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Book Synopsis Unorthodox Practices by : Marissa Piesman
Download or read book Unorthodox Practices written by Marissa Piesman and published by Nina Fischman. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think the real-estate market is a current craze? Welcome to New York in the 1980s, where the best thing about being obsessed with real estate is that, as a conversation topic, you can count on it to just naturally arise a bout every ten minutes. Nina Fischman mostly opts out of those conversa tions: She's too busy running down to Housing Court on behalf of her poverty law clients, and tracking down sales on sweaters that camouflage the hips. But Nina's mother, Ida, has a nose for the market, and that nose gets twitchy when old ladies in her neighborhood start dying, leaving apartments that have miraculously escaped what New Yorkers delicately call the cockroach problem. Over a nice snack of low-fat cottage cheese, she nags Nina into snooping around. And Nina is soon forced, reluctantly, to agree with her mother.
Book Synopsis Unorthodox Lawmaking by : Barbara Sinclair
Download or read book Unorthodox Lawmaking written by Barbara Sinclair and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Barbara Sinclair does an excellent job of showing how contemporary lawmaking departs from the traditional legislative process. I can′t imagine teaching a course on Congress without this text—it’s absolutely indispensable." —Philip Klinkner, Hamilton College Most major measures wind their way through the contemporary Congress in what Barbara Sinclair has dubbed "unorthodox lawmaking." In this much-anticipated Fifth Edition of Unorthodox Lawmaking, Sinclair explores the full range of special procedures and processes that make up Congress’s work, as well as the reasons these unconventional routes evolved. The author introduces students to the intricacies of Congress and provides the tools to assess the relative successes and limitations of the legislative process. This dramatically revised Fifth Edition incorporates a wealth of new cases and examples to illustrate the changes occurring in congressional process. Two entirely new case study chapters highlight Sinclair’s fresh analysis and the book is now introduced by a new foreword from noted scholar and teacher, Bruce I. Oppenheimer, reflecting on this book and Barbara Sinclair’s significant mark on the study of Congress.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Unusual and Unorthodox Healing Methods by : J. V. Cerney
Download or read book Handbook of Unusual and Unorthodox Healing Methods written by J. V. Cerney and published by Parker Publishing. This book was released on 1976 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is divided into sections. Each section is devoted to an area considered somewhat unorthodox in modern medicine today. The sections are as follows: Section I tells the story of those amazing "Z" zones that not only treat you, but can be used to diagnose your own problems. Section II is composed of healing agents called herbs, cell salts, raw juice and fasting. Section III has to do with physical therapy procedures you can use in your home, procedures such as somatherapy, the body cure, spinal concussion, percussion, vibration and aquatonics. Each of these sections, if you read them carefully with an open mind - and without prejudice - can give you a whole new concept about human care during illness. Unorthodox as these procedures may be in the light of "modern medicine," they will intrigue as well as astound you in their effectiveness when properly used.
Book Synopsis Unorthodox Methods by : Deborah Valentine
Download or read book Unorthodox Methods written by Deborah Valentine and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-11-14 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A touch of Margaret Millar . . . worth watching' Sunday Telegraph Sculptress Katharine Craig doesn't often get to Lake Tahoe, where she stays with her cousin, Jon Craig. This time, though, Katharine arrives just in time to be swept into a whirl of parties, mystery... and murder. A series of art thefts has the townsfolk doing plenty of speculating and Cousin Jon is right at the centre of the mystery. But when a local art collector is found gruesomely impaled on the piece of sculpture he recently had shown to Katharine, idle speculation turns to serious investigation. It seems Katharine was the last person to see the victim alive, and Kevin Bryce of the Tahoe Police has a more than passing interest in getting to know her better...
Book Synopsis Popular Religion in Russia by : Stella Rock
Download or read book Popular Religion in Russia written by Stella Rock and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-09-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book dispels the widely-held view that paganism survived in Russia alongside Orthodox Christianity, demonstrating that 'double belief', dvoeverie, is in fact an academic myth. Scholars, citing the medieval origins of the term, have often portrayed Russian Christianity as uniquely muddied by paganism, with 'double-believing' Christians consciously or unconsciously preserving pagan traditions even into the twentieth century. This volume shows how the concept of dvoeverie arose with nineteenth-century scholars obsessed with the Russian 'folk' and was perpetuated as a propaganda tool in the Soviet period, colouring our perception of both popular faith in Russian and medieval Russian culture for over a century. It surveys the wide variety of uses of the term from the eleventh to the seventeenth century, and contrasts them to its use in modern historiography, concluding that our modern interpretation of dvoeverie would not have been recognized by medieval clerics, and that 'double-belief' is a modern academic construct. Furthermore, it offers a brief foray into medieval Orthodoxy via the mind of the believer, through the language and literature of the period.
Book Synopsis Unorthodox Lawmaking by : Barbara Sinclair
Download or read book Unorthodox Lawmaking written by Barbara Sinclair and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most major measures wind their way through the contemporary Congress in what Barbara Sinclair has dubbed “unorthodox lawmaking.” In this much-anticipated Fifth Edition of Unorthodox Lawmaking, Sinclair explores the full range of special procedures and processes that make up Congress’s work, as well as the reasons these unconventional routes evolved. The author introduces students to the intricacies of Congress and provides the tools to assess the relative successes and limitations of the institution. This dramatically updated revision incorporates a wealth of new cases and examples to illustrate the changes occurring in congressional process. Two entirely new case study chapters—on the 2013 government shutdown and the 2015 reauthorization of the Patriot Act—highlight Sinclair’s fresh analysis and the book is now introduced by a new foreword from noted scholar and teacher, Bruce I. Oppenheimer, reflecting on this book and Barbara Sinclair’s significant mark on the study of Congress.
Download or read book Unorthodox written by Deborah Feldman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the author's upbringing in a Hasidic community in Brooklyn, describing the strict rules that governed her life, arranged marriage at the age of seventeen, and the birth of her son, which led to her plan to leave and forge her own path in life.
Download or read book Singapore written by Jason Lim and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-26 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 9 August 2015, Singapore celebrated its 50th year of national independence, a milestone for the nation as it has overcome major economic, social, cultural and political challenges in a short period of time. Whilst this was a celebratory event to acknowledge the role of the People’s Action Party (PAP) government, it was also marked by national remembrance as founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew died in March 2015. This book critically reflects on Singapore’s 50 years of independence. Contributors interrogate a selected range of topics on Singapore’s history, culture and society – including the constitution, education, religion and race – and thereby facilitate a better understanding of its shared national past. Central to this book is an examination of how Singaporeans have learnt to adapt and change through PAP government policies since independence in 1965. All chapters begin their histories from that point in time and each contribution focuses either on an area that has been neglected in Singapore’s modern history or offer new perspectives on the past. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, it presents an independent and critical take on Singapore’s post-1965 history. A valuable assessment to students and researchers alike, Singapore: Negotiating State and Society, 1965-2015 is of interest to specialists in Southeast Asian history and politics.
Book Synopsis No Way to Treat a Friend: Lifting the Lid on Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine by : Niall Taylor
Download or read book No Way to Treat a Friend: Lifting the Lid on Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine written by Niall Taylor and published by 5m Books Ltd. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Way to Treat a Friend is an informative and readable exposé of Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine (CAVM). Written in an accessible style and illustrated with stories and cases from veterinary practice about real animals, this book is a counterweight to the mass of ‘pro’ literature in existence which uncritically promotes CAVM without consideration of whether or not it works or could even be harmful to our animal companions. The book takes a close look at how thinking can go wrong and how animals can appear to respond to treatment even when it is ineffective. Individual alternative practices are examined including homeopathy, acupuncture, raw diets and the anti-vaccination lobby and we find out if their claims stand up to scrutiny. With a thoroughly scientific line, it is not an attack on different belief systems, but a rigorous analysis of the facts, and a consideration of typical CAVM arguments, as well as a helpful explanation for people who may be unfamiliar with what the various therapies entail. Following on from the several successful books questioning the use of complementary therapies in human medicine such as Bad Science, No Way to Treat a Friend looks at their use in veterinary medicine. This is a valuable resource for veterinary practitioners as well as lay people who are interested in popular science, animal topics, animal welfare and medical matters. 5m Books
Book Synopsis Distributed Creativity by : Eric F. Clarke
Download or read book Distributed Creativity written by Eric F. Clarke and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-12-13 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creative practice in music, particularly in traditional concert culture, is commonly understood in terms of a rather stark division of labour between composer and performer. But this overlooks the distributed and interactive nature of the creative processes on which so much contemporary music depends. The incorporation of two features-improvisation and collaboration-into much contemporary music suggests that the received view of the relationship between composition and performance requires reassessment. Improvisation and collaborative working practices blur the composition/performance divide and, in doing so, provide important new perspectives on the forms of distributed creativity that play a central part in much contemporary music. Distributed Creativity: Collaboration and Improvisation in Contemporary Music explores the different ways in which collaboration and improvisation enable and constrain creative processes. Thirteen chapters and twelve shorter Interventions offer a range of perspectives on distributed creativity in music, on composer/performer collaborations and on contemporary improvisation practices. The chapters provide substantial discussions of a variety of conceptual frameworks and particular projects, while the Interventions present more informal contributions from a variety of practitioners (performers, composers, improvisers), giving insights into the pleasures and perils of working creatively in collaborative and improvised ways.
Book Synopsis European Valuation Practice by : A. Adair
Download or read book European Valuation Practice written by A. Adair and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The variability of valuation practice within Europe is perceived as a problem within the globalization of property. This edited textbook examines the practice of real estate valuation in selected countries in Europe. The focus is on countries with well developed real estate markets in which both international and indigenous investors are active. The book is aimed at real estate professionals, financiers, institutional advisers, property researchers and students who require a greater understanding of comparative property appraisal techniques applied across Europe.
Download or read book Held in Trust written by Pascale Ghazaleh and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waqfs (pious endowments) long held a crucial place in the political, economic, and social life of the Islamic world. This volume, which evolved from papers delivered at the 2005 American University in Cairo Annual History Seminar, offers a meticulous set of studies that fills a gap in our knowledge of waqf and its uses.
Book Synopsis Sherpas Through Their Rituals by : Sherry B. Ortner
Download or read book Sherpas Through Their Rituals written by Sherry B. Ortner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1978-04-14 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Ortner examines the Sherpas of the Himalayas.
Book Synopsis Charismatic Practice and Catholic Parish Life by : Jakob Egeris Thorsen
Download or read book Charismatic Practice and Catholic Parish Life written by Jakob Egeris Thorsen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-02-04 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Charismatic Practice and Catholic Parish Life Jakob E. Thorsen offers a detailed ethnographic and theological analysis of the impact of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal on the Catholic Church in Guatemala and Latin America
Book Synopsis Journalism as Practice by : Sandra L. Borden
Download or read book Journalism as Practice written by Sandra L. Borden and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sandra Borden examines the moral and strategic implications of applying philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre's (2007) concept of a practice to journalism. She believes that MacIntyre's ideas can help us to understand what is at stake for society and for those in newsrooms everywhere who have made journalism their vocation.
Book Synopsis Aghor Medicine by : Ronald L. Barrett
Download or read book Aghor Medicine written by Ronald L. Barrett and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008-03-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ron Barett examines a range of Aghor therapies from ritual bathing to modified Ayurveda and biomedicines while clarifying any misconceptions about this little studied group and its unorthodox ideas about illness and healing.
Book Synopsis Reclaiming the Local in Language Policy and Practice by : A. Suresh Canagarajah
Download or read book Reclaiming the Local in Language Policy and Practice written by A. Suresh Canagarajah and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-01-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume inserts the place of the local in theorizing about language policies and practices in applied linguistics. While the effects of globalization around the world are being discussed in such diverse circles as corporations, law firms, and education, and while the spread of English has come to largely benefit those in positions of power, relatively little has been said about the impact of globalization at the local level, directly or indirectly. Reclaiming the Local in Language Policy and Practice is unique in focusing specifically on the outcomes of globalization in and among the communities affected by these changes. The authors make a case for why it is important for local social practices, communicative conventions, linguistic realities, and knowledge paradigms to actively inform language policies and practices for classrooms and communities in specific contexts, and to critically inform those pertaining to other communities. Engaging with the dominant paradigms in the discipline of applied linguistics, the chapters include research relating to second language acquisition, sociolinguistics, literacy, and language planning. The majority of chapters are case studies of specific contexts and communities, focused on situations of language teaching. Beyond their local contexts these studies are important for initiating discussion of their relevance for other, different communities and contexts. Taken together, the chapters in this book approach the task of reclaiming and making space for the local by means of negotiating with the present and the global. They illuminate the paradox that the local contains complex values of diversity, multilingualism, and plurality that can help to reconceive the multilingual society and education for postmodern times.
