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One of the most prolific science fiction writers in history, Arthur C. Clarke began publishing science fiction in the 1930s and is working on the fourth novel in the Odyssey series (3001) nearly 60 years later. This study, the only one on his recent work, features detailed analyses of his eight most recent novels within the context of his literary canon. The novels discussed are Rendezvous with Rama, Imperial Earth, The Fountains of Paradise, ...

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Gut geeignet für Jugendliche mit guter musikalischer Vorbildung und für Erwachsene (auch Wiedereinsteiger). Der Schule beigefügt ist ein ausführlicher Lehrkommentar, der sowohl Lehrern als auch Schülern zur Anregung dienen soll. Darin werden auch Themen wie "Die Sprache der Musik", Erste Hilfe bei Problemen und die Organisation des Übens und des Unterrichts behandelt. Darüber hinaus gibt es eine Fülle von Literaturvorschlägen.

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This book describes various types and sources of crime and explanatory data available to study variation in crime across nations. Problems with the data and appropriate methods for adjusting and analyzing the data are described. A thorough review of theories and past cross-national crime research is included. This book intends to facilitate and stimulate quality cross-national crime research.The book notes past misuse of data, such as using ho...

How is religion portrayed on prime time entertainment television and what effect does this have on our society? This book brings together the opinions of all the important factions involved in this important public policy debate, including religious figures (Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and Freethinkers-liberal and conservative), academics, media critics and journalists, and representatives of the entertainment industry. The debate pr...

In the Year of Simpson, the country was caught in the throes of the biggest story ever. No other single news event in our history could match the sheer scope and intensity of coverage given to the O. J. Simpson murder case. But the media did not just report the Simpson case, they were instrumental in creating it-a spectacle of such stupendous proportions that it hijacked American culture. In this critical expos^D'e of American media, Thaler pr...

Adding to the existing literature on trauma, this book exposes the prevalence of physical and emotional abuse among severely mentally ill patients, and includes case studies that reveal its tragic and devastating impact.

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Tracing the development of the fortifications in Europe from the end of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 to the twentieth century, this is the first comprehensive book in English on the forts of the Maginot Line, German espionage, and the German sieges during the 1940 campaign. It analyzes the reasons why the French opted for this type of defensive system, and explains how the Maginot Line presented the French Army with opportunities (mostly wa...

This is a first-hand account of Gillette's successful fight against four hostile takeover efforts during the late 1980s. Combining academic theory and actual practice in its discussion of topics such as greenmail and poison pills, this work also features three world-renowned corporate figures.

Based on the belief that a person is basically the product of his or her past, this work's primary focus is for the patient to clinically relive major abusive, rejecting, traumatic or negative life experiences in order to face unhealthy feelings, thinking and decisions associated with them.

Using an integral perspective comparable with systems theory, this text interweaves fact and theory from physical and cultural anthropology, psychobiology and the brain sciences, psychology and Eastern philosophy.

A personal account that provides a history of the conflict in Northern Ireland and goes beyond the propaganda on both sides to understand its causes and determine what is necessary to end it.