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In the early 12th century, the Late Bronze Age Hittite empire collapsed during a        series of upheavals which swept the Greek and Near Eastern worlds. In the subsequent        Iron Age, numerous cities and states emerged in south-eastern Anatolia and northern        Syria, which are generally known today as the 'Neo-Hittite kingdoms'. Bryce's...

Challenging monolithic approaches to culture and literacy, Gerry Gundaker looks at the roots of African-American reading and writing from the perspective of vernacular activities and creolization. He shows that African-Americans, while readily mastering the conventions and canons of Euro-America, also drew on knowledge of their own to make an...

A Transition to Advanced Mathematics promotes the goals of a ``bridge'' course in mathematics, helping to lead students from courses in the calculus sequence to theoretical upper-level mathematics courses. The text simultaneously promotes the goals of a ``survey'' course, describing the intriguing questions and insights fundamental to many diverse...

This book, through essays by nine leading scholars with diverse academic backgrounds, explores the sublime's relationship to art and science....

Employee participation encompasses the range of mechanisms (unions, councils, high-performance teams, etc.) used to involve the workforce in decisions at all levels of the organization. This Handbook looks at the different arguments and schools of thought, with the aim of problematizing them, not just in terms of implementation but also principles....

Antimicrobial agents are essential for the treatment of life-threatening        infections and for managing the burden of minor infections in the community. In        addition, they play a key role in organ and bone marrow transplantation, cancer        chemotherapy, artificial joint and heart valve surgery. Unlike other classes...