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This book aids any researcher, policymakers and military personnel in researching small states and militaries, European defence and security policy, as well as contemporary and emerging threats. This edited collection gathers academic commentators on Irish defence policy, military leaders from across the service components of the Irish Defence Forces and European defence experts to contribute to the first in-depth conversation and analysis on ...

From one of the great modern masters of the fantastic,  “A beautiful, brilliant, meditation on art, love, inspiration and what makes life worthwhile."-- Neil Gaiman"[Carroll's] prose is spare, polished and quick-moving, sometimes lightly comic, always immensely engaging... Mr. Breakfast is pure pleasure to read. It will surprise you, make you laugh and scare you — and then, just when you think it’s over, add several extra twists." - Michael Di...

This book aids any researcher, policymakers and military personnel in researching small states and militaries, European defence and security policy, as well as contemporary and emerging threats. This edited collection gathers academic commentators on Irish defence policy, military leaders from across the service components of the Irish Defence Forces and European defence experts to contribute to the first in-depth conversation and analysis on ...

Alice im Wunderland, neugierig und selbstbewusst: Sie läuft einem weißen Kaninchen mit der Uhr hinterher. Sie verfolgt es bis in den Kaninchenbau. Hier landet sie am Eingang zu einer seltsamen Welt. Tief im Inneren der Erde purzelt sie von einem Abenteuer ins andere: es ist das geheimnisvollste, verzaubernd-zauberhafteste aller Kinderbücher, eine niemals auszudeutende Traumreise ins Innere, in die eigenen Träume, Wünsche und Ängste. Und all di...

From one of the great modern masters of the fantastic, "A beautiful, brilliant, meditation on art, love, inspiration and what makes life worthwhile."-- Neil GaimanGraham Patterson's life has hit a dead end. His career as a comedian is failing. The love of his life recently broke up with him and he literally has no idea what to do next. With nothing to lose, he buys a new car and hits the road, planning to drive across country and hopefully fig...

The editors have organized the chapters helpfully across eight parts: I: Artforms II: History III: Questions of Form, Style, and Address IV: Art and Science V: Comparisons among the Arts VI: Questions of Value VII: Philosophers of Art VIII: Institutional Questions

Davis Sterling, scion of Houston's leading newspaper family, was enjoying the playboy life until his father challenges him to make something of himself. Always a talented writer, his rebellious streak leads him to sports writing, a craft without the status in the 1940s that it has today, and one he knew would drive his farther crazy. With the help of the Houston Star's elevator man, he finds a team worth covering. But he never thought it would...

Davis Sterling, scion of Houston's leading newspaper family, was enjoying the playboy life until his father challenges him to make something of himself. Always a talented writer, his rebellious streak leads him to sports writing, a craft without the status in the 1940s that it has today, and one he knew would drive his farther crazy. With the help of the Houston Star's elevator man, he finds a team worth covering. But he never thought it would...

Als Sohn des ebenso erfolgreichen wie egozentrischen Schauspielers Stephen Abbey hatte Thomas eine schwierige Kindheit. Sein einziger Trost war das Buch »Das Land des Lachens« des früh verstorbenen Autors Marshall France, das er stets bei sich trug wie andere Kinder ihre Kuscheltiere. Inzwischen arbeitet Thomas als Englischlehrer in einer kleinen Stadt in Connecticut. Sein Job langweilt ihn, er hat nur wenige Freunde und sein Liebesleben exist...

Data Munging with R shows readers how to take raw data and transform it for use in computations, tables, graphs, and more. Whether they already have some programming experience or they're just a spreadsheet whiz looking for a more powerful data manipulation tool, this book will help programmers get started. Key Features• Practical examples• Step-by-step guide• Introduction to R AudienceIf you have beginner programming skills or you're comforta...

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Just after a man falls and hits his head, a ghost arrives to take his soul to the afterlife. But strangely, the man doesnt die. He is alive because, for the first time, human beings have decided to take back their fates from the gods.

The acclaimed author of "The Land of Laughs" presents an astoundingly imaginative novel that traverses the fine line between our world and an invisible world of magic, in the story of a prize-winning architiect who is hired by a wealthy sultana to build a billion-dollar dog museum.

John W. Carroll undertakes a careful philosophical examination of laws of nature, causation, and other related topics. He argues that laws of nature are not susceptible to the sort of philosophical treatment preferred by empiricists. Indeed, he shows that empirically pure matters of fact need not even determine what the laws are. Similar, and even stronger, conclusions are drawn about causation. Replacing the traditional view of laws and causa...

Features thirty stories by some of the year's best science fiction and fantasy authors, including Jonathan Carroll, Neil Gaiman, Kij Johnson, Kelly Link, Paul McAuley, RJ Parker, Robert Reed, Rachel Swirsky, Catherynne M Valente, and others. This title is your guide to magical realms and worlds beyond tomorrow.

In Jonathan Carroll's surreal masterpiece, Bathing the Lion, five people who live in the same New England town go to sleep one night and all share the same hyper-realistic dream. Some of these people know each other, some don't. When they wake the next day all of them know what has happened. All five were at one time "mechanics, " a kind of cosmic repairman whose job is to keep order in the universe and clean up the messes made both by sentien...

Die Meerjungfrauen Sirena, Nixie und Lyla leben in den Gewässern von Mako Island in einer Gruppe Meerjungfrauen. Ihre Aufgabe ist es, den Mond-Pool vor Missbrauch zu schützen. Aber in der Nacht des Vollmonds vernachlässigen die Mädchen ihre Aufgabe. So gelingt es dem 16-jährigen "Landbewohner" Zac, in den Mond-Pool zu steigen und eine besondere Verbindung mit Mako zu bilden. Zac bekommt eine fischähnliche Schwanzflosse und erstaunliche Kräfte....

Die Meerjungfrauen Sirena, Nixie und Lyla leben in den Gewässern von Mako Island in einer Gruppe Meerjungfrauen. Ihre Aufgabe ist es, den Mond-Pool vor Missbrauch zu schützen. Aber in der Nacht des Vollmonds vernachlässigen die Mädchen ihre Aufgabe. So gelingt es dem 16-jährigen "Landbewohner" Zac, in den Mond-Pool zu steigen und eine besondere Verbindung mit Mako zu bilden. Zac bekommt eine fischähnliche Schwanzflosse und erstaunliche Kräfte....

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Die Meerjungfrauen Sirena, Nixie und Lyla leben in den Gewässern von Mako Island in einer Gruppe Meerjungfrauen. Ihre Aufgabe ist es, den Mond-Pool vor Missbrauch zu schützen. Aber in der Nacht des Vollmonds vernachlässigen die Mädchen ihre Aufgabe. So gelingt es dem 16-jährigen "Landbewohner" Zac, in den Mond-Pool zu steigen und eine besondere Verbindung mit Mako zu bilden. Zac bekommt eine fischähnliche Schwanzflosse und erstaunliche Kräfte...