Stephan Martin's Books

Cosmic Conversations

Dialogues on the Nature of the Universe and the Search for Reality

By: Stephan Martin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Cosmic Conversations

Dialogues on the Nature of the Universe and the Search for Reality

By: Stephan Martin

“Some of the most compelling, cutting-edge ideas about who we are and what kind of world we live in. This is a daring book—and a great read!”—Glenn Hartelius, PhD, coeditor of the International Journal of Transpersonal Studies Have you ever looked up at the night sky and wondered “What is the universe?” In this lively and engaging collection of interviews, astronomer Stephan Martin talks with some of today’s most innovative and cutting-edge thinkers on the nature of the universe and our relationship to it. Scientists, mystics, indigenous elders, and cultural creatives all share their unique voices on the nature of reality, the interplay of science and religion, the future of humanity, and the role of each person in a mysterious and evolving universe. Filled with rich insight, dynamic discussion, and penetrating wisdom, Cosmic Conversations asks the fundamental questions about the universe many of us have wondered about, yet few have explored in-depth, questions such as: Do time, space, and matter really exist? Can the universe be inside us, outside us, or both? Is the universe alive, conscious, and intelligent? Where are we in the cosmic evolutionary picture? A compelling journey from the farthest reaches of outer space to the innermost realms of the human heart, Cosmic Conversations will change the way you look at the universe (and yourself) forever. “An excellent contribution to the philosophical revival that is taking place in the marketplace of ideas. Stephan’s searching and heartfelt questions bring out the best of the authors he interviews.”—Steve McIntosh, author of The Presence of the Infinite

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

367

Publisher

Red Wheel/Weiser

Published Date

ISBN 10

1601637616

ISBN 13

9781601637611

In Pursuit of Religious Freedom

Bishop Martin Stephan's Journey

By: Philip Stephan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

In Pursuit of Religious Freedom

Bishop Martin Stephan's Journey

By: Philip Stephan

In Pursuit of Religious Freedom is the story of Martin Stephan, a religious leader whose life was filled with both personal and spiritual crises. Born into a family whose fifteenth_and sixteenth_century ancestors twice fled their homes due to religious persecution, Stephan was orphaned as a teenager and he too was forced to flee his homeland when the family was discovered to be underground Lutherans. He eventually settled in Germany, where he was educated and ordained, and developed a successful ministry in Dresden. Although his reputation for preaching and compassionate counseling increased, Stephan began to be targeted by various groups: other pastors, parishioners, and the state-run church. He was charged with improper teaching, embezzlement, inappropriate socializing, and even sexual misconduct. Eventually, Stephan led the 1838 Saxon Emigration to Missouri. After a difficult journey, the seven hundred Lutherans he took with him found establishing their new home even harder. Disputes over money, authority, and style peaked within six months, until Stephan was exiled at gunpoint. He settled in Illinois, where he built up a new ministry and served until his death in 1846. His burial plaque calls him 'the first Lutheran in America.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

353

Publisher

Lexington Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

146163363X

ISBN 13

9781461633631

Anthropology Of China, The: China As Ethnographic And Theoretical Critique

By: Stephan Feuchtwang,Charlotte Bruckermann

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Anthropology Of China, The: China As Ethnographic And Theoretical Critique

By: Stephan Feuchtwang,Charlotte Bruckermann

Putting China into the context of general anthropology offers novel insights into its history, culture and society. Studies in the anthropology of China need to look outwards, to other anthropological areas, while at the same time, anthropologists specialised elsewhere cannot afford to ignore contributions from China. This book introduces a number of key themes and in each case describes how the anthropology and ethnography of China relates to the surrounding theories and issues. The themes chosen include the anthropology of intimacy, of morality, of food and of feasting, as well as the anthropology of civilisation, modernity and the state.The Anthropology of China covers both long historical perspectives and ethnographies of the twenty-first century. For the first time, ethnographic perspectives on China are contextualised in comparison with general anthropological debates. Readers are invited to engage in and rethink China's place within the wider world, making it perfect for professional researchers and teachers of anthropology and Chinese history and society, and for advanced undergraduate and graduate study.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

290

Publisher

World Scientific Publishing Company

Published Date

ISBN 10

1783269855

ISBN 13

9781783269853

Leading in English

How to Confidently Communicate and Inspire Others in the International Workplace

By: D. Vincent Varallo,Joerg Schmitz,Stephan M. Mardyks

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Leading in English

How to Confidently Communicate and Inspire Others in the International Workplace

By: D. Vincent Varallo,Joerg Schmitz,Stephan M. Mardyks

A Guide for English communication amongst international professionals Leading in English provides a valuable resource for more effective international business communication. Whether you're a non-native English speaker working in English every day, or a native speaker working with non-native speakers, this book levels the playing field with a host of insights and tips using real-time examples. Through shared experiences and an engaging narrative, you'll gain confidence as you build the skills you need to communicate more effectively in the workplace. Impart information, relate to coworkers, or just have a friendly chat—this book helps remove uncertainty and streamline interactions. Whether language is a small stumbling block or a large hurdle in your workplace, this book can help you overcome the issues and be happier, more confident, and more effective at your job. Communication is tremendously important in the workplace. When English presents a barrier, removing that obstacle must be priority number one. This book helps you do that, with expert insight, practical tips, and a bit of humor to help shift your perspective. Boost your confidence as a non-native English speaker Work more effectively with coworkers and clients Speak more confidently to an international audience Strengthen your communication skills in all areas In the course of a single work day, you have many one-to-one conversations, several group conversations, and maybe even a presentation or two–wouldn't it be nice to know that you've been heard, understood, and correctly interpreted? English is a tricky language, but there are ways around the issues that tend to trip up non-native speakers. Leading in English shows you how to clear the air and communicate more effectively at any level of English proficiency.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

143

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

1119361338

ISBN 13

9781119361336

The Nature of Computation

By: Cristopher Moore,Stephan Mertens

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Nature of Computation

By: Cristopher Moore,Stephan Mertens

Computational complexity is one of the most beautiful fields of modern mathematics, and it is increasingly relevant to other sciences ranging from physics to biology. But this beauty is often buried underneath layers of unnecessary formalism, and exciting recent results like interactive proofs, phase transitions, and quantum computing are usually considered too advanced for the typical student. This book bridges these gaps by explaining the deep ideas of theoretical computer science in a clear and enjoyable fashion, making them accessible to non-computer scientists and to computer scientists who finally want to appreciate their field from a new point of view. The authors start with a lucid and playful explanation of the P vs. NP problem, explaining why it is so fundamental, and so hard to resolve. They then lead the reader through the complexity of mazes and games; optimization in theory and practice; randomized algorithms, interactive proofs, and pseudorandomness; Markov chains and phase transitions; and the outer reaches of quantum computing. At every turn, they use a minimum of formalism, providing explanations that are both deep and accessible. The book is intended for graduate and undergraduate students, scientists from other areas who have long wanted to understand this subject, and experts who want to fall in love with this field all over again.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1498

Publisher

OUP Oxford

Published Date

ISBN 10

0191620807

ISBN 13

9780191620805

Thinking with Ngangas

What Afro-Cuban Ritual Can Tell Us about Scientific Practice and Vice Versa

By: Stephan Palmié

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Thinking with Ngangas

What Afro-Cuban Ritual Can Tell Us about Scientific Practice and Vice Versa

By: Stephan Palmié

Inspired by the exercises of Father Lafitau, a Jesuit priest and proto-ethnographer of the "New World" who compared the lives of the Iroquois to the ancient Greeks, Stephan Palmié embarks on a series of unusual comparative investigations. What do organ transplants have to do with ngangas, a complex assemblage of mineral, animal, and vegetal materials, including human remains, that serve as the embodiment of spirits of the dead? Where do genomics and "ancestry projects" converge with divination and oracular systems? What does it mean that Black Cubans in the US took advantage of Edisonian technology to project the disembodied voice of a mystical entity named ecué onto the streets of Philadelphia? Can we consider Afro-Cuban spirit possession as an extreme form of historical knowledge production? By writing about Afro-Cuban ritual in relation to Western scientific practice, and vice versa, Palmié hopes to challenge the rationality of Western expert practices, revealing the logics that bring together enchantment and experiment. Throughout, Palmié is also levelling a specific anthropological challenge: he takes issue with the much-discussed "ontological turn," especially with those thinkers who promote notions of radical alterity and utter incommensurability. Instead, Palmié suggests that radical comparison with "boundary objects" can offer something new to the ethnographic enterprise"--

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

283

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0226825949

ISBN 13

9780226825946

Time and Poverty in Western Welfare States

United Germany in Perspective

By: Lutz Leisering,Stephan Leibfried

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Time and Poverty in Western Welfare States

United Germany in Perspective

By: Lutz Leisering,Stephan Leibfried

Time and Poverty in Western Welfare States is the English-language adaptation of one of the most important contributions to welfare economics published in recent years. Professors Leibfried and Leisering offer a time-based (dynamic) analysis of the study of poverty, and suggest the need for a radical re-think of conventional theoretical and policy approaches. The core of this study is the empirical analysis of the life course of recipients of 'Social Assistance' in Germany, although the conclusions are put into a wider context of socio-economic and socio-political analysis and comparative observations are made with other countries, notably the USA. Time, Life and Poverty will be of interest to upper-level students, researchers and policy-makers in a wide range of social science disciplines, including: economics, social policy, sociology, psychology and European studies.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

400

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521003520

ISBN 13

9780521003520

Arendt, Augustine, and the New Beginning

The Action Theory and Moral Thought of Hannah Arendt in the Light of Her Dissertation on St. Augustine

By: Stephan Kampowski

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Arendt, Augustine, and the New Beginning

The Action Theory and Moral Thought of Hannah Arendt in the Light of Her Dissertation on St. Augustine

By: Stephan Kampowski

A splendid piece of scholarship on a major twentieth-century thinker often overlooked. / This book presents an original scholarly analysis of the work of political theorist Hannah Arendt, focusing on an area hitherto ignored: the ways in which Augustine s thought forms the foundation of Arendt's work. Stephan Kampowski here offers readers a valuable overview of central aspects of Arendt s thought, addressing perennial existential and philosophical questions at the heart of every human being.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

385

Publisher

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

0802827241

ISBN 13

9780802827241

Hunting Wildlife in the Tropics and Subtropics

By: Julia E. Fa,Stephan M. Funk,Robert Nasi

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Hunting Wildlife in the Tropics and Subtropics

By: Julia E. Fa,Stephan M. Funk,Robert Nasi

The hunting of wild animals for their meat has been a crucial activity in the evolution of humans. It continues to be an essential source of food and a generator of income for millions of Indigenous and rural communities worldwide. Conservationists rightly fear that excessive hunting of many animal species will cause their demise, as has already happened throughout the Anthropocene. Many species of large mammals and birds have been decimated or annihilated due to overhunting by humans. If such pressures continue, many other species will meet the same fate. Equally, if the use of wildlife resources is to continue by those who depend on it, sustainable practices must be implemented. These communities need to remain or become custodians of the wildlife resources within their lands, for their own well-being as well as for biodiversity in general. This title is also available via Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

435

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1009302574

ISBN 13

9781009302579

Nighthogs

A Pearls Before Swine Collection

By: Stephan Pastis

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Nighthogs

A Pearls Before Swine Collection

By: Stephan Pastis

Collection of previously published comic strips.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

129

Publisher

Andrews McMeel Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

0740750097

ISBN 13

9780740750090

Falcon Dreams

By: Melodi Grundy,Stephan Grundy

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Falcon Dreams

By: Melodi Grundy,Stephan Grundy

Margerite von Hirschenberg, daughter of a poor knight, is courted and wedded by Graf Ruprecht von Falkenstein, a handsome young man far above her own station. But she soon finds that her idyllic marriage is not so perfect as it seems. Most of Ruprecht's servants and vassals are oddly frightened of him; the household accounts are in bad disarray; and Margerite is badly unnerved by Bertram, the ominous captain of Ruprecht's guard, who seems to dislike her. Soon Ruprecht declares an illegal feud against his closest neighbor, Graf Heinrich, hiring a Free Company of mercenaries for the battle.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

536

Publisher

The Three Little Sisters

Published Date

ISBN 10

195935003X

ISBN 13

9781959350033

Clean C++

Sustainable Software Development Patterns and Best Practices with C++ 17

By: Stephan Roth

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Clean C++

Sustainable Software Development Patterns and Best Practices with C++ 17

By: Stephan Roth

Write maintainable, extensible, and durable software with modern C++. This book is a must for every developer, software architect, or team leader who is interested in good C++ code, and thus also wants to save development costs. If you want to teach yourself about writing clean C++, Clean C++ is exactly what you need. It is written to help C++ developers of all skill levels and shows by example how to write understandable, flexible, maintainable, and efficient C++ code. Even if you are a seasoned C++ developer, there are nuggets and data points in this book that you will find useful in your work. If you don't take care with your code, you can produce a large, messy, and unmaintainable beast in any programming language. However, C++ projects in particular are prone to be messy and tend to slip into bad habits. Lots of C++ code that is written today looks as if it was written in the 1980s. It seems that C++ developers have been forgotten by those who preach Software Craftsmanship and Clean Code principles. The Web is full of bad, but apparently very fast and highly optimized C++ code examples, with cruel syntax that completely ignores elementary principles of good design and well-written code. This book will explain how to avoid this scenario and how to get the most out of your C++ code. You'll find your coding becomes more efficient and, importantly, more fun. What You'll Learn Gain sound principles and rules for clean coding in C++ Carry out test driven development (TDD) Discover C++ design patterns and idioms Apply these design patterns Who This Book Is For Any C++ developer and software engineer with an interest in producing better code.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

299

Publisher

Apress

Published Date

ISBN 10

148422793X

ISBN 13

9781484227930

Why Civil Resistance Works

The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict

By: Erica Chenoweth,Maria J. Stephan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Why Civil Resistance Works

The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict

By: Erica Chenoweth,Maria J. Stephan

For more than a century, from 1900 to 2006, campaigns of nonviolent resistance were more than twice as effective as their violent counterparts in achieving their stated goals. By attracting impressive support from citizens, whose activism takes the form of protests, boycotts, civil disobedience, and other forms of nonviolent noncooperation, these efforts help separate regimes from their main sources of power and produce remarkable results, even in Iran, Burma, the Philippines, and the Palestinian Territories. Combining statistical analysis with case studies of specific countries and territories, Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan detail the factors enabling such campaigns to succeed and, sometimes, causing them to fail. They find that nonviolent resistance presents fewer obstacles to moral and physical involvement and commitment, and that higher levels of participation contribute to enhanced resilience, greater opportunities for tactical innovation and civic disruption (and therefore less incentive for a regime to maintain its status quo), and shifts in loyalty among opponents' erstwhile supporters, including members of the military establishment. Chenoweth and Stephan conclude that successful nonviolent resistance ushers in more durable and internally peaceful democracies, which are less likely to regress into civil war. Presenting a rich, evidentiary argument, they originally and systematically compare violent and nonviolent outcomes in different historical periods and geographical contexts, debunking the myth that violence occurs because of structural and environmental factors and that it is necessary to achieve certain political goals. Instead, the authors discover, violent insurgency is rarely justifiable on strategic grounds.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

451

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0231527489

ISBN 13

9780231527484

Demon Bugs

VW Customs and Cruisers

By: Stephan Szantai

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Demon Bugs

VW Customs and Cruisers

By: Stephan Szantai

For years, VW Bugs were simply cheap transportation: fuel efficient, easy to work on, a boon to young families and college students. Then something about the quirky little car caught the imagination of a generation, and the low-cost, utilitarian Bug was suddenly sporting a custom paint job and fancy wheels--and tricked-out engines. This book provides a fantastic overview of customized Bugs. It shows the scene from which the demon bug emerged, and focuses on specific styles, from the mild to the wild. Cruisers and dragsters, sleepers and monsters--all are captured by Stephan Szantai's unmatched photography. Accompanying these remarkable pictures is the how and why of each cars build. Painted, re-equipped, modified to taste, these are the Bugs of a generations dreams, a most humble vehicle suddenly and magnificently transformed.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

150

ISBN 10

1616730412

ISBN 13

9781616730413

In Pursuit of Religious Freedom

Bishop Martin Stephan's Journey

By: Philip G. Stephan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

In Pursuit of Religious Freedom

Bishop Martin Stephan's Journey

By: Philip G. Stephan

This is the story of Martin Stephan, a religious leader whose life was filled with both personal and spiritual crises. He was orphaned as a teenager, and was forced to flee his homeland when the family was discovered to be underground Lutherans. He eventually settled in Germany, where he was educated and ordained, and developed a successful ministry in Dresden--From publisher description.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

358

Publisher

Lexington Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

0739124420

ISBN 13

9780739124420

Late Gothic

The Birth of Modernity

By: Julien Chapuis,Svea Janzen,Stephan Kemperdick,Lothar Lambacher,Jan Friedrich Richter,Michael Roth

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Late Gothic

The Birth of Modernity

By: Julien Chapuis,Svea Janzen,Stephan Kemperdick,Lothar Lambacher,Jan Friedrich Richter,Michael Roth

Kaum eine Epoche der Kunst ist von so durchgreifenden Veränderungen geprägt wie die Spätgotik im 15. Jahrhundert. Angeregt durch niederländische Vorbilder werden Licht und Schatten, Körper und Raum zunehmend wirklichkeitsnah dargestellt. Der Alltag hält Einzug in die Künste. Mit der Erfindung der Drucktechnik kommt es zu einer ungeahnten Verbreitung von Bildern und Texten. Künstler wie Nicolaus Gerhaert oder Martin Schongauer erlangen überregionale Berühmtheit und nehmen über alle Gattungen hinweg Einfluss auf die Entwicklung der Bildkünste in ganz Europa. Die Gegenüberstellung der unterschiedlichen Gattungen macht den Katalog zu einem Handbuch der Kunst am Übergang zur Neuzeit.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

377

Publisher

Hatje Cantz Verlag

Published Date

ISBN 10

3775747559

ISBN 13

9783775747554

North American Wildland Plants

A Field Guide

By: James L. Stubbendieck,Stephan L. Hatch,L. M. Landholt

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

North American Wildland Plants

A Field Guide

By: James L. Stubbendieck,Stephan L. Hatch,L. M. Landholt

North American Wildland Plants is the sixth edition of North American Range Plants. This comprehensive reference contains the salient characteristics of the most important wildland plants of North America and will help individuals with limited botanical knowledge as well as natural resource professionals to identify wildland plants. The two hundred species of wildland plants in this book were selected because of their abundance, desirability, or poisonous properties. Each of the illustrations has been enhanced to maximize the use of this book as a field guide. Each plant description includes characteristics for identification, an illustration of the plant with enlarged parts, and a general distribution map for North America. Each species description includes nomenclature; life span; origin; season of growth; inflorescence, flower or spikelet, or other reproductive parts; vegetative parts; and growth characteristics. Brief notes are included on habitat; livestock losses; and historic, food, and medicinal uses.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

522

Publisher

U of Nebraska Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0803293062

ISBN 13

9780803293069

Nazis and Nobles

The History of a Misalliance

By: Stephan Malinowski

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Nazis and Nobles

The History of a Misalliance

By: Stephan Malinowski

The first ever in-depth study of the role played by the nobility in the Nazi rise to power in interwar Germany, this is a fascinating portrait of an aristocratic world teetering on the edge of self-destruction.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

497

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

0198842554

ISBN 13

9780198842552

Mental Health Nursing

Competencies for Practice

By: Stephan D. Kirby,Denis Hart,Dennis Cross

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Mental Health Nursing

Competencies for Practice

By: Stephan D. Kirby,Denis Hart,Dennis Cross

Pre-registration nurse training across the UK is now competency based and this is the first mental health nursing text devoted to this approach. It explores the practical application of a competency based Exit Profile for mental health nursing students, which ensures that there is consistency in the essential knowledge, skills and attitudes that mental health nursing students will acquire by the end of their training programmes. This timely and contemporary text will be an essential resource for all Mental Health Branch nursing students.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

490

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1350317985

ISBN 13

9781350317987

Community-based Entrepreneurship and Rural Development

Creating Favourable Conditions for Small Businesses in Central Europe

By: Matthias Fink,Stephan Loidl,Richard Lang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Community-based Entrepreneurship and Rural Development

Creating Favourable Conditions for Small Businesses in Central Europe

By: Matthias Fink,Stephan Loidl,Richard Lang

How can municipalities in Central Europe create favourable conditions for local business? What and how can municipalities learn from each other? How can each individuals in the local area contribute? And what requirements have to be met before know how can successfully be transferred on a communal level?To answer all these questions, the authors of this book comprehensively discuss the manifold opportunities, restrictions and prerequisites of establishing favourable conditions for small and medium enterprises in rural.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

258

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

0415614872

ISBN 13

9780415614870

Heat and Mass Transfer

By: Hans Dieter Baehr,Karl Stephan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Heat and Mass Transfer

By: Hans Dieter Baehr,Karl Stephan

This book provides a solid foundation in the principles of heat and mass transfer and shows how to solve problems by applying modern methods. The basic theory is developed systematically, exploring in detail the solution methods to all important problems. The revised second edition incorporates state-of-the-art findings on heat and mass transfer correlations. The book will be useful not only to upper- and graduate-level students, but also to practicing scientists and engineers. Many worked-out examples and numerous exercises with their solutions will facilitate learning and understanding, and an appendix includes data on key properties of important substances.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

758

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

3642200214

ISBN 13

9783642200212

Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States

By: Stephan Joseph Clark

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States

By: Stephan Joseph Clark

The small town of Stone, Virginia is about to get the show of its life. The president is coming for an appearance, and his aids have a surprise. When a staged assassination plot starts to unravel, Millicent Van Horn, tries to clear her brother's name, and is pulled deeper into a deadly web of presidential deceit. Police Detective Van Horn finds herself investigating incidences she'd rather let lie, but there are too many lives at stake. Never realizing the lengths that would be taken to protect the president's name, Millicent embarks on an adventure to save her own life.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

258

Publisher

iUniverse

Published Date

ISBN 10

0595258670

ISBN 13

9780595258673

Component-Based Rails Applications

Large Domains Under Control

By: Stephan Hagemann

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Component-Based Rails Applications

Large Domains Under Control

By: Stephan Hagemann

Use Components to Improve Maintainability, Reduce Complexity, and Accelerate Testing in Large Rails Applications “This book gives Ruby pros a comprehensive guide for increasing the sophistication of their designs, without having to forsake the principles of elegance that keep them in our corner of the software world.” —Obie Fernandez, author, The RailsTM 5 Way, Fourth Edition As Rails applications grow, even experienced developers find it difficult to navigate code bases, implement new features, and keep tests fast. Components are the solution, and Component-Based Rails Applications shows how to make the most of them. Writing for programmers and software team leads who are comfortable with Ruby and Rails, Stephan Hagemann introduces a practical, start-to-finish methodology for modernizing and restructuring existing Rails applications. One step at a time, Hagemann demonstrates how to revamp Rails applications to exhibit visible, provably independent, and explicitly connected parts—thereby simplifying them and making them far easier for teams to manage, change, and test. Throughout, he introduces design concepts and techniques you can use to improve applications of many kinds, even if they weren’t built with Rails or Ruby. Learn how components clarify intent, improve collaboration, and simplify innovation and maintenance Create a full Rails application within a component, from first steps to migrations and dependency management Test component-based applications, manage assets and dependencies, and deploy your application to production Identify the seams in an existing Rails application, and refactor it to extract components Master a scripted, repeatable approach for refactoring Rails applications of any size Use component-based Rails with two popular structural patterns: hexagonal and DCI architecture Leverage your new component skills with other frameworks and languages Overcome the unique challenges that arise as you componentize Rails applications If you’re ready to simplify and revitalize your complex Rails systems, you’re ready for Component-Based Rails Applications. Register your book for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

557

Publisher

Addison-Wesley Professional

Published Date

ISBN 10

0134775260

ISBN 13

9780134775265

Man and Machine

The Best of Stephan Wilkinson

By: Stephan Wilkinson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Man and Machine

The Best of Stephan Wilkinson

By: Stephan Wilkinson

They sit on a spur of test track outside General Electric's locomotive factory in Erie, Pennsylvania, panting and grumbling like two old lions half asleep. The ominous, muttering rumble is the idle of 8,800 horsepower--24 cylinders with pistons big as buckets, turbochargers the size of washing machines, two V12 engines driving alternators five feet in diameter. For here are two units of the most advanced diesel-electric locomotives in the world: a pair of GE Evolutions."--Excerpt from "Do the Locomotion" in Man and Machine Stephan Wilkinson--a longtime expert on the ways men entertain themselves when no one is telling them what to do--takes readers into the high-speed, high-risk world of restored jets, fast boats, and Formula 1 cars. Wilkinson visits a factory where Amish men build custom ambulances, flies an airliner from the glory days of air travel, meets a bird that is a killing machine, and has a hot date with a handgun. In another chapter, Wilkinson relates the hazards of flying purely on instruments, and why being able to do so can make the difference between life and death. He draws from his own misadventures in flight and explains exactly why the high-end Beech Bonanza is known as “the doctor killer.” And dissecting the finely tuned instrument that is the Formula 1 car, Wilkinson relates how the engine's connecting rods actually stretch at 19,000 rpm, even though they're made of titanium, and what can happen when a racecar brakes at 6Gs. Always entertaining, Wilkinson takes men, and maybe even a few women, where they love to go--under the hood, over the mechanic’s shoulder, and behind the wheel.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

219

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Published Date

ISBN 10

1599216795

ISBN 13

9781599216799

The Second World War in the Twenty-First-Century Museum

From Narrative, Memory, and Experience to Experientiality

By: Stephan Jaeger

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Second World War in the Twenty-First-Century Museum

From Narrative, Memory, and Experience to Experientiality

By: Stephan Jaeger

The Second World War is omnipresent in contemporary memory debates. As the war fades from living memory, this study is the first to systematically analyze how Second World War museums allow prototypical visitors to comprehend and experience the past. It analyzes twelve permanent exhibitions in Europe and North America – including the Bundeswehr Military History Museum in Dresden, the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk, the House of European History in Brussels, the Imperial War Museums in London and Manchester, and the National WWII Museum in New Orleans – in order to show how museums reflect and shape cultural memory, as well as their cognitive, ethical, emotional, and aesthetic potential and effects. This includes a discussion of representations of events such as the Holocaust and air warfare. In relation to narrative, memory, and experience, the study develops the concept of experientiality (on a sliding scale between mimetic and structural forms), which provides a new textual-spatial method for reading exhibitions and understanding the experiences of historical individuals and collectives. It is supplemented by concepts like transnational memory, empathy, and encouraging critical thinking through difficult knowledge.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

368

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published Date

ISBN 10

3110664410

ISBN 13

9783110664416

Sociology in Germany

A History

By: Stephan Moebius

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sociology in Germany

A History

By: Stephan Moebius

This open access book traces the development of sociology in Germany from the late 19th century to the present day, providing a concise overview of the main actors, institutional processes, theories, methods, topics and controversies. Throughout the book, the author relates the disciplines history to its historical, economic, political and cultural contexts. The book begins with sociology in the German Reich, the Weimar Republic, National Socialism and exile, before exploring sociology after 1945 as a key discipline of the young Federal Republic of Germany, and reconstructing the periods from 1945 to 1968 and from 1968 to 1990. The final chapters are devoted to sociology in the German Democratic Republic and the period from 1990 to the present day. This work will appeal to students and scholars of sociology, and to a general readership interested in the history of Germany. Stephan Moebius is Professor of Sociological Theory and Intellectual History at the University of Graz, Austria.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

228

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

3030718662

ISBN 13

9783030718664

Intergroup Relations

By: Walter G Stephan,Cookie W Stephan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Intergroup Relations

By: Walter G Stephan,Cookie W Stephan

This book focuses on the stereotypes, prejudices, and discriminatory behavior of individuals and the manner in which these cognitions, feelings, and behaviors affect others and are affected by them, concentrating in relations among individuals as they are affected by their own group memberships.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

236

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

0429968280

ISBN 13

9780429968280

Crimes of the Holocaust

The Law Confronts Hard Cases

By: Stephan Landsman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Crimes of the Holocaust

The Law Confronts Hard Cases

By: Stephan Landsman

The problem of prosecuting individuals complicit in the Nazi regime's "Final Solution" is almost insurmountably complex and has produced ever less satisfying results as time has passed. In Crimes of the Holocaust, Stephan Landsman provides detailed analysis of the International Military Tribunal prosecution at Nuremberg in 1945, the Eichmann trial in Israel in 1961, the 1986 Demanjuk trial in Israel, and the 1990 prosecution of Imre Finta in Canada. Landsman presents each case and elaborates the difficulties inherent in achieving both a fair trial and a measure of justice in the aftermath of heinous crimes. In the face of few historical and legal precedents for such war crime prosecutions, each legal action relies on the framework of its predecessors. However, this only compounds the problematic issues arising from the Nuremberg proceedings. Meticulously combing volumes of testimony and documentary information about each case, Landsman offers judicious and critical assessments of the proceedings. He levels pointed criticism at numerous elements of this relatively recent judicial invention, sparing neither judges nor counsel and remaining keenly aware of the human implications. Deftly weaving legal analysis with cultural context, Landsman offers the first rigorous examination of these problematic proceedings and proposes guideposts for contemporary tribunals. Crimes of the Holocaust is an authoritative account of the Gordian knot of genocide prosecution in the world courts, which will persist as a confounding issue as we are faced with a trial of Saddam Hussein. This volume will be compelling reading for legal scholars as well as laypersons interested in these cases and the issues they address.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

318

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0812202570

ISBN 13

9780812202571

Gratian and the Schools of Law, 1140-1234

Second Edition

By: Stephan Kuttner

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Gratian and the Schools of Law, 1140-1234

Second Edition

By: Stephan Kuttner

Collected Studies CS1071 The central figure in this volume is that of Gratian, whose monumental compilation of canon law sparked off the revival of legal studies in the medieval West. In other collections of essays, Stephan Kuttner dealt with the development of canon law in the two centuries that followed the publication of Gratian's Decretum, and the ideas that this engendered; here he is concerned with the foundations upon which all these later efforts were based. The work of Gratian is, of course, the principal focus, but the studies then follow the spread of the teaching of law, from its inception at Bologna in the 1140s to its appearance soon after in other centres of learning in the West especially in France, in the Anglo-Norman schools and in Germany. With a quarter of the volume consisting of additional notes and extensive indexes, it makes a contribution of the greatest importance to the historical study of canon law. For this second edition, a new section of additional notes has been supplied, and the volume is introduced with an essay by Peter Landau; these take account of the important recent work on Gratian and the Decretum and chart the significance of Stephan Kuttner's work.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

416

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351058932

ISBN 13

9781351058933

Occupation in the East

The Daily Lives of German Occupiers in Warsaw and Minsk, 1939-1944

By: Stephan Lehnstaedt

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Occupation in the East

The Daily Lives of German Occupiers in Warsaw and Minsk, 1939-1944

By: Stephan Lehnstaedt

Following their occupation by the Third Reich, Warsaw and Minsk became home to tens of thousands of Germans. In this exhaustive study, Stephan Lehnstaedt provides a nuanced, eye-opening portrait of the lives of these men and women, who constituted a surprisingly diverse population—including everyone from SS officers to civil servants, as well as ethnically German city residents—united in its self-conception as a “master race.” Even as they acclimated to the daily routines and tedium of life in the East, many Germans engaged in acts of shocking brutality against Poles, Belarusians, and Jews, while social conditions became increasingly conducive to systematic mass murder.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

318

Publisher

Berghahn Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1785333240

ISBN 13

9781785333248

Possible

A Blueprint for Changing How We Change the World

By: Stephan Bauman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Possible

A Blueprint for Changing How We Change the World

By: Stephan Bauman

We need a better vision for saving the world. Across the world, people like you are rising up to fight poverty, oppression, and injustice not just professionals, but bloggers, musicians, entrepreneurs, artists, and advocates. People who refuse to accept the world as it is, who dare to believe change is" "possible. But we face a crisis of vision. We sense what needs to be done," "but often we don t know how to do it. Without a better blueprint for doing good well, our moment in history will slip away. Stephan Bauman, president of World Relief believes true change begins in the hearts and actions of ordinary people. In "Possible, "he presents clear and biblical thinking, powerful stories, and practical tools for sustainably impacting our workplaces, neighborhoods, villages, and cities. "Possible "is an eloquent and personal call to reconsider what it means to change ourselves so that we can change the world. "From the Hardcover edition.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

226

Publisher

Multnomah

Published Date

ISBN 10

160142583X

ISBN 13

9781601425836

Qcd Spectral Sum Rules

By: Stephan Narison

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Qcd Spectral Sum Rules

By: Stephan Narison

The aim of the book is to give an introduction to the method of QCD Spectral Sum Rules and to review its developments. After some general introductory remarks, Chiral Symmetry, the Historical Developments of the Sum Rules and the necessary materials for perturbative QCD including the MS regularization and renormalization schemes are discussed. The book also gives a critical review and some improvements of the wide uses of the QSSR in Hadron Physics and QSSR beyond the Standard Hadron Phenomenology. The author has participated actively in this field since 1978 just before the expanding success of the SVZ QSSR.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

545

Publisher

World Scientific

Published Date

ISBN 10

9814507547

ISBN 13

9789814507547

Singing to the Plants

A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the Upper Amazon

By: Stephan V, Beyer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Singing to the Plants

A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the Upper Amazon

By: Stephan V, Beyer

In the Upper Amazon, mestizos are the Spanish-speaking descendants of Hispanic colonizers and the indigenous peoples of the jungle. Some mestizos have migrated to Amazon towns and cities, such as Iquitos and Pucallpa; most remain in small villages. They have retained features of a folk Catholicism and traditional Hispanic medicine, and have incorporated much of the religious tradition of the Amazon, especially its healing, sorcery, shamanism, and the use of potent plant hallucinogens, including ayahuasca. The result is a uniquely eclectic shamanist culture that continues to fascinate outsiders with its brilliant visionary art. Ayahuasca shamanism is now part of global culture. Once the terrain of anthropologists, it is now the subject of novels and spiritual memoirs, while ayahuasca shamans perform their healing rituals in Ontario and Wisconsin. Singing to the Plants sets forth just what this shamanism is about--what happens at an ayahuasca healing ceremony, how the apprentice shaman forms a spiritual relationship with the healing plant spirits, how sorcerers inflict the harm that the shaman heals, and the ways that plants are used in healing, love magic, and sorcery.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

477

Publisher

UNM Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0826347312

ISBN 13

9780826347312

Medieval Councils, Decretals and Collections of Canon Law

By: Stephan Kuttner

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Medieval Councils, Decretals and Collections of Canon Law

By: Stephan Kuttner

First published in 1980, but then out of print for several years, this collection, together with The History of Ideas and Doctrines of Canon Law in the Middle Ages, presents a series of fundamental articles by the acknowledged master of medieval canon law studies. For this second edition they have been provided with extensive sections of new notes and references and the detailed indexes have been wholly revised and expanded. The volumes therefore now constitute essential works of reference for all those interested in the study of the medieval Church and its law. Ces deux collections, tout d’abord publiées en 1980, mais actuellement hors impression depuis plusieurs années, présentent une série de textes fondamentaux du mâitre incontesté de l’étude du droit canon médiéval. Pour cette seconde édition, elles ont été enrichies de sections importantes de nouvelles notes et références et les index détaillés ont été entiérement révisés et approfondis. De ce fait, ces ouvrages constituent aujourd’hui des travaux essentiels de référence pour tous ceux intéressés par l’étude de l’Eglise médiévale et de son droit.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

383

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Published Date

ISBN 10

1040247709

ISBN 13

9781040247709

Book's by Stephan Martin

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email