Combining a detailed film analysis with archival research and social science approaches, this book examines how American Graffiti (1973), a low-budget and star-less teen comedy by a filmmaker whose only previous feature had been a box office flop, became one of the highest grossing and most highly acclaimed films of all time in the United States, and one of the key expressions of the nostalgia wave washing over the country in the 1970s.  Meer

This book examines how American Graffiti (1973), a low-budget and star-less teen comedy, became one of the highest grossing and most highly acclaimed films of all time in the United States, and one of the key expressions of the nostalgia wave washing over the country in the 1970s.  Meer

Discovery and Relative Importance of Continuous Arteriovenous HemofIltration Lee W. Henderson Continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration (CAVH) has seen a brisk upswing in popularity in Europe since its introduction by Dr.  Meer

The study which fonns the second volume of this series deals with the interplay of groups and composite particle theory in nuclei. Three main branches of ideas are de­ veloped and linked with composite particle theory: the pennutational structure of the nuclear fermion system, the classification scheme based on the orbital partition and the associated supennuitiplets, and the representation in state space of geometric trans­ fonnations in classical phase space.  Meer

In a novel that’s part comic mystery, part political satire, and part case vignette, a psychiatrist reviews his involvement with a narcissistic national leader who has turned up dead on the consulting room couch.  Meer

Auf dieses Buch haben Lehrende und Studierende in Chemie, Biochemie, aber auch in anderen chemienahen Fachgebieten lange gewartet. Dieses Buch ist ideal für Lehrende und Studierende im Fach Gefahrstoffkunde an Hochschulen und Universitäten, denn es bietet ihnen das Rüstzeug für die Gestaltung erfolgreicher Lehrveranstaltungen bzw.  Meer

Er zijn boekenkasten en websites vol geschreven over het kweken van bloembollen. Alles lijkt gezegd te zijn, maar dat is niet zo. Peter miste een praktisch naslagwerk over het kweken van bloembollen in een kas of op de vensterbank in Noordwest-Europa.  Meer

Een jonge student uit een eenvoudig milieu, is erg ambitieus. Sterk geïnteresseerd in de politiek wordt hij op 18 jarige leeftijd lid van de PvdA. Hij is bang voor zijn ontluikende homoseksuele gevoelens.  Meer

This book describes in detail how to develop successful programs of nursing mentorship, utilizing concepts of caring that yields a strong, caring body of nurses who will be “nurse thrivers” as they find fulfilment and meaning in their professional commitment and will train others to do the same.  Meer

In Linkebeek bij Brussel overleed in augustus 2003 Chantal Beaudelet door een schot dat was afgevuurd met het dienstwapen van haar vriend Jack Darne.  Meer

De staat van het onderwijs in Nederland is al jaren zorgelijk. Er is een groot tekort aan leraren, het niveau gaat steeds verder omlaag en de ontlezing zet door.  Meer

The liturgy of the medieval church has been little studied in its relation to medieval thought and society. It has often been taken for granted that the Latin liturgy was understood by the priest, but to his congregation was only a spectacle of authority.  Meer

This book presents a constitutive approach to controversy based on a discourse analysis of news texts, focusing on the role of journalists as participants who shape public controversy for readers.  Meer