In this concentrated, intelligible, and useful introductory volume Stanley Porter and Jason Robinson give a splendid overview of hermeneutical and interpretive thought. Neither an all-inclusive survey that moves too quickly over the surface of complex issues nor a specialized volume on a single, narrow topic, Porter and Robinson\'s Hermeneutics provides critical analysis of major movements and figures

EAN: 9781531674946Antonucci David C.Arcadia Lib Ed

In the pre-reserve era, Aboriginal bands in the northern plains were relatively small multicultural communities that actively maintained fluid and inclusive membership through traditional kinship practices. These practices were governed by the Law of the People as described in the traditional stories of W sashk c hk, or Elder Brother, that outlined social interaction, marriage, adoption, and kinship

EAN: 9781736943144Hood JacobAscend Books 2022

pAround the turn of the twentieth century, and for decades thereafter, Oregon had the second largest Chinese population in the United States. In terms of geographical coverage, Portland\'s two Chinatowns one an urban area of brick commercial structures, one a vegetable-gardening community of shanty dwellings were the largest in all of North America.ppMarie Rose Wong chronicles the history of Portland\'s

Whether four-legged animals or two-legged humans, trails are followed and retraced by an assortment of creatures through the centuries on the easiest paths through the landscape. They were always on some type of mission whether looking for forage, food, water, or ports of call. Humans, from the 16th through the 19th centuries were most always on some military or commercial enterprise between destination

pThis very practical manual contains Che\'s clearest, most committed analysis of guerrilla warfare, the basis of the struggle of a people to redeem itself. He shows how a small band of revolutionaries, ill-equipped but flexible, inventive, and mobile, can use the massive strength of its opponents to overthrow a corrupt regime in armed struggle. Strategy, tactics, sabotage, propaganda, and intelligence

This book presents economic theories that seek to explain the prevalence of differentiated products in market economies. It uses these theories to derive market equilibria and to compare these to social optima for both horizontally and vertically differentiated products. The implications of product differentiation for market structure and power, strategic entry deterrence and international trade are

pZoe has split up with her boyfriend. Now, all she wants is to be safe, caring for small children in a Paris school. But a violent incident rocks her world, after which a colleague invites her to an idyllic Greek island to recover. While on holiday, she finds a wristwatch that that gives her such scary experiences whenever she touches it that she feels compelled to trace its owner. Zoe longs for peace

bAs fascinating and colorful as its subject, this visually striking celebration of Japanese food shows the importance of aesthetics in everything, from ihaute cuisine ito vending machines.b pIn Japan, where a meal is typically described as a feast for the eyes, food is a matter of national identity and heritage. iOishii!i which means \'delicious\' in English explores the aesthetics of the country\'s

This book presents a methodology to minimize the life cycle cost of a product based on the decision variables controlled by a reliabilityquality professional during a product development process. The relationship between product quality and product reliability continues to be a gray area due to the different nature of failures attributed to those two categories and a general lack of studies establishing

pBought will take you on a biblical adventure to uncover the ingredients of what the Bible has to say about how to manage finances - God\'s way. Financial systems facilitate the \'I want it now culture\' of today\'s modern society. But this so often leads to problems. Debt. Marriages suffering stress due to financial pressures. Inadequate savings. The addiction to materialism so often suffocates people

EAN: 9781606926611Nova Science Publishers Inc 2009

From the imagination of Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, comes the international bestselling series about the Grace siblings who find a mysterious handmade field guide in the attic of the ramshackle old mansion they\'ve just moved into.

pWritten in collaboration with the European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools ECLAS and LE NOTRE, iThe Routledge Handbook of Teaching Landscape iprovides a wide-ranging overview of teaching landscape subjects, from geology to landscape design, reflecting different perspectives and practices at university-level landscape curricula. Focusing on the didactics of landscape education, this fully

...Roxy is a hot, sexy woman unmatched with a gun... Roxanne Louise Doyle, Roxy is Lady Gunsmith, the daughter of Gavin Doyle. The early legend of Roxy Doyle begins when her mother is killed on a wagon train, leaving her father to raise and care for his little girl. Before her father disappears, he leaves his daughter to be raised by a Mormon family. At age fifteen, Roxy leaves her foster family to

pThe yearly Whoopee Cushion War is about to begin. Willa, the youngest of 7 siblings, has high hopes of winning the grand prize, her choice of dessert. She must be sneaky to eliminate each of her siblings, particularly Jack, the oldest, who manages to win every year. Can Willa outwit her family and finally become the whoopee cushion championp

pThis is a book about maps and globes, how they work, and how to use them to find places on the earth, both locally and globally. The amply-illustrated text introduces students to map scales, symbols, directions and grids and provides activities for building familiarity by making and using maps to find their way. It explains how to use features like hemisphere, latitude, longitude and coordinates to

Right after World War II, the United States felt secure in its atomic monopoly. With the American Pax Atomica in place, the free world held an apparent strategic advantage over the Soviet bloc and saw itself as a bulwark against communist expansion. But America\'s atomic superiority in the early postwar years was more fiction than fact. From 1945 until 1950, the U.S. atomic arsenal was poorly coordinated,

Born in England on June 22, 1966, Sriram had his early schooling in Madras and then in Calcutta. His bachelors in engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering in 1987, was followed by a masters in business administration specializing in marketing and advertising from FMS, Delhi University. Sriram then moved on to a varied career in marketing and advertising before joining his family business in