Environmental forensics is emerging and evolving into a recognized scientific discipline with numerous applications, especially regarding chlorinated solvents. This unique book provides the reader with a concise compilation of information regarding the use of environmental forensic techniques for age dating and identification of the source of a chlorinated solvent release. Concentrating on the five commonly encountered chlorinated solvents (perchloroethylene, trichloroethylene, methyl chlo...

Robert Morrison was the first Protestant missionary to China and a forerunner of the modern medical missionaries. He accomplished incredible things for God, including a translation of the Bible into Chinese, an Anglo-Chinese dictionary, and hundreds of Chinese tracts and translations.Morrison toiled for twenty-five years in China, and though his ministry was not blessed by great numbers of converts, he paved the way for other missionaries to come to China. His work for Christ was w...

La historia está llena de la abrumadora importancia de las pequeñas cosas. Son las bisagras sobre las que giran las puertas de la oportunidad y el destino. Los puntos de inflexión en la vida de los hombres y las naciones son, por lo general, los acontecimientos y las cosas cotidianas y comunes de la vida.Fue una pequeña cosa la que detuvo al joven Lincoln un minuto en las calles de Nueva Orleans donde vio un mercado de esclavos. "Si alguna vez tengo la oportunidad de golpear esa co...

Descubre la profunda verdad de que las cosas más grandes de la vida a menudo dependen de los detalles más pequeños en "El Poder de lo Pequeño: Cómo los Detalles Cotidianos Forjan tu Vida". Esta obra clásica de Charles Robert Morrison, con una introducción de L. R. Meyer, te invita a reconsiderar el valor de lo aparentemente insignificante y a reconocer cómo las acciones, palabras y decisiones diarias moldean irrevocablemente nuestro destino, carácter, feli...

**An Economist History Book of the Year“Elegant, entertaining and frequently surprising.” —Miranda Seymour, New York Times Book Review**The Victorians are often credited with ushering in our current era, yet the seeds of change were planted during the earlier Regency period (1811–1820) when the profligate Prince of Wales—the future king George IV—succeeded his father. Around the Prince Regent surged a society of contrasts: evangelicalism and hedonism, eleg...

Sent alone to China by the London Missionary Society in 1807, Robert Morrison (17821834) was one of the earliest Protestant missionaries in East Asia. During some 27 years in China, Macau and Malacca, he worked as a translator for the East India Company and founded an academy for converts and missionaries; independently, he translated the New Testament into Chinese and compiled the first Chinese-English dictionary. In the process, he was building the foundation of Chinese Protestant Christ...

Shortlisted for the HWA Non- fiction Crown Award 2020'Superb' The Economist'Elegant, entertaining and frequently surprising' New York TimesThe fascinating story of the Regency period in Britain - an immensely colourful and chaotic decade that marked the emergence of the modern world.The Regency began on 5 February 1811 whe...

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Between 1450 and 1550, a remarkable century of intellectual exchange developed across the Eastern Mediterranean. As Renaissance Europe depended on knowledge from the Ottoman Empire, and the courts of Mehmed the Conqueror and Bayezid II greatly benefitted from knowledge coming out of Europe, merchants of knowledge—multilingual and transregional Jewish scholars—became an important bridge among the powers.With this book, Robert Morrison is the first to track the network of scholars wh...

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel The Gambler is one of the most profound literary works to treat the phenomenon of gambling with a remarkable depth of psychological analysis and a wide-ranging cultural and philosophical exploration of obsessive behavior, from addictive gambling to erotic passion. This novel delves into the cultural, psychological, and philosophical issues surrounding games of chance such as temporality, freedom, rebellion, choice, uncertainty, determinism, and creativity...

“And herein lies both Wilson’s typically mischievous nature and serious intent — in its original, weaponized form, the book that became ‘Ishtar Rising’ is nothing less than a mytho-feminist screed masquerading as an antique stroke book; a brilliant, compact summary of ‘matrist’ attitudes, their cruel demotion and degradation, their struggle for survival, and their hoped-for triumphant restoration.”‘Ishtar’ is a book of revealing — the undressing of the Goddess as she descends into ...

Many investors and brokers may claim that investing in penny stocks is a good way to start small and end big. Buying penny stocks means buying low-priced shares of small businesses and companies. Penny stocks are much less “liquid” than other types of stocks, as penny stocks have few shareholders. For some investors, an initial small investment in penny stocks can mean big returns later on.Shares in penny stocks are very affordably priced, and there is always the hope that this inv...