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This is the first study to provide an overall interpretation of the Buddhist monument Borobudur in Indonesia. Including both the narrative reliefs and the Buddha images, the book opens up a wealth of information on Mahayana Buddhist religious ideas and practices that could have informed Borobudur and it convincingly interprets Borobudur within that context. Presenting new material, the book contributes immensely to a new and better understandi...

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The Hebrew scriptures, called Tanakh or simply Bible by Jews and the Old Testament by Christians, contain the original sources of western religious traditions. This book describes their growth beginning with the traditions that grew up among Israelite tribes in Canaan and the Israelite and Judean monarchies that followed. Part I treats the formation of oral rituals and traditions which came to be the contents of the written books. Part II deal...

Initially developed as a classroom resource, Evaluating Models of Christian Counseling serves as a primary example of the complexities involved in integrating psychology, theology, and spirituality into the counseling process. The would-be counselor and the experienced professional are each introduced to a systematic evaluation model for determining how effectively a specific Christian Counseling Program incorporates psychological, spiritual, ...

An important addition to the Societies at War series, this book covers the challenges, threats, and changes Sweden faced during the conflict.Interest in Sweden's wartime experiences has increased due to its post-war profile as a neutral that both allowed German troops to transit through its territory and also carried on trading with the Nazi regime during the holocaust years. Many misconceptions and false impressions have arisen and persisted ...

Islamic Spain' is the first English language translation of the important history of Islamic Spain by Ibn al-Qutiyyah, one of the earliest and significant histories of Muslim Spain and an important source for scholars.

This study sought to investigate the challenges faced by the informal cross border traders (ICBTs) plying the Harare -Johannesburg route from 2006 to 2010. The study shows that informal cross border traders encounter a lot of challenges during the conduct of their business. Some of these challenges, in terms of severity include border formalities, lack of government support and high transport costs. Informal traders are not organized and do no...

With the creation of the EMU, member countries have abandoned their monetary policy sovereignty for the benefits of the Euro. Previously, output fluctuations between countries could automatically be absorbed by an adjustment of the relative exchange rate between the national economies. It is frequently argued that the loss of this channel must be compensated by an appropriate fiscal policy tool to avoid large and protracted regional swings in ...

Eines Tages ist es da. Steht am Ende einer Sackgasse mitten in der Stadt. Es ist ein großes Kind. Den Blick hält es demütig zu Boden gesenkt, seine Haut ist rissig. Tagsüber versammeln sich die Bewohner der Stadt um dieses Kind, veranstalten Kundgebungen und Konzerte. Nachts schlagen sie auf es ein, mit Fäusten, Stöcken und Ketten - auf die Skulptur aus weichem, niemals trocknendem Lehm, auf das "Mahlstädter Kind". Der Künstler hat es ihnen zu...

Eugenijus AliSanka, einer der wichtigsten jüngeren Lyriker der Gegenwart, legt nach seinem vielbeachteten Werk "aus ungeschriebenen geschichten" (2005) einen neuen Gedichtband vor. Ein ruhelos Reisender, a poet on the road, durchmißt er die Räume des neuen Europas, auf den Spuren seiner politischen und kulturellen Topographie. Leere Wachtürme stehen in versehrten Landschaften, die Städte und Provinzen zwischen Vilnius und Venedig bergen ungezä...

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This book covers the current communication architectures that are implemented in manufactured systems-on-chip, as well as those that are being proposed to overcome the existing limitations. The text addresses well-established communication buses and less-common networks on chip, along with modern technologies that propose the use of carbon nano tubes and optical links to speed up data transfer and increase both security levels and quality of s...

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The book discusses the idea of the learning community as a vehicle for professional learning and school development. As the authors show, the learning community develops in response to building capacity in three domains: personal, interpersonal and organizational. In the personal domain, educators deconstruct and reconstruct their professional narratives to enhance student learning and professional practice. In the interpersonal domain, educat...

«Andrea Bardin ricostruisce in modo accurato la terminologia tecnica di Simondon, le sue fonti, il contesto nel quale opera, le fasi della sua riflessione e l'importanza filosofica della sua ricerca, allontanandosi dalle interpretazioni più diffuse» Il Manifesto (30/12/2010)

Therapeutic Feedback with the MMPI-2 provides the clinician with empirically-based, practical information about how to convey the abundance of information in the MMPI-2 profile in a way that is collaborative, empathic, hopeful, and facilitates a therapeutic alliance. Readers will find this book to be as useful and applicable as the MMPI-2 itself, which is used in psychiatric hospitals, correctional settings, in evaluations for job selection, g...

Introduces undergraduate students to engineering dynamics. Combining the strengths of both beginner and advanced dynamics texts, this book spans the full range of mechanics problems, from one-dimensional particle kinematics to three-dimensional rigid-body dynamics, including an introduction to Lagrange's and Kane's methods.

Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan ist nicht nur der Klassiker der politischen Philosophie der Neuzeit, er gehört seit dem 11. September 2001 auch zu den meistzitierten Werken im politischen Journalismus. Der Staat als »sterblicher Gott«, den die Menschen schaffen, um dem natürlichen Kampf aller gegen alle zu entkommen, Selbsterhaltung als Grundmotiv einer politischen Ordnung, der Sicherheit vor Freiheit geht, die Furcht nicht als Bedrohung, sondern als...