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The subject of this book is a wide range of spiritual narrative texts from the third to the sixth centuries A.D.: pagan philosophical biographies, Greek and Latin Christian saints' lives, and autobiographical works by authors such as Julian and Augustine. Unlike traditional readings which seek in these works historical facts, or religious and intellectual attitudes, this book argues that contemporary reality can be found in the interplay betwe...

Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, and Vanessa RedgraveChosen as one of the "Top Memoirs of the year" by The New York Times The Golden Age of Hollywood, a young British actor, a love affair, and a tragedy, Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool is Peter Turner's touching memoir of the last days of Hollywood icon Gloria Grahame, the Oscar-winner best known for her portrayal of irresistible femme fatales in...

Characterization Techniques for Micro/Nanoscale Devices introduces commonly utilized and important techniques for the dynamic measurement and characterization of MEMS and NEMS devices. It outlines many of the techniques currently available for the test and characterization of MEMS and gives guidance in choosing an adequate technique for monitoring certain signals. After reading this book, MEMs Designers and researchers will be able to determin...

A summary of our understanding of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees, with particular emphasis on comparative ecology.

This crucial new study of one of the seminal events in military history dispells many of the myths surrounding Cambrai 1917. Common perception classifies it as the "world's first tank battle" but Alexander Turner shows us that the real importance of Cambrai was that it saw the first use of armor as an operational shock tactic. With the pre-eminence of armor, the conduct of war was irrevocably changed. The battle also heralded the combined use ...

Each week of this three week meeting was a self-contained event, although each had the same underlying theme - the effect of parallel processing on numerical analysis. Each week provided the opportunity for intensive study to broaden participants' research interests or deepen their understanding of topics of which they already had some knowledge. There was also the opportunity for continuing individual research in the stimulating environment c...

Five lectures on the algorithmic aspects of approximation theory.- Lectures on optimal recovery.- An introduction to the analysis of the error in the finite element method for second-order elliptic boundary value problems.- Variational theory and approximation of boundary value problems.