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Max Weber, Peter Baehr, Gordon C. Wells

In The Protestant Ethic, Max Weber opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and relates the rise of the capitalist economy to the Calvinist belief in the moral value of hard work and the fulfillment of one's worldly duties.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works througho...

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Peter Weber, Roland Gabriel, Thomas Lux, Katharina Menke

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Computer Science (R0)

This book takes you on a journey into the world of business informatics. It has a modular structure and covers the key aspects of business informatics. Besides the thematic introductions, each chapter includes excursuses, review questions, and practical exercises, for which solutions are provided in a separate chapter. The book concludes with two teaching cases on digital transformation. It is designed for students and lecturers at universities and technical colleges, but also as a resourc...

This authoritative guide provides a solid clinical foundation to help practitioners manage vertigo and balance disorders in practiceThis updated edition provides a comprehensive basis for understanding, identifying, and treating the underlying multifactorial etiologies of dizziness and imbalance. Vertigo is a common malady for which patients seek treatment, yet the vestibular system and its associated disorders are often misunderstood. This book effectivel...

A volume on second-language acquisition theory and pedagogy is, at the same time, a mark of progress and a bit of an anomaly. The progress is shown by the fact that the two disciplines have established themselves as areas of study not only distinct from each other, but also different from linguistic theory. This was not always the case, at least not in the United States. The anomaly results from the fact that this book deals with the relationship between L2 theory and pedagogy despite the ...

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Medicine (R0)

Vitamin E is a well described and established fat-soluble essential micronutrient and as such has to be provided to the human body on a regular basis in order to avoid deficiency and maintain a healthy status. This is well established and also reviewed in a number of publications. However, a huge body of evidence has accumulated over the last decade, or so, which provides new insights on the mode of action of vitamin E, and the biological role of the tocopherol isomers, and sheds new light...

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Tom Clancy, Peter Telep

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Steven Weber

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A Campus Novel

For years, ex–Navy SEAL Maxwell Moore has worked across the Middle East and behind the scenes for the Special Activities Division of the CIA, making connections, extracting valuable intelligence, and facing off against America’s enemies at every turn.And then…news of a potentially devastating coalition: What if two of the greatest threats to the security of the United States were to form an unholy alliance? The Taliban is trying to exploit a Mexican drug cartel to which they supply...

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Chemistry and Material Science (R0)

This book is the first of its kind to tackle in detail the nutritional requirements of the industrialized, so-called developed world. It discusses the link between socio-economic status and food security, focusing especially on the relationship between income and food security in different age groups. The authors calculate the actual levels of essential micronutrients delivered by current dietary patterns, identifying important shortfalls in the provision of key micronutrients, and elucida...

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Clinical Cases (Dentistry)

Clinical Cases in Implant Dentistry presents 49 actual clinical cases, accompanied by academic commentary, that question and educate the reader about essential topics in implant dentistry, encompassing diagnosis, surgical site preparation and placement, restoration, and maintenance of dental implants.Unique case-based format supports problem-based learningPromotes independent learning through self-assessment and critical thinkingHighly illustrated...

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Tom Clancy, Peter Telep

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Steven Weber

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A Campus Novel

For years, ex–Navy SEAL Maxwell Moore has worked across the Middle East and behind the scenes for the Special Activities Division of the CIA, making connections, extracting valuable intelligence, and facing off against America’s enemies at every turn.And then…news of a potentially devastating coalition: What if two of the greatest threats to the security of the United States were to form an unholy alliance? The Taliban is trying to exploit a Mexican drug cartel to which they supply...

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Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Rough Sets, IJCRS 2016, held in Santiago de Chile, Chile, in October 2016.The 46 revised full papers presented together with 7 keynotes, tutorials and expert papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 108 submissions. The papers are grouped in topical sections on Rough Sets, Approximation and Granulation; Rough Sets, Non-Determinism and Incompleteness; Rough Sets and Three-way Decisions; F...

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Clay Robbins, James H. Madison, David P. King, Katherine Badertscher, Ruth C. Crocker, James J. Connelly, Paul C. Pribbenow, Caitlin Crowley, William H. Schneider, Nicole Etcheson, Tyrone McKinley Freeman, Elizabeth J. Van Allen, Peter Weber, Chen Ji, Amanda Koch, Ruth K. Hansen, Philip D. Byers, Xiaoyun Wang

The first in-depth history of philanthropy in Indiana.Philanthropy has been central to the development of public life in Indiana over the past two centuries. Hoosier Philanthropy explores the role of philanthropy in the Hoosier state, showing how voluntary action within Indiana has created and supported multiple visions of societal good.Featuring 15 articles, Hoosier Philanthropy charts the influence of different types of nonprofit Hoosier...

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Carsten Hjorth Pedersen

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Peter Weber Vindum

Whenever we interact with other people, we influence them--and they influence us. Within this sphere, neutrality is an impossibility. Instead, we must learn to think in terms of good and bad ways of influencing, and here the keyword is respect. The need for respectful influence is no less critical when dealing with religious influence, especially in the relationship between children and adults. In this book, longtime director of the Christian Institute of Education in Denmark, Carsten Hjor...