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Promoted ContentNovember 2017
The Lake of Fire
by Donald Willerton
Mogi Franklin and his sister Jennifer are delighted to be attending a high school science conference in New Mexico amidst a hundred thousand acres of meadows, mountains, rivers, and volcanoes far older than recorded time. But their focus quickly changes when they learn of the disappearance fifty years ago of a plane with two hundred pounds of plutonium–and of the terrorist nations vying today to find it in those same mountains.Soon, they are engulfed in a complex web of Russian spies, government lies and deceit, an old box full of clues, and the real possibility that the shipment bound decades ago for nearby Los Alamos national laboratory is indeed hidden tantalizingly close to their conference center.Puzzling over the mystery, Mogi sets out with some friends on a backpacking trip to a remote lake. Too late they realize their mistake, as a minor forest fire suddenly explodes into the most dangerous blaze in the state's history, trapping Mogi and the others right in its path. They're fighting for their lives in this fifth book of the Mogi Franklin Mysteries, and if he's going to come up with a way out, he'd better do it fast!
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Promoted ContentHumanities & Social SciencesApril 2010
An age of wonders
Prodigies, politics and providence in England 1657–1727
by William Burns, Kim Latham
Monstrous births, rains of blood, apparitions of battles in the sky - people in early modern England found all of these events to carry important religious and political meanings. In An age of wonders, available in paperback for the first time, William E. Burns explores the process by which these events became religiously and politically insignificant in the Restoration period. The story involves the establishment of early modern science, the shift from 'enthusiastic' to reasonable religion, and the fierce political combat between the Whigs and the Tories. This historical study is based on close readings of a variety of primary sources, both print and manuscript. Burns claims that prodigies lost their religious meaning and became subjects of scientific enquiry as a result of political struggles, first by the supporters of the restored monarchy and the Church of England against Protestant dissenters, and then by the Whig defenders of the Revolution of 1688 against the Tories and the Jacobites. By integrating religious and political history with the history of science, An age of wonders will be of great use to those working in the field of early modern history. ;
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Trusted PartnerMicrobiology (non-medical)January 1963
Foot rot of Piper nigrum. L.
by P Holliday
Paper on the Foot rot disease of Piper nigrum. L
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Trusted PartnerDecember 2023
Verantwortung
Philosophische Grundlagentexte
by Christoph Halbig, Jörg Löschke, Philipp Schwind
Die Zuschreibung von Verantwortung für unsere Handlungen ist ein zentraler Bestandteil unserer moralischen Praxis. Aber sie wirft schwierige philosophische Fragen auf. Müssen wir beispielsweise über einen freien Willen verfügen, um für unsere Handlungen verantwortlich zu sein? Ist Verantwortung ein einheitliches Phänomen oder gibt es verschiedene Arten von Verantwortung? Und können wir nur für unsere Taten verantwortlich sein oder beispielsweise auch für unsere Überzeugungen? Der Band versammelt – zum Teil erstmals in deutscher Übersetzung – die zentralen Texte der philosophischen Debatte über Verantwortung, u. a. von Stephen Darwall, Harry G. Frankfurt, H. L. H. Hart, Thomas Nagel, Peter Strawson, Susan Wolf und Iris Marion Young.
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Trusted PartnerTechnology, Engineering & AgricultureSeptember 2020
The Pomegranate
Botany, Production and Uses
by Ali Sarkhosh, Alimohammad Yavari, Zabihollah Zamani
The pomegranate, Punica granatum L., is one of the oldest known edible fruits and is associated with ancient civilizations of the Middle East. This is the first comprehensive book covering the botany, production, processing, health, and industrial uses of pomegranate. The cultivation of this fruit for fresh consumption, juice production and medicinal purposes has expanded more than tenfold over the past twenty years. Presenting a review of pomegranate growing from a scientific and horticultural perspective, the book provides information to increase yields and improve short- and medium-term grower profitability and sustainability. It covers: practices to mitigate pests, diseases and abiotic stresses yield based nutrition management cultural practices for cultivars with horticultural traits such as earliness, high yield, improved taste, soft seeds, disease resistance, and low splitting and sunscald rates increasing crop diversity to aid crop security composition, food uses and medicinal uses This book is essential literature for researchers in horticulture, growers, and those involved in the pomegranate industry.
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Burning Passion
by Shi Zhongshan
The manuscript is a collection of Shi Zhongshan's short stories and short stories, including Shi Zhongshan's representative works "The Passionate Years" (formerly known as "Father Entering the City"), "Happiness is Like a Flower", "Beijing Story", "The Last Soldier", etc. . The protagonist Shi Guangrong in "The Passion Burning Years" is brave and tenacious in the face of the enemy, loyal and bold in the face of comrades, and harsh and harsh in the face of his relatives. He has an innate spirit of desperation, gratitude and perseverance. It gives readers a strong sense of touch, and is a classic character in literary works; Du Juan, the protagonist of "Happiness is like a flower", a female soldier of the Cultural Works Troupe, is obsessed with dance, but she doesn't want the son of the army chief, Bai Yang, and the young secretary of the Ministry of Culture. Lin Bin launched a fierce love attack on her at the same time. The fate of the three changed with the changes of the times. The work vividly reproduces the simple and warm innocent age experienced by the protagonist in the 1980s, and delicately depicts the joys and sorrows in the green barracks. "The Last Soldier" shows Wang Qinggui’s peculiar life of ups and downs, sadness and depression, and portrays the protagonist who is the only survivor of a war’s kind, beautiful, simple and noble human virtues that are loyal to the friendship and justice of the war. The images of real soldiers and special veterans who have gone from war to a heavy life...These works have true feelings in popular, compassion in plain, far-reaching sustenance, rich writing ability, and accurately and profoundly depict the transformation of the past thirty years from a unique perspective. The image of Chinese soldiers truly reproduces the spiritual outlook of contemporary Chinese soldiers.
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Die L. A. Tagebücher
Mein Leben am Abgrund
by Brown, James / Übersetzt von Henrici, Axel
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Trusted PartnerJune 2019
The Giant’s Fire
by Tang Sulan, Aldy C. Aguirre
The Giant’s Fire is according to the folklore of the Philippines. Once upon a time, people didn't have fire. The fire was owned by a giant, but the giant kept eyes on the fire all the time. Neither could people cook, nor got heating in the cold weather. People needed fire indeed. However, no one dared to fight with the giant for the fire. A man named Lin An and his friends came up with a way to obtain the fire.
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Trusted PartnerSeptember 2016
Erfolgreich denken lernen - Meine Warren-Buffett-Bibel
Die Grundsätze des Starinvestors
by Bloch, Robert L. / Englisch Schmalen, Elisabeth
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Trusted PartnerLiterature & Literary StudiesApril 2018
Water and fire
The myth of the flood in Anglo-Saxon England
by Anke Bernau, Daniel Anlezark
Noah's Flood is one of the Bible's most popular stories, and flood myths survive in many cultures today. This book presents the first comprehensive examination of the incorporation of the Flood myth into the Anglo-Saxon imagination. Focusing on literary representations, it contributes to our understanding of how Christian Anglo-Saxons perceived their place in the cosmos. For them, history unfolded between the primeval Deluge and a future - perhaps imminent - flood of fire, which would destroy the world. This study reveals both an imaginative diversity and shared interpretations of the Flood myth. Anglo-Saxons saw the Flood as a climactic event in God's ongoing war with his more rebellious creatures, but they also perceived the mystery of redemption through baptism. Anlezark studies a range of texts against their historical background, and discusses shifting emphases in the way the Flood was interpreted for diverse audiences. The book concludes with a discussion of Beowulf, relating the epic poem's presentation of the Flood myth to that of other Anglo-Saxon texts.
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Trusted PartnerDecember 2020
Festivals of Chinese Ethnic Groups·Ewenki: The God of Fire Festival
by Yan Xiangjun, Zha Xuan
This book mainly describes the origin of the Ewenki ethnic group's god of fire sacrificial custom. According to legend, a poor hunter went hunting a long time ago, but he ran for a whole day without catching any prey. When he was tired and hungry, a cave appeared in front of his eyes. He walked into the cave in a daze and fell asleep. When he woke up, he found two completely different houses, one was owned by the rich and the other was by the poor. The hunter went to the rich's house for help, but was expelled by the rich with disgust. The hunter then went to the poor's house and was warmly welcomed. At this time, the hunter heard someone talking on the roof: "Let me punish the greedy rich!" Then the hunter realized that the man on the roof was the god of fire, whom everyone feared. The Ewenki people regard the 23rd of December every year as the God of Fire Festival.
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Trusted PartnerChildren's & YAJuly 2017
Quest for Fire
by Feng Jiannan
Quest for Fire tells an interesting and enlightening story of Sui-Ren Shi having tried various ways and finally managing to make a fire by rubbing sticks.
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Trusted PartnerBusiness, Economics & LawSeptember 2020
Neoliberal lives
by Robert Chernomas, Ian Hudson, Mark Hudson
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Trusted PartnerOctober 1973
Der Begriff des Rechts
by H. L. A. Hart, Jacob Taubes, Jürgen Habermas, Dieter Henrich, Alexander Baeyer, Karl Markus Michel
H. L. A. Hart (1907–1992) war Professor für Allgemeine Rechtslehre in Oxford. Jacob Taubes (1923-1987) war zuletzt Professor für Judaistik und Hermeneutik an der Freien Universität Berlin sowie ständiger Gastdozent an der Maison des Sciences de l'Homme in Paris. Jürgen Habermas wurde am 18. Juni 1929 in Düsseldorf geboren. Von 1949 bis 1954 studierte er in Göttingen, Zürich und Bonn die Fächer Philosophie, Geschichte, Psychologie, Deutsche Literatur und Ökonomie. Er lehrte unter anderem an den Universitäten Heidelberg und Frankfurt am Main sowie der University of California in Berkeley und war Direktor des Max-Planck-Instituts zur Erforschung der Lebensbedingungen der wissenschaftlich-technischen Welt in Starnberg. Jürgen Habermas erhielt zahlreiche Ehrendoktorwürden und Preise, darunter den Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (2001) und den Kyoto-Preis (2004). Geboren am 5. Januar 1927 in Marburg, studierte Dieter Henrich von 1946 bis 1950 in Marburg, Frankfurt und Heidelberg (u.a. bei Hans-Georg Gadamer) Philosophie. 1950 Dissertation: Die Grundlagen der Wissenschaftslehre Max Webers. Nach der Habilitation 1955/56 Lehrtätigkeiten als ordentlicher Professor in Berlin (ab 1960) und Heidelberg (ab 1965), Gastprofessuren in den USA ( Harvard, Columbia, University of Michigan, Yale); 1981 Berufung an die Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in München, Ordinarius für Philosophie bis zur Emeritierung 1994. Seit 1997 Honorarprofessor an der Berliner Humboldt-Universität.
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Trusted PartnerSeptember 1988
Emily L
Roman
by Marguerite Duras, Maria Dessauer
"Wie so oft schon in diesem Sommer, sie und er, beide bummeln sie über die Kais von Quillebeuf, später Nachmittag, Kirche, Hafeneinfahrt, Wald, das andere Ufer, der Ölhafen, in der Ferne die hohen Klippen von Le Havre, das rote Fährschiff, das den Fluß überquert, hier ist das Ende des Seinetals. Dann setzen sie sich auf die Terrasse des Hotel de la Marine, Mittelpunkt des Ortes, gegenüber der Anlegestelle des Fährschiffs. Sie betrachten einander, die Umgebung, den Sommer, die Touristen. Sie sieht »Koreaner«, die näher kommen, ihre Angst wird offenkundig; es ist das Lächeln, das ihr Angst macht. Sie gehen ins Cafe hinein, junge Leute vom Ort, Touristen, und an der Seite der Bar, die den Touristen vorbehalten ist, sitzt ein Paar »verschmolzen zu einer einzigen Farbe, einer einzigen Gestalt. Einem einzigen Alter«. Zusammengesunken, bewegungslos, müde. Aus England kommend. Das Schiff hat Motorschaden. Das ist aus dem Gespräch, das sie führen, zu entnehmen. Die Frau des Engländers ist merklich älter als er. Sie kommen wohl von weit her, von unermeßlich weit her. Sie scheinen am Ende der letzten Reise angelangt, am Ende des Lebens. »Da sind sie, in der dem Tod vorausgehenden Ergebenheit, diese uns ausgelieferten Reisenden.« Diese Nachmittagsstunden sind erfüllt von drei Liebesgeschichten. Die Frau, die erzählt, und ihr Begleiter befinden sich am Ende ihrer beider Geschichte. Sie, die ihn auf beängstigende Weise liebte, weiß, daß er sie längst verlassen wollte. Es geht in dieser kurzen Zeitspanne allenfalls noch um die bedächtige Frage, ob er sie denn, jemals, geliebt habe. Und er prophezeit, daß dieser Nachmittag und ihrer beider Geschichte in ein Buch eingehen werden, das sie schreiben werde."