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The massive grassy African savanna is filled with the hunting activity of predators and their prey. The stamina of the hyena allows the animal to hunt until its prey is too tired to fight. The lion’s strength makes its attacks swift and severe. But which animal is the fiercest of the ecosystem? Compare and contrast each animal’s features and skills before you declare the winning predator.

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Some animals live in water. Some animals live on land. The land that animals live on can be very different. What makes a place the right home for an animal? Let’s investigate habitats!

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Animals are living things. Rocks are non-living. Why? Let’s investigate the differences between living and non-living things!

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Black Networked Resistance​ explores the creative range of Black digital users and their responses to varying forms of oppression, utilizing cultural, communicative, political, and technological threads both on and offline. Raven Maragh-Lloyd demonstrates how Black users strategically rearticulate their responses to oppression in ways that highlight Black publics’ historically rich traditions and reveal the shifting nature of both dominance and resistance, particularly in the digital age. Through case studies and interviews, Maragh-Lloyd reveals the malleable ways resistance can take shape and the ways Black users artfully demonstrate such modifications of resistance through strategies of survival, reprieve, and community online. Each chapter grounds itself in a resistance strategy, such as Black humor, care, or archiving, to show the ways that Black publics reshape strategies of resistance over time and across media platforms. Linking singular digital resistance movements while arguing for Black publics as strategic content creators who connect resistance strategies from our past to suit our present needs, Black Networked Resistance encourages readers to create and cultivate lasting communities necessary for social and political change by imagining a future of joy, community, and agency through their digital media practices.

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Black Networked Resistance​ explores the creative range of Black digital users and their responses to varying forms of oppression, utilizing cultural, communicative, political, and technological threads both on and offline. Raven Maragh-Lloyd demonstrates how Black users strategically rearticulate their responses to oppression in ways that highlight Black publics’ historically rich traditions and reveal the shifting nature of both dominance and resistance, particularly in the digital age. Through case studies and interviews, Maragh-Lloyd reveals the malleable ways resistance can take shape and the ways Black users artfully demonstrate such modifications of resistance through strategies of survival, reprieve, and community online. Each chapter grounds itself in a resistance strategy, such as Black humor, care, or archiving, to show the ways that Black publics reshape strategies of resistance over time and across media platforms. Linking singular digital resistance movements while arguing for Black publics as strategic content creators who connect resistance strategies from our past to suit our present needs, Black Networked Resistance encourages readers to create and cultivate lasting communities necessary for social and political change by imagining a future of joy, community, and agency through their digital media practices.

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The dark floor and muddy rivers of the rainforest are perfect for hunting, and the jaguar and crocodile both stalk their prey with ease. But which animal is the fiercest of the ecosystem? Does the jaguar's speed give it the edge? Or does the crocodile's strength make it superior? Compare and contrast each animal’s features and skills before you declare the winning predator.

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Software has become a key component of contemporary life and algorithms that rank, classify, or recommend are everywhere. Building on the philosophy of Gilbert Simondon and the cultural techniques tradition, this book examines the constructive and cumulative character of software and retraces the historical trajectories of a series of algorithmic techniques that have become the building blocks for contemporary practices of ordering. Developed in opposition to centuries of library tradition, these techniques instantiate dynamic, perspectivist, and interested forms of knowing. Embedded in technical infrastructures and economic logics, they have become engines of order that transform how we arrange information, ideas, and people.

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THE LETTERS FROM THE SUITCASE by Rosheen and Cal Finnigan reveals the detailed and poignant wartime romance between David and Mary Francis. For readers of Sheila Hancock's MISS CARTER'S WAR or Helen Simonson's MAJOR PETTIGREW'S LAST STAND 'I still have that recurring fear of something happening to me before I see you again, and before I can tell you myself just how much and how often I've realised during the last few months that I love you completely and to the exclusion of all others. Remember that, because if there wasn't you, my darling Mary, the world would seem very empty and meaningless.'Mary and David Francis were only twenty-one and nineteen when they met in 1938. They fell in love instantly, and against the wishes of David's parents, they lived together and married, in secret. These poignant letters reveal their intelligence and thoughtfulness, their passion, the everyday details of their lives working as a secretary at Bletchley Park and as a young officer in action on the other side of the world, and Mary's experience of bringing up a small baby alone in London. David was to die in India, five years after their first encounter, though his letters continued to reach Mary long after the event. At heart, this is the story of a young couple who were utterly devoted to one another. It is also the story of a father that Rosheen Finnigan never knew but came to love.

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The full set of Marvel calendars which ran from 1975–81, collected for the first time in a deluxe oversize edition From 1975–81, Marvel created seven consecutive calendars that were as artistically designed and captivatingly written as any of their comic books. Each of these annual calendars—whether they celebrated the Bicentennial (1976) or spotlighted a specific character such as Spider-Man (1978), Hulk (1979), or Doctor Strange (1980), featured heroes and villains across the pantheon of the Marvel Universe—and all shared inspired features. These included visual call-outs for birthdays of noted Marvel staff and creators; key moments in Marvel history; special events, famous quotes from fan-favorite issues, and other celebratory mentions; with original art from iconic Marvel artists, created especially for these calendars by Jack Kirby, John Buscema, John Byrne, Frank Miller, Walter Simonson, Gil Kane, George Perez, Gene Colan, Jim Starlin, Sal Buscema, Mike Ploog, and dozens more. Never before has all of this astounding art been reprinted, and the complete set of covers, interiors, and gorgeously designed monthly entries are reproduced at their original size in this beautiful, oversized hardcover package. Also included is new commentary, rare promotional materials, and an introduction by longtime Marvel writer/editor/historian Roy Thomas. The years might keep ticking away, but the work collected in this special book remains timeless!

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Der Zweck dieses Buches ist die Darlegung der physikalischen Gesetze, welche die Funktion der einen weiten Bogen umfassenden - etwas breiter als üblich gegriffenen - elektronischen Geräte grundsätzlich bestimmen, sowie die Deutung der bei der makroskopischen Behandlung vorkommenden elektrischen Materialgrößen aus den Gesetzmäßigkeiten der Mikrosysteme. Das primäre Ziel soll also das Verstehen der Erscheinungen, weniger die Kenntnis der Möglichkeiten unmittelbarer praktischer Anwendung sein. Der technische Charakter des Buches sowie seine Ausrichtung auf die Projektierung und Realisierung kommen jedoch darin zum Ausdruck, daß die End formeln, Diagramme und Tabellen soweit als möglich in einer zur praktisehen Anwendung geeigneten Form angeführt sind, daß die als Illustration dargestellten Geräte, wenn auch in vereinfachter Form, bereits auch die Konstruktionsprinzipien zeigen, und daß auch die Darstellungen der Meßverfahren in den meisten Fällen mehr enthalten als reine Prinzip­ schaltungen. Das vorliegende Werk ist in dem Sinn in sich geschlossen, daß keine Kennt­ nisse vorausgesetzt werden, die über die allgemeine Physik sowie über die üblichen Abschnitte der höheren Mathematik wie die Differential- und Integralrechnung, die Vektoranalysis und die einfachsten Differentialglei­ chungen hinausgehen. Die atomphysikalischen Kenntnisse werden bereits in der erforderlichen Breite und Tiefe behandelt.

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Aunque todos estamos llamados a una vida bella, buena y abundante, muchas veces encontramos en nuestro camino el mal que impide a la vida nacer y desplegarse, lo que lleva a la destrucción y a la muerte. Existen unas leyes de vida que están grabadas en el corazón de todo ser humano. El objeto de este libro es mostrar cinco leyes que se refieren al restablecimiento de las heridas para conseguir evangelizar la profundidad de nuestro corazón.Extracto del Índice:PRIMERA LEY DE VIDA: Elegir vivir. No elijas la muerte.SEGUNDA LEY DE VIDA: Aceptar la condición humana.La transgresión y sus consecuencias: la omnipotencia. La creencia ilusoria en un mundo sin fallos, fracaso ni muerte. La voluntad de dominarlo todo. La desvalorización de uno mismo. La no aceptación de la propia historia. Respuestas de Cristo a los límites humanos.TERCERA LEY DE VIDA. El despliegue de la identidad personal en Dios y en la relación con el otro. La alegría del descubrimiento. Caminos erróneos. El

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Madre que estás en los cielos se ha convertido en una de las novelas favoritas de los lectores. Esta edición incluye un prólogo del autor en el que desvela la historia de esta obra que lo consagró en el mundo literario chileno e internacional.A los setenta y siete años, Julia Bartolini decide escribir sus memorias. En ellas deshilvana miedos fraguados en su infancia, para los que no tuvo solución en la edad adulta. Intenta descifrar la relación con sus padres y su marido, y en especial con dos de sus hijos, quienes desafiaron los códigos de su tiempo y sus esperanzas. Sobre todo, quiere encontrar una explicación para haber fracasado en aquello que mayor importancia tenía para ella: formar una familia feliz.Un libro inteligente, transparente y emocionante. A través del recuento de una mujer que va a morir de cáncer, con gracia y sensibilidad se hace un retrato de la familia chilena, sus tabúes y liberaciones.Antonio Skármeta

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De forma tan imprevista como dramática, la Era Berlusconi ha terminado. Ha llegado el momento de reflexionar críticamente sobre uno de los dirigentes políticos más excéntricos y controvertidos de nuestro tiempo, pero por qué hacerlo de forma austera y ceñuda? Como seguramente sabrá el lector, Silvio Berlusconi comenzó a ganarse la vida cantando y contando chistes en cruceros y, muchos años después, tras crear un imperio empresarial y ser elegido primer ministro, convirtió la política en la más obscena de las comedias. Para ello utilizó estratégicamente el humor como una forma de poder e hizo del chiste una de sus municiones políticas de mayor alcance. Como él mismo afirmó con cierto espíritu categórico: Yo no cuento chistes sin más. Hago uso de los chistes para esculpir conceptos.El show de Berlusconi es una antología de todos los chistes contados por il Cavaliere durante sus años en el gobierno y la oposición: chistes contados en los consejos de gobierno, en las cumbres europeas,

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Al llunyà regne d?Asgard, hi vivien els déus guerrers de la mitologia nòrdica. D?entre tots ells, n?hi havia un que sobrepassava la resta per la seva força i el seu poder: el gran Thor! En Thor era l?encarregat de protegir déus i humans de la terrible amenaça dels gegants, uns éssers malvats que poblaven els cims glaçats de Jotunheim. Per fer-ho, comptava amb l?ajut del martell màgic, una arma capaç de desempallegar-se del pitjor enemic. Endinsa?t en aquestes pàgines i diverteix-te amb les aventures d?en Thor, el més intrèpid dels déus nòrdics!

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The story of the duel of David and Goliath, the Philistine champion, is narrated in the Bible in several versions. While its symbolic importance in Judaism and later in Christianity gradually came to represent the battle between good and evil, true faith and paganism, attempts were made since ancient times to solve its ambiguities. In modern research, the story arouses many disputes. There is controversy about the degree of realism and fantasy in it and there is also no agreement as to the time it was composed. Some claim that this was close to the time when the event occurred at the beginning of the monarchy period. Others postpone the time of its writing to the end of the Judaean monarchy and even to Second Temple times by pointing out its similarities to Greek literature and the characteristics of Goliath as an Aegean hoplite. The purpose of the study is not only to shed light on the enigmas about the protagonists and the time of the story, but also to understand why the importance of its message did not lessen and in what circumstances the interest in it was prolonged. The study employs a textual analysis (literary and philological) of the story together with its comparison to Greek, Egyptian and Mesopotamian literary sources, historical analysis, and also a comparative analysis with archaeological findings. It examines sources which until now have not been included in research and suggests a new date, place and motive for the compilation of the duel story.

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