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Reading and interpreting the Bible, whether as an 'ordinary' or critical reader, has always been strongly influenced by a person's own experience.They demonstrate the variety of ways in which the Bible can have meaning for different people. The contributors offer challenging new perspectives on the ancient biblical books and individual texts of the Torah, the prophets, the Gospels, (Pauline) letters and Revelation. The Personal Voice in Biblic...

This yearbook continues SIPRI's annual analyses of developments in global and regional major armed conflicts, in conflict prevention, management and resolution, in world military expenditure, arms production, arms transfers, nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, and in arms control and disarmament.

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The existence and nature of exchanges used not to be controversial, they were easily identified and characterized. New technology, however, has led to the development of new exchanges and trading systems, posing problems for those concerned with the regulation of trading markets. Ruben Lee examines the question of what an exchange is, using arguments from both financial economics and law, and sets out a view of how exchanges might be regulated.

Ethical Marxism and its Radical Critics argues that Marx's conception of human essence is the foundation for an ethic of liberation which permeates his social theory. It testifies to his significant debt to Greek philosophy and culture. Wilde examines how his humanistic ethic was developed by Marcuse and Fromm, and how it has been rejected by Habermas and Gorz. He also explores reservations expressed from feminist and ecological standpoints. T...

A grammar reference to support any modern Standard Arabic course, this book will be particularly useful for the beginning student. Each chapter makes the fewest possible assumptions about the student's knowledge, aiming to group the subject in one accessible place. The Arabic used in the book is from modern life -- from the office, the academy, the departmental meeting, and the worksite. Nothing solely historic or academic is included. The boo...

Handbook of Behavioral State Control: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms provides the first synthesis of information on the neurobiology of behavioral states, ranging from normal stress and sleep deprivation to debilitating neuropsychiatric disorders. This book presents a working reference on the cellular and molecular mechanisms generating arousal states, pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods of behavioral state control, and the bi-d...

This book is a graduate-level text in which 3X3 coordinate-transformation matrices and 3-element vectors with dual-number elements are used to analyze the mechanics of mechanisms, robots and other mechanical systems. The use of dual numbers allows a very compact and convenient notation for the analysis of displacements, velocities, static equilibrium and dynamic equilibrium. The concept of the dual number has been around since the 19th century...

The Historia Novella is the key source for the succession dispute between King Stephen and the Empress Matilda which brought England to civil war in the twelfth century. Edmund King has provided a major new edition, with revised translation, of the most important eyewitness account of the `anarchy' of King Stephen's reign.

From the 1950s through the 1980s, women purchased this unique line of costume jewelry exclusively at home-jewelry parties. A must for collectors, Sarah Coventry Jewelry displays nearly 400 photographs of the fashionable designs along with their current market values. Rediscover the timeless appeal of this increasingly popular line of collectible jewelry.

A six-level series in American English with a traditional syllabus and approach for 8-13 year olds.A strong cast of characters recurs throughout all levels and components and there is appealing artwork throughout.

This practical guide for doing policy analysis is written for academics who want to get their research to the attention of decision-makers in the public sector, or who want to train their students in the skills necessary to undertake policy-relevant research. Readers will learn: how to prepare an unbiased description of a problem to be studied, the various diagnostic techniques, the rules for designing policy prescriptions, how to use forma...

`Any practising or former headteacher will warm to the central contention made by Kottler and McEwan that, although counselling does not form part of the formal job-description of any principal or headteacher, the realities of such a post are that such skills are required in abundance' - School Leadership and Management This book introduces the basic methodology of counselling, consulting and communication skills, and the multiple roles princ...

Refreshing and accessible, this new text guides student and practitioner alike through the maze of approaches to the way in which people interact in organizational life. By building their text around six topics central to those who manage in organizations: people, gender, flexibility, groups, learning, and creativity, the authors of this text have provided a clear, easily used framework for analysing the role of the individual in the group, th...

This book is designed for the first person to arrive at the scene of a crime. It describes what is evidence, how to collect evidence, how to protect evidence, and how to preserve its validity for court usage. TOC:Role of the First Unit Responder. The First Unit Responder and the Crime Scene. Identifying and Documenting the Evidence. Collecting the Evidence. Fingerprints and the Crime. Case Preparation/Courtroom Testimony.

Management of industrial processes and the waste streams they create is a fundamental aspect of careers in environmental engineering and technology. These individuals must understand how production processes can be modified to reduce the wastes that emerge as manufacturing byproducts, as well as how to manage those waste streams in the most cost-efficient way possible. This fourth volume in the PETE (Partnership for Environmental Technology Ed...

Today the National Guard is ready and able to send well-trained civilians into crisis situations on a moment's notice. But it was not always so.State militias provided the majority of soldiers during the War of 1812, and it almost cost the fledgling country dearly. The Americans' ingrained fear of a standing army laid the groundwork for poor coordination between state and federal control of the militias, creating a system in which the disaster...

A comprehensive perspective on the German Mittelstand is provided. The authors do not only consider internal management aspects of these companies but also their societal environment. Therefore, four of the nine chapters in the first part of the book are related to the environment of the German Mittelstand while five chapters compiled in the second part focus on different management aspects of Mittelstand companies. Among the topics addressed ...

In his recent book Against Liberalism, philosopher John Kekes argued that liberalism as a political system is doomed to failure by its internal inconsistencies. In this companion volume, he makes a powerful case for conservatism as the best alternative. His is the first systematic description and defense of the basic assumptions underlying conservative thought.