Reformers had high hopes that the end of communism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union would lead to significant improvements in legal institutions and the role of law in public administration. However, the cumulative experience of 25 years of legal change since communism has been mixed, marked by achievements and failures, advances and moves backward. This book—written by a team of socio-legal scholars—probes the nuances of this process and starts the process to explain them. It...

Water resources are of enormous societal and ecological importance. In coastal areas, they are under ever greater pressure due to population growth, more affluent lifestyles, food production and the growing tourism industry. Changes to the coastal landscape, through urbanisation and land reclamation, and by natural processes such as climate change and sea level rise, modify the interaction between seawater and groundwater and put water resources at risk. This comprehensive volume covers bo...

This book provides a detailed description of how Python can be used to give insight into the flow of groundwater based on analytic solutions. Starting with simple problems to illustrate the basic principles, complexity is added step by step to show how one-dimensional and two-dimensional models of one or two aquifers can be implemented. Steady and transient flow problems are discussed in confined, semi-confined, and unconfined aquifers that may include wells, rivers, and areal recharge. Sp...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In a world ravaged by plague and conflict, a resilient community in a hidden valley fights for survival and a better future. Led by the determined Alex, they face unimaginable challenges, from devastating battles to the discovery of ancient secrets. As they rebuild their lives, form alliances, and innovate for a sustainable future, their unity and determination are tested time and again. Through loss and triumph, they forge a path towar...

“When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion, then I go out and paint the stars.”"The Letters of a Post-Impressionist," published in 1913, is a collection of the personal correspondence of Vincent van Gogh, the renowned Dutch post-impressionist painter. This epistolary work provides a unique and intimate insight into Van Gogh's life, artistic vision, and the struggles he faced. His letters to his brother Theo and other contemporaries reveal his passion for art,...

A unique collection of the finest Golden Age mysteries – puzzling whodunnits that have entertained and delighted readers for centuries.With Edgar Award-winning Otto Penzler as guide, delve into an irresistible collection of the finest Golden Age American whodunits, including household names and master storytellers, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ellery Queen and Mary Roberts Rinehart, as well as

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In a world ravaged by disaster, Flynn and a small band of survivors navigate a landscape of betrayal, loss, and desperation in search of hope. With humanity on the brink of extinction, they must forge fragile alliances, make impossible decisions, and confront the darkness within themselves if they are to survive. But survival comes at a steep cost, and trust is a rare commodity in a world where enemies lurk in the shadows. As Flynn face...

A disaster no one believed possible is about to rewrite the world forever.When a catastrophic landslide in the Canary Islands triggers a colossal mega-tsunami, millions along North America's eastern coastline have only hours to react. Entire cities vanish beneath walls of water as one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history unfolds.Fishing off the coast of Maine, Reese Lavelle barely survives the initial impact. Stranded and separated from everything he loves, he begins a despe...

The world wasn't destroyed by war.It was destroyed by a storm.When a groundbreaking climate-control project goes catastrophically wrong, the skies erupt with unprecedented electrical superstorms that cripple global infrastructure, plunge entire nations into darkness, and bring civilization to its knees. In a matter of days, the modern world collapses.As governments fall and society fractures, survival becomes the only law that matters.Joel Robertson never expected to become a leader. Armed...

Though the collection of letters contained in Cassirer’s publication, “Vincent Van Gogh. Briefe,” is not a complete one, from my knowledge of a very large number of the letters which are not included in this volume, I feel able to say that the present selection is in any case very representative and contains all that is essential in respect to Van Gogh’’s art-credo and general attitude of mind. For reasons into which it is unnecessary for me to enter here, it was found convenient to adopt ...

The world wasn't destroyed by war.It was destroyed by a storm.When a groundbreaking climate-control project goes catastrophically wrong, the skies erupt with unprecedented electrical superstorms that cripple global infrastructure, plunge entire nations into darkness, and bring civilization to its knees. In a matter of days, the modern world collapses.As governments fall and society fractures, survival becomes the only law that matters.Joel Robertson never expected to become a leader. Armed...

A disaster no one believed possible is about to rewrite the world forever.When a catastrophic landslide in the Canary Islands triggers a colossal mega-tsunami, millions along North America's eastern coastline have only hours to react. Entire cities vanish beneath walls of water as one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history unfolds.Fishing off the coast of Maine, Reese Lavelle barely survives the initial impact. Stranded and separated from everything he loves, he begins a despe...