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Ugolino Verino was a principal Latin poet in the Florence of Lorenzo de'Medici and a leading figure in the revival of ancient Latin elegy. He forged a distinctive voice in a three-book cycle of poems in honor of his lady-love, Fiametta. His Paradise is a vision-poem in which he tours Heaven and the afterlife.

James J. Gigantino II is Associate Professor of History at the University of Arkansas.

The first half of the nineteenth century brought two major revolutions, the British Industrial Revolution and the French political revolution, which devastatingly heralded the modern world. In Newfoundland, an important strategic outpost island within the powerful British Empire, the period brought the start of religious, educational, and class identifications and divisions, particularly in the capital, St Johns. It also marked the beginning o...

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The story of Nazi Germany is one of conflict between two saviors and two crosses.Deine Reich komme, " Hitler prayed publicly--"Thy Kingdom come." But to whose kingdom was he referring?When Germany truly needed a savior, Adolf Hitler falsely stepped in. He directed his countrymen to a cross, but he bent and hammered the true cross into a horrific substitute: a swastika.Where was the church through all of this? With a few exceptions, the German ...

`Heat breaks up charcoal and puts sulphur dioxide in¿, `The air pulls faster on heavy masses.¿ These and other similar statements by school-aged children untutored in physics carry two messages. First, children¿s pre-instructional conceptions of the physical world are a far cry from the received wisdom of science, second, despite their lack of orthodoxy, children¿s conceptions carry a definite sense of causal mechanism. This sense of mechanism...

Originally published in 1987, this title is concerned with the association between stress and control, and the implications for strategic response. It aims both to provide an up-to-date, comprehensive account of research in the area of stress for the advanced student and to develop a new synthesis of ideas leading to a cognitive model of stress and illness.

India. For many, the word brings visions of ancient traditions and deep mysteries: India, a land that even the British Empire at its zenith could not tame. Today, many seek her out for age-old spiritual and healing secrets, hoping to find the keys to a more fulfilling and meaningful life. In Rivulets of the Absolute, Stephen Grissom takes the reader along his intense search through India in quest of spiritual purification. Upon meet...

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If Ginny Reed is still alive--who is the woman buried in her grave? FBI Special Agent Lance McGregor is assigned to find the truth.

Originally published in 1922, An Introduction to World Politics, was published at a particularly interesting time in international relations, just a few short years after the first world war. With this in mind, Gibbons has approached this text as a general introduction to world politics, both examining causes of recent events in his lifetime as well as exploring what he refers to as `the beginning¿ of World Politics. This title will be of inte...

First published in 1982. Foreign control of capital is a major problem for many developing countries and can lead to the exercise of a form of colonial control whereby capital is provided for political rather than economic reasons. This book discusses the implications of this phenomenon for trade theory and the amount of pressure that foreign countries can exert. The opening chapter examines the themes of de-industrialisation, of stagnation af...

First published in 1986. In this book Neville Thompson traces Wellington¿s life after 1815 using then new archival and documentary records. The work examines the development of Wellington¿s character and outlook, and assesses the significance of his persistent involvement in politics over three decades. It shows the Duke was a crucial figure in the development of the compromise between reform and the preservation of traditional institutions an...

Frank Harris argues that the way women are presented in Shakespeare¿s plays and sonnets are a reflection of the real-life women in his life, namely his wife, mother, mistress and daughter. Originally published in 1911, The Women of Shakespeare also analyses the traditional criticism of the time and places his own views in this context. This title will be of interest to students of English Literature.

This title examines the writings of Chinese political dissidents as a means to better understand the views of non-Party Marxists in their struggle to defy the government and construct their own vision of a socialist China. Originally published in 1985, this title will be of interest to students of Asian Studies and Politics.

Originally published in 1928, this volume, by a world authority on the subject, sums up our knowledge of the social insects. It inquires what are the social insects and what it is that makes us call them `social¿.

Psychology has an important part to play in the teaching and practice of physical education and sport, and this volume, originally published in 1972, provided a systematic and authoritative introduction to the major areas in this field at the time.

Originally published in 1975, this title sets out to show us the differences between Soviet and other ways of thinking about nature, man, and society. The basic factor distinguishing Soviet psychology is that it views phenomena from the perspective of a highly articulated body of theoretical assumptions, and rejects the inductive `eclecticism¿ of Western psychology.

The transfer function is well positioned to address a number of compelling problems facing higher education in America. Transfer serves families by providing an affordable avenue to higher education while minimizing the impact of crippling loan debt. It serves the public at large by leveraging scarce state resources over the long-term. And it provides a path to higher education for students who might not otherwise have access to it. However, n...

Carbon dioxide utilisation is an emerging technology which can contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by converting CO2 into commercially viable products, such as chemicals, polymers, building materials and fuels. In order for this to be effective, a synergistic approach needs to be taken, where multiple technologies and energy sources are integrated over a complete system. Following the Carbon Dioxide Utilisation: Faraday Dis...