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        January 2020

        Extreme States of Matter, Revised Edition

        by Joseph A. Angelo, Jr.

        Extreme States of Matter, Revised Edition takes the reader on a journey across the most exciting scientific frontiers of the 21st century. Supported by full-color illustrations, this reference describes the unusual characteristics and properties of matter at extreme states. Such extreme states include matter at exceptionally high temperatures, exceptionally low temperatures, incredibly high pressures, intense magnetic fields, and intense gravitational fields. Readers will explore how the properties and characteristics of extreme-state matter might influence the course of human civilization in this century in this up-to-date reference edition. Chapters include: An Initial Look at Matter Nearing Extreme Conditions Birth of the Universe Atomism Very Hot Matter Life Cycles of Stars The Dark Side of the Universe Very Cold Matter Antimatter Beyond Einstein Living and Thinking Matter.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        September 2019

        A theory of the super soldier

        by Jean-François Caron

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        Political parties
        November 2014

        The Conservative Party and the extreme right 1945–1975

        by Mark Pitchford

        This book, newly available in paperback, reveals the Conservative Party's relationship with the extreme right between 1945 and 1975. For the first time, this book shows how the Conservative Party, realising that its well known pre-Second World War connections with the extreme right were now embarrassing, used its bureaucracy to implement a policy of investigating extreme right groups and taking action to minimise their chances of success. The book focuses on the Conservative Party's investigation of right-wing groups, and shows how its perception of their nature determined the party bureaucracy's response. The book draws a comparison between the Conservative Party machine's negative attitude towards the extreme right and its support for progressive groups. It concludes that the Conservative Party acted as a persistent block to the external extreme right in a number of ways, and that the Party bureaucracy persistently denied the extreme right within the party assistance access to funds and representation within party organisations. It reaches a climax with the formulation of a 'plan' threatening its own candidate if he failed to remove the extreme right from the Conservative Monday Club.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        July 2005

        The extreme Right in Western Europe

        Success or failure?

        by Elisabeth Carter

        Parties of the extreme Right have experienced a dramatic rise in electoral support in many countries in Western Europe over the last two and a half decades. This phenomenon has been far from uniform, however, and the considerable attention that the more successful Right-wing extremist parties have received has sometimes obscured the fact that these parties have not recorded high electoral results in all West European democracies. Furthermore, their electoral scores have also varied over time, with the same party recording low electoral scores in one election but securing high electoral scores in another. This book examines the reasons behind the variation in the electoral fortunes of the West European parties of the extreme Right in the period since the late 1970s. It proposes a number of different explanations as to why certain parties of the extreme Right have performed better than others at the polls and it investigates each of these different explanations systematically and in depth. ;

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        Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        2020

        The Secret Society of Nerds, or Extreme Adventures on Mount Pidstava

        by Lesia Voronyna

        There are people who cannot imagine their life without adventures. In the "Secret Society of Nerds" the boy responds to the invitation to participate in the extreme adventures on a mountain with the strange name Pidstava (Ukrainian word for “Prank”). After the incredible events that Klim Jura had to go through, saving humanity from scary blue-faced aliens, he seems to have gotten rid of fear completely and was ready to jump into the vortex of even more dangerous encounters. Could the boy have suspected that the invitation was not sent to him by members of the Secret Society of Cowards, nicknamed Beetle and Hare? That a trap was waiting for him in the extreme adventure camp? What happened at top of the mountain? Did the Bluefaces leave their secret bases on Earth? And finally, what is hidden in the "places of power" among the ancient megaliths-cromlechs stones?

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        February 2013

        Die Elf

        by Pierre Michon, Eva Moldenhauer

        Pierre Michon ist einer der bedeutendsten französischen Gegenwartsschriftsteller. Im Mittelpunkt seiner neuen Erzählung »Die Elf«, einer meisterhaft vertrackten historischer Novelle, steht das berühmteste Gemälde der Französischen Revolution, das im Louvre hinter Panzerglas hängt und elf Direktoriumsmitglieder im Jahr II der Schreckensherrschaft porträtiert. Michon erzählt von dem Maler und dessen Familiengeschichte, von den elf Porträtierten und davon, wie und warum der Künstler den Auftrag zu diesem Bild erhielt - evozierend, akribisch, mit essayistischen Bemerkungen und Ausführungen. Dieses besondere Bild, »Die Elf«, schreibt Michon, bilde Geschichte nicht ab, sondern »sei« Geschichte, ihr Schrecken. Seine ebenso knappe wie virtuose Erzählung baut eine ganz eigene Spannung auf und hält sie, bis zum überraschenden Schluß.

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        December 2018

        Super Space Battleship

        by Yang Peng

        Yang Peng's alien series original science fiction works. The book continues Yang Peng's consistent style of creation—incredible imagination, extraordinary exaggeration, unrepeatable comedy, bizarre plots, sci-fi elements, relaxing, humorous, and thrilling fun. At the same time, courage, integrity, kindness, unity, patriotism, and environmental protection are integrated into the delightful storytelling. The theme is positive, setting a good example for the children. The "Dragon" super space warship crossed the universe wormhole. It took only a few minutes to reach the distant space of 1400 light years from the earth. A series of challenges are waiting for the "Dragon" teenagers, steel planet, cosmic disease, cosmic whales, elf kingdom, thunder kingdom, lightning country, illusion planet, nebula storm... Can they pass over all these challenges one after the one other?

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        Applied ecology
        March 2012

        Life at Extremes

        Environments, Organisms and Strategies for Survival

        by Terry Callaghan, David Barnes, Peter Convey, Mauro Guglielmin, Birgit Sattler, Alexandre Anesio, Ian Hogg, Richard Lutz, Hazel Barton, Verena Heuer, Elly Spijkerman, Terrence McGenity, Florence Pradillon, Kevin Newsham, Roland Psenner, Adrian Glover, Shimon Rachmilevitch. Edited by Elanor M Bell.

        From icy poles to arid deserts, boiling pools to the depths of the sea, this exciting new work studies the remarkable life forms that have made these inhospitable environments their home. The ecological, biological and biogeochemical challenges that higher-level plants and animals, microorganisms and viruses face are detailed, and the unifying themes found between environments discussed. A fascinating and comprehensive resource for researchers and students, this book is packed with colour figures and photos showcasing the most extreme environments and the organisms that have adapted to live in them.

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        March 2023

        Chinese Martial Arts

        by Born in Changsha, Hunan Province, He Dun is a member of the China Writers Association, vice chairman of the Hunan Writers Association, vice chairman of the Changsha Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and a representative writer of "New Realism".

        Chinese Martial Arts is a literary work that recreates the spirit of the times and the fate of the characters with realistic creative techniques. Liu Qirong, the hero, had been ailing since childhood. In order to keep fit, he began learning martial arts at the age of eight and continued to practice throughout his life.

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        Super Project

        by Ningmeng Kuake

        This set of 3 books, "Super Project", "High Scientific", "The Technology of the Nation", selects outstanding science and technology projects reflecting the level of scientific research, technological innovation and development of engineering equipment in China, such as manned spaceflight, lunar exploration project, Beidou Navigation, China High Speed Rail, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, quantum communication, Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescopeetc, demonstrating the great Chinese wisdom and creative ability; allowing children to learn scientific and technological knowledge, and enrich their experiences at the same time, children can explore the mystery of China's technological innovation and experience the pride and technological self-confidence brought to the nation by China's intellectual production.

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        Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        2018

        Super Agent 000. The Mystery of the Golden Kangaroo

        by Lesia Voronyna

        As any superhero, the invincible Super Agent 000 untangles the most mysterious crimes, defeats the most cunning enemies and saves the world from the otherwise inevitable destruction. The ironic detective story by the modern Ukrainian writer Lesya Voronyna has gone legendary. Full of jokes, irony and funny clues, the adventures of Hryts Mamay will be appealing to not only children and teenagers, but also their parents, if they happened to miss the first, now rare, editions of the book.

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        October 2022

        Red Flowers

        by Shui Yunxian is a national first-class writer, a member of the 7th All-Committee of the China Writers Association, and also the honorary president of the Hunan Writers Association. He has been granted a special government allowance.

        Red Flowers tells the story of how, in the late 1960s, a group of college students, including the protagonist, came to the Dehua Electric Motor Manufacturing Factory, learned and practiced in the manufacturing workshop, and achieved personal development. For the protagonist, his master, who was nicknamed "Beard Mo," was both a master and a rival. Conflicts arose almost everywhere between the two. However, the conflicts also reflected their awe of ordinary work, pursuit of perfection, persistence in dreams, and flawless interpretation of the craftsmanship spirit.

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        Fiction
        January 2016

        The Autumn of Innocence

        by Abbas Beydoun

        In his novel, The Autumn of Innocence, prominent Lebanese poet and novelist Abbas Beydoun artfully weaves a tragic story of a father-son relationship that ends disastrously with the son's violent death. This story unfolds along with the Arab Spring movement and explores the motivations behind religious extremism and questions cultural constructs of masculinity.   The novel opens with a letter from Ghassan to his cousin, describing how his father Massoud strangled his mother to death when Ghassan was just three years old. Afterward, Massoud flees the village in southern Lebanon. For 18 years, no one hears from him, and Ghassan grows up stigmatized by his father's violent crime.   In time, Ghassan's aunt Bushra-Massoud's sister-makes a confession: She encouraged Massoud to kill his wife, believing that his wife's low socioeconomic status would bring embarrassment to their wealthy family. Bushra also reveals that Massoud was driven to kill his wife because he feared that she would tell someone that he was impotent, undermining his sense of manhood and social status.   Meanwhile, Massoud has moved to southern Syria, where he remarried and had two more sons. During the Arab Spring, the militant groups fighting the Syrian regime transform him into a religious extremist.   In the second half of the novel, Massoud return to the village in southern Lebanon. He brings with him a group of men. Together they seize control of the village and terrorize its inhabitants. After killing the dogs, they begin murdering the villagers in the name of religion. One of Ghassan's friends is among the victims, and Massoud also threatens his family. Ghassan decides that he must kill his father, avenging the death of his friend and the deaths of the other villagers. In the end, he fails and is beheaded by Bushra's son, his cousin, who is has joined Massoud's thugs.   Beydoun captures the shifting points of view in a family shattered by the tyranny of normative masculinity and the resulting violence. The victims are women, of course, but also the men like Ghassan who reject these social and cultural expectations. The novel also portrays the rise of religious extremism and the terrorism it can inspire, which wreaks havoc on the lives of ordinary people. Beydoun's engaging language imbues the characters and the places they inhabit with a vibrancy and vitality that transcends the difficult subject matter.

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        February 2023

        Love for Northeast China

        by Laoteng, whose real name is Teng Zhenfu, is a member of the Tenth Presidium of the China Writers Association and is currently the Party Secretary and Chairman of the Liaoning Writers Association. He has published ten novels, includingThe Northeast China, The Numerous Armed Conflicts,and The Forests of Beizhang;eight collections of novels, such as The Black Thrush and A City Without Crows; and three cultural essays, such as Confucian Notes. He has won the 15th and 16th Five-One Project Awards,respectively, and The Northeast China has been selected on the list of 2021 Chinese Good Books.

        "Never invest beyond theShanhai Pass", as the saying goes.The particular cultural environment and openness make the brain drain in Northeast China extremely serious. However, Miao Qing, a seemingly delicate doctoral student from a famous school, resolutely went northward because she had a personal plan thatwas related to both her father and herself, namely, to design a world-leading large aircraft. Her father once said that just as a poet without imagination must be a lousy poet, a country without advanced aircraft could never escape the fate of a backward country. For this reason, Miao Qing started her career atKunpeng Group, later went to Feiying Company to produce a leading small low-altitude aerial drone, and then sheplayed the leading role in the national G-31 project that designed a stealth supersonic aircraft and made a successful trial flight.

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        July 2019

        Voll super, Helden (1). Einer muss den Job ja machen

        by Bertram, Rüdiger

        Auch Superhelden brauchen mal Urlaub - aber wer rettet dann die Welt? Comic-Experte Juli soll die Sommerferien bei seinem Onkel verbringen, dem ein Hotel an der Nordsee gehört. Sechs Wochen Luxus pur - hört sich cool an, klar. Doch es kommt noch besser: Juli stellt nämlich fest, dass die Gäste, die dort schlaff am Hotel-Pool seines Onkels rumhängen, den Superhelden aus seinem Comics erstaunlich ähnlich sehen ... Juli ist auf alles gefasst, als er im Zug gen Norden sitzt - den Koffer prall gefüllt mit Comic-Lesestoff (gegen Langeweile und für alle Fälle). Dass er die Sommerferien im Luxushotel seines Onkels jedoch nicht alleine, sondern mit seiner Nervziegen-Cousine Jenny verbringen muss, ist erst der Anfang des unglaublichsten Ferienabenteuers aller Zeiten: Denn dort am Pool lümmeln sich Juli seltsam bekannt vorkommende Gestalten. Ist das dort drüben etwa Rocketman aus seinem Lieblingscomic? Kaum zu glauben! Doch bevor Juli und seine Cousine Jenny herausfinden können, was es mit den coolen Hotelgästen genau auf sich hat, stellt plötzlich ein viel größeres Problem alles in den Schatten: der fiese Schurke Kästle möchte alle Schokoladenvorräte der Welt vernichten! Jemand muss ihn aufhalten. Und plötzlich finden sich Comic-Experte Juli und seine nervige Cousine Jenny mitten im südamerikanischen Dschungel und im größten Abenteuer ihres Lebens wieder - denn einer muss den Job ja machen! Eins ist sicher: Diese Sommerferien werden die beiden nie vergessen! Voll super, Helden - Einer muss den Job ja machen ist der Auftakt zu einer neuen witzigen Abenteuerreihe von Erfolgsautor Rüdiger Bertram. Humor, Action und jede Menge Superheldenpower machen diese Reihe zum idealen Lesespaß für Jungs und Mädchen ab 8 Jahren. Mit witzigen Comic-Illustrationen von Heribert Schulmeyer. Der Titel ist auf Antolin.de gelistet. Weitere Bände sind in Vorbereitung.

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        July 2010

        Extreme Orte

        Eine Reise zu den 50 ausgefallensten Plätzen unseres Sonnensystems

        by Baker, David; Ratcliff, Todd

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