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Am 20. April 1945 besetzte die 45. US- Infanterie-Division Nürnberg. Das Datum hatte symbolischen Charakter: am gleichen Tag beging Adolf Hitler in der von der Roten Armee eingeschlossenen Reichshauptstadt Berlin seinen letzten Geburtstag. Die Eroberung Nürnbergs besaß für die Amerikaner besondere Bedeutung: die geschichtsträchtige Stadt mit ihrer charakteristischen Burganlage galt ihnen als die deutscheste aller deutschen Städte und als Schre...

There are reasons why you don't always think clearly or as fast as you'd like to. There are reasons why you haven't gotten the success, wealth, and happiness you've always dreamded of.Following on the success of "Go Thunk Yourself!(TM)", this is a simple guide to thinking outside any box, learning how to swim through floods of data, and develop your own world view.In this book, learn the underlying patterns and laws that the universe runs on -...

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Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Ähnlich wie Arbeitsstrukturen regelmäßig belastenden Disstress erzeugen und dadurch eine Bewältigungsaktivität mittels Ressourcenmobilisierung (engl. Coping) erzwingen, zeigen sich im Alltagshandeln von StudentInnen auch sog. Interaktionsprozesse mit Stresskontexten ¿ allerdings in dann spezifischen universitären Settings mit Arbeitsszielen und organisatorischen Anforderungen. Diese sozialpsychologisch- soziologische ...

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In jungen Jahren, wenn die Veilchen blühen, helfen einem die Illusionen über die Schwierigkeiten des Alltags hinweg. Mit der Zeit aber wird einem der Wert der Desillusionen bewußt, jener schmerzhaften Enttäuschungen, die unser Leben ausmachen. War das erstrebte, nie bekommene Mädchen anfangs noch ein großer Schmerz, sind die Berufsaussichten noch so unsicher, die man sich macht, so kommt der große Kummer uns allmählich immer weniger bedeutend ...

Much has been written about the Coalition invasion of Iraq in 2003, but there has been much less written about the United States Marine Corps' role specifically. Indeed, there are very few volumes that provide a concise yet full summary of the complete operation carried out by the Marines.

Examines the role of courts as a channel for social transformation for excluded sectors of society in contemporary democracies. With a focus on social rights litigation in post-authoritarian regimes or in the context of fragile state control, this work assesses the role of judicial processes in altering social and economic inequalities.

Crimes & Capers, Mobsters & Rumrunners, Canadian Crime Investigations

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Box set containing Bathroom Book of Ontario Trivia, Bathroom Book of Ontario History, and Weird Ontario Places.

Molecular and Colloidal Electro-Optics presents a well-integrated yet multi-disciplinary treatment of fundamental principles, strategies, and applications of electro-optic techniques for the characterization of macromolecular, small-particle, and nanomolecular systems. The book highlights the latest achievements in electro-optic theory, particularly low-frequency relaxation, and the unique advantage of using electro-optics as an alternative to...

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How do societies achieve cohesion in countries where the population is made up of different racial and ethnic groups? This book looks at the policy of affirmative action as it has evolved in different parts of the world: Australia, Canada, Great Britain, India, Northern Ireland, South Africa and the United States.

A sound track of Germany in the early twentieth century might conjure military music and the voice of Adolf Hitler rising above a cheering crowd. In A National Acoustics, Brian Currid challenges this reductive characterization by investigating the transformations of music in mass culture from the Weimar Republic to the end of the Nazi regime. Offering a nuanced analysis of how publicity was constructed through radio programming, print media, p...

Remote sensing is a technology that engages electromagnetic sensors to measure and monitor changes in the earths surface and atmosphere. Normally this is accomplished through the use of a satellite or aircraft. This book, in its 3rd edition, seamlessly connects the art and science of earth remote sensing with the latest interpretative tools and techniques of computer-aided image processing. Newly expanded and updated, this edition delivers mor...

This is the first full-length study of the politics of Hugh MacDiarmid, one of modern Scotland's major cultural figures. By examining those places in Scotland that inspired MacDiarmid's best poetry, Lyall shows how the poet's politics evolved from his interaction with the nation and how he sought to imagine a new Scottish future.