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The principle that no child should be left behind is now codified in the laws of the United States, but Jefferson Wiggins grew up in a different United States, under a very different set of laws. From the night the Ku Klux Klan came to hang his father to the afternoon he received an honorary doctorate in recognition of his life's work, Jeff's memoir is a story of human triumph over adversity, a story of individuals who can and do make a differ...

Lost Trails was inspired by the author¿s travel to Asia, Europe, South America and throughout the United States, and reading English translations of the Bhagavad-gita, the Bible, the Chuang-tzu, the I Ching, the Qur¿an, and the Te-Tao Ching. Lost Trails offers poetry which addresses the dilemmas that each of us must face regardless of geography, socioeconomic position, belief system or politics. Lost Trails insightfully gives words to the feel...

Lost Trails was inspired by the author¿s travel to Asia, Europe, South America and throughout the United States, and reading English translations of the Bhagavad-gita, the Bible, the Chuang-tzu, the I Ching, the Qur¿an, and the Te-Tao Ching. Lost Trails offers poetry which addresses the dilemmas that each of us must face regardless of geography, socioeconomic position, belief system or politics. Lost Trails insightfully gives words to the feel...

Gedichte verständig und verständlich zu interpretieren ist eine Kunst. Horst Joachim Franks praktische Anleitung führt in die handwerklichen Grundlagen dieser Kunst ein. Veranschaulicht durch zahlreiche Beispiele, berücksichtigt das Buch die vielfältigen Aspekte, die bei einer Gedichtanalyse zu beachten sind: Thematik, Entstehung, Metrik, Wortwahl und Satzbau, Klang und Bildlichkeit, Raum und Zeit, Perspektive und Formen des inneren Aufbaus. W...

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This study explores the origins, impact and outcome of the Elizabethan obsession with fraudulent conveyancing - the part of debtor-creditor law that determines when a court can void a transfer of assets. The author argues that this seemingly minor matter was part of a widespread cultural practice.

This book presents the theological work of Stanley Hauerwas as a distinctive kind of 'liberation theology'. John Thomson offers an original construal of this diffuse, controversial, yet highly significant modern theologian and ethicist. Organising Hauerwas' corpus in terms of the focal concept of liberation, Thomson shows that it possesses a greater degree of coherence than its usual expression in ad hoc essays or sermons. John Thomson locates...

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Von seinen Anfängen im Jahre 1848 ist der deutsche Zentralparlamentarismus den Weg vom "Diskussions-" über das "Alibi-", das "Arbeits- und Kampf-", das "Schein-", "Interims-" bis hin zum "Schaufensterparlament" gegangen und hat nebenbei noch ein 40 Jahre währendes "Akklamationsparlament" hervorgebracht. In der einleitenden linguistischen Analyse der konstituierenden bzw. Umbrüche markierenden Sitzungen werden die unterschiedlichen Arbeitsstile...

In "A Hanging in Detroit" David G. Chardavoyne evokes not only the crime, trial, and execution of Simmons, but also the setting and players of the drama, social and legal customs of the times, and the controversy that arose because of the affair.

This extraordinary book by Derald Wing Sue, a highly-regarded academic and author, helps readers understand and combat racism in themselves. It defines racism not only as extreme acts of hatred, but as "any attitude, action or institutional structure or social policy that subordinates a person or group because of their color.

Drawing on case studies in the United States and Latin America, the authors explore the evolving roles of religion in the Americas in the face of globalization, transnational migration, the rapid growth of culture industries, the rise of computer mediated technologies and the crisis of modernity.

Rewa Marie Fyles creates poetry that speaks to the heart, because it is written from the heart. Feeling Poetic embodies poetry that expresses honesty in the triumphs of love and the disappointments of its losses. Innermost thoughts and deepest desires are revealed in this refreshing collection.

Der auf eine Tagung von 1998 in Halle zurückgehende Band versucht, das Verhältnis des Christian Thomasius (1655-1733) zu Literatur und Gelehrtenkultur mit Hilfe von Pierre Bourdieus Theorie des 'literarischen' bzw. des 'intellektuellen Feldes' zu untersuchen. Im Fragehorizont des Feldbegriffs als einer mehr oder weniger expliziten, blicklenkenden Heuristik wird nach dem literarisch-kulturellen Wissen, den ästhetischen und poetologischen Konzep...

A theoretical work, a mediation on the nature of representation--the Vorstellung/Darstellung distinction--in relation to theoretical practices of Hegelianism, psychoanalysis (especially Lacan), and Marxism. Explores the works of Kant, Lacan, Hegel, Althu

Introduces the modern investment management techniques used by Goldman Sachs asset management to a broad range of institutional and sophisticated investors. * Along with Fischer Black, Bob Litterman created the Black-Litterman asset allocation model, one of the most widely respected and used asset allocation models deployed by institutional investors. * Litterman and his asset management group are often a driving force behind the asset allocat...

Rich in examples--from Italy to India, Turkey to Thailand--Working GlobeSmart bridges the gap between what we know about business success and what we know about differences in values, abilities and behavioral characteristics across various cultural dimensions. Global consultant Ernest Gundling presents his unique GlobeSmart model to show how to develop cultural competencies at the organizational, group and interpersonal level, highlighting 12 ...

Welcher Chorleiter oder Solist hat nicht schon nach neuen Ideen für das Einsingen gesucht? Hier kommen gleich 200 Impulse!Und die kreativen Übungen sind mehr als nur bloßes "Warmsingen": Sie helfen beim Lockern des Körpers, schulen das Gehör und trainieren Dynamik und Rhythmusgefühl.Auf vielfachen Wunsch wird das bewährte Heft nun erstmals mit CD angeboten, die CD ist außerdem auch separat erhältlich (T 13232). Die CD enthält Atem- und Stimmüb...