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by Beate Ego, Beate Ego, Walter Dietrich, David M. Carr, Adele Berlin, Erhard Blum, Irmtraud Fischer, Shimon Gesundheit, Walter Groß, Gary N. Knoppers0, Bernard M. Levinson1, Ed Noort2, Helmut Utzschneider3, Jonathan Miles Robker4 ...

Translated by David E. Orton ...

This commentary sets the ancient Jewish story of Tobit within a broad tradition-historical context, analyzing the conceptions of angels and demons it contains, as well as its notions of ancient medicine, together with its understanding of the Torah. Presented along with this is a synchronically oriented interpretation of the whole text, which shows that the narrative should ultimately be ... Read more

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This commentary sets the ancient Jewish story of Tobit within a broad tradition-historical context, analyzing the conceptions of angels and demons it contains, as well as its notions of ancient medicine, together with its understanding of the Torah. Presented along with this is a synchronically oriented interpretation of the whole text, which shows that the narrative should ultimately be
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Mystery Writers of America Presents The Mystery Box

by Mystery Writers of America, Mystery Writers of America, Brad Meltzer, Jan Burke, Laura Lippman, Libby Fischer Hellmann, C. E. Lawrence, Joseph Finder, James O. Born0, S. W. Hubbard1, Joseph Goodrich2, R. T. Lawton3, Tom Rob Smith4, Mary Anne Kelly5, Tony Broadbent6, Steve Berry7, Angela Gerst8, Catherine Mambretti9, Stephen Ross0, Charles Todd1, Jonathan Stone2, Katherine Neville3, R. L. Stine4, Karin Slaughter5 ...

Narrated by various narrators, William Dufris6, Karen White7, Simon Vance8, Malcolm Hillgartner9, Scott Brick0, John McLain1, Kirby Heyborne2, Joe Barrett3, Donald Corren4, Bernadette Dunne5, R. C. Bray6, Robert Fass7, Kathe Mazur8, Stephen Bowlby9, Adam Verner0, Gildart Jackson1, Hillary Huber2, Jo Anna Perrin3, Richard Powers4 ...

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There's nothing more mysterious than a locked box. Whether it's a literal strongbox, an empty coffin, the inner workings of a scientist's mind, or an underground prison cell, there are those who will use any means necessary to unlock the secrets of The Mystery Box.With this anthology, bestselling author Brad Meltzer introduces twenty-one original stories from today's most prominent mystery writers ... Read more

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There's nothing more mysterious than a locked box. Whether it's a literal strongbox, an empty coffin, the inner workings of a scientist's mind, or an underground prison cell, there are those who will use any means necessary to unlock the secrets of The Mystery Box.With this anthology, bestselling author Brad Meltzer introduces twenty-one original stories from today's most prominent mystery writers
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ExoFrontiers

Big questions in exoplanetary science

by Nikku Madhusudhan, Scott Gaudi, Michael Meyer, Jessie Christiansen, Don Pollaco, George Ricker, Natalie Batalha, Magali Delieul, Debra Fischer, Sasha Hinkley, Arthur Vigan, Markus Kasper, Sascha Quanz, Sylvestre Lacour, Amaury Triaud, Drake Deming, Kevin Stevenson, David Ehrenreich, Matteo Brogi, Jayne Birkby, Aki Roberge, Avi Mandell, Karl Stapelfeldt, Heike Rauer, Luca Fossati, Peter McCullough, Ian Parry, Daniel Fabrycky, Ravit Helled, Alessandro Morbidelli, John Papaloizou, Ewine van Dishoeck, Edward Bergin, Mark Wyatt, Nadine Nettleman, Diana Valencia, Jonathan Fortney, Joanna Barstow Eberhardt, Julianne Moses, Adam Showman, Christiane Helling, Sergey Yurchenko, Jonathan Tennyson, James Kasting, Victoria Meadows, Sara Seager ...

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This book is a compendium of key scientific questions, challenges, and opportunities across different areas of exoplanetary science. The field is currently experiencing rapid growth, and the book provides a front-row view of the advancements at the cutting-edge of the field. Each chapter contains a short exposition on the most important open questions, challenges, and opportunities in a specific ... Read more

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This book is a compendium of key scientific questions, challenges, and opportunities across different areas of exoplanetary science. The field is currently experiencing rapid growth, and the book provides a front-row view of the advancements at the cutting-edge of the field. Each chapter contains a short exposition on the most important open questions, challenges, and opportunities in a specific
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Inclusion in Higher Education

Research Initiatives on Campus

by Kyhl Lyndgaard, Belen Benway, Chris Conway, Diana Fenton, Donald Fischer, Katherine Furniss, Tania Gomez, Janelle Hinchley, Jacob Jantzer, Thomas Kirkman0, Emily Kuffner1, Janna LaFountaine2, Kyle McClure3, Megan Sheehan4, Allison Spenader5, Sarah Schaaf6, Maria Schrupp7, D’Havian Scott8, Mary Stenson9, Claire Winters0, Brandyn Woodard1, Jonathan Nash2, Amanda Macht Jantzer4, Pamela L. Bacon5, Catherine M. Bohn-Gettler6, Emily J. Booth7, Kathryn A. E. Enke8, Emily K. Heying9, Mary Dana Hinton0, Madeleine H. Israelson1, Robert A. Kachelski2, Jennifer S. Kramer3, Rediet Negede Lewi4, Terri L. Rodriguez5, Richard M. Wielkiewicz6, Ted Gordon7, Stephen P. Stelzner8 ...

Inclusion in Higher Education: Inquiry-Based Approaches to Change presents an inquiry-based approach to inclusion in higher education that embraces scholarly inquiry, collaborative efforts, and data-driven interventions to inform transformative institutional change. Contributors analyze inclusion initiatives that address the experiences of minoritized groups on college campuses and recommend ... Read more

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Inclusion in Higher Education: Inquiry-Based Approaches to Change presents an inquiry-based approach to inclusion in higher education that embraces scholarly inquiry, collaborative efforts, and data-driven interventions to inform transformative institutional change. Contributors analyze inclusion initiatives that address the experiences of minoritized groups on college campuses and recommend
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A Melody Called Peace

Una Melodia Chiamata Pace

by Ellias Aghili Dehnavi, Professor Sam Fischer, Dr. Ziauddin Sabouri, Professor Willem Petrus Burger, Sayed Abbas Mousavi, Professor Paul John Amrod, Negar Gorji Mohammadzadeh, Moonchild Diva, David Harrs, Dr. A.Celestine Raj0, Manohar M.D1, Michael Stevens2, Bloomington Indiana3, Dammy Ipaye4, Emma Beverage5, Dinesh Sharma6, Maria C. Pires Costa7, Jeff Fleischer8, Matt Pocock9, Roger Mather0, Iohannes Silvaticus1, Michael P. Johnson2, Hebe Mitchell3, O Anna Niemus4, Marvin Brato5, Paul McCann6, Frank Bana7, Viola B. Jelinek8, Madison9, Shimon Weinroth0, Sonali Shah1, Francis Duggan2, Scott Johnson3, Faith wood4, Kristopher Scott5, Shrija Chavali6, Rajaram Ramachandran7, Fahmina Arjumand Misha8, Lovina Sylvia Chidi9, Barry Van Allen0, Tami Gee1, Elangovan Selvapperumal2, Robert Rampani3, Bonnie Collins4, Margaret Alice5, Uloia Norris Moore6, Bob Gotti7, Bernice Hooks8, Mary M. Coughlin9, ToddMichael St. Pierre0, Zoe Sem1, Patricia Cox Napoli2, Frederick Kambemba Yamusangie3, Carmela Patterson4, Michael Gale5, David Moe6, Fay Slimm7, Charles M Moore8, Dr. Tulsi Hanumanthu9, Tatianna Rei Moonshadow0, John L. Waters1, Jim Foulk2, Loke Kok Yee3, Alem Hailu G/Kristos4, Mj (Mark) Lemon5, Juan Alfaro6, Rodriguez Spien7, Albert Aguado8, Spencer Amador9, Galina Italyanskaya0, John Davison1, Jonathan Mcintosh2, Bharati Nayak3, Sayeed Abubakar4, Prof. Tzemin Ition Tsai5, Oliver Edgar6, Marco Angelo7, Rodrigo Sanchez8, Adalwin Schulz9, Rahman Nikolov0, Ryan Adams1, Argien Teyromov2, Angela Renalford3, Mitas Peskian4, Bruno Sirva5, Andria Tokolov6, Darja Silimov7, Tom Visilina8, Alexander Kimiye9, Mohammad Ibrahim Gorji Mohammadzadeh0, Melika Asaadi1, Ario Moradmand2, Azam Izadi3, Atefe Mirsaeedi4, Fatemeh Hosseini5, Maedeh Izadi6, Mahsa Mohammadi7, Mahsa Shahkarami8, Maryam Amiri9, Masoud Shams00, Melika Koleini01, Niloufar Koleini02, Fatemeh Raiesie03, Somayeh Avarand04, Elham Jafari05, Abtin Safavi Pour06, Narges Bagheri07, Golnaz Zolfaghari08, Azin Abedi09, Forough Esfandiari10, Zahra Bampouri11, Zohreh Maghsoodi12, Nima Khoramak13, Parnian Sharifi14, Zahra Hajian15, Mohammad Bagheri Dargah16, Mina Sharifi17, Ali Askari18, Mohammad; Ghanbari Barzyan19, Mahdieh Heidari20, Mohammad Taghizadeh21, Ehsan Faramarzmanesh22, Sayed Hamzeh Salehi23, Farshid Gorji Mohammadzadeh;24, Mahmoud Mohammadi25, Mahdi Amini26, Minoo Madani28, Samin Gol Tondar29, Sepideh Razavi Darbar30, Shiva Samadani31, Mehrnoosh Aboutorabi32, Hadi Ajili33, Roohollah Modabber34, Mohammad Matindoost35 ...

Translated by Ellias Aghili Dehnavi ...

We have experienced such enormous developments in different fields of science and technology, sending Space Shuttles to outer space and discovering the microscopic germs hidden in the textures of the elements; A Melody Called Peace is here to make such progresses in the very core of our hearts and to remind us once more that literature and art can bridge the souls of strangers and bless them with ... Read more

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We have experienced such enormous developments in different fields of science and technology, sending Space Shuttles to outer space and discovering the microscopic germs hidden in the textures of the elements; A Melody Called Peace is here to make such progresses in the very core of our hearts and to remind us once more that literature and art can bridge the souls of strangers and bless them with
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Drug Policy and the Public Good

by Thomas Babor, Jonathan Caulkins, Benedikt Fischer, David Foxcroft, Keith Humphreys, Isidore Obot, Peter Reuter, Robin Room, Ingeborg Rossow, John Strang, María Elena Medina-Mora, Jürgen Rehm ...

Illegal psychoactive substances and illicit prescription drugs are currently used on a daily basis all over the world. Affecting public health and social welfare, illicit drug use is linked to disease, disability, and social problems. Faced with an increase in usage, national and global policymakers are turning to addiction science for guidance on how to create evidence-based drug policy. Drug ... Read more

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Illegal psychoactive substances and illicit prescription drugs are currently used on a daily basis all over the world. Affecting public health and social welfare, illicit drug use is linked to disease, disability, and social problems. Faced with an increase in usage, national and global policymakers are turning to addiction science for guidance on how to create evidence-based drug policy. Drug
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A Critical Companion to James Cameron

by Adam Barkman, Antonio Sanna, Carl Sobocinski, Christian Jimenez, Elsa Columbani, Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, Fran Pheasant-Kelly, Ian Thomas Malone, Jonathan Fischer0, Michael Versteeg1, Patrick Zwosta2, Racheal Harris3, Sabine Planka4, Siobhan Lyons5, Alissa Burger6, Carol Donelan7, Mauritzia Natali8, Paul Johnson9, Russell P. Johnson0 ...

This book offers a comprehensive, academic and detailed study of the works of James Cameron, whose films include successful productions such as the first two Terminator films (1984-91), Aliens (1986), Titanic (1997), and Avatar (2009), but also lesser known films such as Piranha 2: The Spawning (1981), The Abyss (1989), and True Lies (1994), and a series of documentaries on the depths of the ocean ... Read more

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This book offers a comprehensive, academic and detailed study of the works of James Cameron, whose films include successful productions such as the first two Terminator films (1984-91), Aliens (1986), Titanic (1997), and Avatar (2009), but also lesser known films such as Piranha 2: The Spawning (1981), The Abyss (1989), and True Lies (1994), and a series of documentaries on the depths of the ocean
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Metapopulations and Wildlife Conservation

by Jonathan Ballou, Bradley Stith, Bill Pranty, Glen Woolfenden, F. Lance Craighead, Ernest Vyse, Rob Roy Ramey II, John A. Wiens, Philip Hedrick, Paul Beier, Michael Gilpin, Jennifer Rechel, Mary Price, Vdernon Bleich, John Wehausen, Walter Koenig, Jon Fischer, William Z. Lidicker Jr., Kevin McKelvey, Richard Merrick, Thomas Loughlin, Ann York, J. W. Fitzpatrick ...

Development of rural landscapes is converting once-vast expanses of open space into pockets of habitat where wildlife populations exist in isolation from other members of their species. The central concept of metapopulation dynamics -- that a constellation of partially isolated patches can yield overall stability to a system that is chaotic at the level of the individual patch -- offers an ... Read more

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Development of rural landscapes is converting once-vast expanses of open space into pockets of habitat where wildlife populations exist in isolation from other members of their species. The central concept of metapopulation dynamics -- that a constellation of partially isolated patches can yield overall stability to a system that is chaotic at the level of the individual patch -- offers an
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Theatre History Studies 2015, Vol. 34

by Alan Sikes, Andrew Gibb, Nicole Berkin, Megan E. Geigner, Heidi L. Nees, Sharon Marie Carnicke, Jonathan Chambers, Miriam Chirico, Jerry Dickey, Julia Fawcett, Iris Fischer, Brett D. Johnson, Emeline Jouve, Valerie Joyce, Keith Byron Kirk, Jenna L. Kubly, Martha S. LoMonaco, Scott Magelssen, Theresa J. May, Lance Mekeel, Beliza Torres Narváez, Tavia Nyong'o, Alexis Riley, Kristen Rogers, Cindy Rosenthal, Judith Sebesta, Meredith Conti, Kevin J. Wetmore Jr., Teresa Stankiewicz, Harvey Young Jr. ...

Series Book 34 - Theatre History Studies
Volume 34 of Theatre History Studies revisits the foundations of theatre, explores the boundaries and definitions of theatre, and illuminates how writing about the history of theatre is itself a form of historiography.The five essays are arranged chronologically, starting with Alan Sikes’s discussion of the Abydos Passion Play. Sikes challenges the long-held interpretation of that ritualized ... Read more

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Volume 34 of Theatre History Studies revisits the foundations of theatre, explores the boundaries and definitions of theatre, and illuminates how writing about the history of theatre is itself a form of historiography.The five essays are arranged chronologically, starting with Alan Sikes’s discussion of the Abydos Passion Play. Sikes challenges the long-held interpretation of that ritualized
... Read more
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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (Unabridged)

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by John Fox ...

Narrated by Janie Williams, Maria Christensen, Billy Collins, Jonathan Fischer ...

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9 hours 58 min

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is a 1908 romance novel/western novel written by John Fox, Jr.. The novel became Fox's most successful, and was included among the top ten list of bestselling novels for 1908 and 1909. Set in the Appalachian Mountains at the turn of the twentieth century, a feud has been boiling for over thirty years between two influential mountain families: the Tollivers and the ... Read more

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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is a 1908 romance novel/western novel written by John Fox, Jr.. The novel became Fox's most successful, and was included among the top ten list of bestselling novels for 1908 and 1909. Set in the Appalachian Mountains at the turn of the twentieth century, a feud has been boiling for over thirty years between two influential mountain families: the Tollivers and the
... Read more
Scientific Reasoning and Argumentation

The Roles of Domain-Specific and Domain-General Knowledge

Edited by Frank Fischer, Clark A. Chinn, Katharina Engelmann, Jonathan Osborne ...

Competence in scientific reasoning is one of the most valued outcomes of secondary and higher education. However, there is a need for a deeper understanding of and further research into the roles of domain-general and domain-specific knowledge in such reasoning. This book explores the functions and limitations of domain-general conceptions of reasoning and argumentation, the substantial ... Read more

$66.99 USD

Competence in scientific reasoning is one of the most valued outcomes of secondary and higher education. However, there is a need for a deeper understanding of and further research into the roles of domain-general and domain-specific knowledge in such reasoning. This book explores the functions and limitations of domain-general conceptions of reasoning and argumentation, the substantial
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Mystery Writers of America Presents The Prosecution Rests

New Stories about Courtrooms, Criminals, and the Law

by Linda Fairstein ...

Narrated by Cassandra Campbell, Paul Boehmer ...

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13 hours 37 min

Bestselling author Linda Fairstein, who "makes legal issues more exciting than any high-speed chase" (The New York Times), presents these thrilling stories of lawyers under pressure, criminals facing the needle, and heartbroken families who hope for justice and who sometimes take it into their own hands.In James Grippando's "Death, Cheated," a lawyer defends his ex-girlfriend against the investors ... Read more

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Bestselling author Linda Fairstein, who "makes legal issues more exciting than any high-speed chase" (The New York Times), presents these thrilling stories of lawyers under pressure, criminals facing the needle, and heartbroken families who hope for justice and who sometimes take it into their own hands.In James Grippando's "Death, Cheated," a lawyer defends his ex-girlfriend against the investors
... Read more

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