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This volume provides a comprehensive review of three specialized areas: synthetic peptides, macromolecular assemblies, and higher ordering in synthetic polymers. It emphasizes the inter- and cross- disciplinary information that is necessary for the definitive characterization of higher structural order and the many possible applications of such well-defined three-dimensional macromolecules.

Free Radicals in Food: Chemistry, Nutrition, and Health presents recent developments in free radical chemistry as it pertains to food systems, antioxidants, and nutritional biochemistry and health. This book intends to illustrate the potential chemical links between food and health. The bookis organized into three main sections: Food Chemistry, Antioxidants, and Nutritional Biochemistry and Health. Chapters in the Food Chemistry section cover ...

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Architecture's relationship with its representations is peculiar, powerful, and critical. Though driven by belief in the characteristics of physical reality, architecture is identified, discussed, and explained almost entirely through representations. Indeed, the representations are often described as though they were the architecture itself. The status of the imaginary project, and the shifts in media technology which affect how we make and s...

By emphasizing 'difference' as something to be managed many organizations institute the 'problem of difference', and while orgainzations pay lip-service to ideas of equality, their day-to-day practices may be unchanged and unchallenged. This title focuses on the production and maintenance of gender inequalities in organizations.

* A wonderfully witty precursor to BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY from the real-life daughter -- who appeared as Vicky in her mother's DIARY OF A PROVINCIAL LADY -- of E.M. Delafield*

Outstanding travel narrative about a journey up the Congo river: superbly evocative writing in the tradition of Paul Theroux and Bruce Chatwin

Steel and Composite Structures: Behaviour and Design for Fire Safety describes the behaviour of steel and composite structures in fire, and shows how design methods are developed to quantify our understanding.

In the twentieth century England lost an empire, built a welfare state, and began to accept the idea of being part of Europe. Abroad her relative power declined, at home life became more tolerable for the unfortunate and more secure for the majority of the people. This book surveys these two great currents of change and examines their political and economic implications. For this fifth edition of Empire, Welfare State, Europe, Professor Lloyd ...

This timely book is the first to take a close historical look at Ken Livingstone's London. Based on interviews and archival research, it investigates the development of London governance from the demise of the Greater London Council to the establishment of the Greater London Authority.

Early Modern Italian history has traditionally been presented in the context of the absence of a unified Italian state, foreign domination and of relative decline to former wealth and power. This new volume calls on a wealth of recent research to portray the complex history of the early modern Italian states on their own terms. A leading team of historians traces Italian material and cultural bonds of identity and solidarity beyond their commo...

This report offers a range of perspectives on the role of women in formal politics in a variety of political contexts, from mature to more emergent democratic systems. The wide geographical range - from Africa to Europe, from China to Australia - is a significant strength of the book, as is the diversity of its methodological approaches and techniques.

The large, full-colour Hello Robby Rabbit 2 Story Cards help to tell the stories in class.

List of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. The Quest for Independence, 1920-19401. Building Independence in Suburbia2. Peopling the Subur 3. The Texture of Everyday Life4. The Politics of IndependencePart II. Closing Ranks, 1940-19655. "A Beautiful Place"6. The Suburban Good Life Arrives7. The Racializing of Local PoliticsEpilogueAcronyms for Collections and ArchivesNotes

L’histoire véridique de quatre Jamaïcains qui ont un rêve fou: obtenir une médaille d’or dans une discipline olympique qui leur est totalement inconnue et impossible à pratiquer en Jamaïque: le bobsleigh. Avec leur coach (John Candy - Maman, j’ai raté l’avion), les quatre athlètes quittent les tropiques pour le froid polaire de Calgary. Ils vont se donner à fond pour se qualifier et participer aux épreuves. Drôle et délirant à souhait, ce film...

Shawn Kelley's groundbreaking study shows how the major intellectual movements of the modern world, such as Orientalism and romantic nationalism, become infused with the category of race. He then traces the processes through which racially-grounded thinking has influenced modern biblical scholarship.Dynamic and thought-provoking, the book incorporates a wide range of current debate, from critical race theory to the relationship between Martin ...

Globalization is a defining feature of our times, covering everything from economic and political issues to the spread of American culture. Its status is controversial, however with some viewing it as leading to greater development for all, while others see it as a threat to national cultures and democratic political life. This book shows how simplified such binary views are, and examines how various globalizing forces have affected Asian soci...

A true story about a man''s love for his wife and his triumph over heart break. What lenghs he went to and what lessons he learned along the way. How he found himself, carried on with his life and cared for his son. A compelling story about one man''s life and how he delt with his hardships and won.

A major contribution to our understanding of the practice, theory, and limitations of assisted suicide and euthanasia in seriously ill patients. The book is superbly written and intellectually challenging. I am convinced that it will become standard reading for all -- whether advocates or opponents of assisted suicide -- who want to think more deeply and learn more about what we need to do to improve end-of-life care." -- The Lancet "The writi...