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The atmosphere and ionosphere : elementary processes, monitoring, and ball lightning
"This book provides the reader insight into the current developments in the following fields: physics of elementary processes; ionosphere dynamics; ball lightning and aerosol structures; as well as remote detection of the radioactive and highly toxic substances. The diversity of scope presented offers readers an up-to-date overview of trends, questions and their solutions."
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Evelyn Waugh : a life revisited
Philip Eade« Evelyn Waugh was described by Graham Greene as 'the greatest novelist of my generation', yet reckoned by Hilaire Belloc to have been possessed by the devil. Fifty years on from his death, Philip Eade takes a fresh look at this famously complex character and tells the full story of his dramatic, colourful and frequently bizarre life; his formative homosexual love affairs at Oxford; his disastrous first marriage and subsequent conversion to Roman Catholicism; his unrequited love for the brightest of the bright young people; his complex interest in the aristocracy and what the aristocrats made of him ; his insane bravery yet chequered wartime career; his drug-induced madness; his strangely successful second marriage; his unconventional attitude to his six children; his sharp tongue; his devastating wit; the love, fear and loathing that he variously inspired. »
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Thomas and Mary : a love story
Tim Parks« Thomas and Mary have been married for thirty years. They have two children, a dog, a house in the suburbs. But after years of drifting apart, things – finally – come to a head. In this love story in reverse, Tim Parks recounts what happens when youthful devotion has long given way to dog walking, separate bed times, and tensions over who left the fridge door open. "Mordantly amusing, deeply sad novel, a blackly comic study of a 30-year-old marriage. A cautionary tale for couples heedless of the care and kindness a good relationship requires, and a horror story for those who discover they are simply but irreparably mismatched." »
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Corbyn : the strange rebirth of radical politics
Richard Seymour« With a landslide in the first round, this unassuming antiwar socialist crushed the opposition, dealing a huge blow to the Blairite opposition. For the first time in decades, socialism is back on the agenda - and for the first time in Labour's history, it defines the leadership. This book tells the story of how Jeremy Corbyn's rise was made possible by the long decline of Labour and a deep crisis in British democracy. And finally it asks, with all the artillery that is still ranged against Corbyn, and given the crisis-ridden Labour Party that he has inherited, what it would mean for him to succeed. »
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Painting with light : art and photography from the Pre-raphaelites to the modern age
Carol Jacobi and Hope Kingsley« Photography was entangled with art from the very moment of its invention by painter and printmaker Louis Daguerre in 1839. Painting with Light is the first publication to explore photography's complex and fascinating inter-relationship with painting and sculpture in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This is the first time works by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, JAM Whistler, John Singer Sargent and others will be shown alongside photographs by pivotal early photographers such as Julia Margaret Cameron and Alvin Langdon Coburn. »
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L'étrange
Jérôme Ruillier« Un album graphique sur les thèmes de l'immigration, des discriminations et des abus dont sont victimes les immigrés mais aussi sur la situation d'isolement et de vulnérabilité dans laquelle ils se retrouvent à leur arrivée dans un pays étranger. »
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The pill
"Used by over 200 million women since the 1960s, the Pill is one of the most commonly prescribed medicines--and has repeatedly been established as one of the least harmful ever formulated. However, there are some risks, and a number of "Pill Scares" have been reported in the media--often causing women to give up the Pill without finding a satisfactory alternative. More choices are now available than ever to users of hormonal contraception, and it can be difficult for doctors or family planning workers to find the time for detailed discussion with existing or new users. Women of all ages, whether they are existing users of or new to hormonal contraception, will find realistic, practical, and trustworthy guidance in this book to help them to make their own informed decisions. It will also be indispensable to health professionals as a concise, balanced overview. Thise user-friendly book contains extensive and unbiases advice and information on the Pill, along with other hormonal alternatives such as implants, injections, and patches."
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Euphoria
Lily KingWINNER OF THE 2014 KIRKUS PRIZE FOR FICTION. Inspired by the true story of a woman who changed the way we understand our world. « In 1933 three young, gifted anthropologists are thrown together in the jungle of New Guinea. They are Nell Stone, fascinating, magnetic and famous for her controversial work studying South Pacific tribes, her intelligent and aggressive husband Fen, and Andrew Bankson, who stumbles into the lives of this strange couple and becomes totally enthralled. Within months the trio are producing their best ever work, but soon a firestorm of fierce love and jealousy begins to burn out of control, threatening their bonds, their careers, and, ultimately, their lives. »
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Slave narratives - a folk history of slavery in the United States, from interviews with former slaves
"Recent movies on slavery, Twelve Years A Slave, Django Unchained, Lincoln and documentaries, The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross by Henry Louis Gates, Unchained Memories by Oprah Winfrey and Slavery By Another Name, have created a renewed interest in the series SLAVE NARRATIVES; A Folklore History of Slavery in the United States with interviews with former Slaves. The SLAVE NARRATIVES were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The SLAVE NARRATIVES provides a unique and unsurpassed collective portrait of African-American population during slavery. SLAVE NARRATIVES thus constitute an illuminating and invaluable source of data about antebellum and post-Emancipation Southern life, the institution of slavery, and, most important, the reactions and perspectives of those who had been enslaved. The moving text yields great insight into the impact of slavery upon human lives. State and local historians and genealogists use the Slave Narratives as a valuable research tool. The SLAVE NARRATIVES are published by state, so if your library cannot afford the entire set of nineteen volumes you may purchase individual volumes on the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. (…) "
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La scuola cattolica : [romanzo]
Edoardo Albinati« Dans La scuola cattolica, Edoardo Albinati immerge le lecteur dans une école privée romaine des années 1970. Ce refuge pour gens respectables va être traversé par un vent de folie sans précédent quand les noms des coupables d'un crime qui avait fait sensation autrefois sont enfin révélés. »
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Daniel Ost : Floral art : and the beauty of impermanence
Paul Geerts« His masterful site-specific sculptures redefine the boundaries of art, design, and floral arrangement. Ost has created exquisite installations for royal residences, embassies, temples, international art exhibitions, and the fashion industry. Presents 80 of his most important projects while accompanying essays explore their significance and the inspiration behind them. »
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Ionic liquids further uncoiled : critical expert overviews
"This book continues the discussion of new processes and developments in ionic liquid technology introduced in the first volume. Written by an international group of key academic and industrial chemists, this next book in the series includes eleven overviews of specific areas of ionic liquid chemistry including: physicochemical properties of ionic liquids, a patent survey, ionic liquid membrane technology, engineering simulations, molecular simulations. The goal of this volume is to provide expert overviews that range from applied to theoretical, synthetic to analytical, and biotechnological to electrochemical, while also offering consistent abbreviations of ionic liquids throughout the text. The value of Ionic Liquids Further UnCOILed: Critical Expert Overviews lies in the authors’ expertise and their willingness to share it with the reader. Included in the book is insight into typical problems related to experimental techniques, selection of liquids, and variability of data—all of which were overseen by Professor Ken Seddon, one of the book’s editors and a world leader in ionic liquids. This book is a must read for R&D chemists in industrial, governmental, and academic laboratories, and for commercial developers of environmentally sustainable processes. It offers insight and appreciation for the direction in which the field is going, while also highlighting the best published works available, making it equally valuable to new and experienced chemists alike."
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Queen Victoria’s sketchbook
"1979 U.S Edition, Crown Publishers. Charming volume of Queen Victoria's sketches of her family and travel landscapes . If you thought Victoria an unfeeling prude, these mostly colored sketches show a different facet of her personality.”"
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The films of Tod Browning
Bernd Herzogenrath« Known as the 'Edgar Allen Poe of cinema', Tod Browning is truly the dark master of filmmaking. However, despite the commercial success he enjoyed during his lifetime, he has never received the critical acclaim his work deserves. Studying under the great master, DW Griffiths, Browning employed a unique cinematic style, involving cross-cutting between scenes, dark noir-ish shadows, and macabre subject matter. Best known for his films "Freaks", "The Unknown", "Mark of the Vampire", "The Devil Doll and Dracula", his dark, gothic style has influenced such filmmakers as Sam Raimi, David Lynch and Tim Burton. »
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Silicon Germany : wie wir die digitale Transformation schaffen
Christoph Keese„Was kann Google, was Volkswagen und Bosch nicht können? Unsere Maschinenbauer, Autoindustrie, Energieversorger, unser Handel, unsere Banken und Dienstleister, aber auch unsere Politiker – Deutschland hat das 21. Jahrhundert mit einem Fehlstart begonnen. Werden wir digitale Provinz oder gelingt uns die Wende zum "Silicon Germany"? In seinem neuen Buch unterzieht Christoph Keese, Autor des Bestsellers „Silicon Valley“, die deutsche Wirtschaft einem Praxistest in Sachen Digitalisierung. Konkret und anschaulich zeigt er, wo die Schwachstellen sind und wie wir den Rückstand aufholen können“
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