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Mansfield Park is the third published novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1814. Taken from the poverty of her parent's home, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with only her cousin Edmund as an ally. When Fanny's uncle is absent in Antigua, Mary Crawford and her brother Henry arrive in the neighbourhood, bringing with them London glamour and a reckless taste for flirtati...

Covers the design, operations, diagnostics and testing of electrical insulation in high-voltage power networks. The book presents the fundamental properties of dielectrics essential for the optimum design of power systems. It provides a survey of advanced digital and electro-optic techniques used in both the field and research.

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It is said that the seafloor is a desert, a vast and uniform wasteland, all but devoid of life. Textbooks on the shelf in my laboratory say so. But I know that is not true", writes scientist and submersible pilot Cindy Lee Van Dover in the Introduction to Deep-Ocean Journeys. Van Dover has ventured miles below surface waves to the bottom of the sea, driven by her desire to understand the complex and thriving ecosystems recently discovered near...

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Warning-This Book Could Change Your Afterlife... Where do we go when we die? And is there really such a place as hell? Here are more than 20 stories from people who are convinced of the afterlife-because they've been there. These 'near death experiences' followed anything from heart attacks to car crashes and every person who tells their amazing tale is convinced that they have seen what is beyond the final frontier of death. Some tell of wond...

Elements of Pharmaceutical Pricing shows account managers, product managers, marketing researchers, and other practitioners in the pharmaceutical industry how to improve your marketing and pricing skills. By describing the process for reaching pricing decisions and clarifying the environment of pharmaceutical marketing, this book demystifies the area of pharmaceutical pricing and shows how to use prices to capture the value of products instead...

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From common domestic doilies to custom European tablecloths exquisitely adorned with hand embroidery and lace, white linens are shown in great variety here. Organized alphabetically, beginners, collectors, and discerning decorators all can easily find information and identify variations from handmade knit lace to machine-made eyelet embroidery.

Based on the proceedings of the International Conference on Reaction Diffusion Systems held recently at the University of Trieste, Italy. Presents new research papers and state-of-the-art surveys on the theory of elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic problems, and their related applications. Furnishes incisive contribution by over 40 mathematicians representing renowned institutions in North and South America, Europe, and the Middle East.

An invaluable, step-by-step guide for understanding the basic problems and concerns of the growing population of adults over the age of 65. Based on years of clinical research and testing, this book provides a thorough review of critical information on older adults, the aging process, and mental health issues. Organized into a useful workbook format, the book is filled with brief lectures, quizzes, exercises, and sample forms. These training m...

In this book, one of the leading contributors to the growing debate about men, masculinities and sexual politics, Victor J Seidler, criticizes the Enlightenment coupling of white, heterosexual masculinity with `reason'. He argues that in modern society masculinity can never be taken for granted. Men must always prove that they are `man enough' to cope in the `correct' way with the problems and challenges of everyday life. Seidler believes that...

This book describes the complex structures of heparins and heparan sulfates (heparinoids) and how they are generated by their biosynthetic pathways. The book also details the methodologies for studying these structures and their cellular metabolism. Heparin-Binding Proteins introduces the general nature of interactions between heparinoids and proteins, and presents the role for these structures in their interactions with the proteins of the he...

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Als Joseph im Sommer 1963 zufällig in Lucies Gestüt auftaucht, ist sofort klar: Die beiden sind füreinander bestimmt. Der Roma-Zigeuner und die Bäuerin heiraten, haben Kinder und führen eine ungewöhnliche Ehe: Jedes Frühjahr verläßt Joseph seine Frau und macht sich auf den Weg zu seiner Verwandtschaft, irgendwo in Europa, in einer Welt, die von anderen Gesetzen regiert wird. Und jeden Herbst erwartet ihn Lucie wieder und möchte nur eins: seine...

Noch gibt es Menschen, die persönliche Erinnerungen an den Zweiten Weltkrieg haben. Sehr bald aber wird dieser Krieg nur noch in Erzählungen, in Erinnerungen fortbestehen. Besteht dann nicht die Gefahr, daß sich die Schrecken wiederholen? Harry Mulisch berichtet in diesen Essays über die großen Themen seines Lebens. Er zeigt auf eindrucksvolle Weise, welche Menschen und welche Geschichten sich hinter »der Geschichte« verbergen.

Das Böse hat Hochkonjunktur: Bürgerkriege, Chaos, Gewalt und ängstigende Leere sind Phänomene unserer Zeit. Woher kommt diese Resistenz? Safranski beschreibt das Böse als eine Möglichkeit der menschlichen Freiheit. Er geht dabei zu den Ursprüngen unserer Zivilisation zurück, zu den Mythen, und begleitet von dort aus die unheimliche Karriere des Bösen bis in unsere Zeit. Das Buch lädt ein zu einer aufschlußreichen Reise in die Finsternis.

Margaret Miller teaches her foolproof technique for creating original quilts. Make the basic Strips that Sizzle blocks, using quick-and-easy rotary cutting and strip-piecing techniques. Use the blocks to explore design possibilities following Margaret's clearly illustrated, full-color design exercises. Look for design and color inspiration in the 40+ quilts pictured throughout the book. Step-by-step instructions for four featured quilts are in...