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Whether on a national or a personal level, everyone has a complex relationship with their closest neighbors. Where are the borders? How much interaction should there be? How are conflicts solved? Ancient Israel was one of several small nations clustered in the eastern Mediterranean region between the large empires of Egypt and Mesopotamia in antiquity. Frequently mentioned in the Bible, these other small nations are seldom the focus of the narrative unless they interact with Israel. The ancient Israelites who produced the Hebrew Bible lived within a rich context of multiple neighbors, and this context profoundly shaped Israel. Indeed, it was through the influence of the neighboring people that Israel defined its own identity-in terms of geography, language, politics, religion, and culture. Ancient Israel's Neighbors explores both the biblical portrayal of the neighboring groups directly surrounding Israel-the Canaanites, Philistines, Phoenicians, Edomites, Moabites, Ammonites, an...

Programmers make hundreds of decisions a day. Occasionally they make large-scale decisions like those covered by Design Patterns. Far more frequently they make small-scale decisions--choosing names, organizing code logically, dividing programs into coherent parts. The cumulative effect of these hour-by-hour, minute-by-minute decisions is as significant as the effect of the design decisions in making code clear, flexible, and robust. This book is a catalog of the frequent decisions programmers make and the approaches to these decisions that result in code that communicates clearly. Programmers applying Implementation Patterns achieve code that is consistent, easy to read, and easy to modify. It sets out the "bag of tricks" common to excellent programmers in Java and similar languages. Implementation Patterns will appeal to programmers wishing to improve their individual practice, teams finding a common style, and language designers looking for abstractions to add to the next g...

Research participants who have cognitive disability and difference may be considered a vulnerable population. At the same time, they should also be empowered to participate in research in order to foster the growth of knowledge and the improvement of practices that concern them. Participating in such research follows the Disability Rights Movement's call - "nothing about us without us." This volume provides timely, multidisciplinary insights into the ethical aspects of research that includes participants with cognitive disability and difference. These include conditions such as intellectual disability, autism, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and psychiatric diagnoses. The chapters in this volume describe situations where difficulties arise, And explore strategies for empowerment and inclusion. They draw on both empirical and normative research to offer suggestions for research design, research ethics, and best practices that empower people with cognitive disabilities an...

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Verdaderas catastróficas desdichas son las que sufren los protagonistas de estas dos novelas, los desafortunados huérfanos Baudelaire: Violet, la mayor, ingeniosa y valiente; Klaus, inteligente y ávido lector, y la pequeña Sunny, cuyo personal vocabulario sólo sus hermanos entienden. Sus historias las relata el ínclito Lemony Snicket, que ha asumido, no se sabe muy bien por qué aunque corren inquietantes rumores, la tarea de investigar todas las aventuras y desventuras de los Baudelaire. Y éstas empezaron cuando se vieron arrancados de cuajo de su idílica vida al perder a sus padres en un misterioso incendio; desde entonces su pérfido tío, el conde Olaf, el mago de los disfraces, los persigue sin descanso para robarles su herencia.Y van a caer en El hospital hostil, que, como no tardarán en comprobar los huérfanos Baudelaire, tiene más de hostil que de hospital. Ni un respiro pueden darse porque apenas se creían a salvo de su anterior peripecia cuando Violet es capturada por la novia d...

WINNER OF THE 2017 AXIOM BEST BUSINESS BOOK AWARD "Digital disruption" sounds like another business buzzword - until it happens to your company. Seemingly out of nowhere, startups and other tech-savvy disruptors attack. Your customers bolt for the door and revenues stall. Senior executives ignore the problem, or turn to yesterday's management playbook. In months instead of years, you've gone from market leader to also-ran. This scenario is beginning to play out in every industry. Everything that can be digitized - from products and services to the entire value chain - is being digitized, to the advantage of companies that can harness disruption. Unfortunately, few companies are building the organizational capabilities and strategic responses to compete in this stark new reality. In Digital Vortex, you will learn how to use the business models and strategies of startups to your own advantage. Instead of waiting to be disrupted, you can maximize the value of your exist...

How does money figure into a happy life? In The Geometry of Wealth, behavioral finance expert Brian Portnoy delivers an inspired answer, building on the critical distinction between being rich and being wealthy. While one is an unsatisfying treadmill, the other is the ability to underwrite a meaningful life, however one chooses to define that. Truly viewed, wealth is funded contentment. At the heart of this groundbreaking perspective, Portnoy takes readers on a journey toward wealth, informed by disciplines ranging from ancient history to modern neuroscience. He contends that tackling the big questions about a joyful life and tending to financial decisions are complementary, not separate, tasks. These big questions include: - How is the human brain wired for two distinct experiences of happiness? And why can money "buy" one but not the other? - What are the touchstones of a meaningful life, and are they affordable? - Why is market savvy among the least important sources of...

The 2020 edition of The Official SAT Study Guide includes eight official SAT (R) practice tests - all of them created by the test maker. As part of the College Board's commitment to transparency, all practice tests are available on the College Board's website, but The Official SAT Study Guide is the only place to find them in print along with over 250 pages of additional instruction, guidance, and test information. With updated guidance and practice problems that reflect the most recent information, this new edition takes the best- selling SAT guide and makes it even more relevant and useful. Be ready for the SAT with strategies and up-to-date information straight from the exam writers. The Official SAT Study Guide will help students get ready for the SAT with: * 8 official SAT practice tests, written in the exact same process and by the same team of authors as the actual exam * detailed descriptions of the math and evidenced based reading and writing sections * targeted pract...

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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1901 Edition. Product details Format Hardback | 386 pages Dimensions 152 x 229 x 22mm | 685g Publication date 29 Mar 2014 Publisher ...

This book covers new and exciting topics which have emerged in the area of autopsy recently, including the three different post-mortem CT-angiography systems currently available to practitioners in this field; a highly topical chapter on the role of genetic abnormalities in the handling of drugs within the body and how this can affect the interpretation of toxicological results in relation to how the drug may have caused or contributed to death; an update on the current classification and considerations related to deaths due to hanging; a review of injuries and fatalities caused by animals including post-mortem scavenging; an authoritative review of poisons and toxins from water and the life that inhabits it; and recent advances in knowledge in the use of entomology as an investigative tool as well as knowledge related to colonisation of cadavers by insects, animals and birds. Essentials of Autopsy Practice: Advances, Updates and Emerging Technologies is a multi-subject book, aimed at ...

Auditing Cases provides auditing cases that focus on each of the major activities performed during an audit. Most of the cases are based on actual companies, and a number address financial reporting fraud. The fifth edition includes several new and updated cases. Product details Format Paperback | 408 pages Dimensions 215.9 x 274.32 x 20.32mm | 861.82g ...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. Product details Format Paperback | 282 pages Dimensions ...

Der vorliegende 7. Faszikel des Lexikons zur byzantinischen Grazitat (LBG) enthalt zunachst den Schlussteil der mit Pi beginnenden Worter, insbesondere die restlichen Verbalkomposita mit den besonders produktiven Prapositionen und . Was die mit Rho beginnenden Lemmata betrifft, so begegnen nicht wenige aus dem Lateinischen stammende Termini, besonders aus der juristischen Literatur. Den weitaus grossten Teil nehmen jedoch die Worter mit Sigma ein, die vollstandig aufgenommen werden konnten, wobei die Wortverbindungen mit (?)- den grossten Raum einnehmen. Seit der Bearbeitung des 6. Faszikels ist die Zahl der Editionen, die neu zu exzerpieren oder umzuzitieren waren, stetig angewachsen. Die wichtigsten von diesen findet man auf dem neuen beigefugten Erganzungsblatt zu den Abkurzungen, kumuliert mit denen aus dem 5. und 6. Faszikel. Und wieder waren es die elektronischen Medien, die weiteren Zuwachs brachten, insbesondere der Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG), der im Endstadium der Ausarbe...

'Why Meditate?' The practice of meditation takes us on a fabulous journey into the gap between our thoughts, where all the advantages of a more peaceful, stress-free, healthy, and fatigue-free life are available - but they're merely side benefits. The paramount reason for daily meditation is to get into the gap between our thoughts and make conscious contact with the creative energy of life itself. In this uplifting book, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer explains the soul-nourishing meditation technique for making conscious contact with God, which the ancient masters have told us about. You have all the potential to be an instrument of the highest good for all concerned and to be a literal miracle worker in your own life. No person, government entity, or religious group can legitimately claim to do this for you. 'In fact,' says Dr. Dyer, 'I agree with Carl Jung, who said that one of the main functions of formalized religion is to protect people against a direct experience...

THE C-LEVEL GUIDE TO SUCCEEDING WITH LEAN "With 30 years of accumulated experience, Art Byrne is one of the rare few people who can speak with authority about the pitfalls of fi nancial measurement systems, the importance of respect for people, the power of Lean in the marketplace, and the leverage from organizing people around value streams. When he writes 'Go to the Gemba and Run Your Kaizen, ' we must take heed." -- MASAAKI IMAI, bestselling author of Kaizen and Gemba Kaizen "In this wonderful and important book, Byrne shows us that Lean management, understood and practiced correctly, consistently delivers spectacular results." -- BOB EMILIANI, author, Better Thinking, Better Results, and Professor, Connecticut State University "A compelling picture of how Lean techniques and attitudes enable CEOs and senior executives to create a culture for transforming a company and putting it on a highperformance path." -- JERRY J. JASINOWSKI, former Presid...

From William J. O'Neil comes the next generation of CAN SLIM investing! The How to Make Money in Stocks Complete Investing System arms investors with Investor's Business Daily's most powerful trading tools.Firmly based in 129 years of market data on the greatest stock market winners, the book How to Make Money in Stocks proved that anyone can learn to invest wisely. Now O'Neil's Complete Investing System takes that bestselling tradition to the next level-with new interactive material to help you quickly master CAN SLIM concepts and more effectively put them into action. Built for the uncertainties of today's markets, the Complete Investing System provides clearer explanations of CAN SLIM and case studies that show the strategy in action; expanded stock charts, redesigned for easier analysis of trends; new information on portfolio management and the impact of hedge funds; and more. Digital Companion: The "Action Plan" interactive DVD with an introd...

Using a residential design scenario that increases in scope from chapter to chapter and results in a complete set of working drawings, Drafting and Design: Basics for Interior Design teaches the art of drafting through hands-on application. Introducing essential drafting tools, equipment, and methods, the book is designed to help interior designers develop an understanding of space planning and leverage manual drafting skills to design usable and livable space. Product details Format Paperback | 224 pages Dimensions 215 x 280 x 12...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. Product details Format Paperback | 260 pages Dimensions ...

THE CLIA GUIDE TO THE CRUISE INDUSTRY is the definitive resource for those who need to understand the contemporary cruise industry. This is the official book of the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), to which 90 percent of the world's cruise lines belong. This authoritative text is designed to support CLIA's highly regarded certification program while covering all the essential aspects of today's cruise industry, from sales and marketing to operations. Written by noted travel authority Marc Mancini in a style that provides an enjoyable learning experience for readers, the book blends definitions, statistics, anecdotes, observations, and examples into an entertaining and informative look at the cruise industry. Chapters contain objectives, key terms and phrases, photographs and illustrations. Questions for discussion challenge readers to test their understanding of the material in each chapter, and the activities at the close of each chapter encourage them to t...

"Solid Ground" is the second edition of "Sound Doctrine." Mr. Clay has been a Christian for over 40 years, and he has written an accessible book for those who are interested in knowing more about the Christian faith and what Christians believe. In short chapters, Mr. Clay begins with the basics of Christianity and builds on them to address more controversial topics. His aim is two-fold: he wants to help Christians understand their faith and be better able to respond to God, and he wants to provide a book that someone who is not a Christian can use to understand the Christian religion. Many books on theology have been written, but "Solid Ground" presents theology with some humor, without pretension - and sometimes without apology. Product details Format Paperback ...

Japanese From Zero! is an innovative and integrated approach to learning Japanese developed by professional Japanese interpreter George Trombley and co-writer Yukari Takenaka. The lessons and techniques used in this series have been taught successfully for over ten years in classrooms throughout the world. Using up-to-date and easy-to-grasp grammar, Japanese From Zero! is the perfect course for current students of Japanese as well as absolute beginners. In Book 1 of the Japanese From Zero! series, readers are taught new grammar concepts, over 800 new words and expressions, and also learn the hiragana writing system. Features of Book 1: * Integrated Workbook with Answer Key * Over 800 New Words and Expressions * Learn to Read and Write Hiragana * Easy-to-Understand Example Dialogues * Culture Points about Japan * Bilingual Glossaries with Kana and Romaji ...and much more! Product details ...

Mit der neuen Versicherungsvertriebsrichtlinie 2016/97/EU (IDD) werden erstmals einzelfallbezogene (Beratungs-)Pflichten auf das Direktgeschäft der Versicherer erstreckt. Im deutschen Recht sind Beratungspflichten des Versicherers bereits seit 2008 in 6 VVG a. F. normiert. Allerdings brachte die Umsetzung der IDD zahlreiche Neuerungen, insbesondere bei Versicherungsanlageprodukten. Diese Dissertation untersucht die Pflichten nach 6 VVG und bezieht hierbei die umfangreiche und ausdifferenzierte Rechtsprechung zu den Beratungs- und Aufklärungspflichten des Versicherers ein. Auch die Regulierung für Versicherungsanlageprodukte wird analysiert; parallele Entwicklungen im Kapitalanlagerecht werden vergleichend betrachtet. Damit kann dieses aktuelle Nachschlagewerk der Praxis in Versicherungsvertrieb und Rechtsberatung ebenso dienen wie der Wissenschaft. Darüber hinaus stellt die Arbeit die Pflichten in den breiteren Kontext der Informationspflichten, ihrer europarechtlichen Grundlagen u...

In this work, Streatfeild casually and intuitively anticipates many of the findings of developmental psychology over the past 50 years. A study of the disintegration of middle-class family during the turmoil of the Second World War, 'Saplings' was a ten-part serial on BBC Radio 4 in 2004. Product details Format Paperback | 384 pages Dimensions 138 x 194 x 29mm | 458g ...

Is this the right course for me? Are you looking for a complete course in German which takes you effortlessly from beginner to confident speaker? Whether you are starting from scratch, or are just out of practice, Complete German will guarantee success! Now fully updated to make your language learning experience fun and interactive. You can still rely on the benefits of a top language teacher and our years of teaching experience, but now with added learning features within the course and online. The course is structured in 23 thematic units and the emphasis is placed on communication, so that you effortlessly progress from introducing yourself and dealing with everyday situations, to using the phone and talking about work. By the end of this course, you will be at Level B2 of the Common European Framework for Languages: Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Complete Germ...