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With over 600 wide-ranging and informative entries, this dictionary provides the reader with an invaluable reference aid to all areas of Judaism.

Go straight to the heart of what social work is all about--and learn how to promote positive change by building upon the strengths of macro systems. In HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN THE MACRO SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT, 5th Edition, Karen Kirst-Ashman and Grafton Hull provide a comprehensive overview of the subject while citing real-world practice and case studies to illustrate theories and their application. They focus on empowerment--encouraging communities, organizations and groups to promote change from the ins...

Consuming Sport offers a detailed consideration of how sport is experienced and engaged with in the everyday lives, social networks and consumer patterns of its followers. It examines the processes of becoming a sport fan, and the social and moral career that supporters follow as their involvement develops over a life-course. The book argues that while for many people sport matters, for many more, it does not. Though for some sport is significant in shaping their social and cultural identity, i...

During his campaign against racism in South Africa, and his involvement in the Congress-led nationalist struggle against British colonial rule in India, Mahatma Gandhi developed a new form of political struggle based on the idea of satyagraha, or non-violent protest. He ushered in a new era of nationalism in India by articulating the nationalist protest in the language of non-violence, or ahisma, that galvanized the masses into action. Focusing on the principles of satyagraha and non-violence, a...

Post production for film and video is a complex and potentially confusing topic. Clear, accurate training in the tools of the trade is essential for anyone hoping to work in the business. An official Avid Learning Series Expert Level Guide, PRO TOOLS 10 ADVANCED POST PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES is the go-to guide focused on advanced operation of Pro Tools 10 in a professional post-production environment. Today's (and tomorrow's) post engineers simply must know the ins and outs of this popular software...

Nach der Wiedervereinigung entschieden sich die ostdeutschen Bundeslander und das wiedervereinigte Berlin fur unterschiedliche Schulstrukturmodelle. Mit dem Buch wird erstmals eine vergleichende systematische Analyse der schulstrukturellen Entscheidungsprozesse vorgelegt. In Kombination von akteur- und ideenzentrierten Perspektiven analysiert das Buch, welche Mechanismen die jeweiligen schulstrukturellen Entscheidungen erklaren koennen. Die Analysen beruhen auf Auswertungen von amtlichen und nic...

Save planning and preparation time with this flexible, ready-to-run bank of lessons that will develop the curriculum within your school.This bank of easy-to-use lesson plans is written by experienced teachers and examiners to support the revised Cambridge Primary curriculum framework. The lessons are based on the units of the schemes of work and model the teaching approaches in the Cambridge Primary Teacher Guides. They can be used to supplement an existing scheme or as a stand-alone resource.-...

SOE in France was first published in 1966, followed by a second impression with amendments in 1968. Since these editions were published, other material on SOE has become available. It was, therefore, agreed in 2000 that Professor Foot should produce a revised version. In so doing, in addition to the material in the first edition, the author has had access to previously closed government records, as well as drawing upon his own invaluable wartime experiences and the recollections of those involve...

The Ark of Speech investigates the interplay of speech and silence in the dialogue between God and human beings, and human beings and the world. Ranging from the Old Testament and its depiction of God's creative word to the New Testament and its focus on the life and words of Jesus as the Word of the Father, the book shows how important it is for the believer to listen to God and to others in silence and devotion.

Studying in turn the treatments of mental conflict in Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and the Stoics, A.W. Price demonstrates how the arguments of the Greeks are still relevant to philosophical discussion today.

Diese Arbeit entwirft eine konzeptionelle Verknupfung von Landeskunde und Lyrik als eigenstandiges didaktisches Konzept fur den Unterricht Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Dabei wird der Beitrag des Konzepts zum Fremdverstehen aufgezeigt, welches als ubergeordnetes Lehr- und Lernziel im Fremdsprachenunterricht fungiert. Die in der Didaktik des Deutschen als Fremdsprache neuartige Verbindung der viel diskutierten Bereiche der Landeskunde und Lyrik wird theoretisch entwickelt, empirisch untermauert und s...