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Twenty years ago Paul Johnson published Intellectuals, biographical essays forming what Kingsley Amis described as "a valuable and entertaining Rogues’ Gallery of Adventures of the Mind." It was a bestseller in many of the score of languages into which it was translated, but also criticized for describing clever people "so as to bring out their bad behavior" (Bernard Williams, New York Review of Books).Paul Johnson now meets the charge with th...

The Traitor is firmly grounded in fact. The majority of the people referred to in the novel took part in the actions described. Many of the conversations are based on diary entries, memoranda and letters subsequently published by the main protagonists. The principal exception to this is the character of Major Lionel Samson. When he first appears, Samson is, as he was in fact at the time, the British Military Consul at the siege of Adrianople i...

A note from the author: This book for a limited time only is back in print with a 15%% discount. Due to an unbelievable price increase from the Lulu press, I was forced to abandon the print option in favor of the downloaded version. The print increase was over 60.00 per copy which I thought was out of reach for most interested party's. The download is much more reasonable. I am in the process of finding other means of getting it back in print...

As the world braces for the next flu pandemic, the 2003 SARS outbreak now seems even more relevant as the harbinger of crises to come. The next great viral storm will likely emerge from Asia and could be more contagious than any respiratory disease since the catastrophic influenza of 1918. China Syndrome, an intensely compelling and unrivaled exploration of the first epidemic of the twenty-first century, explores how globalization, coupled wit...

Ein ungezähmtes, leidenschaftliches Buch über das Theater - Peter Zadeks Erinnerungen an die 70er Jahre Die lange erwartete Fortsetzung von Peter Zadeks erstem Erinnerungsbuch My way, die turbulenten 70er Jahre in Bochum und Hamburg, die historischen Shakespeare-Inszenierungen, ein heftiges Theaterjahrzehnt. Im Mai 2006 feiert der große deutsche Theaterregisseur Peter Zadek seinen 80. Geburtstag. Bis zum heutigen Tag sind seine Inszenierungen ...

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This is the story of the visit to Provence that had been suggested by King Alexander to help Roderic recover from his illness caused by the mugging on castle hill. Roderic needed a companion for the journey and he learned to appreciate his younger brother, Kenneth Malcolm, in his visits to Kintail. Their father Kenneth MacKenzie took them on learning sessions through the Kintail hills and mountains, and taught them both sailing on their lochs ...

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When Faye Underwood, a distraught young woman, disappears from the elegant Ocean Forest Hotel, Feltus Boone LaMont, the quintessential Southern hotel detective, is drawn into the emotional drama surrounding the guests. As Feltus conducts his investigation into Faye's apparent murder, her husband, Terence, is found murdered in their suite-with the door locked from the inside. This draws Feltus further into the intriguing web surrounding the Und...

Presents three significant studies, each examining a different aspect of US states' strategies for including English language learners in state assessments.

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This work looks at important individual factors which led to the creation of the Greek city. An informative introduction gives the reader a background on the formation of the cities which made up this state. Divided into three parts, each section looks at the city from different perspectives. Part One analyzes the city under aristocracy, Part Two, under democracy, and Part Three looks at the city and its decline.

Instrumental Methods in Metal Ion Speciation provides comprehensive coverage of the distribution, toxicities, and techniques of metal ion speciation. The authors discuss techniques such as gas and liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, and both electrochemical and radiochemical methods. They present a range of liquid chromatographic approaches, including capillary electrochromatography and high-performance, ion, ion pair, micellar e...

Fereidoon Shahidi, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Food Lipids, brings together top researchers to address the potential application and delivery of lipids in functional foods. Sharing much of their own research, they offer an unparalleled view of the field that covers basic lipid chemistry, as well as the most progressive findings concerning the nutritional value of beneficial lipids. They include research on cereal grain, marine, fruit see...

Includes the original Russian text and, for the first time, an English translation of that version. Antony Wood s translation is fluent and idiomatic, analyses by Dunning et al. are incisive, and the case they make is skillfully argued. . . . Highly recommended. "Choice