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Three stories by three authors that will not only grasp your mind but show three story telling techniques. These stories are not only original but they will hold you captivated within the world of fantasy. Story 1: The Secret Revelation At last, the new day has begun and the sacred artifacts had been returned to their old locations within the Egyptian Exhibition within the National Museum of World Phenomena. I truly hate Italian street...

William J R Curtis is an award-winning historian, critic, writer, curator, painter and photographer. Educated at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, and at Harvard University, he has taught the history of art, theories of design and architecture at several universities worldwide: among others, Harvard University, the Architectural Association, London, UNAM, Mexico City, ETSAB, Barcelona, Helsinki Institute of Technology, the Accademia di a...

Course covers topics in infectious diseases in children and is intended for Pediatric Infectious disease trainees, trainers, and all those who manage children with infections.

This volume explores the life and work of Evgeny Zamiatin, whose renown abroad has largely been shaped by his anti-utopian novel We, completed in 1919-20. After his death in 1937, he seemed fated to disappear into obscurity in the West, at the same time as he was being airbrushed out of Soviet literary history at home. George Orwell, who readily acknowledged that reading We had contributed to his own ideas for 1984, together with Professor Gle...

A long time observer of the human condition, Curtis combines a wry wit with some unexpected opinions, penetrating insights and intensely personal reflections. This book covers a wide range of topics from the mundane to the metaphysical, spun with a sense of humour and wonder. This read has some delightful surprises that will leave you thinking and laughing. You never know what to expect."For a 'regular guy', the author puts forth some very dee...

A long time observer of the human condition, Curtis combines a wry wit with some unexpected opinions, penetrating insights and intensely personal reflections. This book covers a wide range of topics from the mundane to the metaphysical, spun with a sense of humour and wonder. This read has some delightful surprises that will leave you thinking and laughing. You never know what to expect."For a 'regular guy', the author puts forth some very dee...

The number of workers age 55 and over experiencing long-term unemployment has grown substantially since the recession. This raises concerns about how long-term unemployment will affect older workers' re-employment prospects and future retirement income. In light of these developments, this book examines how older workers' employment status has changed since the recession, what risks unemployed older workers face and what challenges they experi...

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Classic survey covers principles as well as practical applications, addressing general questions of scale, balance, proportion, and symmetry. Detailed treatments of doors, windows, walls, stairways, columns, and other features. 249 illustrations.

A guide to research on wild primates, providing advice on technical and practical aspects of both field and laboratory methods.

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This is the third in an essential series of Springer handbooks that explore key aspects of the nexus between demography and social science. With an inclusive international perspective, and founded on the principles of social demography, this handbook shows how the rural population, which recently dropped below 50 per cent of the world total, remains a vital segment of society living in proximity to much-needed developmental and amenity resourc...

An ordinary citizen - a Journalist - has an extraordinary experience. Suffering from burn-out, and a marital crisis, Carl Jordan retreats to the desert to collect himself. While there he has an inter-dimensional experience which changes his life, and releases him into a New Beginning. This is a highly symbolic story, the reader needs to reflect on Carl's experience as it unfolds, and travel his 'Strange Journey' with him.

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

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Excerpt from A Game of Chance, Vol. 3 of 3: A NovelWell, my dear, it seems a long time since you paid me a visit, said little Miss Masham, as she ran to meet and welcome Letty, who Unexpectedly appeared just before luncheon. Have you come to spend the day with me? That is good of you. It is ages since we had a gossip.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.co...

One cold, rainy, spring night, a young girl and her scientist father participate in "Salamander Night" to follow hundreds of spotted salamanders as they venture into a vernal pool to mate and lay eggs. Together, the father-child team studies the salamanders through their complete amphibian metamorphosis, culminating in the adult salamanders disappearance into the woods in late summer. In easy-to-understand text, the girl relates the tale throu...

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Lorenzo Curtis offers a new conceptual approach to atomic structure that utilizes conceptual semiclassical models to introduce empirical systematizations of measured data. These models reveal the dynamical behavior of the various interactions that specify the energies and lifetimes of complex atoms. Curtis emphasizes the historical basis of the field as well as the relationship to modern fundamental theory. He also includes many solved problem...