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Jewish Comedy: A Serious History
Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award A rich account of Jewish humor: its nature, its development, and its vital role throughout history. In a major work of scholarship both erudite and very funny, Columbia professor Jeremy Dauber traces the origins of Jewish comedy and its development from b... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem: The Remarkable Life and Afterlife of the Man Who Created Tevye (Jewish Encounters Series)
Part of the Jewish Encounters seriesThe first comprehensive biography of one of the most beloved authors of all time: the creator of Tevye the Dairyman, the collection of stories that inspired Fiddler on the Roof. Novelist, playwright, journalist, essayist, and editor, Sholem Aleichem was one of the... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
In the Demon's Bedroom: Yiddish Literature and the Early Modern
This important study is the first to offer a sustained look at a variety of early modern Yiddish masterworks--and their writers and readers--paying particular attention to their treatment of supernatural themes and beings.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
American Comics: A History
The sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their hold on the American imagination. Comics have conquered America. From our multiplexes, where Marvel and DC movies reign supreme, to our television screens, where comics-based shows like The Walking Dead have become among th... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Choosing Yiddish: New Frontiers of Language and Culture
by Dara Horn • Jeffrey Shandler • Jeremy Dauber • Josh Lambert • Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett • Kalman Weiser • Hasia Diner • Ari Y. Kelman • Tony Michels • Gennady Estraikh • Sarah Bunin Benor • Anita Norich • Rebecca Margolis • Zehavit Stern • Asya Vaisman • Shiri Goren • Lara Rabinovitch • Gerben Zaagsma • Edward Portnoy • Jennifer Young • Ela Bauer • Shachar Pinsker • Shayn Smulyan • Adriana X. Jacobs • Barbara Mann • Jordan Finkin • Rebecca Kobrin • Hannah S. Pressman • Anna ShternshisYiddish Hip Hop, a nineteenth-century "Hasidic Slasher," obscure Yiddish writers, and immigrant Jewish newspapers in Buenos Aires, Paris, and New York are just a few of the topics featured in Choosing Yiddish: New Frontiers of Language and Culture. Editors Lara Rabinovitch, Shiri Goren, and Hannah S... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Batista Unleashed (WWE)
People around the world know Dave Batista as World Wrestling Entertainment's "the Animal," the rope-shaking, spine-busting World Heavyweight Champion, one of the most popular Superstars in recent years. The crowd turned Batista from heel to babyface after they were electrified by his awesome physiqu... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2007 -
Working in Social Care: A Systemic Approach
by Dave Evans • Jeremy KearneyThis book is designed to aid the practitioner in all social care and social work settings. It explores approaches to practice which are based upon systemic ideas and an awareness of the impact of power in practice contexts. Following the introduction of the main ideas of the book, the authors exam... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1996 -
Mastering Strategic Management
by Dave Ketchen • Jeremy ShortTeaching the strategic management course can be a challenge for many professors. In most business schools, strategic management is a "capstone" course that requires students to draw on insights from various functional courses they have completed (such as marketing, finance, and accounting) in order ... More
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Mastering Strategic Management
by Dave Ketchen • Jeremy ShortTeaching the strategic management course can be a challenge for many professors. In most business schools, strategic management is a "capstone" course that requires students to draw on insights from various functional courses they have completed (such as marketing, finance, and accounting) in order ... More
Language: ENG -
Freedom, Responsibility and Economics of the Person (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy #175)
The capability approach has developed significantly since Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998. It is now recognised as being highly beneficial in the analysis of poverty and inequality, but also in the redefinition of policies aimed at improving the well-being of individuals... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Quantitative Genetics, Genomics and Plant Breeding
by Weikai Yan • Salvatore Ceccarelli • Surinder S Banga • Nourollah Ahmadi • Jacqueline Batley • Baffour Badu-Apraku • José Crossa • Ravi Prakash Singh • Manjit Kang • Meike S Anderson • Robyn Anderson • Paolo Annicchiarico • Vivi N Arief • Jérôme Bartholomé • Kaye E Basford • Dharminder Bhatia • Darshan S Brar • Juan Burgueño • Tuong-Vi Cao • Hernán Ceballos • Sandeep Chapagain • Binu Cherian • Monica Danilevicz • Ian H DeLacy • Professor Dave Edwards • M A Fakorede • Cassie Tay Fernandez • Mahalingam Govindaraj • Cécile Grenier • Mehak Gupta • L A Hunt • Shailesh Vinay Joshi • Philomin Juliana • Anand Kanatti • M T Labuschagne • D Lloyd Evans • Suschismita Modal • Gurbachan S Miglani • Osval A Montesinos-López • E Obeng-Bio • S A Oyekale • Paulino Pérez-Rodríguez • Wolfgang H Pfeiffer • M Pillay • K N Rai • Lovepreet Singh • Rajveer Singh • Prasanta K Subudhi • A O Talabi • S N Tchala • Soodeh Tirnaz • Parminder S VirkSince the first edition of this book was published in 2002, the field of quantitative genetics, genomics and breeding has changed markedly. In response, only four chapters have been updated for this new edition, and the remaining 16 chapters are entirely new. This book presents state-of-the-art,... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020