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Higher Education in German Occupied Countries (Routledge Library Editions: Education)
by A WolfThis book gives a comprehensive account of what happened to higher education in Austria, Belgium, the former Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Greece, Holland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Russia and the former Yugoslavia during 1938-1944. It reveals the mentality of the German cultural experts and it describes the reactions of the peoples in the occupied countries.
Higher Education in Nazi Germany: Or Education for World Conquest (Routledge Library Editions: Responding to Fascism)
by A WolfHigher Education in Nazi Germany was first published in 1944, when it was apparent that Germany was likely to lose the war. Developing themes that were to become commonplace in the analysis of totalitarian regimes, it provides an account of how higher education became a means of both installing and re-enforcing the dominant state ideology.
A World History of Christianity
by A World History of ChristianityChristianity is the most global of religions. However, most books on the subject fail to do justice to the history of Christianity outside Europe and North America. This prodigious work provides the first genuinely global one-volume study of the rise, development, and impact of the Christian faith. Written by an international team of specialists, this comprehensive volume covers the full breadth of Christian history while also taking seriously the geographical diversity of the story: extensive chapters cover North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, India, China and its neighbors, and Australia and the Pacific. Though unified in scope, these chapters each focus on what matters most in the specific time and place covered, ensuring that readers are introduced to the major themes—social, theological, political, and cultural—that together constitute Christianity's role in world history. Ideally suited for classroom study as well as for independent reading, A World History of Christianity will serve as the definitive study of church history for the coming generation worldwide. Contributors: Mary B. Cunningham Gillian Evans Robert E. Frykenberg Martin Goodman Adrian Hastings Mary Heimann David Hilliard Robert Bruce Mullin Andrew Pettegree Gary Tiedemann Philip Walters Benedicta Ward Kevin Ward
Reef-Platform Coral Boulders
by James P Terry Samuel Etienne A Y LauThe primary goal here is to present a treatise on the significance and value of coarse clastic carbonate sediments (i.e. large coral boulders) on tropical coastlines for understanding both modern and pre-historical (Holocene) high-magnitude marine inundation events. There has been a rapid groundswell of interest in large carbonate blocks on tropical coasts over the last decade, yet it is not widely appreciated that such features were observed and recorded back in the early explorations of Matthew Flinders on the Great Barrier Reef in the 1800s. This book will illuminate how various characteristics of datable carbonate blocks torn up from coral reefs and deposited on reef platforms yield importance evidence about the storms and tsunamis that emplaced them over decadal and centennial timescales. No comprehensive review has so far been published. A need now exists for a 'definitive reference' on coral boulder research, which details the earliest observations, changing terminology, sedimentology, and relevance for coastal hazard research in the tropics. A wide range of examples will be incorporated from across Asia, Australia, the Pacific and the Americas, as well as a full up-to-date review of the existing literature.
Neural Network Control Of Robot Manipulators And Non-Linear Systems
by F W Lewis S. Jagannathan A YesildirakThere has been great interest in "universal controllers" that mimic the functions of human processes to learn about the systems they are controlling on-line so that performance improves automatically. Neural network controllers are derived for robot manipulators in a variety of applications including position control, force control, link flexibility stabilization and the management of high-frequency joint and motor dynamics.The first chapter provides a background on neural networks and the second on dynamical systems and control. Chapter three introduces the robot control problem and standard techniques such as torque, adaptive and robust control. Subsequent chapters give design techniques and Stability Proofs For NN Controllers For Robot Arms, Practical Robotic systems with high frequency vibratory modes, force control and a general class of non-linear systems. The last chapters are devoted to discrete- time NN controllers. Throughout the text, worked examples are provided.
A Perfect Crime
by A Yi Anna HolmwoodOn a normal day in provincial China, a bored high-school student goes about his regular business. But he's planning the brutal murder of his only friend, a talented violinist. He invites her round, strangles her, stuffs her body into a washing machine and flees town. On the run, he is initially anxious, but soon he alerts the police to his whereabouts, surrenders to undercover agents in a pool bar, and sabotages all efforts by China's judiciary system, a steady stream of psychologists and his family to overturn the death penalty, all without ever showing a shred of remorse.A Perfect Crimeis both a vision of China's heart of darkness - the despair that traps the rural poor and the incoherent rage lurking behind their phlegmatic front - and a technically brilliant excursion into the claustrophobic realm of classic horror and suspense. With exceptional tonal control, A Yi steadily reveals the psychological backstory that enables us to make sense of the story's dramatic violence and provides chillingly apt insights into the psychology behind a murder committed simply as an intellectual challenge to relieve the daily tedium of existence.
Two Lives: Tales of Life, Love and Crime (Fiction without Frontiers)
by A YiSeven stories, seven whispers into the ears of life: A Yi’s unexpected twists of crime burst from the everyday, with glimpses of romance distorted by the weaknesses of human motive. A Yi employs his forensic skills to offer a series of portraits of modern life, both uniquely Chinese, and universal in their themes. His years as a police officer serve him well as he teases the truth from simple observation, now brought into the English language in a masterful translation by Alex Woodend. The stories include Two Lives, Attic, Spring, Bach, Predator. The first in the new Flame Tree Press series, Stories from China. FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launching in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.
Wake Me Up at Nine in the Morning
by A YiA thrilling journey through China's dark criminal underworld, from a celebrated voice in Chinese literature When Hongyang is found dead after a night of debauched drinking, it looks as if his reign of terror has finally come to an end. Few in this insular community have much reason to mourn his passing: Hongyang is an infamous mob boss, a man with plenty of enemies. But now it seems that his years of crime have also earned him some very dangerous friends. As his funeral draws near, those who knew him come together to look back on a life characterised by corruption, deceit and a flair for violence. Their recollections will keep Hongyang's legacy alive, with terrifying consequences. From the master of Chinese noir fiction comes this explosive new novel about the power of one man, unravelled by a tangled web of secrets.
Former Lover's Marriage Plot: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by A YueThis was the story of a tyrannical CEO of a rich beauty! When the white lotus appears between childhood and childhood, is love still stable? Johann, as the real estate mogul's woman, was a rich and beautiful woman, rich and beautiful. When a man she loved since childhood and a white lotus flower appeared before everyone, she chose to leave arrogantly, never looking back. But who could tell her who was this man who clung to her and insisted on marrying her?
Former Lover's Marriage Plot: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by A YueThis was the story of a tyrannical CEO of a rich beauty! When the white lotus appears between childhood and childhood, is love still stable? Johann, as the real estate mogul's woman, was a rich and beautiful woman, rich and beautiful. When a man she loved since childhood and a white lotus flower appeared before everyone, she chose to leave arrogantly, never looking back. But who could tell her who was this man who clung to her and insisted on marrying her?
Former Lover's Marriage Plot: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by A YueThis was the story of a tyrannical CEO of a rich beauty! When the white lotus appears between childhood and childhood, is love still stable? Johann, as the real estate mogul's woman, was a rich and beautiful woman, rich and beautiful. When a man she loved since childhood and a white lotus flower appeared before everyone, she chose to leave arrogantly, never looking back. But who could tell her who was this man who clung to her and insisted on marrying her?
Former Lover's Marriage Plot: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by A YueThis was the story of a tyrannical CEO of a rich beauty! When the white lotus appears between childhood and childhood, is love still stable? Johann, as the real estate mogul's woman, was a rich and beautiful woman, rich and beautiful. When a man she loved since childhood and a white lotus flower appeared before everyone, she chose to leave arrogantly, never looking back. But who could tell her who was this man who clung to her and insisted on marrying her?
Former Lover's Marriage Plot: Volume 5 (Volume 5 #5)
by A YueThis was the story of a tyrannical CEO of a rich beauty! When the white lotus appears between childhood and childhood, is love still stable? Johann, as the real estate mogul's woman, was a rich and beautiful woman, rich and beautiful. When a man she loved since childhood and a white lotus flower appeared before everyone, she chose to leave arrogantly, never looking back. But who could tell her who was this man who clung to her and insisted on marrying her?
Exotic Kondo Effects in Metals: Magnetic Ions in a Crystalline Electric Field and Tunelling Centres
by D L Cox A ZawadowskiThis provides a major review of the two-level system Kondo model, as applied to metallic glasses, nanoscale devices and some doped semiconductors; and the quadripolar and magnetic two-channel Kondo models developed for rare-earth and actinide ions with crystal splitting metals. These contrast with the simple single-channel model, and allow the study of non-Fermi liquid physics. This book forms a valuable and unique source of information for statistical and condensed matter physicists and graduate students.Key Features: * An invaluable and unique source of information on this highly popular area of condensed matter physics* Based upon a special edition of the Advances in Physics journal* Magnetic impurities in metals present a major challenge to condensed matter physicists, for which a strong starting point has long been the early insights of Kondo into the resistance medium
Evil Love Bond: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by A ZhangRuthless win love when all the heart into hatred but a sword killing no blood to save his father the devil deep swallow encounter sword soul to save from entanglement because of his father s missing party dance yi left duxiu mountain villa alone with her maidservant to find her father but did not expect to be hunted down all the way because he saved all the way together when the layers of veil was lifted the family the betrayal of love and what to do with her
Light Sources 2004 Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on the Science and Technology of Light Sources (Institute of Physics Conference Series)
by A ZissisHeld every three years, The International Symposia on the Science and Technology of Light Sources (LS) provide a unique forum for the international community of engineers, scientists, research organizations, and academia from the lighting industry. In Light Sources 2004, leaders in their respective fields discuss the latest findings and exciting de
Lo Stoicismo Oggi: Pratiche filosofiche per la vita quotidiana
by A cura di Patrick UssherLo Stoicismo Oggi. Pratiche filosofiche per la vita quotidiana raccoglie saggi, testimonianze e riflessioni sulla filosofia praticata da Epitteto e Marco Aurelio. Una saggezza antica che ancora oggi può insegnarci a vivere con maggiore serenità d’animo le sfide e le avversità quotidiane. A parlarci dell’attualità delle pratiche filosofiche e di vita dello stoicismo sono autori con diverse esperienze e background culturali. Meditazione buddista, ricerca della mindfulness, terapia cognitivo comportamentale, pratiche oggi molto seguite, mostrano molti punti in comune con l’approccio stoico alla ricerca della felicità. Uno stile di pensiero improntato all’auto consapevolezza, all’autocontrollo, al distacco dagli interessi materiali, ma anche alla compassione verso gli altri.
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by A panel of experts of the ministry of education - අධ්යාපන අමාත්යාංශයේ විෂය විශේෂඥ මණ්ඩලයක් විසිනි.2016 වසරේ සිට 07 වන ශ්රේණියේ සෞඛ්යය හා ශාරීරික අධ්යාපනය විෂය සඳහා රජය විසින් නිර්දිෂ්ඨ ග්රන්ථයයි.
Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance
by A'Lelia BundlesA vibrant, deeply researched biography of A&’Lelia Walker—daughter of Madam C.J. Walker and herself a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance—written by her great-granddaughter.Dubbed the &“joy goddess of Harlem&’s 1920s&” by poet Langston Hughes, A&’Lelia Walker, daughter of millionaire entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker and the author&’s great-grandmother and namesake, is a fascinating figure whose legendary parties and Dark Tower salon helped define the Harlem Renaissance. After inheriting her mother&’s hair care enterprise, A&’Lelia would become America&’s first high profile black heiress and a prominent patron of the arts. Joy Goddess takes readers inside her three New York homes—a mansion, a townhouse, and a pied-a-terre—where she entertained Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Paul Robeson, Florence Mills, James Weldon Johnson, Carl Van Vechten, W.E.B. DuBois, and other cultural, social and intellectual luminaries of the Roaring Twenties. Now, based on extensive research and Walker&’s personal correspondence, her great-granddaughter creates a meticulous, nuanced portrait of a charismatic woman struggling to define herself as a wife, mother, and businesswoman outside her famous mother&’s sphere. In Joy Goddess, A&’Lelia&’s radiant personality and impresario instincts—at the center of a vast, artistic social world where she flourished as a fashion trendsetter and international traveler—are brought to vivid and unforgettable life.
Madame Walker Theatre Center: An Indianapolis Treasure (Images of America)
by A'Lelia BundlesAs they watched construction of the block-long flatiron building brick by brick throughout 1927, African American residents of Indianapolis could scarcely contain their pride. This new headquarters of the Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company, with its terra-cotta trimmed facade, was to be more than corporate offices and a factory for what then was one of America's most successful black businesses. In fact, it was designed as "a city within a city," with an African Art Deco theater, ballroom, restaurant, drugstore, beauty salon, beauty school, and medical offices. Generations of African American families met for Sunday dinner at the Coffee Pot, enjoyed first-run movies and live performances in the Walker Theatre, and hosted dances in the Casino. Today, this National Historic Landmark is an arts center anchoring the Indiana Avenue Cultural District.
On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker
by A'Lelia BundlesNow a Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer, Self Made (formerly titled On Her Own Ground) is the first full-scale biography of &“one of the great success stories of American history&” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), Madam C.J. Walker—the legendary African American entrepreneur and philanthropist—by her great-great-granddaughter, A&’Lelia Bundles.The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Sarah Breedlove—who would become known as Madam C. J. Walker—was orphaned at seven, married at fourteen, and widowed at twenty. She spent the better part of the next two decades laboring as a washerwoman for $1.50 a week. Then—with the discovery of a revolutionary hair care formula for black women—everything changed. By her death in 1919, Walker managed to overcome astonishing odds: building a storied beauty empire from the ground up, amassing wealth unprecedented among black women, and devoting her life to philanthropy and social activism. Along the way, she formed friendships with great early-twentieth-century political figures such as Ida B. Wells, Mary McLeod Bethune, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Booker T. Washington.
Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You
by A'ja WilsonTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Through honest stories and inspiring lessons from her life, A’ja Wilson reminds us to never doubt who we are or apologize for being true to ourselves. Dear Black Girls is a must-read for every Black girl out there.” ―Gabrielle UnionThis one is for all the girls with an apostrophe in their names.This is for all the girls who are labeled “too loud” and “too emotional.”This is for all the girls who are constantly asked, “Oh, what did you do with your hair? That’s new.”This is for my Black girls.Despite gold medals, WNBA championships, and a list of accolades, A’ja Wilson knows how it feels to be swept under the rug—to not be heard, to not feel seen, to not be taken seriously. As a fourth grader going to a primarily white school in South Carolina, A’ja was told she’d have to stay outside for a classmate’s birthday party. “Huh?” she asked. Because the birthday girl’s father didn’t like Black people.Wilson tells stories like this, about how even when life tried to hold her down, it didn’t stop her. She shares her contribution to “The Talk,” and how to keep fighting, all while igniting strength, passion, and joy. Dear Black Girls is a necessary and meaningful exploration of what it means to be a Black woman in America today—and a rallying cry to lift up women and girls everywhere.“Dear Black Girls is filled with phenomenal stories and empowering insight on what it means to be a woman in today’s world. I didn’t want to put it down.” ―Tunde Oyeneyin, New York Times bestselling author of Speak
Heart of the Hustle
by A'zaylerWhen a prodigal son returns to his family's criminal empire, he finds danger on the horizon—and a love worth fighting for—in this gritty urban romance.Heir to the infamous DeLuca drug cartel fortune, Angel DeLuca walked away from it all to pursue a normal life. Then a wrenching betrayal shattered his belief in anything but saving his family's hard-won legacy. Now he's come back to lead the DeLuca empire—no matter the cost. But his most dangerous rival is the one woman whose fierce determination he can't resist . . .Emilia East grew up in the game—virtually a daughter to Angel's mother. In fact, she's been the one enforcing the cartel rules and expanding the business, so she's not about to step aside for someone who threw everything away. But when two rival cartels put a target on her back, going on the run with Angel is her only chance to survive. And his unexpected strength—and concealed passion—sparks a love Emilia can't get enough of. Now they have one last shot to save their empire . . . and themselves.
In Love with My Enemy
by A'zaylerDon&’t count on forever . . . Beautiful and educated, with just enough Atlanta street smarts to give her a sexy edge, hood princess Danna Mendoza has a dream life. Her temporary bodyguard-turned-undercover lover Don makes it complete. As her father&’s best friend and longtime drug partner, Don&’s devoted to keeping her safe. But Don&’s underlying vendetta against her father is one danger Danna never saw coming . . . Never say never . . . Cannon Collier has finally found her way in the world—as the newfound love interest of handsome basketball superstar on the rise, Ezra Mendoza. But Ezra doesn&’t plan on falling for her. And he doesn&’t plan on her becoming a casualty of his father&’s game. Yet things don&’t always go as planned. And soon, all hell will break loose, loyalties will be torn, and the tension between love, desire, and a thirst for revenge will converge at a fateful crossroads . . . PRAISE FOR A&’ZAYLER &“A&’zayler&’s Heart of the Hustle is filled with heart, warmth and compelling storytelling that will leave you breathless.&” —Keisha Ervin, bestselling author &“A&’zayler weaves a web of dramatic secrets and surprise twists.&” —Booklist on Passion of the Streets
No Loyalty
by A'zayler De'nesha DiamondDANGEROUS LIAISONS DE'NESHA DIAMOND She's watching. She's planning. She's past done waiting. Klaudya Ramsey is out for revenge on her own mother. Nichelle seduced Klaudya's wealthy, disloyal husband, had her innocent daughter jailed—and stole her life. Now Klaudya plays on her mom's insatiable greed and her husband's gullibility to take them down hard. But a secret Klaudya never saw coming could turn her vengeful dream into an inescapable nightmare . . . TEARS OF BLOOD A'ZAYLER Their bond is unbreakable. They always have each other's backs—though that's the only thing identical twins Aiden and Kayden Lattimore have in common. So when hard-driving achiever Aiden accidentally gets in major-league trouble, Kayden does his brother's jail time for him. Too bad Aiden is taking care of Kayden's beautiful wife all too well. And now Kayden is about to teach Aiden a lesson in betrayal these brothers may not survive . . .