Welcome to the 21st Century, where we have become a society of "multi-taskers" and can incorporate that mind set into our fitness training. Over the last few years boxing and kickboxing have become popular forms of fitness training in North America for those looking to progress beyond the Tae-Bo, aerobic-kickboxing and boxercise type format. This book details how to get a calorie burning cardiovascular & resistance workout combined with learni...
The algebra of primary cohomology operations computed by the well-known Steenrod algebra is one of the most powerful tools of algebraic topology. This book computes the algebra of secondary cohomology operations which enriches the structure of the Steenrod algebra in a new and unexpected way. The book solves a long-standing problem on the algebra of secondary cohomology operations by developing a new algebraic theory of such operations. The re...
Schur analysis originates with an 1917 article of Schur where he associated to a function, which is analytic and contractive in the open unit disk, a sequence, finite or infinite, of numbers in the open unit disk, called Schur coefficients. In signal processing, they are often named reflection coefficients. Under the word "Schur analysis" one encounters a variety of problems related to Schur functions, such as interpolation problems, moment pr...
This is a woman's frank, uninhibited personal story played
out against the backdrop of the major world events of the
20th Century.
Sylvia Cole was born on the Lower East Side to Jewish immigrants
from Austria-Poland. By the age of six, she was living with her
maternal grandparents, her parents having come down with
tuberculosis as a result of the Spanish flu of 1918. The entire
nuclear family was dispersed: her parents in a sanita...
Kleinkunst ade, Spanien olé! Die Popette gibt sich poppiger denn je. Kleinkunst und Kammerpop - oder doch großartige Popkunst mit dem Flair der weiten Welt? Mit ihrem Programm "Hispanoid" nimmt die Multiinstrumentalistin, Dichterin und Sängerin Susanne Betancor den Hütern der Kleinkunst den Wind aus den Segeln und besinnt sich auf ihre spanischen Wurzeln. Zusammen mit ihrer Begleitcombo Lychee Lassi zwingt die "Popette" Piazzolla und Gardel, g...
Whether you are a new member of a multiracial/interfaith family, the father of a same-sex bride, or the mother of an adopted daughter from China, Norine Dresser offers suggestions for mixed families in avoiding social pitfalls at holidays and rituals for birth, coming of age, marriage, death, and other significant life events.
Every Christian needs dependable role models to whom one can look for teaching and example. Many of the greatest role models have departed from this life, but their legacy lives on. Believers of this day and age can learn much about a godly life from saints of the past.Athanasius, John Owen, and J. Gresham Machen are three such saints. Each stood for the truth of God's Word in the face of opposition-all out of a deep love for Christ and a desi...
Monday is a likeable and curious boy, growing up in difficult circumstances. His curiosity leads him into trouble but it also means that he finds out the truth about HIV and AIDS. This title helps young people develop the attitudes needed to manage their relationships safely, and to cope with the crisis of HIV and AIDS.
Like the fantasy and science fiction of the modern day, the romances of the Middle Ages were written in times of extreme and prolonged social upheaval. Using Jungian theory, this book explores the connections between the three genres. It finds common ground among them in plots that often reflect the recurring cycle of life.
Throughout his writing the author combines analytic rigour with sympathy for ideas in continental philosophy. He offers an in-depth analysis of Kant's "Critique of Judgement", Clive Bell's aesthetic theory, and the relevance of Wittgenstein for aesthetics. This book gathers together his important essays on aesthetics.