William A. Ritter's Books

On Playing the Back Nine

By: William A. Ritter

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On Playing the Back Nine" (which is not a book about golf) is a book of seasoned reflections and sermons focused on the topic of aging, specifically growing older and looking backward at one's life while facing the future. Chapters include "Preliminary Notes on a Living Will to be Shared with my Daughter" and "When the Roll is Called up Yonder, Who'll be There?" The latter addresses the much debated issue of who will constitute the population of heaven. William Ritter is a highly regarded retired United Methodist pastor who, in addition to having served significant churches, taught Preaching at Duke Divinity School. He is now well into his seventh decade of life. When asked where he is on the back nine, he responds, "All that I know is that I can now see the clubhouse without binoculars." He is also the author of two other books: "Preaching in the Key of Life" and "Take the Dimness of my Soul Away".

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198360691X

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9781983606915

Take the Dimness of My Soul Away

Healing After a Loved One's Suicide

By: William A. Ritter

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Take the Dimness of My Soul Away

Healing After a Loved One's Suicide

By: William A. Ritter

In 1994 William A. Ritter's adult son committed suicide, sending Ritter and his family on a journey no family wants to face. Take the Dimness of My Soul Away collects the sermons he preached on the subject - the first one just three weeks after his son's death, and the final one nine years later - and chronicles his difficult and life-changing healing process."--BOOK JACKET.

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Church Publishing, Inc.

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081922104X

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9780819221049

McLaughlin & Kaluzny's Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care

By: Julie K. Johnson,William A. Sollecito

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McLaughlin & Kaluzny's Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care

By: Julie K. Johnson,William A. Sollecito

Through a unique interdisciplinary perspective on quality management in health care, this text covers the subjects of operations management, organizational behavior, and health services research. With a particular focus on Total Quality Management (TQM) and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), the challenges of implementation and institutionalization are addressed using examples from a variety of health care organizations, including primary care clinics, hospital laboratories, public health departments, and academic health centers. Significantly revised throughout, the Fifth Edition offers a greater focus on application techniques, and features 14 chapters in lieu of the prior edition's 20 chapters, making it an even more effective teaching tool. New chapters have been incorporated on Implementation Science (3), Lean Six Sigma (6), and Classification and the Reduction of Medical Errors (10).

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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1284126595

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9781284126594

From Liberal Democracy to Fascism

Legal and Political Thought in the Weimar Republic

By: Peter Caldwell,William Scheuerman

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From Liberal Democracy to Fascism

Legal and Political Thought in the Weimar Republic

By: Peter Caldwell,William Scheuerman

The Weimar Republic – from 1919 until 1933, when Hitler came into power – witnessed crucial debates on law and politics. These debates are reexamined in this book. Were, for example, democratic rules and procedures an adequate basis for democracy, as Hugo Preuss and Hans Kelsen suggested? Or should constitutional law elaborate the deeper, basic principles embedded in the democratic constitution itself, as Hermann Heller argued? Was the president the immediate “guardian of the constitution”, as Carl Schmitt’s concept of “representation” suggested? Or was Schmitt’s concept itself subject to Walter Benjamin’s critique of the aura of authenticity? These, and other typical Weimar-era debates helped shape West German constitutionalism. The former labor lawyer on the left Ernst Fraenkel, for example, began to develop a general theory of dictatorship mass democracy while in exile, which influenced the new discipline of political science after the war. Similarly, Gerhard Leibholz, an anti-positivist lawyer in Weimar, served on the first Constitutional Court of the Federal Republic of Germany, helping to consolidate its new constitutional culture.

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BRILL

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9004473890

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9789004473898

Defending Rorty

Pragmatism and Liberal Virtue

By: William M. Curtis

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Defending Rorty

Pragmatism and Liberal Virtue

By: William M. Curtis

Mixing American pragmatism and romanticism, Richard Rorty defends liberal democracy as an antiauthoritarian political regime based on liberal civic virtues.

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Cambridge University Press

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110710985X

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Medieval Mercenaries

The Business of War

By: William Urban

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Medieval Mercenaries

The Business of War

By: William Urban

The Middle Ages were a turbulent and violent time, when the fate of nations was most often decided on the battlefield, and strength of arms was key to acquiring and maintaining power. Feudal oaths and local militias were more often than not incapable of providing the skilled and disciplined warriors necessary to keep the enemy at bay. It was the mercenary who stepped in to fill the ranks. A mercenary was a professional soldier who took employment with no concern for the morals or cause of the paymaster. But within these confines we discover a surprising array of men, from the lowest-born foot soldier to the wealthiest aristocrat the occasional clergyman, even. What united them all was a willingness, and often the desire, to fight for their supper.In this benchmark work, William Urban explores the vital importance of the mercenary to the medieval power-broker, from the Byzantine Varangian Guard to fifteenth-century soldiers of fortune in the Baltic. Through contemporary chronicles and the most up-to-date scholarship, he presents an in-depth portrait of the mercenary across the Middle Ages.

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Pen and Sword

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1848328559

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9781848328556

Reinmars Women

A Study of the Woman's Song ('Frauenlied' and 'Frauenstrophe') of Reinmar der Alte

By: William E. Jackson

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Reinmars Women

A Study of the Woman's Song ('Frauenlied' and 'Frauenstrophe') of Reinmar der Alte

By: William E. Jackson

Reinmar der Alte, the twelfth-century poet also known as Reinmar von Hagenau, wrote a considerable number of ‘Frauenlieder’ and ‘Frauenstrophen’, i.e. poems and stanzas in which the speaker is a woman. However, there has never been a satisfactory scholarly treatment of these poems. Throughout the history of scholarship dealing with his works, the evaluation has been based mainly on a characterization of his personality. This volume tries to fill this gap by presenting and analysing the Woman’s Song of Reinmar.

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027280916

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Die Erfahrung der Inflation im internationalen Zusammenhang und Vergleich

By: William James Bouwsma

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Die Erfahrung der Inflation im internationalen Zusammenhang und Vergleich

By: William James Bouwsma

Conference report on the history of inflation and economic reconstruction in Europe, 1914-1924 - concentrates on events in Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, UK and the role of USA; includes chapters on stabilization processes, fiscal policies, monetary policies and income distribution; examines the economic role of banks and of trade; analyzes economic recession and social conflicts related to strikes, lockouts and hours of work. Graphs, references, statistical tables. Conference held in Berkeley 1982 Jul 26 to Aug 6.

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Walter de Gruyter

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311009679X

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Christian Democratic Workers and the Forging of German Democracy, 1920-1980

By: William L. Patch

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Christian Democratic Workers and the Forging of German Democracy, 1920-1980

By: William L. Patch

How a distinctive approach to social policy led democracy to flourish in the Federal Republic of Germany despite its past.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108424112

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Discussions on Philosophy and Literature

By: William Hamilton

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Discussions on Philosophy and Literature

By: William Hamilton

Reprint of the original, first published in 1861.

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3375056613

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Kleist's Aristocratic Heritage and Das Käthchen von Heilbronn

By: William C. Reeve

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Kleist's Aristocratic Heritage and Das Käthchen von Heilbronn

By: William C. Reeve

Kleist was an important dramatist at the beginning of the nineteenth century and Käthchen was one of his greatest stage successes. Reeve presents a brief outline of the Kleist family involvement in the Prussian aristocracy and Kleist's reactions to his background. He also surveys the literary critics' attempts to come to terms with Käthchen, noting a revisionist trend which associates Kleist with the bourgeois liberalism of his time. While acknowledging the influence of the German Enlightenment, Reeve argues that the most significant influence on Kleist was his noble heritage. Reeve's close textual analysis of Das Käthchen von Heilbronn uses the model of the aristocrat which draws upon Nietzsche's Was ist vornehm? and the works of Anthony Ludovici, John H. Kautsky, and others, a model which has remained virtually unchanged since the Middle Ages. Reeve examines Kleist's use of symbolic and descriptive names in Käthchen, showing how they emphasize his ties to the aristocratic, and compares Kleist's drama to two other plays featuring socially forbidden love, Friedrich Schiller's Kabale und Liebe and Friedrich Hebbel's Agnes Bernauer. Despite his efforts to the contrary, Heinrich von Kleist was unable to ignore or deny his aristocratic heritage. It left an indelible mark on his works, especially, as Reeve demonstrates, Das Käthchen von Heilbronn.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773563113

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9780773563117

Kleist on Stage, 1804-1987

By: William C. Reeve

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Kleist on Stage, 1804-1987

By: William C. Reeve

Until now, there has been no general reference work that describes the various stagings of Kleist's plays since the first performance of Die Familie Schroffenstein in 1804. Several dissertations dealing with the stage history of individual works appeared between 1920 and 1932 and some articles discussing influential individual productions have been published. In Kleist on Stage, 1804 1987, however, William Reeve has used the reviews of newspaper critics during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to provide the first general survey of the reception of Kleist's seven completed dramas.

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0773509410

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Auditory Perception of Sound Sources

By: William A. Yost

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Auditory Perception of Sound Sources

By: William A. Yost

Auditory Perception of Sound Sources covers higher-level auditory processes that are perceptual processes. The chapters describe how humans and other animals perceive the sounds that they receive from the many sound sources existing in the world. This book will provide an overview of areas of current research involved with understanding how sound-source determination processes operate. This book will focus on psychophysics and perception as well as being relevant to basic auditory research. Contents: Perceiving Sound Sources: An Overview William A. Yost Human Sound Source Identification Robert A. Lutfi Size Information in the Production and Perception of Communication Sounds Roy D. Patterson, David R. R. Smith, Ralph van Dinther, and Tom Walters The role of memory in auditory perception Laurent Demany, and Catherine Semal Auditory Attention and Filters Ervin R. Hafter, Anastasios Sarampalis, and Psyche Loui Informational masking Gerald Kidd Jr., Christine R. Mason, Virginia M. Richards, Frederick J. Gallun, and Nathaniel I. Durlach Effects of harmonicity and regularity on the perception of sound sources Robert P. Carlyon, and Hedwig E. Gockel Spatial Hearing and Perceiving Sources Christopher J. Darwin Envelope Processing and Sound-Source Perception Stanley Sheft Speech as a Sound Source Andrew J. Lotto, and Sarah C. Sullivan Sound Source Perception and Stream Segregation in Non-human Vertebrate Animals Richard R. Fay About the editors: William A. Yost, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology, Adjunct Professor of Hearing Sciences of the Parmly Hearing Institute, and Adjunct Professor of Otolaryngology at Loyola University of Chicago. Arthur N. Popper is Professor in the Department of Biology and Co-Director of the Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing at the University of Maryland, College Park. Richard R. Fay is Director of the Parmly Hearing Institute and Professor of Psychology at Loyola University of Chicago. About the series: The Springer Handbook of Auditory Research presents a series of synthetic reviews of fundamental topics dealing with auditory systems. Each volume is independent and authoritative; taken as a set, this series is the definitive resource in the field.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387713042

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9780387713045

Nightclub City

Politics and Amusement in Manhattan

By: Burton William Peretti

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Nightclub City

Politics and Amusement in Manhattan

By: Burton William Peretti

Illustrated with archival photographs of the clubs and the characters who frequented them, this book is a dark and dazzling study of New York's bygone nightlife.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812239970

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9780812239973

Cottrell and Young's Neuroanesthesia

By: James E. Cottrell,William L. Young

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Cottrell and Young's Neuroanesthesia

By: James E. Cottrell,William L. Young

Cottrell's Neuroanesthesia 5th Edition, edited by James E. Cottrell, MD, FRCA and William L. Young, MD, delivers the complete and authoritative guidance you need to ensure optimal perioperative safety for neurosurgical patients. Integrating current scientific principles with the newest clinical applications, it not only explains what to do under any set of circumstances but also why to do it and how to avoid complications. Comprehensive updates reflect all of the latest developments in neurosurgical anesthesia, and contributions from many new experts provide fresh insights into overcoming tough clinical challenges. New co-editor William L. Young, MD joins James E. Cottrell, MD, FRCA at the book's editorial helm, providing additional, complementary expertise and further enhancing the book's authority. New chapters keep you current on interventional neuroradiology, anesthetic management of patients with arteriovenous malformations and aneurysms, awake craniotomy, epilepsy, minimally invasive and robotic surgery, and pregnancy and neurologic disease. Comprehensive updates reflect all of the latest developments in neurosurgical anesthesia, and contributions from many new experts provide fresh insights into overcoming tough clinical challenges. Comprehensive and broad coverage of all important aspects of neuroanesthesia, including special patient populations, enables you to find reliable answers to any clinical question. Chapters written by neurointensivists, neurosurgeons, and radiologists provide well-rounded perspectives on each topic. A consistent, logical organization to every chapter makes answers easy to find quickly. Clear conceptual illustrations make complex concepts easier to understand at a glance.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323086314

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9780323086318

Theophrastus of Eresus Commentary Volume 6.1

Sources on Ethics

By: William Fortenbaugh,Dimitri Gutas

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Theophrastus of Eresus Commentary Volume 6.1

Sources on Ethics

By: William Fortenbaugh,Dimitri Gutas

Interest in Theophrastus, Aristotle's pupil and successor as head of the Peripatetic School, has increased considerably since the 1992 publication of Theophastus of Eresus: Sources for his Life, Works, Thought and Life. Now comes an extensive commentary on the ethical sources. It considers Theophrastus in relation to Aristotle, to other members of the Peripatos and to the Stoic philosophers who became Theophrastus' rivals. Special attention is given to Theophrastus' insistence that virtue by itself cannot guarantee happiness. Also to the difference between manners and moral virtue, the relation between innate character and fate, the value of marriage and how animal behavior relates to that of human beings.

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BRILL

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9004194231

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9789004194236

Heinrich Bruning and the Dissolution of the Weimar Republic

By: William L. Patch, Jr,William L. Patch

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Heinrich Bruning and the Dissolution of the Weimar Republic

By: William L. Patch, Jr,William L. Patch

Scholars have long debated whether Heinrich Brüning, head of the German government from 1930 to 1932, was the 'last democratic chancellor'of the Weimar Republic or the trailblazer of the Nazi dictatorship. His memoirs (published in 1970) damaged his reputation badly by terming the restoration of monarchy the 'crux' of his policies. This 1998 book is the first scholarly biography of Bruning in any language and offers a systematic analysis of the economic, social, foreign, and military policies of his cabinet as it sought to cope with the Great Depression. With the help of newly available sources, it clarifies the peculiar distortions in the memoirs, showing that Chancellor Brüning intended to restore parliamentary democracy intact when the economic crisis passed. He was curbing the Nazi menace successfully when President Hindenburg, reactionary landowners, and army generals eager for massive rearmament made the disastrously misguided decision to topple him.

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0521025419

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9780521025416

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