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THE WALLS OF BERLIN

Architecture And Oblivion

By: Stephen Barber

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THE WALLS OF BERLIN

Architecture And Oblivion

By: Stephen Barber

Drawing on a vast range of material – from the first films of Berlin in the 1890s, to the city's impact on contemporary digital art – WALLS OF BERLIN examines how Berlin's walls form apertures that mediate their preoccupations and manias, damage and scars, non-erasable inscriptions and outlandish markings, fractures and fissures, strata and outgrowths, veerings and oscillations across time, corporeal traces and residues, sexual obsessions, and revelatory urban vanishings. In a rich cultural history of the city's memories and its acts of oblivion, Stephen Barber probes many of its overlooked but most illuminating spaces and sites inflected by art and film – alongside the visual, textual and sonic presences that inhabit them.

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1909923443

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Globalizing Patient Capital

The Political Economy of Chinese Finance in the Americas

By: Stephen B. Kaplan

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Globalizing Patient Capital

The Political Economy of Chinese Finance in the Americas

By: Stephen B. Kaplan

Examines China's overseas financial investments in the developing world, and its impact on national economic policymaking in the Americas.

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Cambridge University Press

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110718231X

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Inscribed Athenian Laws and Decrees 352/1-322/1 BC

Epigraphical Essays

By: Stephen D. Lambert

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Inscribed Athenian Laws and Decrees 352/1-322/1 BC

Epigraphical Essays

By: Stephen D. Lambert

This book collects eighteen papers which make original contributions to the study of the inscribed laws and decrees of the city of Athens, 352/1-322/1 BC, the most richly documented period of the city's history. Originally published in academic journals, conference proceedings and Festschriften between 2000 and 2010, they lay groundwork for the author’s new edition of these inscriptions, IG II3 Part 1, fascicule 2. The papers, which are based on fresh comprehensive autopsy of the stones and study of squeezes, photographs and early transcripts, report important epigraphical findings (e.g. new readings, restorations, joins and datings), and include studies of onomastics and of the chronology and the history of the period.

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BRILL

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9004228527

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The Fracture of Brittle Materials

Testing and Analysis

By: Stephen W. Freiman,John J. Mecholsky, Jr.

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The Fracture of Brittle Materials

Testing and Analysis

By: Stephen W. Freiman,John J. Mecholsky, Jr.

Supports the use and development of strong, fracture-resistant, and mechanically reliable ceramic materials The Fracture of Brittle Materials thoroughly sets forth the key scientific and engineering concepts underlying the selection of test procedures for fracture toughness, strength determination, and reliability predictions. With this book as their guide, readers can confidently test and analyze a broad range of brittle materials in order to make the best use of existing materials as well as to support the development of new materials. The authors explain the importance of microstructure in these determinations and describe the use of quantitative fractography in failure analysis. The Fracture of Brittle Materials is relevant to a broad range of ceramic materials (i.e., any inorganic non-metal), including semiconductors, cements and concrete, oxides, carbides, and nitrides. The book covers such topics as: Basic principles of fracture mechanics underlying brittle material tests and analysis procedures Theory and mechanisms of environmentally enhanced crack growth Fracture mechanics tests to determine a material's resistance to fast fracture Test and analysis methods to assess the strength of ceramics Methods to analyze the fracture process based on quantitative measurements of the fracture surface Effect of a material's microstructure Methods for predicting the lifetime of brittle components under stress Throughout the book, figures and illustrations help readers understand key concepts and methods. Replete with real-world examples, this text enables engineers and materials and ceramics scientists to select and implement the optimal testing methods for their particular research needs and then accurately analyze the results.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118147782

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Inscribed Athenian Laws and Decrees in the Age of Demosthenes

Historical Essays

By: Stephen D. Lambert

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Inscribed Athenian Laws and Decrees in the Age of Demosthenes

Historical Essays

By: Stephen D. Lambert

This book collects twelve papers which make original contributions to the historical interpretation of inscribed Athenian laws and decrees, with a core focus on significant historical shapes and patterns implicit in the corpus of the age of Demosthenes. Following a synthetic Introduction, two chapters analyse locations and selectivity of inscribing, four explore the implications of the inscriptions for Athenian policy and for developing attitudes to the past, three for aspects of Athenian democracy. The volume concludes with two studies of specific inscriptions. Some of the papers have appeared elsewhere in conference proceedings and Festschriften, some are published here for the first time. The volume complements the author’s previous collection, Inscribed Athenian Laws and Decrees 352/1-322/1 BC: Epigraphical Essays.

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German Policy-Making and Eastern Enlargement of the European Union During the Ko

Managing the Agenda?

By: Stephen Collins

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German Policy-Making and Eastern Enlargement of the European Union During the Ko

Managing the Agenda?

By: Stephen Collins

Fully revised and updated this fourth edition is a comprehensive introduction to the politics of the Irish republic. Includes coverage of the 1997 general election, and the creation of a new coalition of Fianna Fail and the Progressive Democrats under Bertie Ahern that year. Examines the implications of a written constitution, changes in the party system, the power of major interest groups, the role of the civil service, the position of the media and membership of the European union. Places the Republic in its international political context, examining its relationship with Britain and the United States and includes full coverage of recent developments such as the Good Friday Agreement and the 'Celtic Tiger' economy. Reflecting recent developments in Irish politics, the book now has an entire chapter devoted to political corruption.

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Manchester University Press

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0719063299

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Athens and Macedon

Attic Letter-Cutters of 300 to 229 B.C.

By: Stephen V. Tracy

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Athens and Macedon

Attic Letter-Cutters of 300 to 229 B.C.

By: Stephen V. Tracy

Little of the historiography of 3rd century Athens survives, and much of what we know about the period has come down to us in inscriptions carved by Attic stonemasons of the time. This text provides an insight into an unsettled and obscure moment in antiquity.

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Univ of California Press

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0520233336

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Chronic Disorders in Children and Adolescents

By: Mark L. Goldstein,Stephen J. Morewitz

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Chronic Disorders in Children and Adolescents

By: Mark L. Goldstein,Stephen J. Morewitz

There has been a significant increase in the prevalence of certain chronic disorders among children and adolescents. For example, health experts warn of an epidemic of diabetes mellitus due to an increase in the sedentary life style and poor nutrition of children. There are many questions still to be addressed in the study of chronic disorders among children and adolescents.What are the risk factors associated with chronic diseases in these populations?What are the major complications that contribute to disability and increased health care utilization and costs? What impact do chronic diseases have on the psychosocial development? What are the most effective diagnostic, treatment,and rehabilitation strategies? How can patient education and self-management activities be improved to help children and adolescents improve compliance with treatment regimens? How can parents and other family members become more involved in assessment and management? In what ways can peers, schools,religious institutions, and other organizations help children and adolescent scope with their chronic disease? This book addresses these questions by focusing on how eight chronic disorders affect health care utilization, costs, coping, and health outcomes in children and adolescents.Research studies are used to illustrate wide range of topics from the epidemiology of chronic diseases in children and adolescents, health care utilization and costs, to treatment outcomes, disability, and family processes.Case studies from a clinical psychologist’s private practice are used to clarify major psychosocial issues underlying chronic diseases in these populations. Chapter One analyzes the epidemiology of eight chronic conditions in children and adolescents. Data on the prevalence of diseases and associated risk factors are stressed in this chapter. Health care planners can use these analyses to improve primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention through more effective uses of health care resources. Chapter Two examines the latest information on health care utilization and costs for children and adolescents that can point to a more efficient means of reducing the rising health care costs associated with the treatment of chronic diseases. In the remaining chapters, the eight chronic diseases are evaluated in terms of five major issues. First, the latest trends in complications associated with each chronic condition are explored.Second, the impact of each disease on disability and psychosocial development of children and adolescents are analyzed. Third, recent research findings on diagnosis,treatment, and rehabilitation strategies are discussed. Fourth, new trends in patient education and self-management are presented. Fifth, each chapter will assess the role of family, peers, schools, and other organizations in helping children and adolescents cope with their chronic disorders. Dr. Mark L. Goldstein, a clinical psychologist, reviews the literature and uses composite case studies from his practice to illustrate the impact of these trends on how children and adolescents manage chronic disease. The information in this book will be relevant to a wide range of professionals and students in the fields of pediatrics, medicine, nursing, public health, mental health, social work,education, health administration, health policy, and social sciences.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1441997644

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Modernism at the Barricades

Aesthetics, Politics, Utopia

By: Stephen Eric Bronner

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Modernism at the Barricades

Aesthetics, Politics, Utopia

By: Stephen Eric Bronner

Stephen Eric Bronner reads the artistic and intellectual achievements of the modernist project's leading figures against larger social, political, and cultural trends and follows the rise of a flawed yet salient effort at liberation and its clash with modernity. Exploring both the political responsibility of the artist and the manipulation of authorial intention, Bronner reconfigures the modernist movement for contemporary progressive purposes and offers insight into the problems still complicating cultural politics. He ultimately reasserts the political dimension of developments often understood in purely aesthetic terms and confronts the self-indulgence and political irresponsibility of certain so-called modernists today.

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Columbia University Press

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023115822X

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The Macedonians in Athens, 322-229 B.C.

Proceedings of an International Conference held at the University of Athens, May 24-26, 2001

By: Olga Palagia,Stephen V. Tracy

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The Macedonians in Athens, 322-229 B.C.

Proceedings of an International Conference held at the University of Athens, May 24-26, 2001

By: Olga Palagia,Stephen V. Tracy

For a century following the end of the Lamian War in 322 B.C., Athens' harbour at Pireus was almost constantly occupied by a Macedonian garrison. The Macedonian presence dealt a crucial blow to Athenian independence and Athenian democracy, initiating the first in a long and intermittent series of foreign occupations. The twenty-eight papers in this volume are based on an international conference hosted by the University of Athens in May 2001, and focus on various aspects of Athenian art, archaeology and history in the century of Macedonian domination. They consider Athens' new role as a political stepping stone for potential Successors to the throne of Macedon - Cassander, Demetrios Poliorketes and Antigonos Gonatas were each able to secure Macedonia by using Athens as a power base - and the ways in which Athenian culture was affected by the Macedonian presence. They contribute to the ongoing debate about the reasons for the Macedonian ascendancy, the degree of independence accorded Athens by their Macedonian overlords, the third-century archon list, and changes in Athenian art and architecture.

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Oxbow Books

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178570530X

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Incredible African-American Jazz Musicians

By: Stephen Feinstein

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Incredible African-American Jazz Musicians

By: Stephen Feinstein

Readers will learn about a variety of African American jazz musicians including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Herbie Hancock"--Provided by publisher.

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Enslow Publishing, LLC

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1598451375

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The Currency of Confidence

How Economic Beliefs Shape the IMF's Relationship with Its Borrowers

By: Stephen C. Nelson

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The Currency of Confidence

How Economic Beliefs Shape the IMF's Relationship with Its Borrowers

By: Stephen C. Nelson

The IMF is a purposive actor in world politics, primarily driven by a set of homogenous economic ideas, Stephen C. Nelson suggests, and its professional staff emerged from an insular set of American-trained economists. The IMF treats countries differently depending on whether that staff trusts the country's top officials; that trust in turn depends on the educational credentials of the policy team that Fund officials face across the negotiating table. Intellectual differences thus lead to lasting economic effects for the citizens of countries seeking IMF support.Based on deep archival research in IMF archives and personnel files, Nelson argues that the IMF has been the Johnny Appleseed of neoliberalism: neoliberal policymakers sprout and take root in countries that have spent recent decades living under the Fund’s conditional lending arrangements. Nelson supports his argument through quantitative measures and illustrates the dynamics of relations between the Fund and client countries in a detailed examination of newly available archives of four periods in Argentina’s long and often bitter relations with the IMF. The Currency of Confidence ends with Nelson’s examination of how the IMF emerged from the global financial crisis as an unexpected victor.

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Cornell University Press

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1501708295

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Globalization and Austerity Politics in Latin America

By: Stephen B. Kaplan

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Globalization and Austerity Politics in Latin America

By: Stephen B. Kaplan

The book explores the effect of financial globalization on Latin American economic policy-making.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107017971

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Family Medicine Obstetrics E-Book

By: Stephen D. Ratcliffe

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Family Medicine Obstetrics E-Book

By: Stephen D. Ratcliffe

Whether you offer comprehensive pregnancy care in your primary care facility, or provide prenatal and postpartum care, this book delivers the guidance you need to optimize health for both mothers and their babies. It covers all aspects of birth care, from preconception counseling and prenatal care, through labor and delivery (both low-risk and complicated), to postpartum care and the first month of life. The completely revised third edition includes the most up-to- date, evidence-based standards of care. It offers information that is patient centered, prevention oriented, educational, and sensitive to the care of the whole woman and her family. Features a reader-friendly outline/narrative format for ease of use in daily clinical practice. Describes how to care for patients with a wide range of medical conditions during pregnancy as well as pregnancy-related conditions. Takes a whole-family approach to maternity care, with discussions of maternal and paternal adjustment, marital adjustment, sibling adjustment, single-parent families, and return-to-work issues. Provides patient and family education materials on a full range of topics, from nutrition in pregnancy to breastfeeding. Features a section on alternative medicine in maternity care. Provides detailed instruction for a wide array of procedures, including cesarean delivery, perineal repair of simple and complex lacerations, circumcision, assisted deliveries, and amnioinfusion. A continued strong emphasis on evidence-based medicine includes an ongoing summary of Level A recommendations throughout the text. A new chapter summarizes practical applications of how to incorporate continuous quality improvement and enhanced medical safety into the maternity care setting. A new section details which immunizations can be used safely during pregnancy. A section on "Centering Pregnancy" discusses this new model of care and how it incorporates longitudinal group.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323070825

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Counselling for Stress Problems

By: Stephen Palmer,Windy Dryden

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Counselling for Stress Problems

By: Stephen Palmer,Windy Dryden

Seminars by Professor Windy Dryden. See the man live and in action. To find out more and to book your place go to www.cityminds.com _______________________________________ `A welcome addition to the series. The co-authors... have endeavoured to give a thorough and practical guide to this vast subject and they have managed to do this within the confines of an easy-to-read, cheap and relatively short paperback... a very useful practical volume for the general counsellor to have on their book shelf′ - Counselling, The Journal of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy This comprehensive guide views stress counselling and management from a multimodal perspective. Clear guidelines show practitioners how they can give their clients the most effective help for their stress problems using a technically eclectic and systematic approach. The authors discuss the symptoms and causes of stress and outline a framework in which stress problems can be understood. They emphasize the importance of assessment as a guide to the selection of multimodal interventions and of tailoring the counselling approach for each client. Chapters discuss the range of interventions that can be used - cognitive, imagery, behavioural, sensory, interpersonal and health/lifestyle - and the most useful techniques that can be employed within these models, such as disputing irrational beliefs, coping imagery, psychodrama, relaxation training and assertion training. Case examples illustrate commonly used techniques.

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SAGE

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1446225321

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Shaping the Western Hemisphere- Student Edition

By: Stephen Sabastian

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Shaping the Western Hemisphere- Student Edition

By: Stephen Sabastian

Everything in this book is the same as my book, "Shaping the Western Hemisphere", Sorry students but I took the Key out, ask your teacher.

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Lulu.com

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1300596538

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366 Days in Abraham Lincoln's Presidency

The Private, Political, and Military Decisions of America's Greatest President

By: Stephen A. Wynalda

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366 Days in Abraham Lincoln's Presidency

The Private, Political, and Military Decisions of America's Greatest President

By: Stephen A. Wynalda

In this biography, Wynalda looks at the private, political, and military decisions of America's greatest president. Covering 366 nonconsecutive days of Lincoln's presidency, this is a rich and exciting new perspective on Lincoln.

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Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

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1602399948

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Australia's Money Mandarins

The Reserve Bank and the Politics of Money

By: Stephen Bell

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Australia's Money Mandarins

The Reserve Bank and the Politics of Money

By: Stephen Bell

For most of its life the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has lead a fairly conservative existence.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521839904

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Athenian Lettering of the Fifth Century B.C.

The Rise of the Professional Letter Cutter

By: Stephen Victor Tracy

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Athenian Lettering of the Fifth Century B.C.

The Rise of the Professional Letter Cutter

By: Stephen Victor Tracy

This book has chapters on methodology, on the writing of the first decrees and laws of the years ca. 515 to 450 B.C., on unique examples of writing of ca. 450 to 400, on the inscribers of the Lapis Primus and Lapis Secundus (IG I3 259-280), and on those of the Attic Stelai (IG I3 421-430). These are followed by studies of 11 individual cutters arranged in chronological order. This study brings order to the study of hands of the fifth century by setting out a methodology and by discussing the attempts of others to identify hands. Another aim is to bring out the individuality of the writing of these early inscribers. It shows that from the beginning the writing on Athenian inscriptions on stone was very idiosyncratic, for all intents and purposes individual writing. It identifies the inscribing of the sacred inventories of Athena beginning about 450 B.C. as the genesis of the professional letter cutter in Athens and traces the trajectory of the profession. While the dating of many inscriptions will remain a matter for scholarly discussion, the present study narrows the dates of many texts. It also pinpoints the origin of the mistaken idea that three-bar sigma did not occur on public documents after the year 446 in order to make those who are not expert more aware that this is not a reliable means of dating.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110407639

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Topics In Growth And Device Processing Of Iii-v Semiconductors

By: Cammy R Abernathy,Chih Tang Sah,F Ren,Stephen J Pearton

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Topics In Growth And Device Processing Of Iii-v Semiconductors

By: Cammy R Abernathy,Chih Tang Sah,F Ren,Stephen J Pearton

This book describes advanced epitaxial growth and self-aligned processing techniques for the fabrication of III-V semiconductor devices such as heterojunction bipolar transistors and high electron mobility transistors. It is the first book to describe the use of carbon-doping and low damage dry etching techniques that have proved indispensable in making reliable, high performance devices. These devices are used in many applications such as cordless telephones and high speed lightwave communication systems.

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World Scientific

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981450159X

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Grave New World

The End of Globalization, the Return of History

By: Stephen D. King

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Grave New World

The End of Globalization, the Return of History

By: Stephen D. King

A controversial look at the end of globalization and what it means for prosperity, peace, and the global economic order Globalization, long considered the best route to economic prosperity, is not inevitable. An approach built on the principles of free trade and, since the 1980s, open capital markets, is beginning to fracture. With disappointing growth rates across the Western world, nations are no longer willing to sacrifice national interests for global growth; nor are their leaders able—or willing—to sell the idea of pursuing a global agenda of prosperity to their citizens. Combining historical analysis with current affairs, economist Stephen D. King provides a provocative and engaging account of why globalization is being rejected, what a world ruled by rival states with conflicting aims might look like, and how the pursuit of nationalist agendas could result in a race to the bottom. King argues that a rejection of globalization and a return to “autarky” will risk economic and political conflict, and he uses lessons from history to gauge how best to avoid the worst possible outcomes.

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Yale University Press

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0300240074

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Allied Jet Killers of World War 2

By: Stephen Chapis,Andrew Thomas

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Allied Jet Killers of World War 2

By: Stephen Chapis,Andrew Thomas

Allied fighter pilots began encountering German jets – principally the outstanding Me 262 fighter – from the autumn of 1944. Stunned by the aircraft's speed and rate of climb, it took USAAF and RAF units time to work out how to combat this deadly threat as the Luftwaffe targeted the medium and heavy bombers attacking targets across the Reich. A number of high-scoring aces from the Eighth Air Force (Drew, Glover, Meyer, Norley and Yeager, to name but a few) succeeded in claiming Me 262s, Me 163 and Ar 234s during the final months of the campaign, as did RAF aces like Tony Gaze and 'Foob' Fairbanks. The exploits of both famous and little-known pilots will be chronicled in this volume, detailing how they pushed their P-47s, P-51s, Spitfires and Tempests to the limits of their performance in order to down the Luftwaffe's 'wonder weapons'.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472823508

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9781472823502

Tim Tebow

Quarterback with Conviction

By: Stephen G. Gordon

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Tim Tebow

Quarterback with Conviction

By: Stephen G. Gordon

Tim Tebow is a one-man cultural blitz," reports USA TODAY, The Nation's No. 1 Newspaper. A celebrity in the football world and a pop culture phenomenon, Tebow has become a household name. He both "polarizes and mesmerizes" fans with his "unconventional playing style and outspoken commitment to his Christian faith." For twenty years, Tebow was told that he didn't fit the quarterback mold. But fierce determination and an intense will to win earned him the coveted Heisman Trophy as a sophomore in college and a hard-won spot as a quarterback in the NFL. In a short time, Tebow has become a role model for millions of kids. Follow his rise to the NFL ranks in this exciting biography, and you'll find out why Tebowmania is sweeping the nation.

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Twenty-First Century Books

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The Rough Guide to Argentina

By: Shafik Meghji,Stephen Keeling,Madelaine Triebe,Sorrel Moseley-Williams

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The Rough Guide to Argentina

By: Shafik Meghji,Stephen Keeling,Madelaine Triebe,Sorrel Moseley-Williams

The Rough Guide to Argentina is the definitive travel guide to this epic country, with in-depth coverage of its vibrant cities, rich culture, and staggeringly diverse scenery. Discover shimmering mountain lakes, beautiful valleys, and majestic glaciers; ride with gauchos; get seduced by tango; savor the world's finest steak; watch a Superclásico football match; or pick up the trail of Bruce Chatwin across Patagonia's dramatic ice fields. Expert accounts, clear maps, and stunning photography throughout this guidebook bring Argentina's attractions to life, from the thunderous Iguazú Falls and ravishing capital, Buenos Aires, to Mendoza's celebrated vineyards and the wild and isolated snowcapped peaks of Tierra del Fuego. With easy-to-use maps, reliable transport advice, inspiring itineraries, and expert reviews of the best hotels, restaurants, bars, clubs, and shops for all budgets, this indispensable guide will ensure that you don't miss a thing. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Argentina.

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Penguin

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0241296129

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The Insects

Structure and Function

By: R. F. Chapman,Stephen J. Simpson,Angela E. Douglas

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The Insects

Structure and Function

By: R. F. Chapman,Stephen J. Simpson,Angela E. Douglas

A long-awaited update of the standard textbook on insect structure and function, revised by a team of eminent insect physiologists.

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052111389X

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Understanding Tahrir Square

What Transitions Elsewhere Can Teach Us about the Prospects for Arab Democracy

By: Stephen R. Grand

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Understanding Tahrir Square

What Transitions Elsewhere Can Teach Us about the Prospects for Arab Democracy

By: Stephen R. Grand

Amid the current turmoil in the Middle East, Understanding Tahrir Square sounds a rare optimistic note. Surveying countries in other parts of the world during their transitions to democracy, author Stephen Grand argues that the long-term prospects in many parts of the Arab world are actually quite positive. If the current polarization and political violence in the region can be overcome, democracy will eventually take root. The key to this change will likely be ordinary citizens—foremost among them the young protestors of the Arab Spring who have filled the region's public spaces—most famously, Egypt's Tahrir Square. The book puts the Arab Spring in comparative perspective. It reveals how globalization and other changes are upending the expectations of citizens everywhere about the relationship between citizen and state. Separate chapters examine the experiences of countries in the former Eastern bloc, in the Muslim-majority states of Asia, in Latin America, and in Sub-Saharan Africa during the recent Third Wave of democratization. What these cases show is that, at the end of the day, democracy requires democrats. Many complex factors go into making a democracy successful, such as the caliber of its political leaders, the quality of its constitution, and the design of its political institutions. But unless there is clear public demand for new institutions to function as intended, political leaders are unlikely to abide by the limits those institutions impose. If American policymakers want to support the brave activists struggling to bring democracy to the Arab world, helping them cultivate an effective political constituency for democracy—in essence, growing the Tahrir Square base—should be the lodestar of U.S. assistance.

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0815725175

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Berlin Bodies

Anatomizing the Streets of the City

By: Stephen Barber

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Berlin Bodies

Anatomizing the Streets of the City

By: Stephen Barber

The capital of Germany and home to 3.5 million people, Berlin has one the most fascinating histories in all of Europe. At end of the nineteenth century it rapidly developed into a major urban center, and today it is a site where the scars of history sit alongside ultra-modern urban developments. It is a place where people have figured in an especially intimate relationship with the wider fabric of the city, in which bodily interaction has been an important aspect of day-to-day urban life. In this book, Stephen Barber offers an innovative history of the city, one that focuses on how the human body has shaped the city’s very streets. Spanning the twentieth century and moving up to today, Barber’s book offers a unique account of Berlin’s development. He explores previously neglected material from the city’s audio and visual archives to examine how people interacted with the city’s streets, buildings, squares, and public spaces. He recounts a history of riots, ruins, nightclubs, crowds, architectural experiments, citywide spectacles, film, art, and performances, showing how these human forces have affected the structure of the city. Through this innovative approach, Barber offers a new way to think about modern urban spaces as corporeal spaces, and how people exert a cumulative effect on cities over time.

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1780237677

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100 Years of Subatomic Physics

By: Ernest M. Henley,Stephen D. Ellis

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100 Years of Subatomic Physics

By: Ernest M. Henley,Stephen D. Ellis

This book reviews the important achievements in subatomic physics in the past century. The chapters are divided into two parts: nuclear physics and particle physics. This book provides academics and researchers an essential overview of the present state of knowledge in nuclear and particle physics.

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World Scientific

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9814425818

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Rudolf Serkin

A Life

By: Stephen Lehmann,Marion Faber

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Rudolf Serkin

A Life

By: Stephen Lehmann,Marion Faber

This book is the first biography of 20th-century pianist Rudolf Serkin, providing a narrative of Serkin's life with emphasis on his European roots and the impact of his move to America. Based on his personal papers and correspondence, as well as extensive interviews with friends, family, and colleagues, the authors focus on three key aspects of Serkin's work, particularly as it unfolded in America: his art and career as a pianist, his activities as a pedagogue, including his long association with the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, and his key role in institutionalizing a redefinition of musical values in America through his work as artistic director of the Marlboro Music School and Festival in Vermont. A candid and colorful blend of narrative and interviews, it offers a probing look into the life and character of this very private man and powerful musical personality.

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Oxford University Press

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0195351444

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The Lettering of an Athenian Mason

By: Stephen V. Tracy

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The Lettering of an Athenian Mason

By: Stephen V. Tracy

Revision of the author's thesis, Harvard, 1967.

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ASCSA

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0876615159

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What a Bee Knows

Exploring the Thoughts, Memories, and Personalities of Bees

By: Stephen L. Buchmann

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What a Bee Knows

Exploring the Thoughts, Memories, and Personalities of Bees

By: Stephen L. Buchmann

The next time you hear the low buzzing sound of an approaching bee, look closer: the bee has navigated to this particular spot for a reason using a fascinating set of tools. She might be responding to scents on the breeze as her olfactory organs provide a 3D map of an object's location. She might be tracing the route based on her memories of a particular flower or the electrostatic traces left by other bees. What a Bee Knows: Exploring the Thoughts, Memories, and Personalities of Bees invites us to follow bees' mysterious pathways and experience their complex and alien world. Although their brains are incredibly small--just one million neurons compared to humans' 100 billion--bees have remarkable abilities to navigate, learn, communicate, and remember. In What a Bee Knows, entomologist Stephen Buchmann explores a bee's way of seeing the world and introduces the scientists who make the journey possible. What a Bee Knows will challenge your idea of a bee's place in the world--and perhaps our own.

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Island Press

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1642831247

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Civil Procedure

By: Stephen C. Yeazell,Joanna C. Schwartz,Maureen Carroll

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Civil Procedure

By: Stephen C. Yeazell,Joanna C. Schwartz,Maureen Carroll

Civil Procedure, 11th edition by Yeazell, Schwartz, and Carroll provides students with a working knowledge of the procedural system. In Civil Procedure, the authors employ a pedagogical style that offers flexible organization at a manageable length. The book introduces students to the procedural system and provides them with techniques of statutory analysis. The included cases are factually interesting and do not involve substantive matters beyond the experience of first-year students. The problems following the cases present real-life issues. Finally, the book incorporates a number of dissenting opinions to dispel the notion that procedural disputes always present clear-cut issues. New to the Eleventh Edition: Addition of co-author Professor Maureen Carroll of Michigan Law School, an expert in civil procedure, class actions, and civil rights litigation, and an award-winning teacher. Updated personal jurisdiction chapter with streamlined opinion excerpts and additional cases reflecting the Supreme Court’s most recent decisions and cutting-edge jurisdictional questions. Increased attention to settlement dynamics and pressures throughout the book. Addition of contemporary cases that illuminate the impacts of civil procedure on issues of race, gender, and civil rights. Updated statistics and information about civil litigation in the United States, including the high proportion of unrepresented litigants. Professors and students will benefit from: Teachable, well-structured casebook featuring a clear organization, concisely edited cases chosen to be readily accessible to first-year students, textual notes introducing each section that highlight connections between material, and practical problems Manageable length which allows the class to get through this complex course material in limited hours Flexible organization, adaptable to a variety of teaching approaches Clear, straightforward writing style, making the material accessible to students without oversimplifying Effective overview of the procedural system, which provides students with a working knowledge of the system and of techniques for statutory analysis Assessment questions and answers at the end of each chapter, to help students test their comprehension of the material

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Aspen Publishing

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1543856284

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Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm

Beyond the Doors of Perception into the Dreaming of Earth

By: Stephen Harrod Buhner

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Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm

Beyond the Doors of Perception into the Dreaming of Earth

By: Stephen Harrod Buhner

A manual for opening the doors of perception and directly engaging the intelligence of the Natural World • Provides exercises to directly perceive and interact with the complex, living, self-organizing being that is Gaia • Reveals that every life form on Earth is highly intelligent and communicative • Examines the ecological function of invasive plants, bacterial resistance to antibiotics, psychotropic plants and fungi, and the human species In Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm, Stephen Harrod Buhner reveals that all life forms on Earth possess intelligence, language, a sense of I and not I, and the capacity to dream. He shows that by consciously opening the doors of perception, we can reconnect with the living intelligences in Nature as kindred beings, become again wild scientists, nondomesticated explorers of a Gaian world just as Goethe, Barbara McClintock, James Lovelock, and others have done. For as Einstein commented, “We cannot solve the problems facing us by using the same kind of thinking that created them.” Buhner explains how to use analogical thinking and imaginal perception to directly experience the inherent meanings that flow through the world, that are expressed from each living form that surrounds us, and to directly initiate communication in return. He delves deeply into the ecological function of invasive plants, bacterial resistance to antibiotics, psychotropic plants and fungi, and, most importantly, the human species itself. He shows that human beings are not a plague on the planet, they have a specific ecological function as important to Gaia as that of plants and bacteria. Buhner shows that the capacity for depth connection and meaning-filled communication with the living world is inherent in every human being. It is as natural as breathing, as the beating of our own hearts, as our own desire for intimacy and love. We can change how we think and in so doing begin to address the difficulties of our times.

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Simon and Schuster

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1591438365

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Holding the Shop Together

German Industrial Relations in the Postwar Era

By: Stephen J. Silvia

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Holding the Shop Together

German Industrial Relations in the Postwar Era

By: Stephen J. Silvia

Since the onset of the Great Recession, Germany’s economy has been praised for its superior performance, which has been reminiscent of the "economic miracle" of the 1950s and 1960s. Such acclaim is surprising because Germany’s economic institutions were widely dismissed as faulty just a decade ago. In Holding the Shop Together, Stephen J. Silvia examines the oscillations of the German economy across the entire postwar period through one of its most important components: the industrial relations system.As Silvia shows in this wide-ranging and deeply informed account, the industrial relations system is strongest where the German economy is strongest and is responsible for many of the distinctive features of postwar German capitalism. It extends into the boardrooms, workplaces and government to a degree that is unimaginable in most other countries. Trends in German industrial relations, moreover, influence developments in the broader German economy and, frequently, industrial relations practice abroad. All these aspects make the German industrial relations regime an ideal focal point for developing a deeper understanding of the German economy as a whole.Silvia begins by presenting the framework of the German industrial relations system—labor laws and the role of the state—and then analyzes its principal actors: trade unions and employers’ associations. He finds the framework sound but the actors in crisis because of membership losses. Silvia analyzes the reasons behind the losses and the innovative strategies German labor and management have developed in their efforts to reverse them. He concludes with a comprehensive picture and then considers the future of German industrial relations.

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Cornell University Press

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0801469651

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9780801469657

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