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Sessions générales et posters / General Sessions and PostersSection 11This book includes 24 papers from the general session 11 of the UISPP Congress held in Liège in 2001: The Bronze Age in Europe and the Mediterranean.

Byzantium cannot be reconstructed, but its art provides an intensely vivid picture of its official and everyday life. The author of this volume has chosen two great works to illustrate this. The illuminated manuscript of the Skylitzes Chronicle in the Biblioteca Nacional in Madrid is unique. It is the most important preserved document illustrating particular historical events in a secular framework, and a study of this manuscript transports us...

Sudan Archaeological Research Society, Publication Number 13 This volume is the first of a series that will report on surveys and excavations carried out in the most northerly portion of Sudanese Nubia, in the years between 1960 and 1963. Specifically, the area covered comprised the west bank of the Nile between the villages of Faras and Gemai, and adjacent islands of the Second Cataract. This stretch of approximately 60km was selected for ini...

This book is an invitation to read poetry. Simon Critchley argues that poetry enlarges life with a range of observation, power of expression and attention to language that eclipses any other medium. In a rich engagement with the poetry of Wallace Stevens, Critchley reveals that poetry also contains deep and important philosophical insight. Above all, he argues for a "poetic epistemology" that enables us to think afresh the philosophical proble...

Written by leading international experts, this book helps students and practitioners to better understand and cater for the needs of our ageing population.

Acts of the XIVth UISPP Congress, University of Liège, Belgium, 2-8 September 2001 Colloque / Symposium 15.1, Commission XXV This book includes 9 papers from session 15.1 of the UISPP Congress held in Liège in 2001: Hunters vs. Pastoralists in the Sahara: Material Culture and Symbolic Aspects.

Not limited to merely mathematics, probability has a rich and controversial philosophical aspect. "A Philosophical Introduction to Probability" showcases lesser-known philosophical notions of probability and explores the debate over their interpretations. Galavotti traces the history of probability and its mathematical properties and then discusses various philosophical positions on probability, from the Pierre Simon de Laplace's "classical" i...

Evaluates the progress and implementation of the Arkansas tobacco settlement program.

Nominated for the 2006 IPEG Book Prize Drawing on the research of ten scholars from around the world, this volume evaluates China′s privatization experience by investigating the efficiency and fairness of the sale process and the credibility of the government′s ambition to create world-class state-owned conglomerates.

Written by leading international experts, this book helps students and practitioners to better understand and cater for the needs of our ageing population. It examines: how services can be provided to meet the expectations and needs of a growing population of ageing citizens within a cost-effective, social justice and positive ageing framework how resources allocated to aged care can be distributed equitably to better meet the demands associat...

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This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.

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As the percentage of students with disabilities continues to increase, you can make sure your school provides the least restrictive environment for these students by using this updated guide to inclusion. Experts on inclusion share their wisdom and daily practices, including classroom and schoolwide strategies for providing the best educational opportunities for all students. Learn the impact of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation on s...

An examination of how the external approaches to security sector reform (SSR) have evolved and what they entail, the specific problems faced by the SSR agenda, and what policy recommendations for engagement can be drawn from reform experiences.

After the sovjet era and since their independence the new Central Asian countries are rebuilding a system of water resources management: an important challenge for the development of the whole region. The NATO workshop held on 25-27 August 2003 by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Germany and the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, attended by experts from five Central Asian countries, Russia, six Western European coun...

This book examines some of the themes that currently concern both organizations as a science as well as the firm as a dynamic behavioural entity. As we enter a new century, virtually all informed participants and observers of the contemporary organizational scene agree that big changes are underway. This book describes the many and varied changes including increasing inter-dependence, weakening of nation-state boundaries, the rate of technical...

Offers a case-based, problem-solving approach and innovative technology for meaningful learning of Microsoft Excel 2003.

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