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Get ready for heart-pounding action, nefarious mysteries, and hijinx galore in the thrilling, clever sequel to The Inventors at No. 8!As the one-time unluckiest boy in London, George, the 3rd Lord of Devonshire, knows better than to overlook something as suspicious as a secretive new neighbor. And George was right to be wary--this new neighbor turns out to be Don Nadie, the head of the nefarious Society of Nobodies, and a man just as villainous as he is mysterious.Almost overnight, George finds himself framed for attempting to assassinate the king (a crime he most assuredly did not commit) and once again on the run with his best friend Ada Byron, the future Countess of Lovelace. Together, they must navigate the high seas in Ada's latest invention, a submersible mechanical whale, all while trying to stay one step ahead of Don Nadie and the Society. Because even though George may be a gentleman, there's no way he's going to sit idly by while Don Nadie ruins his family name and takes over the world. In this charming and brilliant sequel, author A.M. Morgen raises the stakes and expands a humor and heart-filled world sure to appeal to fans of The Mysterious Benedict Society and The Inquisitor's Tale.

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Born in Yorkshire in 1903, of the heroic generation in twentieth-century British Art which included Henry Moore (with whom she studied in Leeds) and Ben Nicholson (whom she married), she explored in her sculpture the forms of life – especially human life – as well as those of mathematics. Professor Hammacher knew Hepworth for many years, and has written an intimate and highly readable account of her life and work.

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Uber die Literaturen des christlichen Orients verstreut finden sich Erzahlungen, die von einer christlichen Taufe mancher iranischer Konige berichten, an prominentester Stelle des Ardasir, des Begrunders der Dynastie der Sasaniden, sowie ihrer herausragendster Vertreter des 6. und beginnenden 7. Jahrhunderts, Husraw Anusirwan und Husraw Abarwez. Erst wenn diese Erzahlungen in Beziehung gesetzt werden zu einer Aussage aus dem Schulerkreis des Katholikos Mar Aba, bei den Sasaniden handle es sich um die Nachfahren der Magier aus der Geburtsgeschichte Jesu, lasst sich ein Sinnzusammenhang rekonstruieren. Auf dessen Grundlage werden im vorliegenden Buch die genannten Erzahlungen und ihr geistesgeschichtliches Umfeld analysiert und als Ansatze zu einer politischen Theologie der persischen Christenheit aus der Mitte des 6. Jahrhunderts bis in die Zeit der Kreuzzuge, in ihrer Wirkung bis nach Europa und Zentralasien, verfolgt; ausfuhrliche Register gestatten den Zugriff auf zitierte Quellenstellen sowie auf Namen, Orte, Sachen und Begriffe.

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A novel faithfully based on a sensational real case in Kincardineshire in 1968 the salacious details of which, with naked parties, sex orgies, drugs, alcohol, fast cars and violence gripped Scotland. The narrative seeks to uncover the truth regarding Sheila’s involvement in her husband’s death. Including flashbacks and new theories,

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Sami and Ali dream of playing for the school football team. They practise in the park every day and work hard on their skills. But acing the trials is the last of the boys' worries when they're made to feel they don't belong on the team because of the colour of their skin. Ali just wants to tackle the ball on the pitch. Now he's being forced to tackle the racism in his team too. But how can he, when he's told it's 'just banter'? From the award-winning author of 'Boy, Everywhere', a powerful story of friendship and booting out racism

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This debut middle-grade novel chronicles the harrowing journey taken by Sami and his family from privilege to poverty, across countries and continents, from a comfortable life in Damascus, via a smuggler's den in Turkey, to a prison in Manchester. A story of survival, of family, of bravery ... In a world where we are told to see refugees as the ‘other’, this story will remind readers that ‘they’ are also ‘us'.

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This pocket-sized bilingual dictionary of English and Farsi, the official language of Iran, provides over 8000 entries, with pronunciation and part of speech indicated. A guide to pronunciation and the Farsi script are provided.

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The Reformation had a radical effect on Scotland not just spiritually but also politically and socially. Given its spiritual decadence in the lead up to this, it was in much need of reformation. A contributor to that success was the old Celtic Church who revered the Bible as the supreme standard and hence placed an emphasis on the preaching of the Word. Renwick considers the character and the experiences of the leader of the Scottish Reformation John Knox. Secularly it was to have an influence on the Scottish Parliament e.g. the importance of education for all as a result of the principles they had built. It also considers the protagonists of the reformation such as the nobles and the place of Mary of Lorraine the Queen Mother and Queen Mary. As well as looking at the Scottish Reformation it gives its historical context not forgetting what was happening elsewhere. It is clear that for those who were involved in the Scottish Reformation it was costly but they considered it important to defend the reformed faith. An opportunity to read of lives that were transformed as they became convicted of the gospel truth which in turn led them to serve God.

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Crystals have fascinated us for centuries with their beauty and symmetry, and have often been invested with magical powers. The use of X-ray diffraction, first pioneered in 1912 by father and son William and Lawrence Bragg, enabled us to probe the structure of molecules, and heralded the scientific study of crystals, leading to an understanding of their atomic arrangements at a fundamental level. The new discipline, called X-ray crystallography, has subsequently evolved into a formidable science that underpins many other scientific areas. Starting from the determination of the structures of very simple crystals, such as that of common salt, today it has become almost routine to determine the positions of tens of thousands of atoms in a crystal. In this Very Short Introduction Mike Glazer shows how the discoveries in crystallography have been applied to the creation of new and important materials, to drugs and pharmaceuticals and to our understanding of genetics, cell biology, proteins, and viruses. Tracing the history of crystallography, he analyses astonishing developments in new sources of X-rays, as well as of neutrons, and in electron microscopy, and considers the impact they have on the study of crystals today. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

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Associe a tant de ses activites, pacifiques ou belliqueuses, le cheval fut toujours pour l'homme un auxiliaire precieux et un fidele compagnon, indispensable a sa mobilite. Il n'est des lors pas surprenant que ce noble animal, dont Aristote deja soulignait la complexion fragile, ait eu droit a des soins particulierement attentifs. Ainsi, dans le sillage de la medecine antique, l'hippiatrie a connu un developpement remarquable. En temoigne, aux premiers siecles de notre ere, une importante litterature specialisee, que n'epargnerent pas les aleas d'une transmission mouvementee, et qui, de ce fait, demeure relativement peu etudiee.Le present ouvrage a pour objet un traite medieval partiellement inedit, l'"Epitome", tire de la "Collection d'hippiatrie grecque" constituee a l'epoque byzantine. Le premier tome esquisse un rapide apercu de la litterature hippiatrique greco-latine et explore les quatre recensions connues de la "Collection", avant d'aborder l'histoire du texte de l'"Epitome" lui-meme, dont l'edition et la traduction paraitront dans les tomes II et III. Le cederom joint au livre contient les plans, inventaires et tables qui etayent cette etude, et inclut une premiere transcription des textes inedits du "Parisinus Graecus" 2244.

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Dissatisfaction is expressed with the theories generally offered as explanation for the development of the IIwy verbs in West Semitic. As a result, recourse is made to an internal reconstruction of the relevant groun as it occurs in Classical Arabic, in terms of its lin guistic context in that language. From this the conclusion is drawn that mid vowels (e: and o:) existed as phonemes in these verbs at an earlier stage. The comparative data from Ethiopic and Hebrew is then examined, and found to be in broad agreement with the Arabic conclusions. Reasons for the loss of the phonemes, and the circum stances of that loss, are briefly discussed.

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The Economic Approach to Environmental Policy draws together a selection of Myrick Freeman's most influential papers on key analytical and policy issues in the field of environmental economics.The papers collected in this significant volume cover a wide range of topics pertinent to the study of environmental economics including: the effects of environmental and resource policies on the distribution of income the incorporation of distribution effects into environmental policy analysis the role of economic incentives in environmental policy the economic valuation of environment changes the consideration of risk and uncertainty in economic valuation and policy making This outstanding collection also includes several papers that communicate, in a non-technical way, the ethical basis of environmental economics and the economic approach to environmental policy.It will be of great interest to academics and policymakers concerned with working in the area of environmental economics.

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