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Focusing on the Bush administration's Structural Impediments Initiative and the more recent Clinton Framework talks, Schoppa offers a detailed critical examination of the outcome of recent U.S.--Japan trade talks and provides a comprehensive account of the political climate on both sides of the Pacific, drawing lessons about which tactics are most likely to work best for the U.S.

This volume presents translations of over 200 poems by the master of The Way of Poetry, who is generally considered to be the last great poet of the classical uta form.

Including twenty-two photographs and more than fifty drawings of these strikingly beautiful early life forms, this book presents a mesmerizing documentary of a major scientific discovery: the oldest animal fossils ever discovered.

From Greek athletic competitions to the cult of body-building at Gold's Gym, this text examines literature, art, television, and movies to uncover a vast array of evidence that cultures across the ages have reflected at length, in celebration and censure, on the erotic nature of sports.

In this book--the result of years of researching the Harasiis, a tribe living in the Sultanate of Oman--Chatty examines how development efforts affected tribe members on a personal level, from pastoralism to full-time employment, formal education, and the changing role of women in this new environment.

A prominent member of the Manhattan Project, Robert Serber was one of a team of scientists who assembled the bombs on Tinina Island for transport to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was also one of the first Americans to walk among the Japanese ruins after the catastrophe. This revealing self portrait is the story of Serber's life before, during, and after World War II.

The Gaia hypothesis, set forth by British scientist James Lovelock, has widely influenced environmentalists and the general public alike. Overall, however, the scientific community has been remarkably less receptive. The Molecular Biology of Gaia is a compelling integration of the hypothesis in terms of molecular biology.

Synthesizing a literature in ecology, this book addresses the theoretical and methodological relevance of scale within a multidisciplinary context. It presents evidence that the integration of scale concepts into ecological study is of imminent global concern. It provides an understanding for resource managers and other ecological professionals.

This collection Mark Twain's writing aims to capture the essence of the author's work - the dark humour, the wry observations, and the keen insight into social and political realities, both specifically American and broadly human.

Presents an exploration of the impact of three French women filmmakers: Germaine Dulac, Marie Epstein, and Agnes Varda.

From his position of ambassador to Japan until 1993, Armacost offers an inside view and analysis of relations between the US and Japan during both the Bush and Clinton administrations, as well as offering his personal predictions and suggestions for the future of Japan policy in the US.

Tackles the relationship between the privatization of risk, and focuses on - health care and health insurance; employment insecurity and labor markets; pensions, assets, and social security; the pharmaceuticals industry; and natural disasters and homeland security.

This collection presents the best of George Bernard Shaw's witticisms and other turns-of-phrase. It surveys Shaw's passion for politics, the arts, and life in general.

Tackles the relationship between the privatization of risk, and focuses on - health care and health insurance; employment insecurity and labor markets; pensions, assets, and social security; the pharmaceuticals industry; and natural disasters and homeland security.

Drawing upon uncovered classified documents and interviews with key players, this text recounts the Lavon affair in Israel in 1963. It tells how the affair, which toppled the government of David Ben-Gurion, the nation's founding father, rocked the corridors of power in Israel.

Drawing on extensive interviews conducted with 54 gay and lesbian young people who lived in out-of-home care child welfare settings in three North American cites--Los Angeles, New York, and Toronto--Mallon presents narratives of marginalized young people struggling to find the "right fit."

A story of lost sensory experiences and forgotten passions, the latest work from renowned historian Alain Corbin recounts the history of nineteenth-century French rural life through the countryside's numerous bells.

A comprehensive collection of essays, speeches, and interviews on the impact of jazz on other arts, on politics, and on the rhythm of everyday life, including an essay on poet and novelist James Weldon Johnson as a cultural critic, an interview with Wynton Marsalis, a speech on the heroic image in jazz, and a newspaper review of Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk.

Includes over 170,000 entries of geographical places and features. This encyclopedia contains maps, population figures, and a glossary of geographical and geological terms.

A comprehensive collection of essays, speeches, and interviews on the impact of jazz on other arts, on politics, and on the rhythm of everyday life, including an essay on poet and novelist James Weldon Johnson as a cultural critic, an interview with Wynton Marsalis, a speech on the heroic image in jazz, and a newspaper review of Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk.

Includes articles, essays, and primary documents that cover the formation of gay identity, religious, scientific, medical, and legal perspectives, the mainstream media, lesbian and gay media, and community prospects and tactics. This book explores experiences and representations of lesbian and gay people.

Examining the interactive roles of nature and nurture in psychological and physical development, Neubauer and Neubauer show how each person is greater than the sum of his or her parts. They discuss how temperament, tastes and skills unfold throughout life and the need for this to remain unimpeded.

This is a study of the "cowboys" of southern Brazil. It explores tradition, identity and change amongst the Gauchos in the Brazilian border state of Rio Grande do Sul, who have undergone many incarnations over the years, including vagabonds, cattle thieves, ranch workers and warriors.