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Past Trends and Future Prospects of the American City
The Dynamics of Atlanta
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2009
Atlanta's experience over the past 15 to 20 years is reflective of many cities, particularly those in the south and west. Thus, the story of how and why Atlanta has changed is informative for cities in general. What accounts for the positive turn-around of the city of Atlanta? What can other cities...
by Y. N. Grigorenko, V.S. Sobolev, T. A. Andiyeva
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
Much of the world’s petroleum is located on continental margins, and any further development of these offshore deposits would be impossible without new technologies and new methods contained in this volume. Written by some of the world’s foremost authorities on oil and gas, this volume explains...
Studies in Culture Contact
Interaction, Culture Change, and Archaeology
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
People have long been fascinated about times in human history when different cultures and societies first came into contact with each other, how they reacted to that contact, and why it sometimes occurred peacefully and at other times was violent or catastrophic.
Studies in Culture Contact:...
Portraits of a Pastor
The 9 Essential Roles of a Church Leader
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
As a pastor, do you feel like you’re wearing too many hats?
If you’re a pastor, you know the tension of balancing (or trying to) the many roles and expectations that come with leading a church. But are you able to distinguish which roles are truly essential? And can you measure how you’re...
Lost City, Found Pyramid
Understanding Alternative Archaeologies and Pseudoscientific Practices
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
*Lost City, Found Pyramid delves into the fascinating world of sensational “pseudoarchaeology,” from perennial discoveries of lost pyramids or civilizations to contemporary ghost-hunting and reality TV. It examines how nonscientific pursuit of myths and legends warps both public perceptions of...
The Meaning of My Neighbor’s Faith
Interreligious Reflections on Immigration
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2018
The Meaning of My Neighbor’s Faith addresses two of the most critical challenges of our time: immigration and religious diversity. The diverse group of contributors, representing a variety of religious traditions, disciplines, and methodologies, explore “the meaning of my neighbor’s faith”...
Stigma Syndemics
New Directions in Biosocial Health
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Central to this volume, and critical to its unique creative significance and contribution, is the conceptual unification of syndemics and stigma. Syndemics theory is increasingly recognized in social science and medicine as a crucial framework for examining and addressing pathways of interaction between...
by M. Bonatz, P. Brosche, O. Calame
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
P.Brosche The development of the ideas and observational techniques related to the subject of our meeting "Tidal friction and the Earth's rotation", Bielefeld, September 1977 is one of the most fascinating books - not merely chapters! - of the modern history of science. Its genealogical...
by Ling Bing Kong, W. X. Que, Y. Z. Huang
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015
This book covers the latest progress in the field of transparent ceramics, emphasizing their processing as well as solid-state lasers. It consists of 10 chapters covering the synthesis, characterization and compaction, fundamentals of sintering, densification of transparent ceramics by different methods...
by Jisheng Han, B. Pomeranz, Kang Tsou
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Scientific Bases of Acupuncture summarizes the major scientific advances from 1976 - 1988 on the mechanisms of acupuncture. Outstanding researchers from Western countries, Japan and China report their findings in the format of review articles. The individual reviews summarize each author's personal research while also referring to the overall literature in the field of acupuncture and TENS.
Lung Tumors
Lung, Mediastinum, Pleura, and Chest Wall
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This series on the treatment of cancer is sponsored by the UICe. The editors and authors feel strongly that more standar dization in cancer therapy is needed on a worldwide basis. This, of course, is only possible if experts from all countries subscribe to a joint policy of making their treatment...
Migration for Mission
International Catholic Sisters in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Patterns of migration for the purpose of religious mission are an unexamined dimension of the immigration narrative. Catholic sisters from many countries around the world come to the United States to minister and to study. Sociologists from Trinity Washington University and CARA at Georgetown University...
by Juan Mascareñas Pérez Íñigo, Salvador Forner Muñoz, Luis Domínguez Castro
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 1, 2012
El 1 de enero de 2011 se ha cumplido el 25 aniversario de la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Adhesión de España a las Comunidades Europeas (Unión Europea) firmado el 12 de ¡unió de 1985. La participación española en el proceso de integración europea y los nuevos marcos institucionales abiertos...
The Bucket List Collection: Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die
Leaves of Grass, Siddhartha, Dubliners, Les Misérables, Don Quixote, Art of War, Middlemarch, Swann's Way…
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
Invest your time in reading the true masterpieces of world literature, the greatest works of the greatest masters of their craft, the revolutionary works, the timeless classics and the eternally grand storylines every person should experience in their lifetime: British: Hamlet Romeo and Juliet Macbeth...