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Undergirded by a multidisciplinary framework of political science, geography, and sociology, this book examines hte manner in which neighborhood economic resources and family structure shape individual political behavior among white and black citizens in urban America.... More

In this exciting new book, a US Champion provides solutions to the real-life problem of improving one's chess. Grandmaster Alex Yermolinsky, one of the strongest players in the US, passes on many of the insights he has gained over years of playing and teaching, steering the reader away from 'quick-f... More

Chess Explained is a new series of books about chess openings. They are not theoretical works in the traditional sense, but more a series of lessons from a chess expert with extensive over-the-board experience with an opening. You will gain an understanding of the opening and the middlegames to whic... More

This book shows how Africa's former colonial powers--including Great Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain--trained members and leaders of colonial Armed Forces to be politically nonpartisan. Yet, the modern-day Armed Forces have become so politicized that many countries are today ruled or have alrea... More

Read the Introduction. Read the Table of Contents "This collection of essays could not be timelier...scholars pondering the implications of recent immigration for ethnic and racial politics would do well to look at this collection of essays."--"American Political Science Review" America is currently... More

From the American Revolution to the Algerian War of Independence, from the civil rights movement to Tiananmen Square, freedom has driven men and women to commit great and tragic acts. "12151791," the arresting centerpiece sculpture of the newly opened McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, powerfully emb... More

"This is an excellent read with some sound advice on maintaining your self-esteem - which is a crucial skill in modern life." --Dr Chai Patel People now have more choices than ever before - but are they any happier? There's evidence to suggest that many are drowning under the weight of their respo... More

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Applications and Theory of Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency, ICATPN 2007, held in Siedlce, Poland, in June 2007. The 22 revised full papers and 3 revised tool papers presented together with 5 invited pap... More

Description This IBM® Redbooks® publication was written with the objective to provide a technical description of some of the most important security scenarios available with WebSphere Application Server Version 6.1 for z/OS. We chose scenarios that are not ... More