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Description: Musings are recollections of memories, of dreams, of ideas. Such recollections are persistent because they remain unresolved-whether as concepts about the world or as actions, taken or avoided, in art, life, and love. My musings are ripe because I have been chewing on them for many years. I am an old painter and a somewhat younger philosopher, and I remain concerned with how these fit together. So my first essay is about my journ...

Based on the work of American scientist and philospher Charles S. Peirce concerning the interpretation of signs, this book offers a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding the interaction between urban environments and tourists. It argues that tourists make sense of, and draw meaningful conclusions about, the places in which they tour based upon the interpretation of the signs or elements encountered within the built environment.

Presents a view of Christianity and Christian thinking that draws on some key thinkers from Plato to Wittgenstein. This work also presents a theology offered as an alternative to the anti-intellectualism of many contemporary Christians, to the obfuscations of others and to the distortions of Christianity provided by some of the most vocal critics.

Electoral Geography, the analysis of spatial patterns of voting, is undergoing something of a renaissance with new methodological advances, theoretical shifts and changes in the political landscape. This collection integrates new conceptual approaches with a broad array of case studies from the USA, Europe and Asia. This volume examines key questions in Electoral Geography and examines the changes that have occurred over the last 30years.

Combining a clear theoretical exposition with systematic cross-regional analysis, 'Asymmetric Trade Negotiations' offers a coherent picture of strategic, design and political economy aspects of North-South trade negotiation processes, from African, Asian and Latin American perspectives. Skilled area specialists gather to provide negotiators and policy makers in the South with recommendations, best practices, and benchmarks and contribute to th...

Drawing together leading scholars from both theological and literary backgrounds, Christian Theology and Tragedy explores the rich variety of conversations between theology and tragedy. Encompassing a range of perspectives and topics, this book demonstrates how theologians can make productive use of the work of tragedians, tragic theorists and tragic philosophers. Interdisciplinary in nature, this book will appeal to both the theological and l...

By engaging with, and building upon recent theoretical developments, this collection sheds new light on international relations in the century between 1650 and 1750. Integrating cultural history with high politics and foreign policy, it also engages directly with themes discussed by political scientists and international relations theorists to argue that, this was far from being a 'de-ideologized' period. Instead it offers a fresh and genuinel...

Civilized Violence provides a social and historical explanation for the popular appeal of cinema violence. Drawing on a range of disciplines, Hansen-Miller explains how Modern society has concealed and denied the exercise of violence even though it retains considerable power over how we live our lives. Through engagement with specific narratives from the last century of film and the pervasive violence of contemporary cinema, Hansen-Miller inve...

Arranged around the themes of theorizing and policy-making, race, ethnicity and religion, gender, and class, inequality and welfare, this book addresses the question of whether the European Union tends towards diversification or standardization. It engages with issues of identity, citizenship and social justice, changes throughout the life course, social movements, the reconciliation of work and life, the increasing diversity of cultural value...

Manley's Technology of Biscuits, Crackers and Cookies" is widely regarded as the standard work in its field. This new edition includes a distinguished editor and a team of expert contributors.

First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Cultural and religious identity and family law are inter-related in a number of ways and raise various complex issues. European legal systems have taken various approaches to meeting these challenges. This book examines this complexity and indicates areas in which conflicts may arise by analysing examples from legislation and court decisions in Germany, Switzerland, France, England and Spain.

Bringing together international scholars to examine the relationship between nationalism and globalization, this book addresses theoretical, historical and contemporary issues. It features case studies from Europe, the US and Asia that explore regionalisation, migration and citizenship, culture, finance and capitalism.

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Leadership in projects has been under-represented in many of the most influential project methodologies, where the focus has been on management and process. This title draws on original, empirical research into successful leadership of complex projects, including interviews with people, across a range of industries.

Wandern mit Hund ist die älteste und zugleich unkomplizierteste "Hundesportart" schlechthin. Für den Hund gibt es keine schönere Beschäftigung, als gemeinsam mit seinen Menschen Neuland zu entdecken, den ganzen Tag lang durch Feld und Wald zu streifen und auf Schritt und Tritt dabei zu sein. Für den Mensch ist eine Wandertour die ideale Möglichkeit, den Hund mit in Urlaub zu nehmen - und als Team sehr viel enger zusammenzuwachsen als zuvor. ...

Contents:F. Schweda and A. Kurtz: Regulation of Renin Release by Local and Systemic FactorsM. Krauss and V. Haucke: Shaping Membranes for EndocytosisB.M. Jockusch and P.L. Graumann: The Long Journey: Actin on the Road to Pro- and Eukaryotic CellsB. Colsoul, R. Vennekens and B. Nilius: Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) Cation Channels in Pancreatic ß cells

This unique book explores canine hydrotherapy, rehabilitation and weight management, and how these can improve your dog's well-being. A type of aquatic exercise, hydrotherapy can help prevent and treat medical problems and pre-/post-operative conditions in dogs, and can also be used for rehabilitation and maintaining health and fitness in your dog. Obesity is one of the most common issues that domestic dogs face today, and this book brings awa...

Eine alte Rasse neu entdeckt: Dieses Buch wirft eine neue Perspektive auf den traditionsreichen Pudel, der zurzeit wieder stark an Beliebtheit gewinnt. Er ist mehr als nur ein frisierter und verhätschelter Schoßhund, sondern ein sehr vielseitiger, sportlicher, vitaler und lebenslustiger Hund mit außergewöhnlich freundlichem Wesen. Die verschiedenen Kapitel stellen ihn in großformatigen und seltenen Fotos in seiner ganzen Vielfalt dar und zeich...

This book provides the mathematical definition of white noise and gives its significance. White noise is in fact a typical class of idealized elemental (infinitesimal) random variables. Thus, we are naturally led to have functionals of such elemental random variables that is white noise. This book analyzes those functionals of white noise, particularly the generalized ones called Hida distributions, and highlights some interesting future direc...