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An excellent primer for those who want to understand who the original writers of the Bible were, how the books of the Bible came together, how we can be sure that the Bible is authoritative, and what the differences are between modern translations. Author Robert Plummer writes with a warm style in an accessible "big questions" format.

This is a textbook for an undergraduate course in Math, Science, and Engineering. Also, this book can also be used as a textbook for graduate course in Science and Engineering, and as a textbook for the first semester in two-semester graduate level courses. Students learn basic knowlegde in partial differential equations. This includes First order equations, Second order linear equations, Fourier series, and Green functions.

The essays in this book are about my hometown, Norwich, NY, my unfriendly trombone, my sweet Mom, my love for sports, an old house with too much water, my relationships with some charming and weird people, a crazy job and an immensely satisfying job, my version of poverty, discovering my kidney disease and the subsequent years on dialysis. It also includes short stories about a wandering Santa, excellent bowlers, and runaway celebrities. The b...

A fascinating account of the British state's post-war obsession with secrecy and the ways it prevented secret activities from becoming public.

Although the role of the military advisor to senior foreign officials is honored in political history, it became almost a forgotten art when it was needed in Afghanistan and Iraq. Whatever the past, the American military services are now fully engaged in nation-building in the Iraqi and Afghan conflict zones, and the advisory responsibility seems certain to be needed elsewhere as well. Advisors have become an invaluable part of the nation-buil...

The 2009 Failed States Index identifies many nations as being in danger of becoming failed states-in fact, two-thirds of the world's states are critical, borderline, or in danger of becoming just that. Failed states do not possess the necessary conditions to have truly sovereign governments that meet the needs of their populations. Colombia garnered a rating of 89 on the 2009 Failed States Index, just below that of Kyrgyzstan. It has experienc...

The authors explore the definition of SSR as it has emerged in the international community. The makeup of the security sector is examined, emergent principles are identified for implementing SSR in the community of practice, and the outcomes that SSR is designed to produce are specified. The supporting case studies of Haiti, Liberia, and Kosovo assess the impact of SSR programs on host nation security sectors. The authors conclude that those c...

In The Literate Eye, Rachel Teukolsky analyzes the vivid archive of Victorian art writing to reveal the key role played by nineteenth-century authors in the rise of modernist aesthetics.

Renowned author Pam Houston treats us to a celebration of real-life adventures in this rich collection of essays. Ranging over five years and five continents, A Little More About Me introduces us to a woman-adventure-seeking, curious, and awestruck-whose experiences resonate with our own navigation through life's many pleasures and challenges.

Bulldogge Carlo wohnt mit der Yorkshire-Hündin Susi auf einem Bauernhof. Carlo bewacht die Rinder und Schweine, Susi ist Frauchens Liebling, wird verhätschelt und verwöhnt.In kleinen Geschichten erzählt Marlen Schäfer vom Leben der beiden Hunde, die mit ihren Freunden allerhand erleben, unter anderem eine Kreuzfahrt, eine Reise in einem Raumschiff oder einen Besuch im Museum.

Organizations such as ASEAN and EU were formed to promote economic growth, social progress and cultural development among their members. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the transformation which the newest members of ASEAN (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Laos) and the newest members of EU (ten new Members from Baltic, Central and Eastern Balkan regions) have experienced during the last two decades (1990-2010). It throws light on the...

This volume draws a map of British film culture in the 1970s and provides a wide-ranging history of the period.

Worried about your placement? Will you fit in? Will you have the right skills? What do you need to learn for practice assessments? This book will help you with all these concerns. It will tell you what to expect from the placement, what you can learn, how to link theory and practice, and how to make the most of your learning opportunities. A logical, step-by-step approach to preparing for a medical placement Helps make the most of learning opp...

It is now over 30 years since the idea of ion-conducting pores burst on the elec­ trophysiological scene, 15 years since these were generalIy realized to be mem­ brane-spanning proteins, and 10 years since the first observations of single ion channels from higher organisms were made. During the past 5 years, several integral membrane channel proteins have been purified in a functionalIy competent state: the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, th...

This is the first comprehensive work to review blood platelet biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, and function. It provides up-to-date information on how platelets function, the biochemical mechanisms that modulate their physiology and function, as well as the pharmacology of platelet inhibitory drugs.

The author provides the defense policy team a clear warning against excessive adherence to past defense and national security convention. Including the insights of a number of noted scholars on the subjects of "wild cards" and "strategic surprise, " he argues that future disruptive, unconventional shocks are inevitable. Through strategic impact and potential for disruption and violence, such shocks, in spite of their nonmilitary character, wil...

The author takes a critical look at the mission assignment and orientation of U.S. landpower. He calls for an unconventional revolution in U.S. land forces that optimizes them for intervention in complex and violent crises of governance and security in states crippled by internal disorder. In the end, he argues that the armed stabilization of states and regions in crises will be not just equivalent in importance to traditional warfighting in f...

This paper provides a case study to help explain the SSR concepts that were recently formalized in U.S. Army Field Manual 3.07, "Stability Operations Doctrine." It provides insights into how the military interacts with host-nation governments, the United Nations, the State Department, and national embassies to solve today's complex problems. The author's experience revealed many pitfalls in security sector building and international team-build...

This edition of the Kasi Diaries draws upon the insightful entries detailing the events of the Second World War on a daily basis, and aims to be a contemporaneous view of the genesis, development and end of the war. The Diaries display a keen and observant mind, and shows the writer to be a fascinating narrator of events, with an easy style of writing and an excellent sense of humour. Almost to the day when Germany capitulated in May 1945, Kas...

In a refreshingly frank discussion of the political culture and context, the personalities and the tradition of sovereignty which have all shaped the integration movement in the Caribbean, Gilbert-Roberts lays bare the problems of the past, CARICOM's successes and failures and revisits the roadmap for the future charted so many years ago, yet not followed.