In this stylistically simple, first-person tale of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." Through Meursault, Camus portrays a man who rejects the beliefs and life styles imposed on him by society. The events that lead to his ...
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First published in 1995, "The Nordstrom Way" is a classic guide to great customer service. This new book replaces "The Nordstrom Way" with an even more practical guide to becoming the Nordstrom of your industry. Designed for customer service managers and trainers, as well as business owners, it's an invaluable resource for designing your own ...
Treasured for centuries by karate's masters, The Bubishi was a secret text passed from master to student in China and later in Okinawa. Dealing with philosophy, strategy and medicine as they relate to the martial arts, it has been studied and taught from by all of karate's legendary masters. This English translation includes numerous explanations ...
Revised and updated, this third edition text is renowned as a classic reference guide to a subject which is of great and increasing significance to veterinary practitioners. The main section - Topographical Anatomy contains a logical, geographical breakdown of the organ systems, identifying key anatomical and histological features in regional ...
In this stylistically simple, first-person tale of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." Through Meursault, Camus portrays a man who rejects the beliefs and life styles imposed on him by society. The events that lead to his ...
The first collection of original contributions on American abolitionism to appear in a generation. The campaign to abolish slavery in the United States was the most powerful and effective social movement of the nineteenth century and has served as a recurring source of inspiration for every subsequent struggle against injustice. But the ...
The Short Oxford History of Italy series, in seven volumes, will offer a complete History of Italy from the early middle ages to the present and, in each period, will present the most recent historical perspectives on Italian history. This means setting Italian history in the broader context of European history as a whole. It also means ...
The first anthology of its kind, "The Radical Reader" brings together more than 200 primary documents in the most comprehensive collection ever assembled of the writings of America's native radical tradition.
Transportation Economics explores the efficient use of society's scarce resources for the movement of people and goods. This book carefully examines transportation markets and standard economic tools, how these resources are used, and how the allocation of society resources affects transportation activities. This textbook is unique in that it uses ...
When it comes to customer service, American retail giant Nordstrom is the standard against which all other companies are measured. Newly updated and revised, this text provides a candid and uncensored behind-the-scenes look at how Nordstrom has achieved its extraordinary success, with an annual revenue of $4 billion and an army of satisfied ...
Featuring original writings by the founders of some of the world's most popular karate styles, this volume includes untranslated texts by Miyagi Chojun, Mabina Kenwa, Motobu Choki - each of them founders of their own schools of karate.
This text attempts to halt and roll back the confusion surrounding the concept of international stability. It is based on the premise that if we cannot agree upon what constitutes a stable international system, then we cannot hope to create one. The aim of the book is, firstly, to understand why the concept of stability has been conceptualized in ...
War in the Balkans in the 1990s displaced millions, including nearly 20,000 refugees from Bosnia-Herzegovina to the American city of St Louis. This text looks at the impact of the war and the reality of "ethnic cleansing" in the life of one extended Bosnian family in St Louis.
Key documents illustrate the richness of the American radical tradition. Radicalism is as American as apple pie. One can scarcely imagine what American society would look like without the abolitionists, feminists, socialists, union organizers, civil-rights workers, gay and lesbian activists, and environmentalists who have fought stubbornly to ...
This study looks at Lowry's work, examining the ways in which acts of reading, writing and interpretation define his characters, and also at how they threaten those characters' sense of a coherent identity. The Consul in "Under the Volcano" is seen to embody Lowry's own anxiety.
James Joyce was a central figure of high modernism; Malcolm Lowry spoke for the next generation of modernist writers and, despite his denials, was almost certainly influenced by Joyce. Wherever the truth lies, there are correspondences and differences to be explored between Joyce and Lowry that are far more interesting than the question of direct ...
Treasured for centuries by karate's top masters, "Bubishi" is a classic Chinese work on philosophy, strategy, medicine and technique as they relate to the martial arts. Referred to as 'the bible of karate' by the famous master Chojun Miyagi, for hundreds of years the "Bubishi" was a secret text passed from master to student in China and later in ...
This work provides the current understanding of this complex disease, as well as standard and emerging therapies to improve both the quality and quantity of life for our patients. It reviews basic epidemiology, disease prevention, and emerging drug therapies. It reflects the much broader spectrum of treatment strategies that now includes surgical ...
The first collection of original contributions on American abolitionism to appear in a generation. The campaign to abolish slavery in the United States was the most powerful and effective social movement of the nineteenth century and has served as a recurring source of inspiration for every subsequent struggle against injustice. But the ...
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