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What is Schizophrenia and How Can We Fix It? - Glenn D. Shean - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

What is Schizophrenia and How Can We Fix It? - Glenn D. Shean - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

What is Schizophrenia and How Can We Fix It? is an attempt to present a balanced overview of research and theory on the causes and treatment of schizophrenia. This work provides a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of contemporary theory and research on schizophrenia as well as the historical background of this mental illness. It also details the diagnostic issues, epidemiology, neurobiological research and psychopharmacology.

DKK 512.00
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Conflict for Space - Shavkat Kasymov - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Conflict for Space - Shavkat Kasymov - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

This book argues that a sense of affinity for land and space constitutes the foundation of human agency and underlies all social activity of human beings from a personal level to family, nation, region, and the world. Identities, to which the process of regionalism is intimately tied, have a close connection to ancestral land. Land, or space, is protected by social laws, formal and informal instruments of power against an intrusion by another identity.The author argues that human society is divided into two identity groups, namely, a conservative and a liberal identity. Framing the argument in terms of the identity duality advances the present body of knowledge and understanding of conflict and human society. The author seeks to explain the dualism in human nature and the occurrence of wars in human society.

DKK 317.00
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Communication, Space, and Design - Amardo Rodriguez - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Communication, Space, and Design - Amardo Rodriguez - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Communication, Space, and Design looks at how our worldview shapes our relations to and conceptions of space and place, and how our spaces and designs impact our communication practices. By asserting that our spaces and designs are increasingly promoting various expressions of separation, this book contends that this separation makes us more private. We find this increasing inwardness, for example, in the rise of gated-communities, exclusionary suburbs, and hyper-suburbs. Ultimately, the book asks how our spaces and designs impact our understanding and embodying of democracy, civility, and justice. It also explores how this inward turn limits our sense of obligation to the world and each other by undermining our ability to develop the communicational resiliency and moral sophistication that comes through public interactions.

DKK 388.00
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Our Space, Our Place - Sherry Ginn - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Our Space, Our Place - Sherry Ginn - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

In Our Space, Our Place: Women in the Worlds of Science Fiction Television, author Sherry Ginn explores the portrayals of female characters in popular Sci Fi television programs. The programs examined include The X-Files, Babylon 5, Farscape, Gene Roddenberry''s Andromeda, and all five Star Treks. The major female characters on each program are discussed with respect to their quest to establish a sense of identity within their particular universe, as depicted on their series. By using current psychological and feminist theories, Ginn skillfully evaluates each character in terms that best exemplify the search for meaning and identity in women''s lives.

DKK 441.00
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Tackling Space - - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Tackling Space - - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The North is intrinsic to the way most outsiders imagine Russia: snow, long winters and the endless Siberian forests. Indeed, about 70 percent of the country''s territory is defined as belonging to the North. These inhospitable tracts contain immense natural wealth, and large cities were constructed in Soviet times to supply the labor force for extraction industries. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian North has become both a burden and an asset. It is overdeveloped, with its now obsolete mono-industrial towns, and underdeveloped, with its still largely untapped natural resources. Today''s Russian authorities face the challenge of developing a new Northern policy adapted to the realities of the 21st century. With its expert contributions from political science, economics, geography, and anthropology, this book represents the first comprehensive study in the Western literature of federal politics towards the Russian North. In addition to mapping the scope for federal governance, it covers such important issues such as infrastructure development, natural resource management, environmental affairs, and policies towards indigenous peoples.

DKK 476.00
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Collection of Equivalent Proverbs in Five Languages - Albert F. Chang - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Collection of Equivalent Proverbs in Five Languages - Albert F. Chang - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Proverbs are crystals of knowledge acquired from daily life and passed from generation to generation. The origin of these proverbs is usually not attributed to one specific person. It is interesting to note that equivalent proverbs exist in many languages, demonstrating the universal nature of humanity. This book provides a collection of equivalent proverbs in four Asian languages as well as English. Each of the Asian language proverbs is presented with its literal translation in English. Each proverb is compared and explained to point out similarities and differences in the languages due to the differences in culture. The book will be of interest for those who enjoy proverbs. It will also serve as a good reference to students of English as the second language or anyone who is trying to learn any of the five languages.

DKK 388.00
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At the Twelfth Hour - Joseph A. Altsheler - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

At the Twelfth Hour - Joseph A. Altsheler - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Joseph A. Altsheler was probably the most popular American author of boys'' fiction in the first half of the twentieth century. Although his peak of popularity is past, his novels are frequently listed on ebay and find a ready audience. New printings of his most popular novels are still being issued. Despite his popularity, there has never been a collection of his short stories until now. Many of these short stories are of historical and literary interest to a general and academic audience, particularly in Kentucky where many of his stories are set. The contents of At the Twelfth Hour reflect original research about Altsheler''s fiction, as well as nine of his best stories.

DKK 636.00
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At the Twelfth Hour - Joseph A. Altsheler - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

At the Twelfth Hour - Joseph A. Altsheler - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Joseph A. Altsheler was probably the most popular American author of boys'' fiction in the first half of the twentieth century. Although his peak of popularity is past, his novels are frequently listed on ebay and find a ready audience. New printings of his most popular novels are still being issued. Despite his popularity, there has never been a collection of his short stories until now. Many of these short stories are of historical and literary interest to a general and academic audience, particularly in Kentucky where many of his stories are set. The contents of At the Twelfth Hour reflect original research about Altsheler''s fiction, as well as nine of his best stories.

DKK 388.00
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Ready for Any Good Work - Mary Helen Beirne - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Ready for Any Good Work - Mary Helen Beirne - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

This new history of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, focuses on the growth and evolution of the Congregation through the years 1944–1999. This book attempts to look at the Congregation, an ecclesial group of Catholic women religious, from the particular perspectives of spirituality, ministry, and governance. This history provides a view of the experience of women religious within a particular time and place. The Catholic in the pew and researchers alike will gain insight into the life of the Philadelphia Sisters of Saint Joseph in this important era of their transformation.

DKK 618.00
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The Foundations of Meta-Technics - Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The Foundations of Meta-Technics - Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The Foundations of Meta-Technics is a rigorous phenomenological analysis of the transcendence of anthropomorphic, anthropocentric, and geocentric technology in terms of the new meta-technical forms of space and time. The book draws out the epistemological and ontological implications of an emerging meta-technical supernature in which space and time are perceived by trans-human means and from trans-terrestrial perspectives. This book is especially valuable to philosophers in either the phenomenological or continental tradition.

DKK 450.00
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Just War in Religion and Politics - - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Just War in Religion and Politics - - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The basis of this collection of essays is the reading of a common topic from different perspectives. Half of the book is devoted to the comparative study of religions and the courses are offered by religion professors. The other half is shaped by social science approaches and the seminars are given mainly by social science professors. We aim to compare and contrast not only positions, but also methods of learning. We examine theories of the just war in diverse cultural contexts and their disciplinary settings. Space is devoted to the study of papers prepared for this project by specialists in various disciplines, mainly but not exclusively faculty of Bard College and the United States Military Academy at West Point.

DKK 450.00
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Place Meant - G. V. Loewen - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Place Meant - G. V. Loewen - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

What does place mean for human beings? What does it mean to exist in space? How do we place ourselves not only in physical space, but within the interior landscape of consciousness? Place Meant is an interdisciplinary exploration of these and related questions, through the lenses of psychoanalysis, sociology, anthropology, geography, folklore, memoir, and the history of ideas. It will be of interest to anyone who has traveled the earth and pondered their relationship to home, away, and the world at large.

DKK 742.00
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Chapters in the Formative History of Judaism - Jacob Neusner - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Chapters in the Formative History of Judaism - Jacob Neusner - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

This collection of five essays and two book reviews draws on a half-year of work, from mid-2008 to early 2009. The collection begins with historical theological essays: one on the apologetics of Judaism, the other on its soteriology. Both were written in response to invitations to contribute to collections of historical theology. The second set of two essays deals with the canon of Rabbinic Judaism. This is The Jack Chester Memorial Lecture to the Tenth Anniversary Celebration of the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies at the University of Miami. Two brief reviews complete the collection of six months of work.

DKK 388.00
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The Legacy - Thomas Peter Bennett - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The Legacy - Thomas Peter Bennett - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The Legacy: South Florida Museum is an account of the origins, founding, and development in twentieth-century Florida of a people''s museum about archeology, Spanish exploration, manatees, and space. As a museum founded in the immediate post-World War II era, with its origins in the prehistoric past, its narrative reflects Florida''s changes through Spanish exploration, statehood, tourism, endangered manatees, and space development over a thousand years. The Legacy is a story of volunteerism, in the spirit of voluntary action for the common good, by dedicated individuals. It leads to today''s South Florida Museum and its several facilities, including the Bishop Planetarium, Parker Manatee Aquarium, and Spanish Plaza. For more information, please see the following article from The Herald-Tribune. http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20101130/ARTICLE/11301026/1238?p=1&tc=pg

DKK 441.00
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International Crime and Punishment - - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

International Crime and Punishment - - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The research papers in this collection address several important and less-treated questions of international criminal law: International Committee of the Red Cross as a witness before international criminal tribunals; the definition of aggression; mistake of law as a defense; the doctrine of command responsibility. The analyses in this collection are admirable and will be of great value to scholars and persons interested in international law, international relations and history.

DKK 538.00
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Nigeria's Urban History - - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Nigeria's Urban History - - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Nigeria''s Urban History is a collection of sixteen peer-reviewed essays that explore the nature of Nigeria''s urbanism and the challenges it faces. Beginning with analysis of the role of colonialism in the country''s urban identity, the volume examines the role of the present oil economy, gender issues, human interactions, poverty, crime, prostitution, and transportation on the nature of urban life and culture. The insights of this collection will benefit students and researchers, historians and social scientists, policymakers and planners alike.

DKK 468.00
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Imaging the Other - - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Imaging the Other - - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Imaging the Other: Essays on Diversity emerged from Nancy Porter''s essay in Conn and McGuire''s second collection of essays, Not Etched in Stone: Essays on Ritual Memory, Soul, and Society. Porter explored the creation of the "other" as the basis for conflict among humans. In the present collection, each author considered the general theme in the context of her or his own background, interests, and research. At a time when much of the world is in turmoil, these essays speak of the "other," how we create categories, the consequences of such categories, and ways of re-imaging those who, for whatever reason, are different from us. Each essay in this collection stands on its own and grows out of the author''s unique discipline and experience; however, these essays intersect with each other in many intriguing ways.

DKK 388.00
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Artistic Bedfellows - - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Artistic Bedfellows - - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Artistic Bedfellows is an international interdisciplinary collection of historical essays, critical papers, case studies, interviews, and comments from scholars and practitioners that shed new light on the growing field of collaborative art. This collection examines the field of collaborative art broadly, while asking specific questions with regard to the issues of interdisciplinary and cultural difference, as well as the psychological and political complexity of collaboration. The diversity of approach is needed in the current multimedia and cross disciplinarily world of art. This reader is designed to stimulate thought and discussion for anyone interested in this growing field and practice.

DKK 521.00
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