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An in-depth look into the life and work of the man who defined “cool” for crime fiction, Elmore Leonard. Widely known as the crime fiction writer whose work led to the movies Get Shorty and Out of S……続きを見る

Scientists have a choice concerning what role they should play in political debates and policy formation, particularly in terms of how they present their research. This book is about understanding t……続きを見る

Benefiting from the authors' many years of teaching undergraduate and graduate students and practitioners, here is a clear, comprehensive, practice-oriented text for public budgeting courses. Rather……続きを見る

Long after painting, sculpture, photography, and film developed along with their materials - canvas and panel, marble and bronze, and celluloid film - a new generation of art has emerged in which di……続きを見る

Dangerous Pregnancies tells the largely forgotten story of the German measles epidemic of the early 1960s and how it created national anxiety about dying, disabled, and "dangerous" babies. This epid……続きを見る

Anthony Strollo, also known as Tony Bender and Tough Tony, was a Mafia powerhouse in the Genovese crime family for several decades. His brothers, Dominic and Emillio, were also members of the syndic……続きを見る

In this book, top specialists address theoretical, methodological, and empirical multilevel models as they relate to the analysis of individual and cultural data. Divided into four parts, the book o……続きを見る

Major League Baseball, the Philadelphia Phillies and the Philadelphia Police Department have kept hidden a dark secret since 1959. During August 1959 an 18-year-old prostitute came forward with an a……続きを見る

Fritz Gebhardt was murdered by his jealous lover in the early morning hours of November 12, 1935. Vera Stretz was only one of numerous lover s the German academic was involved with in New York City.……続きを見る

This book contains the proceedings of a symposium held at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 16-20 June 1986. The seed for this symposium arose from a group of physiologists……続きを見る

In the voluminous secret history of the 1930s, one episode that still puzzles researchers is the death in 1937 of one of Stalin's key allies - his fellow Georgian, G.K. Ordzhonikidze. Whether he too……続きを見る

Patrice Lumumba was a fiery centrist whose goal was to unite the Congo's tribal factions into one governing body. My e-book looks at his rise to power beginning in 1951, his imprisonment for embezzl……続きを見る

Most practitioners and students of polymer chemistry are familiar, in general terms at least, with the established methods of polymer synthesis - radical, anionic, cationic and coordination addition……続きを見る

Subduction zones consume oceanic lithosphere and are an indispensible part of plate tectonics. Unlike the oceanic lithosphere production system which can be linked as a nearly continuous, albeit sin……続きを見る

apparatus is generally not required for the making of My aim in this book is simple. It is to set out in a logical useful sedimentological experiments. Most of the equip way what I believe is the mi……続きを見る

Asiatische oder arabische Staatsfonds treten vermehrt als Investoren in den westlichen Industrienationen auf. Das Vermögen aller Staatsfonds wird auf mehr als 2.500 Milliarden Dollar geschätzt. West……続きを見る

Die Asset Management Branche in Deutschland steht unter zunehmenden Wettbewerbsdruck durch Banken und Versicherer. Das Anlegerverhalten hat sich in der jüngsten Vergangenheit stark verändert, das Be……続きを見る

Massive Kreditausfälle im US-Hypothekenmarkt lösen weltweite Finanzkrise aus. Verbriefung und Verkauf schlechter Kredite führte zu hohen Renditen und Inkaufnahme hoher Risiken durch die Banken. Deut……続きを見る

Die globale Erderwärmung heizt die Diskussion um den Klimaschutz wieder an. Die Finanzmärkte spielen eine wichtige Rolle bei der effizienten Allokation neuen Kapitals zu Unternehmen mit umweltschone……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Politik - Internationale Politik - Thema: Frieden und Konflikte, Sicherheit, Note: 13-14 Punkte, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Veranstaltung: Der priva……続きを見る

Das Geschäft mit Privatkunden ist eine stabile Ertragsquelle für Banken. Die deutsche Kreditwirtschaft hat dieses in den neunziger Jahren noch vernachlässigte Kundensegment wieder entdeckt. Der deut……続きを見る

The study of sweetness and sweeteners has recently been an area well served by books at all levels, but this volume was planned to fill what we perceived as a gap in the coverage. There appeared to ……続きを見る

It is a tribute to the vigour of research and development in aquaculture that we are able, in a relatively short time, to provide readers with a second volume in this series, which has such a divers……続きを見る

Understanding Foreign Policy Decision Making presents a psychological approach to foreign policy decision making. This approach focuses on the decision process, dynamics, and outcome. The book inclu……続きを見る

This groundbreaking book explores China's efforts to assimilate Tibet, in the process rewriting Tibetan history to conform to Beijing's goals. Warren W. Smith Jr. provides the historical context for……続きを見る

Historical archaeology has been without a definitive, up-to-date collection that reflects the breadth of the field_until now. Orser's book brings together classic and contemporary articles that demo……続きを見る

Nichols examines the major writings of Alexandre Koj_ve, and clarifies the character and brings to light the importance of his political philosophy. While emphasizing the political dimension of Koj_……続きを見る

Scientific Study from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: European Union, , language: English, abstract: Which was the last of Kosovo who were her friends what ar……続きを見る

Albert Anastasia headed up Murder Inc. a feared Mafia group that controlled the Brooklyn dockyards, segments of the fashion industry, and was notorious for administering gangland justice. On the mor……続きを見る

Joe Profaci was head of a large empire that centered on olive oil importation. He had briefly become involved in bootlegging in the late 1920s before he was rounded up with other mobsters in a Cleve……続きを見る