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The story of the 9th-century caliphal mission from Baghdad to discover the legendary barrier against the apocalyptic nations of Gog and Magog mentioned in the Quran, has been either dismissed as superstition or treated as historical fact. This title explores the history surrounding the production and early reception of this adventure.
The detection technique based on using track detectors is called solid state nuclear track detection (SSNTD). This book features the applications of this technique in various scientific areas. It describes the application of the ray tracing method to light propagation through etched tracks. It summarizes the applications using CR-39 detectors.
The complete first three seasons of the gritty and disturbing crime drama created by acclaimed writers, Paul Abbott ('Shameless', 'Clocking Off') and Russell T. Davies ('Queer as Folk', 'Doctor Who'). Robson Green stars as DI Creegan, a maverick agent in the organised and serial crimes unit, an ops team specially created to tackle the growing spectre of serial crime in the UK. Episodes comprise: 'Through the Clouds, Part 1', 'Through the Clouds, Part 2', 'Killing with Kindness, Part 1', 'Killing with Kindness, Part 2', 'Deadly Web, Part 1', 'Deadly Web, Part 2', 'Scalping, Part 1', 'Scalping, Part 2', 'War Relief, Part 1', 'War Relief, Part 2', 'Paedophile Ring, Part 1', 'Paedophile Ring, Part 2', 'Innocent, Part 1', 'Innocent, Part 2', 'Fiery Death, Part 1' and 'Fiery Death, Part 2'.
Aimed at children aged 9 to 12 years, this book teaches children how to navigate the complex social universe, and helps them to develop healthy social skills. It helps parents, educators, and health-care workers understand which critical social skills determine success and how to incorporate the teaching of those skills into everyday life.
Asbestos removal man Gordon Fleming (Peter Mullan) has been hired to clear out an old abandoned mental hospital located deep in the woods. Gordon and his four-man crew are all conscious that they are working against a deadline, and determine to do the job as quickly as possible. However, they remain largely unaware of the asylum's history of patient abuse, medieval practices, and demonic possession, a history which soon begins to make itself felt in the most terrifying ways.
A comprehensive overview of the development, theory and characteristics of multimedia performance, that introduces key artists, practice and debates. The book describes new and emergent forms, presenting an up-to-date account of the evolving relationship between technology and aesthetics in contemporary performance culture.
It is 1967 and two Viennese university students decide to liberate the Vienna Zoo, as was done after World War II. The eccentric duo, Graff and Siggy, embark on an adventure-filled motorbike tour of Austria as they prepare for 'the great zoo bust'. But their grand scheme will have both comic and gruesome consequences, as they are soon to find out.
Good punctuation is more than just a matter of courtesy: in workplace writing, a sentence should yield its meaning instantly. This title provides readers with 18 common sense principles to live by, helping them to avoid time-wasting confusion, questions about professionalism and sometimes even serious and costly miscommunication.
Helps leaders and participants to create and sustain successful networks. This book address the need for articulating a governance model and norms, selecting and using appropriate tools, and expectations for how the network grows and changes over time.
As if being tiny and also having S Horten as your name isn't bad enough, ten-year-old Stuart Horten is moved to Beeton, far away from all his friends. But in Beeton starts the strangest adventure of Stuart's life as he is swept up in a quest to find his uncle's old workshop - his famous magician, and also very short, uncle, that is...
Besides being marvelous architectural constructions produced in very ancient history, the pyramids are the most apparent aspect of the unique religious and metaphysical beliefs of a civilization that developed on the banks of the Nile and evolved to an extraordinarily refined level. Yet the pyramids are still shrouded in mystery.
Lets you enter the fascinating world of the ancient Egyptians and travel to the deep, dark tombs of the pharaohs to uncover mummies, spells, and treasure. This book explores the wonders of a spectacular civilization, from pyramid building to eerie animal-headed deities and cryptic hieroglyphic writing.