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The Kelalis-King-Belman Textbook of Clinical Pediatric Urology Study Guide

The Kelalis-King-Belman Textbook of Clinical Pediatric Urology Study Guide

This study guide takes each chapter of Clinical Pediatric Urology: Fifth Edition—without doubt the most well-respected and authoritative book on the subject in the world—and in the format of a Q & A style poses the most common questions in that particular area which those taking the ABU examinations are likely to be tested on. With a foreword from Stephen Docimo this study guide provides crucial information to a host of urologists in the U. S. Canada and Europe. This text is a what you need to know guide to the kind of issues facing pediatric urologists today. The Kelalis-King-Belman Textbook of Clinical Pediatric Urology Study Guide:contains questions and answers for each chapter of the world’s foremost book on pediatric urologycorrelates with what the ABU will be testing all pediatric urologists in U. S. and Canada on starting in the summer of 2008 i. e. all areas of pediatric urologycontains multiple choice questionnaires at the end of each section

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Impacts of Sex Crime Laws on the Female Partners of Convicted Offenders Never Free of Collateral Consequences

Impacts of Sex Crime Laws on the Female Partners of Convicted Offenders Never Free of Collateral Consequences

This work is an exploratory examination of the experiences motivations and coping mechanisms of women who are involved in intimate relationships with registered sexual offenders. The study focuses both on women who were involved with an offender prior to the commission of his offense and who stayed with him post-conviction and on women who became involved with a registered offender after his sex offense conviction. Like the offender himself these women face a variety of challenges in responding to treatment of them by friends family the community and the criminal justice system. Utilizing the results of intensive interviews this work provides a unique look at the women who are one of the few sources of support for registered sexual offenders and assesses the effectiveness and wide-ranging implications of community notification and registration laws on public safety policy and practice. This work offers alternative approaches based on evidence and case studies and considers the significance of familial contact in buffering sexual recidivism. These women are the heretofore unstudied victims of sexual offending legislation. This book is essential reading for those in sociology criminology psychology and social work. For undergraduate or graduate students practitioners researchers or policy makers this thought-provoking book will shed light on how to optimize the reintegration of sex offenders. It assesses the effectiveness and wide-ranging implications of sex offender legislation on public safety policy and practice and considers alternative approaches to reduce sexual violence. | Impacts of Sex Crime Laws on the Female Partners of Convicted Offenders Never Free of Collateral Consequences

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Saul and the Monarchy: A New Look

Saul and the Monarchy: A New Look

The negative biblical presentation of King Saul of Israel has been biased in favour of David at the expense of Saul. This book presents a more positive picture and more realistic view of the culture of the period extending from Saul to the schism. Simcha Shalom Brooks explores a number of controversial issues such as the historicity of the biblical text on which so many modern scholars are sharply divided; that David was ambitious and coveted Saul's throne and even though David became king the people continued to support the house of Saul. This book makes a valuable contribution to the current biblical debate as to the existence of ancient Israel in the Iron Age 1 Period. Simcha Shalom Brooks draws on literary historical and archaeological material to present a balanced view of the period. | Saul and the Monarchy: A New Look

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The Cid and His Spain

The Cid and His Spain

This study of El Cid first published in English in 1934 is by the leading authority on the medieval history and literature of Spain. The Cid occupies a unique position among national heroes. Others such as King Arthur and Roland are but shadowy figures in the historical record but El Cid is very much better documented. This book also paints a striking picture of eleventh-century Spain bringing out the importance of the country as a link between Christian and Muslim civilization. | The Cid and His Spain

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Lean for the Process Industries Dealing with Complexity Second Edition

Lean for the Process Industries Dealing with Complexity Second Edition

Compared to its widespread implementation across almost all areas of production Lean improvement efforts lag within the process industries. While many innovators have successfully applied Lean principles to these industries during the past three decades most of those pioneering efforts were never recorded to guide the improvement efforts of others. Drawing on more than 40 years of application experience at one of the world’s largest chemical and materials manufacturers coupled with 10 years in private practice Peter King corrects this void by providing the first comprehensive resource written explicitly for change agents within the process industries. Focusing on areas where the improvement needs of the process industry differ from parts assembly manufacturing Lean for the Process Industries: Dealing with Complexity Second Edition: Covers each of the eight wastes commonly described in Lean literature looking at how they manifest themselves in process operations. Explains how to adapt value stream mapping for process operations. Shows how to identify the root causes of bottlenecks and how to manage them to optimize flow until they can be eliminated. Provides practical techniques to overcome the barriers which have prevented the application of Cellular Manufacturing to process operations. Discusses the role of business leadership in a Lean strategy describing both enabling and counter-productive management behaviors Since the publication of the first edition of this book Peter King has been busy consulting with food beverage gasoline additive and nutraceutical companies - these new experiences have broadened his perspectives on certain Lean processes and have given him a richer set of examples to discuss in this new edition. While Value Stream Mapping is a very powerful tool to understand flow bottlenecks and waste in an operation the traditional format as presented in many other books does not describe all of the data required to fully understand process flow and its detractors. This new edition highlights the necessary additions with examples of why they are useful. Product wheel scheduling achieves production leveling in a far more comprehensive and effective way than traditional heijunka methods. This edition has a more thorough description of the wheel concept and design steps and more examples from actual applications. | Lean for the Process Industries Dealing with Complexity Second Edition

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Cardamom The Genus Elettaria

Cardamom The Genus Elettaria

Cardamom otherwise known as Malabar cardamom true cardamom or small cardamom second only to pepper in its importance during the Renaissance period is often qualified as the Queen of Spices because of its very pleasant aroma and taste. The Western Ghat forest of the Malabar coast India is the center of origin and diversity for cardamom and it might have been nature's design that the King and Queen of spices (black pepper and cardamom) originated in the same forest. This volume contains sixteen chapters fourteen on cardamom and one each on large cardamom and false cardamoms. All aspects of the cardamom crop have been covered in this volume and each chapter is written by experts in their respective fields. This volume is visualized as both a textbook and reference work for scientists and students of horticulture plantation crops botany and related fields and will go on to serve as the main reference volume on cardamom for many years to come. | Cardamom The Genus Elettaria

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Theism and Cosmology Being the First Series of a Course of Gifford Lectures on the General Subject of Metaphysics and Theism given in the Un

Theism and Cosmology Being the First Series of a Course of Gifford Lectures on the General Subject of Metaphysics and Theism given in the Un

Theism is one of the major types of metaphysics and cosmology is the general theory of the whole wide world. Must the world have an over-worldly source or any source? Would space crumble unless God perpetually sustained it by his brooding omnipresence? Is all power properly understood divine power? These large questions never out of date are examined by Professor Laird in the light of contemporary philosophy. This seminal work originally published in 1940 is a lucid and profound discussion in theological philosophy. | Theism and Cosmology Being the First Series of a Course of Gifford Lectures on the General Subject of Metaphysics and Theism given in the Un

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The Bungalow in Twentieth-Century India The Cultural Expression of Changing Ways of Life and Aspirations in the Domestic Architecture of Col

The Bungalow in Twentieth-Century India The Cultural Expression of Changing Ways of Life and Aspirations in the Domestic Architecture of Col

The primary era of this study - the twentieth century - symbolizes the peak of the colonial rule and its total decline as well as the rise of the new nation state of India. The processes that have been labeled 'westernization' and 'modernization' radically changed middle-class Indian life during the century. This book describes and explains the various technological political and social developments that shaped one building type - the bungalow - contemporaneous to the development of modern Indian history during the period of British rule and its subsequent aftermath. Drawing on their own physical and photographic documentation and building on previous work by Anthony King and the Desais the authors show the evolution of the bungalow's architecture from a one storey building with a verandah to the assortment of house-forms and their regional variants that are derived from the bungalow. Moreover the study correlates changes in society with architectural consequences in the plans and aesthetics of the bungalow. It also examines more generally what it meant to be modern in Indian society as the twentieth century evolved. | The Bungalow in Twentieth-Century India The Cultural Expression of Changing Ways of Life and Aspirations in the Domestic Architecture of Col

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High Score Expanded The Illustrated History of Electronic Games 3rd Edition

High Score Expanded The Illustrated History of Electronic Games 3rd Edition

In this lavishly illustrated full-color retrospective discover never-before-seen photos that bring to life the people and stories behind the most popular games of all time including Space Invaders Pac-Man Centipede Donkey Kong Asteroids SimCity Quake Myst Tomb Raider and more. This is the inside scoop on the history successes tricks and even failures of the entire electronic games industry. | High Score Expanded The Illustrated History of Electronic Games 3rd Edition

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Developing a Data Warehouse for the Healthcare Enterprise Lessons from the Trenches Third Edition

Developing a Data Warehouse for the Healthcare Enterprise Lessons from the Trenches Third Edition

This third edition to the award-winning book is a straightforward view of a clinical data warehouse development project from inception through implementation and follow-up. Through first-hand experiences from individuals charged with such an implementation this book offers guidance and multiple perspectives on the data warehouse development process – from the initial vision to system-wide release. The book provides valuable lessons learned during a data warehouse implementation at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC) in Riyadh Saudi Arabia – a large modern tertiary-care hospital with an IT environment that parallels a typical U. S. hospital. This book also examines the value of the data warehouse from the perspectives of a large healthcare system in the U. S. and a corporate health services business unit. Special features of the book include a sample RFP data warehouse project plan and information analysis template. A helpful glossary and acronyms list are included. | Developing a Data Warehouse for the Healthcare Enterprise Lessons from the Trenches Third Edition

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Thailand in the Cold War

Thailand in the Cold War

Thailand’s position during the Cold War was ambiguous: the country’s political leadership was very keen to maintain the country’s independence on the world stage yet at the same time was anxious to establish the country’s credentials as staunchly anti-communist. However as this book argues Thailand though never formally a client state of the United States was very closely embedded in the Western camp through the commitment of Thailand’s cosmopolitan urban communities to developing a modern consumerist lifestyle. Considering popular culture including film literature fashion tourism and attitudes towards Buddhism the book shows how an ideology of consumerism and integration into a free world culture centred in the United States gradually took hold and became firmly established and how this popular culture and ideology was fundamental in determining Thailand’s international political alignment. | Thailand in the Cold War

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The Rock History Reader

The Rock History Reader

This eclectic compilation of readings tells the history of rock as it has been received and explained as a social and musical practice throughout its six decade history. This third edition includes new readings across the volume with added material on the early origins of rock 'n' roll as well as coverage of recent developments including the changing shape of the music industry in the twenty-first century. With numerous readings that delve into the often explosive issues surrounding censorship copyright race relations feminism youth subcultures and the meaning of musical value The Rock History Reader continues to appeal to scholars and students from a variety of disciplines. New to the third edition: Nine additional chapters from a broad range of perspectives Explorations of new media formations industry developments and the intersections of music and labor For the first time a companion website providing users with playlists of music referenced in the book Featuring readings as loud vibrant and colorful as rock ‘n’ roll itself The Rock History Reader is sure to leave readers informed inspired and perhaps even infuriated—but never bored.

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The Production of Heritage The Politicisation of Architectural Conservation

The Production of Heritage The Politicisation of Architectural Conservation

In this important book the authors unpack the theoretical and practical issues around the development of heritage sites critically dissecting key conservation benchmarks such as the ICOMOS guidelines BS 7913 and the RIBA Conservation Plan of Work to reveal the mechanics of heritage guidance its advantages and conceptual limitations. Underpinned by an active understanding of the conservation philosophy of William Morris the book presents five case studies from the UK and North and South America that speak about different facets of heritage value such as urban identity commodification authenticity materiality and heritage as an intellectual and ethical framework. Heritage is never neutral; its definition is privileged yet its influence is political. Art landscape and archaeology all offer examples of how the operational ideas of adjacent disciplines can influence an integrated idea of heritage conservation and how this is communicated in order to determine significance and share in its custodianship. This book provides insights into how to identify and challenge these limitations expanding inclusion by describing tactics for changing how people can relate to and build on the past. Clearly written for all levels of readership within the conservation professions and community custodians of heritage buildings and places the book provides strategies and tactics for understanding the heritage significance of materials their fabrication detail and use. The narratives that historic fabric contains can help shape the meaningful involvement of local people providing a roadmap for those navigating the double-bind of using the past to underpin the future. | The Production of Heritage The Politicisation of Architectural Conservation

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The Globalizing Cities Reader

The Globalizing Cities Reader

The newly revised Globalizing Cities Reader reflects how the geographies of theory have recently shifted away from the western vantage points from which much of the classic work in this field was developed. The expanded volume continues to make available many of the original and foundational works that underpin the research field while expanding coverage to familiarize students with new theoretical and epistemological positions as well as emerging research foci and horizons. It contains 38 new chapters including key writings on globalizing cities from leading thinkers such as John Friedmann Michael Peter Smith Saskia Sassen Peter Taylor Manuel Castells Anthony King Jennifer Robinson Ananya Roy and Fulong Wu. The new Reader reflects the fact that world and global city studies have evolved in exciting and wide-ranging ways and the very notion of a distinct global class of cities has recently been called into question. The sections examine the foundations of the field and processes of urban restructuring and global city formation. A large number of new entries focus on the emerging urban worlds of Asia Latin America and Africa including Beijing Bogota Cairo Cape Town Delhi Istanbul Medellin Mumbai Phnom Penh Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo and Shanghai. The book also presents cases off the conventional map of global cities research such as smaller cities and less known urban regions that are undergoing processes of globalization. The book is a key resource for students and scholars alike who seek an accessible compendium of the intellectual foundations of global urban studies as well as an overview of the emergent patterns of early 21st century urbanization and associated sociopolitical contestation around the world. | The Globalizing Cities Reader

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The Chronicle of a People's War: The Military and Strategic History of the Cambodian Civil War 1979–1991

The Chronicle of a People's War: The Military and Strategic History of the Cambodian Civil War 1979–1991

The Chronicle of a People's War: The Military and Strategic History of the Cambodian Civil War 1979–1991 narrates the military and strategic history of the Cambodian Civil War especially the People’s Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) from when it deposed the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in 1979 until the political settlement in 1991. The PRK survived in the face of a fierce insurgency due to three factors: an appealing and reasonably well-implemented political program extensive political indoctrination and the use of a hybrid army. In this hybrid organization the PRK relied on both its professional conventional army and the militia-like territorial army. This latter type was lightly equipped and most soldiers were not professional. Yet the militia made up for these weaknesses with its intimate knowledge of the local terrain and its political affinity with the local people. These two advantages are keys to victory in the context of counterinsurgency warfare. The narrative and critical analysis is driven by extensive interviews and primary source archives that have never been accessed before by any scholar including interviews with former veterans (battalion commanders brigade commanders division commanders commanders of provincial military commands commanders of military regions and deputy chiefs of staff) articles in the People’s Army from 1979 to 1991 battlefield footage battlefield video reports newsreel propaganda video and official publications of the Cambodian Institute of Military History.

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The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography

The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography

*Over 450 color images plus never before published images provided by the George Eastman House collection as well as images from Ansel Adams Howard Schatz and Jerry Uelsmann to name just a few The role and value of the picture cannot be matched for accuracy or impact. This comprehensive treatise featuring the history and historical processes of photography contemporary applications and the new and evolving digital technologies will provide the most accurate technical synopsis of the current as well as early worlds of photography ever compiled. This Encyclopedia produced by a team of world renown practicing experts shares in highly detailed descriptions the core concepts and facts relative to anything photographic. This Fourth edition of the Focal Encyclopedia serves as the definitive reference for students and practitioners of photography worldwide expanding on the award winning 3rd edition. In addition to Michael Peres (Editor in Chief) the editors are: Franziska Frey (Digital Photography) J. Tomas Lopez (Contemporary Issues) David Malin (Photography in Science) Mark Osterman (Process Historian) Grant Romer (History and the Evolution of Photography) Nancy M. Stuart (Major Themes and Photographers of the 20th Century) and Scott Williams (Photographic Materials and Process Essentials) | The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography

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The Rise and Fall of the English Christendom Theocracy Christology Order and Power

The Rise and Fall of the English Christendom Theocracy Christology Order and Power

English Christendom has never been a static entity. Evangelism politics conflict and cultural changes have constantly and consistently developed it into myriad forms across the world. However in recent times that development has seemingly become a general decline. This book utilises the motif of Christendom to illuminate the pedigree of Anglican Christianity allowing a vital and persistent dynamic in Christianity namely the relationship between the sacred and the mundane to be more fundamentally explored. Each chapter seeks to unpack a particular historical moment in which the relations of sacred and mundane are on display. Beginning with the work of Bede before focusing on the Anglo Norman settlement of England the Tudor period and the establishment of the church in the American and Australian colonies Anglicanism is shown to consistently be a religio-political tradition. This approach opens up a different set of categories for the study of contemporary Anglicanism and its debates about the notion of the church. It also opens up fresh ways of looking at religious conflict in the modern world and within Christianity. This is a fresh exploration of a major facet of Western religious culture. As such it will be of significant interest to scholars working in Religious History and Anglican Studies as well as theologians with an interest in Western Ecclesiology. | The Rise and Fall of the English Christendom Theocracy Christology Order and Power

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Policy Makers on Policy The Mais Lectures

Policy Makers on Policy The Mais Lectures

Monetary policy is still one of the most contested areas of modern economics and since the original publication of Policy Makers on Policy much has changed. This new edition collects contributions from leading policy makers and practitioners to reflect on the aims and objectives of monetary policy and on what it can achieve combining the old chapters from Gordon Brown Tony Blair Kenneth Clarke Geoffrey Howe Nigel Lawson and others with new perspectives from Mervyn King Jean-Claude Trichet Ernst Welteke Otmar Issing and Alastair Darling. A new far-reaching introduction from the editors Forrest Capie and Geoffrey Wood puts these important contributions to the discussion of economic policy in the new context. They look at what lessons can be learnt from the earlier discussions what anticipations of present difficulties can be found in them and what in other words the comparatively recent past teaches us about how to deal with the turbulent present. The second edition of Policy Makers on Policy brings together otherwise inaccessible commentaries and reflections on policy by those involved in making it along with a commentary on and context for their remarks. Thus the book will be of great interest and use to students of economics and politics and indeed anyone with an interest in current economic developments and their roots in the past. | Policy Makers on Policy The Mais Lectures

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Cenozoic Seas The View From Eastern North America

Cenozoic Seas The View From Eastern North America

>The rich fossil record of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains of the United States is a gold mine for interested scientists. The last thirty million years of Earth history are superbly chronicled by a succession of fossil assemblages extending from the St. Lawrence River to Florida. Marine scientists paleontologists and systematic biologists alike need a thorough guide to interpret this history. Cenozoic Seas: The View from Eastern North America analyzes the changing geography the arrival and departures of ecosystems and species and the affect of climate on living things. The author classifies all of the region's fossil-bearing formations and their contents within a logical descriptive framework of space and time providing a clear path for those studying evolution and extinction within specific communities of organisms. The book is also an excellent field guide for fossil collectors providing detailed information for all species illustrated. Many organisms have never before been illustrated in a book on fossil shells. | Cenozoic Seas The View From Eastern North America

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The Space Industry of the Future Capitalism and Sustainability in Outer Space

The Space Industry of the Future Capitalism and Sustainability in Outer Space

The Space Industry of the Future consists of the first instance of guidance for the space industry on how value creation in space can occur for the greater benefit of humanity using principles of capitalism and sustainability. The timing of this book is ideal given (1) sustainability challenges facing humanity and (2) that the growth of the commercial space economy is now occurring at a rate never seen before. This book presents an opportune guide written for technical business and policy practitioners alike that frames how this industry growth should occur from an integrated values and commercial perspective. This perspective is presented in the context of the modern technical capabilities of space systems relative to the world’s greatest problems. The guidance contained in this book for the growing commercial space industry includes considerations beyond profit seeking alone. This guidance is founded on a bespoke value creation criteria to apply in the context of for-profit outer space activities that if used will result in the maximum value creation that a company is capable of. The criteria are developed and presented through a rigorous discussion on capitalism economics value theory the circular economy stakeholder management and ethics. The value creation criteria are then discussed at length in relation to the space industry. The primary audience for this book is practitioners within the space industry; this includes investors business managers policy makers engineers and scientists. The secondary audience includes students and researchers as well as a growing range of parties interested in space policy and entrepreneurship. | The Space Industry of the Future Capitalism and Sustainability in Outer Space

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The Etruscan World

The Etruscan World

The Etruscans can be shown to have made significant and in some cases perhaps the first technical advances in the central and northern Mediterranean. To the Etruscan people we can attribute such developments as the tie-beam truss in large wooden structures surveying and engineering drainage and water tunnels the development of the foresail for fast long-distance sailing vessels fine techniques of metal production and other pyrotechnology post-mortem C-sections in medicine and more. In art many technical and iconographic developments although they certainly happened first in Greece or the Near East are first seen in extant Etruscan works preserved in the lavish tombs and goods of Etruscan aristocrats. These include early portraiture the first full-length painted portrait the first perspective view of a human figure in monumental art specialized techniques of bronze-casting and reduction-fired pottery (the bucchero phenomenon). Etruscan contacts through trade treaty and intermarriage linked their culture with Sardinia Corsica and Sicily with the Italic tribes of the peninsula and with the Near Eastern kingdoms Greece and the Greek colonial world Iberia Gaul and the Punic network of North Africa and influenced the cultures of northern Europe. In the past fifteen years striking advances have been made in scholarship and research techniques for Etruscan Studies. Archaeological and scientific discoveries have changed our picture of the Etruscans and furnished us with new specialized information. Thanks to the work of dozens of international scholars it is now possible to discuss topics of interest that could never before be researched such as Etruscan mining and metallurgy textile production foods and agriculture. In this volume over 60 experts provide insights into all these aspects of Etruscan culture and more with many contributions available in English for the first time to allow the reader access to research that may not otherwise be available to them. Lavishly illustrated The Etruscan World brings to life the culture and material past of the Etruscans and highlights key points of development in research making it essential reading for researchers academics and students of this fascinating civilization.

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The Fundamental Principles of Finance

The Fundamental Principles of Finance

Finance is the study of value and how it is determined. Individuals small businesses and corporations regularly make use of value determinations for making strategic decisions that affect the future outcomes of their endeavors. The importance of accurate valuations cannot be overestimated; valuing assets too highly will lead to investing in assets whose costs are greater than their returns while undervaluing assets will lead to missed opportunities for growth. In some situations (such as a merger or an acquisition) the outcome of the decision can make or break the investor. The need for solid financial skills has never been more pressing than in today's global economy. The Fundamental Principles of Finance offers a new and innovative approach to financial theory. The book introduces three fundamental principles of finance that flow throughout the theoretical material covered in most corporate finance textbooks. These fundamental principles are developed in their own chapter of the book then referred to in each chapter introducing financial theory. In this way the theory is able to be mastered at a fundamental level. The interactions among the principles are introduced through the three precepts which help show the impact of the three principles on financial decision-making. This fresh and original approach to finance will be key reading for undergraduate students of introduction to finance corporate finance capital markets financial management and related courses as well as managers undertaking MBAs.

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They Create Worlds The Story of the People and Companies That Shaped the Video Game Industry Vol. I: 1971-1982

They Create Worlds The Story of the People and Companies That Shaped the Video Game Industry Vol. I: 1971-1982

They Create Worlds: The Story of the People and Companies That Shaped the Video Game Industry Vol. 1 is the first in a three-volume set that provides an in-depth analysis of the creation and evolution of the video game industry. Beginning with the advent of computers in the mid-20th century Alexander Smith’s text comprehensively highlights and examines individuals companies and market forces that have shaped the development of the video game industry around the world. Volume one places an emphasis on the emerging ideas concepts and games developed from the commencement of the budding video game art form in the 1950s and 1960s through the first commercial activity in the 1970s and early 1980s. They Create Worlds aims to build a new foundation upon which future scholars and the video game industry itself can chart new paths. Key Features: The most in-depth examination of the video game industry ever written They Create Worlds charts the technological breakthroughs design decisions and market forces in the United States Europe and East Asia that birthed a $100 billion industry. The books derive their information from rare primary sources such as little-studied trade publications personal papers collections and oral history interviews with designers and executives many of whom have never told their stories before. Spread over three volumes They Create Worlds focuses on the creative designers shrewd marketers and innovative companies that have shaped video games from their earliest days as a novelty attraction to their current status as the most important entertainment medium of the 21st Century. The books examine the formation of the video game industry in a clear narrative style that will make them useful as teaching aids in classes on the history of game design and economics but they are not being written specifically as instructional books and can be enjoyed by anyone with a passion for video game history. | They Create Worlds The Story of the People and Companies That Shaped the Video Game Industry Vol. I: 1971-1982

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Rape Culture in the House of David A Company of Men

Rape Culture in the House of David A Company of Men

Rape Culture in the House of David: A Company of Men describes a biblical rape culture sustained and maintained by Yhwh and a host of men—from royal kings and princes to their relatives counselors generals and servants. This volume reveals that sexual violence in the house of David is not simply perpetrated by its most powerful men. Rather in the pursuit of power status authority and honor men form alliances and networks that support the use and abuse of women’s bodies and valorize sexualized violence against other men. The man who is most capable of sexual violence is Israel’s ideal king. Barbara Thiede deftly addresses the power and contemporary relevance of these narratives and argues that exposing and naming rape culture in biblical literature is essential—in social economic and political realms. This is a meaningful feminist intervention in the field of biblical studies and is of great benefit to graduate students and scholars of religion gender studies and masculinity studies. | Rape Culture in the House of David A Company of Men

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The Female Tradition in Physical Education Women First reconsidered

The Female Tradition in Physical Education Women First reconsidered

The Female Tradition in Physical Education re-examines a key question in the history of modern education: why did the remarkably successful leaders of female physical education who pioneered the development of the subject in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century England Canada Australia and New Zealand lose control in the years following the Second World War? Despite the later resurgence of second wave feminism they never regained a voice with the result that male leadership was able to shift the curriculum in ways that neglected the needs and interests of girls and young women. Drawing on new sources and a range of historiographical approaches and touching on related fields such as therapeutic exercise and dance the book examines the development of physical education for girls in a number of countries to offer an alternative explanation to the dominant narrative of the ‘demise’ of the female tradition. Providing an important contextualization for the state of contemporary female physical education this is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the development of sport and physical education women’s and gender history and physical culture more generally. | The Female Tradition in Physical Education Women First reconsidered

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