The thirteenth volume in the series examines New Testament Apocalypitc literature through the categories of post-colonial thought, deconstruction, ethics, Roman social discourse, masculinization, virginity, and violence.The volume includes contributions by David L. Barr, Mary Ann Beavis, Greg Carey,[...]
Research on small groups is highly diverse because investigators who study such groups vary in their disciplinary identifications, theoretical interests, and methodological preferences. The goal of this volume is to capture that diversity, and thereby convey the breadth and excitement of small group[...]
UNIX For Dummies has been the standard for beginning UNIX references for nearly ten years, and this latest edition continues that tradition of success This unparalled resource is updated to cover the latest applications of UNIX technology, including Linux and Mac desktops as well as how UNIX work[...]
The latest update to a perennial bestseller gets you up and running on the Internet! Now in its lucky thirteenth edition, this peerless book has outsold and outlasted all the competition.[...]
The concept of prejudice has profoundly influenced how we have investigated, explained and tried to change intergroup relations of discrimination and inequality. But what has this concept contributed to our knowledge of relations between groups and what has it obscured or misrepresented? How has it [...]
"Combining principles from martial arts, mindfulness, body-centered awareness, and spiritual and scientific principles, The Power of I Am is a mix of practical tools, stories, and life lessons that teaches readers real world personal empowerment through gaining inner strength in social situations an[...]
The third edition of The Parathyroids, led by a new stellar editorial team, has been thoroughly updated to reflect the considerable advances in just about every aspect of PTH biology over the past decade. It continues to be the authoritative reference that spans the basic science of parathyroid horm[...]
Published in 1918, "The View of Life" is Georg Simmel's final work. Famously deemed 'the brightest man in Europe by George Santayana, Simmel addressed a variety of topics across his essayistic writings, which have influenced scholars in aesthetics, ethics, epistemology, and sociology. Nevertheless, [...]
If you need to parse or process text data in Linux or Unix, this useful book explains how to use flex and bison to solve your problems quickly. flex & bison is the long-awaited sequel to the classic O'Reilly book, "lex & yacc." In the nearly two decades since the original book was published, the fle[...]
"Indispensable introduction to Brazil for students and general readers includes short scholarly articles, interviews, documents, photographs, and many autobiographical pieces. Begins with precontact indigenous peoples, but about half deals with Brazil since 1945. Topics include indigenous peoples, s[...]
Whatever your programming language, whatever your platform, you probably tap into linker and loader functions all the time. But do you know how to use them to their greatest possible advantage? Only now, with the publication of "Linkers & Loaders", is there an authoritative book devoted entirely to [...]
This book is illustrated with over 300 step-by-step photos and endorsed by Krav Maga Worldwide and the Krav Maga Association of America. The most respected Krav Maga experts in the USA present a book aimed at new students of Krav Maga. Krav Maga is the perfect fitness and self defence system for new[...]
The most respected Krav Maga experts in the USA present a book aimed at the highest level students of Krav Maga. Presented are the most lethal moves normally taught to police and military personal for disabling the most dangerous assailants - particularly those armed with a gun, knife or other weapo[...]
After barely surviving a plane crash, a man discovers an undersea city called Rapture; a failed utopia created by Jack Ryan, a man who looked to embrace a world surrounding the objectivist ideals of Ayn Rand. Power and greed have run amok, the city has succumbed to civil war and the only question is[...]
It is impossible to understand human behavior without understanding the critical role that groups play in people's lives. Most of us belong to a range of formal and informal groups, including families, work teams, and friendship cliques. These groups absorb a great deal of our time and energy and ar[...]