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Very popular amongst mathematics, physics, and computer science students, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott. Writing pseudonymously as "a square", Abbott used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to offer pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions, in a ...

Die Studie beleuchtet das politische Engagement der hohen böhmischen Aristokratie während der ersten Jahre nach der Entstehung konstitutioneller Parlamente in der Habsburgermonarchie. Auf der Basis von Tagebüchern, Korrespondenzen, politischer Publizistik und den Protokollen der Verhandlungen von Landtag und Reichsrat wird untersucht, welche Strategien adlige Politiker entwickelten, um ihre Interessen zu behaupten und eine aristokratische Iden...

Subtitle: Walking with the Saints of the Church Do you long to establish a relationship with the saints, but find them-or the volumes written about them-a little intimidating? The saints started out as ordinary Christians, just like us, and they are waiting to accompany us on our journey to heaven if we will only reach out our hands. Traveling Companions is a manageable volume that briefly introduces saints from a variety of times, places, and...

Der Lernstoff ist in 21 Lektionen mit je eigenem Vokabular unterteilt. Die dem »Stenzler« entnommenen Übungsbeispiele bzw. Sentenzen stammen alle aus der Literatur, ergänzt durch einige weitere, vor allem aus Otto Böhtlingks »Indische Sprüche«.Neu hinzugekommen gegenüber dem »Stenzler« ist das Kapitel »Textbild« mit Erläuterungen zur schriftlichen Fixierung des Sanskrit, eine kurze Darstellung der Metrik, die auch einen traditionellen Schlüsse...

Shell shock, battle fatigue, post traumatic stress disorder¿it all means the same thing to veterans who have served their country by putting themselves in harm's way. But for women veterans of WWII like Rose Krantz, it also meant coming back to a country that, even during the war, hadn't given them the rights that the lowest-ranking male soldier enjoyed, barely acknowledged the sacrifices they had all made, and, in some cases, chastised them f...

Saga Six Pack brings together six classic sagas:Beowulf, The Prose Edda, The Story Of Gunnlaug The Worm-Tongue and Raven The Skald, Eric The Red, The Sea Fight and Sigurd The Volsung. There is also an introductory essay, What The Sagas Were.

On July 26, 1764, an event occurred on the Pennsylvania frontier so shocking that it has been vividly remembered and retold for over 250 years. 11 children gathered in a lonely log school house that warm summer morning. By noon they lay weltering in their

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Lumens 12 two LED booklight, with flexible gooseneck and two level switch. 28 hour battery life, 3 AAA batteries included.

A significant number of Sephardic Jews, tracing their remote origins to Spain and Portugal, immigrated to the United States from Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans from 1880 through the 1920s, joined by a smaller number of Mizrahi Jews arriving from Arab lands. Most Sephardim settled in New York, establishing the leading Judeo-Spanish community outside the Ottoman Empire. With their distinct languages, cultures, and rituals, Sephardim and Arab-sp...

In a work as much about the present as the past, Gregory identifies the unintended consequences of the Reformation for the modern condition: a hyperpluralism of beliefs, intellectual disagreements that splinter into fractals of specialized discourse, the absence of a substantive common good, and the triumph of capitalism's driver, consumerism.

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Nurse managers often assume their positions without sufficient knowledge of the nuts and bolts of managing staff and supplies. This volume provides time-tested tools, templates, and guidance that new nurse managers, administrators, and educators can use immediately to effectively manage staff and supplies while promoting quality patient care.

Description: In print for over three decades in English and a decade in French, la reverenda doctora Aída Besançon Spencer's Beyond the Curse: Women Called to Ministry is finally available in a fully corrected and updated Spanish version. Praised in Christianity Today as one of the five best books on the topic and selected by Eternity as a book of the year, Mas alla de la maldicion studies the biblical support of women in ministry, treating th...

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The 1590s have long been considered as having had a distinct character, separate from the remainder of Elizabeth¿s reign. This book provides a reassessment of the politics and political culture of this significant period.

The Office of Ordnance has been ill-served by previous accounts of its role in arming the Royal Navy during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. Cole offers an in-depth examination of its organizational structure and demonstrates how the department responded to the pressures of war over an extended period of time.

Jesus Christ reveals the shocking principle that governs prosperity and wealth. He that hath shall have more! How unfair it sounds! And yet, that is the reality that is played out in front of us every day. This book seeks to explain this little understood Scripture. You will receive great insights into the mysteries of prosperity as you study this new book by Dag Heward-Mills.

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This student-friendly volume brings together English translations of the main narrative sources, and a small number of other relevant documents, for the reign of Roger II, the founder of the kingdom of Sicily. -- .