Brandeis University 2012

Brandeis University 2012 PDF Author: Emily Maskas
Publisher: College Prowler
ISBN: 1427499705
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 187

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Brandeis University 2012

Brandeis University 2012 PDF Author: Emily Maskas
Publisher: College Prowler
ISBN: 1427499705
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 187

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Israel

Israel PDF Author: Anita Shapira
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 161168353X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 529

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Book Description
A history of Israel in the context of the modern Jewish experience and the history of the Middle East

Self-determination and Women's Rights in Muslim Societies

Self-determination and Women's Rights in Muslim Societies PDF Author: Chitra Raghavan
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1611682819
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 370

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An interdisciplinary anthology on the intersections of gender, Islam, and law

Bird Strike

Bird Strike PDF Author: Michael N. Kalafatas
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
ISBN: 1611688159
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 201

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On a warm and golden afternoon, October 4, 1960, a Lockheed Electra jet turboprop carrying 72 souls took off from Logan Airport. Seconds later, the plane slammed into a flock of 10,000 starlings, and abruptly plummeted into Winthrop Harbor. The collision took 62 lives and gave rise to the largest rescue mobilization in Boston's history, which included civilians in addition to police, firefighters, skindivers, and Navy and Coast Guard air-sea rescue teams. Largely because of the quick action and good seamanship of Winthrop citizens, many of them boys in small boats, ten passengers survived what the Civil Aeronautics Board termed "a non-survivable crash." Using firsthand interviews with survivors of the crash, rescuers, divers, aeronautics experts, and ornithologists, as well as a wide range of primary source material, Kalafatas foregrounds the story of the crash and its aftermath to anchor a broader inquiry into developments in the aeronautics industry, the increase in the number of big birds in the skies of North America, and the increasing danger of "bird strikes." Along the way he looks into interesting historical sidelights such as the creation of Logan Airport, the transformation of Boston's industrial base to new technologies, and the nature of journalistic investigations in the early 1960s. The book is a rare instance when an author can simultaneously write about a fascinating historical event and a clear and present danger today. Kalafatas calls for and itemizes solutions that protect both birds and the traveling public.

Brandeis University 2012

Brandeis University 2012 PDF Author: Emily Maskas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781427403544
Category : College choice
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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Book Description
Presents a student perspective on Brandeis University, providing statistics, facts, and opinions on academics, local atmosphere, safety and security, facilities, dining and housing, diversity, athletics, and other topics, and includes a summary of the top ten best and worst things about life on campus.

Polygamy in Primetime

Polygamy in Primetime PDF Author: Janet Bennion
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1611682967
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 386

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Book Description
A provocative look at the costs and benefits of polygamy among western fundamentalist Mormon women

Shuva

Shuva PDF Author: Yehuda Kurtzer
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1611682320
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 186

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Book Description
Offers a roadmap for revitalizing the connection between the Jewish people and the Jewish past

Empires in Collision in Late Antiquity

Empires in Collision in Late Antiquity PDF Author: Glen Warren Bowersock
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 161168322X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 122

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Book Description
Political and military developments in the Arabian Peninsula on the eve of Islam

Papist Patriots

Papist Patriots PDF Author: Maura Jane Farrelly
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0199757712
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Book Description
This volume considers how and why colonial Catholics embraced the individualistic, rights-oriented ideology of the American Revolution, in spite of the fact that the Revolution's rhetoric was riddled with anti-Catholicism, and even though Catholicism has had an uneasy relationship with Enlightenment liberalism until very recently.

Marriage and Divorce in the Jewish State

Marriage and Divorce in the Jewish State PDF Author: Susan M. Weiss
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1611683653
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 242

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Book Description
A comprehensive look at how rabbinical courts control Israeli marriage and divorce