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Gale contextual encyclopedia of American literature
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ISBN: 9781414431307 9781414431314 9781414431321 9781414431338 9781414431345 9781414431390 Year: 2009 Publisher: Farmington Hills (MI) Thomson Gale

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This four-volume set covers American authors from many periods and genres, building a broad understanding of the various contexts - from the biographical to the literary to the historical - in which literature can be viewed. The Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of American Literature allows a reader to analyze an author's work as a reflection of the heritage, traditions and experiences of the author's personal life and the beliefs, events, and lifestyles of the United States at the time, given such context as: * Tarzan author William S. Burroughs was interested in eugenics -- the study of methods to improve the human gene pool, and the same "science" that Hitler used to try to legitimize the Holocaust. * Known mostly for her portrayal of her mental health issues, Sylvia Plath was also a feminist writer who channeled her frustration as a woman with a career during the conservative, post-World War II society. * Ralph Waldo Emerson was instrumental in building an American culture of literature and arts distinct from the "parent culture" of England and Europe. The nearly 500 entries also identify the significant literary devices and global themes that define a writer's style and place the author in a larger literary tradition as chronicled and evaluated by critics over time. For example: * Kurt Vonnegut Jr. repeatedly featured characters in his fiction who fall into self-doubt when they lose work or social standing as his father did in the Depression and those who struggle with mental illness just as his mother did. * The theme of the individual adrift in a corrupt and phony world in J. D. Salinger's fiction is said to have been influenced by his own experiences growing up and by F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Critical thinking and activity prompts, in addition to images, further enhance the reader's own personal response to American literature.


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Astrobiology of earth: The emergence, evolution, and future of life on a planet in turmoil
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ISBN: 1282328654 9786612328657 0191548359 9780191548352 9780199205806 0199205809 9780199205813 0199205817 1383034494 9781282328655 6612328657 Year: 2009 Publisher: Oxford Oxford University Press

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An understanding of the conditions that allowed life to emerge and exist on our planet is essential if we are to answer two fundamental questions facing humanity - the continuation of life on earth, and the existence of life outside our planet. This text contributes to our understanding of astrobiology as it applies to planet Earth.


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From paper charts to ECDIS : a practical voyage plan
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Year: 2009 Publisher: London The Nautical Institute

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Une douce obscurité
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ISBN: 9782264044587 Year: 2009 Volume: 4161 Publisher: Paris : Editions 10/18,

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Awards, honors and prizes
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ISBN: 9781414434230 Year: 2009 Publisher: Farmington Hills (MI) Thomson Gale

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Practical printmaking
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ISBN: 9780713688092 Year: 2009 Publisher: Londen A&C Black

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Das Praxisbuch der künstlerischen Drucktechniken
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ISBN: 9783258600024 Year: 2009 Publisher: Bern : Haupt,

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Understanding financial crises
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ISBN: 9780199251421 9780199251414 019925141X 9786611145477 0191530727 1281145475 1429491779 9780191530722 6611145478 0199251428 1383039127 Year: 2009 Publisher: New York (N.Y.): Oxford university press,

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What causes a financial crisis? Can crises be anticipated or even avoided? Should governments & international institutions intervene? Based on ten years of research, the authors develop a theoretical approach to analyzing financial crises & use the latest economic theories to begin to understand the causes & consequences.


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Ecotourism and environmental sustainability : principles and practice
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ISBN: 9780754672623 9780754676218 0754676218 1282242911 9781282242913 075467262X 1317146050 9781317146056 1317146042 9781317146049 9786612242915 6612242914 9781315578767 9781317146032 131557876X Year: 2009 Publisher: Farnham, England : Ashgate,

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Drawing on a diverse series of international case studies this book offers conceptual and practical insights into the complex interactions between ecotourism and the natural environment. The result is a critical examination of ecotourism and environmental sustainability that highlights ideas for best practice and proposes new directions for future research.


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Muslims in Britain : race, place and identities
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ISBN: 0748671331 1282087916 9786612087912 0748631232 9780748631230 9781282087910 9780748671335 6612087919 9780748625871 0748625879 9780748625888 0748625887 Year: 2009 Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,

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Following the events of 11th September 2001 in the USA, and more especially, the bombings on the London underground on 7th July 2005 and the incident at Glasgow Airport on 30th June 2007, an increasing amount of public attention has been focused upon Muslims in Britain. Against the backdrop of this debate, this book sets out a series of innovative insights into the everyday lives of Muslims living in contemporary Britain, in an attempt to move beyond prevalent stereotypes concerning what it means to be 'Muslim'. Combining original empirical research with theoretical interventions, this collection offers a range of reflections on how Muslims in Britain negotiate their everyday lives, manage experiences of racism and exclusion, and develop local networks and global connections. The authors explore a broad range of themes including gender relations; educational and economic issues; migration and mobility; religion and politics; racism and Islamophobia; and the construction and contestation of Muslim identities. Threaded through the treatment of these themes is a unifying concern with the ways in which geography matters to how Muslims negotiate their daily experiences as well as their racialised, gendered and religious identities. Above all, attention is focused upon the role of the home and local community, the influence of the economy and the nation, and the power of transnational connections and mobilities in the everyday lives of Muslims in Britain.

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