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Saga fiction about a brave woman who succeeds against the odds.

Milosz Czeslaw (b. 1911), Polish-American author, translator, and critic who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980. Czeslaw Milosz worked with the Polish Resistance movement in Warsaw during World War II and defected to France in 1951. His work brings to bear the political awareness of an exile -- most notably in A Treatise on Poetry, a forty-page exploration of the world wars that rocked the first half of the twentieth century.

Photovoltaic cells provide clean, reversible electrical power from the sun. Made from semiconductors, they are durable, silent in operation and free of polluting emissions. In this book, experts from all sectors of the PV community -- materials scientists, physicists, production engineers, economists and environmentalists -- give their critical appraisals of where the technology is now and what its prospects are.

Sleep disturbances are commonplace problems that cause great distress to sufferers and their families. They are implicated in a variety of problems, from poor educational performance or disturbed behavior to accidents or other physical problems. Yet, there is no up-to-date, comprehensive, one-stop source of information for clinicians concerning sleep disorders in young people. Traditionally, research into sleep disorders has generally occurred...

George Berkeley is one of the most prominent philosophers of the eighteenth century. His Principles of Human Knowledge has become a focal point in the understanding of empiricist thought and the development of eighteenth century philosophy.This volume introduces and assesses: * Berkeley's life and the background to the Principles* The ideas and text in the Principles* Berkeley's continuing importance to philosophy.

Raymond Thornton Chandler was born in Chicago in 1888, but moved to England with his family when he was twelve, where he attended Dulwich College, alma mater to some of the twentieth century's most renowned writers. Returning to America in 1912, he settled in California, worked in a number of jobs, and later married. It was during the Depression era that he seriously turned his hand to writing, and his first published story appeared in the pul...

Wir schreiben das Jahr 2047. Einige Jahre zuvor verschwand das Forschungsraumschiff "Event Horizon" spurlos. Jetzt wurde ein Signal empfangen und die amerikanische Raumfahrtbehörde reagiert sofort. Ein kompromissloser Captain (Laurence Fishburne), seine Elite-Crew und der Konstrukteur des vermissten Raumschiffs (Sam Neill) werden auf die Suche nach der Quelle des Signals geschickt. Ihr Auftrag: den Mega-Raumkreuzer zu finden und zu bergen. Was...

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Twenty-five years after her death, we are still coming to terms with the controversial figure of Hannah Arendt. Interlacing the life and work of this seminal twentieth-century philosopher, Julia Kristeva provides us with an elegant, sophisticated biography brimming with historical and philosophical insight.Centering on the theme of female genius, Hannah Arendt emphasizes three features of the philosopher's work. First, by exploring Arendt's cr...