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Silesian Folk Tales
The book of Rübezahl
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Long ago in the region between old Bosnia and Silesia there dwelled The Mountain Spirit, a mischievous yet warmhearted creature who loved his relationship with mankind. This collection of traditional folk tales, originally published in 1915, recount some of his encounters with various people - and...
Structured Development for Real-Time Systems, Vol. II
Essential Modeling Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 1986
Without a framework for organizing and codifying these ideas, systems modeling can become disjointed, frustrating, and ultimately ineffective. This book is extensively illustrated with detailed examples illuminating the main points discussed. Its four appendices provide fully worked examples of pertinent applications.
Naval Frogmen
Wartime Underwater Operations
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2017
The first modern frogmen were the Italian commando frogmen of Decima Flottiglia MAS which was first in action in 1940. They were nicknamed Uomini Rana, Italian for frogmen, because of their swimming frog kick style and because their fins looked like frogs’ feet. Their success against Royal Navy...
The Illegal Child 2
Gabriel's Awakening
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2015
This is an enchanting tale of mythical creatures and intriguing, action-packed adventures. This magical story features an innocent teenage boy and a majestic princess. The Illegal Child begins with an unsuspecting teenager named Danny who leaves a Halloween party one dark and eerie night. He encounters...
Playing Offstage
The Theater as a Presence or Factor in the Real World
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Fourteen scholars who work on campus or in the theater address this issue of what it means to play offstage. With their individual definition of what “offstage” could mean, the results were, predictably, varied. They employed a variety of critical approaches to the question of what happens when...
The World's Beaches
A Global Guide to the Science of the Shoreline
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
Take this book to the beach; it will open up a whole new world. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, maps, and graphics, it explores one of the planet’s most dynamic environments—from tourist beaches to Arctic beaches strewn with ice chunks to steaming hot tropical shores. The World’s...
The apexart Fellowship
An Experiment in Vertical Cultural Integration
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2016
"The apexart Fellowship: An Experiment in Vertical Cultural Integration" explores the methodology, practice, and effects of apexart's unique Fellowship model. The apexart Fellowship is an alternative educational program that invites creative individuals to leave their familiar surroundings...
by H.J.M. Bowen, T. Frevert, W.D. Grant
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Environmental Chemistry is a relatively young science. Interest in this subject, however, is growing very rapidly and, although no agreement has been reached as yet about the exact content and limits of this interdisciplinary discipline, there appears to be increasing interest in seeing environmental...
Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality
Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2005
Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality: Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions provides a forum for prominent religious scholars to examine the state of religious knowledge and theological reflection on spiritual development in childhood and adolescence. Featuring essays from thinkers...
The Unresolved National Question in South Africa
Left thought under apartheid and beyond
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
The re-emergence of debates on the decolonisation of knowledge has revived interest in the National Question, which began over a century ago and remains unresolved. Tensions that were suppressed and hidden in the past are now being openly debated. Despite this, the goal of one united nation living...
by Walter D. Loveland, David J. Morrissey, Glenn T. Seaborg
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2017
Written by established experts in the field, this book features in-depth discussions of proven scientific principles, current trends, and applications of nuclear chemistry to the sciences and engineering.
• Provides up-to-date coverage of the latest research and examines the theoretical and...
by Philip I. Aaronson, Jeremy P. T. Ward, Michelle J. Connolly
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
This concise and accessible text provides an integrated overview of the cardiovascular system - considering the basic sciences which underpin the system and applying this knowledge to clinical practice and therapeutics. A general introduction to the cardiovascular system is followed by chapters on...
by Patrick D. Guinan, Kenneth J. Printen, James L. Stone
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2015
From 1866 until the end of the 1950s, almost all of the attending staff at Cook County Hospital—and thus the instructors who prepared physicians for their life’s work—were unpaid volunteers. As was the case at all other large public teaching hospitals, appointment at County was an honor, public...
by Arman T. Askari, Medhi H. Shishehbor, Adrian W. Messerli
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Updated for its Second Edition, Introductory Guide to Cardiac Catheterization is an easy-to-follow "how-to" guide to diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac catheterization. This pocket-sized, concise manual presents practical pointers, tips, ACC/AHA guidelines, and highlighted clinical pearls...