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Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine

Volume 5

By: Philippe Collery,Peter Bratter,Lylia Khassanova,Virginia Negretti De Bratter

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Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine

Volume 5

By: Philippe Collery,Peter Bratter,Lylia Khassanova,Virginia Negretti De Bratter

Every two years, the world's leading specialists meet to exchange information on the most recent advances in understanding metals and the part they play in treating some diseases, especially cancer. Most of the elements in our environment are metals. Some are essential for life, such as copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, nickel and zinc; others are toxic, such as arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury. This book aims to help advance our knowledge of the role of metal ions in a number of fields in biology and medicine. It reproduces the papers given at the International Symposium on Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine organised in Munich in May 1998.

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John Libbey Eurotext

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2742002146

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Neil Simon on Screen

Adaptations and Original Scripts for Film and Television

By: Peter Shelley

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Neil Simon on Screen

Adaptations and Original Scripts for Film and Television

By: Peter Shelley

Neil Simon is the most successful American playwright on Broadway, and the winner of many awards including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Mark Twain Prize for Humor, and a Kennedy Center Honor for Lifetime Achievement. Many of his plays have been adapted into films and made-for-television movies, and he has written original screenplays and television specials. This book provides a catalogue of Simon's screen work with cast and crew information, synopses, release dates, reviews, awards and DVD availability. Notes on each film cover his narrative subjects and themes as well as adaptation, direction and performance.

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McFarland

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0786471980

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9780786471980

New Directions in Urban History

Aspects of European Art, Health, Tourism and Leisure Since the Enlightenment

By: Peter Borsay, Ruth-Elisabeth Mohrmann, Gunther Hirschfelder

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New Directions in Urban History

Aspects of European Art, Health, Tourism and Leisure Since the Enlightenment

By: Peter Borsay, Ruth-Elisabeth Mohrmann, Gunther Hirschfelder

This volume introduces, through a series of freshly researched studies, new perspectives on the history of European urban culture from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. The approach is an international one, with essays on Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Great Britain and Italy, and the authors drawn not only from Europe, but also the USA and Japan. The essays examine a range of specialist aspects of culture, such as gardening, spa towns, painting, and music. At the same time the contributors also explore jointly several broader interconnected themes - health, nature, the arts and cultural institutions, leisure, and tourism - of central importance to the cultural identity and development of the modern European town.

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Waxmann Verlag

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3830956436

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9783830956433

New Evolutionary Social Science

Human Nature, Social Behavior, and Social Change

By: Heinz-Jurgen Niedenzu,Tamas Meleghy,Peter Meyer

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New Evolutionary Social Science

Human Nature, Social Behavior, and Social Change

By: Heinz-Jurgen Niedenzu,Tamas Meleghy,Peter Meyer

Social scientists have long declared their autonomy from the natural sciences, and in doing so have tended to neglect important biological constraints on human nature. Many sociological theories have suggested a nearly complete malleability of patterns of social life. The New Evolutionary Social Science challenges this view by building on Stephen K. Sanderson's 'Darwinian conflict theory' which sets out to synthesise sociological theories with key findings from biology into an overarching scientific paradigm. Configuring and expanding this groundbreaking theory, the contributors to this volume are well-known European and American experts in evolutionary science. The New Evolutionary Social Science develops a new basis for understanding social change and the world's future through a better integration of the natural and social sciences.

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Routledge

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131725547X

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Outside Adventure Travel Skiing And Boarding

By: Peter Oliver

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Outside Adventure Travel Skiing And Boarding

By: Peter Oliver

Skiers and snowboarders, prepare to realize your wildest dreams as we take you to the best peaks on the planet. Peter Oliver has explored mountains across the earth, skiing hundreds of thousands of vertical feet through untold stashes of powder in his quest for the best. Along the way, he's seen skiing and boarding merge in a mutual longing to put the adventure back into alpine skiing. That means off-trail (or "off-piste") runs, glade skiing, plenty of lift-served backcountry, out-of-bounds opportunities, and more and better heli-skiing. It means new resorts and newly opened terrain at classic resorts that make snowboarding and skiing more exciting than ever.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393322645

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9780393322644

Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry

Drugs, Electroshock, and the Psychopharmaceutical Complex, Second Edition

By: Peter R. Breggin, MD

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Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry

Drugs, Electroshock, and the Psychopharmaceutical Complex, Second Edition

By: Peter R. Breggin, MD

From the author of Toxic Psychiatry and Talking Back to Prozac: "Peter Breggin is the conscience of American psychiatry. Once more he updates us on the real evidence with respect to the safety and effectiveness of specific psychiatric medications and ECT. This information is needed by all mental health professionals, as well as patients and families." --Bertram Karon, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University, Author of The Psychotherapy of Schizophrenia "Nowhere does false medical thinking do more harm than in the modern psychiatric argument that mental illness is easily diagnosed and then cured by a side-effect free drug. Nowhere is the correct psychiatric thinking more evident than in the books by Peter Breggin."-- William Glasser, MD, psychiatrist, author of Reality Therapy In Brain Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry, renowned psychiatrist Peter R. Breggin, M.D., presents startling scientific research on the dangerous behavioral abnormalities and brain dysfunctions produced by the most widely used and newest psychiatric drugs such as Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Cymbalta, Effexor, Xanax, Ativan, Ritalin, Adderall, Concerta, Strattera, Risperdal, Zyprexa, Geodon, Abilify, lithium and Depakote. Many of Breggin's earlier findings have improved clinical practice, led to legal victories against drug companies, and resulted in FDA-mandated changes in what the manufacturers must admit about their drugs. Yet reliance on these drugs has continued to escalate in the last decade, and drug company interests have overwhelmed psychiatric practice. This greatly expanded second edition, supported by the latest evidence-based research, shows that psychiatric drugs achieve their primary or essential effect by causing brain dysfunction, and that they tend to do far more harm than good. New scientific analyses in this completely updated edition include: Chapters covering every new antidepressant and stimulant drug Twenty new guidelines for how to conduct non-drug therapy A chapter describing how to safely withdraw from psychiatric drugs A discussion of "medication spellbinding," explaining how patients fail to appreciate their drug-induced mental dysfunctions Documentation of how the drug companies control research and the flow of information about psychiatric treatments

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Springer Publishing Company

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0826129358

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9780826129352

The United States and Africa

A History

By: Peter Duignan,Lewis H. Gann,L. H. Gann

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The United States and Africa

A History

By: Peter Duignan,Lewis H. Gann,L. H. Gann

Tracing the reciprocal relationship between Africa and North America from the seventeenth-century slave trade onwards, two leading authorities in the field provide a major revision to traditional colonial African history as well as to US history. Departing from prior accounts that tended to emphasise only the role of the colonial metropoles in developing Africa, the authors show how American pioneers - missionaries, traders, prospectors, miners, engineers, scientists, and others - have helped to shape Africa. They also point to the equally important impact made by Africa on the United States through trade and immigration, and through the influence of Africans on the arts and agriculture, among other facets of American life. In a study of exceptionally broad scope, the authors devote particular attention to the development of United States policy regarding Africa, the impact of private enterprise, the operation of governmental lobbies, the administration of foreign aid, and the involvement of Africa in the Cold War.

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Cambridge University Press

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052133571X

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9780521335713

The Great Parade

Broadway's Astonishing, Never-to-Be-Forgotten 1963-1964 Season

By: Peter Filichia

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The Great Parade

Broadway's Astonishing, Never-to-Be-Forgotten 1963-1964 Season

By: Peter Filichia

It was the Broadway season when Barbra Streisand demanded "Don't Rain on My Parade" and Carol Channing heard the waiters at the Harmonia Gardens say "Hello, Dolly!". From June 1, 1963 through the final day of May 31, 1964, theatergoers were offered 68 different productions: 24 new plays, 15 new comedies, 14 new musicals, 5 revivals of plays, 3 revues, 3 plays in Yiddish, 2 in French, 1 double-bill and even 1 puppet show. Peter Filichia's The Great Parade will look at what a Broadway season looked like a half-century ago analyzing the hits, the flops, the trends, the surprises, the disappointments, the stars and even how the assassination of JFK and the arrival of the Beatles affected Broadway. The Great Parade is a chronicle of a Broadway season unprecedented in the star power onstage: Barbara Streisand, Carol Channing, Claudette Colbert. Colleen Dewhurst, Hal Holbrook, Mary Martin, Christopher Plummer, Robert Preston, Julie Harris, Jason Robards, Jr., Carol Burnett, Tallulah Bankhead, Alec Guinness, Kirk Douglas, Albert Finney, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Richard Burton, Mary Martin, Beatrice Lillie, Hermione Gingold, Robert Redford and many more. Neil Simon and Stephen Sondheim burst on to the Broadway stage with Barefoot in the Park and Anyone Can Whistle. The '63-'64 season was one of Broadway's greatest and in The Great Parade, Peter Filichia gives us another classic.

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St. Martin's Press

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1466867124

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Quick Cash for Teens

Be Your Own Boss and Make Big Bucks

By: Peter Bielagus

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Quick Cash for Teens

Be Your Own Boss and Make Big Bucks

By: Peter Bielagus

As tales of YouTube and MySpace fortunes float virally throughout the blogosphere and media, kids wonder: "Could I do that?" Financial expert Peter Bielagus emphatically answers "Yes!" Quick Cash for Teens provides smart strategies for earning big bucks, with step-by-step instructions for identifying opportunities, creating a business plan, and implementing it successfully. Bielagus includes it all: sample budget worksheets, marketing plans, press releases, and more! Sidebars throughout include: - Dollars & Sense: basic business concepts and strategies - Extra Credit: more advanced concepts, such as tax info - Tales from the Front Lines: real-life stories from young entrepreneurs

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Union Square & Co.

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1402774397

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9781402774393

Dear Uli!

A Rare Glimpse at a German Jewish Family Through the Letters They Wrote Their Son, Sent Alone to America at Age 16, and the New Lives They Built.

By: Peter H. Schweitzer

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Dear Uli!

A Rare Glimpse at a German Jewish Family Through the Letters They Wrote Their Son, Sent Alone to America at Age 16, and the New Lives They Built.

By: Peter H. Schweitzer

Life is full of choices, some thrust on us, others of our own making. Sometimes the consequences can mean the difference between life and death. DEAR ULI! is the story of trauma and resilience told through letters to Uli, sent alone to America at age 16, from his family in war-torn Europe. A treasured family collection of more than 750 letters narrates the lives of one German Jewish family, and their anguish, fear and optimism. In 1937, Uli left Berlin and arrived in New York City where he forged a new life for himself. On the other side of the world his twin sister, Isa, and their parents endured the oppressive Nazi regime that culminated with Kristallnacht and Papi’s imprisonment. He was among the fortunate who were released, only to face an uncertain and fraught future. The letters and documents evoke images of this family’s life and the world around them over the course of the war and beyond.

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989

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Xlibris Corporation

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1669814777

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9781669814771

Dream Boogie

The Triumph of Sam Cooke

By: Peter Guralnick

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Dream Boogie

The Triumph of Sam Cooke

By: Peter Guralnick

From the acclaimed author of Last Train to Memphis, this is the definitive biography of Sam Cooke, one of most influential singers and songwriters of all time. Sam Cooke was among the first to blend gospel music and secular themes -- the early foundation of soul music. He was the opposite of Elvis: a black performer who appealed to white audiences, who wrote his own songs, who controlled his own business destiny. No biography has previously been written that fully captures Sam Cooke's accomplishments, the importance of his contribution to American music, the drama that accompanied his rise in the early days of the civil rights movement, and the mystery that surrounds his death. Bestselling author Peter Guralnick tells this moving and significant story, from Cooke's childhood as a choirboy to an adulthood when he was anything but. With appearances by Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, James Brown, Harry Belafonte, Aretha Franklin, Fidel Castro, The Beatles, Sonny and Cher, Bob Dylan, and other central figures of this explosive era, Dream Boogie is a compelling depiction of one man striving to achieve his vision despite all obstacles -- and an epic portrait of America during the turbulent and hopeful 1950s and 1960s. The triumph of the book is the vividness with which Peter Guralnick conveys the astonishing richness of the black America of this era -- the drama, force, and feeling of the story.

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780

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Little, Brown

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0316210978

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9780316210973

Germany and the Ottoman Railways

Art, Empire, and Infrastructure

By: Peter H. Christensen

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Germany and the Ottoman Railways

Art, Empire, and Infrastructure

By: Peter H. Christensen

The complex political and cultural relationship between the German state and the Ottoman Empire is explored through the lens of the Ottoman Railway network, its architecture, and material culture With lines extending from Bosnia to Baghdad to Medina, the Ottoman Railway Network (1868–1919) was the pride of the empire and its ultimate emblem of modernization—yet it was largely designed and bankrolled by German corporations. This exemplifies a uniquely ambiguous colonial condition in which the interests of Germany and the Ottoman Empire were in constant flux. German capitalists and cultural figures sought influence in the Near East, including access to archaeological sites such as Tell Halaf and Mshatta. At the same time, Ottoman leaders and laborers urgently pursued imperial consolidation. Germany and the Ottoman Railways explores the impact of these political agendas as well as the railways’ impact on the built environment. Relying on a trove of previously unpublished archival materials, including maps, plans, watercolors, and photographs, author Peter H. Christensen also reveals the significance of this major infrastructure project for the budding disciplines of geography, topography, art history, and archaeology.

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205

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Yale University Press

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0300228473

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9780300228472

Psychology, Fourth Edition

By: Peter O. Gray

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Psychology, Fourth Edition

By: Peter O. Gray

The new edition of Gray's acclaimed text, featuring dramatic new coverage of sensation and perception and new media tools that actively involve students in psychological research.

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Macmillan

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0716751623

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9780716751625

Nutritional Ecology of the Ruminant

By: Peter J. Van Soest

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Nutritional Ecology of the Ruminant

By: Peter J. Van Soest

This monumental text-reference places in clear persepctive the importance of nutritional assessments to the ecology and biology of ruminants and other nonruminant herbivorous mammals. Now extensively revised and significantly expanded, it reflects the changes and growth in ruminant nutrition and related ecology since 1982. Among the subjects Peter J. Van Soest covers are nutritional constraints, mineral nutrition, rumen fermentation, microbial ecology, utilization of fibrous carbohydrates, application of ruminant precepts to fermentive digestion in nonruminants, as well as taxonomy, evolution, nonruminant competitors, gastrointestinal anatomies, feeding behavior, and problems fo animal size. He also discusses methods of evaluation, nutritive value, physical struture and chemical composition of feeds, forages, and broses, the effects of lignification, and ecology of plant self-protection, in addition to metabolism of energy, protein, lipids, control of feed intake, mathematical models of animal function, digestive flow, and net energy. Van Soest has introduced a number of changes in this edition, including new illustrations and tables. He places nutritional studies in historical context to show not only the effectiveness of nutritional approaches but also why nutrition is of fundamental importance to issues of world conservation. He has extended precepts of ruminant nutritional ecology to such distant adaptations as the giant panda and streamlined conceptual issues in a clearer logical progression, with emphasis on mechanistic causal interrelationships. Peter J. Van Soest is Professor of Animal Nutrition in the Department of Animal Science and the Division of Nutritional Sciences at the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University.

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Cornell University Press

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1501732358

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9781501732355

Shock-Headed Peter in Latin

Vel Fabulae Iocosae Lepidis Imagunculis = Shock-Headed Peter

By: Heinrich Hoffmann

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Shock-Headed Peter in Latin

Vel Fabulae Iocosae Lepidis Imagunculis = Shock-Headed Peter

By: Heinrich Hoffmann

A collection of cautionary tales featuring the misadventures of such characters as Shock-headed Peter, Cruel Frederick, Little Suck-a Thumb, the Inky Boys, and Fidgety Philip.

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Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers

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0865165483

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9780865165489

Peter Pan

By: The Peter Pan Company,J.M. Barrie

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Peter Pan

By: The Peter Pan Company,J.M. Barrie

This winter, JM Barrie's much-loved tale takes flight. Following the acclaimed Jane Eyre, director Sally Cookson brings her wondrously inventive Peter Pan to the NT after a sell-out run at Bristol Old Vic. Exploring the possibilities and pain of growing up, it’s a riot of magic, mischief, music and make-believe.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1786820889

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9781786820884

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Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine

Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine

Neil Simon on Screen

Neil Simon on Screen

New Directions in Urban History

New Directions in Urban History

New Evolutionary Social Science

New Evolutionary Social Science

Outside Adventure Travel Skiing And Boarding

Outside Adventure Travel Skiing And Boarding

Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry

Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry

The United States and Africa

The United States and Africa

The Great Parade

The Great Parade

Quick Cash for Teens

Quick Cash for Teens

Dear Uli!

Dear Uli!

Dream Boogie

Dream Boogie

Germany and the Ottoman Railways

Germany and the Ottoman Railways

Psychology, Fourth Edition

Psychology, Fourth Edition

Nutritional Ecology of the Ruminant

Nutritional Ecology of the Ruminant

Shock-Headed Peter in Latin

Shock-Headed Peter in Latin

Peter Pan

Peter Pan

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