Born a member of India’s “untouchable” caste, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891–1956) faced discrimination even at a young age. In school as a boy, upon his return to India after attending Columbia University, and while traveling later in life, Ambedkar knew firsthand what it was like to be treated as an outsider. Determined to overcome the odds, however, he gained multiple doctorates, campaigned against social discrimination and the caste system, and went on to draft the Constitution of India, becoming one of the country’s foremost revolutionaries. Now, in a book Arundhati Roy called “unusually beautiful . . . unforgettable,” comes the story of a man whose experience continues to haunt India’s 170 million Dalits (considered untouchables), many of whom are still denied water, shelter, and the basic dignities of life. Joe Sacco, author of Palestine, calls Ambedkar “challenging in all the right ways,” and indeed, Pardhan Gond artists Durgabai Vyam and Subhash Vyam interweave historical events with contemporary incidents to infuse fresh energy into the graphic idiom through their magical art.

Esiste una nuova specie di tiranni che non ha nulla a che vedere con i dittatori del passato. Hanno una faccia anonima, vagamente rassicurante, 'come la sagoma dei furgoni portavalori'. Sono vestiti in modo impeccabile, hanno capigliature curate, occhi svelti che osservano tutto, orecchie capienti 'come banche dati' e un'insaziabile brama di controllo. Dicono di essere esperti di economia e di politica, ma conoscono solo la legge del guadagno e decidono delle vite di migliaia di persone. Sono i profittatori. E questo libro è contro di loro. Questi scritti che John Berger ha prodotto nell'arco di quasi sessantanni (dal 1958 al 2012) riflettono la genialità e la ricca versatilità dell'autore, e spaziano con estrema naturalezza da articoli sulla politica recente (Bush, Sarkozy e Dominique Strauss-Kahn) ad appelli per la mobilitazione, da brevi scritti sull'arte e sulla fotografia ('La presenza sociale della donna' e 'Fotografie d'agonia') alle pagine struggenti tratte dai romanzi 'King', 'Una storia di strada' e 'Lillà' e 'Bandiera'. Acuto commentatore delle transizioni epocali del Novecento, dalla nascita dello stato di Israele al crollo del muro di Berlino, l'autore osserva con lucida partecipazione il percorso del movimento no-global e sottopone a una critica illuminante e caustica le guerre preventive degli Stati Uniti e il recente crack finanziario mondiale.

The NIV Greek and English New Testament is a parallel Bible, with the Greek New Testament on the left-hand page (using the text that underlies the NIV 2011) and the NIV 2011 on the right-hand page. The Greek text includes footnotes that relate to other Greek New Testaments, and the NIV has the footnotes readers have come to expect and rely on. Section headings are identical in both editions for easy reference.Additional features of the NIV Greek and English New Testament include:Side-by-side format (Greek text on one page with NIV on the facing page)Greek text formatted to match the NIV textSingle column formatWords of Christ in blackPresentation pageRibbon marker (leather edition only)Maps

The NIV Greek and English New Testament is a parallel Bible, with the Greek New Testament on the left-hand page (using the text that underlies the NIV 2011) and the NIV 2011 on the right-hand page. The Greek text includes footnotes that relate to other Greek New Testaments, and the NIV has the footnotes readers have come to expect and rely on. Section headings are identical in both editions for easy reference.Additional features of the NIV Greek and English New Testament include:Side-by-side format (Greek text on one page with NIV on the facing page)Greek text formatted to match the NIV textSingle column formatWords of Christ in blackPresentation pageRibbon marker (leather edition only)Maps

Distributed by International Publishers Marketing, this horizontal-format book showcases the black and white and color landscape photographs of Gary Freeburg, following in the footsteps of National Geographic explorer Robert F. Griggs. Selections from the photographs of Griggs' 1915-19 expedition to Alaska are shown in the first section, and throughout the essay sections of the book. The whole is finely produced by George F. Thompson publishing. Most of the book is filled with Freeburg's photographs. Each is given a full page with plenty of white space, and a facing page carrying small captions. The interspersed essays are by John Eichelberger and Jeanne M. Schaaf, and tell the story of the Griggs expedition, with meditations on the volcanic landscape. Griggs' original four-year exploration of this area was the result of the second-largest volcanic eruption in modern times, comparable only to the explosion of Kratatoa. It resulted in the formation of a new volcano, which drew the interest on the public and the National Geographic Society. The icy, steaming desert Griggs and his team documented in the first decade of the twentieth century, and Freeburg documents in the first decade of the twenty-first, is called the Valley of 10,000 Smokes. The Griggs expedition photos are remarkable. Freeburg has the skill to equal them without matching them. His palette of silver grays is similar, but his pictures look up rather than down on these rugged mountains. In the original photographs, steam appears white and human figures appear black, but both seem equally hazy and temporary. Freeburg offers a more monumental aesthetic. Contrasts between foreground and background, frozen in deep field, converse equally well in black and white or color, and all signs of life except the evidence of the photograph are absent. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

'Disorders of behavior represent some of the most common and disabling diseases affecting humankind; however, despite their worldwide distribution, genetic influences on these illnesses are often overlooked by families and mental health professionals. Psychiatric genetics is a rapidly advancing field, elucidating the varied roles of specific genes and their interactions in brain development and dysregulation. Principles of Psychiatric Genetics includes 22 disorder-based chapters covering, amongst other conditions, schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, Alzheimer's disease, learning and developmental disorders, eating disorders and personality disorders. Supporting chapters focus on issues of genetic epidemiology, molecular and statistical methods, pharmacogenetics, epigenetics, gene expression studies, online genetic databases and ethical issues. Written by an international team of contributors, and fully updated with the latest results from genome-wide association studies, this comprehensive text is an indispensable reference for psychiatrists, neurologists, psychologists and anyone involved in psychiatric genetic studies'--Provided by publisher.

A collection of poetic writings on photography and its practitioners considers such topics as the imagery of dreams, the statements and revelations of key photographers, and the media activities surrounding September 11.

A concordance is the first thing to reach for when you want to explore the Bible in-depth. Organized alphabetically, it's a word-by-word index of the specific Bible translation you're using. When you can't find a Scripture passage or verse you're looking for, turn to your concordance. It's absolutely essential for doing word studies, and great for topical studies as well. The NIVandnbsp;Bible Concordance was designed with practicality in mind. This streamlined adaptation of the Gold Medallion Award-winning Zondervan NIV Exhaustive Concordance provides essential information for practical and significant study of your NIV Bible. The result is a study tool that is both portable and extremely helpful. The NIV Bible Concordance features: - More than 50,000 references with contexts. - More than 2,000 exhaustive entries - More than 100 frequently occurring phrases, such as 'What the Lord says' and 'Son of Man', with thousands of references. - Special entries with descriptive phrases for more than 300 Bible characters. - Important persons with the same name are distinguished from each other. - More than 100 important King James Version words are cross-referenced to their New International Version equivalents.andlt;/

Figlio di un ricco commerciante livornese e della sua giovane amante nordamericana, G. viene concepito nel 1886, quattro anni dopo la morte di Garibaldi, l'eroe che ha incitato la nazione a diventare se stessa, l'uomo che a ogni italiano sarebbe piaciuto essere. Il suo apprendistato alla vita si svolge nella campagna inglese, affidato alle cure dei cugini materni Beatrice e Jocelyn, superstiti di una famiglia aristocratica decaduta e di una classe sociale in estinzione. Allontanato dalla madre e dal padre, condannato fin dall'origine al destino di chi non ha patria né appartenenza, G. incarna fino in fondo l'individuo contemporaneo in bilico tra libertà e solitudine, invenzione di sé e autodistruzione. Lo troveremo, raffinato involontario europeo ante litteram, nelle principali città degli stati-nazione degli anni a cavallo tra la fine dell'Ottocento e i primi del Novecento: Parigi, Milano, Londra, Trieste. Cosmopolita, poliglotta, innamorato di altrove, costeggerà con l'interesse freddo dell'osservatore distante i grandi rivolgimenti storici, politici, sociali, tecnologici della sua epoca, spingendo il suo sprezzo per la vita 'come ci è data' fino a morirne.

The celebrated author of such works as To the Wedding continues his exploration of the relationship between experience and expression, tracing the stories behind works of visual art including the mythological sketchbooks of philosopher Baruch Spinoza to counsel readers on alternate ways of seeing the world.

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Philip Johnson designed some of America's greatest modern architectural landmarks—most notably the Glass House. This new publication, with a foreword by Paul Goldberger and essay by Philip Johnson, presents an exclusive tour of the Glass House, its grounds, treasures, and patrons, and honors the legacy of one of modern architecture's most famous creations. 

Johnson's private residence on forty-seven acres in New Canaan, Connecticut, which opened to the public in 2007, preserves some of the most exciting innovations in the fields of architecture, art, and landscape design, executed under the tutelage of Johnson and partner David Whitney over the course of nearly fifty years. This book serves as a virtual visit to the modern masterpiece and its grounds. Included are photographs of the interiors and exterior facades, as well as snapshots of Johnson and guests on the premises. An introduction to the work of Philip Johnson, The Glass House appeals to visitors of the house and enthusiasts of modern architecture and design.

An innovative and engaging learning system for International Business.

 

Based on the authors' collective teaching and working experience–as well as discussions with hundreds of practitioners, students, and faculty–International Business: The New Realities is a complete learning system that seamlessly integrates cases, exercises, and videos. 

 

To reflect the major changes that have occurred in the global marketplace–due to the financial crisis, and change in dynamic among international business participants–this edition now includes extensive new and updated material. 

The sixties---perpetually referenced, rarely understood---are mostly myth and symbol now. . . . Insider Histories of the Vietnam Era Underground Press helps to rescue that iconic moment from its entanglements and its discontents, and from the lazy haze of nostalgia.

With this extraordinary book Ken Wachsberger has accomplished a deep and finely calibrated examination of an alternative media exploding onto the scene in the midst of an exuberant and turbulent uproar, voices that came alive in the service of peace and justice. . . . Different times demand different responses, but what Wachsberger captures perfectly is the spirit and the dispositions of mind that drove a talented and creative group of happy warriors to open every door they could find, to mount every barricade with love in their hearts and pens in their hands, to change forever the mediated landscape. Those lessons are eternal.---Bill Ayers, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Education, University of Illinois, Chicago

These volumes . . . force us to consider alternative media as a continuum, as a process of continual reflexivity. . . . This collection offers us a rich history of a crucial period of American life. It presents a compelling set of narratives that bring to life the development of the alternative press. Above all, the collection emphasises the vital connectedness of alternative journalism with everyday life.

This is an important collection. I do not say that lightly.---Chris Atton, Professor of Media and Culture, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland

Insider Histories of the Vietnam Era Underground Press is crucial to an understanding of the literary and political history of the 1960s counterculture movement. This valuable resource must stay in print, if only for academics who wish to study the amazing phenomenon of the alternative newspapers, put together by amateurs, that sprang up across the country in those fervent years. Wachsberger's material, largely in the form of 'how we did it' memoirs, is rich in personal histories and anecdotal details that are collected nowhere else.---Susan Brownmiller, feminist historian, author of Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape and In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution

These are excellent primary sources for researchers and storytellers engaged in the battle over memory of the sixties and the era's legacy today. Those who wish to forget the sixties already are rejecting its lessons, from the quagmire in Afghanistan to the drug wars on our border. The new generation who helped elect Barack Obama will need these lessons for what lies ahead.---Tom Hayden, Director of the Peace and Justice Resource Center, author of The Long Sixties: From 1960 to Barack Obama

Applied statisticians in many fields must frequently analyze time to event data. While the statistical tools presented in this book are applicable to data from medicine, biology, public health, epidemiology, engineering, economics, and demography, the focus here is on applications of the techniques to biology and medicine. The analysis of survival experiments is complicated by issues of censoring, where an individual's life length is known to occur only in a certain period of time, and by truncation, where individuals enter the study only if they survive a sufficient length of time or individuals are included in the study only if the event has occurred by a given date. The use of counting process methodology has allowed for substantial advances in the statistical theory to account for censoring and truncation in survival experiments. This book makes these complex methods more accessible to applied researchers without an advanced mathematical background. The authors present the essence of these techniques, as well as classical techniques not based on counting processes, and apply them to data. Practical suggestions for implementing the various methods are set off in a series of Practical Notes at the end of each section. Technical details of the derivation of the techniques are sketched in a series of Technical Notes. This book will be useful for investigators who need to analyze censored or truncated life time data, and as a textbook for a graduate course in survival analysis. The prerequisite is a standard course in statistical methodology.

The letters in the first part of this volume record that Rudolf Steiner was asked to give esoteric instruction immediately upon his appointment as General Secretary of the German Section of the Esoteric School of Theosophy in 1902. Soon afterward, he was appointed Arch-Warden in Germany and the Austrian Empire, with 'full authority to call meetings of the school, to organize groups and appoint wardens, and to do all that was necessary for the welfare of the school.'

Having thus preserved continuity (in this case with the theosophical impulse), Steiner began his work as an independent esoteric teacher, teaching from his own experience.

This volume collects and documents the outer circle of Steiner's esoteric work. Contained here, primarily in the letters, are specific exercises that he gave to his students. The lectures and circulars allow us to glimpse the birth of the anthroposophical movement out of the theosophical movement of the nineteenth century; and of special interest, there are the teachings concerning the 'Masters' and their relationship to the evolution of humanity.

Why does the Western world look to migrant laborers to perform the mostmenial tasks? What compels people to leave their homes and accept thishumiliating situation? In A Seventh Man, John Berger and Jean Mohr cometo grips with what it is to be a migrant worker—the material circumstancesand the inner experience—and, in doing so, reveal how the migrant is notso much on the margins of modern life, but absolutely central to it. Firstpublished in 1975, this finely wrought exploration remains as urgent as ever,presenting a mode of living that pervades the countries of the West and yetis excluded from much of its culture.