Authors:Robert J. Chapuis, Amos E. Joel,
Publisher: IOS Press
Keywords: switching, electromechanical, manual, years, telephone
Number of Pages: 2
Published: 2003-08
List price: $210.00
ISBN-10: 1586033492
ISBN-13: 9781586033491

In this work, not only the principles by which manual and automatic systems function are distinguished, but also the background to the invention is given. This is done from the perspective of an unbiased international observer.

Authors:G. W. A. Dummer, S. W. Amos, R. S. Amos,
Publisher: Newnes
Keywords: electronics, dictionary, newnes
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 1999-08-02
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0750643315
ISBN-13: 9780750643313

The Newnes Dictionary of Electronics has become an essential item on the bookshelves of electronics engineers, managers, technicians, students and enthusiasts. The book itself is a compact and durable hardback, ideal for the lab. The definitions are clear and concise, supported by numerous illustrations and circuit diagrams.The fourth edition of the Newnes Dictionary of Electronics includes a substantial new section devoted to acronyms. So if you think you know the meaning of ADDER, LAP, FIB, SPICE or WORM, we recommend you check in Newnes Dictionary of Electronics first.

Authors:Paula G. Ben-Amos, Ben-Amos, Paula Girshick,
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Keywords: century, benin, eighteenth, politics, innovation, art
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1999-08-01
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0253335035
ISBN-13: 9780253335036

"The wealth of historiographic resources, the command of relevant literature, the ethnographic research and prudent use of oral traditions give this work a high degree of . . . intellectual excitement. . . . a landmark in the field." --Warren d’Azevedo Making use of archival and oral resources in this extensively researched book, Paula Girshick Ben-Amos questions to what extent art operates as political strategy. How do objects acquire political meaning? How does the use of art enhance and embody power and authority?

Author: Joel D. Lieberman and Daniel A. KraussJoel D. Lie
Publisher: Ashgate
Keywords: psychology, crime, law, processes, aspects, social, jury, trial
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2009-04-01
List price: $79.95
ISBN-10: 0754626415
ISBN-13: 9780754626411

This is the first volume of an important new two-volume work on the Psychology of the Courtroom. Taken together, the two volumes offer a definitive account of the problems created by or influencing courtroom procedure and trial outcome from a psychological perspective. Each volume is also designed to be consulted separately. In "Jury Psychology: Social Aspects of the Trial Processes" a highly respected group of scholars explore the influence of trial procedures on juror decision-making. A wide range of topics are covered including pretrial publicity and inadmissible evidence, jury selection, j

Author: Amos Oz
Publisher: Mariner Books
Keywords: counsel, evil
Number of Pages: 210
Published: 1991-03-28
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 0156402750
ISBN-13: 9780156402750

Three stories in which history and imaginative narrative intertwine to re-create the world of Jerusalem during the last days of the British Mandate. A book “as complex, vivid and uncompromising as Jerusalem itself” (The Nation). Translated by Nicholas de Lange in collaboration with the Author. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Author: Amos Oz
Publisher: Mariner Books
Keywords: michael
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2005-11-01
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0156031604
ISBN-13: 9780156031608

One of Amos Oz’s earliest and most famous novels, My Michael created a sensation upon its initial publication in 1968 and established Oz as a writer of international acclaim. Like all great books, it has an enduring power to surprise and mesmerize. Set in 1950s Jerusalem, My Michael tells the story of a remote and intense woman named Hannah Gonen and her marriage to a decent but unremarkable man named Michael. As the years pass and Hannah’s tempestuous fantasy life encroaches upon reality, she feels increasingly estranged from him and the marriage gradually disintegrates. Gorgeousl

Author: Amos Oz
Publisher: Mariner Books
Keywords: death, life, rhyming
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2010-04-26
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 0547336241
ISBN-13: 9780547336244

In this deft, masterly book, Amos Oz turns his attention away from his family—the subject of the internationally acclaimed A Tale of Love and Darkness—and toward his profession, writing. The plot: eight hours in the life of an author. The setting: Tel Aviv, a stifling, hot night. A literary celebrity is giving a reading from his new book. And as his attention wanders, he begins to invent lives for the strangers he sees around him: here, a self-styled cultural guru, Yakir Bar-Orian Zhitomirski; there, a love-starved professional reader, Rochele Reznik; to say nothing of Ricky the waitress,