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Examining the intersections of race, culture, gender, and sexuality, Multicultural Queer:Australian Narratives explores the lives of non-Anglo homosexuals in Australia and the difficulties they encounter establishing themselves in gay and lesbian communities. Through academic analyses, creative genres, and personal narratives, this book describes how lesbians and gay men of ethnic minorities negotiate their sexuality amidst dual cultural forces. Multicultural Queer will help you learn about and understand the challenges that gay and lesbian ethnic minorities face within a Western culture.

Discussing the experiences of individuals who have double or triple minority statuses--as gay people, as members of ethnic minorities, and/or as women--this book investigates racial stereotypes and the Australian gay “ideal.” From Multicultural Queer, you will learn why many gay men of Asian ancestry feel sexually unattractive, develop certain habits to make themselves more acceptable to peers, and how they struggle to make sense of negative social experiences. Multicultural Queer contains research and first-hand accounts that give you insight into current efforts to explain and combat the exclusion of minorities, such as:

• the relationship between race and sexuality
• issues related to self-esteem of gay Asian men as determined by their identification with Asian and/or gay communities
• common cinematic tropes and theoretical discourses used to depict and define Asians as mostly heterosexual or sexually deviant because of their ethnicity
• how anti-Semitism and racism are reflected in lesbian communities and how they relate to issues of privilege, invisibility, and exclusion
• dilemmas, concerns, and strategies for integrating multiculturalism and multisexuality in educational institutions to combat homophobia

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Ethnic Minority Reader from Down Under
I tend to concur with the comments of reviewer from Homewood, IL USA. As an ethnic minority from Down Under, the obvious under-representation of Aboriginal [homosexual] writing is noticeable, and in some ways, embarrassing! For an introductory account to Australian issues about homosexuality, this may be an okay starter, but there certainly need to be more theoretical discussions to make it an important reading for the scholarly community.

okay start for an interesting topic
Jackson and his colleague have amassed essays from homosexual men and lesbians of non-English descent down under.Few books have discussed ethnic and racial differences in Australia and this is truly an important intervention.It is great for a comparison of race and sexuality between Australia and the United States.However, the absence of Aboriginal [homosexual] writing is noticeable.If this book is accurate, minority [homosexuals] in Australia are decades behind their counterparts in the United States in terms of activism, publishing, and a host of other topics; the editors fail to acknowledge this either.Also, the editing is a bit haphazard.The authors say one Asian [homosexual] contributor got a fact wrong.Well, why not edit his article correctly rather than make him look stupid?The submissions are pretty evenly divided between men and women.Those who collect [homosexual] Judaic studies texts may especially be interested in this book.There are American books that are soooooo much better; but this could be a valuable tool for comparative ethnic studies scholars. ... Read more

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This book offers a structural approach to the teaching of young children. ... Read more

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This book explores the building of expert systems using logic for knowledge representation and meta-level inference for control. It presents research done by members of the expert systems group of the Department of Artificial Intelligence in Edinburgh, often in collaboration with others, based on two hypotheses: that logic is a suitable knowledge representation language, and that an explicit representation of the control regime of the theorem prover has many advantages.The editors introduce these hypotheses and present the arguments in their favor They then describe Socrates' a tool for the construction of expert systems that is based on these assumptions. They devote the remaining chapters to the solution of problems that arise from the restrictions imposed by Socrates's representation language and from the system's inefficiency.The chapters dealing with the representation problem present a reified approach to temporal logic that makes it possible to use nonstandard logics without extending the system, and describe a general proof method for arbitrary modal logics. Those dealing with the efficiency problem discuss the technique of partial evaluation and its limitations, as well as another possible solution known as assertion-time inference.Peter Jackson is a Senior Scientist in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Sciences at the McDonnell Douglas Research Laboratory in St. Louis. Han Reichgelt is a Lecturer in Department of Psychology at the University of Nottingham. Frank van Harmelen is a Research Fellow in the Mathematical Reasoning Group at the University of Edinburgh. ... Read more

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Cecily Clark (1926-1992), known for her work as editor of the Peterborough Chronicle and for her extensive researches in Medieval English onomastics, lectured at the Universities of London, Edinburgh and Aberdeen before settling in Cambridge as a Research Fellow.This volume contains a series of Cecily Clark's masterly and innovative essays on personal-naming patterns in post-Conquest England, ranging from case-studies of towns in which contact between settler and native was especially close (Canterbury, Battle, King's Lynn) to a series of fundamental discussions of the linguistic situation in late eleventh- and twelfth-century England as a whole.Other items reprinted include articles on the principles and methodology of onomastic research; a small but important group of studies of the Liber Vitae of Thorney Abbey; and four essays that use linguistic tools to illuminate unexpected aspects of such apparently-familiar texts as The Battle of Maldon and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Essential reading for all those interested in post-Conquest history and linguistics. ... Read more

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Scholarly but fascinating
A triumph of editing, proving that what might seem to be a dry subject in the hands of the right editor can be as absorbing as a first-class novel! ... Read more

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This text is an annual review of UK public policy, finance and management. ... Read more

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The book provides an overview of root biology, ranging fromstudies at the molecular, genetic and cellular levels to a level thatputs the root within the context of whole-plant studies. Rarely hassuch a prestigious line-up of authors, all famed for their innovativework on roots, been brought together in one volume for a concise butcomprehensive survey of root structure and function. ... Read more

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This collection presents articles and papers, dating from 1662 to 1959, tracing the development of public finance from the earliest tolls and customs duties levied on goods and land to more complex tax systems up to 1950. It also allows the founding fathers to describe the development of different schools or doctrines in their own words, and shows how economic analysis develops partly as a response to the need to gain a deeper insight into practical questions such as "how progressive should a tax system be?" ... Read more

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An introduction to tigers, beautiful solitary creatures of the Asian continent. ... Read more

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You will not regret buying this one.
Peter Jackson is the chairman of the Cat Specialists Group of the IUCN. This book, published in 1990, includes information on all aspects of the life of the tiger. The book is divided into the following chapters:

Introduction
1. A day in the life of a tiger
2. The origin and spread of the tiger
3. Territory, mating and family life
4. The world of the tiger
5. Tigers and people
6. Man-eaters
7. The decline of the tiger
8. Crisis and action
9. Studying the tiger
10. Problems and solutions
11. Can the tiger survive?

In its 128 pages, it includes all the information concisely, as well as beautiful pictures showing this great cat in the wild.
Although I wish there were a few more, what's there is admirable and of high quality. Knowing the author, you can also read it assured that the information is true and accurate. I, without a doubt, recommend this book to anyone who wishes to learn more about these majestic creatures. Even veterans on the subject will undoubtly find this book beneficial. ... Read more

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Defines ways to establish good communications within the company environment. The book shows how to tailor methods to company requirements and offers a step-by-step guide to implementation. The author has also written "Be Your Own PR Man" and "Promoting Yourself on TV and Radio". ... Read more

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This text explains the importance of branding and explores how an understanding of the unique functions of an industrial brand can form the basis of successful marketing. The book illustrates how utilizing a brand image can help build market share, improve margins and achieve faster stock turn-around. The authors offer practical advice on how to measure, understand and successfully exploit the power of the brand in industrial marketing. Overall, this book provides: an insight into what makes an industrial brand; a background of the differences between consumer and industrial marketing; and practical suggestions on how to build an industrial branding strategy. ... Read more

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Here are lessons from the personal experience of the team that led one of the most successful transnational corporate mergers of all time-the transformation of SmithKline Beckman and the Beecham Group into SmithKline Beecham, one of the world's leading healthcare companies.

The authors-key players in the transformation process that became known as Simply Better-recount their thinking and actions as well as the successes, failures, and lessons learned. Through the story of the merger, they present a framework of five requisites for creating and sustaining a culture of change: --instilling a winning attitude
--making the organization the hero
--striving for continuous learning
--instituting strategic communication
--aligning behavior with strategy

For managers, this inside account offers a rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse into how a major company aligned its business actions and behavior to deliver a strategy in a rapidly changing industry, and shares lessons on how others can create an environment in which the ability to change sustains success. ... Read more

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Useful guide for merging projects
I recomend this book as a guide for mergin proccess. ... Read more