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by Karlos Linazasoro Izagirre Maite Gurrutxaga OtamendiEgileak, liburu honetan, txunditurik begiratzen dio bizitzari, eta aldi berean burlaize pixka batekin, inguruan agertzen zaiona erabat benetakoa ote den zalantza egingo balu bezala. Ironia eta malenkonia punttu bat ageri da bere poemetan. Maitasuna da liburuaren ardatzetako bat; trena, txorimaloa eta urteko hilabeteak ere hartzen ditu gaitzat..
Zeig mir mehr Biostatistik!: Mehr Ideen und neues Material für einen guten Biometrie-Unterricht
by Geraldine Rauch Rainer Muche Reinhard Vonthein Iris BurkholderWie schon in "Zeig mir Biostatistik!" werden wieder viele Ideen für einzelne Übungen, Unterrichtseinheiten, Prüfungen oder ganze Kurse vorgestellt. Alle benötigten Materialien sind für den Nutzer online frei verfügbar, um dem Leser die Anwendung zu vereinfachen. Die Herausgeber unterrichten Biometrie als Haupt- oder Nebenfach an verschiedenen Universitäten bzw. Hochschulen und im Rahmen unterschiedlicher Studiengänge, u.a. dem Studiengang Humanmedizin. Daraus entstand das gemeinsame Ziel, den Austausch von Ideen und ausgereiftem Unterrichtsmaterial zu fördern. Alle Beiträge dieses Buches wurden für den Preis für das beste Lehrmaterial im Fach Biometrie 2016 eingereicht, der von der Arbeitsgruppe Lehre und Didaktik der Biometrie der Deutschen Region der Internationalen Biometrischen Gesellschaft ausgeschrieben wurde. So entstand ein breiter Querschnitt an Beiträgen für eine lebendige Lehre der Biostatistik.
Zeig mir Health Data Science!: Ideen und Material für guten Biometrie-Unterricht mit datenwissenschaftlichem Fokus
by Geraldine Rauch Iris Burkholder Christel Weiß Jochen Kruppa Carolin Herrmann Ursula BergerIn diesem Buch sind Lehrbeispiele gesammelt, die Dozierenden wertvolle Anregungen für ihre eigene Lehre liefern: Es werden Ideen für einzelne Übungen, Unterrichtseinheiten, Prüfungen oder ganze Kurse vorgestellt. Die benötigten Materialien sind für die Nutzer online frei verfügbar, um die Anwendung zu vereinfachen. Alle Beiträge dieses Buches wurden 2020 für den Preis für das beste Health-Data-Science-Lehrmaterial eingereicht, der von der Arbeitsgruppe Lehre und Didaktik der Biometrie der Deutschen Region der Internationalen Biometrischen Gesellschaft und der GMDS ausgeschrieben wurde. So entstand ein breiter Querschnitt an Beiträgen für lebendige Lehre in Biometrie, Epidemiologie, Public Health und ähnlichen Gebieten. Das Buch knüpft damit an die beiden Bände Zeig mir Biostatistik! und Zeig mir mehr Biostatistik! an, denen ähnliche Ausschreibungen vorausgingen. Die Herausgeber unterrichten Biometrie als Haupt- oder Nebenfach an verschiedenen Universitäten bzw. Hochschulen. Es verbindet sie das gemeinsame Ziel, den Austausch von Ideen und ausgereiftem Unterrichtsmaterial im Bereich Health Data Science zu fördern.
Zeig mir Biostatistik!
by Geraldine Rauch Rainer Muche Reinhard VontheinIn diesem Buch werden 12 verschiedene Lehrbeispiele und Software-Anwendungen für die Gestaltung von universitären Unterrichtseinheiten zur Illustration biometrischer Themen oder Experimente vorgestellt. Alle beschriebenen Materialien sind für den Nutzer online frei verfügbar. Durch seinen praktischen Ansatz dient das Buch der konkreten Unterrichtsplanung und Durchführung. Alle Beiträge wurden für den Preis des besten universitären Lehrmaterials im Fach Biometrie 2013 eingereicht, welcher von der Arbeitsgruppe "Lehre und Didaktik der Biometrie" der Deutschen Region der Internationalen Biometrischen Gesellschaft (IBS-DR) ausgeschrieben wurde. Entstanden ist ein einzigartiger Überblick über die Möglichkeiten einer didaktisch hochwertigen Lehre in der Biostatistik.
Zeichnen für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Brenda HoddinottImmer wieder ist es faszinierend, wie schnell manche Menschen die schönsten Zeichnungen auf Papier zaubern können. Ein paar Striche, Linien und auf wundersame Art und Weise entstehen Gegenstände, Landschaften und Gesichter. Sehr beeindruckend. »Zeichnen für Dummies« beginnt mit den Grundlagen und arbeitet sich dann zu immer komplexeren Darstellungen vor. Den Lesern wird systematisch erklärt, wie sie den Stift führen müssen, damit sie ihre Motive mit einem Schuss Persönlichkeit aufs Papier bringen können.
Zeichnen für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Brenda HoddinottAuf die Stifte, fertig, los! Immer wieder ist es faszinierend, wie schnell manche Menschen die schönsten Zeichnungen aufs Papier zaubern. Ein paar Striche und Linien und auf wundersame Weise entstehen Gegenstände, Landschaften und Gesichter. Sehr beeindruckend. »Zeichnen für Dummies« beginnt mit den Grundlagen und arbeitet sich dann vor zu immer komplexeren Techniken und Darstellungen. So lernen Sie, wie Sie den Stift führen müssen, damit Sie Ihre Motive mit einem Schuss Persönlichkeit aufs Papier bringen können. Sie erfahren Wie Sie ein Motiv richtig erfassen Wie Sie Perspektiven darstellen Wie Sie ein Bild gut organisieren Wie Sie Emotionen zeichnen
Zeichensetzung für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Petra-Kristin BonitzIst bei Ihnen die Zeichensetzung eher Gefühlssache? Sind Sie manchmal unsicher, wo ein Komma stehen muss und wo nicht? Dann schafft dieses Buch Abhilfe! Systematisch und gut verständlich erklärt Ihnen Petra-Kristin Bonitz, warum Satzzeichen gesetzt werden. Sie bringt Ihnen Satzstrukturen wieder ins Gedächtnis und erklärt anschaulich die Regeln, aber auch die Freiheiten im Rahmen der Zeichensetzung. Erfahren Sie zum Beispiel, ob und wie Sie Kommas bei Aufzählungen, Nebensätzen oder Infinitiven mit ?zu? setzen oder das eher exotische Semikolon verwenden. Darüber hinaus lassen sich Satzzeichen als Stilmittel einsetzen - Gedankenstrich, runde Klammern oder doch lieber der Doppelpunkt? Zahlreiche Übungen helfen Ihnen, das Gelernte anzuwenden und zu trainieren.
Zeichenhorizonte: Semiotische Strukturen in Husserls Phänomenologie der Wahrnehmung (Phaenomenologica #228)
by Diego D’AngeloIn diesem Band deckt Diego D'Angelo semiotische Strukturen in der Husserl’schen Phänomenologie der Wahrnehmung auf. Ist es der Phänomenologie darum zu tun, die Erfahrung von Dingen in unserer Umwelt zu beschreiben, so ist dabei der Begriff des Horizontes von zentraler Bedeutung: Was wir unmittelbar wahrnehmen, verweist immer schon auf anderes, was nur „mitgegeben“ ist. Wenn wir Dinge wahrnehmen, haben wir nur eine bestimmte Perspektive, d.h. wir sehen lediglich einen Aspekt. Aber wir nehmen immer ganze Gegenstände wahr (wir sehen Tische und Stühle und andere Menschen). Jeder dieser Gegenstände erscheint in einem Feld weiterer Gegenstände, und es ist der Horizontbegriff, der es erlaubt, das Verhältnis zwischen Selbstgegebenheit und Mitgegebenheit zu explizieren.Dieses Buch stellt den ersten detaillierten Versuch dar, die Ursprünge solcher horizontaler Felder in semiotischen Strukturen zu suchen. Aus der Verbindung zwischen Husserls eigener Semiotik und seiner Phänomenologie der Wahrnehmung ergibt sich, dass das wahrgenommene Phänomen als Zeichen verstanden werden muss. Das Zeichen wiederum bezeichnet etwas, was in leiblicher Bewegung eingeholt werden kann. Mit der Verbindung von Leiblichkeit, Semiotik und Wahrnehmung thematisiert diese Monographie das Verhältnis zwischen folgenden phänomenologischen Forschungsgebieten:• Husserls Semiotik der Wahrnehmung in den Logischen Untersuchungen • Phänomenologische Raumanalyse – kinästhetische Indikation• Horizont und Noema• Passive Anzeige• Zeichen und Leiblichkeit als Grundlagen der Fremderfahrung• Genetische Phänomenologie und Semiotik der Erfahrung• Protentionen und teleologische Semiose• Induktion und Ursprung des menschlichen IchsDas Buch eröffnet die Möglichkeit, Husserls Phänomenologie jenseits einer Metaphysik der Präsenz zu verstehen. Zudem leisten D'Angelos Einzeluntersuchungen einen Beitrag zu aktuellen Diskussionen in der Philosophie der leiblichen Kognition. – Eine hilfreiche Leseempfehlung für • Interessierte Themenneulinge • Bachelor- und Masterstudenten der Geisteswissenschaften• Hochschulabsolventen sowie Forschungswissenschaftler
Zeichen und Sprache im Mathematikunterricht: Semiotik In Theorie Und Praxis
by Gert KadunzDieser Band stellt unterschiedliche Aspekte von und Überlegungen zum Lehren und Lernen von Mathematik aus der Position der Peirce´schen Semiotik vor. Dabei zeigen die hier vorliegenden Beiträge die Flexibilität dieses Werkzeuges sowohl aus praktischer als auch aus theoretischer Sicht.
Zehou Li and the Aesthetics of Educational Maturity: A Transcultural Reading (New Directions in the Philosophy of Education)
by Flora Liuying WeiThis book articulates a unique conception of aesthetic educational philosophy and its relation to the Chinese world, drawing on the works of the prominent contemporary Chinese philosopher Zehou Li. The book outlines an aesthetics approach to educational maturity that recognises both the contributions of Western Enlightenment ideals and Chinese traditions, paving the way for an inclusive and post-comparative philosophy. It offers a nuanced discussion of Zehou Li’s thought and how his work can be framed at the border between traditional and modern China, between China and the West. The book combines a discussion of aesthetics with educational theory and considers their combined implications for educational practice (in particular in the first-person perspectives of students, parents, and teachers), in both local and global contexts. Providing a way of doing philosophy of education that carefully considers interactions and overlaps between Western and Chinese civilisation, the book will be of great interest to researchers, academics and postgraduate students in the fields of educational philosophy, educational theory, Chinese and cross-cultural philosophy.
Zehn Weisheiten der Psychotherapie: Ein Lesebuch über die Erkenntnis psychotherapeutischen Denkens
by Maria Kurz-AdamDie Weisheiten der Psychotherapie fassen das Wissen und die Erkenntnis zusammen, die das psychotherapeutische Denken in seiner Geschichte gesammelt hat. Sie befassen sich mit der Angst vor dem Leben und dem Tod, mit der Erfahrung des Verlusts, dem Gefühl eines Scheiterns und der persönlichen Wertlosigkeit. Sie kennen aber ebenso die Kraft unseres Denkens, die Sprache unseres Körpers, die Kraft unserer Wünsche, unsere lebenslange Auseinandersetzung mit Verboten und dem Zwang zum Erfolg, sie wissen etwas über die Schönheit und den Preis der Freiheit.Dieses Lesebuch für angehende Psychotherapeut*innen, aber auch alle an Psychotherapie Interessierte, versammelt in einer Reise durch die Denkformen und Traditionen der Psychotherapie eine Reihe dieser Weisheiten, die auch heute überall dort zu finden sind, wo sich Menschen in einer helfenden Beziehung begegnen, und die Menschen in jeder Lebenskrise berühren können und Hilfe bieten.Einige dieser Weisheiten stammen von berühmten Psychotherapeuten (Sigmund Freud, Carl Rogers, Viktor Frankl, Otto Kernberg). Ebenso aber finden sich Weisheiten, die aus der langjährigen Erfahrung der Therapie geformt sind (Marie Cardinal, Thomas Melle), oder die sich ganz einer umgrenzten Lebensphase gewidmet haben (Margaret Mahler). Nicht zuletzt blickt die Auswahl auf die Vorgeschichte der Psychotherapie zurück, in der die heilende Kraft der Natur des Menschen und die Kraft der Gelassenheit entdeckt wurden (Meister Eckhart, Franz Anton Mesmer).
Zeely: Zeely / The House Of Dies Drear / The Planet Of Junior Brown / M. C. Higgins, The Great / Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
by Virginia HamiltonElizabeth and her brother live on a farm for a summer—and learn a whole new way of living and dreamingElizabeth likes to invent stories. When she travels to her uncle&’s farm for a summer, she starts by making up new names for herself and her younger brother: &“Geeder&” and &“Toeboy.&” As &“Geeder&” explores the farm on her own and with her brother, she encounters mysteries that capture her imagination, among them a tall, proud woman who looks just like an African queen that Elizabeth has read about in a magazine. Elizabeth spins tales about the people and places around her, but she comes to realize that sometimes the truth is more interesting than make-believe.
Zeely Zebra: Long Vowel E (Let's Read Together ®)
by Barbara deRubertisLet&’s Read Together books merge rhyme and vowel sounds in delightfully zany stories kids will want to read again and again. Each of the 15 books in this classic series by award-winning author/educator Barbara deRubertis will give your child a jumpstart on reading success."Story lines are silly and inventive, and recall Dr. Seuss&’s Cat in the Hat for the building of rhythm and rhyming words." —School Library JournalZeely Zebra dreams of making the All Star Racing Team; how will she achieve her goal? (This easy-to-read story features the long &“e&” vowel sound.)
Zee's Way (Orca Soundings)
by Kristin ButcherZee is torn between making a statement with graffiti and making art. (RL3.2)
Zee Zee Does it Anyway: A Story About Down Syndrome And Determination
by Dr Vona B. ShodjaZee Zee Does It Anyway is a story about a determined girl who happens to have Down syndrome. But does she let that stop her? No way! First, she introduces readers to the meaning of Down syndrome, and how it is not anything to fear. It is easy to fall in love with her fun-loving personality as she proves that even though her disability makes her seem different from other kids her age, she is actually quite a bit like them. She describes her favorite foods, participates in her hobbies, and declares her goals and dreams. Readers will learn that, just like other kids, with a little help from a few special people, Zee Zee can do anything she sets her mind to!
Zed: A Novel
by Joanna KavennaFrom the winner of the Orange Award for New Writing comes a blistering, satirical novel about life under a global media and tech corporation that knows exactly what we think, what we want, and what we do—before we do. One corporation has made a perfect world based on a perfect algorithm . . . now what to do with all these messy people? Lionel Bigman is dead. Murdered by a robot. Guy Matthias, the philandering founder and CEO of the mega-corporation Beetle, insists it was human error. But was it? Either the predictive algorithms of Beetle's supposedly omniscient 'lifechain' don't work, or, they've been hacked. Both scenarios are impossible to imagine and signal the end of Beetle's technotopia and life as we know it. Dazzlingly original and darkly comic, Zed asks profound questions about who we are, what we owe to one another, and what makes us human. It describes our moment—the ugliness and the beauty—perfectly. Kavenna is a prophet who has seen deeply into the present—and thrown back her head and laughed.
Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend
by Lance RubinAcclaimed author Lance Rubin makes his middle grade debut with a hilariously terrifying, terrifyingly hilarious story of a boy who gets more than he bargained for when he creates an A.I. best friend. Zed Moonstein is terrible at making friends.For the most part, though, that’s not such a big deal, because Zed has Rishti, his best friend and the only one he needs. They’re into the same stuff, they laugh at the same weird jokes, and they love living in MonoTown, the home of MonoLyth, the raddest tech company in the world. Even better, Zed’s mom works at MonoLyth, which means they get early access to all the newest devices and apps.But since middle school started, things have been . . . trickier. Rishti and Zed are in all different classes, and worse, she’s made a new, cooler friend that Zed can’t seem to compete with. Zed feels left behind, forgotten in a drawer like last year’s MonoPhone.That’s when Zed comes across something on his mom’s work computer: a top secret new app called MonoFriend. Soon, Zed is chatting with “Matt.” Matt is funny, he’s smart, and he knows Zed better than anyone else, even Rishti.Maybe, Zed thinks, an A.I. best friend can be just as “real” as any other.Unfortunately, he’s about to discover that he’s more right than he knows.
Zed Attack Proxy Cookbook: Hacking tactics, techniques, and procedures for testing web applications and APIs
by Ryan Soper Nestor N Torres Ahmed AlmoailuDive into security testing and web app scanning with ZAP, a powerful OWASP security toolPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesMaster ZAP to protect your systems from different cyber attacksLearn cybersecurity best practices using this step-by-step guide packed with practical examplesImplement advanced testing techniques, such as XXE attacks and Java deserialization, on web applicationsBook DescriptionMaintaining your cybersecurity posture in the ever-changing, fast-paced security landscape requires constant attention and advancements. This book will help you safeguard your organization using the free and open source OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) tool, which allows you to test for vulnerabilities and exploits with the same functionality as a licensed tool. Zed Attack Proxy Cookbook contains a vast array of practical recipes to help you set up, configure, and use ZAP to protect your vital systems from various adversaries. If you're interested in cybersecurity or working as a cybersecurity professional, this book will help you master ZAP. You'll start with an overview of ZAP and understand how to set up a basic lab environment for hands-on activities over the course of the book. As you progress, you'll go through a myriad of step-by-step recipes detailing various types of exploits and vulnerabilities in web applications, along with advanced techniques such as Java deserialization. By the end of this ZAP book, you'll be able to install and deploy ZAP, conduct basic to advanced web application penetration attacks, use the tool for API testing, deploy an integrated BOAST server, and build ZAP into a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline.What you will learnInstall ZAP on different operating systems or environmentsExplore how to crawl, passively scan, and actively scan web appsDiscover authentication and authorization exploitsConduct client-side testing by examining business logic flawsUse the BOAST server to conduct out-of-band attacksUnderstand the integration of ZAP into the final stages of a CI/CD pipelineWho this book is forThis book is for cybersecurity professionals, ethical hackers, application security engineers, DevSecOps engineers, students interested in web security, cybersecurity enthusiasts, and anyone from the open source cybersecurity community looking to gain expertise in ZAP. Familiarity with basic cybersecurity concepts will be helpful to get the most out of this book.
Zed
by Elizabeth McclungZed is having a bad day. She's 12 and there's someone around who's killing kids, which she doesn't have time for. Already today, she's knifed a rapist, traded with half the drunks and addicts in town, talked to the dead, bargained with a sociopath, and extracted crucial information from a mental patient, and she hasn't even left the building. Welcome to The Tower, an urban development project no city wants to lay claim to; a place to steer clear of if at all possible, but if you can't, you'll fit right in. This vivid, claustrophobic novel is about madness, survival, and crumbling institutions, in the spirit of J.G. Ballard's High Rise or Iain Banks' The Wasp Factory.
Zecken, Milben, Fliegen, Schaben ...: Schach dem Ungeziefer
by Heinz Mehlhorn Birgit MehlhornDieser bewährte Retter vor Ungeziefer hat schon unzähligen Lesern geholfen, sich von den ungebetenen Gästen wieder zu befreien. Mit dem farbigen, anschaulichen Ratgeber erhalten Sie alle Informationen, um Schädlinge zu erkennen und erfolgreich zu bekämpfen und Stich- oder Bißwunden gezielt zu behandeln. Das praktische Glossar zum Nachschlagen ist eine schnelle Orientierungshilfe.
Zechariah- Everyman's Bible Commentary (Everyman's Bible Commentaries)
by Carl LaneyZechariah, written to encourage the remnant of Israel struggling to follow the Lord, looks ahead to the eventual triumph of God's people and the coming of the Messiah. It contains many prophecies about Messiah, His life on earth, His millennial reign, and the salvation He would bring--so many in fact that it has been called the "Revelation of the Old Testament."In this easy-to-read, easy-to-use commentary, J. Carl Laney takes you through these prophecies carefully, giving you guidelines for interpreting apocalyptic literature and enriching your understanding of the times in which Zechariah lived. With this Everyman's Bible Commentary as your guide, you can discover rich truths about the Lord Jesus Christ found in the minor prophets. Use it in your personal study or as the basis of group or Sunday school study.
Zechariah- Everyman's Bible Commentary (Everyman's Bible Commentaries)
by Carl LaneyZechariah, written to encourage the remnant of Israel struggling to follow the Lord, looks ahead to the eventual triumph of God's people and the coming of the Messiah. It contains many prophecies about Messiah, His life on earth, His millennial reign, and the salvation He would bring--so many in fact that it has been called the "Revelation of the Old Testament."In this easy-to-read, easy-to-use commentary, J. Carl Laney takes you through these prophecies carefully, giving you guidelines for interpreting apocalyptic literature and enriching your understanding of the times in which Zechariah lived. With this Everyman's Bible Commentary as your guide, you can discover rich truths about the Lord Jesus Christ found in the minor prophets. Use it in your personal study or as the basis of group or Sunday school study.
Zecharia Sitchin and the Extraterrestrial Origins of Humanity
by M. J. EvansAn in-depth analysis of Sitchin’s revelations about the Anunnaki, early humanity, and Earth’s future• Examines Sitchin’s research into the Anunnaki arrival on Earth, the lineage of the Nefilim, their space travel technology, and their creation of modern humans• Written by longtime Sitchin friend and colleague M. J. Evans, Ph.D., and draws upon her research and personal discussions with Sitchin• Explores the lust and lovemaking relationships of the Nefilim and suggests we inherited our warlike and love making tendencies from themKnown for his provocative interpretations of ancient Sumerian and Akkadian clay tablets, Zecharia Sitchin (1920-2010) read the words of our most ancient ancestors as fact and, through decades of meticulous research, showed that these ancient tablets revealed a coherent narrative about the extraterrestrial inhabitants of Earth and the origins of modern humanity.Drawing upon her many conversations with Zecharia Sitchin over nearly 20 years, M. J. Evans, Ph.D., longtime Sitchin friend and colleague, provides an in-depth analysis of Sitchin’s revelations about the Anunnaki, focusing on Anunnaki activities on Earth and Earth’s future. She explores the genesis of Sitchin’s interest in the Nefilim, the leaders of the Anunnaki, and the controversy caused by the publication of Sitchin’s first book, The 12th Planet. She examines Sitchin’s research into the Nefilim family tree, the Anunnaki arrival on Earth to mine gold to repair the atmosphere on their planet, Nibiru, and their creation of modern humans as workers for their mines and to build their civilization on Earth. She shows how, in the context of 21st-century technological capabilities, Sitchin’s work casts a different light on ancient events, with implications for our future. The author reveals the details of the love and lust proclivities of the Nefilim gods Anu, Enlil, and Enki and the goddess Ishtar/Inanna and shows how we inherited these tendencies from our Anunnaki creators as well as their use of war for problem solving.Concluding with an examination of Sitchin’s prediction of a nuclear event on Earth in 2024 AD, she shows how we would be repeating the aggressive warlike behaviors of our Anunnaki creators, who may very well become our saviors when Nibiru next returns to our solar system.
Zecca: The Mint of Venice in the Middle Ages
by Alan M. StahlWinner of the Professional/Scholarly Publishing Award in Economics from the Association of American PublishersWithin a few months of assuming the position of curator of medieval coins at the American Numismatic Society in 1980, Alan M. Stahl was presented with a plastic bag containing a hoard of 5,000 recently discovered coins, most of which turned out to be from medieval Venice. The course of study of that hoard (and a later one containing more than 14,000 coins) led him to the Venetian archives, where he examined thousands of unpublished manuscripts. To provide an even more accurate account of how the Zecca mint operated in Venice in the thirteenth through fifteenth centuries, Stahl commissioned scientific analyses of the coins using a variety of modern techniques, uncovering information about their content and how they had been manufactured. The resulting book, Zecca: The Mint of Venice in the Middle Ages, is the first to examine the workings of a premodern mint using extensive research in original documents as well as detailed study of the coins themselves. The first of the book's three sections traces the coinage of Venice from its origins in the ninth century as a minor, and unofficial, regional Italian coinage to its position at the dawn of the Renaissance as the dominant currency of Mediterranean trade. The second section, entitled "The Mint in the Life of Medieval Venice," illustrates the mechanisms of the control of bullion and the strategies for mint profit and explores the mint's role in Venetian trade and the emergence of a bureaucratized government. The third section, "Within the Mint," examines the physical operations that transformed raw bullion into coins and identifies the personnel of the mint, situating the holders of each position in the context of their social and professional backgrounds.Illustrated with photos of Venetian coinage from the world's major collections, Zecca also includes a listing of all holders of offices related to the medieval Venetian mint and summaries of all major finds of medieval Venetian coins.
Zebratown
by Greg DonaldsonEight years in the making, this edgy, in-depth account follows a black felon’s attempt to find a new life for himself with a white woman in a small-town neighborhood where—as the book’s title implies—such relationships are common. A remarkably intense read, Zebratown reveals a rhythm of life spiked with violence, betrayal, sex, and the emotional dangers created by passionate love. Greg Donaldson’s Zebratown follows the life of Kevin Davis, an ex-con from Brownsville, Brooklyn, who, after his release from prison, moves to Elmira, New York, and takes up with Karen, a young woman with a six-year-old daughter. Kevin is seemingly the embodiment of hip-hop gangsterism—a heavily muscled, feared thug who has beaten a murder rap. And yet, as Donaldson’s stunning reportage reveals, Kevin has survived on the streets and in prison with a sharp intelligence and a rigid code of practical morality and physical fitness while yearning to make a better life for himself and be a better man. Month by month and year by year, Donaldson follows Kevin and Karen’s attempt to make a home together, a quest made harder by Kevin’s difficulty finding legal employment. The dangerous lures of the street remain for him, both in New York City and in Zebratown, and he is not always successful at avoiding them. Meanwhile, as Kevin and Karen struggle, the reader comes to care for them, even as they act in ways that society may not condone. Theirs is a complex story with many moments of drama, suffering, desire, and revelation—a story that is frequently astonishing and unforgettable to the end. Like Adrian Nicole LeBlanc in Random Family, Donaldson explores a largely hidden world; such immersion journalism is difficult to achieve but uniquely powerful to read. In addition to spending long periods with Kevin and Karen, Donaldson interviews policemen, judges, family members, and others in Kevin and Karen’s orbit, providing a remarkably panoramic account of their lives. Relationships between white women and black men have long been a hot issue in American culture. Even years after the 2008 presidential election, when society has in some ways seemingly moved on to a "postracial" perspective, people still have a lot to say about interracial relationships. Zebratown takes us into the heart of one and offers the paradoxical truth that while race is rarely not an issue in such relationships, in the end, what transpires between a couple is intensely individual. Meanwhile, the difficulty that ex-cons have successfully reentering society is an ongoing problem—for them, their families, and the communities where they live. Zebratown makes this struggle real, as Kevin Davis confronts not only his criminal record and his poor formal education but the cruelties of the postindustrial economy. Both his and Karen’s stories resonate powerfully with twenty-first-century American reality, and in telling them, Greg Donaldson confirms his position as one of the most intrepid journalists at work today.