices provide the latest information on infant formulas and supplements, updated to July 2002, together with US and UK nutrition guidelines - providing an essential reference source for all those involved in pediatric nutrition. Unlike many clinical nutrition textbooks of this magnitude this book is written entirely by three authors, affording continuity of style and content. Their complementary expertise provide an authoritative volume that will be of immense practical value to those involved in this field of clinical practice.

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Remedica

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1901346439

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Progress in Cystic Fibrosis Research

By: Margaret A. Harrison

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Progress in Cystic Fibrosis Research

By: Margaret A. Harrison

Cystic fibrosis (CF), also known as munoviscidosis, is a chronic genetic disease involving the dysfunction of the exocrine glands. This dysfunction is manifested as a deficiency in pancreatic enzymes, accumulation of mucous in airways, and excess salt in sweat. Cystic fibrosis was previously restricted to infancy and childhood but developments in medical treatment and therapy have extended survival considerably. This book includes within its scope research aimed at understanding the genetic linkage in cystic fibrosis, as well as improving the diagnosis and treatment of this disease in both children and adults. Leading-edge scientific research from throughout the world is presented.

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Nova Publishers

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1594542325

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Blood in Blue Water

By: Margaret Allan

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Blood in Blue Water

By: Margaret Allan

A novel of white sand, blue sea, and sunshine…. So, in such a place, how could two young Peace Corps volunteers possibly get themselves involved in murder, drug dealing, white slavery and more? How did Patricia’s inability to “mind her own damned business” result in the shooting of her friend Maryann by a spear gun in beautiful Grand Anse Bay in Grenada? Never did Patricia dream that she would live on a razor’s edge between life and death in her attempt to escape from the love/hate of Peter Easterman, lord of an illegal empire that spread over half the world. And why should the F.B.I. be concerned about the fate of one young Peace Corps volunteer enough to send its agents chasing her as she fled."Blood in Blue Water" will make you forget your annoyance with the long wait for a delayed plane, the discomfort of your hospital bed, or your disgust when your T.V. blows that unknown essential part. It is fast paced, filled with all the essentials of a good story. Much of it is based on the author’s true-life experiences, and her present contacts, living in the Caribbean.

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iUniverse

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0595217877

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The Method of Layer Potentials for the Heat Equation in Time-Varying Domains

By: John L. Lewis,Margaret Anne Marie Murray

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The Method of Layer Potentials for the Heat Equation in Time-Varying Domains

By: John L. Lewis,Margaret Anne Marie Murray

This memoir consists of three papers in which we develop the method of layer potentials for the heat equation in time-varying domains. In Chapter I we show certain singular integral operators on [italic]L[superscript italic]p are bounded. in Chapter II, we develop a modification of the David buildup scheme to obtain [italic]L[superscript italic]p boundedness of the double layer heat potential on the boundary of our domains. In Chapter III, we use the results of the first two chapters to show the mutual absolute continuity of parabolic measure and a certain projective Lebesgue measure.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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0821803603

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9780821803608

Grains of Sand

By: Margaret J. Carr

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Grains of Sand

By: Margaret J. Carr

Closing weeks of 1899. The Mason family return from Ceylon to make a new life in the Victorian seaside town of Southport, in the north west of England. Sarah and Alexander Mason eagerly await the birth of their 2nd child, they hope will be a boy. William is born early on in the new century. Then in a local park Louisa, the Masons' lonely, confused little daughter meets, for the first time, a young ragamuffin called Millie. Their friendship will play an integral part in Louisa's life, albeit against the strong wishes of Louisa's father. Through family tragedy and two world wars, the Masons' lives unfold as generation after generation, chapter after chapter, the years finally lead up to 2000. A new year, a new century and a New Millennium. Only William Mason, born at the very start of the twentieth century, lives on. His children, grandchildren and great grandchildren decide to give this grand old man a special treat to celebrate his 100 year birthday. They will give him the time of his life.

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Lulu.com

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1409204286

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The Common Lot

Sickness, Medical Occupations and the Urban Poor in Early Modern England

By: Margaret Pelling

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The Common Lot

Sickness, Medical Occupations and the Urban Poor in Early Modern England

By: Margaret Pelling

This important collection of Margaret Pelling's essays brings together her key studies of health, medicine and poverty in Tudor and Stuart England - including a number published here for the first time. They show that - then as now - health and medical care were everyday obsessions of ordinary people in the Tudor and Stuart era. Margaret Pelling's book brings this vital dimension of the early modern world in from the periphery of specialist study to the heart of the concerns of social, economic and cultural historians.

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Routledge

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1317892550

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Creativity and Art

Three Roads to Surprise

By: Margaret A. Boden

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Creativity and Art

Three Roads to Surprise

By: Margaret A. Boden

Margaret Boden presents a series of essays in which she explores the nature of creativity in a wide range of art forms. Creativity in general is the generation of novel, surprising, and valuable ideas (conceptual, theoretical, musical, literary, or visual). Boden identifies three forms of creativity: combinational, exploratory, and transformational. These elicit differing forms of surprise, and are defined by the different kinds of psychological process that generate the new ideas. Boden examines creativity not only in traditional fine art, but also in craftworks, and some less orthodox approaches—namely, conceptual art and several types of computer art. Her Introduction draws out the conceptual links between the various case-studies, showing how they express a coherent view of creativity in art.

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Oxford University Press

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0191639893

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Negotiating Death in Contemporary Health and Social Care

By: Margaret Holloway

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Negotiating Death in Contemporary Health and Social Care

By: Margaret Holloway

Once regarded as taboo, it is now claimed that we live in a death-obsessed society. The face of death in the twenty-first century, brought about by cultural and demographic change and advances in medical technology, presents health and social care practitioners with new challenges and dilemmas. By focusing on predominant patterns of dying, global images of death, shifting boundaries between the public and the private, and cultural pluralism, the author looks at the way death is handled in contemporary society and the sensitive ethical and practical dilemmas facing nurses, social workers, doctors and chaplains. This book brings together perspectives from social science, health care and pastoral theology to assist the reader in understanding and negotiating this 'new death'. Students interested in death studies from a sociological and cultural viewpoint, as well as health and social care students and practitioners, will benefit from this appraisal and application of the established knowledge base to contemporary practices and ethical debates.

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Policy Press

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1861347227

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Theophylact of Ochrid

Reading the Letters of a Byzantine Archbishop

By: Margaret Mullett

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Theophylact of Ochrid

Reading the Letters of a Byzantine Archbishop

By: Margaret Mullett

Few works exist on Byzantine literature as literature and still fewer studies of individual texts. This reading of the letter-collection (c.1090-c.1110) of Theophylact of Ochrid employs a variety of approaches to characterise a work which is both a literary artefact in a long Greek tradition and the only trace of a complex network of friends, colleagues, patrons and clients within Byzantine Bulgaria and also within the empire as a whole. These letters are of great importance from the point of view of local economic or ecclesiastical history, relations with the Slavs, the arrival of the First Crusade, but have not hitherto been studied as an example of Byzantine letter writing. This was a genre taken seriously by Byzantines, offering us unique insight into the mentality of the Byzantine elite, but also into what the Byzantines regarded as literature. This book is important as an attempt to raise the status of the study of Byzantine literature, and of letters within that literature. It is a first attempt to place an epistolary text in a succession of literary and historical contexts; its aim, too, is to probe the reliability of any rhetorical text for straightforward biography especially at the time of the revival fiction in Byzantium. At the heart of the book is an analysis of the personal network of Theophylact, as presented in the collection, with further methodological discussion of network analysis in medieval texts.

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1351879820

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Olympic Cities

City Agendas, Planning, and the World’s Games, 1896 - 2016

By: John Gold,Margaret Gold

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Olympic Cities

City Agendas, Planning, and the World’s Games, 1896 - 2016

By: John Gold,Margaret Gold

Olympic Cities provides the first full overview of the changing relationship between cities and the Olympic events since 1896. With eighteen specially commissioned and original essays written by a team of distinguished international authors, it explores the historical experience of staging the Olympics from the point of view of the host city. A thought-provoking analysis of the relationship between Olympic festivals and urban spectacle it: provides overviews of the urban impact of the four component Olympic festivals – the Summer Games, Winter Games, Cultural Olympiads and the Paralympics comprises systematic surveys of four key aspects of activity involved in staging the Olympics – finance, place promotion, managing spectacle and urban regeneration consists of nine chronologically arranged portraits of host cities, from 1936 to 2012, with particular emphasis on the first four Summer Olympic games of the twenty-first century. As controversy over the growing size and expense of the Olympics continues unabated, this book’s incisive and timely assessment of the Games’ development and the complex agendas that host cities attach to the event will be essential reading not only for urban and sports historians, urban geographers, planners and all concerned with understanding the relationship between cities and culture, but for anyone with an interest in the staging of mega-events.

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1136768254

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Book II

By: R. G. M. Nisbet,Margaret Hubbard

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Book II

By: R. G. M. Nisbet,Margaret Hubbard

The first three books of Horace's Odes were issued together, apparently in the latter part of 23 BC. The second book, however, has a coherence of its own in terms of subject matter, tone of voice, and arrangement. In particular there is a predominance of poems concerned with philosophy, with conduct, and with friendship. This commentary provides the reader with the background knowledge of conventional forms and topics needed to appreciate fully every aspect of the poems. In particular word-play, literary parallels, and stylistic nuances are highlighted and discussed. The commentary may be used in conjunction with the Oxford Classical Text of Horace edited by E. C. Wickham.

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0192646990

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Child Protection

Families and the Conference Process

By: Margaret Bell

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Child Protection

Families and the Conference Process

By: Margaret Bell

First published in 1999, this book is based on an extensive research study of the experiences of eighty-three families and the range of professionals involved in initial child protection conferences, this book explores the opportunities and difficulties of working in partnership in child protection within the context of rights, justice and empowerment. The research identifies what families find helpful and unhelpful in the intervention, as well as analysing the difficulties faced by practitioners. In exploring the families experience, the author provides a concrete base for a much-needed clarification of the nature of and limitations on partnership practice within child protection. Equally, the analysis of professional perspectives on current procedures and the agency structures in place to support them provides insight into key intra and inter agency issues, including training. The Identification of the conflicts and ambiguities which are inherent in the particular system, and with which the professional struggle is of particular interest to social work practioners and their managers, as well as to academics and other researchers in the field. The book, therefore, contributes to the debate about what constitutes good practice in this complex field and, while affirming some of the strengths of the existing system, suggests some ways in which both the families and professionals who work with them can be better supported.

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0429840136

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Early Years Non-Fiction

A Guide to Helping Young Researchers Use and Enjoy Information Texts

By: Margaret Mallett

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Early Years Non-Fiction

A Guide to Helping Young Researchers Use and Enjoy Information Texts

By: Margaret Mallett

This lively and informative text examines children's first experience of non-fiction during the pre-school and foundation years. Its careful consideration of different kinds of quality non-fiction, including books, posters, charts and computer software will provide a helpful framework from which early years teachers can work. Annotated lists, notes, and suggestions for further reading make this is an ideal source of inspiration and stimulation placing literacy teaching in a fresh, modern context. This book offers a rich resource of information, with illustrated case studies and many examples of children's responses to non-fiction providing: coverage of pre-school and foundation years for children up to six years of age references to research findings on the place of non-fiction in early years references to the National Literacy Strategy, Early Learning Goals and the National Curriculum for English a substantial glossary of terms relevant to non-fiction reading and writing. The author's zest and expertise helps to give this book an infectious enthusiasm that will permeate the classroom, providing the nursery and primary school teacher, student teacher, or classroom assistant with an invaluable guide and resource tool.

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1134525877

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A Survival Guide for New Special Educators

By: Bonnie S. Billingsley,Mary T. Brownell,Maya Israel,Margaret L. Kamman

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A Survival Guide for New Special Educators

By: Bonnie S. Billingsley,Mary T. Brownell,Maya Israel,Margaret L. Kamman

What every special education teacher needs to know to survive and thrive A Survival Guide for New Special Educators provides relevant, practical information for new special education teachers across a broad range of topic areas. Drawing on the latest research on special educator effectiveness and retention, this comprehensive, go-to resource addresses the most pressing needs of novice instructors, resource teachers, and inclusion specialists. Offers research-based, classroom-tested strategies for working with a variety of special needs students Covers everything from preparing for the new school year to behavior management, customizing curriculum, creating effective IEPs, and more Billingsley and Brownell are noted experts in special educator training and support This highly practical book is filled with checklists, forms, and tools that special educators can use every day to help ensure that all special needs students get the rich, rewarding education they deserve.

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1118095685

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Charitable Words

Women, Philanthropy, and the Language of Charity in Nineteenth-Century Dublin

By: Margaret Preston

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Charitable Words

Women, Philanthropy, and the Language of Charity in Nineteenth-Century Dublin

By: Margaret Preston

Mismanaged by local authority, in the 19th-century, Dublin lacked sufficient industrial development to provide adequate employment. Dublin's charitable workers attempted to improve the lives of the thousands who flocked to the city in search of relief. As a means to examining the hidden incentives of charity, the author offers a discussion of the language of charity in this setting. She notes how contemporary notions of race, class, and religion influenced how Ireland's philanthropists thought of and related to the poor. While much has been written on the perceived racial inferiority of the Celt as compared to the Anglo-Saxon, Preston suggests that the Irish upper classes, in seeking to gain equal footing with the British elite, adopted the same language to describe the poor. Intense sectarian strife marred Irish charities and undermined the smooth operation of social services. Preston offers insight by focusing on two women philanthropists who battled for the souls of Ireland's children. She also explores those who remained above the fray, such as the Religious Society of Friends in Ireland, who offered aid to all regardless of creed. Within the charitable records of this group, Preston contends that one can see how the Society changed over time and that, in Ireland, the industrial revolution as well as the 1798 Rebellion, contributed to the Society adapting to the mainstream. Finally, the women of charity helped to establish a modern nursing system for Ireland, and this work details their efforts at turning nursing into a respectable profession for women.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313057451

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Professional Responsibility in Focus

By: John P. Sahl,R. Michael Cassidy,Benjamin P. Cooper,Margaret C. Tarkington

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Professional Responsibility in Focus

By: John P. Sahl,R. Michael Cassidy,Benjamin P. Cooper,Margaret C. Tarkington

The Second Edition of Professional Responsibility in Focus offers a comprehensive, updated exposition of the law governing lawyers and judges. Real-world scenarios throughout the text provide students numerous opportunities for students to apply what they have learned and solidify their understanding of important concepts. New to the Second Edition: More than a dozen new cases and other recent developments—such as the amended advertising and solicitation rules—in an expanded, practice-oriented text with new and revised footnotes. Professors and students will benefit from: Clear and concise coverage of the attorney-client relationship, competence, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, and more. Key Concepts at the start of each chapter and Chapter Summaries at the end of each chapter facilitate study and review Case Previews and Post Case Follow-Ups that frame each case writing clarifies the rules and aid in student understanding An introduction to the legal profession Real Life Applications and Applying the Rules exercises challenge students to apply what they have learned to realistic hypothetical scenarios Updates to Chapter One, on the moral responsibility of lawyers, that provides context for understanding and situating the Model Rules of Professional Responsibility covered in the chapters that follow. 12-chapter organization is easily adapted to two or three-credit courses

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Aspen Publishing

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1543831206

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Systems For All

By: Kaposi Agnes,Myers Margaret

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Systems For All

By: Kaposi Agnes,Myers Margaret

The need for a new approach to systems is now widely recognized in business and industry, and numerous “Systems” courses have been introduced in universities. This book offers a new systems paradigm, presents a systems outlook, defines key concepts, and outlines the principles of characterizing complex systems in a qualitative way and by the systematic use of models and measures.The book presents the Product/process (P/p) methodology: a coherent collection of generic but readily understandable concepts, rigorous but applicable methods, and principles of reasoning. This methodology assists in understanding any system, and helps in the formulation and effective solution of complex problems, regardless of the field in which they arise, and irrespective of the specialist disciplines needed for supplying the solution.Systems for All is aimed at three kinds of readers: practising professionals (managers, administrators, engineers and scientists) whose job is to develop, operate and manage complex systems; students (both undergraduate and postgraduate) whose courses demand an integrated study of several disciplines; members of the public who would wish to know what makes sophisticated systems tick, and why some important systems fail.A separate booklet, containing guidelines for developing solutions to some selected exercises, is available to instructors who wish to adopt the book for a lecture course.

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World Scientific Publishing Company

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1911298151

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Rotherham Workhouse

By: Margaret Drinkall

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Rotherham Workhouse

By: Margaret Drinkall

This fascinating volume explores all aspects of life in that dread institution, the workhouse. From the staff who lived and worked here to the lunatics who were kept - sometimes unsuccessfully - in the medical wing, the babies and mothers whose lives began - and sometimes ended - in the maternity ward, and the tramps, families and destitute persons who passed through the doors every day, it reveals a side of Rotherham that has long since been forgotten. This book also contains something that will delight all family historians - an extensive list of workhouse inmates in Rotherham. With more than fifty illustrations, this book will amaze locals, residents and historians alike.

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The History Press

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0750952687

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A Civilized Community

A History of Social Security in New Zealand

By: Margaret McClure

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A Civilized Community

A History of Social Security in New Zealand

By: Margaret McClure

A history of social security in New Zealand.

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Auckland University Press

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1775580016

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Choosing and Using Fiction and Non-Fiction 3-11

A Comprehensive Guide for Teachers and Student Teachers

By: Margaret Mallett

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Choosing and Using Fiction and Non-Fiction 3-11

A Comprehensive Guide for Teachers and Student Teachers

By: Margaret Mallett

Choosing and Using Fiction and Non-Fiction 3-11 is a guide for primary teachers to the many kinds of texts children encounter, use and enjoy in their nursery and primary school years, providing an invaluable insight into the literature available. Addressing important issues and allowing for the voices of teachers, reviewers and children to be heard, it contains suggestions of best practice which offer a more creative approach to learning. Including both fiction and non-fiction, with genres ranging from picturebooks to biographies, this fully updated second edition features: New coverage on recent books Discussion of new changes in concepts of literacy, particularly focused on technological advances in moving image media and virtual worlds The balance between print and screen-based texts on developing children’s visual and multimodal literacy Annotated booklists for each genre for different age groups New sections on equality, diversity and translation Exploring fiction, non-fiction and poetry, Choosing and Using Fiction and Non-Fiction 3-11 is an invaluable resource, supporting teachers as they help children on their journey to becoming insightful and critical readers of non-fiction, and sensitive and reflective readers of fiction.

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Routledge

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1351385348

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Analysis, Manifolds and Physics Revised Edition

By: Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat,Cécile DeWitt-Morette,Margaret Dillard-Bleick

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Analysis, Manifolds and Physics Revised Edition

By: Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat,Cécile DeWitt-Morette,Margaret Dillard-Bleick

This reference book, which has found wide use as a text, provides an answer to the needs of graduate physical mathematics students and their teachers. The present edition is a thorough revision of the first, including a new chapter entitled ``Connections on Principle Fibre Bundles'' which includes sections on holonomy, characteristic classes, invariant curvature integrals and problems on the geometry of gauge fields, monopoles, instantons, spin structure and spin connections. Many paragraphs have been rewritten, and examples and exercises added to ease the study of several chapters. The index includes over 130 entries.

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Gulf Professional Publishing

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0444860177

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9780444860170

Transcultural Concepts in Nursing Care

By: Margaret M. Andrews

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Transcultural Concepts in Nursing Care

By: Margaret M. Andrews

Now in its Fourth Edition, this transcultural nursing text conveys the importance of diverse cultural knowledge for the evaluation of patient outcomes, understanding persons in clinical settings and appropriate responses to clinical situations during the nurse/client interaction. Detailed theory is discussed and each chapter contains awareness exercises to ensure comprehension of the nursing role as trusted health care providers. Coverage includes cultural variation in lifestyle, communication and beliefs. New to this edition is a two-color design; revised content on assessment and applications of concepts; a new chapter on culturally appropriate interventions; and, more case studies, research studies and clinical vignettes.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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0781736803

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9780781736800

Venice

Fragile City, 1797-1997

By: Margaret Plant

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Venice

Fragile City, 1797-1997

By: Margaret Plant

Margaret Plant presents a wide-ranging cultural history of the city from the fall of the Republic in 1797, until 1997, showing how it has changed and adapted and how perceptions of it have shaped its reality.

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Yale University Press

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0300083866

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The Traditional Pottery of Papua New Guinea

By: Patricia May,Margaret Tuckson

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The Traditional Pottery of Papua New Guinea

By: Patricia May,Margaret Tuckson

This book is the most comprehensive and authoritative survey of the traditional pottery of Papua New Guinea ever produced. The authors have made a thorough analysis of pottery-making throughout Papua New Guinea based on eight years of field work. They proffer a first-hand account of clay preparation, pottery formation, and firing techniques, interwoven with information on the functions of pottery and the various approaches to decoration.

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824823443

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