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A timely interdisciplinary volume from the emergent field of EDM (Electronic Dance Music) festival and event-culture studies.

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In 1938 Adolf Hitler directed two paramilitary labour organizations - the Reicharbeitsdienst, consisting of recruits, and the Organisation Todt, a mobilized force of private construction firms - to assist the military. This book looks at the history, equipment and uniforms of these organizations.

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German helmets from World War II are amongst the most widely collected Third Reich memorabilia, so they are hard to fake and relatively inexpensive. This concise guide for collectors and modellers features many of the different types of helmet used by the army, navy and Luftwaffe.

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Specialists join forces in this new volume to offer a complete, practical guide for understanding and treating obesity and eating disorders.

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"An evocative account of German emigres in America in the wake of Nazism, centered around Thomas Mann's early exile in Princeton and his encounters with a brilliant group of intellectuals, including Albert Einstein, Hermann Broch, and Erich Kahler, which came to be known as the Kahler Circle"--

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"An evocative account of German emigres in America in the wake of Nazism, centered around Thomas Mann's early exile in Princeton and his encounters with a brilliant group of intellectuals, including Albert Einstein, Hermann Broch, and Erich Kahler, which came to be known as the Kahler Circle"--

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A comprehensive reassessment of Weimar culture and Hollywood slapstick, cartoon, and screwball cinemas, highlighting the influence of American film comedies and their stars during Germany's Weimar Republic (1918-1933).

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With hundreds of books dedicated to conventional sports and activities, this encyclopedia on the weirdest and wackiest games offers a fresh and entertaining read for any audience.

Weird Sports and Wacky Games around the World: From Buzkashi to Zorbing focuses on what many would consider abnormal activities from across the globe.

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"Welcome New Life" is a Baptism preparation course, in four meetings, for new parents. Each session ends with a prayer service which reflects an aspect of the Rite. This is the parents' book which is designed to enable parents to record their thoughts and keep a reminder of their experience.

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Captures the theory and the often humorous reality of living as a Muslim in England: as a convert, a working woman, a mother, and an active member of Muslim and 'typically English' communities.

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This collection of essays examines the efforts of philosophers, artists, caretakers, andperhaps most importantlyteachers to establish a sense of community and interpersonal responsibility in the postmodern world.

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"Weldon Rising" is Nagy's debut which takes a surreal look at the soulless poverty of urban life. "Disappeared" won the 1992 Mobil Playwriting competition.

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A pioneering contribution to the literature, this book studies welfare dependence among families eligible for assistance under Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), the most controversial income-maintenance program in the nation.

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Introduces those with relatively little mathematical training and only an intermediate economic theory course to the important economic issues of collective choice and public welfare.

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Employing the conceptual framework elaborated by Pierre Bourdieu, this text provides a discussion of social welfare institutions and practices in Ireland. It examines the actions and approaches taken by various "actors" involved in policy-making, including the Catholic Church.

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The best way of handling the question of how much to give the poor, politicians have discovered, is to avoid doing anything about it at all, note Paul Peterson and Mark Rom.

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The Brookings Institution's Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative was created to inform the critical policy debates surrounding the upcoming congressional reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and a number of related programs that were created or dramatically altered by the 1996 landmark welfare reform legislation.

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In this collection of essays by experts on welfare policy, the major issues of personal responsibility versus dependence, child development, and federal versus state, local, and private responsibility are examined in the light of the 1996 Act.

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Welfare Reform presents the contemporary debate about welfare reform in the United States with an unbiased, objective point of view.