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A Practical Guide to Surface Metrology

By: Michael Quinten

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A Practical Guide to Surface Metrology

By: Michael Quinten

This book offers a genuinely practical introduction to the most commonly encountered optical and non-optical systems used for the metrology and characterization of surfaces, including guidance on best practice, calibration, advantages and disadvantages, and interpretation of results. It enables the user to select the best approach in a given context. Most methods in surface metrology are based upon the interaction of light or electromagnetic radiation (UV, NIR, IR), and different optical effects are utilized to get a certain optical response from the surface; some of them record only the intensity reflected or scattered by the surface, others use interference of EM waves to obtain a characteristic response from the surface. The book covers techniques ranging from microscopy (including confocal, SNOM and digital holographic microscopy) through interferometry (including white light, multi-wavelength, grazing incidence and shearing) to spectral reflectometry and ellipsometry. The non-optical methods comprise tactile methods (stylus tip, AFM) as well as capacitive and inductive methods (capacitive sensors, eddy current sensors). The book provides: Overview of the working principles Description of advantages and disadvantages Currently achievable numbers for resolutions, repeatability, and reproducibility Examples of real-world applications A final chapter discusses examples where the combination of different surface metrology techniques in a multi-sensor system can reasonably contribute to a better understanding of surface properties as well as a faster characterization of surfaces in industrial applications. The book is aimed at scientists and engineers who use such methods for the measurement and characterization of surfaces across a wide range of fields and industries, including electronics, energy, automotive and medical engineering.

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Springer Nature

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3030294544

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Southwest by Two-Stroke

Riding 350 Yamahas to California

By: Brian Franzen,Michael Newlun,Jeffrey Ross

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Southwest by Two-Stroke

Riding 350 Yamahas to California

By: Brian Franzen,Michael Newlun,Jeffrey Ross

Our 1973 motorcycle ride took us from Beatrice, Nebraska, to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, Albuquerque, Phoenix, San Diego, LA, Vacaville, Lake Tahoe, Denver, and then back to Nebraska. We were teenagers, and we had relatives, friends, acquaintances, and girlfriends to see all along the journey. Some nights we camped out, others we stayed in a friend’s travel trailer, and some nights we enjoyed regular beds and access to a swimming pool. Each of us rode a 350cc two-stroke motorcycles on the 3500-mile trip. We had no cell phones, roadside assistance insurance coverage, custom ear plugs, or sound systems. The early 70’s was different than the 60’s, but not that much different. The attraction of the open road and the Pacific Ocean was very powerful. None of us were worried about breaking down or the costs of the trip. We had to go see western America. And we did.

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Rogue Phoenix Press

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1624204740

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Living Among The Swiss

By: Michael Wells Glueck

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Living Among The Swiss

By: Michael Wells Glueck

This is an account of the eight years that I spent living and working in Switzerland, with a satiric slant plus comments on investment activities that are illegal in the United States.

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Michael Wells Glueck

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1086030206

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Optical Properties of Metal Clusters

By: Uwe Kreibig,Michael Vollmer

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Optical Properties of Metal Clusters

By: Uwe Kreibig,Michael Vollmer

Optical Properties of Metal Clusters deals with the electronic structure of metal clusters determined optically. Clusters - as state intermediate between molecules and the extended solid - are important in many areas, e.g. in air pollution, interstellar matter, clay minerals, photography, heterogeneous catalysis, quantum dots, and virus crystals. This book extends the approaches of optical molecular and solid-state methods to clusters, revealing how their optical properties evolve as a function of size. Cluster matter, i.e. extended systems of many clusters - the most frequently occuring form - is also treated. The combination of reviews of experimental techniques, lists of results and detailed descriptions of selected experiments will appeal to experts, newcomers and graduate students in this expanding field.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3662091097

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Scattering, Absorption, and Emission of Light by Small Particles

By: Michael I. Mishchenko,Larry D. Travis,Andrew A. Lacis

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Scattering, Absorption, and Emission of Light by Small Particles

By: Michael I. Mishchenko,Larry D. Travis,Andrew A. Lacis

A thorough and up-to-date treatment of electromagnetic scattering by small particles.

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Cambridge University Press

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052178252X

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Syntagma Musicum III

By: Michael Praetorius

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Syntagma Musicum III

By: Michael Praetorius

Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) was one of the most versatile, wide-ranging, and prolific German composers of the seventeenth century. Also important as a theorist, his Syntagma Musicum, penned around 1619, was originally planned in four parts. He completed only three, with the first discussing the place of music in the church, while Volume II focused on musical instruments. Volume III deals with terminology, theoretical issues, and performance practice. More than any other source from this period, Volume III provides the most thorough coverage of performance practice issues of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. It offers detailed commentary about the performance of particular pieces of music, including many of Praetorius's own, as well as those by Lassus, Gabrieli, Monteverdi, and Schütz. Throughout, Praetorius offers immensely practical insights on numerous topics such as the definition and classification of vocal forms, the names and characteristics of instruments, arrangement of large-scale works for multiple choirs, description of ligatures, use of proportions, time signatures, transposition, teaching the Italian manner of singing, the types of ornamentation used in Italy in the first two decades of the seventeenth century-and much more. Praetorius is the most often quoted and excerpted writer on performance practice. In this translation, musicologist and early music practitioner Jeffery T. Kite-Powell worked with notoriously difficult syntax to produce a definitive English edition of this important work. For modern scholars, this volume is the preeminent source of contemporary information on performance practice for the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. This essential resource will enable performers to recreate the music of the period in a historically informed manner.

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Oxford University Press

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0199722528

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SYNTAGMA MUSICUM II, De Organographia, Parts III – V, with Index

By: Quentin Faulkner,Michael Praetorius

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SYNTAGMA MUSICUM II, De Organographia, Parts III – V, with Index

By: Quentin Faulkner,Michael Praetorius

Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) was a musician, organist, and Kapellmeister. His three-volume Syntagma musicum (Musical Encyclopedia, 1614-1619) was the first comprehensive treatment of music in the German language. This publication is the first English translation of Volume II, Parts III-V, specifically on the organ, which Praetorius declares "a perfect (indeed one might also say 'most perfect') musical instrument ... which ... takes pride of place above all other musical instruments, most of which can be incorporated into this single instrument." This work includes "A precise description of ancient and modern organs, their manual and pedal keyboards, bellows, stoplists, and various kinds of stops, as well as how to tune regals and harpsichords easily and precisely; and what to consider when accepting a [newly built] organ, together with with an appended detailed table ... " This edition shows the German original on the left and the English translation on the facing right-hand pages.

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160962050X

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The Gospel on the Margins

The Reception of Mark in the Second Century

By: Michael J. Kok

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The Gospel on the Margins

The Reception of Mark in the Second Century

By: Michael J. Kok

Scholars of the Gospel of Mark usually discuss the merits of patristic references to the Gospel’s origin and Mark’s identity as the “interpreter” of Peter. But while the question of the Gospel’s historical origins draws attention, no one has asked why, despite virtually unanimous patristic association of the Gospel with Peter, one of the most prestigious apostolic founding figures in Christian memory, Mark's Gospel was mostly neglected by those same writers. Not only is the text of Mark the least represented of the canonical Gospels in patristic citations, commentaries, and manuscripts, but the explicit comments about the Evangelist reveal ambivalence about Mark’s literary or theological value. Michael J. Kok surveys the second-century reception of Mark, from Papias of Hierapolis to Clement of Alexandria, and finds that the patristic writers were hesitant to embrace Mark because they perceived it to be too easily adapted to rival Christian factions. Kok describes the story of Mark’s Petrine origins as a second-century move to assert ownership of the Gospel on the part of the emerging Orthodox Church.

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Fortress Press

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1451494300

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The Music of Brahms

By: Michael Musgrave

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The Music of Brahms

By: Michael Musgrave

Michael Musgrave presents a contemporary view of Brahms 150 years after his birth, seeing him not simply as the "conservative" figure so often stressed in the past, but as one who creatively reinterpreted a wider range of historical elements than any composer of his time. Brahms absorbed his studies directly into his music making and composition and in so doing helped to evolve not merely a personal language which was regarded as progressive and sometimes difficult by a range of contemporaries and successors, but also helped to establish an ethos of historical reference which anticipates the twentieth century. The Music of Brahms concentrates on the music, with Brahms's life discussed briefly in the introduction. The works are considered in four phases according to genre, with an emphasis on connection and on the development and elaboration of a unified language. The list of works includes recent discoveries and a calendar outlines the pattern of his musical life, including relevant information concerning performances.

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Oxford University Press

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0198164017

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Baedeker's Constantinople

By: Michael Wild

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Baedeker's Constantinople

By: Michael Wild

This is the first official translation of Baedeker's "Konstantinopel und Kleinasien" by Michael Wild, Baedeker chronicler and historian. This title, published in 1914, covers not only Constantinople but also Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest, Sofia and the route down the Danube to the Black Sea, as well as the railway routes. The Asia Minor section deals with Troy, Smyrna, Pergamon, Ephesus and the Greek islands including Rhodes. There is a useful introduction with tips for the traveller and essays on Byzantine & Turkish art, along with a comprehensive historical survey from 1500 B.C. to 1913 A.D.

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How Prayer Helped Me!

By: Michael A. Berkley

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How Prayer Helped Me!

By: Michael A. Berkley

No matter how many trials and tribulations may come upon us in this life, just know that the struggle can be defeated through Prayer. No matter what the situation is or even if it seems as though there is no light at the end of the tunnel or even if the crossroad seems very confusing; please believe that prayer through Jesus to God is real. He will hear your prayer and answer your prayer according to His will. I believe God answers our prayers with a yes and sometimes with a no. I am reminded of Paul, who asked God 3 times to remove the thorn from his flesh. II Corinthians 12: 5-10. I believe God answers prayer according to His will & what is best for us.

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Trafford Publishing

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1553954602

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Electromagnetic Scattering by Particles and Particle Groups

An Introduction

By: Michael I. Mishchenko

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Electromagnetic Scattering by Particles and Particle Groups

An Introduction

By: Michael I. Mishchenko

This self-contained and accessible book provides a thorough introduction to the basic physical and mathematical principles required in studying the scattering and absorption of light and other electromagnetic radiation by particles and particle groups. For the first time the theories of electromagnetic scattering, radiative transfer, and weak localization are combined into a unified, consistent branch of physical optics directly based on the Maxwell equations. A particular focus is given to key aspects such as time and ensemble averaging at different scales, ergodicity, and the physical nature of measurements afforded by actual photopolarimeters. Featuring over 120 end-of-chapter exercises, with hints and solutions provided, this clear, one-stop resource is ideal for self-study or classroom use, and will be invaluable to both graduate students and researchers in remote sensing, physical and biomedical optics, optical communications, optical particle characterization, atmospheric physics and astrophysics.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139867121

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A Thematic Access-Oriented Bibliography of Jesus's Resurrection

By: Michael J. Alter

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A Thematic Access-Oriented Bibliography of Jesus's Resurrection

By: Michael J. Alter

The keystone of Christianity is Jesus’s physical, bodily resurrection. Present-day scholars can be significantly challenged as they forage through voluminous documents on the resurrection of Jesus. The literature measures well over seven thousand sources in English-language books alone. This makes finding specific sources that are most relevant for specific scholarly purposes an arduous task. Even when a specific book is relevant, finding the parts of the book that are most relevant to the resurrection rather than other topics often requires additional effort. A Thematic Access-Oriented Bibliography of Jesus’s Resurrection addresses these challenges in several ways. First, the bibliography organizes more than seven thousand English sources into twelve main categories and then thirty-four subcategories, which are designed to help you find the most relevant literature quickly and efficiently. Embedded are pro and con arguments which support efficient access through brief annotations and then annotate the diversity and complexity of the field of religion by including sources that represent a diverse range of views: theistic (e.g., Christian, Jewish, Muslim, etc.), agnostic, and nontheistic. The objective of this bibliography is to provide convenient access to relevant sources from a variety of perspectives, allowing you to browse or find the one source accurately and with ease.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1725252732

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Deleuze, Mathematics, Metaphysics

Difference and Necessity

By: Michael J.Ardoline

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Deleuze, Mathematics, Metaphysics

Difference and Necessity

By: Michael J.Ardoline

Deleuze, Mathematics, Metaphysics provides new solutions to the central problems of the philosophy of mathematics by reconstructing Deleuze’s metaphysics. It does so through direct engagement with analytic and continental philosophy, along with the formal and natural sciences. These new Deleuzian solutions reject equally other-worldly accounts of mathematics, such as Platonism, and accounts which treat mathematics as a useful fiction or an empty formalist game. Instead, Deleuze, Mathematics, Metaphysics argues that mathematical truth is grounded in the necessity of difference itself. Since difference is entirely this-worldly, the truth of mathematics does not require us to posit the reality of transcendent entities or possible worlds. Doing so not only provides a new metaphysics of mathematics; it also explains the usefulness of mathematics for science and why mathematical truth appear to have such otherworldly properties in the first place.

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Edinburgh University Press

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1399536362

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The Simon & Schuster Pocket Guide to Beer

By: Michael Jackson

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The Simon & Schuster Pocket Guide to Beer

By: Michael Jackson

This this revised, updated edition of his pocket classic, "the world's leading beer critic" ("The Wall Street Journal") takes readers on a tour of the international brew scene, giving special emphasis to the fine brews produced on this continent. Maps.

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0684843811

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Exchanging Our Country Marks

The Transformation of African Identities in the Colonial and Antebellum South

By: Michael A. Gomez

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Exchanging Our Country Marks

The Transformation of African Identities in the Colonial and Antebellum South

By: Michael A. Gomez

The transatlantic slave trade brought individuals from diverse African regions and cultures to a common destiny in the American South. In this comprehensive study, Michael Gomez establishes tangible links between the African American community and its African origins and traces the process by which African populations exchanged their distinct ethnic identities for one defined primarily by the conception of race. He examines transformations in the politics, social structures, and religions of slave populations through 1830, by which time the contours of a new African American identity had begun to emerge. After discussing specific ethnic groups in Africa, Gomez follows their movement to North America, where they tended to be amassed in recognizable concentrations within individual colonies (and, later, states). For this reason, he argues, it is possible to identify particular ethnic cultural influences and ensuing social formations that heretofore have been considered unrecoverable. Using sources pertaining to the African continent as well as runaway slave advertisements, ex-slave narratives, and folklore, Gomez reveals concrete and specific links between particular African populations and their North American progeny, thereby shedding new light on subsequent African American social formation.

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0807861715

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Art and Drama on a Late Medieval Rood Screen

Unveiling a Mystical Passion

By: Michael Calder

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Art and Drama on a Late Medieval Rood Screen

Unveiling a Mystical Passion

By: Michael Calder

With little scholarly attention having been given to the late medieval iconography that features on rood screens in the southwest of England, the significance of the figures painted at Berry Pomeroy has long been underappreciated. The unlocking of their meaning by the author has led to the discovery of a unique iconographic program. The gestures adopted by many of these figures belong to a common visual culture in the art and drama of the medieval church. The iconography, which reflects a Gothic Mannerist style of the early sixteenth century, displays a marked theatricality giving expression to the mysteries of the faith in the form of a drama. The narrative recorded has notable similarities to that found in a dramatic trilogy which was once performed in Cornwall called the Ordinalia. This book makes an important contribution to scholarship in the genre of mysticism in art and to our understanding of popular devotional practices on the eve of the Reformation.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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1501517759

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Disclosure Behavior of European Firms around the Adoption of IFRS

By: Michael H. R. Erkens

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Disclosure Behavior of European Firms around the Adoption of IFRS

By: Michael H. R. Erkens

Michael Erkens analyzes the determinants and consequences of information disclosure. He presents an empirical investigation of corporate risk management disclosures of nearly 400 firms from 20 European countries. The results show that countries’ institutional settings and cultural values are predominant factors why firms disclose information on their risk management practices. In another study, the author analyzes the economic consequences associated with the publication of an annual report in English by European firms from non-English speaking countries. He finds that the release of English annual reports attracts more analysts and foreign investors to the firm, and decreases information asymmetries between insiders and outsiders of the firm.

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Springer

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3658134410

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Baedekeriana

By: Michael Wild

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Baedekeriana

By: Michael Wild

By Michael Wild, the Baedeker historian, this is an anthology of articles about, and extracts from, Baedeker guidebooks of the past. There is much to amuse and enlighten the reader, who is taken to Troy, Poland under German occupation, the Berlin to Baghdad railway, India and many other fascinating places which one might otherwise never see.

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0956528902

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After the Nazis

The Story of Culture in West Germany

By: Michael H. Kater

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After the Nazis

The Story of Culture in West Germany

By: Michael H. Kater

A wide-ranging, insightful history of culture in West Germany—from literature, film, and music to theater and the visual arts After World War II a mood of despair and impotence pervaded the arts in West Germany. The culture and institutions of the Third Reich were abruptly dismissed, yet there was no immediate return to the Weimar period’s progressive ideals. In this moment of cultural stasis, how could West Germany’s artists free themselves from their experiences of Nazism? Moving from 1945 to reunification, Michael H. Kater explores West German culture as it emerged from the darkness of the Third Reich. Examining periods of denial and complacency as well as attempts to reckon with the past, he shows how all postwar culture was touched by the vestiges of National Socialism. From the literature of Günter Grass to the happenings of Joseph Beuys and Karlheinz Stockhausen’s innovations in electronic music, Kater shows how it was only through the reinvigoration of the cultural scene that West Germany could contend with its past—and eventually allow democracy to reemerge.

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Yale University Press

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030027503X

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Luther in English

The Influence of His Theology of Law and Gospel on Early English Evangelicals (1525-35)

By: Michael S. Whiting

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Luther in English

The Influence of His Theology of Law and Gospel on Early English Evangelicals (1525-35)

By: Michael S. Whiting

Recent studies have increasingly downplayed, and in a few cases even wholly denied, the influence of Martin Luther's theology of Law and Gospel on early English evangelicals such as William Tyndale. The impact of a late medieval Augustinian renaissance, Erasmian Humanism, the Reformed tradition, and Lollardy have all but eclipsed the more central role once attributed to Luther. Whiting reexamines these claims with a thorough reevaluation of Luther's theology of Law and Gospel in its historical context spanning twenty-five years, something entirely lacking in all previous studies. Based on extensive research in the primary sources, with acute attention to the larger historical narrative and in dialogue with secondary scholarship, Whiting argues that scholars have often oversimplified Luther's theology of Law and Gospel and have thus wrongly diminished his very significant, even principal, influence upon first-generation evangelicals William Tyndale, John Frith, and Robert Barnes during the English Reformation of the 1520s and 30s.

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1606089005

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Stories with a Moral

Literature and Society in Nineteenth-century Georgia

By: Michael E. Price

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Stories with a Moral

Literature and Society in Nineteenth-century Georgia

By: Michael E. Price

Stories with a Moral is the first comprehensive study of the effects of plantation society on literature and the influences of literature on social practices in nineteenth-century Georgia. During the years of frontier settlement, the Civil War, and Reconstruction, Georgia authors voiced their support for the slave system, the planter class, and the ideals of the Confederacy, presenting a humorous, passionate, and at times tragic view of a rapidly changing world. Michael E. Price examines works of fiction, travel accounts, diaries, and personal letters in this thorough survey of King Cotton's literary influence, showing how Georgia authors romanticized agrarian themes to present an appealing image of plantation economy and social structure. Stories with a Moral focuses on the importance of literature as a mode of ideological communication. Even more significant, the book shows how the writing of one century shaped the development of social practices and beliefs that persist, in legend and memory, to this day.

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University of Georgia Press

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082032132X

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An Ordinary Life...?

By: Andrew Michael Doig

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An Ordinary Life...?

By: Andrew Michael Doig

Andrew’s journey began with spiritual healing, and led into visiting spiritualist centres in England, Wales, Scotland and Sweden. His experiences sparked a desire to join various circles and experience literally hundreds of séances and hearing those addressed by those in spirit. Since his first tentative steps into the world of spiritualism, he has witnessed transfiguration, physical mediumship, and was involved in ‘rescue work’. He has seen many mediums giving fine examples of mental mediumship, and gained awareness of clairvoyance and clairsentience for himself. Andrew has also had the wonderful adventure of having spirits use him for psychic art. Equipped with his new knowledge, Andrew now realises that events in his life have been symbolic and a sign that his spirit guide has been with him throughout his life. He now wishes to share the same message of positivity and hope with others. An Ordinary Life...? is an excellent introduction to spiritualism from a personal viewpoint, and will provide encouragement for those who have been seeking deeper meaning in their own lives.

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1788033310

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Unjust Restitution

A Century of Black Struggle for Equality

By: Michael Kingsley Brown

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Unjust Restitution

A Century of Black Struggle for Equality

By: Michael Kingsley Brown

The question of economic justice for Black Americans remains unresolved and continues to be the subject of contentious political debate. In Unjust Restitution, Michael K. Brown examines the meaning of racial equality during three transformative periods in American history, when significant changes to economic status and opportunity appeared to be a real possibility in the US: Reconstruction, the New Deal, and the Great Society. Political leaders believed slavery and Jim Crow degraded Black people and enacted policies to rehabilitate formerly subjugated individuals. Black Americans challenged this conception and repudiated the idea that they were damaged people in need of repair. Repeatedly, Black people's vision of economic justice was based on anti-privilege egalitarianism, the idea that a just restitution for their oppression required abolishing the political and legal privileges whites had acquired. Black opposition reveals what was at stake at each historical moment and what might constitute economic justice in the twenty-first century. Equality of opportunity can be a just restitution for continuing durable racial inequality only if it changes the structure of people's economic opportunities"--

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Univ of California Press

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0520410114

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The Secrets of AI Value Creation

Practical Guide to Business Value Creation with Artificial Intelligence from Strategy to Execution

By: Michael Proksch,Nisha Paliwal,Wilhelm Bielert

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The Secrets of AI Value Creation

Practical Guide to Business Value Creation with Artificial Intelligence from Strategy to Execution

By: Michael Proksch,Nisha Paliwal,Wilhelm Bielert

Unlock unprecedented levels of value at your firm by implementing artificial intelligence In The Secrets of AI Value Creation: Practical Guide to Business Value Creation with Artificial Intelligence from Strategy to Execution, a team of renowned artificial intelligence leaders and experts delivers an insightful blueprint for unlocking the value of AI in your company. This book presents a comprehensive framework that can be applied to your organisation, exploring the value drivers and challenges you might face throughout your AI journey. You will uncover effective strategies and tactics utilised by successful artificial intelligence (AI) achievers to propel business growth. In the book, you’ll explore critical value drivers and key capabilities that will determine the success or failure of your company’s AI initiatives. The authors examine the subject from multiple perspectives, including business, technology, data, algorithmics, and psychology. Organized into four parts and fourteen insightful chapters, the book includes: Concrete examples and real-world case studies illustrating the practical impact of the ideas discussed within Best practices used and common challenges encountered when first incorporating AI into your company’s operations A comprehensive framework you can use to navigate the complexities of AI implementation and value creation An indispensable blueprint for artificial intelligence implementation at your organisation, The Secrets of AI Value Creation is a can’t-miss resource for managers, executives, directors, entrepreneurs, founders, data analysts, and business- and tech-side professionals looking for ways to unlock new forms of value in their company. The authors, who are industry leaders, assemble the puzzle pieces into a comprehensive framework for AI value creation: Michael Proksch is an expert on the subject of AI strategy and value creation. He worked with various Fortune 2000 organisations and focuses on optimising business operations building customised AI solutions, and driving organisational adoption of AI through the creation of value and trust. Nisha Paliwal is a senior technology executive. She is known for her expertise in various technology services, focusing on the importance of bringing AI technology, computing resources, data, and talent together in a synchronous and organic way. Wilhelm Bielert is a seasoned senior executive with an extensive of experience in digital transformation, program and project management, and corporate restructuring. With a proven track record, he has successfully led transformative initiatives in multinational corporations, specialising in harnessing the power of AI and other cutting-edge technologies to drive substantial value creation.

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1394233620

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The Authentic Magic Flute Libretto

Mozart's Autograph or the First Full-Score Edition?

By: Michael Freyhan

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The Authentic Magic Flute Libretto

Mozart's Autograph or the First Full-Score Edition?

By: Michael Freyhan

Shortly after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's death, his widow Constanze sent a manuscript copy of one of his most beloved operas, Die Zauberflste, to the court of the Elector of Cologne. It was eventually published by Nicolaus Simrock in 1814 as the first full-score edition. However, the question still remains as to why this early copy in her possession diverges from Mozart's autograph in so many libretto details. The Authentic Magic Flute Libretto: Mozart's Autograph or the First Full-Score Edition? investigates the origin and claim to authenticity of the first full-score edition of Die Zauberflste, drawing attention to the close bond between words and music. Michael Freyhan brings the subtlety of the first edition word setting to the attention of scholars, musicians, and opera-lovers, setting out the evidence for its authenticity and detailing the quest, pursued in 15 countries, for the earliest possible historical sources. Freyhan examines the differences between the first edition and the autograph, discussing the quality of the word-setting_supported by 32 musical examples_and evaluating the relationship of the two texts in terms of language and literature. The following chapters discuss the early history of the autograph, focusing on four alleged owners, its market value, and the misleading catalogue numbering systems seen on the first page. Details of the performance and publication history of the first edition text are followed by a new perspective on the disputed authorship of the libretto, in light of the possible existence of two authentic texts. A concluding chapter discusses Mozart's sketches and working methods, while an appendix traces the character and career of Karl Ludwig Giesecke, one of the writers who claimed ownership of the opera's libretto. The book also includes several photos and the complete first edition libretto, in German and with literal English translation, providing a side-by-side text comparison with the autograph text.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810869675

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The Battle for France & Flanders

Sixty Years On

By: Brian Bond,Michael Taylor

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The Battle for France & Flanders

Sixty Years On

By: Brian Bond,Michael Taylor

The Fall of France in 1940 has been well chronicled but numerous misconceptions remain.This fascinating and thought-provoking collection of essays on wide-ranging issues covering the politics and fighting on land, sea and in the air will be greatly welcomed by academics and military history enthusiasts.Topics covered include the preparations of the BEF, the failure of allied counter attacks, the air war, the Royal Navys's role in the campaign, the influence of the Battle on British military doctrine and the repercussions from the British, French and German angles.

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Pen and Sword

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1473812194

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Daniel Island

By: Michael K. Dahlman

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Daniel Island

By: Michael K. Dahlman

The history of Daniel Island lies just beneath the surface. Revealed in half-buried artifacts and forgotten manuscripts, it is uncovered piece by piece in the stories and legacies of agriculture and industry, recreation and development. Occupied by Etiwan Indians long before the founding of nearby Charlestown in 1670, the land known as Ittiwan Island and its inhabitants were shaped by changes throughout the Lowcountry and the world beyond. Their lime, timber, and bricks helped build the city. Local cotton and indigo spread throughout the world. Livestock and vegetable farming prospered, eventually replaced by Guggenheim's hunting preserve and cattle farm. Daniel Island today builds upon this past as it grows into a vibrant new community.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738543578

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9780738543574

Social Psychology

By: Graham M Vaughan,Michael A Hogg

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Social Psychology

By: Graham M Vaughan,Michael A Hogg

The 7th edition of this best-selling social psychology text by Graham Vaughan and Michael Hogg, Social Psychology, retains the structure and approach of the previous edition but has been revised to reflect the changes in the field, with the material thoroughly updated throughout. Social Psychology 7e continues to capture the scope and detail of contemporary social psychology as an international scientific enterprise and at the same time deals with the subject in a way that is relevant to university teaching and social psychology research in Australia and New Zealand.

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Pearson Higher Education AU

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1442562315

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The Resurrection: a Critical Inquiry

By: Michael J. Alter

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The Resurrection: a Critical Inquiry

By: Michael J. Alter

The Resurrection: A Critical Inquiry is a scholarly work that refutes Jesuss purported physical, bodily resurrection and those writings in support of it. This book is compelling, relevant and current for those readers seeking scholarly refutations of that resurrection. This in-depth work presents the reader with 113 issues. Altogether one hundred twenty contradictions and 217 speculations are examined. Topics include cutting edge research in astronomy, geophysics, criminology and the rules of evidence, the social sciences and cognitive psychology.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1499054033

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Indiana Conference United Methodist Church 2009 Journal

By: Bishop Michael J. Coyner

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Indiana Conference United Methodist Church 2009 Journal

By: Bishop Michael J. Coyner

This is the official journal of proceedings of the 2009 session of the Indiana Conference meeting in Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

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145202135X

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Reason and Passion

Representations of Gender in a Malay Society

By: Michael G. Peletz

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Reason and Passion

Representations of Gender in a Malay Society

By: Michael G. Peletz

This book mixes aspects of 'old' and 'new' ethnography to powerful and persuasive effect: It is ethnographically rich, modestly (and appropriately) reflexive, and framed within a broad range of contemporary theoretical issues concerning gender and beyond. It is a pleasure to read, and will be enormously valuable (and important) for teaching as well."--Sherry Ortner, University of California, Berkeley "This is the single best study of gender and culture that I know, whether in Southeast Asia or elsewhere."--Robert Hefner, editor of Conversion to Christianity

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Univ of California Press

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0520200691

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9780520200692

Fakt und Fiktion – Das Requiem Mozarts

Eine Einführung

By: Michael Ostrzyga

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Fakt und Fiktion – Das Requiem Mozarts

Eine Einführung

By: Michael Ostrzyga

Diese Einführung befasst sich im ersten Teil eingehend mit Geschichte und Rezeption des Requiems. Daran an schließt sich eine ausführliche Dokumentation der Requiem-Edition Ostrzygas. Darüber hinaus stellt diese Einführung die erste umfassende analytische Studie zum Requiem dar, die auf historisch informierter Musiktheorie und künstlerischer Praxis (vor allem in Komposition, Instrumentation, Arrangieren) basiert. Sie räumt kritisch mit zahlreichen, auch in der Fachliteratur verbreiteten Vorurteilen gegenüber Süßmayrs Arbeit auf und erörtet zudem Probleme bisheriger Ergänzungs- und Bearbeitungsversuche.

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3761873042

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Abeloff's Clinical Oncology E-Book

By: John E. Niederhuber,James O. Armitage,James H Doroshow,Michael B. Kastan,Joel E. Tepper

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Abeloff's Clinical Oncology E-Book

By: John E. Niederhuber,James O. Armitage,James H Doroshow,Michael B. Kastan,Joel E. Tepper

Easily accessible and clinically focused, Abeloff's Clinical Oncology, 6th Edition, covers recent advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology of cancer, cellular and molecular causes of cancer initiation and progression, new and emerging therapies, current trials, and much more. Masterfully authored by an international team of leading cancer experts, it offers clear, practical coverage of everything from basic science to multidisciplinary collaboration on diagnosis, staging, treatment and follow up. - Includes new chapters on Cancer Metabolism and Clinical Trial Designs in Oncology and a standalone chapter on lifestyles and cancer prevention. - Features extensive updates including the latest clinical practice guidelines, decision-making algorithms, and clinical trial implications, as well as new content on precision medicine, genetics, and PET/CT imaging. - Includes revised diagnostic and treatment protocols for medical management, surgical considerations, and radiation oncology therapies, stressing a multispecialty, integrated approach to care. - Helps you find information quickly with updated indexing related to management recommendations, focused fact summaries, updated key points at the beginning of each chapter ideal for quick reference and board review, and algorithms for patient evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment options. - Offers more patient care coverage in disease chapters, plus new information on cancer as a chronic illness and cancer survivorship. - Discusses today's key topics such as immuno-oncology, functional imaging, precision medicine, the application of genetics in pathologic diagnosis and sub-categorization of tumors as well as the association of chronic infectious diseases such as HIV and cancer. - Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

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0323568157

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