Olga Schwartz's Books

The Man Who Couldn't Die

The Tale of an Authentic Human Being

By: Olga Slavnikova

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Man Who Couldn't Die

The Tale of an Authentic Human Being

By: Olga Slavnikova

In 1990s Russia, the wife and stepdaughter of a paralyzed veteran conceal the Soviet Union’s collapse from him in order to keep him—and his pension—alive. Olga Slavnikova’s The Man Who Couldn’t Die tells the story of how two women try to prolong a life—and the means and meaning of their own lives—by creating a world that doesn’t change, a Soviet Union that never crumbled. After her stepfather’s stroke, Marina hangs Brezhnev’s portrait on the wall, edits the Pravda articles read to him, and uses her media connections to cobble together entire newscasts of events that never happened. Meanwhile, her mother, Nina Alexandrovna, can barely navigate the bewildering new world outside, especially in comparison to the blunt reality of her uncommunicative husband. As Marina is caught up in a local election campaign that gets out of hand, Nina discovers that her husband is conspiring as well—to kill himself and put an end to the charade. Masterfully translated by Marian Schwartz, The Man Who Couldn’t Die is a darkly playful vision of the lost Soviet past and the madness of the post-Soviet world that uses Russia’s modern history as a backdrop for an inquiry into larger metaphysical questions. “Darkly sardonic…oddly timely, for there are all sorts of understated hints about voter fraud, graft, payoffs, and the endless promises of politicians who have no intention of keeping them…. Slavnikova is a writer American readers will want to have more of.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A funhouse mirror worth looking into, especially in today’s United States with its alternative facts, unpoetic assertions, and morbid relationship with the past.”—Leeore Schnairsohn, Los Angeles Review of Books

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

261

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0231546416

ISBN 13

9780231546416

The Empusium

A Health Resort Horror Story

By: Olga Tokarczuk

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Empusium

A Health Resort Horror Story

By: Olga Tokarczuk

The Nobel Prize winner’s latest masterwork, set in a sanitarium on the eve of World War I, probes the horrors that lie beneath our most hallowed ideas September 1913. A young Pole suffering from tuberculosis arrives at Wilhelm Opitz’s Guesthouse for Gentlemen in the village of Görbersdorf, a health resort in the Silesian mountains. Every evening the residents gather to imbibe the hallucinogenic local liqueur and debate the great issues of the day: Monarchy or democracy? Do devils exist? Are women born inferior? War or peace? Meanwhile, disturbing things are happening in the guesthouse and the surrounding hills. Someone—or something—seems to be watching, attempting to infiltrate this cloistered world. Little does the newcomer realize, as he tries to unravel both the truths within himself and the mystery of the sinister forces beyond, that they have already chosen their next target. A century after the publication of The Magic Mountain, Olga Tokarczuk revisits Thomas Mann territory and lays claim to it, with signature boldness, inventiveness, humor, and bravura.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

417

Publisher

Random House Large Print

Published Date

ISBN 10

0593949226

ISBN 13

9780593949221

I.G.Petrovskii:Selected Wrks P

By: Olga Oleinik,I.G. Petrovskii,G.A. Yosifan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

I.G.Petrovskii:Selected Wrks P

By: Olga Oleinik,I.G. Petrovskii,G.A. Yosifan

This book contains the major works of Ivan Georgievich Petrowsky on systems of partial differential equations and algebraic geometry. The articles are of crucial importance for the topology of real algebraic manifolds and are the source of intensive development of theory of real algebraic manifolds.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

568

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Published Date

ISBN 10

1000943984

ISBN 13

9781000943986

Designing Federalism

A Theory of Self-Sustainable Federal Institutions

By: Mikhail Filippov,Peter C. Ordeshook,Olga Shvetsova

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Designing Federalism

A Theory of Self-Sustainable Federal Institutions

By: Mikhail Filippov,Peter C. Ordeshook,Olga Shvetsova

Table of contents

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

400

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521016487

ISBN 13

9780521016483

Advanced Regression Models with SAS and R

By: Olga Korosteleva

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Advanced Regression Models with SAS and R

By: Olga Korosteleva

Advanced Regression Models with SAS and R exposes the reader to the modern world of regression analysis. The material covered by this book consists of regression models that go beyond linear regression, including models for right-skewed, categorical and hierarchical observations. The book presents the theory as well as fully worked-out numerical examples with complete SAS and R codes for each regression. The emphasis is on model accuracy and the interpretation of results. For each regression, the fitted model is presented along with interpretation of estimated regression coefficients and prediction of response for given values of predictors. Features: Presents the theoretical framework for each regression. Discusses data that are categorical, count, proportions, right-skewed, longitudinal and hierarchical. Uses examples based on real-life consulting projects. Provides complete SAS and R codes for each example. Includes several exercises for every regression. Advanced Regression Models with SAS and R is designed as a text for an upper division undergraduate or a graduate course in regression analysis. Prior exposure to the two software packages is desired but not required. The Author: Olga Korosteleva is a Professor of Statistics at California State University, Long Beach. She teaches a large variety of statistical courses to undergraduate and master’s students. She has published three statistical textbooks. For a number of years, she has held the position of faculty director of the statistical consulting group. Her research interests lie mostly in applications of statistical methodology through collaboration with her clients in health sciences, nursing, kinesiology, and other fields.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

325

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351690086

ISBN 13

9781351690089

Epigenetics in Health and Disease

By: Igor Kovalchuk,Olga Kovalchuk

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Epigenetics in Health and Disease

By: Igor Kovalchuk,Olga Kovalchuk

After reviewing the field's history and context, the authors introduce and explain each key epigenetic mechanism. Next, they extensively discuss the roles these mechanisms may play in inheritance, development, health and disease, behavior, evolution, ecology, and the interactions of individual organisms with their environments"--Page 4 of cover.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

609

Publisher

FT Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

013259708X

ISBN 13

9780132597081

COLLECT YOUR PEARLS OF WISDOM

Effective techniques to heal and transform your life.

By: Dr. Olga Zabora

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

COLLECT YOUR PEARLS OF WISDOM

Effective techniques to heal and transform your life.

By: Dr. Olga Zabora

Ready for a transformative leap? Yearning for a metamorphosis at the mind, body, and soul levels? Collect Your Pearls of Wisdom is your ultimate lifeline. A thoughtfully crafted blend of inspirational narratives, effective and potent practices, and time-proven strategies, this dynamic guide will empower you to: • unleash healing, • create lasting changes, and • ignite a ripple effect of transformations in your life and the lives of those around you. Learn profound insights into the process of transformation and human nature, brought to you by Dr. Zabora’s lifelong quest for the keys to transformation across all planes—mind, soul, and psyche. This three-in-one guide offers a path to profound benefits with the following: • captivating and entertaining stories, • tried-and-true techniques in the workbook, and • inspirational teachings. From overhauling your life for the better in mere weeks to leaving behind limitations to embrace freedom, creativity, and bliss and fostering enduring changes, this guide is your tool for transformation. Simple and practical, it’s interspersed with engaging stories and humor from Dr. Zabora’s personal and professional experiences. A one-time purchase for a lifetime change! Get your copy of Collect Your Pearls of Wisdom and, as a token of our gratitude, claim your three complimentary gifts: meditations and exclusive training (see QR code inside). Don’t just read about transformation; experience it. Your journey to everlasting change starts now! As a bonus, you can further extend and amplify your journey with Dr. Zabora’s online course, Transformational Journey with Dr. Zabora. For a deeper, more personalized transformation experience, visit www.DrOlgaZabora.com. Embrace your transformation today, and enjoy your journey!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

233

Publisher

Balboa Press

Published Date

ISBN 13

9798765243862

Animal Teeth and Human Tools

A Taphonomic Odyssey in Ice Age Siberia

By: Christy G. Turner,Nicolai D. Ovodov,Olga V. Pavlova

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Animal Teeth and Human Tools

A Taphonomic Odyssey in Ice Age Siberia

By: Christy G. Turner,Nicolai D. Ovodov,Olga V. Pavlova

A unique study of Ice Age human and carnivore bone damage and its importance in understanding ancient life in Siberia.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

503

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1107030293

ISBN 13

9781107030299

Human Rights in Graphic Life Narrative

Reading and Witnessing Violations of the 'Other' in Anglophone Works

By: Olga Michael

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Human Rights in Graphic Life Narrative

Reading and Witnessing Violations of the 'Other' in Anglophone Works

By: Olga Michael

Surveying print and digital graphic life narratives about people who become 'othered' within Western contexts, this book investigates how comics and graphic novels witness human rights transgressions in contemporary Anglophone culture and how they can promote social justice. With thought given to how the graphic form can offer a powerful counterpoint to the legal, humanitarian and media discourses that dehumanise the most violated and dispossessed, but also how these works may unconsciously reproduce Western neo-colonial presentations of the 'other,' Olga Michael focuses on gender, death, space, and border violence within graphic life narratives depicting suffering across different geo- and biopolitical locations. Combining the familiar with the lesser-known, this book covers works by artists such as Joe Sacco, Thi Bui, Mia Kirshner, Phoebe Gloeckner, Kamel Khélif, Francesca Sanna, Gabi Froden, Benjamin Dix and Lindsay Pollock, as well as Safdar Ahmed and Ali Dorani/Eaten Fish. Interdisciplinary in its consideration of life writing, comics and human rights studies, and comparative in approach, this book explores such topics as the aesthetics of visualised suffering; spatial articulations of human rights violations; the occurrence of violations whilst crossing borders; the gendered dimensions of visually captured violence; and how human rights discourses intersect with graphic depictions of the dead. In so doing, Michael establishes how to read human rights and social justice comics in relation to an escalating global crisis and deftly complicates negotiations of 'otherness.' A vitally important work to the humanities sector, this book underscores the significance of postcolonial decolonized reading acts as forms of secondary witness.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

273

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1350329762

ISBN 13

9781350329768

2017

A Novel

By: Olga Slavnikova

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

2017

A Novel

By: Olga Slavnikova

An award–winning “satirical political thriller follows the . . . adventures of a Russian gem cutter . . . and the consequences of his affair with a virtual stranger.”(Publishers Weekly) Professor Anfilogov, a wealthy and emotionless man, sets out on an expedition to unearth priceless rubies that no one else has been able to locate. His expedition reveals ugly truths about man’s disregard for nature and the disasters created by insatiable greed. In 2017, winner of the Russian Booker Prize, Olga Slavnikova stuns with a witty, engaging, and remarkable tale of love, obsession, murder, and the lengths people will go to get what they want. “Slavnikova’s characters are magnetizing, and her crystal clear vision of a world in which ‘commercial infinities’ choke off humanism and art is salubriously caustic.” —Booklist

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

302

Publisher

Abrams

Published Date

ISBN 10

1468302906

ISBN 13

9781468302905

Fitting In and Getting Happy

How Conformity to Societal Norms Affects Subjective Well-being

By: Olga Stavrova

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Fitting In and Getting Happy

How Conformity to Societal Norms Affects Subjective Well-being

By: Olga Stavrova

Do unemployment, religiosity, or morality play a role in people's perception of happiness and well-being? Using large-scale survey data from more than 70 countries, Olga Stavrova shows that happiness to a large extent is conditional on a match between individuals' attributes and the socio-cultural characteristics of the environment they live in.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

199

Publisher

Campus Verlag

Published Date

ISBN 10

3593500566

ISBN 13

9783593500560

Formal Modeling in Social Science

By: Carol Mershon,Olga Shvetsova

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Formal Modeling in Social Science

By: Carol Mershon,Olga Shvetsova

A formal model in the social sciences builds explanations when it structures the reasoning underlying a theoretical argument, opens venues for controlled experimentation, and can lead to hypotheses. Yet more importantly, models evaluate theory, build theory, and enhance conjectures. Formal Modeling in Social Science addresses the varied helpful roles of formal models and goes further to take up more fundamental considerations of epistemology and methodology. The authors integrate the exposition of the epistemology and the methodology of modeling and argue that these two reinforce each other. They illustrate the process of designing an original model suited to the puzzle at hand, using multiple methods in diverse substantive areas of inquiry. The authors also emphasize the crucial, though underappreciated, role of a narrative in the progression from theory to model. Transparency of assumptions and steps in a model means that any analyst will reach equivalent predictions whenever she replicates the argument. Hence, models enable theoretical replication, essential in the accumulation of knowledge. Formal Modeling in Social Science speaks to scholars in different career stages and disciplines and with varying expertise in modeling.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

257

Publisher

University of Michigan Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0472054236

ISBN 13

9780472054237

Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Aspects & Dimensions of Global Views

By: Arkadi D. Ursul,Endre Kiss,Alexander N. Chumakov,Olga G. Leonova,Tu Weiming,Peter G. Kirchschlaeger,Anthony Howell,Hae Kim,Jim Sheffield

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Aspects & Dimensions of Global Views

By: Arkadi D. Ursul,Endre Kiss,Alexander N. Chumakov,Olga G. Leonova,Tu Weiming,Peter G. Kirchschlaeger,Anthony Howell,Hae Kim,Jim Sheffield

Nowadays globalization processes have become all-embracing. But at the same time, despite the ever-increasing flow of publications on globalization, our understanding and knowledge of it still leaves much to be desired. Especially it concerns the global processes in general, of which globalization is a part. We also need to systematize our ideas about globalization and Global Studies to somehow fit the realities. In particular, this concerns the education process, because the current state of education will determine the way people will perceive reality in the forthcoming decades. This yearbook aims at contributing to the solution of these important tasks. It is the third in the series of yearbooks titled Globalistics and Globalization Studies. This year it has the following subtitle: Aspects & Dimensions of Global Views. Its authors consider globalization and Global Studies in different dimensions and aspects: philosophical, methodological, and pedagogical, in terms of various processes, problems and perspectives. Of course, to some extent this means that this yearbook presents rather diverse materials. But globalization itself is very diverse. And its comprehension may proceed in the framework of different theoretical approaches and points of view. In the present yearbook one can find perceptions of globalization and Global Studies by a number of scholars from different countries of the world and learn rather peculiar visions of globalization by the Russian scientists and educators. The yearbook will be interesting to a wide range of researchers, teachers, students and all those who pay attention to global issues.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

336

Publisher

Uchitel Publishing House

Published Date

ISBN 10

570574028X

ISBN 13

9785705740284

Conscription and the Search for Modern Russian Jewry

By: Olga Litvak

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Conscription and the Search for Modern Russian Jewry

By: Olga Litvak

Olga Litvak has written a book of astonishing originality and intellectual force.... In vivid prose, she takes the reader on a journey through the Russian-Jewish literary imagination." -- Benjamin Nathans Russian Jews were first conscripted into the Imperial Russian army during the reign of Nicholas I in an effort to integrate them into the population of the Russian Empire. Conscripted minors were to serve, in practical terms, for life. Although this system was abandoned by his successor, the conscription experience remained traumatic in the popular memory and gave rise to a large and continuing literature that often depicted Jewish soldiers as heroes. This imaginative and intellectually ambitious book traces the conscription theme in novels and stories by some of the best-known Russian Jewish writers such as Osip Rabinovich, Judah-Leib Gordon, and Mendele Mokher Seforim, as well as by relatively unknown writers. Published with the generous support of the Koret Foundation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

297

Publisher

Indiana University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0253000777

ISBN 13

9780253000774

Electromagnetic Geothermometry

By: Viacheslav V. Spichak,Olga K. Zakharova

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Electromagnetic Geothermometry

By: Viacheslav V. Spichak,Olga K. Zakharova

Electromagnetic Geothermometry explores, presents and explains the new technique of temperature estimation within the Earth's interior; the Electromagnetic technique will identify zones of geothermal anomalies and thus provides locations for deep drilling. This book includes many case studies from geothermal areas such as Travale (Italy), Soultz-sous-Forêts (France) and Hengill (Iceland), allowing the author and reader to draw conclusions regarding the dominating heat transfer mechanisms, location of its sources and to constrain the locations for drilling of the new boreholes. Covering a topic that so far has very little coverage (due to its newness) Electromagnetic Geothermometry presents ground breaking information on the interpretation of MT signals. And as such, is similar to the work that was done to develop new generations of seismic inversion methods that have since come to dominate the oil industry. Up until now geophysical methods have had difficulty resolving temperature differences which have been critical in the understanding of location and magnitude of geothermal resources - Authored by the world's foremost geothermometry experts who combined have more than 40 years of experience on the subject - Presents case studies, allowing the author and reader to draw conclusions regarding the dominating heat transfer mechanisms, location of its sources and to constrain the locations for drilling of the new boreholes - Provides important information on the constraints for drilling of new exploration boreholes - Describes techniques that will dramatically decrease the costs associated with exploration drilling - Includes information to help the reader improve the accuracy of the temperature estimations in the interwell space as well as far beneath boreholes

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

194

Publisher

Elsevier

Published Date

ISBN 10

012802495X

ISBN 13

9780128024959

Learner Identity and Learner Beliefs in EFL Writing

By: Olga Majchrzak

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Learner Identity and Learner Beliefs in EFL Writing

By: Olga Majchrzak

This book focuses on the concept of learner writer identity in the context of foreign language writing. The author demonstrates that the process of writing in a foreign language is much more complex and personal than many writing instructors may assume. The book’s theoretical chapters address such concepts as bilingualism, the process of L2 writing, and identity in L2 writing. The book’s empirical section discusses the students’ views on writing in L1 and in L2, the students’ writing processes in both languages, and the students’ identities in L1 and L2 writing. It is shown that writing in L2 poses problems of a linguistic nature; however, for the advanced EFL learners writing in L2 also creates opportunities they would never have when composing in their mother tongue.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

273

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

3319695606

ISBN 13

9783319695600

Communication Issues in Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Second Edition

Do we speak the same language?

By: Olga Bogdashina

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Communication Issues in Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Second Edition

Do we speak the same language?

By: Olga Bogdashina

In this updated edition, Olga Bogdashina provides a theoretical foundation for understanding communication and language impairments specific to autism. She explores the effects of different perceptual and cognitive styles on the communication and language development of autistic children. She also stresses the importance of identifying each individual's nonverbal language - which can be visual, tactile, kinaesthetic, auditory, olfactory or gustatory - to establish verbal communication. Reflecting recent research and changes in terminology, the book explains why some approaches may work for some autistic children but not for others, and the 'What They Say' sections allow the reader to see through the eyes of autistic individuals and understand their language differences first-hand. 'What We Can Do to Help' sections throughout the book give practical recommendations for helping autistic individuals use their natural mechanisms to learn and develop social and communicative skills. The final chapters are devoted to assessment and intervention issues with recommendations for selecting appropriate methods and techniques to enhance communication, based on the specific mode of communication a person uses.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

402

Publisher

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1787757382

ISBN 13

9781787757387

EVOLUTION

Evolution and Big History: Dimensions, Trends, and Forecasts

By: Leonid E. Grinin,Andrey V. Korotayev,Ken Baskin,Stephen I. Ternyik,Olga A. Sorokina,Rendt Gorter,Ken Gilbert,Craig Benjamin,Antonio Gelis-Filho,Anton L. Grinin,David Hookes,Antony Harper,Peter J. Richerson,Joe Brewer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

EVOLUTION

Evolution and Big History: Dimensions, Trends, and Forecasts

The present volume is the fifth issue of the ‘Evolution’ Yearbook series. Our Yearbooks are designed to present to its readers the widest possible spectrum of subjects and issues: from universal evolutionism to the analysis of particular evolutionary regularities in the development of biological, abiotic, and social systems, culture, cognition, language, etc. The main objective of our Yearbook is the creation of a unified interdisciplinary field of research, within which scientists specializing in different disciplines could work within the framework of unified or similar paradigms, using common terminology and searching for common rules, tendencies and regularities. Global evolution (in connection with the Big History) becomes the main subject of our Yearbook. We strive to arrange each issue in such a way that the line from cosmic evolution to the human future is evident. What is the subject of the present issue of the Yearbook? Similar to the previous issues, it shows some aspects of the evolutionary advance from the earlier phases to the anticipated future of human society. But on the whole, this volume is devoted to different aspects and facts of megaevolution and some universal theories in an attempt to find common ground in the diversity of manifestation of evolution and its forms at different stages of development. So the title of this issue, ‘Evolution and Big History: Dimensions, Trends, and Forecasts’, is fully justified (besides, several papers contribute to the field of Big History). The volume consists of four sections: Dimensions, Trends, and Aspects; Big History's Manifestations; Trends and Forecasts; and Reviews and Information. This Yearbook will be useful both for those who study interdisciplinary macroproblems and for specialists working in focused directions, as well as for those who are interested in evolutionary issues of Cosmology, Biology, History, Anthropology, Economics and other areas of study. More than that, this edition will challenge and excite your vision of your own life and the new discoveries going on around us.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

224

Publisher

ООО "Издательство "Учитель"

ISBN 10

570575146X

ISBN 13

9785705751464

Universal Handbook

First Essential Steps into the Universe

By: Olga Kharitonova

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Universal Handbook

First Essential Steps into the Universe

By: Olga Kharitonova

This book is written in order to help people get more clarity in the vast field of spiritual information and to focus the readers mind on several points: Always follow your inner voice/guidance. Nothing is ever static or permanent in universe. Everything is very individual and only one knows whats better for her/him. So . . . Always follow your inner voice/guidance.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Balboa Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1504389603

ISBN 13

9781504389600

Russian Foreign Policy

Sources and Implications

By: Olga Oliker

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Russian Foreign Policy

Sources and Implications

By: Olga Oliker

As Russia's economy has grown, so have the country's global involvement and influence, which often take forms that the United States neither expects nor likes. The authors assess Russia's strategic interests and goals, examining the country's domestic policies, economic development, security goals, and worldview. They assess implications for U.S. interests and present ways that Washington could work to improve its relations with Moscow.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

247

Publisher

Rand Corporation

Published Date

ISBN 10

0833046071

ISBN 13

9780833046079

The Russian Urban Sustainability Puzzle

How Can Russian Cities be Green?

By: Polina Ermolaeva,Yulia Ermolaeva,Olga Basheva,Irina Kuznetsova,Valerya Korunova

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Russian Urban Sustainability Puzzle

How Can Russian Cities be Green?

By: Polina Ermolaeva,Yulia Ermolaeva,Olga Basheva,Irina Kuznetsova,Valerya Korunova

This book provides comprehensive analysis of the social-environmental situation and sustainability issues in Russian megacities based on a large-scale mixed method original empirical research conducted in 2015–2019.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

128

Publisher

Emerald Group Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1839826320

ISBN 13

9781839826320

Labour Productivity, Investment in Human Capital and Youth Employment

Comparative Developments and Global Responses

By: Olga Rymkevich

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Labour Productivity, Investment in Human Capital and Youth Employment

Comparative Developments and Global Responses

By: Olga Rymkevich

Unemployment levels are on the rise nearly everywhere, and the rate is particularly high among young people. If this trend is not reversed, the potential long-term economic and social damage is incalculable. For this reason a particular urgency attended an international conference on the subject held in March 2009 at the Marco Biagi Foundation in Modena, Italy, in the course of which specialists in labour law, human resources management, labour economics, sociology, education, and statistics met to present and compare research. This issue of the Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations includes a selection of the papers presented at that conference. Although the selected essays present findings on specific issues in particular countries, the general applicability at the global level is evident. Assessing measures taken to deal with youth unemployment in thirteen countries (Italy, Spain, Russia, Sweden, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Israel, Nigeria, the United States, China, and Singapore), twenty-five leading authorities describe and analyse such aspects of the problem as the following: vocational education and training; quality of employment as well as quantity; links between educational institutions and local, national and international enterprises; consultation and co-operation between employers' associations and trade unions; job security vs. employment security; funding for postgraduate programmes, internships, and on-the-job vocational training; career development for future managers; safeguards for workers in a framework of flexibility; labour market pressure from unskilled immigrant workers; 'earn-as-you-learn' schemes; work in the informal economy; and the rationale behind the phasing out of passive labour market measures for school leavers such as unemployment benefits.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

266

Publisher

Kluwer Law International B.V.

Published Date

ISBN 10

904113249X

ISBN 13

9789041132499

Defending Women's Rights in Europe

Gender Equality and EU Enlargement

By: Olga A. Avdeyeva

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Defending Women's Rights in Europe

Gender Equality and EU Enlargement

By: Olga A. Avdeyeva

Comparative analysis of gender equality reforms enacted in ten post-communist states who became members of the European Union. Between 2004 and 2007, ten post-communist Eastern European states became members of the European Union (EU). To do so, these nations had to meet certain EU accession requirements, including antidiscrimination reforms. While attaining EU membership was an incredible achievement, many scholars and experts doubted the sustainability of accession-linked reforms. Would these nations comply with EU directives on gender equality? To explore this question, Defending Womens Rights in Europe presents a unique analysis of detailed original comparative data on state compliance with EU gender equality requirements. It features a comprehensive quantitative analysis combined with rigorous insightful case studies of reforms in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Lithuania. Olga A. Avdeyeva reveals that policy and institutional reforms developed furthest in those states where womens advocacy NGOs managed to form coalitions with governing political parties. After becoming members of the EU, the governments did not abolish these policies and institutions despite the costs and lack of popular support. Reputational concerns prevented state elites from policy dismantling, but gender equality policies and institutions became marginalized on the state agenda after accession.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

288

Publisher

SUNY Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1438455917

ISBN 13

9781438455914

Ambiguity in Charlotte Brontë's Villette

By: Olga Springer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ambiguity in Charlotte Brontë's Villette

By: Olga Springer

Charlotte Brontë's final novel Villette (1853) is associated with ambiguity because of its open ending: Does M. Paul return to narrator-protagonist Lucy Snowe or is he killed in a storm raging on the Atlantic? Taking its famous ending as a starting point, this study explores Villette as a text in which ambiguity is all-pervasive in various ways. Among these is the narrator's ambivalent attitude toward herself and others, epitomised in her stylistic idiosyncrasies. The links between ambiguity and doubt are explored through an analysis of Lucy's signature phrase, "I know not," expressive of her existential doubts and questioning attitude toward the world. The analysis moreover focuses on the motif of the oracle as a traditionally ambiguous utterance, and explores its relevance in the context of the generic tradition of Villette as a fictional autobiography. Another focus is the interplay of figurative and literal levels of meaning in the allegorical episodes, creating ambiguity.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

285

Publisher

V&R Unipress

Published Date

ISBN 10

3847011197

ISBN 13

9783847011194

Differential Geometry and Its Applications

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference, DGA 2007, Olomouc, Czech Republic, 27-31 August 2007

By: Old?ich Kowalski,Olga Krupkova

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Differential Geometry and Its Applications

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference, DGA 2007, Olomouc, Czech Republic, 27-31 August 2007

By: Old?ich Kowalski,Olga Krupkova

This volume contains invited lectures and selected research papers in the fields of classical and modern differential geometry, global analysis, and geometric methods in physics, presented at the 10th International Conference on Differential Geometry and its Applications (DGA2007), held in Olomouc, Czech Republic.The book covers recent developments and the latest results in the following fields: Riemannian geometry, connections, jets, differential invariants, the calculus of variations on manifolds, differential equations, Finsler structures, and geometric methods in physics. It is also a celebration of the 300th anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest mathematicians, Leonhard Euler, and includes the Euler lecture ?Leonhard Euler ? 300 years on? by R Wilson. Notable contributors include J F Cari¤ena, M Castrill¢n L¢pez, J Erichhorn, J-H Eschenburg, I Kol ?, A P Kopylov, J Korba?, O Kowalski, B Kruglikov, D Krupka, O Krupkov , R Landre, Haizhong Li, S Maeda, M A Malakhaltsev, O I Mokhov, J Mu¤oz Masqu, S Preston, V Rovenski, D J Saunders, M Sekizawa, J Slov k, J Szilasi, L Tam ssy, P Walczak, and others.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

732

Publisher

World Scientific

Published Date

ISBN 10

9812790608

ISBN 13

9789812790606

Exploring the Role of Strategic Intervention in Form-focused Instruction

By: Olga Trendak

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Exploring the Role of Strategic Intervention in Form-focused Instruction

By: Olga Trendak

The monograph is devoted to the notion of strategic intervention and its application in the foreign language classroom, in particular with reference to teaching grammar structures. The first four chapters, which are theoretical in nature, address such concepts as form-focused instruction, language learning strategies and strategies-based instruction. The last chapter provides insight into the results of a study investigating the grammar learning strategies employed by advanced learners of English. Additionally, the chapter presents the views of foreign language teachers on the idea of introducing strategy training in the foreign language classroom. The book closes with the discussion concerning the implementation of strategy training and its value in teaching target language grammar.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

211

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

3319124331

ISBN 13

9783319124339

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Practical, Tried-and-tested Strategies to Overcome OCD

By: Frederick M. Toates,Frederick Toates,Olga Coschug-Toates

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Practical, Tried-and-tested Strategies to Overcome OCD

By: Frederick M. Toates,Frederick Toates,Olga Coschug-Toates

As many as 1 in 30 adults and 1 in 100 children currently suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It is much more common than was previously thought, with up to 2 million people being affected in the UK. Sufferers experience intrusive thoughts and anxieties resulting in compulsive behaviour that can seem bizarre to those that have no experience of the disorder. Why would someone feel compelled to touch the four walls of a room in a clockwise fashion as soon as he enters it? Why would someone look at an object 3 times with his right eye, followed by his left eye?OCD sufferers are aware that these rituals are excessive and irrational, but they cannot control their behaviour. They are plagued by intrusive thoughts that they cannot banish from their mind and are often tormented by these thoughts which they find profoundly disgusting or upsetting. The cause of OCD is still not known, but it does appear to run in families and can occur together with other disorders such as depression, anxiety disorders, eating disorders and Tourette s syndrome.Dr Frederick Toates, an experimental psychologist relates his own experiences of obsessional neurosis and his successful quest for a cure in th

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

294

Publisher

Class Publishing Ltd

Published Date

ISBN 10

1859590691

ISBN 13

9781859590690

Surrogate Motherhood Families

By: Olga B.A. van den Akker

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Surrogate Motherhood Families

By: Olga B.A. van den Akker

This comprehensive book covers the research, theory, policy and practice context of unusual reproduction using third parties. Olga Van den Akker details the psychological adaptation required to continuing changes in public opinion, advances in technologies and new legislations in surrogate motherhood and discusses their impact at an individual, societal and global level. She describes the competing interests and interactions between legal, organisational, personal, social, psychological and cultural issues in relation to biological and genetic surrogate and commissioning parenthood. This book is intended for professionals, practitioners, academics and students interested in the complexities of unusual reproduction using multidisciplinary perspectives.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

325

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

3319604538

ISBN 13

9783319604534

Fighting Multidrug Resistance with Herbal Extracts, Essential Oils and Their Components

Chapter 17. Development of New Antiherpetic Drugs Based on Plant Compounds

By: Adil M. Allahverdiyev,Melahat Bagirova,Serkan Yaman,Rabia Cakir Koc,Emrah Sefik Abamor,Sezen Canim Ates,Serap Yesilkir Baydar,Serhat Elcicek,Olga Nehir Oztel

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Fighting Multidrug Resistance with Herbal Extracts, Essential Oils and Their Components

Chapter 17. Development of New Antiherpetic Drugs Based on Plant Compounds

By: Adil M. Allahverdiyev,Melahat Bagirova,Serkan Yaman,Rabia Cakir Koc,Emrah Sefik Abamor,Sezen Canim Ates,Serap Yesilkir Baydar,Serhat Elcicek,Olga Nehir Oztel

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections comprise one of the most important health problems worldwide. HSV-1 and HSV-2 that are the types most frequently seen in disease, manifested by sores and blisters on the mouth, tongue, skin, and genitals of infected individuals. Moreover, herpetic infections can reach life-threatening levels; for instance, HSV-2 prevalence has increased greatly in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients. This indicates that the herpetic infection could be a major cause of morbidity in immunosuppressed patients. Unfortunately, resistance against antiherpetic drugs has recently been reported. Therefore there is an immediate need to search for new antiviral agents in order to cope with HSV infections. Recently, it has been demonstrated that traditional medicinal plants have strong antiviral activity and some are already being used in the treatment of viral infections, including herpes simplex infections. Accordingly, this chapter aims to present published information on various herbal compounds, investigate the antiherpetic effectiveness of these compounds, and determine the potential of plants as herpetic treatments in the future.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Elsevier Inc. Chapters

Published Date

ISBN 10

0128066881

ISBN 13

9780128066881

New Israeli Horror

Local Cinema, Global Genre

By: Olga Gershenson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

New Israeli Horror

Local Cinema, Global Genre

By: Olga Gershenson

Before 2010, there were no Israeli horror films. Then distinctly Israeli serial killers, zombies, vampires, and ghosts invaded local screens. The next decade saw a blossoming of the genre by young Israeli filmmakers. New Israeli Horror is the first book to tell their story. Through in-depth analysis, engaging storytelling, and interviews with the filmmakers, Olga Gershenson explores their films from inception to reception. She shows how these films challenge traditional representations of Israel and its people, while also appealing to audiences around the world. Gershenson introduces an innovative conceptual framework of adaptation, which explains how filmmakers adapt global genre tropes to local reality. It illuminates the ways in which Israeli horror borrows and diverges from its international models. New Israeli Horror offers an exciting and original contribution to our understanding of both Israeli cinema and the horror genre. A companion website to this book is available at https://blogs.umass.edu/newisraelihorror/ (https://blogs.umass.edu/newisraelihorror/) Book trailer: https://youtu.be/oVJsD0QCORw (https://youtu.be/oVJsD0QCORw)

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

170

Publisher

Rutgers University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1978837860

ISBN 13

9781978837867

Life Strategies of Migrants from Crisis Regimes

Achiever or Survivor?

By: Olga Oleinikova

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Life Strategies of Migrants from Crisis Regimes

Achiever or Survivor?

By: Olga Oleinikova

This book offers a profoundly new examination of life strategies of migrants from regimes in crisis. By focusing on the unique paired comparison of two opposing life strategies—the dynamic, risk-taking and future-oriented ‘achievement life strategy’ and the conservative, risk-minimizing and survival-oriented ‘survival life strategy’—this volume takes migration from post-independence Ukraine to Australia as a central case study to show how people shape their lives in response to regime transitions and crises; what life strategies individuals pursue to cope with social change; and why these individuals chose migration to Australia. Ultimately, the book compels us to reassess what we mean by migration and regime crisis in order to adequately respond to the global challenges confronting numerous democracies today. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology and politics with interests in migration, political theory and democracy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

260

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

3030398390

ISBN 13

9783030398392

Microbiology: Virology, immunology, parasitology, mycology

By: Todd A. Swanson,Sandra I. Kim,Olga E. Flomin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Microbiology: Virology, immunology, parasitology, mycology

By: Todd A. Swanson,Sandra I. Kim,Olga E. Flomin

Completely revised by new authors, this Fifth Edition presents 100 patient cases designed specifically to prepare students for clinical vignettes on the USMLE Step 1. Each case proceeds from chief complaint through diagnostic workup and treatment and includes buzzwords in history taking, physical examination, laboratory tests, imaging, and pathology. This edition's cases give greater emphasis to pathogenesis, epidemiology, differential diagnosis, management, and complications and include radiologic images, photographs, tables, and algorithms. A new two-page format encourages students to read the case presentation and formulate an initial diagnosis before turning the page for the answer. The book ends with twenty all-new board-format questions and answers.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

266

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published Date

ISBN 10

078176470X

ISBN 13

9780781764704

Screening Asylum in a Culture of Disbelief

Truths, Denials and Skeptical Borders

By: Olga Jubany

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Screening Asylum in a Culture of Disbelief

Truths, Denials and Skeptical Borders

By: Olga Jubany

This ethnographic book enhances our understanding of asylum screening, an area of immigration that is often overlooked and remains under-researched. Falsely perceived as a one-dimensional function of static state power, it is here revealed that asylum decisions at borders respond to a complex cultural construction, saturated by a meta-message of disbelief, denial and moral panics. The author demonstrates that immigration officers’ work patterns, behavior and decisions are informed by such stereotyping, which has led to asylum narratives being interpreted in the light of concepts of social acceptability and rejection. Establishing a parallel with law enforcement, the author argues that this process replicates a professional world of categorization and control, forged within an autonomous immigration service subculture. This timely work will appeal to students and scholars of migration studies, identity and ethnic studies, social anthropology, sociology, law and policy studies.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

276

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

3319407481

ISBN 13

9783319407487

Migration and State Power

Global Humanities. Studies in Histories, Cultures and Societies 03/2016

By: Scott Craig,Matthew Douglas,Frank Jacob,Olga Kachina,Ann-Judith Rabenschlag,Verena Risse,Nicole Beth Wallenbrock,Ashley Zampogna-Krug

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Migration and State Power

Global Humanities. Studies in Histories, Cultures and Societies 03/2016

By: Scott Craig,Matthew Douglas,Frank Jacob,Olga Kachina,Ann-Judith Rabenschlag,Verena Risse,Nicole Beth Wallenbrock,Ashley Zampogna-Krug

The current situation in Europe seems to emphasize that our modern society is still not ready to accept migration as an important part of human history. Instead of welcoming immigrants and refugees with open arms, state power is trying to restrict asylum for those who are in need. The reasons, why people leave their home countries are different: human trafficking, prosecution, war, or just the hope for a better future. Despite the ethical and moral perspective and the duty of a modern democratic state to support those in need, restrictions and limitations of civil rights often seem to be the sole answer. While the members of the European Union are accusing each other, a solution for the problem of refugee migration is far away. The relationship between migration and state power has always been difficult. To highlight its history the third volume of Global Humanities deals with the philosophy and the history of this interrelationship as well as its reception in popular media. It analyzes the difficulties with regard to migration and state power from Huguenot France to Korea and Taiwan after 1945. Furthermore, by providing historical case studies, it shows that the problems of migration movements are not new at all and that there have always been similarities with regard to the reaction to those movements, which more than resembles the actual situation in Europe and other parts of the world.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

151

Publisher

Neofelis Verlag

Published Date

ISBN 10

3958081037

ISBN 13

9783958081031

Random Light Beams

Theory and Applications

By: Olga Korotkova

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Random Light Beams

Theory and Applications

By: Olga Korotkova

Random Light Beams: Theory and Applications contemplates the potential in harnessing random light. This book discusses light matter interactions, and concentrates on the various phenomena associated with beam-like fields. It explores natural and man-made light fields and gives an overview of recently introduced families of random light beams. It outlines mathematical tools for analysis, suggests schemes for realization, and discusses possible applications. The book introduces the essential concepts needed for a deeper understanding of the subject, discusses various classes of deterministic paraxial beams and examines random scalar beams. It highlights electromagnetic random beams and matters relating to generation, propagation in free space and various media, and discusses transmission through optical systems. It includes applications that benefit from the use of random beams, as well as the interaction of beams with deterministic optical systems. • Includes detailed mathematical description of different model sources and beams • Explores a wide range of man-made and natural media for beam interaction • Contains more than 100 illustrations on beam behavior • Offers information that is based on the scientific results of the last several years • Points to general methods for dealing with random beams, on the basis of which the readers can do independent research It gives examples of light propagation through the human eye, laser resonators, and negative phase materials. It discusses in detail propagation of random beams in random media, the scattering of random beams from collections of scatterers and thin random layers as well as the possible uses for these beams in imaging, tomography, and smart illumination.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

366

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1439819513

ISBN 13

9781439819517

Revolution and War in Contemporary Ukraine

By: Olga Bertelsen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Revolution and War in Contemporary Ukraine

By: Olga Bertelsen

What are the reasons behind, and trajectories of, the rapid cultural changes in Ukraine since 2013? This volume highlights: the role of the Revolution of Dignity and the Russian-Ukrainian war in the formation of Ukrainian civil society; the forms of warfare waged by Moscow against Kyiv, including information and religious wars; Ukrainian and Russian identities and cultural realignment; sources of destabilization in Ukraine and beyond; memory politics and Russian foreign policies; the Kremlin’s geopolitical goals in its 'near abroad'; and factors determining Ukraine’s future and survival in a state of war. The studies included in this collection illuminate the growing gap between the political and social systems of Ukraine and Russia. The anthology illustrates how the Ukrainian revolution of 2013–2014, Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula, and its invasion of eastern Ukraine have altered the post-Cold War political landscape and, with it, the regional and global power and security dynamics.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

444

Publisher

BoD – Books on Demand

Published Date

ISBN 10

3838210166

ISBN 13

9783838210162

The Beginnings of Ladino Literature

Moses Almosnino and His Readers

By: Olga Borovaya

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Beginnings of Ladino Literature

Moses Almosnino and His Readers

By: Olga Borovaya

Moses Almosnino (1518-1580), arguably the most famous Ottoman Sephardi writer and the only one who was known in Europe to both Jews and Christians, became renowned for his vernacular books that were admired by Ladino readers across many generations. While Almosnino's works were written in a style similar to contemporaneous Castilian, Olga Borovaya makes a strong argument for including them in the corpus of Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) literature. Borovaya suggests that the history of Ladino literature begins at least 200 years earlier than previously believed and that Ladino, like most other languages, had more than one functional style. With careful historical work, Borovaya establishes a new framework for thinking about Ladino language and literature and the early history of European print culture.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

334

Publisher

Indiana University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0253025842

ISBN 13

9780253025845

Nuclear Deterrence in Europe

Russian Approaches to a New Environment and Implications for the United States

By: James T. Quinlivan,Olga Oliker

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Nuclear Deterrence in Europe

Russian Approaches to a New Environment and Implications for the United States

By: James T. Quinlivan,Olga Oliker

Through a variety of policies and actions--and most recently in a new military doctrine adopted in February 2010--Russia has indicated the types of situations and threats that might cause it to resort to using nuclear weapons. This volume examines Russia's evolving framework for nuclear deterrence and its implications for U.S. military operations in Europe.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

110

Publisher

Rand Corporation

Published Date

ISBN 10

0833052446

ISBN 13

9780833052445

Book's by Olga Schwartz

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email