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This book brings together 10 experiments which introduce historical perspectives into mathematics classrooms for 11 to 18-year-olds. The authors suggest that students should not only read ancient texts, but also should construct, draw and manipulate. The different chapters refer to ancient Greek,...

Dunkle Wesen, funkelnde Träume, tausend Gefahren. Entdecke neue und alte Welten, geh auf Reisen und lass dich verzaubern. 32 Kurzgeschichten voller Liebe, Fantasie und Abenteuer und spannende Leseproben aus dem Drachenmond Verlag erwarten dich.

Repetition is constitutive of human life. Both the species and the individual develop through repetition. Unlike simple recall, repetition is permeated by the past and the present and is oriented toward the future. Repetition of central actions and events plays an important role in the lives of individuals...

Kerzenschein, Plätzchenduft – und eine stimmungsvolle Weihnachtsgeschichte Leise deckt der Schnee die Wiesen und Wälder, die Städte und die Dörfer zu. Die Sterne funkeln, der Mond gießt sein helles Licht über das Land. Drinnen leuchten die Kerzen. Die Kinder sitzen schon vor dem Tannenbaum...

The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts,...

From 1974 to the present, the Institute of Classical Archaeology at the University of Texas at Austin has carried out archaeological excavations in the ancient territory (chora) of Metaponto, now located in the modern province of Basilicata on the southern coast of Italy. This wide-ranging investigation,...

The Medicolegal Library is the first and only series of its kind. Its importance is self-evident. During the last decade, science, especial­ ly medical practice, has become an increasingly complex undertak­ ing. Recent dramatic developments in medicine have given rise to both theoretical controversies...

Joshua Foster, a forty-year-old African American high school chemistry teacher and part-time baseball coach, was invited to visit a cousin in Africa. His ninety-nine-year-old uncle, also a chemist, had developed a compound that had strange and unknown powers when coming in contact with leather and...

This edited volume explores the intersection of spirituality with childbirth from 1800 to the present day from a comparative perspective. It illustrates how over this time period in much of the world, traditional practices, home births, and midwives have been overshadowed and undermined by male dominated...

This creative work would appeal to anyone who loves the works of Tennessee Williams. It is all about the ups and downs of common folk and what others do or do not do to help them. The author uses folk poetry, photos and art to tell about those times when we are lost in darkness. He speaks of those...

~If you could wish for whatever you wanted, and keep it for half an hour, what would you wish for? Twin princes Barth and Aden are given this fairy-gift when they are named, and use it for unseemly purposes. The fairy responsible for giving them this gift is already under house-arrest for earlier...

IN OFFERTA LANCIO! La fantasia di Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) è stata tra le più brillanti della storia della letteratura. È stato, insieme a Jules Verne, il creatore di veri e propri miti che non risentono del passare del tempo e che sono stati ampiamente sfruttati dal mondo del cinema....

Als das Literaturbüro Ruhr, der Klartext Verlag und Zeitungen der Funke Mediengruppe ihren Wettbewerb "Geschichten zum Mitnehmen" ausschrieben, ahnten sie nicht, wie unüberhörbar das Echo darauf sein würde. 1449 Einsendungen trafen im Literaturbüro ein, viele enthielten die maximal möglichen zwei...

This continuing authoritative series deals with the chemistry, materials science, physics and technology of the rare earth elements. Volume 38 of the Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earth incorporates a recapitulation of the scientific achievements and contributions made by the late...