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Heya, folks, Harley Quinn here! In case you all haven t noticed things have been a little wild lately...I ll help put fires out around Gotham literally and I might get some unexpected help in the process! Hugo Strange, out-of-control orderlies, kidnapped clowns, and a new villain named Keepsake it s a lot for any one former villain turned antihero turned real hero with impeccable fashion sense to handle. I m talkin about ME if that wasn t clear. With all the Fear State happening in Gotham, I thought it would be a good time to go on a little camping trip. But, turns out, Gotham is gonna be Gotham Keepsake s forming a new army, Hugo s playin dress-up, and the city is literally tearing itself apart. This looks like a job for Harley Quinn, Kevin, and...the Gardener? Oh yeah, there's a few other familiar faces...so keep your eyes peeled!

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Explains the basics of pricing along with risk analysis for bonds, shares and exchange rates, illustrating the use of these fundamentals for portfolio management.

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For centuries, millions have succumbed to the magic of Venice, but few have been able to venture into its sumptuous private spaces. This book invites us into the extravagant interiors and secret gardens via a tour of the grand apartments and private homes where Venetians have forged an inspiring approach to living and entertaining in grand Old World style. This superbly photographed volume takes the reader behind the fabulous facades of Venice to explore its grand interiors and local cuisine. Featuring lively anecdotal text and stunning colour photographs of private interiors otherwise not open to the public, and including recipes from Venice and the surrounding Veneto region, this beautifully illustrated volume is essential for anyone who has fantasized about living in one of the world s most romantic cities. This is an enchanting volume for browsers, armchair tourists, and anyone interested in interior design.

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Oxford has a special place in the history of Pre-Raphaelitism. Thomas Combe (superintendent of the Clarendon Press) encouraged John Everett Millais and William Holman Hunt at a crucial early stage of their careers, and his collection became the nucleus of the Ashmolean collection of works by the Brotherhood and their associates. Two young undergraduates, William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones, saw the Combe collection and became enthusiastic converts to the movement. With Dante Gabriel Rossetti, in 1857 they undertook the decoration of the debating chamber (now the Old Library) of the Oxford Union. The group’s champion John Ruskin also studied in Oxford, where he oversaw the design of the University Museum of Natural History and established the Ruskin School of Drawing. Jane Burden, future wife of Morris and muse (probably also lover) of Rossetti, was a local girl, first spotted at the theatre in Oxford. Oxford’s key role in the movement has made it a magnet for important bequests and acquisitions, most recently of Burne-Jones’s illustrated letters and paintbrushes. The collection of watercolours and drawings includes a wide variety of appealing works, from Hunt’s first drawing on the back of a tiny envelope for The Light of the World (Keble College), to large, elaborate chalk drawings of Jane Morris by Rossetti. It is especially rich in portraits, which throw an intimate light on the friendships and love affairs of the artists, and in landscapes which reflect Ruskin’s advice to ‘go to nature’. More than just an exhibition catalogue, this book is a showcase of the Ashmolean's incredible collection, and demonstrates the enormous range of Pre-Raphaelite drawing techniques and media, including pencil, pen and ink, chalk, watercolour, bodycolour and metallic paints. It will include designs for stained glass and furniture, as well as preparatory drawings for some of the well-known paintings in the collection.

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This book re-assesses the significance to Pre-Raphaelitism of the fundamental relationship of poem to painting, of the visual to the verbal, to examine those aspects of the movement that account for its enduring legacy. Beginning with the profound and somewhat neglected influence of Ruskin’s work upon the poets and painters, Smith focuses in particular upon the Pre-Raphaelite rehabilitation of the sister arts analogy, and an aesthetic of ekphrasis as played out in the short-lived periodical The Germ and in D.G. Rossetti’s sonnets for pictures. At the heart of the project is a new reading of the notorious circumstances of Rossetti’s ‘coffined book’ - those manuscript poems Rossetti disinterred from his wife Elizabeth Siddal’s grave – that brings to the fore the all-pervasive significance to the Pre-Raphaelites of a complex aesthetic of resurrection. With this and other examples, Smith redefines for us those categories of the corporeal and spiritual, the material and immaterial, the verbal and visual that the Pre-Raphaelites aspired to re-conceptualise.

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Returning from Moscow, Lorenzo Rossi finds himself forced to quit his job as head of the Vatican police. And to make matters worse, his fiancée, CIA Agent Cathy Doherty, calls off their wedding. Just as Rossi is settling into his new life as a visiting academic at Cambridge University, the CIA persuades him to rejoin Cathy in catching the killer of three American billionaires. Barely on speaking terms, the two devise a plan to befriend the CIA’s main suspect. As they get closer to the suspect and his coterie of friends, Rossi and Cathy realise that they’re being played for fools. But why? Everything points to an international conspiracy. As friends and foes drop dead around them, they arrive at the truth. But to prove it they need to set a trap. A trap that turns them from hunter to prey. Will they survive to tell their tale? Praise for The Circle-A Killings: “A great follow on from The Concordat that further develops characters you’ve met while introducing new friends and enemies into the mix. With the same strong writing style as the first, this is an entertaining sequel.” Love Reading Ambassador “Another gripping thriller from a writer who continues to impress.” Kirkus Reviews

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Complex dynamics in economics arise from nonlinear systems that do not converge to a fixed point, a limit cycle, or explode or implode exponentially due to endogenous factors. They arise from cybernetics, catastrophe theory, chaos theory, or the varieties of modern complexity theory, including models with heterogeneous, interacting agents. This major three-volume collection presents the most important papers in the area of complexity in economics. Topics include: Volume I: Philosophical and Methodological Overviews; Social Interactions and Learning Dynamics; Competitive Market Dynamics; Dynamics of Imperfect Competition; Volume II: Macroeconomic Fluctuations and Growth; Financial Markets; International and Transition Economic Dynamics; Volume III: Urban and Regional Systems; Evolutionary Economic Dynamics; and Ecologic-Economic Systems. Complexity in Economics is an authoritative and invaluable reference source for all those with an interest in this area.

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The Pocket Guide to Mycological Diagnosis provides useful and concise information for microbiologists and professionals diagnosing the most medically relevant fungal species. Cellular and molecular techniques, immunological methods, and more accurate microscopy equipment available in most mycology laboratories now make diagnosis more routine. Furthermore, information regarding medical mycology, including identification of specific fungal pathogens, is widely available. This book helps mycologists address the emerging challenges of diagnosis.Key Features Succinct summary of fungal disease diagnosis Includes opportunistic fungal infections that can afflict immunocompromised patients Permits the identification of common fungal pathogens Reviews antifungal drugs Related TitlesGhannoum, M. A. & John R. Perfect, eds. Antifungal Therapy, 2nd ed. (ISBN 978-1-4987-6814-6)Miyaji, M., ed. Animal Models in Medical Mycology (ISBN 978-1-3158-9059-3)Razzaghi-Abyaneh, M., M. Shams-Ghahfarokhi and M. Rai, eds. Medical Mycology: Current Trends and Future Prospects (ISBN 978-1-4987-1421-1)

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When a secret recipe deal with the Elves and Shoemaker Guild goes wrong, Lisbeth and the girls find themselves face-to-face with none other than the ghost of Rossa! Just what could be the connection between Lisbeth's quest and Lux's old friend?!

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El lenguaje telefónico es el idioma comercial más rentable, y sin duda la forma más rápida de cobrar. Sin embargo, se suele carecer de herramientas de comunicación adecuadas para la gestión de cobro, y los errores de improvisar son frecuentes y caros. Para evitar todas estas lagunas, este libro aborda el método "3R" para aplicar a los casos más problemáticos de gestión telefónica de cobro.

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La inteligencia emocional, tal como la entiende el autor de esta obra, es la capacidad de entender las emociones y utilizar ese conocimiento para la toma de decisiones. Supone la capacidad de entender las propias emociones, la de regular esas emociones, la de entender las emociones de otras personas, la de establecer relaciones interpersonales positivas, la de confiar en uno mismo y la de estar motivado para conseguir los objetivos propuestos.A lo largo de once capítulos, además de una introducción, una conclusión y un apéndice, el autor va tratando diversos temas sobre qué es la inteligencia emocional, la importancia que tiene y los aspectos que la favorecen, como la cooperación y el establecimiento de conexiones afectivas entre los integrantes de la empresa, a la que se contempla como un equipo. Trata también sobre aspectos positivos para la toma de decisiones y las buenas relaciones: aprender a escuchar y comunicar, la disciplina, la resolución de conflictos y la educación.L

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The cultural phenomenon known as the Colonial Revival emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a period of intense and unsettling social and economic change in the United States. Many fields of endeavor felt its impact, from architecture and literature to politics and advertising. Nowhere was this more evident than within the museum community. Historic preservation and restoration, gallery installations, research and publication efforts all reflected in some element of the Colonial Revival aesthetic, which postulated an American "golden age" stretching from the Pilgrim's arrival at Plymouth Rock to the death of Thomas J. Jefferson. In Creating a Dignified Past a distinguished group of museum professionals assess the impact of the Colonial Revival on American museums. Included are general overviews of the movement and detailed examinations of museums as diverse as Colonial Williamsburg, Wadsworth-Longfellow House (Portland, Maine), Pennypacker Mills (Pennsylvania), and Historic Cherry Hill (Albany, New York). Together, these essays provide new insights into the ways successive generations have interpreted and reinterpreted America's past.

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The most accurate and comprehensive picture of homelessness to date, this study offers a powerful explanation of its causes, proposes short- and long-term solutions, and documents the striking contrasts between the homeless of the 1950s and 1960s and the contemporary homeless population, which is younger and contains more women, children, and blacks.

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Erbyn hyn, mae llyfrau i blant ymhlith gwerthwyr gorau'r diwydiant cyhoeddi ac yn rhan ganolog o addysg pob plentyn yng Nghymru. Ond prin yw'r sylw beirniadol a gafodd hanes a datblygiad llenyddiaeth plant yn y Gymraeg. Mae'r gyfrol hon yn mynd i'r afael a'r tawelwch hwnnw ynghylch llenyddiaeth plant yn ein hanes cenedlaethol, gan ddadlau dros ei harwyddocad cymdeithasol a diwylliannol. Drwy fanylu ar ddechreuadau llyfrau a chylchgronau i blant yn y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg, dengys y gyfrol hon fod llenyddiaeth plant yn hanfodol bwysig er mwyn deall sut mae syniadau ac agweddau'n cael eu trosglwyddo a'u trawsffurfio. Ymdrinnir yn bennaf ag agweddau tuag at blant a phlentyndod, gan olrhain y modd yr esblygodd y cysyniadau hynny o dan bwysau trawsnewidiadau economaidd a diwyllianol yr oes. Yng ngoleuni cysyniadau beirniadol Pierre Bourdieu a Michel de Certeau, archwilir y ffactorau oedd cyflyru awduron i ysgrifennu ar gyfer plant yn y lle cyntaf, a'r hyn oedd yn siapio eu hagweddau tuag at eu darllenwyr ifainc. Drwy wneud hynny, mae'r astudiaeth hon yn gosod carreg sylfaen ar gyfer astudio llenyddiaeth plant yn y Gymraeg a'i pherthynas a'i hamgylchfyd hanesyddol a diwylliannol.

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The first detailed study of the female in the ballad genre. It involves how females were portrayed in eighteenth century ballads, and a vast amount of themes that are within women's experiences are studied. The ballads are also put in their historical and international context. 8 black-and-white pictures.

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Goooal!Now you can bring all of the fun and excitement of the soccer pitch to your desktop with this miniature set that you play with your fingers! * Everything you need to play: Includes soccer pitch mat, 2 goals, 2 pairs of soccer cleats for your fingers, 1 mini soccer ball* Book included: With a brief history and rules of the sport, profiles of famous players, trivia, and more in this 32-page fully illustrated miniature book* Unique gift: Perfect for soccer lovers of all ages

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This timely text offers coverage of pollution prevention fundamentals, featuring examples and case studies drawn from the chemical process industries. Topics are presented on three different levels-macro, meso, and micro. The book's multifaceted approach provides a complete picture of current waste minimization theory and practice. Macroscale * Comprehensive analysis of the flow of materials in the United States, from natural resource extraction to consumer product disposal * Overview of waste generation and management for different pollutant types * Assessment of pollution prevention opportunities using industrial ecology and product life cycle frameworks Mesoscale * Detailed coverage of pollution prevention in chemical manufacturing processes * Waste audits, emission inventories, flow sheet analysis, and many other important tools * Waste reduction for unit operations, techniques for measuring economic benefits of pollution prevention, and more Microscale * Case studies of reaction pathway analysis and material design methods Complete with case studies that give the material a real-world edge, plus worked examples to reinforce learning, this text is valuable to both advanced students and practitioners of chemical and civil engineering.

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