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Stuff Every Cheese Lover Should Know (Stuff You Should Know #29)
This pocket-sized handbook to all things cheese is the perfect gift for artisan cheese lovers, home cheesemakers, and anyone who appreciates a good wedge of cheddar.It&’s hard to think of a more universally beloved food than cheese. But there&’s so much more to learn and enjoy beyond the plastic-wra... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
The Jerusalem Bible (Reader's Edition)
Reissued edition of "The Jerusalem Bible" introduces a whole new generation to the richness and beauty of the best-loved modern translation of the Bible to be published in the wake of Vatican II. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1966 -
Extraction 2018: Proceedings Of The First Global Conference On Extractive Metallurgy (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series)
by Jeff Adams • Michael L. Free • David Dreisinger • Dean Gregurek • John Goode • Shijie Wang • Gisele Azimi • Boyd R. Davis • Michael S. Moats • Joël Kapusta • Thomas P. Battle • Mark E. Schlesinger • Gerardo Raul Alvear Flores • Evgueni Jak • Graeme Goodall • Edouard Asselin • Alexandre Chagnes • Matthew Jeffrey • Jaeheon Lee • Graeme Miller • Jochen Petersen • Virginia S. T. Ciminelli • Qian Xu • Ronald Molnar • Wenying Liu • Niels Verbaan • Ian M. London • Alex Forstner • Ronel Kappes • Tarun BhambhaniThis three volume set presents papers from the first collaborative global metallurgy conference focused exclusively on extractive topics, including business and economic issues. Contributions examine new developments in foundational extractive metallurgy topics and techniques, and present the latest... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1997 -
A Survey of the Almagest: With Annotation and New Commentary by Alexander Jones (Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences)
The Almagest, by the Greek astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy, is the most important surviving treatise on early mathematical astronomy, offering historians valuable insight into the astronomy and mathematics of the ancient world. Pedersen's 1974 publication, A Survey of the Almagest, is the mo... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
The Cambridge History of Science: Instruments And Interpretations, To Celebrate The 60th Anniversary Of R .s . Whipple's Gift To The University Of Cambridge (The Cambridge History of Science)
by Alexander Jones • Liba TaubThis volume in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to the history of science, medicine and mathematics of the Old World in antiquity. Organized by topic and culture, its essays by distinguished scholars offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date history of ancient sc... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2006 -
Les petits écureuils peuvent escalader de grands arbres (Les petits écureuils #1)
Kyle Miller fait partie d'une espèce rare. Bien qu'il soit né de parents conservateurs et ait été élevé dans une petite ville de l'Oklahoma, il a compris très tôt qu'il devait s'échapper de l'Amérique rurale. Il vit à présent à New York, est médecin urgentiste et paye son prêt étudiant d'un montant ... More
Language: FRECopyright: 2016 -
A Mathematician's Journeys: Otto Neugebauer and Modern Transformations of Ancient Science (Archimedes #45)
This book explores facets of Otto Neugebauer's career, his impact on the history and practice of mathematics, and the ways in which his legacy has been preserved or transformed in recent decades, looking ahead to the directions in which the study of the history of science will head in the twenty-fir... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
About Time: Speed, Society, People and the Environment
by Martin Rees • Will Hutton • Mary Warnock • Geoff Mulgan • Jay Griffiths • Jonathon Porritt • David Boyle • Alexandra Jones • Ghillean Prance • Tim AldrichWhere does all the time go? Despite the burgeoning army of machines designed to save us time – from cars and aeroplanes to dishwashers and microwaves – we don't seem to have any more of it on our hands. We simply fill the space we clear with more things to do – consuming more, spending more – and th... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2005 -
The Autofictional: Approaches, Affordances, Forms (Palgrave Studies in Life Writing)
This open access book offers innovative and wide-ranging responses to the continuously flourishing literary phenomenon of autofiction. The book shows the insights that are gained in the shift from the genre descriptor to the adjective, and from a broad application of “the autofictional” as a theoret... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Dance Leadership: Theory Into Practice
This "what is"--rather than "how to"-- volume proposes a theoretical framework for understanding dance leadership for dancers, leaders, and students of both domains, illustrated by portraits of leaders in action in India, South Africa, UK, US, Brazil and Canada. What is dance leadership? Who practi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Sonographic Peripheral Nerve Topography: A Landmark-based Algorithm
This first of its kind richly illustrated book provides a tabular and schematic representation of all the peripheral nerves in the human body using a standardized landmark-based algorithm for the definition of the nerve’s “Point of optimal visibility (POV)”. In this atlas the nerves of the human bod... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Possessing Me: A Memoir of Healing
The author describes in exacting detail, her eventual path to healing from childhood neglect and abandonment, post traumatic stress disorder and manic depression, as she discovers the secret to lasting happiness. ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth
A moving, inspiring, personal look at the vastly changing world of wildlife on planet earth as a result of human incursion, and the crucial work of animal and bird preservation across the globe being done by scientists, field biologists, zoologists, environmentalists, and conservationists. From a lo... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
The Energy Secret: Practices and rituals to unlock your inner energy for healing and happiness
Energy runs through all of life linking us with other people, our homes and nature and the universe, but we don't really use it to our benefit. Understanding and directing our vital energy can give life more meaning and purpose and help with our health, relationships and mental wellbeing. The book i... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2000 -
Happy Days: My Mother, My Father, My Sister & Me
Acclaimed 60 Minutes commentator and true-crime author Shana Alexander turns her journalist's eye to her own unconventional family--and herself--in this fascinating, moving memoir Shana Alexander spent most of her life trying to figure out her enigmatic parents. Milton Ager was a famous songwriter ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1995 -
Nutcracker: Money, Madness, Murder: A Family Album
The New York Times-bestselling classic true-crime story of Frances Bradshaw Schreuder, the Manhattan socialite who persuaded the one assassin who couldn't refuse her--her teenage son--to kill her multimillionaire father <P><P> In August of 1983 Shana Alexander, acclaimed journalist and chronicle... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1985 -
Anyone's Daughter
WHILE THE TRIAL WAS ON, THE TRUE STORY COULDNT BE TOLD. Now Shana Alexander tells it allthe story that has everything: Crime, sex, race, rape, power, money, terrorism, love, hate, passion. A witch on trial. A public burning. And searing facts that couldnt be told until now-how America lost th... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1979 -
Ancient Wisdom for Modern Living: From Ayurveda to Zen: Seasonal Wisdom for Clarity and Balance
Jane Alexander is inspired and inspiring. I trust her advice completely' - Sarah Stacey, Mail on SundayIn this fast-paced, social media-filled world, people are looking for clarity and inner calm, as well as an escape from the digital overload. This book offers a comprehensive lowdown on the ancien... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Very Much a Lady: The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower
Jean Harris belonged to the last generation of American women brought up to believe that all good girls get married. But instead she embarked upon a fourteen-year affair with Dr. Herman Tarnower, the charismatic man behind the famous Scarsdale Diet. One night in 1980, this prim headmistress of the e... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1983 -
A Bear Sat on My Porch Today
What to do if a rather insistent bear squats on your porch today? Followed in short order by a shaggy squirrel, a spraying skunk, a playful possum, and a bevy of forest critters large and small? This hilarious cumulative tale of reluctant hospitality and generous inclusivity will leave readers chant... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Lucas Malet, Dissident Pilgrim: Critical Essays (Among the Victorians and Modernists)
by Alexandra Gray • Jane FordPopular novelist, female aesthete, Victorian radical and proto-modernist, Lucas Malet (Mary St. Leger Harrison, 1852-1931) was one of the most successful writers of her day, yet few of her remarkable novels remain in print. Malet was a daughter of the ‘broad church’ priest and well-known Victorian ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Vocabulary for Literacy: CfE
Syllabus: CfE (Curriculum for Excellence, from Education Scotland) and SQALevel: BGE (S1-S3) and Senior Phase (National 4/5)Subject: LiteracyWords are powerful. Enrich your vocabulary and you will be able to speak, listen, read and write more effectively.Explore important aspects of vocabulary - dec... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
The White House is Burning: August 24, 1814
This "biography of a single day" captures the burning of the White House by the British during the War of 1812 from the viewpoint of the people who were there, including First Lady Dolley Madison, a British officer, and a nine-year-old slave. <P><P> In the early hours before dawn, a cry went out ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Vocabulary for Literacy: CfE
Syllabus: CfE (Curriculum for Excellence, from Education Scotland) and SQALevel: BGE (S1-S3) and Senior Phase (National 4/5)Subject: LiteracyWords are powerful. Enrich your vocabulary and you will be able to speak, listen, read and write more effectively.Explore important aspects of vocabulary - dec... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Wild Power: Discover the Magic of Your Menstrual Cycle and Awaken the Feminine Path to Power
As a woman you are coded for power, and the journey to realizing the fullness and beauty of that power – your Wild Power – lies in the rhythm and change of your menstrual cycle.The menstrual cycle is a vital and vitalizing system in the female body, yet our understanding of and respect for this proc... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017