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Real and Imagined Women in British Romanticism uses feminist ideology and deconstructive criticism to reconstruct the cultural context embedded in Romantic canonical texts. To achieve this end, the book undertakes a close textual study of these texts and places them in the intellectual context of Mary Wollstonecraft's critique of culture. As a result of intellectual contextualizing as well as theoretical applications, the Romantic imagination,...

A colouring book specifically designed for grandmothers and grandchildren, it features beautiful illustrations and allows you to colour side by side.

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This monograph describes the principles of information theoretic secrecy generation by legitimate parties with public discussion in the presence of an eavesdropper. The parties are guaranteed secrecy in the form of independence from the eavesdropper's observation of the communication. The focus is on secrecy generation in two settings: a multiterminal source model and a multiterminal channel model, in both of which the legitimate parties are g...

Formerly India's most corrupt tourist guide, Raju-just released from prison- seeks refuge in an abandoned temple. Mistaken for a holy man, he plays the part and succeeds so well that God himself intervenes to put Raju's newfound sanctity to the test. Narayan's most celebrated novel, "The Guide" won him the National Prize of the Indian Literary Academy, his country's highest literary honor.

A sweeping tale of abduction, battle, and courtship played out in a universe of deities and demons, "The Ramayana" is familiar to virtually every Indian. Although the Sanskrit original was composed by Valmiki around the fourth century BC, poets have produced countless versions in different languages. Here, drawing on the work of an eleventh-century poet called Kamban, Narayan employs the skills of a master novelist to re-create the excitement ...

In certain circumstances and in certain moods ideas flashed before my mind that there is something otherwise than dictation of Organized Religion. The wonderful "Hyman of Creation" of Rig Veda-'one of the oldest surviving records of philosophic doubt in the history of the world marks the development of high stage of abstract thinking.' gives heat and light and also opened vista of ideas of the book. Believe in God or in Absolute, but not to be...

Recent studies have shown that modified inkjet and related printing technologies can be used to create patient-specific prostheses, artificial tissues, and other implants using data obtained from magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, or other imaging techniques. For example, customized prostheses may be fabricated that possess suitable features, including geometry, size, and weight, for a given medical condition. Many advances have ...

Identifies some of the stereotypes about Hinduism and shows them to be deeply flawed and having no basis in historical evidence. This book intends to debunk the view that India (called A Bharatau) is timeless, that the first man was born here and that its people were the authors of the first human civilisation.

Identifies some of the stereotypes about Hinduism and shows them to be deeply flawed and having no basis in historical evidence. This book intends to debunk the view that India (called A Bharatau) is timeless, that the first man was born here and that its people were the authors of the first human civilisation.

The corpse of a young man in a ramshackle tenement on New York's Lower East Side initiates a lethal game of cat-and-mouse for private detective Gabrielle Dixon. In his pursuit of the truth, Dixon dodges mobsters, dirty cops and a hoard of trigger-happy gunsels. From Wall Street to the Bowery, Gibson races against time to uncover the reason behind the murder while simultaneously attempting to protect the life of a mysterious woman who harbors d...

This book brings together the latest thinking about poverty dynamics from diverse analytic traditions. Leading development practitioners and scholars from the fields of anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology, critically examine the literature from their disciplines and contribute new frameworks and evidence from their own works.

India has experienced accelerating growth in the last decade, yet why do millions of people remain mired in poverty? This book brings together the voices of the poor from villages in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, to understand how some people have managed to escape poverty while others have not.

Compiles current research on various aspects of bioceramics and porous ceramics. Collection of papers from The American Ceramic Society s 32nd International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 27-February 1, 2008.

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This volume brings together findings and lessons about why and how people move in and out of poverty in conflict-affected contexts. It features cross-country findings on conflict and mobility, as well as in-depth case studies of six countries affected by significant violent conflict during the ten-year period covered by the research.

A collection of articles from the Advances in Biomedical and Biomimetic Materials symposium give insight into advances in biomedical and biomimetic materials. These selected articles cover such topics as scaffolds for tissue engineering, bioceramics, biomimetic materials, nanoparticles for medical diagnosis and treatment, and novel materials for drug delivery and biosensing.

Shoba Narayan's Monsoon Diary weaves a fascinating food narrative that combines delectable Indian recipes with tales from her life, stories of her delightfully eccentric family, and musings about Indian culture.Narayan recounts her childhood in South India, her college days in America, her arranged marriage, and visits from her parents and in-laws to her home in New York City. Monsoon Diary is populated with characters like Raju, the milkman w...

Consolidating the results of a study conducted in four developing member countries--the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Fiji Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Sri Lanka--this book summarizes the major findings of the diagnostic study on available accounting and auditing support contained in the four country reports and provides recommendations and action plans to address identified weaknesses. These reports offer refer...