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Jürgen Thomas, Thomas Gemming

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Chemistry and Material Science (R0)

This work is based on experiences acquired by the authors regarding often asked questions and problems during manifold education of beginners in analytical transmission electron microscopy. These experiences are summarised illustratively in this textbook. Explanations based on simple models and hints for the practical work are the focal points.This practically- oriented textbook represents a clear and comprehensible introduction for all persons who want to use a transmission electr...

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Thomas Hobbes, Ambassador Midas Touch GEMS

REVIEWS of LEVIATHAN By Thomas HobbesThe 100 best nonfiction books: No 94 - Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes (1651)Thomas Hobbes's essay on the social contract is both a founding text of western thought and a masterpiece of wit and imaginationAccording to the 17th-century historian and gossip John Aubrey, Thomas Hobbes "was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men, he should have known no more than other men." As a great thinker, Hobbes epitomises Englis...

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G. E. M. Thomas

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Joshua Rivedal

Monday through Friday, Satomi works for the highly bureaucratic CoPet Corporation. She's the only girl in the male-dominated department of Lizard Children Containment. As a squire, her job is to help knights protect the public from Lizard Children. Lizard Children are a controversial technology that CoPet embraces as a means for 'safely' producing the nation's electricity. Every workday, Satomi is bullied by colleagues and belittled by superiors. Even worse, to keep her job she must silenc...

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Lewis Carroll

Transforming the complexities of formal logic into an engaging pastime, this book introduces a board game designed to teach the rules of clear thinking. Through the use of counters and diagrams, the reader learns to navigate the pitfalls of fallacious reasoning and embrace the clarity of valid arguments. It is a masterful example of how education can be seamlessly integrated with entertainment and play.

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Lesslie Hall, Digital Fire

“The whole thing is sombre, tragic, sinister, curiously real.” —J.R.R. TolkienFirst published in 1892, J. Lesslie Hall’s translation of ‘Beowulf’ brings to life one of the oldest surviving Anglo-Saxon epics, a tale of heroism, loyalty, and fate. The story follows Beowulf, a mighty warrior who journeys to Denmark to aid King Hrothgar, whose hall, Heorot, is under siege by the monstrous Grendel. After defeating Grendel in a fierce battle, Beowulf must confront Grendel’s vengeful mother, vanq...

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Herman Melville

Seen through the eyes of Ishmael, a sailor aboard the mysterious Captain Ahab's ship, Moby-Dick tells of the the crew's journey across the ocean. Driven by Ahab's quest for vengeance against the gargantuan white whale that took his leg, each member of the crew must endure trials set upon them by man and sea alike, lest Ahab's consign them all to a watery grave.

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Harold Speed

"The best things in an artist's work are so much a matter of intuition, that there is much to be said for the point of view that would altogether discourage intellectual inquiry into artistic phenomena on the part of the artist." Thus writes Harold Speed in the very first line of his introduction to the book in which deconstructs the process of drawing by subjecting it to lucid intellectual inquiry. Published in 1913, "The Practice and Science of Drawing" balances its practical advice with...

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The Grimm Brothers

In old times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the King's castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the King's child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was dull she took a golden ball...

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Aristotle

Aristotle's "A Treatise on Government," also known as "Politics," is a seminal work in the field of political philosophy. Written in the 4th century BCE, this treatise offers a profound analysis of the nature of city-states and their governance.Aristotle examines various forms of government, including monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy, and discusses their merits and pitfalls. He advocates for a mixed government system, believing it to be the most stable and just form. The work ...

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Plato

Plato (428/427–348/347 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician of the Classic Age who founded the Academy of Athens. Noted as a student of Socrates, Plato has distinguished himself as one of the founders of Western philosophy by recording the teachings of his master and his own philosophies in 35 dialogues and 13 letters (some are disputed as spurious). However, this collection features only 25 authentic works from the reproduced source.Benjamin Jowett is credited for transl...

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Joseph Conrad

Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.Contents'Twixt Land and Sea Tales (1912)Almayer's Folly (1895)Amy Foster (1901)An Outcast of the Islands (1896)The Arrow of Gold (1919)Chance (1913)End of the Tether (1902)Falk (1903)Gaspar Ruiz (1928)Heart of Darkness (1899)The Inheritors (1901)Lord Jim (1900)The Mirror of the Sea (1906)The Nigger of the ''Narcissus'' (1897)

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Hans Christian Andersen

All the best-loved fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen.