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The Normandy Diary of Marie-Louise Osmont: 1940-1944
The diary of a French woman provides a perceptive, firsthand view of life in occupied France, capturing the horrors, hardships, and banality of World War II against the backdrop of everyday rural life. ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1994 -
Caring for the Physical and Mental Health of People with Learning Disabilities
by David Perry • Louise Hammond • Sherryl Gaskell • James Eva • Anthony Kearns • Elin Davis • Geoff MarstonPeople with learning disabilities are at greater risk of physical and psychiatric illness than the population at large, but their health needs are often not adequately supported. This book is a practical guide for those caring for people with learning disabilities living in community settings. It ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
Meshing, Geometric Modeling and Numerical Simulation 1: Form Functions, Triangulations and Geometric Modeling
Triangulations, and more precisely meshes, are at the heart of many problems relating to a wide variety of scientific disciplines, and in particular numerical simulations of all kinds of physical phenomena. In numerical simulations, the functional spaces of approximation used to search for solutions... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Meshing, Geometric Modeling and Numerical Simulation 2: Metrics, Meshes and Mesh Adaptation
by Houman Borouchaki • Paul Louis George • Frederic Alauzet • Patrick Laug • Adrien Loseille • Loic MarechalTriangulations, and more precisely meshes, are at the heart of many problems relating to a wide variety of scientific disciplines, and in particular numerical simulations of all kinds of physical phenomena. In numerical simulations, the functional spaces of approximation used to search for solutions... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Flashback: A Brief History of Film
We set out to write a really brief book. Just the basics, no frills. After considerable deliberation, we finally decided on a mechanical form of organization by decade. We then proceeded to cheat left and right, cramming major figures and film movements into their decade of greatest influence or pre... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Cotton Sector Strategies in West and Central Africa
A report from the International Monetary Fund.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2002 -
Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases
by Neil Gaiman • Dave Eggers • Scott Turow • Salman Rushdie • Michael Cunningham • Louise Erdrich • Geraldine Brooks • David Handler • Ann Patchett • Meg Wolitzer • Elizabeth Strout • Timothy Egan • Jonathan Lethem • Jacqueline Woodson • Rabih Alameddine • Lauren Groff • Victor Lavalle • Jennifer Egan • Aleksandar Hemon • Anthony Doerr • William Finnegan • Jesmyn Ward • Sergio De La Pava • George Saunders • Marlon James • Andrew Greer • Yaa Gyasi • Brit Bennett • Morgan Parker • Moriel Rothman-Zecher • Steven Okazaki • Li Yiyun • Hector Tobar • Moses Sumney • Viet Nguyen • C. J. Anders • Brenda Childs • Adrian LeBlancTo mark its 100-year anniversary, the American Civil Liberties Union partners with award-winning authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman to bring together many of our greatest living writers, each contributing an original piece inspired by a historic ACLU case. <P><P>On January 19, 1920, a small ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Ghosts of Christmas Past: A chilling collection of modern and classic Christmas ghost stories
by Jerome K. Jerome • E. Nesbit • Neil Gaiman • Muriel Spark • Robert Aickman • Kelly Link • M. R. James • Jenn Ashworth • L. P. Hartley • Louis De Bernières • Frank Cowper • E. F. Benson • Bernard CapesA present contains a monstrous secret.An uninvited guest haunts a Christmas party.A shadow slips across the floor by firelight.A festive entertainment ends in darkness and screams.Who knows what haunts the night at the dark point of the year? This collection of seasonal chillers looks beneath Christ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Keywords for Children's Literature, Second Edition (Keywords #9)
by Michael Joseph • Beverly Lyon Clark • Michelle Martin • Peter Hunt • Karen Sánchez-Eppler • Colleen Glenney Boggs • Elizabeth Marshall • Clémentine Beauvais • Lynne Vallone • Philip Nel • Lissa Paul • Robin Bernstein • Evelyn Arizpe • Katharine Capshaw • Vanessa Joosen • Patricia Crain • Kerry Mallan • Kenneth Kidd • Kimberley Reynolds • Mavis Reimer • Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair • Clare Bradford • JonArno Lawson • Nicole Markotić • Ute Dettmar • Karen Coats • Louise Joy • Naomi Hamer • Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer • Jacqueline Reid-Walsh • Joseph T. Thomas • Hugh Crago • Debra Dudek • Claudia Nelson • Derritt Mason • Zoe Jaques • Charles Hatfield • Anna Stemmann • Sandra L. Beckett • Kelly Hager • Mike Cadden • Boel Westin • Lydia Kokkola • Marah Gubar • Victoria Ford Smith • Nina Christensen • Sarah Park Dahlen • Eric L. Tribunella • Richard Flynn • B. j. McDaniel • Ebony Elizabeth Marshall • Elisabeth Lies Wesseling • Deirdre Baker • Karin E. Westman • Peter Hollindale • Michael Heyman • Kevin Shortsleeve • William Moebius • Stine Liv Johansen • Cathryn M. Mercier • Åse Marie Ommundsen • Emer O’SullivanIntroduces key terms, global concepts, debates, and histories for Children's Literature in an updated editionOver the past decade, there has been a proliferation of exciting new work across many areas of children’s literature and culture. Mapping this vibrant scholarship, the Second Edition of Keywo... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021