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Understanding and Enriching Problem Solving in Primary Mathematics

By: Patrick Barmby,David Bolden,Lynn Thompson

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Understanding and Enriching Problem Solving in Primary Mathematics

By: Patrick Barmby,David Bolden,Lynn Thompson

This up to date book is essential reading for all those teaching or training to teach primary mathematics. Problem solving is a key aspect of teaching and learning mathematics, but also an area where teachers and pupils often struggle. Set within the context of the new primary curriculum and drawing on research and practice, the book identifies the key knowledge and skills required in teaching and learning problem solving in mathematics, and examines how these and can be applied in the classroom. It explores the issues in depth while remaining straightforward and relevant, emphasises the enrichment of maths through problem-solving, and provides opportunities for teachers to reflect on and further develop their classroom practice.

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Critical Publishing

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1909330728

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Stupendous, Miserable City

Pasolini's Rome

By: John David Rhodes

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Stupendous, Miserable City

Pasolini's Rome

By: John David Rhodes

Tracing Pasolini's engagement with Rome and looking beyond his films to explore the interrelatedness of all of Pasolini's artistic output in the 1950s and 1960s, Rhodes opens up new ways of understanding Pasolini's work and proves how connected Pasolini was to the upheavals in Italy at the time.

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U of Minnesota Press

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145291303X

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The Ruin of the Eternal City

Antiquity and Preservation in Renaissance Rome

By: David Karmon

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The Ruin of the Eternal City

Antiquity and Preservation in Renaissance Rome

By: David Karmon

The Ruin of the Eternal City provides the first systematic analysis of the preservation practices of the popes, civic magistrates, and ordinary citizens of Renaissance Rome. This study offers a new understanding of historic preservation as it occurred during the extraordinary rebuilding of a great European capital city.

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Oxford University Press

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0199766894

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9780199766895

Mozart and His Operas

By: David Cairns

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Mozart and His Operas

By: David Cairns

A noted music critic weaves a brilliantly engaging narrative which puts Mozart's operas in the context of his life, showing how they illuminate his creativity as a whole.

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Univ of California Press

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0520228987

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Italian Lakes

By: David Robertson,Sarah Stewart

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Italian Lakes

By: David Robertson,Sarah Stewart

This guide to Malta, Gozo and Comina includes: topographical walking maps; fold-out touring maps; many short walks and picnic suggestions - suitable for hot summer days and for those with young children; and an update service with specific route-change information.

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Hunter Publishing, Inc

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1856912345

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9781856912341

An Encyclopaedia of World Bridges

By: David McFetrich

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An Encyclopaedia of World Bridges

By: David McFetrich

Bridges are one of the most important artefacts constructed by man, the structures having had an incalculable effect on the development of trade and civilisation throughout the world. Their construction has led to continuing advances in civil engineering technology, leading to bigger spans and the use of new materials. Their failures, too, whether from an inadequate understanding of engineering principles or as a result of natural catastrophes or warfare, have often caused immense hardship as a result of lost lives or broken communications. In this book, a sister publication to his earlier An Encyclopaedia of British Bridges (Pen & Sword 2019), David McFetrich gives brief descriptions of some 1200 bridges from more than 170 countries around the world. They represent a wide range of different types of structure (such as beam, cantilever, stayed and suspension bridges). Although some of the pictures are of extremely well-known structures, many are not so widely recognisable and a separate section of the book includes more than seventy lists of bridges with distinctly unusual characteristics in their design, usage and history.

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Pen and Sword Transport

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1526794470

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Rough Justice

The International Criminal Court's Battle to Fix the World, One Prosecution at a Time

By: David Bosco

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Rough Justice

The International Criminal Court's Battle to Fix the World, One Prosecution at a Time

By: David Bosco

The story of the movement to establish the International Criminal Court, its tumultuous first decade, and the challenges it will continue to face in the future.

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Oxford University Press

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0199844135

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The Rough Guide to Corsica

By: David Abram

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The Rough Guide to Corsica

By: David Abram

The Rough Guide to Corsica is the ultimate travel guide with clear maps and detailed coverage of all the best attractions Corsica has to offer. Discover the vibrant regions of Corsica from the beautiful island beaches of Corsica, to the amazing GR20 trail and scenic walks through this lush Mediterranean island. New full-colour features explore the most atmospheric festivals in Corsica and the charming traditional villages in Corsica with detailed information on traditional food, language and livelihoods. Find detailed practical advice on what to see and do in Corsica whilst relying on up-to-date descriptions of the best accommodation in Corsica; from Corsica's luxurious hotels to budget campsites in Corsica, bars in Corsica, restaurants in Corsica, and the best scenic walks and hikes around Corsica. This Rough Guide unearths the best places to hike, mountain bike, canyon, horse ride and scuba dive. Explore all corners of Corsica with the clearest maps of any guide. Make the most of your holiday with The Rough Guide to Corsica.

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Penguin

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1405383860

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Corsica

By: David Abram

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Corsica

By: David Abram

One of the Mediterranean's most accessible, yet least spoilt islands, with some of its best beaches and most beautiful mountain scenery, Corsica is an increasingly popular holiday destination. This guide features detailed town write-ups, as well as fully up-to-date hotel and restaurant listings. This edition includes a new chapter on long-distance walks, including a full account of GR20 - regarded as Europe's leading haute route.

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Rough Guides

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1843530473

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The Big Book of Letterheads

By: David E. Carter

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The Big Book of Letterheads

By: David E. Carter

Although email has overtaken written communication in business, letterhead design is just as vital as ever. Since business letters are mailed less frequently, each one sent has the opportunity to have a greater impact on the reader that it would have in the pre–internet era. Today's designers are challenged to create a letterhead (and letterhead set) that will accomplish the following: make a positive first impression for the business; be an appropriate design for the firm's personality and corporate culture; and leave a lasting impression in the mind of the recipient. In addition, the "letterhead set" will usually contain an envelope–one which ideally says "open me first." THE BIG BOOK OF LETTERHEADS includes nearly 400 letterhead sets, all selected for their ability to inspire the reader and provide countless brainstorming ideas.

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Harper Collins

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006125570X

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Studies in Music with Text

By: David Lewin

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Studies in Music with Text

By: David Lewin

Throughout his career, David Lewin labored to make even the most abstract theory speak to the experience of the ordinary listener. This book combines many of Lewin's classic articles on song and opera with newly drafted chapters on songs of Brahms, Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, and Milton Babbitt. Bound together by Lewin's cogent insight, the resulting collection constitutes a major statement concerning the methodological problems associated with interpretation of texted music.

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Oxford University Press

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0198040180

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Streptomyces in Nature and Medicine

The Antibiotic Makers

By: David A. Hopwood

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Streptomyces in Nature and Medicine

The Antibiotic Makers

By: David A. Hopwood

This is an insiders account of 50 years of genetic studies of the soil-inhabiting microbes that produce most of the antibiotics used to treat infections, as well as anti-cancer, anti-parasitic and immunosuppressant drugs. The book begins by describing how these microbes the actinomycetes were discovered in the latter part of the nineteenth century, but remained a Cinderella group until, in the 1940s, they shot to prominence with the discovery of streptomycin, the first effective treatment for tuberculosis and only the second antibiotic, after penicillin, to become a medical marvel. There followed a massive effort over several decades to find further treatments for infectious diseases and cancer, tempered by the rise of antibiotic resistance consequent on antibiotic misuse and over-use. The book goes on to describe the discovery of gene exchange in the actinomycetes in the context of the rise of microbial genetics in the mid-20th century, leading to determination of the complete DNA sequence of a model member of the group at the turn of the millennium. There follow chapters in which the intricate molecular machinery that adapts the organisms metabolism and development to life in the soil, including antibiotic production, is illuminated by the DNA blueprint. Then come an up-to-the minute account of the use of genetic engineering to make novel, hybrid, antibiotics, and a topical description of techniques to learn the roles of the thousands of genes in a genome sequence, throwing a powerful light on the biology of the organisms and their harnessing for increasing antibiotic productivity. In the final chapter we return to the mycobacteria that cause tuberculosis and leprosy, the first actinomycetes to be discovered, and how methodology, in part derived from the study of the streptomycetes, is being applied to understand and control these still deadly pathogens.

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Oxford University Press

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0199722285

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Betrayal

The True Story of J. Edgar Hoover and the Nazi Saboteurs Captured During WWII

By: David Johnson

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Betrayal

The True Story of J. Edgar Hoover and the Nazi Saboteurs Captured During WWII

By: David Johnson

The true story behind the Nazi saboteurs captured on Long Island in 1942, their betrayal by J. Edgar Hoover, and the shameful secret behind the case the established the reputation of the FBI. At 4 AM on a foggy morning in 1942, Nazi submarines discharged eight men along the coasts of Long Island and Florida. A few days later, J. Edgar Hoover further burnished his reputation by announcing the swift capture of Nazi soldiers found prowling our shores, intent on sabotage. Omitted from the record (and still denied by the FBI) is the true story behind Hoover's greatest publicity coup: the saboteurs' leader, George Dasch, betrayed his own country by turning himself in first to a disbelieving FBI. Hoover promised Dasch clemency and assurances that the jerry-rigged "military tribunal" created to try the men as "unlawful combatants" was merely a formality to protect loved ones from Nazi retribution. Using documentation from the FBI archives, interviews and memoirs, David Alan Johnson carefully recounts the mounting betrayals in this utterly engrossing saga.

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Hippocrene Books

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0781811732

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Food Wine Rome

By: David Downie

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Food Wine Rome

By: David Downie

Food Wine Rome is a tightly focused guidebook and traveler’s companion to the culinary delights of Rome. For each neighborhood, listings are in three categories: 1) dining: restaurants, trattorie, osterie; 2) gourmet shopping: bakeries, markets, salami makers, cheesemongers, and more; 3) wine: shops and wine bars. A dozen or more sidebars add entertaining and informative bits of city lore, culture, customs, quotes, and anecdotes to bring alive the city’s historic culinary richness: the Roman love affair with artichokes; the watermelon festival held for years on August 24, when giant, ripe watermelons would be released into the river upstream and Roman kids would dive into the river to grab them; Lucullus’ Kitchen Garden; the Cacio e Pepe Family of Pastas; the cult of the strawberries of Nemi (one of whose devotees was Caligula); Papal cuisine; the Renaissance of Rome’s wines; Holy Water and the Aqueducts; Spring Fever (lamb, favas, artichokes, zucchini flowers); and dozens more. A glossary of essential Roman/Italian food terms helps make shopping, marketing, and eating fun and rewarding. It is illustrated with scores of atmospheric photographs and an overall map of central Rome, plus detailed maps for each of Rome’s nine central neighborhoods, so that readers can find addresses immediately.

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New York Review of Books

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1892145715

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The Mammalian Carotid Body

By: David J. Pallot

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The Mammalian Carotid Body

By: David J. Pallot

According to Valentin (1833) and Luschka (1862), the first description of the structure now known as the carotid body must be ascribed to a Swiss physiolo gist - Albrecht von Haller - who, in 1762, called it the ganglion exiguum. This claim, however, may be erroneous, for Tauber (1743) described a struc ture at the bifurcation on the common carotid artery and called it the ganglion minutum. Andersch (1797) reprinted the text of a study made by his father between 1751 and 1755. The original printing of this work had apparently been sold as waste paper! Andersch called the organ the ganglion intercaroticum on account of its location. He also specifically stated that the sympathetic chain, the glossopharyngeal and the vagus nerves sent branches into the organ. For a while the carotid body remained forgotten, to be rediscovered in 1833 by Mayer of Bonn who again remarked upon the branches of the sympathetic, glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves as sources of a nerve plexus which innervated the ganglion intercaroticurtl. . Valentin (1833) clearly regarded the structure as part of the sympathetic nervous system, although he too recognised that the vagus and glossopharyngeal nerves contributed conspicuously to its innervation. Thus it is evident that the anatomists of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries regarded the structure in the carotid bifurcation as one of the many ganglia which are interspersed in the course of the sympathetic nervous system.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642718574

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The Playful Entrepreneur

By: Mark Dodgson,David Gann

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The Playful Entrepreneur

By: Mark Dodgson,David Gann

A compelling account of how incorporating play into work can help us overcome the uncertainty and turbulence that surrounds work How can we learn to deal with uncertainty at work? The answer, as Dodgson and Gann eloquently portray in this pathfinding book, is to learn from the adaptive behaviors of entrepreneurs. Play, the authors show, is a crucial component of this. It encourages exploration, experimentation, and curiosity while it also challenges established practices and orthodoxies. It facilitates change in people and organizations. Drawing on in-depth interviews with entrepreneurs and innovators, this book explains why we should incorporate play into work, what play looks like, and how to encourage playfulness in individuals and organizations. Dodgson and Gann identify four key behaviors that endorse, encourage, and guide play: grace, craft, fortitude, and ambition, and provide a blueprint for an alternative way of working that fosters resilience and encourages innovation and growth in difficult times.

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Yale University Press

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0300233922

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9780300233926

Living with Florida's Atlantic Beaches

Coastal Hazards from Amelia Island to Key West

By: David M. Bush

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Living with Florida's Atlantic Beaches

Coastal Hazards from Amelia Island to Key West

By: David M. Bush

A call to live with the coast, as opposed to living at the coast; unless Florida coastal communities conserve beaches and mitigate storm impacts, the future of the beach-based economy is in question.

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Duke University Press

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0822332892

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9780822332893

Building Bridges: Between Theory And Practice

By: David Blockley

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Building Bridges: Between Theory And Practice

By: David Blockley

The book is about bridging the huge gaps between what engineers know, what they do and why things go wrong. It puts engineering into a wider perspective so readers can see how it relates to other disciplines — especially science and technology. Many intellectuals have dismissed engineering as 'applied science', but this book shows how wrong it is to do so — engineers apply science, but their purpose is quite different.It takes the reader on a learning journey of reflections on the gaps between theory and practice in professional life — not just in engineering but across all disciplines. The learning is summarized through 20 learning points or lessons, each one placed in context. Some of the important lessons are about learning from failure, joining-up theory and practice, understanding process, classifying uncertainty, managing risks, finding resilience, thinking systems to improve performance and nurturing practical wisdom.

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World Scientific

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1786347644

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14 Months

By: David E. Newsome

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14 Months

By: David E. Newsome

In 1997, a young college student was arrested and tried for First Degree Homicide, stemming from a shooting in Jacksonville Beach, FL. There was a question as to whether the offense had been committed in Self Defense, or whether it had been cold, calculated Murder. Take a wild ride, as he tells his story, and recalls the time he spent in the Duval County Jail while awaiting trial. Murderers, Rapists and Drug Dealers soon become friends and peers. An alien lifestyle is learned and a new way of thinking is adopted. Follow him from the night of his arrest until the minute the verdict is read. Over a decade after the incident, he will retell his story and keep you clinging to your seat as you relive the 14 months spent in a place where evil has many different names, and it just might be looking you in the mirror.

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Lulu.com

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0557194091

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The Master of Verona

By: David Blixt

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The Master of Verona

By: David Blixt

Set in the early days of the 14th century, the exiled Dante and his eldest surviving son Pietro are invited to Verona, where political intrigue rules the day. His best friends are the eldest sons of the Montague and Capulet family, whose bitter and fabled feud is about to break out over the love of a woman in love with one and betrothed to another.

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Macmillan

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0312382030

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The Music of the Spheres in the Western Imagination

By: David J. Kendall

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The Music of the Spheres in the Western Imagination

By: David J. Kendall

The Music of the Spheres in the Western Imagination describes various systematic musical ecologies of the cosmos by examining attempts over time to define Western theoretical musical systems, whether practical, human, nonhuman, or celestial. This book focuses on the theoretical, theological, philosophical, physical, and mathematical concepts of a cosmic musical order and how these concepts have changed in order to fit different worldviews through the imaginations of theologians, theorists, and authors of fiction, as well as the practical performance of music. Special attention is given to music theory treatises between the ninth and sixteenth centuries, English-language hymnody from the eighteenth century to the present, polemical works on music and worship from the last hundred years, the Divine Comedy of Dante, nineteenth- and twentieth-century English-language fiction, the fictional works of C. S. Lewis, and the legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1793650365

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9781793650368

All the Missing Souls

A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals

By: David Scheffer

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All the Missing Souls

A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals

By: David Scheffer

This title is Scheffer's account of the international gamble to prosecute those responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, and to redress some of the bloodiest human rights atrocities in our time.

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Princeton University Press

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0691157847

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9780691157849

Zierath: Lord of the Alliance

By: M. David Loyal

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Zierath: Lord of the Alliance

By: M. David Loyal

Welcome to the Achar, a huge rotating mobius strip encircling a yellow sun. The Achar is home to hundreds of sentient races, bizarre monsters, thousands of countries, and the Imrhys, a race of immortal humans with great magical abilities who believe it is their responsibility to save the world. More than three thousand years have passed since the last great Gnarrhys War, but Lord Zierath and his fellow Imrhys still remember it. More than half of all the sentients on the Achar died in that war. Now, rumors of a darkness forming off in the west set Zierath out on a quest to gather allies, armies, and information before the darkness envelops them all. Of course, the first trick is to get out of the tedious administrative duties of ruling a large confederation of countries. Zieraths solution is simple. Sneak out of the castle, city, and country before the regent can stop him. However, if the regent can see into the future, things can get complicated very quickly.

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iUniverse

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0595898297

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Manual prático de escrita em português

Developing Writing Skills in Portuguese

By: Javier Muñoz-Basols,Yolanda Pérez Sinusía,Marianne David,Clélia F. Donovan

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Manual prático de escrita em português

Developing Writing Skills in Portuguese

By: Javier Muñoz-Basols,Yolanda Pérez Sinusía,Marianne David,Clélia F. Donovan

Manual prático de escrita em português/Developing Writing Skills in Portuguese provides intermediate- and advanced-level students with the necessary skills to become competent and confident writers in the Portuguese language. With a focus on writing as a craft, Manual prático de escrita em português offers a rich selection of original materials including narrative texts, expository essays, opinion pieces and newspaper articles. Each chapter covers a specific kind of writing and is designed to help tackle the material in small units. The book aids students in crafting clear, coherent and cohesive texts by means of guided practice and step-by-step activities. Suitable for use as a classroom text or as a self-study course, this book is ideal for students at level B2 – C2 of the Common European Framework for Languages or at Intermediate High – Advanced High on the ACTFL proficiency scales.

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Routledge

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1351969277

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The Rough Guide to Brazil

By: Oliver Marshall,Dilwyn Jenkins,David Cleary

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The Rough Guide to Brazil

By: Oliver Marshall,Dilwyn Jenkins,David Cleary

The Rough Guide to Brazil is the essential guide to one of South America's most tantalising destinations. Detailed accounts of the best attractions Brazil has to offer, along with the clearest maps and plans, showcase this amazingly diverse country to aid both your trip planning and on-the-ground experience. With expert advice and background, it also details the famous Rio carnival, the world's biggest rainforest - the Amazon and the most fantastic wildlife and beaches, whilst the guide itself is full of informative text on the practical and cultural nuances of visiting Brazil, from wildlife safaris in the Pantanal to the concrete architecture of Brasilia. Read about Brazil's football successes and find out more about the Capoeira music and culture that is expanding rapidly in popularity across Europe. At every point, the Rough Guide steers you in the right direction to find the best hotels in Brazil, recommended Brazil restaurants, cafes and shops across every price range, giving you clear, balanced reviews and honest, first-hand opinions. Make the most of your holiday with The Rough Guide to Brazil.

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Rough Guides UK

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1405380195

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Wellington Against Soult

The Second Invasion of Portugal, 1809

By: David Buttery

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Wellington Against Soult

The Second Invasion of Portugal, 1809

By: David Buttery

At the heart of David Butterys third book on the Peninsular War lies the comparison between two great commanders of enormous experience and reputation Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington, and Jean de Dieu Soult. In Soult, Wellesley met one of his most formidable opponents and they confronted each other during one of the most remarkable, and neglected, of the Peninsular campaigns. Soults invasion of Portugal is rarely studied in great depth and, likewise, the offensive Wellesley launched, which defeated and expelled the French, has also received scant coverage. As well as giving a fresh insight into the contrasting characters of the two generals, the narrative offers a gripping and detailed, reconstruction of the organization and experience of a military campaign 200 years ago.

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Pen and Sword

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1473875153

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Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests

The Supernatural in Eighteenth-Century Musical Theater

By: David J. Buch

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Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests

The Supernatural in Eighteenth-Century Musical Theater

By: David J. Buch

Drawing on hundreds of operas, singspiels, ballets, and plays with supernatural themes, Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests argues that the tension between fantasy and Enlightenment-era rationality shaped some of the most important works of eighteenth-century musical theater and profoundly influenced how audiences and critics responded to them. David J. Buch reveals that despite—and perhaps even because of—their fundamental irrationality, fantastic and exotic themes acquired extraordinary force and popularity during the period, pervading theatrical works with music in the French, German, and Italian mainstream. Considering prominent compositions by Gluck, Rameau, and Haydn, as well as many seminal contributions by lesser-known artists, Buch locates the origins of these magical elements in such historical sources as ancient mythology, European fairy tales, the Arabian Nights, and the occult. He concludes with a brilliant excavation of the supernatural roots of Mozart’s The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni, building a new foundation for our understanding of the magical themes that proliferated in Mozart’s wake.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226078116

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9780226078113

Renaissance Art & Science @ Florence

By: Susan B. Puett,J. David Puett

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Renaissance Art & Science @ Florence

By: Susan B. Puett,J. David Puett

The creativity of the human mind was brilliantly displayed during the Florentine Renaissance when artists, mathematicians, astronomers, apothecaries, architects, and others embraced the interconnectedness of their disciplines. Artists used mathematical perspective in painting and scientific techniques to create new materials; hospitals used art to invigorate the soul; apothecaries prepared and dispensed, often from the same plants, both medicinals for patients and pigments for painters; utilitarian glassware and maps became objects to be admired for their beauty; art enhanced depictions of scientific observations; and innovations in construction made buildings canvases for artistic grandeur. An exploration of these and other intersections of art and science deepens our appreciation of the magnificent contributions of the extraordinary Florentines.

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Penn State Press

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0271091320

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9780271091327

Unsettling Opera

Staging Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, and Zemlinsky

By: David J. Levin

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Unsettling Opera

Staging Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, and Zemlinsky

By: David J. Levin

What happens when operas that are comfortably ensconced in the canon are thoroughly rethought and radically recast on stage? What does a staging do to our understanding of an opera, and of opera generally? While a stage production can disrupt a work that was thought to be established, David J. Levin here argues that the genre of opera is itself unsettled, and that the performance of operas, at its best, clarifies this condition by bringing opera’s restlessness and volatility to life. Unsettling Opera explores a variety of fields, considering questions of operatic textuality, dramaturgical practice, and performance theory. Levin opens with a brief history of opera production, opera studies, and dramatic composition, and goes on to consider in detail various productions of the works of Wagner, Mozart, Verdi, and Alexander Zemlinsky. Ultimately, the book seeks to initiate a dialogue between scholars of music, literature, and performance by addressing questions raised in each field in a manner that influences them all.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226475255

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The Longman Anthology of World Literature

By: David Damrosch

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The Longman Anthology of World Literature

By: David Damrosch

This volume samples a broad range of literature from the ancient world. It offers extensive selections from The Bible, The Book of Songs, The Mahabharata, The Ramayana, and Virgil's Aenid, as well as seven longer works in their entirety, including The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Odyssey .

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Longman Publishing Group

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0321055330

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9780321055330

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