By Amos Shapira M. Jur. (Jerusalem), M.C.L. (Columbia), J.S.D. (Yale) (auth.)

This booklet relies on a doctoral thesis submitted to Yale collage legislations institution in 1968. I desire to recognize my private gratitude to my tremendous­ visor within the writing of the thesis, Professor Ronald M. Dworkin, whose in­ attractions and feedback have conspicuously contributed to the current paintings. many times i've been encouraged via the information expressed by way of hirn either in own discussions and in his clash of legislation and Jurisprudence classes. it's been my privilege additionally to have had Professors Leon S. Lipson and Guido Calabresi as supervisors. i've got derived nice take advantage of their sug­ gestions. A clearly feIt appreciation is expressed to all 3 folks. a different debt of gratitude is as a result of the Yale legislations institution for the gener­ ous monetary aid prolonged to me. I additionally desire to list my indebtedness to the Hebrew college of Jerusalem and to Tel-Aviv collage for his or her monetary assistance. i'm tremendous thankful to Mr. Michael Reiss, '68 Yale legislation tuition for his major editorial guidance. thank you also are because of my spouse Ettie for valuable support and encouragement. ultimately, I desire to thank the publishers for his or her courtesy and cooperation. A.S.

By Andras Kornai

By John M. Drewes

By William F. George

The one collector's consultant and complete ancient reference resource for old electrical waffle irons and the application that made them. Profusely illustrated and with a relationship and cost advisor directory over 1100 types of waffle irons and grills made up of 1900-1960

By J. Karger-Kocsis

This multiauthor ebook reports the current nation of information on the producing, processing and purposes of neat, changed, stuffed and bolstered polypropylenes. a global team of prime specialists surveys all vital clinical and technical points of polypropylene (PP) in a concise demeanour. This publication, of an encyclopaedic nature represents an up-to-date and entire file at the synthesis, processing, trying out and purposes of PP and similar platforms (modified, stuffed, reinforced). every one key element is the topic of an articles that's offered in a manner to be able to even be helpful for non-specialists. The articles are grouped in alphabetical structure permitting the reader to discover the details wanted quick. the straightforward retrieval of the data is supported through a entire reference consultant in keeping with key-words.

By Rod L. Evans

Welcome to the bizarre and lovely international of phrases!

Tyrannosaurus Lex is your consultant to the fascinating global of logology—the pursuit of notice puzzles or complicated words—featuring:
•A wealth of witty anagrams, palindromes, and puns
•Clever paraprosdokians: sentences with striking endings (“I’ve had a superbly impressive night, yet this wasn’t it.”—Groucho Marx)
•Fascinating oronyms: a couple of words that fluctuate in that means and spelling, but percentage an analogous pronunciation (“The stuffy nostril can result in problems” as opposed to “The stuff he understands can result in problems.”)
•Peculiar oxymora: phrases or words which are self-contradictory (Jumbo shrimp! visitor host! Gold silverware!)

So relax and prepare to benefit approximately every little thing from antigrams and aptanagrams to kangaroo phrases and phantonyms. You’ll by no means examine language an analogous back!

By John Powers, David Templeman

Tibet is a land bounded by means of the world’s maximum mountains, and it's the repository of an old tradition. for hundreds of years it used to be seen through Europeans as a distant, mystical position populated by means of Buddhist masters with supernatural powers and profound knowledge. not like this picture, it used to be a warlike state whose expansionist rulers conquered an unlimited empire that included a lot of significant Asia and elements of China. Even now the Tibetan Plateau is still a scene of contestation, either ideologically and militarily. significant well known uprisings in 1959, 1988, and 2008 have drawn the eye of the world’s media, and its non secular academics frequently allure huge crowds once they shuttle abroad. the location within the kingdom continues to be hugely unstable this day, because the 2008 uprising—the biggest and such a lot common within the background of the region—attests.

The historic Dictionary of Tibet is the main accomplished dictionary released thus far on Tibetan background. It covers the historical past of Tibet from 27,000 BCE to the current via a chronology, an introductory essay, an intensive bibliography, and over 1,000 cross-referenced dictionary entries on vital personalities, politics, economic climate, international kin, faith, tradition, anthropology, and sociology. This booklet is a wonderful entry aspect for college kids, researchers, and somebody desirous to be aware of extra approximately Tibet.

By Brett Martinez

By Todd L. Demmy

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Univ. of Missouri, Columbia. Pocket clinical guide on video-assisted thoracic surgical procedure. presents a framework for clarifying confusion on matters resembling sufferer positioning and airway administration. the objective readership of this instruction manual comprises working towards surgeons, citizens, scientific scholars, working room nurses, technicians, surgeon assistants, and administrative team of workers attracted to lowering price and extending potency whereas delivering this rather new expertise. Halftone illustrations. fast reference in define structure. Wire-spiral certain. DNLM: Thoracic surgical procedure, Video-Assisted.

By Mary Ellen Wedding Barbara A. Gylys

The hot variation of this vintage textual content makes use of a word-building and physique platforms method of aid your scholars study scientific terminology and attain a excessive point of competence. It combines the structure of a lecture room instructing textual content with that of a workbook, focusing your scholars at the phrases you will have them to benefit whereas additionally assisting them boost an intensive clinical vocabulary all alone. Davis's scientific Terminology on-line is out there with this article within the following formats:ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1329-4 / ISBN-10: 0-8036-1329-6. Gylys: Med time period on-line WebCT Packaged w/ scientific Terminology structures 5thISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1330-0 / ISBN-10: 0-8036-1330-X. Gylys: Med time period on-line Blackboard Packaged w/ scientific Terminology platforms fifth ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1324-9 / ISBN-10: 0-8036-1324-5 . package deal of clinical Terminology structures: A physique platforms method, fifth variation, with Taber's Cyclopedic scientific Dictionary, twentieth variation (indexed). $75.50.