This collection of fully peer-reviewed papers were presented at the 26th Leeds-Lyon Tribology Symposium which was held in Leeds, UK, 14-17 September, 1999. The Leeds-Lyon Symposia on Tribology were launched in 1974, and the large number of references to original work published in the Proceedings over many years confirms the quality of the published papers. It also indicates that the volumes have served their purpose and become a recognised feature of the tribological literature. This year'...

Since its inception in 1991, EUROMAT has been held each year on behalf of the Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS), and alternates between general and topical prospectives.This year's theme, Advances in Mechanical Behaviour, Plasticity and Damage, was proposed by the Societe Francaise de Metallurgie et de Materiaux (SF2M) to FEMS.This publication contains a selection of papers presented at the EUROMAT 2000 Conference, held in Tours, France on 7-9 November 2000. The aim of this...

Sommario:Odissea (-720) - HomerL'apologia di Socrate (395) - PlatoTao Te Ching (600) - Lao TzuLa Divina Commedia (1304) - Dante AlighieriIl principe (1513) - Niccolò MachiavelliDell'arte della guerra (1520) - Niccolò MachiavelliMoll Flanders (1722)- Daniel DefoeI viaggi di Gulliver (1726) - Jonathan SwiftIl Visionario (1759) - Friedrich SchillerI dolori del giovane Werther (1774) - Johann Wolfgang von GoetheEugén...

This Golden Deer Classics compilation contains the following classic fantasy works: Phantastes - George MacDonald The Water-Babies - Charles Kingsley Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll Through the Looking Glass (And What Alice Found There) - Lewis Carroll Lilith - George MacDonald The Well at the World's End - William Morris The Sundering Flood - William Morris The Lost Continent - Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne The Wallet of Kai Lung - Ernest Bramah Smith The Wonderful W...

El dinero es un hecho cotidiano. Lo ganamos, lo gastamos y lo ahorramos. Tenemos la tentación de adorarlo y de confiar en que cubrirá nuestras necesidades. Aunque se ha escrito mucho sobre el poder, el peligro y la administración del dinero, poco se ha escrito sobre lo que es realmente y sobre si el dinero en sí es moral o no. Este vacío de información ha sido aprovechado para enriquecer a unos pocos privilegiados, esclavizar a millones y sembrar la confusión y la división en todo el mundo...

Grote's History of Greece is one of the classic works of historical interpretation and scholarship. George Grote - banker, MP and a founder of London University - was the first historian to give a high value to the Greek creation of democracy, and this aspect of his work is closely relevant to current debates about democracy in our times. This abridgement of the original twelve volume work, which was made in the early years of the century and published by George Routledge and sons...

Originally published in 1954, ‘Stolen Legacy’ by George J.M. James is a bold and uncompromising book. James argues that the ‘Greek Philosophy’ in which nearly all of Western culture has its roots actually originated in ancient Egypt Drawing on careful historical research and a radical rethinking of the conventional narrative of Greek history. He asserts that our celebration of the ancient Greeks as the creators of Western civilization and philosophy is misattributed.Furthermore, this massi...

« Il se profile une tempête économique à l'horizon qui menace d'emporter les fondations sableuses de notre système monétaire. » - Extrait de la préface de Russell Okung L'argent fait partie de la vie quotidienne. Nous le gagnons, nous le dépensons et nous l'économisons. Nous sommes tentés de le vénérer et de lui faire confiance pour subvenir à nos besoins. Si le pouvoir, le danger et la gestion de l'argent ont fait couler beaucoup d'encre, peu de choses ont été écrites sur la vraie nature ...

En parfaite cohérence avec le programme de DCEM2-DCEM4 et les ECN, cet ouvrage rassemble l'ensemble des items traitant de la Réanimation et des Urgences. La partie " Connaissances " se décompose en 3 grandes sous-parties où chaque chapitre développe un item précis : – Détresses vitales : insuffisance respiratoire aiguë, insuffisance cardiocirculatoire, atteintes neurologiques centrales, troubles métaboliques, insuffisance rénale aiguë, intoxications aiguës ; – Situations cliniques menaçant...

**A romantic, unreliable narrator leads us through his interplanetary coming-of-age story.Known as America’s first fully painted graphic novel, the poetic, philosophical, and Kirby & Eisner Award-nominated Moonshadow receives a new edition.**Enhanced with a new painted cover by Jon J Muth and an expanded bonus section featuring concept art, early notes from the creative team, and script pages from writer J.M. DeMatteis, this influential, timeless “fairy tale for ad...

Solstice Ritual by cover artist Herman Lau challenges us in a winter landscape where myth and folklore lurk.Adopt a revolutionary spirit with feature author George McWhirter's 'Grillo, the Story of a Cricket', and defy the oligarchs in 'Baba Yaga and the Bear' by Gregg Chamberlain.Poet Dan MacIsaac takes us back to ancient Crete with 'Pholoe', while DA Cooperbrings blesse...

CONTENIDO:El Arte de la Guerra - Sun TzuMetafísica - AristótelesPopol Vuh - AnonimoEl Príncipe - Niccolò MachiavelliEl libro de la vida - Santa Teresa de JesúsEl ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha - Miguel CervantesDiscurso del método - René DescartesRobinson Crusoe - Daniel DefoeLos viajes de Gulliver - Jonathan SwiftCódigo de Hammurabi - Rey de Babilonia HammurabiCandido - VoltaireEugenia Gradet ...