"When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future.Tess's life becomes entangled with the manipulative Alec d'Urberville, the son of Mrs. d'Urberville. One night, Alec takes her...

Repetitive trauma during childhood can impact your emotional development, creating a ripple effect that carries into adulthood. Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (c-ptsd) is a physical and psychological response to these repeated traumatic events. Learn the skills necessary to improve your physical and mental health with practical strategies taken from the most effective therapeutic methods, including cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt), dialectical behavioral therapy (dbt), eye moveme...

The Grimm brothers were early 19th-century writers best known for their fairy tales coming from Scandinavian, Icelandic and Germanic origins. By 1807 there was a growing interest in German folk tales. The Grimm brothers were academics who invited friends to their home and asked them to relate stories they had heard. They soon published their first collection of tales and from there several more volumes followed. Support us at https://manifoldmedia.net/donate

In this celebrated work Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray sinks into a life of crime and gross sensuality, his body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently painted portrait grows day by day into a hideous record of evil, which he must keep hidden from the world. ...

Machiavelli needs to be looked at as he really was. Hence: Can Machiavelli, who makes the following observations, be Machiavellian as we understand the disparaging term? 1. So it is that to know the nature of a people, one need be a Prince; to know the nature of a Prince, one need to be of the people. 2. If a Prince is not given to vices that make him hated, it is unsusal for his subjects to show their affection for him. 3. Opportunity made Moses, Cyrus, Romulus, Theseus, and others; their...

It's London, 1907. Journalist Edward Malone, rejected by the woman he loves because he is too prosaic, decides to go in search of adventure and fame to prove himself worthy of her. Soon after, he meets Professor George Challenger, a scientist who claims to have discovered a 'lost world' populated by pterodactyls and other prehistoric monsters. Support us at https://manifoldmedia.net/donate

This three part LNCS volumes constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computer-Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST 2024, held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, during February 25 to March 1, 2024.The 104 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 150 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows :Part I : Systems Theory, Applications, Pioneers, and Landmarks; Theory and Applications of Met...

This three part LNCS volumes constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computer-Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST 2024, held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, during February 25 to March 1, 2024.The 104 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 150 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows :Part I : Systems Theory, Applications, Pioneers, and Landmarks; Theory and Applications of Met...

This three part LNCS volumes constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computer-Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST 2024, held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, during February 25 to March 1, 2024.The 104 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 150 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows :Part I : Systems Theory, Applications, Pioneers, and Landmarks; Theory and Applications of Met...

This book deals with a broad range of social issues facing Mexican-origin people in the United States. The studies presented in this volume are brought together by two main themes: (1) social inequalities-cultural, educational, and economic-endured by the Chicano/Mexicano community in the United States and (2) the community's efforts to eradicate the source of those inequalities.The second edition of Chicanas and Chicanos in Contemporary Society takes into consideration th...

The two-volume set LNCS 12013 and 12014 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST 2019, held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, in February 2019.The 123 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 172 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections:Part I: systems theory and applications; pioneers and landmarks in the development of informatio...

The two-volume set LNCS 10671 and 10672 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST 2017, held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, in February 2017.The 117 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 160 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on: pioneers and landmarks in the development of information and communication technologies; systems theory, socio-eco...