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Cognitive Conrad

Consciousness, Trauma, and the Rage for Order

by Dr. or Prof. Richard Ruppel ...

Series series Cognition, Poetics, and the Arts
Uncovers how Joseph Conrad's narratives reflect the cognitive studies of his day but also anticipate our own contemporary understandings of consciousness, trauma, and the human need for order.Cognitive Conrad demonstrates the interpretive power of cognitive literary studies and historicism in the most important works of Joseph Conrad. It highlights how Conrad's fiction reflects the complexities of ... Read more

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Uncovers how Joseph Conrad's narratives reflect the cognitive studies of his day but also anticipate our own contemporary understandings of consciousness, trauma, and the human need for order.Cognitive Conrad demonstrates the interpretive power of cognitive literary studies and historicism in the most important works of Joseph Conrad. It highlights how Conrad's fiction reflects the complexities of
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Slippery Beast

A True Crime Natural History, with Eels

by Ellen Ruppel Shell ...

"It's part natural history, part true crime, and buckets of slippery, slimy fun. You won't be able to put it down."—The Nature Conservancy"Revelatory—and sometimes shocking... Slippery Beast brings exhaustive research and interviews to bear on a subject of surprising richness."— Wall Street JournalEllen Ruppel Shell's Slippery Beast is a fascinating account of a deeply mysterious creature—the eel ... Read more

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"It's part natural history, part true crime, and buckets of slippery, slimy fun. You won't be able to put it down."—The Nature Conservancy"Revelatory—and sometimes shocking... Slippery Beast brings exhaustive research and interviews to bear on a subject of surprising richness."— Wall Street JournalEllen Ruppel Shell's Slippery Beast is a fascinating account of a deeply mysterious creature—the eel
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The High Cost of Discount Culture

by Ellen Ruppel Shell ...

A myth-shattering investigation of the true cost of America's passion for finding a better bargainFrom the shuttered factories of the Rust Belt to the strip malls of the Sun Belt-and almost everywhere in between-America has been transformed by its relentless fixation on low price. This pervasive yet little- examined obsession with bargains is arguably the most powerful and devastating market force ... Read more

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A myth-shattering investigation of the true cost of America's passion for finding a better bargainFrom the shuttered factories of the Rust Belt to the strip malls of the Sun Belt-and almost everywhere in between-America has been transformed by its relentless fixation on low price. This pervasive yet little- examined obsession with bargains is arguably the most powerful and devastating market force
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Governmental Accounting Made Easy

by Warren Ruppel ...

For laypeople and accountants with little or no governmental accounting experience, Governmental Accounting Made Easy, Second Edition is a complete and easy-to-use road map to a broad range of governmental accounting topics, and how these individual aspects of governmental accounting work together under the financial reporting model for governments adopted by the Governmental Accounting Standards ... Read more

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For laypeople and accountants with little or no governmental accounting experience, Governmental Accounting Made Easy, Second Edition is a complete and easy-to-use road map to a broad range of governmental accounting topics, and how these individual aspects of governmental accounting work together under the financial reporting model for governments adopted by the Governmental Accounting Standards
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The Job

Work and Its Future in a Time of Radical Change

by Ellen Ruppel Shell ...

Critically acclaimed journalist Ellen Ruppel Shell uncovers the true cost--political, economic, social, and personal--of America's mounting anxiety over jobs, and what we can do to regain control over our working lives.Since 1973, our productivity has grown almost six times faster than our wages. Most of us rank so far below the top earners in the country that the "winners" might as well inhabit ... Read more

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Critically acclaimed journalist Ellen Ruppel Shell uncovers the true cost--political, economic, social, and personal--of America's mounting anxiety over jobs, and what we can do to regain control over our working lives.Since 1973, our productivity has grown almost six times faster than our wages. Most of us rank so far below the top earners in the country that the "winners" might as well inhabit
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Locally Based Civil Conflict Transformation Between Partnership and Power Imbalance

by Samantha Ruppel ...

Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
This book examines the processes and dynamics of cooperation between different actors in civil peace service projects in Kenya, Sierra Leone and Liberia. The joint handling of conflicts and peacebuilding challenges by local and international actors has a long tradition in German peace work and is becoming increasingly important in a globalized world. Therefore, the book explores the question, ... Read more

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This book examines the processes and dynamics of cooperation between different actors in civil peace service projects in Kenya, Sierra Leone and Liberia. The joint handling of conflicts and peacebuilding challenges by local and international actors has a long tradition in German peace work and is becoming increasingly important in a globalized world. Therefore, the book explores the question,
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Not-for-Profit Accounting Made Easy

by Warren Ruppel ...

A hands-on guide to the ins and outs of nonprofit accountingNot-for-Profit Accounting Made Easy, Second Edition equips you with the tools you need to run the financial and accounting operations within your nonprofit organization. Even if you do not have a professional understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting, this handy guide makes it all clear with complex accounting rules ... Read more

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A hands-on guide to the ins and outs of nonprofit accountingNot-for-Profit Accounting Made Easy, Second Edition equips you with the tools you need to run the financial and accounting operations within your nonprofit organization. Even if you do not have a professional understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting, this handy guide makes it all clear with complex accounting rules
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Greek and Latin from an Indo-European Perspective

by Coulter George, Matthew McCullagh, Benedicte Nielsen, Antonia Ruppel ...

Series Book 32 - Cambridge Classical Journal Supplements
This volume presents new work exploring how the study of historical linguistics can advance our understanding of Greek and Latin and, conversely, how the classical languages can help us to reconstruct Proto-Indo-European and the culture of its speakers. Classical and Indo-European linguistics have been particularly exciting areas of research in recent years, and this book is intended to provide ... Read more

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This volume presents new work exploring how the study of historical linguistics can advance our understanding of Greek and Latin and, conversely, how the classical languages can help us to reconstruct Proto-Indo-European and the culture of its speakers. Classical and Indo-European linguistics have been particularly exciting areas of research in recent years, and this book is intended to provide
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Wiley GAAP for Governments 2011

Interpretation and Application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for State and Local Governments

by Warren Ruppel ...

The most practical, authoritative guide to governmental GAAPWiley GAAP for Governments 2011 is a comprehensive guide to the accounting and financial reporting principles used by state and local governments as well as other governmental entities. Designed with the needs of the user in mind, a "New Developments" chapter offers the important developments in governmental GAAP during the past year.Full ... Read more

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The most practical, authoritative guide to governmental GAAPWiley GAAP for Governments 2011 is a comprehensive guide to the accounting and financial reporting principles used by state and local governments as well as other governmental entities. Designed with the needs of the user in mind, a "New Developments" chapter offers the important developments in governmental GAAP during the past year.Full
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Issues of Governance, Security, and Development in Contemporary Africa

by James Olusegun Adeyeri, Jackson A. Aluede, Seun Bamidele, Stanley Ehiane, Mabuyi Gumede, Larissa Jane H. Houston, Habiba Ibrahim, Felix Kumah-Abiwu, Stephen M. Magu, Cíntia Martins, Lawrence Mhandara, Oliver C. Ruppel, Walters Tohnji Samah, Pedro Ponte e Sousa, Michael Rudolph Ten-Pow, Oyebade Kunle Oyerinde, Priye S. Torulagha ...

Governance, security, and development are three critical components of a dialectical nexus that is both dominant and determinant for any objective and fruitful quest for the understanding of the trajectory of a country, a region or, in the case of Africa, a continent from a colonial past to a neocolonial and meta-colonial present, and toward a future of strategic optimal independence and self ... Read more

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Governance, security, and development are three critical components of a dialectical nexus that is both dominant and determinant for any objective and fruitful quest for the understanding of the trajectory of a country, a region or, in the case of Africa, a continent from a colonial past to a neocolonial and meta-colonial present, and toward a future of strategic optimal independence and self
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Finding Hope

A Caregivers Book on Lost Love

by John Ruppel ...

Series Book 1 - The Caregivers Series
Do you feel you are losing your love for your loved one? That would be tragic. There are many subplots in the caregiver picture, but none more tragic than the loss of love felt by caregivers, as the direct result of their constant and time-consuming, caregiving responsibilities. A highly heralded and expansive study completed by AARP and NAC noted that 56% of the caregivers surveyed had lost or ... Read more

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Do you feel you are losing your love for your loved one? That would be tragic. There are many subplots in the caregiver picture, but none more tragic than the loss of love felt by caregivers, as the direct result of their constant and time-consuming, caregiving responsibilities. A highly heralded and expansive study completed by AARP and NAC noted that 56% of the caregivers surveyed had lost or
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Skin Image Analysis, and Computer-Aided Pelvic Imaging for Female Health

10th International Workshop, ISIC 2025, and First International Workshop, CAPI 2025, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2025, Daejeon, South Korea, September 23, 2025, Proceedings

Edited by M. Emre Celebi, Johanna Paula Müller, Catarina Barata, Allan Halpern, Philipp Tschandl, Marc Combalia, Yuan Liu, Kumar Abhishek, Joanna Jaworek-Korjakowska, Moi Hoon Yap, Katharina Breininger, Maximilian Lindholz, Jana Hutter, Richard Ruppel, Smiti Tripathy, Franziska Mathis-Ullrich, Stefanie Burghaus, Matthias May ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed joint proceedings of the First International Workshop on Computer-Aided Pelvic Imaging for Female Health, CAPI 2025, and the 10th International Workshop on Skin Image Analysis, ISIC 2025, held in conjunction with the 28th International Conference on Medical Imaging and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2025, in , Daejeon, South Korea, in September 2025.The 7 ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed joint proceedings of the First International Workshop on Computer-Aided Pelvic Imaging for Female Health, CAPI 2025, and the 10th International Workshop on Skin Image Analysis, ISIC 2025, held in conjunction with the 28th International Conference on Medical Imaging and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2025, in , Daejeon, South Korea, in September 2025.The 7
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