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This final volume of the edition includes the Appendix materials (Lists of Members by family name and constituency, Lists of Officials by family name and office, Lists of Committees, Table of Bills, and Chronological Table of Speeches) and the comprehensive Index.

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It's the 80's just before the advent of AIDS, and we are behind the scenes at the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theater, which gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson called "the Carnegie Hall of public sex in America." The theater and its steamy live shows are a countercultural venue for celebrities, and for San Francisco politicians and journalists. They are drawn by the beautiful strippers and the backroom hospitality of their outrageous porn kin...

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FAITH-BASED RECONCILIATION A Moral Vision That Transforms People and Societies Written by an experienced practitioner in the field of faith-based diplomacy who has worked in some of the world's roughest neighborhoods, this book begins with the premise that moral vision plays a key role in shaping individuals and communities. It's primary message is that the Abrahamic moral vision shared by Jews, Christians and Muslims, which is embodied as fai...

This is a true story that tells of a poignant experience of a Chicago Public Schools teacher who passively, but sympathetically, observed the abuse of a fellow teacher for months. Then one eventful day, through fate, she becomes a witness to a ruse to arrest the teacher. The teacher asks her to call a friend. While ascertaining the friend's phone number, the witness is also arrested. Both teachers are later exploited by a corrupt legal system ...

This collection of poems and writings are a reflection of my experiences as an African American male growing up and maturing during the 60s and 70s. During the course of my life, I have determined that the ability to express one's feelings in words is a great source of personal comfort. I just want the readers to be comfortable: with themselves, with the world, and with me.

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Never Say Never" is a novel about the lives four young women of a colour whose friendship dates back to childhood. It presents the story of how their lives emerged from early adolescence into adulthood. Never Say Never enhances your life with new friends who seem like old ones. Though the future can be surprising, we find out in this intriguing novel that with our surprises and often with life disappointments are many special blessings. You ma...

Hippocrates, the father of medicine, practiced and taught on the Greek island of Kos about 460 years BC. A descendant of the tree under which he taught still stands. Let us imagine that the tree symbolizes the profession of medicine. The roots-the ethical and scientific basis of medicine-are deteriorating, and the leaves-the physicians-are vanishing! Good doctors are currently forced to work in a bad system. They have lost control of their act...

Hippocrates, the father of medicine, practiced and taught on the Greek island of Kos about 460 years BC. A descendant of the tree under which he taught still stands. Let us imagine that the tree symbolizes the profession of medicine. The roots-the ethical and scientific basis of medicine-are deteriorating, and the leaves-the physicians-are vanishing! Good doctors are currently forced to work in a bad system. They have lost control of their act...

The definitive record of the monuments in Leeds Parish Church, dating from medieval times to the present day. Set out in near-facsimilie of the original manuscript, and illustrated with line drawings and photographs, this book contains an historical introduction, detailed notes on individual memorials, and a comprehensive index.

This research takes the form of a regional study of those parts of North West England, which comprise the area known as Lancastria (Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Lancashire, together with the Unitary Authorities for Blackpool, Blackburn with Darwen, Holton and Warrington, and also southern Cumbria and the western extremities of West Yorkshire) in the later Prehistoric Period circa 2800-500 cal. BC. The study investigates why the...

Seit den 1990er Jahren ist Medienkonvergenz ein Thema, das vielfach auf verschiedenen Ebenen diskutiert wird. Doch zumeist wird dabei die technische oder Unternehmenskonvergenz in den Blick genommen. Diese Untersuchung widmet sich der Nutzungsperspektive und fragt nach der Bedeutung von Medienkonvergenz für das (Inter-)Agieren und die Konstitution von Subjektivität der Mediennutzenden in ihrem Alltag. Dazu wurden qualitative Interviews mit Jug...

Far from spawning an age of tolerance, modernity has created the social basis of divisionand exclusion. This book elaborates this provocative claim as it explores the rich but divided histories of three cities located at the crossroads of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. Many observers presume that violence is built into these sacred cities because their citizens cling to religious or cultural ideals of some archaic age, only when this histor...

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Provides a comprehensive introduction to the concepts and theory of regional planning in the UK. Drawing on examples from throughout the UK, this book provides students and practitioners with a descriptive and analytical foundation for understanding this rapidly changing area of planning.

Provides a forum for interdisciplinary debate on various aspects of Adam Smith's works, his place in history, and the significance of his writings for the modern world.