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Wanneer leerlinge Sophia de koelbloedige, maar fascinerende acteur en docent Marc Blackwell voor het eerst ontmoet, had ze niet durven dromen dat ze verwikkeld zouden raken in een verboden, maar liefdevolle relatie. Marc en Sophia besluiten hun affaire naar buiten te brengen. Iedereen is in de ban...

The Chinese economy is growing at an unprecedented speed, and one of the emerging trends is angel investment. It is an area with tremendous potential for growth. Compared with the more mature markets in Western countries, however, angel investing in China is still at an early stage, due to a lack...

A tragicomic novel of a father and son coping with China’s Cultural Revolution, from “a true literary talent” (Anchee Min, author of Empress Orchid). Winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize In a peaceful village, it has been officially proven that Ku is not, as was once believed,...

The essays in this collection reflect two of Martí’s key observations during his time in the United States: first, how did he, an exile living in New York, view and read his North American neighbors from a sociocultural, political and literary perspective? Second, how did his perception of the...

★ Private memory techniques help to achieve memorize scales and musical note positions on the guitar in 10 minutes ★ Combine musical intervals, chords, arpeggios, key modes and practice mantras to let you play more freely on a fretboard ★ Practical examples and licks enhance your...

Kaum ist Anstich, schon ist die Wiesn wieder vorbei. Es herrscht Katerstimmung auf der Münchner Theresienwiese – zumal die Schausteller und Budenbesitzer bei den Abbau- und Auffräumarbeiten einen schier unfassbaren Fund machen. Drei Leichen in einem Müllhaufen. Zeki Demirbilek alias Kommissar...

Kommissar Pascha von der Soko Migra, für Fälle mit Migrationshintergrund, bekommt zu tun. Und das reichlich. Aus dem Wittelsbacher Brunnen wird eine Bierleiche gefischt. 3,2 Promille – das haut selbst den stärksten Türken um. Die Ermittlungen führen zu einer renommierten Münchner Privatbrauerei...

La garantía efectiva de los derechos humanos, hoy más que nunca, plantea retos difícilmente superables desde las ciencias jurídicas exclusivamente. Es por esta razón que la Cátedra Unesco y la Cátedra Infancia han convocado a otras disciplinas y a los miembros de la Red UNITWIN para llevar...

Optimal and Robust Scheduling for Networked Control Systems tackles the problem of integrating system components—controllers, sensors, and actuators—in a networked control system. It is common practice in industry to solve such problems heuristically, because the few theoretical results available...

Over the past several decades, the demographic populations of many countries such as Canada as well as the United States have greatly transformed. Most striking is the influx of recent immigrant families into North America. As children lead the way for a 'new' North America, this group of children...

“Meteorological Satellite Systems” is a primer on weather satellites and their Earth applications. This book reviews historic developments and recent technological advancements in GEO and polar orbiting meteorological satellites. It explores the evolution of these remote sensing technologies...

Bao Qing was a classic example of what people in Maqiao meant when they spat out the word 'intellectual'. Coming home to his old town for the holidays was just as much trouble as not coming home, for this was a town where his old schoolmate Fatcat had every local business in his pocket. And Fatcat...

The second volume of the trilogy Beyond Homo SapiensDoubt, explores and interprets the historical events from the discovery of America to the end of the 19th Century. Enlightenment began with the acceptance by a majority of the worlds population that the Earth rotates around the Sun. Symbolically,...

HIV and AIDS have long been problematized in the People’s Republic of China as objects of governance in political frameworks and institutions. The state’s attitudes towards health programs have, nevertheless, changed significantly during the 21st century. Pilot programs at the beginning of the...