Sports, and in particular the Olympic Games, are enjoying a rapid increase in interest among social scientists worldwide, who see them as important "public events." This volume offers the first analys
In this updated and expanded edition of his highly acclaimed book Democracies, Arend Lijphart offers a broader and deeper analysis of worldwide democratic institutions than ever before. Examining thir
A book on practical business forecasting belongs in the library of everyone interested in business. Forecasting is extremely important to finance and accounting executives, business economists and man
By using active controllers, a structure can modify its behavior during dynamic loading. Such structures with self-modification capability are called adaptive or smart structures. In this book, comput
Millions of slum residents across the world suffer the hazards and misery of frequent flooding of their streets and homes, which may result in the savings of a lifetime being washed away in a few hour
In this new analysis of democracy in Japan, Bradley Richardson refutes the widely accepted hypothesis that postwar Japan has been a semiauthoritarian and consensual state, heavily influenced by corpor
The use of technical market indicators has long been a controversial subject, highly regarded by some and treated with great skepticism by others. Yet, the number of indicators-and the number of indiv
Nonprofit leaders are beginning to confront the most important unfinished business of their sector. Having invented scores of successful model programs to address virtually every type of social proble
As critic for the Soho Weekly News and the Village Voice during the 1970s and 1980s, Sally Banes enjoyed an incomparable perspective on the development of what she describes as "the mongrel, elus
Feminist Poetics in concerned with all of these questions, but also with the issue of rewriting an older poetics for what it does not say about the marginalisation of the feminine. The first half of t
Addresses the major issues involved in computer design and architectures. Dealing primarily with theory, tools, and techniques as related to advanced computer systems, it provides tutorials and survey
Because it appears in a relatively clean and dated version in the Folio, Twelfth Night seems to be exempt from arguments for variant texts - but there are significant and persistent variations represe
Gathers examples of questions used in pre-employment psychological testing and explains what the questions really ask and what potential responses can reveal about a job candidate
First popularized by Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Paul Simon, the a cappella music known as isicathamiya has become internationally celebrated as one of South Africa's most vibrant and distinct perform
The line between what is regarded by people as "traditional" and "modern" is constantly being altered by new configurations of power. These essays examine the ways in which such changes are both commu
This book demonstrates that drama is not only a metaphor for everyday life, but also provides a means of self-examination and life enhancement. Asserting that emotional well-being depends upon an indi
Composed or arranged by Frank Erickson, John Kinyon and John O'Reilly, this exciting collection includes 14 never-before-published selections correlated to specific pages in the Yamaha Band Student, B
Composed or arranged by Frank Erickson, John Kinyon and John O'Reilly, this exciting collection includes 14 never-before-published selections correlated to specific pages in the Yamaha Band Student, B
Composed or arranged by Frank Erickson, John Kinyon and John O'Reilly, this exciting collection includes 14 never-before-published selections correlated to specific pages in the Yamaha Band Student, B
Composed or arranged by Frank Erickson, John Kinyon and John O'Reilly, this exciting collection includes 14 never-before-published selections correlated to specific pages in the Yamaha Band Student, B
Composed or arranged by Frank Erickson, John Kinyon and John O'Reilly, this exciting collection includes 14 never-before-published selections correlated to specific pages in the Yamaha Band Student, B
Composed or arranged by Frank Erickson, John Kinyon and John O'Reilly, this exciting collection includes 14 never-before-published selections correlated to specific pages in the Yamaha Band Student, B
Composed or arranged by Frank Erickson, John Kinyon and John O'Reilly, this exciting collection includes 14 never-before-published selections correlated to specific pages in the Yamaha Band Student, B
Composed or arranged by Frank Erickson, John Kinyon and John O'Reilly, this exciting collection includes 14 never-before-published selections correlated to specific pages in the Yamaha Band Student, B
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Large transaction-processing applications, such as banking, flight reservations, telecommunications, and networking, demand increasingly high throughput and fast response times. Coupling multiple syst
How does a parser, a device that imposes an analysis on a string of symbols so that they can be interpreted, work? More specifically, how does the parser in the human cognitive mechanism operate? Usin
Gives a detailed description of selected compositions of Paul Ben-Haim using the La Rue system of analysis. A biographical sketch traces Ben-Haim's career.
