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Invisibleis the story of a young boy looking for someone to care for him. This young boy has had to grow up quick andtake care of himself, because his mother is incapable of raising a child. The youngster wants to find a way to get outof his horrible life with his mother, and begin a new life with peace.Theyoung boy devises a plan to escape from his mother and live in the safety of anew environment. This new environmentprovides the youngster w...

The eleven short storiesin this collection range from those with the Wessex setting familiar from Hardy's novels, to aristocratic historical fantasies set in the 17th and 18th centuries, and tragic or ironic contemporary dramas. Enormously readable in their own right, thestories can also be seen as a rich testing ground for ideas and themes that receive more sustained treatment in Hardy's most innovative and controversial novels.For more than ...

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This collection of essays by specialist authors addresses women's activities as patrons and as "patronized" artists over the course of the 18th century. Artists and patrons discussed include: Carriera, Queen Lovisa Ulrike and Chardin, and the Duchess of Osuna and Goya.

Examining the state-of-the-art in passenger car vehicle safety, Automotive Safety Handbook is the essential reference book on safety engineering.

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The sixth volume in "The Naval Miscellany" series illustrates and illuminates almost every aspect of naval life. It reflects the concerns of admirals, captains and ordinary ABs from the time of the Armada through to World War II.

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What are the politics of gender within education? How are the issues of gender being explored in diverse educational settings? Does gender still matter in education? This book draws together the work from an international array of authors working at the cutting edge of gender research in education. From policy issues affecting single mothers to the incorporation of 'Southern learning' into Northern contexts, this collection provides a compelli...

(Shaffer) sets out an impressive amount of anecdotal history and inside knowledge of almost all of the major international commercial disputes of the first eight years of the WTO's existence and the way private parties in the US and Europe interacted with their governments in litigating those cases. . . . (T)hose with an interest in the workings and outcomes of international trade litigation better take note" -- "Journal of International Econo...

Die Zeiten sind vorbei, wo man sich beim Kartoffelschälen gleichzeitig eine Emil-Nummer anhören konnte. Bei den DVDs und Videos müssen Sie das Rüstmesser beiseite legen und sich vor den Bildschirm setzen. Sie können sich natürlich auch einmal eine Nummer auf DVD ansehen und gleichzeitig die Nummer auf CD laufen lassen. Dann sehen Sie, welche Variante schneller fertig ist (sicher die CD, weil dort ja die Mimik, die so viel Zeit beansprucht, feh...

Elementary school media specialists and teachers routinely use children's picture books in their lessons. These books add depth and vitality to the curriculum because they are written and illustrated by some of the world's most gifted writers and artists. Yet, educators are finding it increasingly harder to insert this pleasant and important activity into the busy school day due to increased pressures to improve test scores, to implement a sta...

Numerous recent advances in the medications and technologies available to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) raise many questions for practicing urologists seeking optimal therapies for their patients. In Management of Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy, a panel of internationally recognized expert clinicians and investigators in urology review the new treatments in the light of established urologic principles and tradition. The authors concis...

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The underlying concerns of these narratives, Adams discovers, are often less political or literary than metaphysical: in each of these fictions a major character dies as a result of the journey, inviting reflection on the negation of existence. Repeatedly, imaginative encounters with distant, uncanny colonies produce familiar, insular presentations of life as an odyssey, with death as the home port. Expanding postcolonial and Marxist theories ...

Empires of the Mind" is the first study to examine British literary critic I.A. Richards's effort to foster world peace by promoting an 850-word version of "global" English in China.