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This 2004 book examines the influence of EC rules on European nations' policies towards part-time working.

This is a collection of original essays on the relationship between property and power, a fundamental theme in medieval history. It addresses four main issues: the meaning of power over property, the ways in which property conveyed power, the nature of immunities, and the power of royal authority to affect property relations. The areas studied include Wales, England, France, Germany, Italy, and Byzantium, and the essays range across the period...

How did the universe begin and how will it end?What is matter?What is mind, and can it survive death?What are time and space, and how do they relate to ideas about God?Is the order of the universe the result of accident or design?The most profound and age-old questions of existence -- for centuries the focus of religion and philosophy -- may soon be answered through the extraordinary advances of a field of science known as the new physics. In ...

From Simon & Schuster, Superforce is Paul Davies' latest work that searches for a grand unified theory of nature.Superforce explains how recent discoveries in physics and the new cosmology have transformed concepts of the physical world by linking space, time, matter, force, creation, order, and mind into the ultimate scientific theory.

A new edition of Paul Davies' very highly regarded text on high-energy particle physics aimed at the scientifically educated general reader.

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My name is Paul, and I've suffered with Crohn's Disease for thirty years. This is my story of how I've survived. It includes the agony I went through for eighteen months before being diagnosed with CD, what drove me over the edge to try and take my own life one cold and bleak December night, and why smoking cannabis helped relieve my symptoms but soon turned into a serious drug addiction and a different lifestyle that wasn't me. I've learnt ho...

A pioneering volume on the culture of gift in the medieval period from Anglo-Saxon England to the Islamic world.

The co-authors are world authorities on the Lockheed Blackbird spy plane, and were given rare insights into its secret world - its genesis, construction and anatomy (including its use of stealth technology) and its operation and maintenance in peace and war. Includes many amazing under-the-skin insights as well as rare and detailed photos and technical illustrations.

This guide to close-up and macro photography is designed to provide photographers of all abilities with the tips, hints and technical inspiration they will need to enhance their skills.

In this sweeping survey, acclaimed science writers Paul Davies and John Gribbin provide a complete overview of advances in the study of physics that have revolutionized modern science. From the weird world of quarks and the theory of relativity to the latest ideas about the birth of the cosmos, the authors find evidence for a massive paradigm shift. Developments in the studies of black holes, cosmic strings, solitons, and chaos theory challeng...

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This guide describes many of the plants of Spain, Portugal, southern France, Italy and Malta. The text describes 1200 species that can be found in the region. There is also information on habitat, distribution and flowering time, and coverage of the more conspicuous species of orchids.

A love story for anyone who loves writers and writing, "Dead Writers In Rehab" is a darkly funny novel about the strange and terrible love affair between creativity and addiction.

Being human while trying to scientifically study human nature confronts us with our most vexing problem. What we need to move forward in our understanding of human agency, this book argues, is a reform in the way we study ourselves and a long overdue break with traditional humanist thinking.

A pioneering volume on the culture of gift in the medieval period from Anglo-Saxon England to the Islamic world.

Paris, 1789: Das Blut der Französischen Revolution färbt die Straßen rot. Der junge Arno macht sich auf, um die Hintergründe der Revolution zu entlarven, die Tausende unschuldige Opfer fordert. Seine Suche nach der Wahrheit und die Kämpfe in den Straßen machen ihn zu einem wahren Assassinen. Das Artbook zu Ubisofts neuestem Streich Assassin's Creed® Unity entführt euch in die atemberaubende Szenerie des revolutionären Paris des 18. Jahrhundert...

Negli ultimi anni la ricerca fondamentale ha fatto passi da gigante, tanto da far pensare prossima una descrizione unificata di tutte le forze della natura. Progressi promettenti si sono avuti nel campo delle teorie di grande unificazione, ma forse la spinta decisiva è stata data dalla scoperta delle particelle W e Z, i bosoni intermedi portatori della cosiddetta interazione debole.

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