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Suitable for instructors for use as a companion volume to the book, "A Modern Theory of Integration" ("AMS Graduate Studies in Mathematics" series, Volume 32).

This book presents the first published accounts and evaluations of the first free market in education in the U.S., Arizona charter schools.

In a blend of text and readings, Martin P. Golding explores legal reasoning from a variety of angles - including that of judicial psychology. The primary focus, however, is on the "logic” of judicial decision making. How do judges justify their decisions? What sort of arguments do they use? In what ways do they rely on legal precedent? Golding includes a wide variety of cases, as well as a bibliographic essay.

The publication of The Broadview Anthology of Seventeenth-Century Verse and Prose is a literary event, this comprehensive volume is the first anthology of the period to reflect the breadth of seventeenth-century studies in recent decades. Over one hundred writers are included, from John Chamberlain at the beginning of the century to Elisabeth Singer Rowe at its end.

This reprint of twelve 1972-1983 Blenko Glass Company catalogs is the third in the trilogy covering Blenkos early and middle years. 1983 marks the beginning of the late period when the label was changed. Glass items from the early years of the 1940s through the 1960s have been the most popular with collectors of Blenko Glass, but interest in 1970s items is awakening. Some pieces from the 1970s are already commanding high prices in the secondar...

Finally, a full-color book on the most vibrant and fun furniture ever made in America. Over 350 photos take the appreciation of Heywood-Wakefield furniture to its zenith. Focusing exclusively on their sparkling, blond furniture produced from 1936â1966, this book, presented by America's foremost vintage Heywood-Wakefield dealer, allows the reader to enjoy the subtleties of the company's superb design, utility, and construction. Unique insights,...

With large numbers of people migrating to other countries after World War II, scholarship has focused on the status, problems, and successes of women immigrants since 1945. This bibliography is an international compilation which reveals the breadth of work on feminist immigration issues.

A complete bibliography of Hitler's books in the Library of Congress, this volume offers fascinating insights into the cult of the Fuhrer and the social history of the Third Reich.

Original observations and often unexpected applications to God's Word have made Bostrom's WomenofFaith.com columns a favorite. Now readers everywhere can own a collection of the best of Bostrom's devotionals. A fresh perspective for women who need to be reminded of God's footprints in all His creation and His down-to-earth ways with us as believers. Photos.

The devastating fire that swept through Los Alamos, New Mexico, in the spring of 2000 may have been caused by one controlled burn gone wild, but it was far from an isolated event. All through the twentieth century, our national forests have been under assault from all sides: first ranchers and loggers laid their claims to our national forests, then recreationists and environmentalists spoke up for their interests. Who are our national forests ...

Examines all aspects of beauty, body ornamentation, and grooming.

Charismatic leadership in its extreme manifestations resembles a hypnotic situation in which the followers lose their autonomic judgment. Popper compares leadership to fire. The leader is the spark, the followers the fuel, and the circumstances the oxygen that feeds the flames. Fire can destroy everything in its path, and such a strong fire is a metaphor for what is described as Hypnotic Leadership.Describing examples of hypnotic leadership an...

A Lévy process is a continuous-time analogue of a random walk, and as such, is at the cradle of modern theories of stochastic processes. Martingales, Markov processes, and diffusions are extensions and generalizations of these processes. In the past, representatives of the Lévy class were considered most useful for applications to either Brownian motion or the Poisson process. Nowadays the need for modeling jumps, bursts, extremes and other ir...

Demolishes the cliches about the difficulties of winning the war and the ineffectiveness of the South Vietnamese allies.

This title analyzes and brings together Internet resources on international finance and investment. It lists Websites for 216 countries for a total of 3085 entries. Each entry contains the site's URL address and an annotation describing its contents.

`The authors clearly explain the "why" or alternative assessment and support this with lots of "how-to" information throughout the book. It is hard to imagine a teacher or administrator who wouldn't gain valuable new skills for reading this book - Victor Nolet, Author, Accessing the General Curriculum (Corwin Press 2000) The authors of this book are determined to put the phrase "all students can learn" at the top of every school's list of pri...

The aim of this volume is to provide a review of all aspects of the management of those with cleft palate. Included are chapters on genetics, associated conditions and syndromes, antenatal diagnosis, and psychological problems. The role of the pediatrician is covered, as well as that of the parent support group.

Explores the scholarly literature on early American history.

This work examines the role - both governmental and that of Irish-Americans - in attempting to bring a resolution to the strife in Northern Ireland. It concentrates on the efforts since 1967, particularly the American efforts to become the central humanitarian player in the peace process.

Gustave Flaubert is probably the most famous novelist of 19th-century France, and best known for his work "Madame Bovary". This reference is a convenient guide to his life and writings. Included in this volume are: several hundred entries on Flaubert's works, major themes, and biographical details.