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An exciting exploration of a century of scientific discovery, first published in 2005.

Louisiana was founded in 1818, and by 1866 it was the 12th largest city in Missouri. The citys proximity to the Mississippi River fostered lumber, tobacco, and agriculture industries and lured river captains and others whose commerce depended on the river. In 1873, another form of transit bolstered the city with the construction of the Chicago & Alton Railroad Bridge. The third bridge built across the Mississippi, it remains in use today. Pard...

For La3amon, or Lawman (both forms are used), a parish priest living on the Welsh March c.1200, the criteria of language, race and territory all provided ways of defining the nation state, which is why his Brut commands a diverse readership to-day. The range of view-points in this book reflects the breadth and complexity of La3amon's own vision of the way his world is moulded by past conquests and racial tensions. The Brut is an open-ended nar...

Each bilingual volume in "The Defiant Muse" series includes 60 to 80 poems by both well-known and rediscovered poets, selected on the basis of their individual merit and as illustrations of the evolution of feminist thought and feeling. Reflecting their own cultural milieus as well as enduring themes, the poets write of love and friendship, revolution and peace, religion, nature, isolation, work, and family. The Dutch, French, German, and Ital...

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In today's world, few global priorities are more important than the improvement of the safety and quality of healthcare. The Sociology of Healthcare Safety and Quality presents a comprehensive collection of sociologically-informed research readings focusing on the technologies, practices, experiences, and organization of quality and safety across a wide range of healthcare contexts. Chapters reflect the latest research data and findings and ar...

Founded in 1914, the Department of Embryology at the Carnegie Institution of Washington has made a great contribution to the biological understanding of embryos and their development. Although originally much of the research was carried out through experimental embryology, by the second half of the twentieth century, tissue and cell cultures were providing histological information about development, and biochemistry and molecular genetics domi...

Der ehemalige Profi-Rennfahrer Peter (Thomas Jane) arbeitet mittlerweile als Fahrschullehrer, um seine Rechnungen zu zahlen. Als sein Schüler, der Kriminelle Simon (John Cusack), während einer Fahrstunde eine Bank ausraubt, wird Peter ungewollt zum Fluchtwagenfahrer und Komplizen. Das ungleiche Team muss nun gemeinsam vor der Polizei, dem F.B.I und einer Horde Gangster fliehen, die ebenfalls hinter der 9 Millionen-Dollar-Beute hinterher sind. ...

This is the first full-length biography of actress Anna Maria Pierangeli, from her early life in Italy to her death at the age of 39. The book covers her seven year career with MGM, her two unhappy marriages to Vic Damone and Armando Trovajoli, her love for her children Perry and Andrew, her brief and stormy relationship with James Dean, her dependent relationships with her mother and such stars as Kirk Douglas, Richard Attenborough and Debbie...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the17th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2015, held in Seoul, South Korea, in December 2015.The 22 full papers, 9 short papers, 7 panels, 6 doctoralconsortiium papers and 19 poster papers presented were carefully reviewed andselected from 141 submissions. The papers for this 2015 conference cover topicssuch as digital preservation, gamification, text mining, cit...

Excerpt from One Hundred Poems About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original,...

Louisiana was founded in 1818, and by 1866 it was the 12th largest city in Missouri. The city's proximity to the Mississippi River fostered lumber, tobacco, and agriculture industries and lured river captains and others whose commerce depended on the river. In 1873, another form of transit bolstered the city with the construction of the Chicago & Alton Railroad Bridge. The third bridge built across the Mississippi, it remains in use today. Par...

Readers, have you ever thought about the many kinds of books or periodicals or brochures or other things that you read? This charming picture book takes you on an alphabetical stroll through a surprising variety of forms that you reading can take--and suggests some very nice places where you can do that reading.

Have you ever thought about all the different types of writing you can do? You may write papers for schools and e-mails to your friends. Some of you might enjoy writing stories and poems. Communicating through writing can take many forms. This book will show you twenty-six of themone for each letter of the alphabet.

Betty Bias, Peter Prejudice, "Ad" Hominem and Teddy Tangletongue illustrate what happens when reasoning goes bad.