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Searching for the Best Medicine
The Life and Times of a Doctor and Patient
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2013
This book describes the life and times of a physician-scientist over the last half-century. Part One is about the author's struggle with colon cancer and the lessons he learnt from the experience; Part Two is about his life growing up, the pretzel bakery, his family, being educated at Bronx Science,...
The Everything Judaism Book
A Complete Primer to the Jewish Faith-From Holidays and Rituals to Traditions and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2002
Judaism has survived for four millennia, and many of its customs, laws, and traditions have remained exactly the same today as in the days of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The Everything Judaism Book explains the major precepts of this robust religion in language anyone can understand and appreciate....
101 Things Everyone Should Know About Judaism
Beliefs, Practices, Customs, And Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2005
What's the difference between Reform and Orthodox Judaism? What does it mean to keep kosher? And what are mizvot? Compact and comprehensive, 101 Things Everyone Should Know about Judaism touches on all these basics and more. You'll learn all you need to know about this ancient religion and culture...
by Jan Bank, Lieve Gevers
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Despite the wealth of historical literature on the Second World War, the subject of religion and churches in occupied Europe has been undervalued – until now. This critical European history is unique in delivering a rich and detailed analysis of churches and religion during the Second World War,...
Room for Development
Housing Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2012
Latin American and Caribbean countries are the most urban in the developing world and have very high home ownership rates. However, many of the region's inhabitants are still poorly housed. This book examines three key contributing issues: high housing prices relative to family income, lack of access to mortgage credit, and high land prices.
More than Revenue
Taxation as a Development Tool
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
This exciting new volume provides an up-to-date overview of the current state of taxation in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, its main reform needs, and possible reform strategies that take into account the likely economic, institutional, and political constraints on the reform process.
by Mohammad Ayub Khan, Diana Bank, Edet E. Okon
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
In today’s society, it is not only desirable but essential for a business to take on a global edge. The best way to ensure a successful future is to educate business students about global policies currently at play. Diverse Contemporary Issues Facing Business Management Education discusses the issues...
Theatre History Studies 2014, Vol. 33
Theatres of War
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
Volume 33 of Theatre History Studies explores war. War is a paradox—horrifying and compelling, galvanizing and devastating, a phenomenon that separates and decimates while at the same time creating and strengthening national identity and community bonds. War is the stuff of great drama.
War and...
Working in the Wings
New Perspectives on Theatre History and Labor
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2015
Theatre has long been an art form of subterfuge and concealment. Working in the Wings: New Perspectives on Theatre History and Labor, edited by Elizabeth A. Osborne and Christine Woodworth, brings attention to what goes on behind the scenes, challenging, and revising our understanding of work, theatre,...
Rethinking Productive Development
Sound Policies and Institutions for Economic Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
Productive transformation requires seizing the opportunities available and opening new ones in a competitive world. Rethinking Productive Development examines the market failures impeding transformation and the government failures that may make the policy remedies worse than the market illness. To...
New South African Review 2
New Paths, Old Compromises?
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
In this second volume of the New South African Review, the New Growth Path adopted by the South African government in 2010 provides the basis for a dialogue about whether ?decent work? is the best solution to South Africa?s problems of low economic growth and high unemployment. There are investigations...
by Richard D Bank
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2017
I Am Terezin is a memoir unlike any other, written as a gripping narrative in the voice of the concentration camp itself.
Situated in Czechoslovakia, Theresienstadt, or Terezin, as the locals called it, was touted by the Germans as a model city where Jews could live their lives in tranquility....
Financing the Family
Remittances to Central America in a Time of Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Interest in learning how to make the most of the potential developmental benefits of remittance flows has grown worldwide. Financing the Family adds to that body of knowledge with a summary of recent research that emphasizes experimental approaches, focuses on Central America, and analyzes the impact of the recent financial crisis.
It Is Quite Another Electricity
Transmitting by One Wire and Without Grounding
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
This book is a description by the author of the proposed single-wire transmission system. The system can operate at any frequency, including DC. It can be applied to a three-phase transmission signal and to collect energy from the green sources. It describes in detail the problems associated with...