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A Text-Book of Astronomy, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a...

The author centers on journalists and journalism in the-Netherlands. He describes and explains the basic occupational and professional characteristics of Dutch journalists and analyzes the findings in comparison with similar research projects in other Western democracies of recent years. The book articulates the impact...

During the last few decades, we have tended to examine only one dimension of the public/private divide, the collectivity dimension, equated with the nation state. By definition, when water management is provided by the nation state, it is termed "public." In daily discourse, however,...

A Bolivian, working in Warsaw for many years, decided to apply for Polish citizenship. He was asked only one question at the migration office: whether he ate sauerkraut hunters' stew and fermented dill cucumbers in brine. "You know," he said later, "for many years...

The great Florentine Protestant reformer Peter Martyr Vermigli (1499-1562) made a unique contribution to the scriptural hermeneutics of the Renaissance and Reformation, where classical theories of interpretation derived from Patristic and Scholastic sources engaged with new methods drawn from Humanism and Hebraism. Vermigli was...

The Duomo of Florence and the artistic masterpieces it contains are famous the world over. However, few people know that it also houses valuable scientific instruments, such as the great gnomon designed by the mathematician Paolo Dal PozzoToscanelli. Constructed in the fifteenth century and...

Local autonomy is a complex and often contentious issue in many countries, not least because the situation often involves a process of continuous (re)negotiation. Moreover, the actual power relationship is defined not only by legal permissibility but also by such other factors as varying...

In today's time, information is the main requirement of human beings. Most of our lives are in the production, recording, processing, repackaging, transferring of information, etc. Information can be obtained in many ways such as formal and informal print through non-print information. The library...

This book provides the most comprehensive study yet produced of public health in twentieth-century Britain. Based in part on a case-study of the East Midlands city of Leicester, it explores the history of public health from the early 1900s to the health service reorganisation...

... the practice of barefoot economics requires more than simply the lived experience of poverty-related phenomena. In contrast to the prevailing positivist paradigm within the scientific discipline of economics that tends to cultivate particular ways of economic thinking by taking their linguistic presuppositions for...

Since the mid 2000s, an increasing financialization of commodity futures markets is taking place. This has fueled an ongoing discussion about the effect of financial investments on the development of commodity prices. Against this background, the trading activities of financial speculators also come to...

This publication includes the Proceedings of the PLE Conference 2013. The Conference on Personal Learning Environments is now an established annual international, scientific event and a reference point for the current state of the art in research and development in Personal Learning Environments (PLE)....

The damage caused by disasters and their impact on societies have increased over the past decades. Extreme events cannot always be prevented. However, we can minimize the amount of damage which they inflict upon society. Vulnerability and disaster impact on society are influenced by...

Driven by the absurd idea of anthropic exceptionalism, the species homo sapiens is still on the path to extinction, but switching to the path of shrinkage is still possible. To avoid misunderstanding: biosphere tolerates and supports the current successful way of humankind to extinction....

Author: Osterreichische Akademie WissenschaftenISBN-10: 3700190298ISBN-13: 9783700190295Publisher: Austrian Academy of Sciences PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/22/2022Pages: 119Format: PaperbackWeight: 7.29lbs

Researchers studying the health of migrants frequently use standard quantitative instruments to assess psychological constructs. Such instruments are often validated only in the respective source population of migrants. For example, when studying Turkish migrants in Germany, instruments validated in Turkey are applied. However, considerable...

Constitution of the State of New York Adopted in 1846 - With a comparative arrangement of the constitutional provisions of other states is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1867. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such...

The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1893. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher...

The Origin and Growth of Plato's Logic - With an account of Plato's style and of the chronology of his writings is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as...

This monograph examines China's approach to using sea power to defend and advance its maritime claims in the East China Sea and South China Sea. This approach, which Chinese strategists sometimes called "echelon defense," involves the use of non-military instruments of sea power--especially maritime...

Alfie Bass from the Lavender Hill Mob, David Kossof, star of stage, screen, and radio, Warren 'Alf Garnett' Mitchell and Lionel Bart, who wrote the theme to Moonraker and numerous show tunes like "Food Glorious Food" from Oliver, all started their careers at London's...

Marquis is accused of involvement in the murder of a man from a rival neighborhood. Darren has been found guilty of murdering a gas station attendant. Charles has been charged with the murder of a homeless teenage girl. All three men are facing the...

To which is appended a facsimile Reprint of Dr. George Buchanan's Oration on the Moral and Political Evil of Slavery, delivered at a public meeting of the Maryland Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, Baltimore, July 4, 1791.Author: William Poole,George BuchananISBN-10: 1639232672ISBN-13: 9781639232673Publisher:...

To which is appended a facsimile Reprint of Dr. George Buchanan's Oration on the Moral and Political Evil of Slavery, delivered at a public meeting of the Maryland Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, Baltimore, July 4, 1791.Author: George Buchanan William PooleISBN-10: 1639230858ISBN-13:...

This book discusses organ damage due to COVID-19. Inflammation, endotheliitis, and coagulopathy lead to organ damage. Lungs, heart, kidneys, brain, eyes, gastrointestinal tract, skin, and mental status are adversely affected. The effect on the respiratory system is explored in detail. Utilization of personal protective...

COVID-19 has shaken the core of the word by storm since 2020 but seldom studies have been conducted to understand the level of stress among working professions due to strict measures taken by various countries i.e., lockdowns to which India is no exception. Life...

With an increasing accessibility to social networking tools, the development of Web 2.0, and the emergence of virtual worlds, social computing crosses cultural boundaries to join people in the digital landscape. Social Computing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications uncovers the growing and expanding phenomenon...

Offering a broad overview of memorialization practices across Europe and the Mediterranean, this book examines local customs through particular case studies. These essays explore complementary themes through the lens of commemorative art, including social status; personal and corporate identities; the intersections of mercantile, intellectual,...

The 1930s were one of the most important decades in defining the history of the twentieth century. It saw the rise of right-wing nationalism, the challenge to established democracies and the full force of imperialist aggression. Cultural Encounters makes an important contribution to our...

This guide will be extremely useful to first, second, and third generation Americans who wish to learn more about themselves and their ancestors.Author: Valentine Rossilli WilnseyISBN-10: 156833074XISBN-13: 9781568330747Publisher: Madison BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/24/1996Pages: 115Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.00h x 5.86w x 0.46d

Author: Nurith ZmoraISBN-10: 1566390710ISBN-13: 9781566390712Publisher: Temple University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/29/1993Pages: 240Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.21lbsSize: 9.33h x 6.31w x 1.02d

Security jobs exist in private companies, at public venues such as sports facilities and arenas, and in government agencies. One of the appealing aspects of the security field is that it provides jobs that offer dependable salaries and good benefits for people with all...

Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children is the most famous medical institution in Canada. In addition to being the largest pediatric centre in North America, it has earned an international reputation for clinical care and research that has influenced generations of health care practitioners across...

Written for educators and professionals, this book examines the cultural challenges Latinos/as encounter as they move from one social setting to the next. Problem solving is presented as a skill, strategy, and protective factor in the development of resiliency and self-efficacy. Author: Yolanda Medina,Norma...

This is the first edited volume to put the emerging field of web history on the agenda of internet research. Sixteen original chapters investigate how the use of the web has developed in the realm of web culture at large, as well as how...

Students will read about the first Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton and the challenges of financing a new nation, and will learn about the purpose of income tax and how the secretary of the treasury dealt with the Great Depression. This is an...

Covering secretaries of state from Thomas Jefferson to Colin Powell, this exciting book provides an overview of the important role of the State Department and the secretary of state. Students will learn about some of the key achievements of the department such as the...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...