Authors:Ulf Hashagen, Reinhard Keil-Slawik, Arthur L. Norb
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: issues, software, computing, history
Number of Pages: 350
Published: 2002-08-05
List price: $79.95
ISBN-10: 3540426647
ISBN-13: 9783540426646

This book is based on the international conference "Mapping the History of Computing: Software Issues", held in April 2000 at the Heinz Nixdorf Museums Forum in Paderborn, Germany.The primary objective of the conference was to review our present understanding of the history of software and to establish an agenda for further research. By exploring our current understanding of software and its history, speakers and commentators investigated the fundamental elements of software. The problems and questions addressed at the conference ranged from purely technical to societal issues. Thus, the artic

Author: LaJoyce Brookshire
Publisher: Karen Hunter
Keywords: called, love, thing, betrayed, fire, faith
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2008-01-01
List price: $24.00
ISBN-10: 1416566457
ISBN-13: 9781416566458

The bestselling author of the novels Soul Food and Web of Deception, LaJoyce Brookshire tells a true story more shattering than any work of fiction. It’s her story. A memoir of survival against the odds and courage in the face of a troubled relationship and a terrifying illness. A chronicle of faith under fire.Imagine the joy of being swept away by your very own Prince Charming, and the excitement of marrying him. Imagine starting a life together. Imagine discovering a side of him that you never knew existed -- a controlling and explosive side. Imagine watching him slowly, inexplicably d

Authors:Douglas Palmer,  Peter Barrett,
Publisher: University of California Pre
Keywords: life, story, evolution
Number of Pages: 374
Published: 2009-11-09
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0520255119
ISBN-13: 9780520255111

Evolution recreates the 3.5-billion-year story of life on Earth in stunning detail through vivid full-color illustrations and graphics, the latest scientific information, and hundreds of photographs. At the heart of the book is an astonishing, beautifully detailed panorama by renowned illustrator Peter Barrett that, in 100 double-page site reconstructions, offers a freeze-frame view of the communities--from microbes to humankind--that have lived on our planet’s continents and in its oceans. These groundbreaking artworks, based on the most recent findings at some of the most famous fossil

Author: Sarah The Duchess of York Ferguson Sam Willi
Publisher: Aladdi
Keywords: little, red, adventures, christmas, story
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2007-10-02
List price: $6.99
ISBN-10: 1416950028
ISBN-13: 9781416950028

Dear boys and girls,Here is another story about Little Red and her friends -- Little Blue, Roany, and Gino. This one takes place on Christmas Eve and is full of magical fun and excitement. The merry gang meets Father Christmas in the woods and has a very eventful evening. I hope that you enjoy reading this Little Red adventure -- I wrote it just for you!It is Christmas Eve at Buttercup Cottage.Little Red and her friends set off on their trip to Christmas Tree Wood, where their favorite fir tree grows. Along the way they deliver sugary cinnamon sticks to the mouse family and delicious shortbrea

Author: John Howard Yoder
Publisher: Herald Pr
Keywords: pacifism, religious, shortcomings, varieties, nevertheless
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1992-04-09
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 0836135865
ISBN-13: 9780836135862

John Howard Yoder s classic book first published in 1971, includes a treatment of Jewish pacifism, bibliographies, an index, and three new appendixes: Speaking Truth to Power, Quaker Political Witness; The Spectrum of Nonpacifist Postures; and Nonviolent National Defense Alternatives. Yoder points out assumptions, strengths, and shortcomings of each pacifist position. He brings clarity to the many-sided conversations about peace, nonviolence, war, proliferation of arms, and power politics.

Author: Hazel Richardso
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Keywords: ancient, peoples, world, valley, river, indus, life
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2005-04-01
List price: $26.60
ISBN-10: 0778720403
ISBN-13: 9780778720409

Ages 8 to 14 years. The Indus River Valley was once home to thriving communities of peoples who worked the land now known as Pakistan. Some of the world’s oldest civilisations, including the Harappans and the Maurya and Gupta empires, grew in this fertile region. This beautiful new book beautifully documents the lives of these remarkable people from long ago. Topics include: farming innovations that helped support larger populations; the arrival of Hinduism and Buddhism; daily life in a Harappan village; the development of the caste system; early language and writing; the arrival of the

Author: Daniel Boyari
Publisher: University Of Chicago Pre
Keywords: rabbis, socrates
Number of Pages: 408
Published: 2009-11-15
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0226069168
ISBN-13: 9780226069166

What kind of literature is the Talmud? To answer this question, Daniel Boyarin looks to an unlikely source: the dialogues of Plato. In these ancient texts he finds similarities, both in their unique combination of various genres and topics and in their dialogic structure. But Boyarin goes beyond the typological parallelism between the texts, arguing also for a cultural relationship.In Socrates and the Fat Rabbis, Boyarin suggests that these dialogues are not dialogic at all. Using Michael Bakhtin’s notion of represented dialogue and real dialogism, Boyarin demonstrates, through multiple clos