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Che cosa ha causato la crisi finanziaria? E perché la crisi continua e non accenna a spegnersi? Per uno dei più grandi economisti monetari dei nostri tempi, John Taylor, la responsabilità ricade in larga misura sui banchieri centrali e sulle autorità di regolazione americane. In questo volume, Taylor spiega come le autorità degli Stati Uniti siano finite fuori strada quando hanno abbandonato quei validi principi utilizzati per stabilire i tass...

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The putrid estuaries of the Great Dismal Swamp and the colonial mansions of Tidewater Virginia provide a chilling setting for tales of the mysterious and strange. From the ghost of Jefferson Davis's iron-willed widow who walks the dank corridors of Fort Monroe to the restless presence of Cornwallis's soldiers killed at the Battle of Yorktown, the region is rife with eerie tales of the tragic and unexplained. Paranormal expert and author L.B. T...

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This book offers an opportunity to reconsider the films of the British New Wave in the light of forty years of heated debate. By eschewing the usual tendency to view films like A Kind of Loving and The Entertainer collectively and include them in broader debates about class, gender, and ideology, this book presents a new and innovative look at this famous cycle of British films. For each film, a re-distribution of existing critical emphasis al...

This book offers an opportunity to reconsider the films of the British New Wave in the light of forty years of heated debate. By eschewing the usual tendency to view films like A Kind of Loving and The Entertainer collectively and include them in broader debates about class, gender, and ideology, this book presents a new and innovative look at this famous cycle of British films. For each film, a re-distribution of existing critical emphasis al...

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This text provides an examination of the cultural development of colonial Latin America, using readings, documents, historical analysis, and visual material, including photographs, drawings and paintings. The illustrations are intended to offer avenues to discussion topics.

This study reveals the popular culture of medieval England as a recognizable blend of Norse, Celtic, French and native English traditions that conceal essential distinctions of language and ideology.

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Excerpt from Gasoline Engines in Distribution-Box Boats and Mine-Yawls There are two general types Of internal combustion engines, known as the four-cycle engine and the two-cycle engine. In the four-cycle engine there are two valves, one Of which is the inlet valve, for admitting the mixture of air and gasoline to the cylinder, and the other is the exhaust valve, for allow ing the escape Of the burned gases from the cylinder to the exhaust ...

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Jill Bolte Taylor ha trentasette anni, una laurea ad Harvard e un lavoro come neuroscienziata e ricercatrice universitaria quando, una mattina, un capillare esplode improvvisamente nell'emisfero sinistro del suo cervello provocandole un danno cerebrale esteso e devastante. Il suo percorso verso la completa guarigione è durato otto lunghissimi anni, nel corso dei quali ha potuto sperimentare la duplice veste di medico e paziente. E da questo in...

A theological framework for the liturgical arts rooted in John Calvin Both detractors and supporters of John Calvin have deemed him an enemy of the physical body, a pessimist toward creation, and a negative influence on the liturgical arts. But, says W. David O. Taylor, that only tells half of the story. Taylor examines Calvin's trinitarian theology as it intersects his doctrine of the physical creation in order to argue for a positive theolog...

Excerpt from Studies in the Epistles and Revelation I am determined to know nothing among you but Jesus Christ and him crucified. The world is so large, so wonderful, so beautiful, that no one can personally see and comprehend it all. We get our knowledge of it from the testimony Of others, coupled with our own personal experience. So it is with Jesus Christ our Lord. In this brief outline study I shall hope only to give the viewpoint from wh...

Excerpt from Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor on the Canals of the State: Presented to the Legislature January 3, 1872 Annual Report. The navigable canals, river improvements and feeders, remain the same as last year, and are as follows: Erie canal from Albany to east bank of Oneida Lake canal. Albany basin (called 1 mile, for tolls, chap. 200, Laws of Port Schuyler and West Troy side cuts. About the Publisher Forgotten Book...

Navigating Life with a Brain Tumor is a guide for anyone affected by brain tumors and their associated conditions-patients, family members, friends, and caregivers. Providing readily accessible information and real-world encouragement to people living with primary and metastatic brain tumors and their caregivers, this book discusses the basics of brain tumors, types of tumors, management of different tumors, related symptoms, treatments and si...

Collectors, antiques dealers, and textile tool lovers will rejoice: Pennington and Taylor are back with another great book about spinning wheels, including over 350 color photos to illustrate their painstaking research. Their emphasis is the American spinning wheel from 1775-1900, with substantial sections on fancy European wheels and the accessories that textile tool collectors crave. Special sections are devoted to Shaker wheels, patent whee...

Excerpt from The Infidel's Confession, or the Power of Christian Union for the World's Speedy Conversion: Displaying the Causes and Evils of Schisms Among Christians, The Bible's Great, but Neglected Truth, The Nature, Obligation, Practicability and Plan for Uniting the Christian World I. Perfect freedom among Christians, in forming denominations according to their preferences, or their views, in regard to worship and doctrine, and in attachi...