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A fun and thoughtful exploration is offered of imaginary people who have affected our lives and culture, from Jim Crow and Sherlock Holmes to James Bond and Archie Bunker to Mickey Mouse and Santa Claus.

Part tell-all, part cautionary tale, this emotionally charged memoir from a former video vixen nicknamed 'Superhead' goes beyond the glamour of celebrity to reveal the inner workings of the hip-hop dancer industry—from the physical and emotional abuse that's rampant in the industry, and which marked her own life—to the excessive use of drugs, sex and bling.Once the sought-after video girl, this sexy siren has helped multi-platinum artists, suc...

From the award-winning author of the popular Baseball Card Adventures come the laugh-out-loud tail of five kids who scheme to make a million dollars.

Passionate, freethinking existentialist philosopher-writers Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre are one of the world's legendary couples. Their committed but notoriously open union generated no end of controversy in their day. Biographer Hazel Rowley offers the first dual portrait of these two colossal figures and their intense, often embattled relationship. Through original interviews and access to new primary sources, Rowley portrays Sar...

Vor über dreißig Jahren, am 15. Juni 1974, startete Marcel Reich-Ranicki ein in der europäischen Literaturgeschichte einmaliges Unternehmen: Unter dem Motto »Der Dichtung eine Gasse« stellt er seitdem in jeder Samstagsausgabe der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung Gedichte aus sämtlichen Epochen deutscher Lyrik vor, jedes erläutert von einem namhaften Interpreten. Die Bände der Frankfurter Anthologie fassen die Gedichte und Interpretationen eines...

With essays by Cao Yiqiang, Rita Eder, James Elkins, Arlene K. Fleming, Derek Gillman, Jyotindra Jain, Cecelia F. Klein, Yves Le Fur, Dominic Marner, Anitra Nettleton, John Onians, Edmund P. Pillsbury, Michael Rinehart, David Summers, Wilfried van Damme, and Georges S. Zouain_____________________________________________How do we do justice to art when we treat it not as a discrete European or other regional tradition, but as a worldwide phenom...

With topics ranging from the nature of love to the essence of leadership, this book is an uplifting collection of columns inspiring readers to shift the way they view life.

This is a succint and well-written book introducing a truly interdisciplinary approach to the study of copyright and related issues in contemporary popular culture in relation to the current development of Asian cinema, and questions how copyright is appropriated to regulate culture. It examines the many meanings and practices pertaining to copying in cinema, demonstrating the dynamics between globalization's desire for cultural control and ci...

This is a 'must' for your holiday reading. You will not be able to put it down once started. The adventure builds to an exciting climax.

Peter Miscall's commentary on Isaiah was among the first volumes in the series Readings published by JSOT Press in 1993. Sheffield Phoenix Press is now relaunching the series, under the editorship of John Jarick, with a 2nd edition of Miscall's work (including a new preface), and entirely new volumes on Haggai by Tim Meadowcroft and Romans by Stanley Porter.The aim of the series remains to present compact literary readings of the biblical book...

Moral Theology This book is a systematic treatment of moral theology from the perspective of liberation theology. It not only surveys the evolution of Catholic moral theology but lays the foundations for a Christian ethic in a world of injustice. In a courageous, balanced, readable way, Moser and Leers examine moral theology--past and present--and explore liberation theology's central ethical principles. They show how moral theology led to dea...

This historical study of development in Northern Ghana provides a fascinating new analysis of the colonial attempt to preserve African peasant communities in the face of economic transformation between 1899 and 1957.

Expands the definition of second-generation literature to include texts written from the point of view of the children of Nazi perpetrators.

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Unternehmen als offene sozio-technische Systeme arbeiten im Spannungsfeld spezieller und genereller unternehmensexterner Umweltbedingungen. Die spezielle Umwelt eines Unternehmens setzt sich individuell aus dessen Beschaffungsmarkt, Geld- und Kapitalmarkt, Absatzmarkt und Arbeitsmarkt zusammen und ist - in Grenzen - beeinflussbar. Generelle Faktoren eröffnen und beschränken den Gestaltungsspielraum jedes Unternehmen...

Inhaltsangabe:Gang der Untersuchung: Diese dem Leser hier präsentierte Diplomarbeit setzt sich das Ziel, ein in juristischen Kreisen kaum behandeltes Thema mit hochgradigen wirtschaftlichen Konsequenzen zu analysieren. Es handelt sich hierbei um das Verwirken des Markenschutzes aufgrund der Transformation einer geschützten Marke in eine Gattungsbezeichnung nach § 33b MSchG. Weiters wird dargestellt, welche Eintragungshindernisse für Gattungsb...

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Es ist längst kein Geheimnis mehr ¿ die deutsche Bevölkerung ist durch eine zunehmende Alterung gekennzeichnet. Die steigende Lebenserwartung sowie die anhaltend niedrige Geburtenrate in Deutschland führen zu einem immer größer werdenden Anteil älterer Menschen. Bereits im Jahr 2030 wird der prozentuale Anteil der über 60-Jährigen an der Gesamtbevölkerung voraussichtlich zwischen 35-38 % betragen. Dem gegenüber steh...

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: ¿Seit Friedrich dem Großen ist noch kein Pfandbrief ausgefallen.¿ Die Sicherheit der Anlage ist weltweit das Argument für den Pfandbrief ¿made in Germany¿. Er genießt bei Investoren ein hohes Ansehen und hat sich innerhalb seiner 236-jährigen Geschichte zu einem Exportschlager des deutschen Finanzmarktes entwickelt. Dieser Erfolg ist das Ergebnis seiner klaren gesetzlichen Grundlage. Der Wegfall von Anstaltslast und...

This provides an in-depth look at the new OpenGL ES (The Standard for Embedded Accelerated 3D Graphics) and shows what these new embedded systems graphics libraries can provide for 3D graphics and games developers. It teaches fundamental 3D mobile graphics programming with standard APIs and covers the basic and advanced application program interfaces behind the major wireless and mobile devices supporting 3D graphics applications.

In this spectacular follow-up to their beloved Book of Norse Myths, the husband-and-wife team of Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire explore the uncanny reaches of Norse mythology, an enchanted night-world populated by trolls of all kinds—mountain trolls, forest trolls, trolls who live underwater and trolls who live under bridges, uncouth, unkempt, unbreakable, unforgettable, and invariably unbelievably ugly trolls—who work their wiles and carry o...

A traveller who has visited both Britain and Canada will no doubt have noted that both Britain and Canada share the same head of state on their banknotes and coins: Queen Elizabeth II. Of course, though the Queen is an important symbolic figure to the United Kingdom (UK), the Queen plays a less prominent role in the Canadian national identity. Yet one should not underestimate her importance. Besides this observation there are a number of more ...