Medusa speelt de hoofdrol in de nachtmerries van vele bewoners van Olympus. Ze is spijkerhard, en de probleemoplosser van Athene. Iemand moet onder druk gezet worden, of zelfs permanent verdwijnen? Medusa lost het op. Tot ze de opdracht krijgt om Calypso, de minnares van de rijke politicus Odysseus, te vermoorden. Voor zover Medusa weet, heeft Calypso niets gedaan om dit te verdienen. Haar tegenstrijdige gevoelens worden alleen maar erger als ze Calypso voor het eerst ziet. Calypso is beel...

Sakaguchi Ango (1906-1955) was a writer who thrived on iconoclasm and agitation. He remains one of the most creative and stimulating thinkers of twentieth-century Japan. Ango was catapulted into the public consciousness in the months immediately following Japan's surrender to the Allied Forces in 1945. The energy and iconoclasm of his writings were matched by the outrageous and outsized antics of his life. Behind that life, and in the midst of those tumultuous times, Ango spoke with a cutt...

Research is a fundamental part of midwifery practice. However, not everyone finds it easy to understand the basic principles, and particularly the language of research. This accessible handbook enables midwives and student midwives to firstly understand how to search and make sense of research evidence, how to write a research proposal and finally how to undertake a research study.The Handbook of Midwifery Research specifically focuses on the needs of midwives and students...

Se presentan los resultados y avances en las investigaciones sobre el origen del hombre americano, su antigüedad, las migraciones, el medio ambiente en el que se desarrolló, la megafauna y sus pinturas rupestres, entre otros temas.

Stedet er Rom, og tiden er cirka år 60 f.Kr. Forskellige magtfulde mænd kæmper om magten i republikken. Dette er historien om virkelige historiske personer, deres alliancer og forræderi, deres grusomheder og forbrydelser.I en alder af 48 sidder Cicero, politiker, konsul og sin tids største taler, i eksil. Ved at love at støtte Cæsar - hans unge, ubarmhjertige rival - får han lov til at vende tilbage til Rom. Derfra kæmper han sig vej tilbage til indflydelse; først i retssalene, så ...

Collecting together twenty-three self-contained articles, this volume presents the current research of a number of renowned scientists in both probability theory and statistics as well as their various applications in economics, finance, the physics of wind-blown sand, queueing systems, risk assessment, turbulence and other areas.The contributions are dedicated to and inspired by the research of Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen who, since the early 1960s, has been and continues to be a ver...

Stedet er Rom, og tiden er cirka år 60 f.Kr. Forskellige magtfulde mænd kæmper om magten i republikken. Dette er historien om virkelige historiske personer, deres alliancer og forræderi, deres grusomheder og forbrydelser.I en alder af 48 sidder Cicero, politiker, konsul og sin tids største taler, i eksil. Ved at love at støtte Cæsar - hans unge, ubarmhjertige rival - får han lov til at vende tilbage til Rom. Derfra kæmper han sig vej tilbage til indflydelse; først i retssalene, så ...