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Constructing Social Research

Constructing Social Research: The Unity and Diversity of Method, Second Edition is a concise, innovative text designed for Research Methods courses in the Social Sciences. The main goal of this Sociology for a New Century Series text is to show unity within the diversity of activities called social research. The first part of the book tackles questions like 'What is social research?' 'How does it differ from journalism, documentary film-making, or laboratory research in the natural sciences?' and ...

Folk Legends of Japan

Delightfully illustrated, this collection of Japanese myths and fairy tales presents readers with a rich folk tradition.Folk Legends of Japan contains of over one hundred Japanese folk legends. These have been selected by a distinguished American folklorist, drawn from expert Japanese transcriptions of oral legends, and carefully translated in such a way as to bring out the charming, unadorned, and sometimes disarmingly frank folk quality of the originals.Each legend is carefully annotated for the student, scholar, and a ...

Scottish Place Names

The Scots language is a world of wonderful, historic and evocative words, full of a rich variety that can fit any occasion. And where better to find this use of Scots than in the land itself. In Scottish Place Names Maggie Scott of Scottish Language Dictionaries takes you around the country from Dumfries to Shetland to explain the meanings of the place names that make up today's Scotland. Through a trip to Scotland's towns and cities, up and down the ...

«Seiner Leidenschaften Meister sein» - «In control of the passions»

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The Turks Today

Eighty years have passed since Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded the Turkish Republic out of the ruins of the Ottoman Empire and set it on the path of modernisation. He was determined that his country should be accepted as a member of the family of civilised nations. Today Turkey is a rapidly developing country, an emergent market and a medium-sized regional power with the second strongest army in NATO. It is an open country which attracts millions of tourists, thousands of ...

1909 Man - Journal of Masculine Interest

Only five years before the start of World War One, magazines such as: Modern Man – A Weekly Journal of Masculine Interest, offered the man about town advice on how to conduct himself in all manner of possible situations. In this collection of articles and stories from the year 1909, immerse yourself in the language and priorities of the time including: The simple, vigorous delights of country life, Etiquette: Card-table manners, Trespassing: A forbidden country sport, Getting sunburnt: A painless form of ...

The Hospital Revolution

There is no doubt that the NHS is very sick, possibly terminally ill. The cause of this illness is that it has a huge cancerous growth inside, sapping it of all its strength. This malignant mass is the management system.Just as a patient with cancer does not know for a long time that a disease is present, the vast majority of the British public is unaware of the true cause and extent of the sickness within the NHS.A ...

When Small States Make Big Leaps

At the close of the twentieth century, Denmark, Finland, and Ireland emerged as unlikely centers for high-tech competition. In When Small States Make Big Leaps, Darius Ornston reveals how these historically low-tech countries managed to assume leading positions in new industries such as biotechnology, software, and telecommunications equipment. In each case, countries used institutions that are commonly perceived to delay restructuring to accelerate the redistribution of resources to emerging enterprises and industries.Ornston draws on interviews with hundreds of politicians, ...

Demystifying Kashmir

The Kashmir issue is typically cast as a 'territorial dispute' between two belligerent neighbors in South Asia. But there is much more to the story than that. The Jammu and Kashmir state, home to an extraordinary medley of races, tribal groups, languages, and religions, makes up one of the most diverse regions in the subcontinent. Demystifying Kashmir argues that recognizing the rich, complex, and multi-faceted character of Kashmir is important not only for understanding the structural causes of this conflict ...

Istanbul, Rome and Jerusalem

Simon Sebag Montefiore, one of our most popular historians, and also presenter of BBC television series on Istanbul, Rome and Jerusalem, selects the essential cast of dramatic characters who built, destroyed or changed the three great Holy Cities. The creators of Istanbul: from the murderous visionary Constantine the Great to the ultimate power couple, Justinian and his burlesque-dancer-turned-empress Theodora, to Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Roxelana, all the way to Ataturk. In Jerusalem: from Herod the Great, who killed ...

Combinatorial Number Theory

This volume contains selected refereed papers based on lectures presented at the ‘Integers Conference 2007’, an international conference in combinatorial number theory that was held in Carrollton, Georgia in October 2007. The proceedings include contributions from many distinguished speakers, including George Andrews, Neil Hindman, Florian Luca, Carl Pomerance, Ken Ono and Igor E. Shparlinski. Among the topics considered in these papers are additive number theory, multiplicative number theory, sequences, elementary number theory, theory of partitions, and Ramsey theory.

Only Time

In 2007 Los Angeles, Shelly Nelson was scheduled to marry Alan Sanders in a week. But her friend Laura believed Shelly’s only marrying Alan for money of which Shelly denies. So after Shelly accidently time travels back to 1947 Los Angeles, she meets and falls in love with Andrew Ronin. After she’s stuck in 1947, Shelly realized that Andrew is her soul mate and wants to stay. But another rival for Andrew’s heart, Amanda, wants Shelly out of the picture ...

Monster High: Electrified

A fangtastic Monster High movie tie-in novel! When the ghouls discover that Clawdeen Wolf's big dream is to open a salon for monsters and Normies alike, they can't wait to make it a monstrous success! But while the ghouls are preparing their electric styles, Twtla, the daughter of the Boogey Man, spots Moanica D'Kay working on a shocking plan of her own. And with Frankie Stein's latest invention - a superpowerful battery - in Moanica's hands, the whole Normie World ...

Successful Property Letting

The top-selling book on making money from property investment and buy-to-let, now fully revised and updated.This comprehensively revised and expanded new edition of David Lawrenson`s bestselling book shows you how to buy the right property in the right location (including abroad), and how to maximise yield and capital gain - whatever the state of the market. It includes advice on:Getting the best possible deals from developers and private sellers, and at auctionsManaging issues such as tax, mortgages, ...

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The Pearl - A Journal of Facetiae and Voluptuous Reading - No. 14

This is the fourteenth installment of “The Pearl”, a pornographic magazine published in London by William Lazenby between 1879 to 1880. The magazine contained erotic tales, songs, rhymes, and parodies, all based around sex in high society, flagellation, and incest. In 1880, the magazine was legally forced to shut down due to the publishing of rude and obscene literature. Following its closure, Lazenby created two other similar publications, “The Oyster” and “The Boudoir”. Other notable works by Lazenby include: The Romance of Chastisement” (1883), “...

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Famous Americans in History | Inventors & Inventions | 2nd Grade U.S. History Vol 2

Why is it important to go back to history instead of just focusing on the present? The reason is because there is so many lessons that you can learn from the past! You have the vantage point of being in the present. You can study how past actions have yielded various reasons. You can choose to be like any one of these historic American men, if yo

The Millionaire Zone

When it comes to making a change in our lives, there is nothing more frightening than taking a financial risk--starting your own business, investing money, or making a career change.Not anymore.Now you can achieve your financial dreams without having to go it alone. By showing you how to stay in your comfort zone, nationally recognized financial expert Jennifer Openshaw eliminates the roadblocks between you and your financial rewards. This book will help you make the change you've always ...

Victory Over the Sun

The Futurist opera Victory over the Sun was a key event of the Russian avant-garde, notorious for its libretto, its unconventional score and its pioneering abstract sets and costumes. This volume brings together the first fully annotated translation of the libretto of this ‘anti-opera’ and other important primary source materials.