A summary of the teachings of the slave-turned-Stoic philosopher Epictetus (first century AD). It has played a significant role in the development of modern philosophy & intellectual attitudes, showing thinkers how sound reasoning can free them from the shackles of absolutism & emotionalism &, in so doing, live a more productive life. ...

The world is in chaos: war, plague, global ecological collapse. Seeking sanctuary for their children, parents enrol them in the elite Clothos Academy. Run by a mysterious man known only as Sarge, Clothos will admit only one hundred children before it is sealed off
- perhaps permanently
- from the terrors outside.

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Enclosed ecosystem experiments have gained in popularity as research tools in ecological science, particularly in the study of coastal aquatic environments. This book presents information that can allow for enhanced design & interpretation of enclosed experimental aquatic ecosystems. ...

Offers a description of enclosure fires & how the outbreak of a fire in a compartment causes changes in the environment. This work offers a presentation of the dominant mechanisms controlling enclosure fires & develop simple analytical relationships useful in designing buildings for fire safety. ...

Intended for use as a reference for landscape designers & as a time-saving tool, this title is useful for the design office. Each section begins with technical guidance notes on design & construction & then provides a list of points against which specifications can be checked. This is followed by a set of drawn-to-scale details sheets. ...

Adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham. ' The Ant & the Grasshopper' concerns the trials & tribulations through which a ne'er-do-well brother, Tom Ramsey (Nigel Patrick), puts his prim-&-proper businessman brother, George Ramsey (Roland Culver). The escapades that drive George to absolute distraction eventually win the hand of the world's third richest girl (Margaret Withers) for the shiftless Tom. ' Winter Cruise' finds the crew of a cargo boat becoming unglued by the endless chatter of a spinster passenger named Miss Reid (Kay Walsh.) In a desperate attempt to silence the prattling busybody, the ship's officers browbeat a French steward, Pierre (Jacques Francois) into making love to her. The results provide some astounding surprises for the officers, Pierre, & certainly for Miss Reid. Finally, in ' The Gigolo & the Gigolette', beautiful daredevil Stella Cotman (Glynis Johns)
- whose job it is to entertain the jaded guests of a resort hotel by diving nightly from an eighty-foot platform into a flaming tank
- is losing her nerve.

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Grace finds that her family is changing & so is her group of friends. There's a new girl who puts Grace's nose out of joint, a production of Sleeping Beauty that aims to be very different, a school bully to contend with, & goodbyes to be said to a friend who moves away. As always, when things change, she turns to stories for inspiration. ...