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This collection provides a comprehensive overview of the different ways in which Wittgenstein appeals to the limit of language at different stages of his philosophical development.

Macroeconomic theoreticians and statisticians have diverged in recent years and no longer speak the same language with the same words often having different meanings. This book maps the differences between macroeconomic theory and measurement and explores their intellectual, historical and, in some cases, ideological origins.

The Handbook of Forgiveness, 2nd edition consolidates research from a wide range of disciplines and offers an in-depth review of the science of forgiveness..

This book is a collection of sixteen empirical cases in critical Cross-Cultural Management (CCM). All cases approach culture in CCM beyond national cultures, and all examine power as an integrative part of any cross-cultural situation.

This book examines one of Amnesty International¿s first major campaigns against torture, and the impact this had on the organization¿s development of a new agenda. It makes a strong contribution to research on state crime, human rights, and torture.

This collection explores the work of Wilfrid Sellars in relation to other twentieth-century thinkers. It analyzes his thought in light of his influential predecessors, namely Wittgenstein, Carnap, Lewis, Hönigswald, Wilson, and Ajdukiewicz, and his place within the analytic tradition.

With more than three decades of experience as a thought-leader and expert practitioner, PMI® Fellow Dr. David Hillson shares practical insights into how positive risks can be identified, assessed, and turned into opportunities.

This book develops a virtue-based defense of the value of perinatal hospice. Engaging with important themes from the work of MacIntyre and Adams, it shows how perinatal hospice manifests virtues crucial to meeting the needs of families in these difficult circumstances.

This book provides a comprehensive interpretation of the multiple manifestations of populism using Italy, the only country amongst consolidated constitutional democracies in which populist political forces have been in government on various occasions since the early 1990s, as the starting point and bench mark.

The aim of this book is to provide the background of the warp knitting patterning with a large amount of simulated 3D images of the structures, corresponding to the modern available tools for this. The warp knitted structures can have very complex architectures and very limited understanding exists on how they are built. The pattern book will allow the readers to look at complex pattern with marked separated yarns with different colours to understand how they are bound while searching for relations between the architectures and their properties. It also includes architecture of the warp knitted structures along with technical know-how of production of these structures on machines.

This book showcases research on theoretical, descriptive, and methodological innovations for understanding language patterns grounded in a Systemic Functional Linguistic perspective, providing a foundation for practice and further research for scholars working in this area.

This book offers a unique analysis of how our definitions of luxury have changed over the ages, and with that the role and actions of both suppliers and buyers of luxury products. It traces the way luxury was seen as avarice in past societies to being viewed in more virtuous terms.

This up-to-date reference is the most comprehensive summary of the field of nanoscience and its applications. It begins with fundamental properties at the nanoscale and then goes well beyond into the practical aspects of the design, synthesis, and use of nanomaterials in various industries.

Skill Acquisition in Sport gives students, coaches and practitioners the broadest and most scientifically rigorous grounding in the principles and practice of the discipline. Fully revised and restructured, the third edition integrates theory and practice, and provides more material on practical application than ever before.

Handbook of the Shapley Value contains 24 chapters and a foreword written by Alvin E. Roth. The purpose of the book is to highlight a range of relevant insights into the Shapley value. Every chapter has been written to honor Lloyd Shapley, who introduced this fascinating value in 1953.

Surface Chemistry of Carbon Capture: Climate Change Aspects provides comprehensive and up-to-date literature on carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, and delineates the surface chemistry of this process.

This book presents a showcase of discussions and critical perspectives about Nepalese higher education. The book offers information and resources to international educators interested in the dynamics of Nepalese and, by implication, South Asian higher education.

The subject of this book is the discourse of persecution used by Christians in Late Antiquity (c. 300-700 CE). Through case studies covering the full chronological and geographical span of the period, it investigates how the conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity changed the way that Christians perceived their hostile treatment.

As in other contested fields, emotions are often one-sidedly discussed as quintessentially subjective and individual phenomena, neglecting their social and cultural constitution. This volume addresses these shortcomings, bringing into conversation a variety of disciplinary perspectives on religious and secular affect and emotion.

This up-to-date reference is the most comprehensive summary of the field of nanoscience and its applications. It begins with fundamental properties at the nanoscale and then goes well beyond into the practical aspects of the design, synthesis, and use of nanomaterials in various industries.

George Orwell and Education uses Orwell¿s life and works to address current educational questions. His early life, political awakening and artistic development are key elements in the book¿s presentation of Orwell himself as a learner, and as someone whose ideas continue to speak to contemporary debates about human interdependency.

This comprehensive text provides the latest research on key concepts, principles and practice on protecting and promoting healthy and sustainable diets and food systems.

This comprehensive text provides the latest research on key concepts, principles and practice on protecting and promoting healthy and sustainable diets and food systems.

The conflict in eastern Ukraine and the European refugee crisis have led to a dramatic increase in forced displacement across Europe. This book examines the ambivalence of Orthodox churches and other religious communities, some of which have provided support to migrants and displaced populations while others have condemned their arrival.

Post-colonial Curriculum Practices in South Asia gives a conceptual framework for curriculum design for English Language Teaching, taking into account context specific features in the teaching-learning settings of post-colonial South Asia

This book investigates the experiences of students as they journey into and through higher education, before progressing into careers working with children.

This book studies places and spaces in western India both as geographical locations and as imagined constructs. It uncovers the rich history of the region from the perspective of places of pilgrimage, commerce, community, expression and indigeneity.

Work Orientations: Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Findings offers up-to-date research on people's commitment to work and employment and job satisfaction in economically advanced countries. It will also analyse changes that have taken place in these respects over the last decades.

This book presents and discusses the various debates surrounding the concept of Value for Money. The book presents a new protocol: an Equilibrium Testing Mechanism (ETM) developed by the authors.

Provides vivid first-hand accounts of what's involved in managing the multiple roles of the deanship, its immense personal rewards, the positive impact that practitioners can make in the lives of students, and on campus policy and environment, without glossing over the demands on time and the concomitant stresses.