New Releases by David Weiss

New collection of poems by David Weiss, author of Per Diem. A new collection of poems by the author of Per Diem and six other books. Rarely does a poet demonstrate such mobility, plumbing the depths of the psyche while giving it new sounds, new light, new configurations of consciousness. "No One Sleeps Tonight is a collection of poems that asks the reader to ''listen to your being there.'' There is a boy kneeling at the foot of a wheelchair to help his grandmother put her feet on the steel plates; there is a man in love with ''a dozen of roses'' and the phrase ''a dozen of roses,'' bloodied and beautiful and musical; a speaker searching for a line of poetry, ''small night celebrates the great night,'' and finding it by not finding it--which is another way of finding the elusive presence, this time through solitude, that ultimate presence. In fact, all of No One Sleeps Tonight is a small life celebrating a great life through a vision that is so deliciously embodied, it makes you want to rip off the covers, get out of bed, naked, thrust open the window, and let all the evenings of your life visit you again and again and again."--Matthew Lippman Poetry. Jewish Studies.

Baudin et al. (2015) document that childlessness rates in the U.S. in 1990 exhibit a U-shaped relationship with women''s education, with highly educated women much more likely to be childless than other women. We show that this is no longer true: the highly educated women''s childlessness rate has converged to that of other women. We argue that these women are now able to marketize the time cost of child rearing, allowing them to have both a family and career.

Rather than just a cookbook, this piece of writing covers the journey of a french Chef who became successful in the United States of america. After owning a french Bistro for several years, I decided it was time to reveal the secrets of some of my most classic dishes. Allow me to show you the delightful but yet simple french cuisine. I''m sure you will have fun impressing your family and friends. Let''s cook together!

A darkly humorous narrative corpse comic book graphic novel created by students in the illustration department at East Stroudsburg University, A Three Corpse Meal takes a surrealistic look at flying squirrels, voting vampires and the fashion opportunities available in dungeons. Contributors: Janell Wilson-Bey, Nia Skee, Shawn Henderson, Conrad Richebacher, Layne Lippold, April Palmera, Amber Doherty, Brandon Acosta, David Weiss, Mark Hall, Connor Maggard, Jeremy DiSabato, Italo Spinetto Yanca, Alexandria Gonzalez, Amber Ryan, Jada Richards, Anastasia Veloudos, Nicholas Tuche Cover Art: Brandon Acosta, Jada Richards Rebecca Migdal Kilicaslan, Ed.

This book discusses how ancient Japanese mythology was utilized during the colonial period to justify the annexation of Korea to Japan, with special focus on the god Susanoo. Described as an ambivalent figure and wanderer between the worlds, Susanoo served as a foil to set off the sun goddess, who played an important role in the modern construction of a Japanese national identity. Susanoo inhabited a sinister otherworld, which came to be associated with colonial Korea. Imperialist ideologues were able to build on these interpretations of the Susanoo myth to depict Korea as a dreary realm at the margin of the Japanese empire that made the imperial metropole shine all the more brightly. At the same time, Susanoo was identified as the ancestor of the Korean people. Thus, the colonial subjects were ideologically incorporated into the homogeneous Japanese u0093family state.u0094 The book situates Susanoo in Japan''s cultural memory and shows how the deity, while being repeatedly transformed in order to meet the religious and ideological needs of the day, continued to symbolize the margin of Japan.

"This book discusses how ancient Japanese mythology was utilized during the colonial period to justify the annexation of Korea to Japan, with special focus on the god Susanoo. Described as an ambivalent figure and wanderer between the worlds, Susanoo served as a foil to set off the sun goddess, who played an important role in the modern construction of a Japanese national identity. Susanoo inhabited a sinister otherworld, which came to be associated with colonial Korea. Imperialist ideologues were able to build on these interpretations of the Susanoo myth to depict Korea as a dreary realm at the margin of the Japanese empire that made the imperial metropole shine all the more brightly. At the same time, Susanoo was identified as the ancestor of the Korean people. Thus, the colonial subjects were ideologically incorporated into the homogeneous Japanese "family state." The book situates Susanoo in Japan''s cultural memory and shows how the deity, while being repeatedly transformed in order to meet the religious and ideological needs of the day, continued to symbolize the margin of Japan."--

You could say that Little Mirror is a book-length conversation with an inanimate object. Or you could say it''s a monologue in forty-seven fragments told to a different kind of fragment--a piece of mirrored glass. Or it''s a confession made to a listener who cannot hear. Or a cri de coeur to a fellow traveler who cannot feel. Or a series of meditations on failure and grace and how to live, addressed to a companion who can reflect but not reflect on. This is a book whose plain talk with a thing of little value becomes a refiner''s fire to burn away self-deception and dishonesty and replace it with clarity.

We investigate whether CEOs'' political preferences are associated with the prevalence and compensation of women among non-CEO top executives at U.S. public companies. We find that "Democratic" CEOs are associated with more women in the executive suite. To explore causality, we use an event study approach to show that replacing a Republican with a Democratic CEO increases female representation. Additionally, we discuss how the lack of an association between CEO political preferences and gender diversity in the boardroom influences our interpretation of these results. Finally, gender gaps in the level and performance-sensitivity of compensation diminish, or disappear, under Democratic CEOs.

David Weiss Halivni emerges his original approach to critical study of the Talmudic text not only in its modern printed form but as it was in its original form, the Oral Torah from the mouths of countless sages.

Porky is finally taking the plunge and joining a gym! But he gets more than he bargained for, thanks to his new personal trainer, Daffy Duck, whose personal motto is ÒNo pain, no gain, no refunds!Ó If Porky survives DaffyÕs Òintensive workout regimen,Ó heÕll certainly be in shape...but it might just be pretzel-shaped!

This chapter describes the development and the castability of near eutectic aluminum-cerium (Al-Ce) alloy systems. These alloys have good mechanical properties at high temperatures and are very castable. The castability of the binary systems is as good or better than the aluminum-silicon system with some deterioration as additional alloying elements are added. In alloy systems that use cerium in combination with common aluminum alloying elements such as silicon, magnesium, and/or copper, the casting characteristics are generally better than the aluminum-copper system. Alloying with magnesium increases room temperature strength considerably.

James A. Schmitz documents, in a well-known case study (Journal of Political Economy 113 (2005), 582-625), a dramatic rise in productivity in the American and Canadian iron-ore industry following an increase in competition from Brazil. Prior to the increased competition, the industry was not competitive. Economic profits were divided between business and unions. Schmitz attributes the increase in productivity to a change in work practices in the industry, as old negotiated union work rules were abandoned or modified. This research formalizes a mechanism through which a rise in competition can lead to increased productivity in the iron-ore industry.

Music Supervision, or matching music to TV, film, new media, video games, live events, brands, and a host of other media, is a fast-growing career path. This book guides you through real-world scenarios and legal landmines, profiles key players, explores mixing and sound design, and provides time-saving project form templates. For those who want to break into the field of music supervision, this book tells you how to get the job. Artists, publishers and labels seeking more effective sync licensing for their catalogues will also benefit from the unique insights of Music Supervision “The definitive guide to music supervision.” - Brad Hatfield, Associate Professor, Berklee College of Music

In the jungle the mighty jungle, The lion sleeps tonight. Hush my darling, don''t fear my darling, The lion sleeps tonight...

The classic and beloved song is brought to life with bright and colorful illustrations by Tim Hopgood. First recorded in 1967 by Louis Armstrong, and with sales of over one million copies, "What a Wonderful World" has become a poignant message of hope for people everywhere. Sweet and positive in its message, with bright, beautiful art, this book is sure to be a hit. Perfect for sharing!

Plötzlich diese Übersicht by the Swiss artists Peter Fischli (b. 1952) and David Weiss (1946-2012), a loose collection of over 350 hand-sculpted, unfired clay figures, is one of those artworks that is very familiar even to those who are not all that interested in art. The artists have created a masterpiece, using an entirely unspectacular material to form sculptural snapshots that sparkle with cheerful wit : sketched models of everyday situations and objects ; clay reproductions that reveal the absurdity and artificial normality of the ordinary. Alongside them are semi-freely imagined scenes and events from history, culture, entertainment, sport and assorted memories from their own biographies, immortalised in emblematic scenarios. The titles, with their characteristic subtle mockery, fragmentary encyclopaedic knowledge and serious irony, are an integral part of the work.

An eminent authority on the Talmud offers here an analysis of classical rabbinic texts that illuminates the nature of Midrash, Mishnah, and Gemara, and highlights a fundamental characteristic of Jewish law. Halivini chronicles the persistence of justificatory Midrash, the culmination of its development in Gemara in the fifth and sixth centuries, and its continuation down through the ages.

Jeffrey L. Rubenstein offers a translation from the Hebrew of The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud by David Weiss Halivni. Halivni''s work is widely regarded as the most comprehensive scholarly examination of the processes of composition and editing of the Babylonian Talmud. Halivni presents the summation of a lifetime of scholarship and the conclusions of his multivolume Talmudic commentary, Sources and Traditions (Meqorot umesorot). Arguing against the traditional view that the Talmud was composed c. 450 CE by the last of the named sages in the Talmud, the Amoraim, Halivni proposes that its formation took place over a much longer period of time, not reaching its final form until about 750 CE. The Talmud consists of many literary strata or layers, with later layers constantly commenting upon and reinterpreting earlier layers. The later layers differ qualitatively from the earlier layers, and were composed by anonymous sages whom Halivni calls Stammaim. These sages were the true author-editors of the Talmud, who reconstructed the reasons underpinning earlier rulings, created the dialectical argumentation characteristic of the Talmud, and formulated the literary units that make up the Talmudic text. Halivni also discusses the history and development of rabbinic tradition from the Mishnah through the post-Talmud legal codes, the types of dialectical analysis found in the different rabbinic works, and the roles of reciters, transmitters, compilers, and editors in the composition of the Talmud. This volume contains an introduction and annotations by Jeffrey Rubenstein.

Before he began working with Peter Fischli, David Weiss (1946–2012), who did his sculptor training at the Kunstgewerbeschule Basel, participated from 1975–1977 in various national and international gallery and museum exhibitions where he showed his early drawings, for example in the exhibition Mentalität Zeichnung (1976), curated by Jean-Christophe Ammann in the Kunstmuseum Luzern.0Almost without exception, these large-format works on paper originated from small-format drawing books or pads that David Weiss never regarded as sketch-books but instead saw as independent works and as part of the pool and archive of his entire artistic oeuvre, traces of which can also be found in later sculptural works by Fischli/Weiss.0Edition Patrick Frey is enormously pleased to publish in cooperation with Edition Weiss a new edition of these mostly newly rediscovered and fascinating early works by the internationally acclaimed Swiss artist. This representative collection Nine Books 1973–1979, published in a limited edition, was initiated by David Weiss himself; after his death the editorial work was overseen by Iwan Schumacher.0The original sketchbooks, all of which are part of the David Weiss estate curated by the artist’s son Oskar Weiss, including the works Comix, the legendary Regenbüchlein and the water-color series Im Bad, published in 1974/1975 in the Edition Pablo Stähli, have been printed and bound in a limited edition as a facsimile of the original format.0 09 facsimile books in slipcase, published on the occasion of the exhibition David Weiss at Kunstmuseum Chur, February 2014.

It''s phonics! It''s comics! It''s awesome! Perfect for early and developing readers, each paperback includes three exciting, easy-to-read stories! Exhilarating adventures, daring heroes, magic, time travel and much, much more! Each cool 24-page comic book feature three exciting, phonetically decodable stories. Developed and leveled with the help of reading specialists, these 6" x 9" paperbacks are easy to read and hard to put down! Fountas and Pinnell Guided Reading leveled! . Think you know how the story goes? Think again! Find out what REALLY happened to Goldilocks, Humpty Dumpty, and the Frog Prince... ONCE UPON A TIME!

Exhilarating adventures, daring heroes, magic, time travel and much, much more! Each cool 24-page comic book feature three exciting, phonetically decodable stories. Developed and leveled with the help of reading specialists, these 6" x 9" paperbacks are easy to read and hard to put down! Fountas and Pinnell Guided Reading leveled! Hiro, Dragon Warrior, is back to face his fears in three exicting new escapades! In this sequel, Hiro continues his quest to recover the seven long-lost Power Jades. This time he must find Power Jade Bravery in order to save his friends from the cluthes of evil Master Gomi

Packed with collectible miniatures in a resealable, snap-top tube, these best-selling kits teach kids about their favorite topics in an innovative, totally groovy way. Each Groovy Tube Book includes a 24-page fact book, fun games and collectible miniatures! In these pages, the Monster Hunter has detailed all he knows about the world''s deadliest monsters, from Frankenstein''s Monster to Cthulhu. Now that the Mosnter Hunter has been forced into hiding, it''s up to the readers to face their fears and carry on the monster hunting tradition! With this handbook as their guide, kids will disvoer how to defeat each monster and save the world!

How is it possible, after the Shoah, to declare one''s faith in the God of Israel? Breaking the Tablets is David Weiss Halivni''s eloquent and insightful response to this question. Halivni, Auschwitz survivor and one of the greatest Talmudic scholars of the past century, declares that at this time of God''s near absence, Jews can still observe the words of the Torah and pray for God to come near again. Jews must continue to study the classic texts of rabbinic Judaism but now with greater humility, recognizing that even the greatest religious leaders and thinkers interpret these texts only as mere people, prone to human error. Breaking the Tablets is important reading for anyone who feels burdened by the question of how it is possible to believe in God and practice their religion.

It''s phonics! It''s comics! It''s awesome! Perfect for early and developing readers, each paperback includes three exciting, easy-to-read stories! Exhilarating adventures, daring heroes, magic, time travel and much, much more! Each cool 24-page comic book feature three exciting, phonetically decodable stories. Developed and leveled with the help of reading specialists, these 6" x 9" paperbacks are easy to read and hard to put down! Hiro, the smallest dragon in town, doesn''t let his tiny size get him down. While chased by bullies, he stumbles across the wise and mystical Master Fu and his ancient dojo. There, our spirited hero learns how to defend himself-and his dragon city! GRL: I