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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Life is a mind game. All your aspirations are played out in your head. All your relationships are shaped in your head. Even your career progression depends on your mental approach to the world.Your mind dictates whether you fulfil your potential or live your life dreaming. In sport it can make the difference between winning and losing. Mind Games reveals the techniques the world's biggest sports stars use to cross the line first, score the most points and outwit their opponents.Jeff Grout and Sarah Perrin draw on extensive first-hand experiences, identifying personal techniques used by coaches and athletes proven to have worked under the pressure of top-level competition. Get into the minds of sporting champions such as Matthew Pinsent, Ellen MacArthur, Nick Faldo, Sir Clive Woodward, Sally Gunnell, Jonny Wilkinson and Roger Black.The lessons of these sporting heroes are applicable in any area of life, whether you want to be a better parent, achieve more at work or fulfil a lifelong ambition. The mind can be a great ally or a great obstacle. Mind Games shows how the sporting greats have harnessed its potential. Apply their lessons and you'll find a world of possibility opening up to you.Life is a mind game. Success is in the head.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Understand the techniques of hypnotherapy and put them into practiceFind a practitioner, set your goals, and get resultsIf you think hypnosis is just for stage tricks and party games, think again; this reassuring and responsible guide explains how hypnotherapy works and shows you how to use it to treat a wide range of problems. Whether you're seeking to overcome anxiety or depression, improve performance, lose weight, or beat an addiction, hypnotherapy can help you make the positive changes you need to achieve your goals.Discover how to\* Get the right professional help\* Set realistic personal goals\* Control phobias and manage pain\* Banish bad habits\* Practise self-hypnosis\* Become a hypnotherapist.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Take control of IBS so IBS doesn't take control of your life IBS Relief, Second Edition is an extensively updated, hands-on guide to help you manage your symptoms and limit the frequency, intensity, and duration of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) episodes. Written by a doctor, a dietitian, and a psychologist, this guide gives you a multidisciplinary approach encompassing every proven strategy for managing IBS, including new drug therapies and stress management techniques. This book won't confuse you with medical terminology--IBS is confounding enough. Instead, the book contains questionnaires, lists, diaries, stress and food tolerance tests, and other tools to help you determine the pattern of your symptoms, identify triggers, and take appropriate action. You'll learn how to manage your problem based on your specific symptoms. Approaches include: \* A three-step process for managing irritable bowel through healthy eating \* Recommended diet adjustments for the six most common IBS symptoms \* Three stress-management strategies, including specific techniques for calming the body, calming the mind, and confronting stress \* Three steps to controlling pain This book gives you the tools, the techniques, and the information you need to make specific lifestyle and diet changes that can bring real relief.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Explains Austen's methods, motivations, and moralsThe fun and easy way(r) to understand and enjoy Jane AustenWant to know more about Jane Austen This friendly guide gives the scoop on her life, works, and lasting impact on our culture. It chronicles the events of her brief life, examines each of her novels, and looks at why her stories - of women and marriage, class and money, scandal and hypocrisy, emotion and satire - still have meaning for us today.Discover\* Why Austen is so popular\* The impact on manners, courtships, and dating\* Love and life in Austen's world\* Her life and key influences\* Her most memorable characters.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this new addition to the Knowledge Essentials series, Kindergarten Success shows you how to enrich your child's classroom learning and take an active role in your kindergarten's education by exploring: - What your child is learning at school and the educational standards to expect in math, language arts, science, and social studies-as well as the developmental skills expected of your kindergartener - Your child's learning style-visual, auditory, or kinesthetic- and how it affects the way your child learns and processes information - Hundreds of easy-to-do activities designed to help your child meet specific learning requirements - Environmental learning sections that identify learning opportunities in the everyday world - Methods and checklists to assess your child's progress - The developmental and social changes expected of your kindergartener as well as information on how to determine readiness to move up to the first grade - Recommendations of age-appropriate books and software that will enhance learning.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The fun and easy way to coach youth hockey - no experience required! Hockey is growing in leaps and bounds around the world, but the demand for qualified coaches far outstrips availability. Moms and dads are being recruited to step in and assume the role of coach even with nothing more than feigned interest for credentials. Coaching Hockey For Dummies is ideally suited to meet these growing needs: its message is clear, the information thorough and user friendly, and it brings along a great attitude. For anyone new to coaching, Coaching Hockey For Dummies will provide an invaluable reference. Unlike other coaching books, which only cover what happens on the ice, Coaching Hockey For Dummies covers every aspect of hockey coaching, from what equipment a coach needs, to holding player-parent meetings, to the perfect drills to develop individual and team skills.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for Exceptional Selling'Thull's leading-edge thinking makes this book extraordinary. This straightforward guide to communicating across all cultures with credibility and respect will give you a significant competitive advantage in a complex and crowded global marketplace.'-Guenter Lauber, Vice President, Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc., EA Systems'Exceptional Selling may be one of the most important books written on sales and marketing communications for high stakes sales. It shows you how to stand apart from your competition, communicate with great clarity, and position your solution as the most compelling choice for the long term.'-Rob Mancuso, Senior Vice President, Investors Financial Services Corp.'Thull has taken consultative and collaborative sales to new heights. The knowledge in this book is priceless. The trust and respect created by the diagnostic process is a must-have for success here in Asia and around the globe. It enables us to differentiate ourselves early and achieve long-lasting success.'-Tay Chong Siew, Major Customer Director, North Asia, BOC Gases'Having achieved exceptional success by working with Thull and implementing the strategy and process in his first two books, I'm astounded that his leading-edge thinking is captured in yet more detail in another brilliant book. The conversation examples of his powerful diagnostic approach will bring even greater success to our organization. Truly exceptional!'-Alberto Chacin, Director of On Demand Services LAD, Oracle USA'Exceptional Selling is a dramatic departure from the vast majority of sales books. It scares me to see all the ways in which we can self-sabotage our sales opportunities-but that's only chapter one. Throughout the book, Thull describes compelling examples of how to succeed in a cluttered marketplace.'-Steven Rodriguez, Senior Vice President, Ceridian Corporation'Thull has again extended the concepts and thinking he developed in The Prime Solution and Mastering the Complex Sale. This is an essential read for anyone working to understand his customers in a complex world.'-Wayne Hutchinson, Vice President of SalesMarketing and Consulting, Shell Global Solutions International B.V.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for FINDING THE HOT SPOTS'David Riedel's Finding the Hot Spots provides keen insights into the new reality of investing with a global perspective. Internationally diversified investment portfolios reduce risk while enhancing returns, as many American-based individual and institutional investors have discovered in recent years. Riedel succeeds in providing simple, effective tools and strategies.'--J. Craig Chapman Managing Director, Long-Term Asset Management (HK) Limited'Finding the Hot Spots simplifies and demystifies international investing and makes non-U.S. markets alluring and accessible . . . a must-read for all individual investors.'--John D. Meserve Chairman, BNY Jaywalk, Inc.'Anyone considering investing in emerging markets should begin by reading David Riedel's Finding the Hot Spots. This excellent book explains how to reap the benefits while avoiding the risks of investing in the world's fastest growing economies. Having worked with David in Thailand during the peak of the Bangkok Bubble in the mid-1990s, I believe few people are more qualified to write about this subject than he is.'--Richard Duncan Author of The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Ethics: The Fundamentals explores core ideas and arguments in moral theory by introducing students to different philosophical approaches to ethics, including virtue ethics, Kantian ethics, divine command theory, and feminist ethics. - The first volume in the new Fundamentals of Philosophy series. - Presents lively, real-world examples and thoughtful discussion of key moral philosophers and their ideas. - Constitutes an excellent resource for readers coming to the subject of ethics for the first time.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Campus Confidential is the ultimate insider's guide to surviving and thriving in college. Written in a friendly, conversational style, Campus Confidential offers a comprehensive, chronological treatment of the college experience by the author, a Yale graduate, and a blue-ribbon panel of fourteen diverse 'mentors' from colleges and universities around the country. But this is not just another fluff-filled freshman handbook. Campus Confidential is the complete guide to the college experience-providing solid, road-tested advice for every stage of the process, from high school students getting ready to apply, to college seniors looking for jobs or applying to graduate school, and everything in between. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Four Vs are the cornerstones of both our work and personal lives.Vision: Who do we want to be What are our essential characteristics and how do we want to develop this vision of ourselves in our work, in our family and in our community Values: What are the values that shape and drive us How can we harness our values to help our own fulfilment and the wellbeing of those around us How do we ensure our values are our biggest assets and not our worst liability Value-Added: What are our unique strengths How can we develop them and use them to the best effect How can we add value in a wider range of different situations Vitality: What is at the heart of what gives us energy How can we grow this energy and extend it into different areas of our lives Peter Shaw provides a framework to help you grow and make a step change through reflection on what success is and the nature of courage and calmness. Be ready to be challenged and surprised.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What Leaders Are Saying About A Leader's Legacy'Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner have done it again! In a brilliant follow-up to The Leadership Challenge, they offer the combined wisdom of decades of studying and working with leaders. In 22 thoughtful essays they summarize with depth and clarity what is really important for you as a leader: your courage, your relationships, and the legacy you leave behind.'--Bill George, former chairman and CEO, Medtronic; author, Authentic Leadership'This superb book defies conventional wisdom in favor of being truly wise. In chapters such as 'Leaders Should Want to Be Liked' and 'Failure Is Always an Option,' Kouzes and Posner portray leaders on a human scale, opening leadership to anyone who is willing to be fully human. That, of course, is a challenge! And yet the style of this book--with its stories of well-grounded leaders and its engaging conversational prose--encourages the reader to live into and up to that challenge. A Leader's Legacy will surely become key to the literary legacy that its authors have been leaving in their wake over the past twenty-five years.'--Parker J. Palmer, author, The Courage to Teach, A Hidden Wholeness, and Let Your Life Speak'In their new book, Kouzes and Posner provide a badly needed supplement to all those other books on leadership. First, they don't just say that everyone can be a leader--that oft-repeated bromide is little more than a cliché now. They demonstrate (with good examples) how true and important the idea is. And second (again with effective examples) they make 'leadership' something that will interest not just 'organizational' types but anyone who hopes to make a difference in the world.'--William Bridges, author, Transitions and Managing Transition'A Leader's Legacy is an indispensable daily reference for leaders at every level of every enterprise. Legacy is a gift to leaders of today, to leaders of the future.'--Frances Hesselbein, chairman, Leader to Leader Institute.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The world certainly suffers no shortage of accounting texts. The many out there help readers prepare, audit, interpret and explain corporate financial statements. What has been missing is a book offering context and discussion for divisive issues such as taxes, debt, options, and earnings volatility. King addresses the why of accounting instead of the how, providing practitioners and students with a highly readable history of U.S. corporate accounting. More Than a Numbers Game: A Brief History of Accounting was inspired by Arthur Levitt's landmark 1998 speech delivered at New York University. The Securities and Exchange Commission chairman described the too-little challenged custom of earnings management and presaged the breakdown in the US corporate accounting three years later. Somehow, over a one-hundred year period, accounting morphed from a tool used by American railroad managers to communicate with absent British investors into an enabler of corporate fraud. How this happened makes for a good business story. This book is not another description of accounting scandals. Instead it offers a history of ideas. Each chapter covers a controversial topic that emerged over the past century. Historical background and discussion of people involved give relevance to concepts discussed. The author shows how economics, finance, law and business customs contributed to accounting's development. Ideas presented come from a career spent working with accounting information. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In Hands-On Science Mysteries for Grades 3-6, the authors connect science to real-world situations by investigating actual mysteries and phenomena, such as the strange heads on Easter Island, the ghost ship Mary Celeste, and the 'Dancing Stones' of Death Valley. The labs are designed to encourage the development of science inquiry, in which students will observe, take notes, make diagrams, interpret data, and arrive at solutions, and include extensions for further investigation. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Real Estate Investing Guide Just for Agents If you're a real estate agent, your knowledge of the industry can give you a big leg-up when it comes to investing. Insider Investing for Real Estate Agents shows you how to maximize your returns using your special, insider knowledge of listings, local markets, and trends, as well as your connections with local buyers and sellers. In this one-of-a-kind guide, Walter Sanford shows you not only how your experience as an agent can aid your investing, but also how investing can make you a better agent--leading to more customers, listings, and sales. Filled with all the tools you need to combine and improve your skills as an investor and agent, this practical, hands-on resource includes more than 100 handy forms, checklists, and worksheets--all designed to help you make wise decisions, spot bargains, and manage properties with a minimum of risk. Inside, you'll find unbeatable advice on: \* Insider tactics for obtaining investment financing \* Using your natural advantages as an agent to find great properties \* Working honestly and ethically as both an agent and an investor \* Tapping into your lead generation skills to invest better \* Performing due diligence the way only an agent can \* Insider tenant acquisition tactics that really work More and more agents are putting their skills to use in investing--and making it payoff big. If you want to learn how to use your inside knowledge and experience to find and purchase properties with great money-making potential, Insider Investing for Real Estate Agents will put you on course for investing success. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - If your students enjoy solving mysteries, they'll love the activities in Science Sleuths. Forensic science is an ideal vehicle for teaching the nature of science as well as basic science concepts. Besides teaching students to think like scientists, forensic science activities also help them understand, master, and apply science concepts. In addition, forensic science relies heavily on science process skills, manipulative skills, laboratory skills, and interpersonal skills, all emphasized by the National Science Education Standards.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Go Beyond 'Business As Usual' with Your Nonprofit 'At last--the 'real truth' about nonprofit management! In Exposing the Elephants, Wilcox reveals the 'pesky pachyderms' that block our way to full effectiveness. How often have we grumbled that 'just because you're a [insert profession here], it doesn't mean you know how to run a nonprofit' With clarity, passion, and sly humor, Wilcox validates that perspective and many others--but doesn't let us get away with just accepting the presence of the elephant in the room. Wilcox summarizes complex issues using recognizable examples and then offers sensible strategies for resolving them. Ultimately, she gives us permission to do the right thing(s). I love this book--and I can't wait to start implementing the 'elephant solutions'! ' --Nancy Perkin Beaumont, CAE, Executive Director, Society of American Archivists 'Before I finished reading Exposing the Elephants, I met with my key staff to talk about what we must change. I also shared what I learned from reading the book with a friend who sits on several different types of boards. Wilcox says it like it is--and it needs to be said--in every nonprofit organization.' --Julie Donovan, Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity, Lake County, Illinois 'A remarkably candid, fresh, and witty analysis of the challenges inherent in managing nonprofits. Insightful and pragmatic solutions to overcoming the 'white elephants' so prevalent in the nonprofit culture. A 'must read' for every nonprofit CEO and board member.' --Dick Yingst, President & CEO, Financial Managers Society, Chicago, Illinois 'Pam Wilcox is willing to say the things that nonprofit professionals often do not wish to hear. She reveals through clear language and flowing style the significant barriers that nonprofits face and need to remove for not just success but also excellence. Unlike many authors who point out what is wrong with nonprofits, Wilcox shows us the way to tackle our most intractable issues and move to excellence. This book should be read by any and everyone involved in the nonprofit sector.' --Katrina S. Rogers, PhD, Associate Dean, Research and Practice Director, Center for Innovation in the Nonprofit Sector, Fielding Graduate University.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Learning in Real Time is a concise and practical resource for education professionals teaching live and online or those wanting to humanize and improve interaction in their online courses by adding a synchronous learning component. The book offers keen insight into the world of synchronous learning tools, guides instructors in evaluating how and when to use them, and illustrates how educators can develop their own strategies and styles in implementing such tools to improve online learning.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - PRAISE FOR Balanced Scorecard Step-By-Step: Maximizing Performance and Maintaining Resultssecond edition'As a practitioner and thought leader, Paul Niven is superbly bridging the gulf between BSC theory and application through hands-on experiences and real-world case studies. The book provides a practical road map, step-by-step, to plan, execute, and sustain a winning scorecard campaign. Easy to read . . . tells a powerful story with lessons learned/best practices from global customer implementations. Must-read for anyone interested in BSC or grappling with how to create a strategically aligned organization.'-Vik Torpunuri, President and CEO, e2e Analytix'In Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step, Second Edition, Paul Niven provides an intuitive and incredibly effective blueprint for transitioning strategic ambition to execution. Paul's pragmatic approach provides leaders with a tool for managing a company's journey from strategic ideas to world-class performance. The Balanced Scorecard is a masterful tool for guiding companies through transformation, and I speak from personal experience when I say Paul's blueprint works! It is the most effective guide I have seen. Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step will serve any leader well if their ambition is to efficiently engage their teams in achieving a set of strategic goals.'-Allan A. MacDonald, Vice President, Sales and Customer Solutions Bell Canada National Markets'Paul Niven has done it again!!! With this book, he has further operationalized the enlightened Balanced Scorecard concept into a fully functional system that optimizes business execution and performance!'-Barton Johnson, President, Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation, The Reverse Mortgage Specialist.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How to Make Money as a Mediator (and Create Value for Everyone) is an invaluable and inspirational resource filled with practical, proven, and down-to-earth information on how you can develop a satisfying and lucrative career as a mediator, no matter what your area of interest-labor and employment mediation, intellectual property, environment, personal injury, family and divorce, contract, securities, or international peacekeeping.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Natural products have been a fertile area of chemical investigation for many years, driving the development of both analytical chemistry and of new synthetic reactions and methodologies. Many of the most important synthetic reactions in chemistry have been developed in the quest to characterise and synthesise these materials. Natural Product Chemistry at a Glance provides a concise overview of the main principles and reactions of natural product chemistry, for students studying chemistry and related courses at undergraduate level. Based on the highly successful and student friendly 'at a glance' approach, the material developed in this book has been chosen to reinforce the principles of elementary organic reactions and to highlight the similarity between many organic reactions and biological processes. It will also serve as an initial platform for more advanced excursions into the origin of natural products. Students using Natural Product Chemistry at a Glance will find they have a resource with which they can quickly, economically and confidently acquire, regularly review and revise the basic facts that underpin the biosynthesis and chemistry of natural products.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for Beat The Odds In Forex Trading'Beat the Odds in Forex Trading provides traders with tremendous value by disseminating the trading methods and philosophy of one of the most remarkable Forex success stories since Soros.'-Alexander De Khtyar, President, Forex International Investments, Inc.'Beating the odds in the Forex market is no easy task, but this book is certainly going to shift those odds in your favor. Mr. Toshchakov's outstanding performance in the Forex market is a testament to this.'-Val Sigaev, Director of Peregrine Financial Group, Eastern Europe Division'This book is an extremely revolutionary way to look at the market, and the author does not just provide you with real hands-on theories on how to make real, serious money, but actually lives and breathes them. Out of all of the books on the subject of Forex, I found this one to be a real gem. The author provides an absolutely brilliant approach on how to trade and be successful in the biggest market in the world.'-Gene Spektor, CEO, American Heritage Capital Group'Toshchakov's approach and strategy to trading Forex is reminiscent of the gambits utilized by great Russian chess masters. This is a primer for the novice or a useful guide to the professional trader.'-Joseph A. Boystak, President & CEO, Chopin Capital Partners, LLC.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This thought-provoking and controversial collection tackles a subject of urgent international concern - migration, immigration and social policy. - - Presents forthright yet realistic analyses of key issues. - Contributors are drawn from diverse academic and professional backgrounds, and bring a wide range of expertise to bear on the subject. - Covers the case for a world-wide system of migration management, the quest for an EU asylum policy, and European countries' treatment of asylum seekers. - Considers particular aspects of policy in different European countries, including Britain, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, France, Germany and Italy. - Gathers together a range of hitherto unreported material.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This concise introduction to American drama gives readers an overview of how American drama developed from the end of the Second World War to the turn of the twenty-first century. - Provides a balanced assessment of the major plays and playwrights of the period. - Shows how these dramatists broke new ground in their contribution to political, economic, social and cultural debates, as well as in their dramaturgical strategies. - Organized chronologically, with plays, playwrights and movements clustered around different movements such as realism and experimentalism. - Gives readers a sense of the development of American drama over time. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is a collection of the key articles written by renowned Wittgenstein scholar, G.P. Baker, on Wittgenstein's later philosophy, published posthumously. - Following Baker's death in 2002, the volume has been edited by collaborator and partner, Katherine Morris. - Contains articles previously only available in other languages, and one previously unpublished paper. - Completely distinct from the widely-known work Baker did with P.M.S. Hacker in the Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations (Blackwell Publishing, 1980-1996). …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Witness astounding feats of physicsHurry! Hurry! Come one, come all. Meet a man who can pull two railroad passenger cars with his teeth and a real-life human cannon ball. Come face to face with a dead rattlesnake that still bites. And unlock the secrets to the magician's bodiless head.Welcome to Jearl Walker's Flying Circus of Physics, 2nd Edition, where death-defying stunts, high-flying acrobatics, strange curiosities, and mind-bending illusions are all part of everyday life. You don't need a ticket; you only need to look to the world around you to uncover these fascinating feats of physics.Completely updated and expanded, this Second Edition of Jearl Walker's best-selling book features more than 700 thoroughly intriguing questions about relevant, fun, and completely real physical phenomena. Detailed explanations and references to outside sources guide your way through the problems.You'll discover answers to such questions as:\* Can you start a fire with ice \* Why does the sky turn green just before a tornado \* Why do wintergreen LifeSavers glow in the dark when you bite them \* If you are falling in an elevator, should you try to jump up at the last second or lay flat against the floor \* How do electric eels produce their electric field \* Why is wet sand darker than dry sand \* What causes an oasis mirage \* Why do stars twinkle \* Could you drive a car on a ceiling.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for Commodity Fundamentals'Commodity Fundamentals is THE book for investors looking to enter the commodity markets. This informative guide is a welcome addition on the subject and is a must-read for commodity investors.'-Jim Atkinson, President, Guinness Atkinson Funds'Ronald Spurga's Commodity Fundamentals is an illuminating and very useful guide for the subject. A welcome addition to any business library.'-Robert F. Himmelberg, PhD, Dean, Fordham's Graduate School of Business Administration'A straightforward introduction crafted for the individual on the mechanics of commodity trading. The author efficiently negotiates the often confusing yet very topical commodity trading world for the individual.'-Terence A. Mullervy, Finance Director, Glencore UK Ltd.Commodity Fundamentals provides you with the in-depth insights needed to make commodities trading a profitable, integral component of your overall trading activities. Written by Ronald Spurga, a Vice President of ABN AMRO Bank and longtime veteran of the investment banking wars, this straightforward guide arms you with the information you need to succeed in the highly profitable commodity marketplace-whether you are a trading veteran, a relative newcomer, or anywhere in between.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This landmark collection presents a wide variety of viewpoints on the value and role of reception theory within the modern discipline of classics. - A pioneering collection, looking at the role reception theory plays, or could play, within the modern discipline of classics. - Emphasizes theoretical aspects of reception. - Written by a wide range of contributors from young scholars to established figures, from Europe, the UK and the USA. - Draws on material from many different fields, from translation studies to the visual arts, and from politics to performance. - Sets the agenda for classics in the future.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This concise book offers a nuanced introduction to Islam in the Middle East. It presentsIslam as both a unified tradition of theological dogma and practices that transcends cultural differences and as a dynamic tradition that is historically informed, locally shaped, and continually reinterpreted. - Offers numerous ethnographic examples from the Middle East and North Africa - Explores key concepts, including the doctrinal foundations of Islam; the role of religious scholars; the five pillars; and Islamic 'orthodoxy' - Includes discussion of spirit-possession cults as integral part of Islamic tradition - Introduces politics and current affairs as key elements in understanding contemporary Islamic discourse.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Philosophy of Law is a broad-reaching text that guides readers through the basic analytical and normative issues in the field, highlighting key historical and contemporary thinkers and offering a unified treatment of the various issues in the philosophy of law. - Enlivened with numerous, everyday examples to illustrate various concepts of law. - Employs the idea of three central commonplaces about law - that law is a social matter, that law is authoritative, and that law is for the common good - to organize seemingly disparate topics and to bring rival views into contention with each other. - The first volume in the Fundamentals of Philosophy series, in which leading philosophers explore the fundamental issues and core problems in the major sub-disciplines of philosophy.…