THE FAMILIARS are the magical animal companions to a wizard or witch. When three young wizards-in-training get kidnapped by the evil queen of the land, it is up to their familiars to go a dangerous journey to rescue them. You'll meet Aldwyn, an orphan alley cat pretending to have telekinesis, Skylar, a know-it-all blue jay who can cast illusions, and Gilbert, a hapless tree frog with the ability to see visions of the future in pools of water. ...
This annual publication is devoted to the advancement of ethics research and education in the profession and practice of accounting. It aims to advance innovative and applied ethics research in all accounting-related disciplines on a global basis and to improve ethics education in the field.
She was witty, tempestuous, a Kentucky blueblood, he was brilliant, moody, a farmer's son born in a log-cabin. They got married on a few hours notice in 1842, when he was thirty-three and she was nearly twenty-four. In 1974, the historian Fawn Brodie predicted that a "sensitive study of the Lincoln marriage will not always defy biographers." Until now, it has. The only book-length treatment of the marriage was published in 1953, when scholars ...
An introduction to degrees of unsolvability.- The undecidability of the theory of degrees.- Various finite distributive lattices .- Finite distributive lattices .- Linear orderings .- Countable distributive lattices .- Relativizing, a tree of trees, the jump operator.- The homogeneity questions.- Degree theory and analysis.- An introduction to degrees ? 0?.- The undecidability of the theory of degrees ? 0?.
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Hier versagt selbst der anschaulichste Sexualkunde-Unterricht: Die ¿Möchtegern-Highschool-Aufreißer¿ Fred (Michael Cera), Chuck (Frankie Muniz) und Mike (Ray Pinkston) stolpern von einer Sexfalle in die nächste: Ob beim heißen Blind-Date, im Bett mit der Liebsten oder beim Anbaggern der Traumfrau ¿ hier geht schief was schief gehen kann! Die Zeit der Doktorspiele ist definitiv vorbei!
In this path-breaking book, David Epstein and Sharyn O'Halloran produce the first unified theory of policy making between the legislative and executive branches.
This book considers chromosome imbalance which affects all stages of life in ways ranging from spontaneous abortion and retardation to behavioural problems and malignancy.
Their love story ended many years ago. He still writes her name as a solution to crossword puzzle clues of suitable length." Alex Epstein's miniature stories are indeed love stories, puzzles, stray clues to puzzles he never finishes, the beginnings or ends of philosophical treatises, parables, jokes, modernized legends, or perhaps a vivid handful of images thrown together, then allowed to disperse. This is a form of which he has been hailed as...
Leading experts in sociology and cultural studies look at youth culture through subcultural identity. They examine the social worlds of young people in their "natural environments" of home, shopping malls, rock concerts, and school. These newly commissioned essays provide readers with an understanding of why youths, in particular, are prone to collective identity, and how they achieve their sense of self through fashion, music, sports, and ent...
Culture plays a central role in our understanding of migration as an economic phenomenon. This title emphasises on the distinctions in culture between migrants, the families they left behind, and the local population in the migration destination.
Using late Medieval English literature, including some of Chaucer's writings, the essays in this collection do not try to define a secular realm distinct and separate from the divine or religious, but instead analyze intersections of the sacred and the profane, suggesting that these two categories are mutually constitutive rather than antithetical.
Using late Medieval English literature, including some of Chaucer's writings, the essays in this...
Despite uncertainties, the scientific consensus recorded at Villach, Austria, in 1985 was that "the understanding of the greenhouse question is sufficiently developed that scientists and policy-makers should begin an active collaboration to explore the effectiveness of alternatives and adjustments.” The recent scientific assessment of climate change has only strengthened the view that a concerted multilateral response is called for.
A collection of over 40 flowers from one of the hottest knitwear designers. It includes patterns for garments embellished with the floral designs. It features stitch pattern flowers, petal constructed flowers, cord flowers and the extremely popular felted flowers.
Nicky Epstein is a "rock star" of knitting, and here she knits up a garden of colorful and whimsical flowers to adorn clothes, shoes, pillows, bags--almost anything at all. These pretty blossoms range from ruffled roses to lazy daisies, from single blooms to complete bouquets, from layered petal varieties to scalloped and corkscrew styles. Some are made of soft, sensuous felt, others showcase sparkling, eye-catching gold lame. With Epstein's d...