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When Inspector Rostnikov arrives in the town of Arkush with Emil Karpo, the policeman nicknamed the Vampire, he finds a community stunned by the murder of the outspoken Father Merhum. But it is the priest's cryptic last words that make Rostnikov wonder if this was indeed a political assassination or a murder with a motive closer to home. Meanwhile, Rostnikov's other associates plunge into the seedy world of Moscow night life, following the col...

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This bestselling work provides a solid introduction to the functional anatomy of domestic animals for veterinary and animal science students, as well as a reference for those in the field.

New York Times bestselling author Mercedes Lackey has enchanted readers since the publication of her first novel, Arrows of the Queen. Now she takes readers on another thrilling journey with the first novel in her Mage Winds series...High magic had been lost to Valdemar when he gave his life to save his kingdom from destruction by the dark sorceries. Now it falls to Elspeth Herald, heir to the throne, to take up the challenge and seek a mentor...

Die vorliegende Dissertation entstand neben meiner Tätigkeit als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Betriebswissenschaften (iwb) der Technischen Universität München. Herrn Prof. Dr. -Ing. J. Milberg, dem Leiter dieses Instituts, gilt mein besonderer Dank für die wohlwollende Förderung und großzügige Unterstützung sowie für die wertvol­ len Hinweise, die zum erfolgreichen Gelingen meiner Arbeit entscheidend bei...

The principles of successful market-oriented and human-centered design are used to analyze the formation of a good business enterprise.

Die vorliegende Dissertation entstand neben meiner Tätigkeit als Mitarbeiter am Institut für Montageautornatisierung GmbH (ifm). Besonders danken möchte ich Herrn Prof. Dr.-Ing. J. Milberg, dem Leiter des Lehrstuhls für Werkzeugmaschinen und Betriebswissenschaften (iwb) an der Technischen Universität Mün­ chen sowie des oben genannten Instituts, der mir die Bearbeitung der Thematik ermöglichte und durch kritische Anregungen und wertvolle Hinwe...

This book is an annotated translation of one of the great Tibetan classics of Mahayana Buddhist thought, mKhas grub rje's sTong thun chen mo. The text is a detailed critical exposition of the theory and practice of emptiness as expounded in the three major schools of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy: the Yogacara, Svatantrika, and Prasangika. Used as a supplement to the scholastic debating manuals in some of the greatest monasteries of Tibet, the ...

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Twentieth-Century Fantasists is a collection of essays which examine the way in which fantasy literature functions as cultural and social criticism. Essays on Tolkien, Le Guin, Angela Carter, H.G. Wells and C.S. Lewis are included: and also works by William Burroughs, Ford Madox Ford, and Salman Rushdie are discussed. The book surveys the social and cultural changes of the twentieth century as reflected in the works of fantasy writers.

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The first novel of Sartre's monumental Roads to Freedom series, The Age of Reason is set in 1938 and tells of Mathieu, a French professor of philosophy who is obsessed with the idea of freedom. As the shadows of the Second World War draw closer -- even as his personal life is complicated by his mistress's pregnancy -- his search for a way to remain free becomes more and more intense.

In recent decades our view of Gnosticism has been revolutionized by the discovery of a Coptic Gnostic library at Nag-Hammadi, Egypt. Currently, Gnosticism is seen as a phenomenon extending far beyond Christianity and displaying a strong Platonic influence. The opposition between the two systems was certainly not as sharp as Plotinus claimed. Where, why, and how the ideological lines were drawn is discussed in the light of the new historical ev...

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Powerfully depicts the fall of France in 1940, and the anguished response of the French people to the German occupation. Translated from the French by Gerard Hopkins.

A masterly historical re-creation, it depicts at once the negotiations between the British government under Neville Chamberlain and NaziGermany and the lives of the French people as the world braces itself for war.

This new updated edition of "How the Swans Came to the Lake " includes much new information about recent events in Buddhist groups in America and discusses such issues as spiritual authority, the role of women, and social action.