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E. M. Forster The Personal Voice

E. M. Forster The Personal Voice

Originally published in 1975 E. M. Forster: The Personal Voice draws on information about the life and works of E. M. Forster that came to light following his death in 1970. Exploring in particular the publication of Maurice in 1971 The Life to Come in 1972 and the Forster papers in King's College Library Cambridge this volume is an extensive study of E. M. Forster. It provides a comprehensive and detailed overview of Forster's work his intellectual and literary background his personality and the reception of his work. E. M. Forster: The Personal Voice places Forster's works in their social and cultural context and provides an excellent insight into his development as a writer. | E. M. Forster The Personal Voice

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Accounting for M&A Uses and Abuses of Accounting in Monitoring and Promoting Merger

Accounting for M&A Uses and Abuses of Accounting in Monitoring and Promoting Merger

Spending on M&A has in aggregate grown so fast that it has even overtaken capital expenditure on increasing and maintaining physical assets. Yet McKinsey the leading management consultancy reports that Anyone who has researched merger success rates knows that roughly 70% fail. The idea that businesses might be using huge and increasing sums of shareholders’ money for an activity that more often than not leads to failure calls into question the information on which M&A decisions are based. This book presents statistical studies case material and standard-setters’ opinions on company accounting before during and after M&A. It documents the manipulation of annual accounts by acquirers ahead of share for share bids biased forecasts of post-merger earnings by bidders and devices to flatter earnings when recording the deal. It explores the challenges for standard-setters in regulating information flows during and after M&A and for account-users wishing to learn from financial statements how a deal has affected performance. Drawing on a wide range of international examples this readable book is targeted not just at accounting specialists but at anyone who is comfortable reading the serious financial press is intrigued by what is going on in the massive M&A market and is concerned with achieving better-informed M&A. As such it might be of particular interest to business executives lawyers bankers and investors involved in M&A as well as graduate students interested in researching or learning about the role of accounting in M&A. | Accounting for M&A Uses and Abuses of Accounting in Monitoring and Promoting Merger

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Deconstructing the Talmud The Absolute Book

Deconstructing the Talmud The Absolute Book

This monograph uses deconstruction—a philosophical movement originated by Jacques Derrida—to read the most authoritative book in Judaism: the Talmud. Examining deconstruction in comparison with Kant’s and Hegel’s philosophies the volume argues that the movement opens an innovative debate on Jewish Law. First the monograph interprets deconstruction within the major streams of continental philosophy; then it criticizes many aspects of Foucault’s and Agamben’s philosophy rejecting their notion of law. On these premises the research delivers a close examination of many fundamental aspects of the Talmud. Consequently it provides a short history of Rabbinic literature a history of the dissemination of the Talmud from Babylon to Northern France and an analysis of Talmudic vocabulary from a deconstructive perspective. Each key concept of the Talmud is analysed according to the deconstructive dialectics between orality and writing. Closing with a comparison between the Talmud and Derrida’s most enigmatic text Glas the study argues that deconstruction dismantles the traditional notion of the Talmud to outline a new approach to Jewish Law. Reading the Talmud through deconstruction this new angle makes the volume an essential resource for students and scholars interested in Jewish studies continental philosophy and the Middle East. | Deconstructing the Talmud The Absolute Book

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Thinking the Greeks A Volume in Honor of James M. Redfield

Thinking the Greeks A Volume in Honor of James M. Redfield

This volume from an international and interdisciplinary cohort of scholars offers independent-minded essays about central Greek texts and about the relation of social theory and comparative method to the study of archaic and classical Greek literature. It is in honour of James M. Redfield whose innovative and theoretically-informed work has been a touchstone for the contributors; it includes an Introduction that discusses Redfield’s work as well as a complete Bibliography of Redfield’s scholarship. The volume is divided into three parts: on Homer; Plato in conversation with epic tragedy and comedy; and finally reception and transmission. An exploration of the dialectical relationship between literary genre and social form animates many of the essays. Drawing on work in anthropology linguistics sociology art history and philosophy this volume offers ground-breaking perspectives on the study of Greek literature. It will be an invaluable resource to students and researchers alike. | Thinking the Greeks A Volume in Honor of James M. Redfield

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Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Sergei M. Eisenstein's Work Cinema and Psychoanalysis in Soviet Russia

Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Sergei M. Eisenstein's Work Cinema and Psychoanalysis in Soviet Russia

In this insightful book Alberto Angelini shows the influence of psychoanalysis and psychology on Sergei M. Eisenstein one of the most celebrated Russian directors and his cinematic output. Angelini situates Eisenstein’s life and oeuvre in the history and culture of twentieth-century Russia drawing clear parallels between his networking with key figures such as Lev Vygotsky and Aleksandr Luria. He utilises the tools of psychology with the insight of psychoanalysis to illuminate the ways in which Eisenstein understood art as an anthropological enterprise while maintaining the same dialectical philosophy as the director in highlighting the many disciplines and figures that he drew inspiration from. Angelini also looks in depth at the influence psychoanalytic theories of regression had on Eisenstein’s approach to art while examining the impact Stalinism had directly on both Eisenstein and psychoanalysis at large from the 1930s onwards. This book is an essential resource for psychoanalysts students and scholars of film studies as well as those interested in the intersection between psychoanalytic theory cinema and the arts. | Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Sergei M. Eisenstein's Work Cinema and Psychoanalysis in Soviet Russia

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Pocket Guide to Mycological Diagnosis

Pocket Guide to Mycological Diagnosis

The Pocket Guide to Mycological Diagnosis provides useful and concise information for microbiologists and professionals diagnosing the most medically relevant fungal species. Cellular and molecular techniques immunological methods and more accurate microscopy equipment available in most mycology laboratories now make diagnosis more routine. Furthermore information regarding medical mycology including identification of specific fungal pathogens is widely available. This book helps mycologists address the emerging challenges of diagnosis. Key Features Succinct summary of fungal disease diagnosis Includes opportunistic fungal infections that can afflict immunocompromised patients Permits the identification of common fungal pathogens Reviews antifungal drugs Related Titles Ghannoum M. A. & John R. Perfect eds. Antifungal Therapy 2nd ed. (ISBN 978-1-4987-6814-6)Miyaji M. ed. Animal Models in Medical Mycology (ISBN 978-1-3158-9059-3)Razzaghi-Abyaneh M. M. Shams-Ghahfarokhi and M. Rai eds. Medical Mycology: Current Trends and Future Prospects (ISBN 978-1-4987-1421-1)

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The Essentials of M&A Due Diligence

The Essentials of M&A Due Diligence

How can you be sure you are buying the company you think you are? Are you sure it is as good as the seller says? How can you be certain unexpected costs and obligations will not suddenly appear once you are the owner and responsible for them? How best can you arm yourself for the negotiations? Have you worked out precisely what you are going to do with it once it is yours? How do you set the priorities for change to recoup the premium you have paid for it? The answer to all these questions and many more lies within a series of three comprehensive yet concise volumes by Peter Howson. The Essentials of M&A Due Diligence the first in the series is a must for anyone who needs to master the essentials of due diligence with the minimum effort and in the minimum amount of time. Straightforward and unbiased it sets out the fundamentals of pre-acquisition investigations showing which are appropriate and why.

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Emotional Development from Infancy to Adolescence Pathways to Emotional Competence and Emotional Problems

Emotional Development from Infancy to Adolescence Pathways to Emotional Competence and Emotional Problems

Emotional Development from Infancy to Adolescence: Pathways to Emotional Competence and Emotional Problems offers a chapter-by-chapter introductory survey of all aspects of emotional development from infancy to adolescence from delight surprise and love to anger distress and fear. Taking a chronological approach each chapter focuses on a specific emotion and covers the theories and research relating to its development from infants’ emotional capabilities to the changes in self-understanding and self-conscious emotions of adolescence. Hay integrates the approaches of classic developmental differentiation and differential emotions theory to create a comprehensive textbook with a unique approach to the subject matter showcasing a range of research linking emotions to biological underpinnings and early experiences. This wide-ranging book also includes coverage of differences in temperament developmental psychopathology emotion regulation and development of emotional understanding and attachment. It is core reading for students of developmental psychology health psychology child welfare and social work as well as anyone taking a course on social and emotional development courses. It will also be of interest to practitioners working in educational and clinical psychology and child psychiatry. | Emotional Development from Infancy to Adolescence Pathways to Emotional Competence and Emotional Problems

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The Routledge Companion to Mergers and Acquisitions

The Routledge Companion to Mergers and Acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are events that attract considerable interest from academics and practitioners and much research has been conducted into their impact on individuals organizations and societies. Yet despite all the existing research and the varied theoretical and methodological approaches employed there remains more to learn about M&As. The Routledge Companion to Mergers and Acquisitions takes a detailed look at this multifacted subject using a novel framework of four domains – substantive issues contextual issues methodological issues and conceptual issues. Drawing on the expertise of its international team of contributors the volume surveys the state of the field including emerging and cutting-edge areas such as social network analysis and corporate branding. This Companion will be a rich resource for students researchers and practitioners involved in the study of M&As and organizational and strategic studies more widely.

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Mergers and Acquisitions in Practice

Mergers and Acquisitions in Practice

The growth in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity around the world masks a high rate of failure. M&A can provide companies with many benefits but in the optimism and excitement of the deal many of the challenges are often overlooked. This comprehensive collection bringing together an international team of contributors moves beyond the theory to focus on the practical elements of mergers and acquisitions. This hands-on step-by-step volume provides strategies frameworks guidelines and ample examples for managing and optimizing M&A performance including: ways to analyze different types of synergy; understanding and analyzing cultural difference along corporate and national cultural dimensions using measurement tools; using negotiation due diligence and planning to analyze the above factors; making use of this data during negotiation screening planning agreement and when deciding on post-merger integration approaches. Students researchers and managers will find this text a vital resource when it comes to understanding this key facet of the international business world. | Mergers and Acquisitions in Practice

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The Cult of St. Anne in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

The Cult of St. Anne in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Dr Jennifer Welsh received her M. A. in Medieval Studies from Cornell University in 2000 and her M. A. and PhD in History from Duke University in 2004 and 2009. Her dissertation dealt with the cult of St. Anne in late medieval and early modern Europe. After four years as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the College of Charleston in Charleston SC she started working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Lindenwood-University Belleville in Belleville IL in August of 2014. This is her first book. | The Cult of St. Anne in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

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The Exclusionary Politics of Digital Financial Inclusion Mobile Money Gendered Walls

The Exclusionary Politics of Digital Financial Inclusion Mobile Money Gendered Walls

Focusing on Kenya’s path-breaking mobile money project M-Pesa this book examines and critiques the narratives and institutions of digital financial inclusion as a development strategy for gender equality arguing for a politics of redistribution to guide future digital financial inclusion projects. One of the most-discussed digital financial inclusion projects M-Pesa facilitates the transfer of money and access to formal financial services via the mobile phone infrastructure and has grown at a phenomenal rate since its launch in 2007 to reach about 80 per cent of the Kenyan population. Through a socio-legal enquiry drawing on feminist political economy law and development scholarship and postcolonial feminist debate this book unravels the narratives and institutional arrangements that frame M-Pesa’s success while interrogating the relationship between digital financial inclusion and gender equality in development discourse. Natile argues that M-Pesa is premised on and regulated according to a logic of opportunity rather than a politics of redistribution favouring the expansion of the mobile money market in preference to contributing to substantive gender equality via a redistribution of the revenue and funding deriving from its development. This book will be of particular interest to scholars and students in Global Political Economy Socio-Legal Studies Gender Studies Law & Development Finance and International Relations. | The Exclusionary Politics of Digital Financial Inclusion Mobile Money Gendered Walls

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The Law of the United States An Introduction

The Law of the United States An Introduction

The Law of the United States offers an introduction and overview of the American legal system. With an emphasis throughout on up-to-date case law and current literature it is an ideal first point of entry for students and practitioners alike and a starting point for further independent research. Professor Hay provides a concise and straightforward explanation of the law and legal vocabulary as well as an introduction to the different types of law and legal techniques. He explains the role of Congress the Executive and the Courts and clarifies the mechanisms behind the branches of public and private law in the United States. He introduces the reader to the complexities of federal and state law emphasizing that the many areas of public law and virtually all areas of private law are the separate law of the 50 States the District of Columbia and the (U. S. dependent) Territories in which common language legal tradition and culture have served to bring about a basic legal unity. Several private law areas (contract law torts family law succession) receive detailed treatment as do criminal law and procedure. The book provides detailed references to legislation case law and the literature up-to-date through early 2016. Four appendices present a detailed case study with commentary to aid the civil law reader in understanding of the case law system; the text of the U. S. Constitution (referred to in several contexts throughout the book); a geographic map of the U. S. federal court system; and information on the Legal Profession in the United States. | The Law of the United States An Introduction

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The Psychoanalytic Study of Society V. 14 Essays in Honor of Paul Parin

The Psychoanalytic Study of Society V. 14 Essays in Honor of Paul Parin

Volume 14 includes chapters on the psychoanalysis of political commitment (P. Parin); Jews and homosexuals as strangers (P. Parin); the analogous tasks of the psychoanalyst and the ethnographer (M. Gehrie); cultic elements in early Christianity (W. Meissner); Jewish apocalyptists (D. Merkur); creationist resistance to evolution (R. Graber & L. McWhorter); sacred objects and transitional phenomena in aboriginal Central Australia; and a review of the contributions of Paul Parin (D. Freeman). | The Psychoanalytic Study of Society V. 14 Essays in Honor of Paul Parin

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Basil of Caesarea

Basil of Caesarea

This unique volume examines the life and thought of Basil of Caesarea. Stephen M. Hildebrand brings together a lengthy introduction to his life and thought with a selection of extracts from his diverse works in new translations with each extract accompanied by an introduction and notes. This format allows students to better understand this significant figure in the Early Church by providing an accessible representative selection of his works in one concise volume making this an invaluable resource for students of Early Christianity.

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Comprehensive Reading Intervention in Grades 3-8 Fostering Word Learning Comprehension and Motivation

Comprehensive Reading Intervention in Grades 3-8 Fostering Word Learning Comprehension and Motivation

This book provides innovative tools and strategies to support reading intervention for students in grades 3–8 who do not yet read with grade-level accuracy. Uniquely comprehensive the Interactive Strategies Approach-Extended (ISA-X) has been shown to enhance intermediate and middle grade students' reading accuracy and comprehension as well as content vocabulary knowledge. Preservice and inservice teachers learn how to conduct assessments that help to identify instructional goals; monitor progress toward these goals; promote students' strategic thinking and motivation; and implement small-group instruction using thematic text sets on science and social studies topics. Numerous lesson examples and a thematic text set are included. Purchasers get access to a companion website where they can download and print reproducible materials from the book as well as additional Web-only lesson templates and assessments in a convenient 8 1/2 x 11 size. See also Early Intervention for Reading Difficulties Second Edition: The Interactive Strategies Approach by Donna M. Scanlon Kimberly L. Anderson and Joan M. Sweeney which focuses on supporting the literacy growth of beginning and struggling readers in grades K-2. | Comprehensive Reading Intervention in Grades 3-8 Fostering Word Learning Comprehension and Motivation

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UX Research Methods for Media and Communication Studies An Introduction to Contemporary Qualitative Methods

UX Research Methods for Media and Communication Studies An Introduction to Contemporary Qualitative Methods

A comprehensive guide to qualitative research methods in user experience (UX) the interaction between humans and digital products designed for media and communication students. Angela M. Cirucci and Urszula M. Pruchniewska provide an accessible introduction to the field (including the history of UX and common UX design terminology). Readers are taken through the entire research design process with an outline for preparing a study (including a planning template) a discussion of recruitment techniques an exploration of ethics considerations and a detailed breakdown of 12 essential UX research methods. The 12 methods covered include emotional journeys screenshot diaries walkthroughs contextual inquiry card sorting and usability testing with the chapter for each method including a step-by-step breakdown discussions of in-person versus virtual procedures and a What You Need section. Throughout the book useful parallels are drawn between traditional academic research methods and UX methods and special attention is paid to diversity and inclusivity. This is an essential text for media and communications students wishing to become familiar with UX research methods a rapidly growing field that will open numerous exciting career paths for graduates. | UX Research Methods for Media and Communication Studies An Introduction to Contemporary Qualitative Methods

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Authority and Meaning in Indian Religions Hinduism and the Case of Valmiki

Authority and Meaning in Indian Religions Hinduism and the Case of Valmiki

This title was first published in 2003. Can a text be used either to validate or to invalidate contemporary understandings? Texts may be deemed 'sacred' but sacred to whom? Do conflicting understandings matter? Is it appropriate to try to offer a resolution? For Hindus and non-Hindus in India and beyond Valmiki is the poet-saint who composed the epic R m yaµa. Yet for a vocal community of dalits (once called 'untouchables') within and outside India Valmiki is God. How then does one explain the popular story that he started out as an ignorant and violent bandit attacking and killing travellers for material gain? And what happens when these two accounts Valmiki as God and Valmiki as villain are held simultaneously by two different religious groups both contemporary and both vocal? This situation came to a head with controversial demonstrations by the Valmiki community in Britain in 2000 giving rise to some searching questions which Julia Leslie now seeks to address. Exploring the relationship between sacred text and religious meaning Leslie presents a critical text-historical study of the figure of Valmiki drawing on the sacred texts traditionally attributed to him: the V lm£ki R m yaµa and the Yogav si¹±ha R m yaµa both in Sanskrit. While identifying and examining the various strands of popular stories concerning Valmiki Leslie disentangles the earliest evidence for him from the narrative threads of passing centuries and considers the implications of that process. This ground-breaking analysis illustrated with paintings of Valmiki makes a unique contribution both to our understanding of the interlocking beliefs of many religious communities and to a greater awareness of the problematic relationship between sacred text and contemporary religious meaning. Invaluable to students of both the study of religions and South Asian studies this book will also be of interest to Indian communities in the diaspora seeking to understand their roots including (but not exclusively) the Valmikis. | Authority and Meaning in Indian Religions Hinduism and the Case of Valmiki

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Patterns Design and Composition

Patterns Design and Composition

In Patterns: Design and Composition M. A. Hann and I. S. Moxon present guidelines for the original design and composition of regular patterns alongside an understanding of the inherent structures of these patterns. Starting with the compositional elements Hann and Moxon take the reader through patterns in the environment early forms of patterns and aspects of classification based on circles squares triangles and symmetry. With 250 images sourced from past examples as well as student work this essential read for design students and researchers demonstrates how simplicity begets complexity in the design and composition of regular patterns. | Patterns Design and Composition

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Philosophy of Action A Contemporary Introduction

Philosophy of Action A Contemporary Introduction

This book offers an accessible and inclusive overview of the major debates in the philosophy of action. It covers the distinct approaches taken by Donald Davidson G. E. M. Anscombe and numerous others to answering questions like what are intentional actions? and how do reasons explain actions? Further topics include intention practical knowledge weakness and strength of will self-governance and collective agency. With introductions conclusions and annotated suggested reading lists for each of the ten chapters it is an ideal introduction for advanced undergraduates as well as any philosopher seeking a primer on these issues. | Philosophy of Action A Contemporary Introduction

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Early Intervention for Reading Difficulties Second Edition The Interactive Strategies Approach

Early Intervention for Reading Difficulties Second Edition The Interactive Strategies Approach

Grounded in a strong evidence base this indispensable practitioner guide and text has given thousands of teachers tools to support the literacy growth of beginning and struggling readers in grades K-2. The interactive strategies approach (ISA) is organized around core instructional goals related to enhancing word learning and comprehension of text. The book provides guidance for assessment and instruction in whole-class small-group and one-to-one settings using the curricular materials teachers already have. Purchasers get access to a companion website where they can download and print 26 reproducible forms in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. Of special value the website also features nearly 200 pages of additional printable forms handouts and picture sorts that supplement the book's content. New to This Edition *Incorporates the latest research on literacy development and on the ISA. *Describes connections to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). *Explains how to use the ISA with English learners. *Chapter on fluency. *Expanded coverage of morphological knowledge. *Companion website with downloadable reproducible tools and extensive supplemental materials. See also Comprehensive Reading Intervention in Grades 3–8 by Lynn M. Gelzheiser Donna M. Scanlon Laura Hallgren-Flynn and Peggy Connors which presents the Interactive Strategies Approach-Extended (ISA-X) for intermediate and middle grade struggling readers. | Early Intervention for Reading Difficulties Second Edition The Interactive Strategies Approach

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Financial Conditions and Macroeconomic Performance Essays in Honor of Hyman P.Minsky

Financial Conditions and Macroeconomic Performance Essays in Honor of Hyman P.Minsky

This collection of papers on financial instability and its impact on macroeconomic performance honours Hyman P. Minsky and his lifelong work. It is based on a conference at Washington University St. Louis in 1990 and includes among the authors Benjamin M. Friedman Charles P. Kindleberger Jan Kregel and Steven Fazzari. These papers consider Minsky's definitive analysis that yields such a clear and disturbing sequence of financial events: booms government intervention to prevent debt contraction and new booms that cause a progressive buildup of new debt eventually leaving the economy much more fragile financially. | Financial Conditions and Macroeconomic Performance Essays in Honor of Hyman P. Minsky

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The Crusades The Kingdom of Sicily and the Mediterranean

The Crusades The Kingdom of Sicily and the Mediterranean

In this collection of studies by James M. Powell two related centres of attention can be seen. One is the campaigns undertaken by western Europeans in the eastern Mediterranean chiefly in the late twelfth and thirteenth centuries - the Crusades - the reasons for them and manner in which they were organized and promoted. The other is the Kingdom of Sicily under Frederick II himself a Crusader and its society and economy including its Muslim population. A characteristic feature is the author's interest in ordinary participants and the attempt to get behind the generalizations of macro-historians to the extent that may be possible. | The Crusades The Kingdom of Sicily and the Mediterranean

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