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This spirited reading of the first in Susan Wise Bauer's Story of the World history series brings to life the stories and records of the peoples of ancient times. Now more than ever, other countries and customs affect our everyday lives-and our children need to learn about the people who live all around the globe. Susan Wise Bauer has provided a captivating guide to the history of the ancient world. Written in an engaging, straightforward man...

A testimonio of patriarchal abuse and incest within a Chicano family that becomes a testament to women's ability to bring the fight for social justice into the previously protected fortress of the family.

The art, practice, and technique of scene painting is an essential part of theatre design. A scenic artist is responsible for translating the vision of the scenic designer to the realized scenery.Unlike all other scene painting books, this text will take you step-by-step through actual individual scene painting projects. Each project is commonly used in theatrical productions and each project builds upon the skills learned in the previous less...

Aims to explain the complex organization and the particular duties of the different branches which formed such a critical part of the Nazi apparatus and ensured that control was maintained inside Hitler's Fortress Europe.

Provides details on how to build and integrate Heer Panzer crew figures, and how to paint the key uniform variants and patterns worn by these distinctive troops. Using differing theatres and periods of the war, this book shows how to paint common clothing types and patterns, such as the black panzer uniform, Splittermuster, feldgrau, and fatigues.

The Sturmgeschatz III proved to be one of the more significant German AFVs of World War II. Originally designed in the late 1930s as self-propelled infantry support gun, its role became more diverse throughout the war. This book details the construction of four models in 1/35 scale and includes a gallery feature covering the variants of StuG III.

The T-34 was the most influential tank design of World War II, with its sloping armour, heavy hitting firepower and rapid mobility. This title presents the basics of assembly, and progresses to more advanced modelling projects using conversion kits and extensive scratchbuilding. It covers both 1/35- and 1/76-scale versions of the T-34/76.

The era from 1206 to 1526 is rightly considered to be the defining age of Indian castle and fortification design. This title covers the major sites of the period - including the fabled seven medieval cities on the site of Delhi, as well as the prominent sieges that occurred.

The creation of the Volkssturm on 18 October 1944 was a desperate measure by the Nazi government. This work follows the experience of a Volkssturm soldier from his call-to-arms through to his capture and treatment as a POW, examining his reaction to the creation of the German Home Guard and his response to the fighting into which he was thrust.

Tells the story of the brave men of the Tokyo Club and their efforts to defeat the aerial forces defending Japan.

The US armed forces pioneered amphibious warfare in the Pacific and in the Mediterranean, but it was against Fortress Europe that the famous and successful amphibious assault took place. This book explains the problems associated with amphibious warfare and how they were overcome, and is illustrated with photos, diagrams, and colour plates.

Understanding the interaction between various processes is a pre-requisite for solving problems in natural and engineering sciences. Many phenomena can not be described by concentrating on them in isolation - therefore multifield models and concepts that include various kinds of field problems and processes are needed. This book summarizes the main scientific results of the Collaborative Research Center on Multifield Problems in Continuum Mech...

For this book, the editors invited and called for contributions from indispensable research areas relevant to "chance discovery, " which has been defined as the discovery of events significant for making a decision, and studied since 2000. From respective research areas as artificial intelligence, mathematics, cognitive science, medical science, risk management, methodologies for design and communication, the invited and selected authors in th...

This book is primarily a general text covering the whole sweep of the forest industries. The over-riding emphasis is on a clear, simple interpretation of the underlying science, demonstrating how such principles apply to processing operations. The book starts by considering the broad question "what is wood?" by looking at the biology, chemistry and physics of wood structure (first 4 chapters). This sets the scene. Next key chapters examine "wo...

In der Wissenschaftstheorie des letzten halben Jahrhunderts stand in alter Tradition stets die Frage im Vordergrund, welche Anforderungen an Meinungen gestellt werden müssen, um sie als Wissen im Sinne der Wissenschaften zu qualifizieren. Nachdem gezeigt wurde, dass sich auch zu den anspruchsvollsten Kriterien des Wissens immer noch Gegenbeispiele anführen lassen, die wir im intuitiven Sinne nicht als Kandidaten für Wissen bezeichnen würden, k...

Hearing and Sound Communication in Amphibians is a compendium of the latest research on acoustic communication in these highly vocal vertebrates.  The chapters are written by experts currently investigating the physiology and behavior of amphibians both in the laboratory and in the field.  This integrated approach guides each chapter and provides a neuroethologically-driven and evolutionary basis for our understanding of acoustic communication...

A classic, page-turning story of secrets and science, passion and betrayal, innocence and experience - in the tradition of Tracy Chevalier and Philippa Gregory

This volume provides a comprehensive look at the biology of plastids, the multifunctional biosynthetic factories that are unique to plants and algae. Fifty-six international experts have contributed 28 chapters that cover all aspects of this large and diverse family of plant and algal organelles. The book is divided into five sections: (I): Plastid Origin and Development, (II): The Plastid Genome and Its Interaction with the Nuclear Genome, (I...

The original diary, existing as scraps of paper and small tattered notebooks, is difficult to read. However, inside this book, you will see what Lieutenant George Carrington typed himself from his own pages. You will see that he later proofread his work and left correction markings. It is a veritable miracle that this thoroughly detailed, firsthand perspective of the Civil War exists today...entertaining and enlightening...it is a must-read fo...

The Macmillan English Young Explorers 2 is aimed at children aged 7-8. The stories have been written using high-frequency words, plus story-specific words which as far as possible are clarified by illustrations. Each Reader contains one complete story in full-colour and includes a word list and language section at the back of the book.