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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Studying Spanish for school, business, or travel Learn the fun and easy way with this portable guide that teaches everyday expressions in Spanish. Spanish Phrasebook For Dummies covers basic language information, focusing on common phrases to help you in ordinary situations, such as chatting about family, finding your way around, and generally making small talk. From job-related expressions to translations of directions, numbers, and time, it teaches real-world language skills that you can use immediately. If you've never studied Spanish before - or did a long time ago but need a refresher - Spanish Phrasebook For Dummies is for you. With guidance on pronunciation and stress, this handy book is jam-packed with plenty of grammatical examples to help you with verbs, adjectives, gender, plurals, pronouns, sentence construction, how to ask questions properly, and more. You'll have ample opportunity to test your Spanish language skills in these scenarios: - Counting your money - Measuring time and keeping track of days, months, and seasons - Introducing yourself - Talking about the weather - Ordering drinks, snacks, or a full meal - Shopping in traditional markets or the grocery store - Engaging in tourist or other fun activities - Tending to work or other business matters - Finding transportation and lodging - Taking care of emergencies With a chapter on phrases native Spanish speakers use every day and another covering phrases fluent speakers would say, you can have fun and impress your friends with this concise phrasebook.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In Ethical Leadership , Robert Starratt-one of the leading thinkers on the topic of ethics and education-shows educational leaders how to move beyond mere technical efficiency in the delivery and performance of learning. He challenges educators to become ethical leaders who understand the learning process as a profoundly moral activity that engages the full humanity of the school community. Starratt explains that educational leadership requires a moral commitment to high quality learning for all students-a commitment based on three essential virtues: proactive responsibility ; personal and professional authenticity ; and an affirming, critical, and enabling presence to the workers and the work involved in teaching and learning. He clarifies how essential these virtues are for leadership in the pressure-cooker of high-stakes schooling. He provides vivid illustration by beginning and ending the book with a 'morality play,' the narrative of a principal who struggles to do the right thing for his students and teachers, as they are pressured-and often punished-by state mandated tests. Starratt concludes by offering practical suggestions for working leaders as well as preservice and inservice courses in educational leadership. This book is a volume in the Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education-a series designed to meet the demand for new ideas and insights about leadership in schools.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Written by one of the world's leading literary theorists, this book provides a wide-ranging, accessible and humorous introduction to the English novel from Daniel Defoe to the present day.Covers the works of major authors, including Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Samuel Richardson, Laurence Sterne, Walter Scott, Jane Austen, the Brontës, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence and James Joyce.Distils the essentials of the theory of the novel.Follows the model of Eagleton's hugely popular Literary Theory: An Introduction (Second Edition, 1996). …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Like a Splinter in Your Mind leads readers through the myriad of philosophical themes within the Matrix trilogy, helping them to gain a better understanding of the films and of philosophy itself.Offers a way into philosophy through the Matrix films.Covers thirteen of the biggest philosophical questions in thirteen self-sufficient chapters suitable for course use.Demonstrates how each of these questions is illustrated through the events and characters of the films.Considers whether sentient machines are possible, and whether we should expect them to face the same existentialist issues that we do.Familiarises readers with key issues in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of mind, race and gender, existentialism, Taoism and mysticism.Includes a chapter that explains some of the technical elements of the films and confusing aspects of the plot.Also includes a Matrix glossary, and a cast of characters and their related symbolism.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What's the best way to study The best guarantee of exam success is to know the material and be prepared for the questions you're likely to encounter. This book provides hundreds of questions and answers to help you review, tips for more productive studying, advice on how to approach the exam, a valuable chapter that outlines state licensing requirements for apprentice, journeyman, master, and inspector, and more-all designed to help you face the license exam with confidence. \* Study plumbing drawings, material takeoff pro-cedures, and typical system layouts \* Check your knowledge of plumbing mathematics \* Understand what plumbing installation inspections involve \* Become familiar with regulations for both the uniform and international codes \* Review residential trailer plumbing standards and private sewage treatment facilities \* Refresh your understanding of steam and hot water heating procedures \* Study the specific licensing requirements for your state and your experience level. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Evolutionary Thought in Psychology: A Brief History traces the history of evolutionary thought in psychology in an accessible and lively fashion and examines the complex and changing relations between psychology and evolutionary theory. - First book to trace the history of evolutionary thinking in psychology from its beginnings to the present day in an accessible and lively fashion. - Focuses on the rise of evolutionary theories begun by Lamarck and Darwin and the creation of the science of psychology. - Explains evolutionary thought's banishment by behaviorism and cultural anthropology in the early 20th century, along with its eventual re-emergence through ethology and sociobiology. - Examines the complex and changing relations between psychology and evolutionary theory.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A comprehensive study of developing countries in the GATT/WTO system. - Explores how the developing countries have shaped and have been shaped by the GATT/WTO committees. - Investigates the areas of critical importance to developing countries including antidumping, textiles, agriculture, trade and the environment. - Offers suggestions on how the developing countries can improve their participation in committee meetings.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this powerful and passionate critique of the war on terror in Afghanistan and its extensions into Palestine and Iraq, Derek Gregory traces the long history of British and American involvements in the Middle East and shows how colonial power continues to cast long shadows over our own present.Argues the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11 activated a series of political and cultural responses that were profoundly colonial in nature.The first analysis of the 'war on terror' to connect events in Afghanistan, Palestine, and Iraq.Traces the connections between geopolitics and the lives of ordinary people.Richly illustrated and packed with empirical detail.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this book, leading authors explore ways in which organizations can develop their ability to manage the future. - An exploration of the ways in which organizations can develop their ability to manage the future. - Consists of ten papers written by authors from both sides of the Atlantic and from Asia, all of whom are distinguished scholars in the fields of strategy or organizational learning. - Addresses key questions about how organizational foresight can be conceptualized and developed, and the extent to which it is possible. - The papers are prefaced by a foreword from Spyros Makridakis and an introduction from the editors. - Helps to shape a new research agenda, and so will be of interest to academics, as well as to students and practitioners.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book explores the future of the financial services industry, giving readers an idea of the kinds of institutions and services that will survive in the early twenty-first century. - - An informative and provocative exploration of the future of the financial services industry. - Focuses on likely changes in the near future, such as greater use of the Internet for banking transactions and the increasing globalization of financial services. - Points to the probable disappearance of the insurance sector as a separate industry. - Describes changing conditions in key financial centres, especially the US, the UK, Germany, Japan and Switzerland.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This volume provides an up-to-date account of developments in Europe across a range of policy fields, from labour markets to disability and poverty to health care. - - An up-to-date account of a rapidly changing field. - - Covers developments across a range of policy fields, from labour markets to disability and poverty to health care. - - Situates debates about welfare convergence and divergence in a theoretical context. - - Draws on sociological, social policy, political science and economic theoretical perspectives. - - Written by acknowledged experts in the field. - - Uses case studies of particular policy areas and regional developments. - - Includes work on Southern and Eastern Europe, as well as on France and Germany.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book provides concise definitions of more than 1000 terms used in the field of counselling. As well as covering theory and practice, the book also includes client concerns and problems which may be helped by counselling, issues of professional and ethical interest to practitioners and clients, and words used in everyday language which have a particular meaning in the counselling context.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This volume celebrates and evaluates Anthony D. Smith's path-breaking contribution to the study of nations and nationalism. - - A fresh and critical look at Anthony D. Smith's path-breaking contribution to the study of nations and nationalism. - Debates various issues concerning Smith's controversial ethnosymbolic approach. - Includes contributions from academics based in the Czech Republic, Norway, the UK and US. - Opens up new avenues of research.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Asian Travel in the Renaissance looks at travel in Asia for the purposes of trade, colonialism and religious conversion by a diverse array of Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish, Italian and English protagonists in the Renaissance era. - Examines European travel in Asia from a variety of perspectives. - Presents new research by international scholars. - Establishes the importance of Asia as a place of aspiration in the early modern period.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This Reader provides a critical review of British transport policy since the Labour Government came into office in 1997 and looks at possible solutions to Britain's ongoing transport problems. - - An authoritative reader providing a critical review of recent British transport policies. - Looks at possible solutions to Britain's ongoing transport problems. - - A source of well-informed opinion and ideas on topics such as private-public partnerships, delivering a sustainable transport policy, and new opportunities for the railways. - Written by leading practitioners and academics.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This short introduction to Modernism analyses the movement from the perspective of English and American literature.Provides a critical overview of some of the central texts of literary Modernism.Covers both established works and those that have only recently come to critical attention.Includes detailed discussion of major authors, including T.S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence, Wallace Stevens and H.D.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book focuses on the psychology, sociology, and public policy of global environmental issues. The goals of the book are: - to describe the current state of the environment and environmentalism - to present new theories and research on environmental attitudes and behaviors - to explore obstacles and ethical considerations in promoting pro-environmental action.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This guide will keep you cool Like its earlier editions, this fully updated guidebook is packed with practical information on installing, servicing, maintaining, and trouble-shooting air-conditioning systems. Whether you're an AC professional, an independent repair technician, or a cost-conscious homeowner, everything you need is here. Clearly organized and loaded with diagrams and illustrations, it's a vital addition to your toolbox. - Find concise, accurate information on installing and maintaining both residential and commercial systems - Understand the physics of air conditioning and filtration - Make accurate temperature measurements using various methods and devices - Work with room air conditioners, water cooling systems, and auto air conditioning - Learn about refrigerants, compressors, condensers, evaporators, and AC motors - Service, troubleshoot, and repair both old and new AC units.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Emotions: A Brief History investigates the history of emotions across cultures as well as the evolutionary history of emotions and of emotional development across an individual's life span. In clear and accessible language, Keith Oatley examines key topics such as emotional intelligence, emotion and the brain, and emotional disorders. Throughout, he interweaves three themes: the changes that emotions have undergone from the past to the present, the extent to which we are able to control our emotions, and the ways in which emotions help us discern the deeper layers of ourselves and our relationships.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This Concise Companion is a guide to the creative output of the United States in the postwar period, in its diverse energies, shapes and forms. - Embraces diversity, covering Vietnam literature, gay and lesbian literature, American Jewish fiction, Italian American literature, Irish American writing, emergent ethnic literatures, African American writing, jazz, film, drama and more. - Shows how different genres and approaches opened up creative possibilities and interacted in the postwar period. - Portrays the postwar United States split by differences of wealth and position, by ethnicity and race, and by agendas of left and right, but united in the intensity of its creative drive.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Since its publication in 1979, Critics of Henry George has achieved an international reputation as by far the most comprehensive review and analysis of the objections leveled against Henry George's American classic, Progress and Poverty. George's 19th century classic argument for land reform produced an army of critics including Alfred Marshall, J. B. Clark, F. A. Walker and in the 20th century, Edwin Cannan, Murray Rothbard and Mark Blaug. In recent years Georgist insights have been gaining ground in economics on a variety of fronts especially in the areas of the economics of location and public finance. Now, more than a century after George and 25 years after the first edition of the Critics of Henry George, the Critics has been expanded, revised and enlarged by Robert Andelson. The Andelson revision will include a revised last chapter evaluating Georgism as it was interpreted by its critics.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - TheBlackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Religion features fourteen new essays written by some of the most prominent philosophers working in the field.Contributors include Linda Zabzeski, Hugh McCann, Brian Leftow, Gareth B. Matthews, William L. Rowe, Elliott Sober, Derk Pereboom, Alfred J. Freddoso, William P. Alston, William J. Wainwright, Peter van Inwagen, Philip Kitcher and Philip Quinn.Features fourteen newly commissioned essays.Provides a comprehensive treatment of the major problems in the philosophy of religion.Surveys the field and presents distinctive arguments.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Middle English is a student guide to the most influential critical writing on Middle English literature.A student guide to the most influential critical writing on Middle English literature.Brings together extracts from some of the major authorities in the field.Introduces readers to different critical approaches to key Middle English texts.Treats a wide range of Middle English texts, including The Owl and the Nightingale, The Canterbury Tales and Morte d'Arthur.Organized around key critical concerns, such as authorship, genre, and textual form.Each critical concern can be used as the basis for one week's work in a semester-long course.Enables readers to forge new connections between different approaches.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dozens of books currently available address some aspect of digital television, yet almost all of these texts deal exclusively with engineering and production issues associated with implementing new hardware and software. Digital Television: DTV and the Consumer offers a pragmatic, more socially oriented basis for understanding digital television. Beginning with a basic summary of how digital television works and how it evolved into its present state in the different television viewing environments (over-the-air, cable and satellite), author and researcher Book then offers the reader a more practical understanding of how digital television is currently being consumed in the household. Additionally, the text presents a summary of what consumers are saying regarding their digital television experience and what this data suggests for the future development of digital television business models. Unique to this volume are numerous Innovator Essays by some of the industry's digital television pioneers. These insightful essays - from significant DTV innovators such as Jim Goodmon, president and CEO of Capitol Broadcasting, home of the first commercial digital television broadcast - give brief snapshots of critical moments in the transition and rollout of DTV, while focusing on what the future holds for consumers and the broadcast and electronics industries. The latest entry in Blackwell Publishing's Media and Technology series, Digital Television: DTV and the Consumer provides media students, scholars, and professionals a compelling perspective of the social and cultural presence of this emerging technological phenomenon.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Written for public health professionals and students, the Dictionary of Public Health Education and Health Promotion, Second Edition, includes definitions for terms and concepts frequently used in public health education and promotion. The book offers both students and professionals a handy resource and contains a wide range of health education¾related terminologies and effectively eliminates the need for wading through scores of books or articles to find a definition. The book also provides an easily used reference for those working in research or design of public health interventions and Offers a reference list of the terms found most often in the professional literatureIncludes key terms used in related public health disciplines such as epidemiology, health administration, biostatistics, environmental health, and behavioral sciencesPresents terms relevant to the four settings of health promotion and education-community, workplace, primary care, and schoolProvides a useful study aid when preparing for the exam to become a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Help your clients find the path to overcoming their addictionAlcoholics are one of the most difficult client groups to treat effectively. To preserve their way of life, they may lie about their problem or deny that one exists; that is the nature of this profoundly powerful disease. Yet if you can guide each of your clients through their own resistance towards the truth, not only will you be rewarded with starting them on the road to recovery, you will no doubt have saved their life as well. Achieving such a victory goes to the heart of being an addiction counselor; it is the experience of healing on a direct and tangible level.Treating Alcoholism provides a complete road map for assessing, diagnosing, and treating this multifaceted and tenacious illness. Detailed clinical information on the disease accompanies ready-to-use tools for practice. With a special emphasis on the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, the author walks you through the first five steps of this established methodology in comprehensive detail, showing how to easily apply each one to treatment.Other useful resources in Treating Alcoholism include: A sample treatment plan Copies of alcohol screening tests (SMAST and CAGE questionnaires) Tests for other potentially related problems such as gambling and sexual addiction A sample behavioral contract for use with adolescents Listings of additional resourcesThe treatment of alcoholism is fraught with struggles and hazards for both client and caregiver. Written in a lively tone that resonates with the author s compassion for his own clients, Treating Alcoholism gives you reliable, up-to-date, and practice-tested information and materials you need to successfully confront this deadly disease and start your clients on the path to recovery.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A Companion to Genethics is the first substantial study of the multifaceted dimensions of the genetic revolution and its philosophical, ethical, social and political significance. - Brings together the best and most influential writing about the ethics of genetics; - Includes 33 newly-commissioned essays, all written by prominent figures in the field; - Shows how there is scarcely a part of our lives left unaffected by the impact of the new genetics.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This Monograph presents a theory of cognitive development. The theory argues that the mind develops across three fronts. The first refers to a general processing system that defines the general potentials of mind to develop cognitive strategies and skills. The second refers to a hypercognitive system that governs self-understanding and self-regulation. The third involves a set of specialized structural systems that are responsible for the representation and processing of different reality domains.…

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