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Early Christianity and Greek Paideia

By: Werner Jaeger

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Early Christianity and Greek Paideia

By: Werner Jaeger

This small book, the last work of a world-renowned scholar, has established itself as a classic. It provides a superb overview of the vast historical process by which Christianity was Hellenized and Hellenic civilization became Christianized. Werner Jaeger shows that without the large postclassical expansion of Greek culture the rise of a Christian world religion would have been impossible. He explains why the Hellenization of Christianity was necessary in apostolic and postapostalic times; points out similarities between Greek philosophy and Christian belief; discuss such key figures as Clement, Origen, and Gregory of Nyssa; and touches on the controversies that led to the ultimate complex synthesis of Greek and Christian thought.

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Harvard University Press

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0674220528

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9780674220522

Myths and Legends of China

By: E. T. C. Werner

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Myths and Legends of China

By: E. T. C. Werner

The West's first encounters with the folk tales and myths of the East proved to be a heady experience, as they were based on an entirely different value system and worldview than those that are reflected in the Greek myths and most subsequent Western folk tales. In Myths and Legends of China, author E.T.C. Werner offers up a rich tapestry of Chinese folk narratives. A must-read for fans of world myths, fairy tales, and legends.

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The Floating Press

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177541440X

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A Conspiracy Of Decency

The Rescue Of The Danish Jews During World War II

By: Emmy E Werner

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A Conspiracy Of Decency

The Rescue Of The Danish Jews During World War II

By: Emmy E Werner

The people of Denmark managed to save almost their country's entire Jewish population from extinction in a spontaneous act of humanity -- one of the most compelling stories of moral courage in the history of World War II. Drawing on many personal accounts, Emmy Werner tells the story of the rescue of the Danish Jews from the vantage-point of living eyewitnesses- the last survivors of an extraordinary conspiracy of decency that triumphed in the midst of the horrors of the Holocaust. A Conspiracy of Decency chronicles the acts of people of good will from several nationalities. Among them were the German Georg F. Duckwitz, who warned the Jews of their impending deportation, the Danes who hid them and ferried them across the Oresund, and the Swedes who gave them asylum. Regardless of their social class, education, and religious and political persuasion, the rescuers all shared one important characteristic: they defined their humanity by their ability to act with great compassion. These people never considered themselves heroes -- they simply felt that they were doing the right thing.

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Basic Books

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0786746696

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9780786746699

Imperial Japan's World War Two

1931-1945

By: Werner Gruhl

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Imperial Japan's World War Two

1931-1945

By: Werner Gruhl

Gruhl's narrative makes clear why Japan's World War II aggression still touches deep emotions with East Asians and Western ex-prisoners of war, and why there is justifiable sensitivity to the way modern Japan has dealt with this legacy. Knowledge of the enormity of Japan's total war is also necessary to assess the United States' and her allies' policies toward Japan, and their reactions to its actions, extending from Manchuria in 1931 to Hiroshima in 1945. Gruhl takes the view that World War II started in 1931 when Japan, crowded and poor in raw materials but with a sense of military invincibility, saw empire as her salvation and invaded China. Japan's imperial regime had volatile ambitions but limited resources, thus encouraging them to unleash a particularly brutal offensive against the peoples of Asia and surrounding ocean islands. Their 1931 to 1945 invasions and policies further added to Asia's pre-war woes, particularly in China, by badly disrupting marginal economies, leading to famines and epidemics. Altogether, the victims of Japan's World War Two aggression took many forms and were massive in number. Gruhl offers a survey and synthesis of the historical literature and documentation, statistical data, as well as personal interviews and first-hand accounts to provide a comprehensive overview analysis. The sequence of diplomatic and military events leading to Pearl Harbor, as well as those leading to the U.S. decision to drop the atom bomb, are explored here as well as Japan's war crimes and postwar revisionist/apologist views regarding them. This book will be of intense interest to Asian specialists, and those concerned with human rights issues in a historical context.

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Routledge

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1351513249

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The Brazilian Economy

Growth and Development

By: Werner Baer

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The Brazilian Economy

Growth and Development

By: Werner Baer

Bringing the analysis of Brazil's economic performance up to date, Baer's classic text remains the only book in English to provide a thorough historical, statistical, and institutional description of the Brazilian economy. After touching on such issues as Brazil's exporting economy prior to the 1930s, the impact of external shocks, and the historical struggle to bring inflation under control, the book turns to contemporary issues. The changing nature of Brazil's international trading and investment links, the past role of state enterprises and the process of privatization, the agricultural sector, environmental issues, and the economics of the health delivery system are thoroughly examined. Offering a full statistical and institutional description of Brazil's economy, this book includes a review of the major controversies surrounding such issues as the high degree of concentration in the country's income distribution, the causes of inflation, the impact of various stabilization programs, and the influences of the state in the economy. Scholars, students, international institutions dealing with development, and corporate officers dealing with Latin America will welcome this up-to-date, definitive book on one of the world's largest economies.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313389861

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9780313389863

Why is There No Socialism In the United States

By: Werner Sombart

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Why is There No Socialism In the United States

By: Werner Sombart

Why is the United States the only advanced capitalist country with no labor party? This question is one of the great enduring puzzles of American political development, and it lies at the heart of a fundamental debate about the nature of American society. Tackling this debate head-on, Robin Archer puts forward a new explanation for why there is no American labor party-an explanation that suggests that much of the conventional wisdom about "American exceptionalism" is untenable. Conventional explanations rely on comparison with Europe. Archer challenges these explanations by comparing the United States with its most similar New World counterpart-Australia. This comparison is particularly revealing, not only because the United States and Australia share many fundamental historical, political, and social characteristics, but also because Australian unions established a labor party in the late nineteenth century, just when American unions, against a common backdrop of industrial defeat and depression, came closest to doing something similar. Archer examines each of the factors that could help explain the American outcome, and his systematic comparison yields unexpected conclusions. He argues that prosperity, democracy, liberalism, and racial hostility often promoted the very changes they are said to have obstructed. And he shows that it was not these characteristics that left the United States without a labor party, but, rather, the powerful impact of repression, religion, and political sectarianism.

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Routledge

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1315496879

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Beyond Ethnicity

Consent and Descent in American Culture

By: Werner Sollors

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Beyond Ethnicity

Consent and Descent in American Culture

By: Werner Sollors

Nothing is "pure" in America, and, indeed, the rich ethnic mix that constitutes our society accounts for much of its amazing vitality. Werner Sollors's new book takes a wide-ranging look at the role of "ethnicity" in American literature and what that literature has said--and continues to say--about our diverse culture. Ethnic consciousness, he contends, is a constituent feature of modernism, not modernism's antithesis. Discussing works from every period of American history, Sollors focuses particularly on the tension between "descent" and "consent"--between the concern for one's racial, ethnic, and familial heritage and the conflicting desire to choose one's own destiny, even if that choice goes against one's heritage. Some of the stories Sollors examines are retellings of the biblical Exodus--stories in which Americans of the most diverse origins have painted their own histories as an escape from bondage or a search for a new Canaan. Other stories are "American-made" tales of melting-pot romance, which may either triumph in intermarriage, accompanied by new world symphonies, or end with the lovers' death. Still other stories concern voyages of self-discovery in which the hero attempts to steer a perilous course between stubborn traditionalism and total assimilation. And then there are the generational sagas, in which, as if by magic, the third generation emerges as the fulfillment of their forebears' dream. Citing examples that range from the writings of Cotton Mather to Liquid Sky (a "post-punk" science fiction film directed by a Russian emigre), Sollors shows how the creators of American culture have generally been attracted to what is most new and modern. About the Author: Werner Sollors is Chairman of the Afro-American Studies Department at Harvard University and the author of Amiri Baraka: The Quest for a Populist Modernism. A provocative and original look at "ethnicity" in American literature BLCovers stories from all periods of our nation's history BLRelates ethnic literature to the principle of literary modernism BL"Grave and hilarious, tender and merciless...The book performs a public service."-Quentin Anderson

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Oxford University Press

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0190281510

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9780190281519

Principles and Labs for Fitness and Wellness

By: Werner W. K. Hoeger,Sharon A. Hoeger

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Principles and Labs for Fitness and Wellness

By: Werner W. K. Hoeger,Sharon A. Hoeger

PRINCIPLES AND LABS FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS AND WELLNESS, SEVENTH EDITION, guides students through the development of an attainable and enjoyable fitness and wellness program. With over 150 pieces of art to make this text truly engaging, it also gives students the motivation and techniques they need to apply their learning experiences and knowledge received from their fitness and wellness course. Perforated laboratory worksheets found at the end of each chapter allows readers to analyze and understand the concepts that they have learned, and move to the next state of behavioral modification. The emphasis is on teaching individuals how to take control of their personal health and lifestyle habits so they can make a constant and deliberate effort to stay healthy and realize their highest potentials for well being. In addition to the strength of the text, PRINCIPLES AND LABS FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS AND WELLNESS comes with a wide-range of teaching and learning resources unlike any other to support your course! Besides the exclusive offerings of the CNN Video Today series and InfoTrac College Edition, or the extensive PowerPoint and WebTutor Advantage Online teaching support, each copy of the text comes packaged FREE with the exciting and interactive PROFILE PLUS CD-ROM. Unique to any learning tutorial, this CD-ROM includes self-paced, guided assessments, exercise prescriptions and logs, nutrition analysis, and a text-specific study guide appropriate for all health students. Whether supporting active learning or active teaching, this text has it all!

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Brooks Cole

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0534599869

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9780534599867

Encounters with Einstein

And Other Essays on People, Places, and Particles

By: Werner Heisenberg

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Encounters with Einstein

And Other Essays on People, Places, and Particles

By: Werner Heisenberg

In nine essays and lectures composed in the last years of his life, Werner Heisenberg offers a bold appraisal of the scientific method in the twentieth century--and relates its philosophical impact on contemporary society and science to the particulars of molecular biology, astrophysics, and related disciplines. Are the problems we define and pursue freely chosen according to our conscious interests? Or does the historical process itself determine which phenomena merit examination at any one time? Heisenberg discusses these issues in the most far-ranging philosophical terms, while illustrating them with specific examples.

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Princeton University Press

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0691024332

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My Dear Li

Correspondence, 1937-1946

By: Werner Heisenberg,Elisabeth Heisenberg

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My Dear Li

Correspondence, 1937-1946

By: Werner Heisenberg,Elisabeth Heisenberg

Personal letters reveal the quandary of a prominent German physicist during the Nazi years and the strength he shared with his loving wife Nobel Prize–winning physicist Werner Heisenberg lived far from his wife, Elisabeth, during most of the Second World War. An eminent scientist, Werner headed Germany’s national atomic research project in Berlin, while Elisabeth and their children lived more safely in Bavaria. This selection of more than 300 letters exchanged between husband and wife reveals the precarious nature of Werner’s position in the Third Reich, Elisabeth’s increasingly difficult everyday life as the war progressed, and the devoted relationship that gave strength to them both. These letters provide a fascinating new perspective on Werner’s much-debated wartime work and his attitude toward the atomic bomb. They also shed light on his reluctance to emigrate despite the urging of friends. An excerpt from his private diary, an introduction and notes by his daughter, and a selection of personal family photographs complete this compelling volume.

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Yale University Press

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0300225016

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9780300225013

Atlas of Human Anatomy

By: Werner Spalteholz

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Atlas of Human Anatomy

By: Werner Spalteholz

Atlas of Human Anatomy, Sixteenth Edition presents several illustrations of human anatomy with cross-references to enable students to gain a three-dimensional impression of the subject matter. This book aims to strengthen the visual memory of students in their study of human anatomy, which is so important to the acquisition of a spatial image of the human body. Organized into six chapters, this book begins with an overview of the human skeletal system. This text then presents a collection of plates covering the trunks, the upper and lower extremities, the head, the muscles of the perineum, and the regions of the body. Other chapters consider the anatomy of the cardiovascular system, the development of the face, the digestive system, and the male and female genital systems. This book discusses as well the central nervous system. The final chapter deals with the sensory organ of the human body. This book is a valuable resource for teachers and students of human anatomy.

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Butterworth-Heinemann

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1483285243

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9781483285245

Concise Encyclopedia of Mexico

By: Michael Werner

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Concise Encyclopedia of Mexico

By: Michael Werner

Concise Encyclopedia of Mexico includes approximately 250 articles on the people and topics most relevant to students seeking information about Mexico. Although the Concise version is a unique single-volume source of information on the entire sweep of Mexican history-pre-colonial, colonial, and moderns-it will emphasize events that affecting Mexico today, event students most need to understand.

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1135973776

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9781135973773

A Change Is Gonna Come

Music, Race & the Soul of America

By: Craig Werner

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A Change Is Gonna Come

Music, Race & the Soul of America

By: Craig Werner

The new edition of the groundbreaking chronicle of forty years of black music in America

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University of Michigan Press

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0472031473

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9780472031474

The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory

By: Werner Heisenberg

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The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory

By: Werner Heisenberg

Nobel Laureate discusses quantum theory, uncertainty, wave mechanics, work of Dirac, Schroedinger, Compton, Einstein, others. "An authoritative statement of Heisenberg's views on this aspect of the quantum theory." ? Nature.

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Courier Corporation

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0486601137

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The Bible as History

By: Werner Keller

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The Bible as History

By: Werner Keller

The Bible As History by Werner Keller, will take you on a breathtaking journey to the heart of Holy Scripture as it pieces together one of the most stunning spiritual puzzles in the history of mankind.

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1566198011

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The Touchstone of Life

Molecular Information, Cell Communication, and the Foundations of Life

By: Werner R. Loewenstein

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The Touchstone of Life

Molecular Information, Cell Communication, and the Foundations of Life

By: Werner R. Loewenstein

A world-renowned biophysicist answers the ancient riddles of life by applying information theory to recent discoveries in molecular biology. The book offers a breathtaking view of that hidden world where molecular information turns the wheels of life. 33 halftones. 53 linecuts.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195118286

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9780195118285

The Theology of the Early Greek Philosophers

The Gifford Lectures, 1936

By: Werner Jaeger

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The Theology of the Early Greek Philosophers

The Gifford Lectures, 1936

By: Werner Jaeger

The new and revolutionizing ideas which the early Greek thinkers developed about the nature of the universe had a direct impact upon their conception of what they called, in a new sense, 'God' or 'the Divine.' The history of the philosophical theology of the Greeks is thus the history of their rational approach to the nature of reality itself in its successive phases. The late Professor Jaeger's classic book traces this development from the first intimations in Hesiod of the theology that was to come, through the heroic age of Greek cosmological thought, down to the time of the Sophists of the fifth century B.C.

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1592443214

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9781592443215

Higher Ground

Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, and the Rise and Fall of American Soul

By: Craig Werner

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Higher Ground

Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, and the Rise and Fall of American Soul

By: Craig Werner

An insightful music writer brilliantly reinterprets the lives of three pop geniuses and the soul revolution they launched. Soul music is one of America's greatest cultural achievements, and Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, and Curtis Mayfield are three of its most inspired practitioners. In midcentury America it was soul music—particularly the dazzling stream of recordings made by these three stars—that helped bring the gospel vision of the black church into the mainstream, energizing the era’s social movements and defining a new American gospel where the sacred and the secular met. What made this gospel all the more amazing was that its most influential articulators were the sons and daughters of sharecroppers, storefront preachers, and single parents in the projects, whose genius gave voice to a new vision of American possibility. Higher Ground seamlessly weaves the specific and intensely personal narratives of Stevie, Aretha, and Curtis’s lives into the historical fabric of their times. The three shared many similarities: They were all children of the great migration and of the black church. But Werner goes further and ties them together with a provocative thesis about American history and culture that compels us to reconsider both the music and the times. And aside from the personalities and the history, he writes beautifully about music itself, the nuts and bolts of its creation and performance, in a way that brings a new awareness and understanding to the most familiar music, forcing you to listen to songs you've heard a thousand times with fresh ears. In Higher Ground, Werner illuminates the lives of three unparalleled American artists, reminding us why their music mattered then and still resonates with us today.

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Crown Archetype

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0307420876

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9780307420879

The Age of Augustus

By: Werner Eck

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The Age of Augustus

By: Werner Eck

In this updated edition of his concise biography, Werner Eck tells the extraordinary story of Augustus, Rome's first monarch. Incorporates literary, archaeological, and legal sources to provide a vivid narrative of Augustus' brutal rise to power Written by one of the world's leading experts on the Roman empire Traces the history of the Roman revolution and Rome's transformation from a republic to an empire Includes a new chapter on legislation, further information on the monuments of the Augustan period, more maps and illustrations, and a stemma of Augustus' family Thorough, straightforward, and organized chronologically, this is an ideal resource for anyone approaching the subject for the first time

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John Wiley & Sons

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1405151498

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9781405151498

Williams Gynecology, Third Edition, Study Guide

By: Claudia L. Werner,Elysia Moschos,William F. Griffith,Victor E. Beshay,David D. Rahn,Debra L. Richardson,Barbara L. Hoffman

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Williams Gynecology, Third Edition, Study Guide

By: Claudia L. Werner,Elysia Moschos,William F. Griffith,Victor E. Beshay,David D. Rahn,Debra L. Richardson,Barbara L. Hoffman

Gain a better understanding of the basic principles of gynecology presented in Williams Gynecology, Third Edition with this full-color study guide Directly derived from the content of Williams Gynecology, Third Edition, this authoritative study guide is designed to assess your understanding and retention of the acclaimed, evidence-based coverage of the parent text. Here, you will find everything you need for an efficient chapter-by-chapter review of the text material. Featuring a full-color, open design, the study guide contains more than 2,000 review questions with clinical vignettes, an answer key that includes corresponding textbook page numbers to aid further study, and hundreds of precise images to sharpen your visual diagnosis skills. The most rigorous gynecology summary available: · NEW Color images included as question material · NEW Clinical case questions assess your ability to apply the content to real-world patient encounters · More than 2,000 evidence-based multiple-choice questions cover every major topic in clinical gynecology – includes a mix of straight Q&A and clinical vignettes · Answer key provides the correct answer and cites page numbers in Williams Gynecology, Third Edition, to prompt in-depth discussion and continued study · Coverage spans reproductive endocrinology and infertility, female pelvic medicine, reconstructive surgery, and gynecologic oncology

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071849955

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9780071849951

Old Testament Introduction

By: Werner H. Schmidt

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Old Testament Introduction

By: Werner H. Schmidt

The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive introduction to the complexities of the Old Testament; it also provides the basic knowledge required for students of O.T. theology. This widely used textbook appears here in its second English edition and is based on the fifth German edition (1995). This new edition has been expanded especially in regard to Pentateuch research and the anthropology of the O.T.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110800934

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9783110800937

Shakespeare and Feminist Performance

Ideology on Stage

By: Sarah Werner

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Shakespeare and Feminist Performance

Ideology on Stage

By: Sarah Werner

Werner demonstrates how actor training, company management and gender politics fundamentally affect how a production is created and the interpretations it can suggest. No Shakespeare performance is free of our own assumptions.

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Routledge

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1134588046

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9781134588046

The Emperor's New Clothes

By: Werner Wejp-Olsen,Hans Christian Andersen

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The Emperor's New Clothes

By: Werner Wejp-Olsen,Hans Christian Andersen

The world's most famous storyteller, the Danish Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) and his wonderful fairy tales are loved all over the globe. Besides being a master of the written word, he was also a very talented illustrator. No doubt, had he lived today he would probably have tried his hand on cartooning as well and maybe created some of his fairy tales as comic strips. All in all he wrote 157 fairy tales. Here is the comic strip version of The Emperor's New Clothes, one of his most famous and beloved fairy tales re-created by the Danish cartoonist Werner Wejp-Olsen.

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Andrews UK Limited

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1782344152

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9781782344155

The Green Paradox

A Supply-Side Approach to Global Warming

By: Hans-Werner Sinn

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The Green Paradox

A Supply-Side Approach to Global Warming

By: Hans-Werner Sinn

A leading economist develops a supply-side approach to fighting climate change that encourages resource owners to leave more of their fossil carbon underground. The Earth is getting warmer. Yet, as Hans-Werner Sinn points out in this provocative book, the dominant policy approach—which aims to curb consumption of fossil energy—has been ineffective. Despite policy makers' efforts to promote alternative energy, impose emission controls on cars, and enforce tough energy-efficiency standards for buildings, the relentlessly rising curve of CO2 output does not show the slightest downward turn. Some proposed solutions are downright harmful: cultivating crops to make biofuels not only contributes to global warming but also uses resources that should be devoted to feeding the world's hungry. In The Green Paradox, Sinn proposes a new, more pragmatic approach based not on regulating the demand for fossil fuels but on controlling the supply. The owners of carbon resources, Sinn explains, are pre-empting future regulation by accelerating the production of fossil energy while they can. This is the “Green Paradox”: expected future reduction in carbon consumption has the effect of accelerating climate change. Sinn suggests a supply-side solution: inducing the owners of carbon resources to leave more of their wealth underground. He proposes the swift introduction of a “Super-Kyoto” system—gathering all consumer countries into a cartel by means of a worldwide, coordinated cap-and-trade system supported by the levying of source taxes on capital income—to spoil the resource owners' appetite for financial assets. Only if we can shift our focus from local demand to worldwide supply policies for reducing carbon emissions, Sinn argues, will we have a chance of staving off climate disaster.

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MIT Press

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0262300583

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9780262300582

Nietzsche's View of Socrates

By: Werner J. Dannhauser

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Nietzsche's View of Socrates

By: Werner J. Dannhauser

Clarifying a crucial aspect of Nietzsche's work—his constant preoccupation with Socrates—this intensive study also provides a general introduction to the philosophy of an important and difficult thinker. Through close analyses of two of his major books, The Birth of Tragedy and Twilight of the Idols, as well as his other writings, Professor Dannhauser rescues Nietzsche's thought from the vague generalities that it has too often provoked. His book will be especially valued as a judicious presentation of the quarrel between modern and ancient philosophy. While he makes clear his admiration for Nietzsche, he expresses his doubts that Nietzsche "won" his debate with Socrates.

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Cornell University Press

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1501733966

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9781501733963

Can Germany Be Saved?

The Malaise of the World's First Welfare State

By: Hans-Werner Sinn

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Can Germany Be Saved?

The Malaise of the World's First Welfare State

By: Hans-Werner Sinn

This pointed, hard-hitting and incisive analysis of Germany's economic malaise is hardly calculated to win popular applause in Germany. Hans-Werner Sinn finds that Germany's dearest child, the welfare state, is the cause of its economic problems. Many Germans rely on transfer payments, so it is politically unfeasible for politicians to reduce the scope of government spending and correct the distortions it causes. However, the author argues quite convincingly that the welfare state is simply unsustainable in its current form. getAbstract recommends this book to anyone interested in the future of Germany and, for that matter, in the future of the modern welfare state.

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0262195585

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Linear Algebra

By: Werner H. Greub

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Linear Algebra

By: Werner H. Greub

This textbook gives a detailed and comprehensive presentation of linear algebra based on an axiomatic treatment of linear spaces. For this fourth edition some new material has been added to the text, for instance, the intrinsic treatment of the classical adjoint of a linear transformation in Chapter IV, as well as the discussion of quaternions and the classifica tion of associative division algebras in Chapter VII. Chapters XII and XIII have been substantially rewritten for the sake of clarity, but the contents remain basically the same as before. Finally, a number of problems covering new topics-e.g. complex structures, Caylay numbers and symplectic spaces - have been added. I should like to thank Mr. M. L. Johnson who made many useful suggestions for the problems in the third edition. I am also grateful to my colleague S. Halperin who assisted in the revision of Chapters XII and XIII and to Mr. F. Gomez who helped to prepare the subject index. Finally, I have to express my deep gratitude to my colleague J. R. Van stone who worked closely with me in the preparation of all the revisions and additions and who generously helped with the proof reading.

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Teaching Children Gymnastics

By: Peter H. Werner,Lori H. Williams,Tina J. Hall

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Teaching Children Gymnastics

By: Peter H. Werner,Lori H. Williams,Tina J. Hall

This text introduces gymnastics education in two parts. Part one presents the importance of using a developmentally appropriate approach, how to tailor gymnastics intruction to fit your teaching situation. Part two is organized around three skill themes: travelling, statics and rotation.

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Human Kinetics

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