This book presents a comprehensive, systematic analysis of Russia- Iran relations in the period following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. It discusses the key areas - such as trade, arms sales, nuclear developments, and potential areas of friction in the Caspian Sea - where co-operation is[...]
Beginners and advanced students alike will benefit from this straightforward guide to German's numerous tenses, exceptions, and irregularities. Each page is devoted to an individual verb, with full conjugations of simple and compound tenses. In addition, several sentences illustrate the verb's usage[...]
The Northern Spotted Owl, a threatened species that occurs in coniferous forests in the western United States, has become a well-known environmental symbol. But how is the owl actually faring? This book contains the results of a long-term effort by a large group of leading researchers to document po[...]
A unique resource introducing graduate students and researchers in astronomy to advanced statistics through ready-to-use code.[...]
Weimar Germany still fascinates us, and now this complex and remarkably creative period and place has the history it deserves. Eric Weitz's Weimar Germany reveals the Weimar era as a time of strikingly progressive achievements--and even greater promise. With a rich thematic narrative and detailed po[...]
Explains the prevalence of genocide in the twentieth century - and shows how and why it became so systematic and deadly. This book offers various accounts of the population purges associated with the names Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, and Milosevic. It also identifies the social and political forces tha[...]
"This is not another standard history of the Weimar Republic. Eric Weitz effortlessly blends politics and economics, philosophy and literature, art and architecture in a gripping portrait of a culture whose pathology was exceeded only by its creativity. From Heidegger to Hitler, from Bauhaus to 'our[...]
Weimar Germany still fascinates us, and now this complex and remarkably creative period and place has the history it deserves. Eric Weitz's Weimar Germany reveals the Weimar era as a time of strikingly progressive achievements--and even greater promise. With a rich thematic narrative and detailed po[...]
Why did the twentieth century witness unprecedented organized genocide? Can we learn why genocide is perpetrated by comparing different cases of genocide? Is the Holocaust unique, or does it share causes and features with other cases of state-sponsored mass murder? Can genocide be prevented? Blendin[...]
Written for students taking courses in building and surveying, this book describes and explains the method used by the estimator to build up prices or rates for items described in the SMM7 format. Each chapter is a self-contained unit related to a particular element in the building.[...]
"Advanced Theory and Practice in Sport Marketing" is the first book to address this increasingly popular subject at an advanced level. Where existing sport marketing texts restate concepts learned at an introductory marketing level, this book goes beyond, by expanding the knowledge of the student wi[...]
Using a practical, hands-on approach, this book will teach anyone how to carry out Bayesian analyses and interpret the results.[...]
Patients in group therapy often struggle with interpersonal problems and difficulties regulating emotions. Group therapy is an ideal format for many such patients because it exposes them to ample feedback from the group and leader in a safe environment.
However, the specific needs of each mem[...]
THINK YOU KNOW THE ATKINS DIET? THINK AGAIN. THE NEW ATKINS IS . . . POWERFUL Learn how to eat the wholesome foods that will turn your body into an amazing fat-burning machine. EASY The updated and simplified program was created with you and your goals in mind. HEALTHY Atkins is about eating delicio[...]
Well-known for their inability to heal, articular cartilage injuries often degenerate inexorably to disastrous impairment. Multitudes of treatments have been devised for this problem, but no satisfactory long-term solutions have been established. Written by world-class experts, Articular Cartilage c[...]
This Companion provides scholars and graduates, serving and retired military professionals, members of the diplomatic and policy communities concerned with security affairs and legal professionals who deal with military law and with international law on armed conflicts, with a comprehensive and auth[...]
Networks have permeated everyday life through everyday realities like the Internet, social networks, and viral marketing. As such, network analysis is an important growth area in the quantitative sciences, with roots in social network analysis going back to the 1930s and graph theory going back cent[...]