One of the first Russian writers to make a name for herself on the Internet Linor Goralik writes conversational short works that conjure the absurd in all its forms reflecting post-Soviet life & daily universals Her mastery of the minimal including a wide range of experiments in different forms of micro-prose is on full display in this collection of poems stories comics a play & an interview here translated for the first time In Found Life speech condensed to the extreme captures a vivid picture of fleeting interactions in a quickly moving world Goralik's works evoke an unconventional palette of moods & atmospheres-slight doubt subtle sadness vague unease-through accumulation of unexpected details & command over colloquial language While calling up a range of voices her works are marked by a distinct voice simultaneously slightly naive & deeply ironic She is a keen observer of the female condition recounting gendered tribulations with awareness & amusement From spiritual rabbits & biblical zoos to poems about loss & comics about poetry Goralik's colorful language & pervasive dark comedy capture the heights of absurdity & depths of grief ...

What's the first Roman object you can think of? Hadrian's Wall? Did you know that thousands more stone metal pottery & wooden objects have been found from this time in human history? All of these objects can tell us a lot about the Romans We know about the animals they farmed the the tools & weapons they used & we know about their everyday life & culture from the remains of the homes they lived in All over Britain Roman artefacts have been Found! Uncover the stories of thirteen incredible finds what they can tell us about life back then & how they might relate to your life today Found! is a series of six books that span British archaeological finds from the Stone Bronze & Iron Ages Roman Britain the Viking Age & the Anglo Saxons Ideal for readers aged 9 studying history topics at Key Stage 2 ...

The first volume in Issac Asimov's world-famous saga winner of the Hugo Award for Best All-Time Novel Series Long after Earth was forgotten a peaceful & unified galaxy took shape an Empire governed from the majestic city-planet of Trantor The system worked & grew for countless generations Everyone believed it would work forever Everyone except Hari Seldon As the great scienctific thinker of his age Seldon could not be ignored Reluctantly the Commission of Public Safety agreed to finance the Seldon Plan The coming disaster was predicted by Seldon's advances in psychohistory the mathematics of very large human numbers & it could not be averted The Empire was doomed Soon Trantor would lie in ruins Chaos would overtake humanity But the Seldon Plan was a long term strategy to minimize the worst of what was to come Two Foundations were set up at opposite ends of the galaxy Of the Second nothing can be told It guards the secrets of psychohisotry FOUNDATION is the story of the First Foundation on the remote planet of Terminus from which those secrets were withheld ...

Foundation & Empire is the story of first contact between the two Foundations of Hari Seldon The Seldon Plan guided the First Foundation safely through two centuries of chaos as the Galactic Empire disintegrated Seldon's recorded holographic image appeared in the Council Chamber on Terminus at moments of crisis predicted by pshychohistory & his voice was heard Even war between the Foundation & the remains of the Empire was foreseen
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- by the great scientist But Seldon had no way of predicting the birth of the Mule a mutant of uncanny power & unlimited ambition The Mule's conquests are effortless & his subjects mind-controlled slaves The Foundation is powerless against the supernormal force the Mule exerts The Seldon Plan is in tatters Two men & a woman from Terminus flee to the ruins of might Trantor in an effort to discover where the mysterious Second Foundation was established Its help is needed desperately against the mental powers of the Mule But the Mule using those same astonishing powers is also looking for the Second Foundation

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Looking for a convenient language course that fits your lifestyle & gets you speaking a new language in a matter of hours? The acclaimed audio-led Michel Thomas Method Foundation Modern Standard Arabic course endorsed by celebrities executives & learners worldwide will deliver the results you want How does it work? During the course you will join Michel Thomas Method teacher Jane Wightwick native speaker Mahmoud Gaafar & two students in a live lesson learning from both their successes & their mistakes to keep you motivated & involved throughout the course You as the learner become the third student & participate actively in the class Within the very first hour you will be able to construct simple phrases by listening & thinking out answers for yourself without the pressure of writing or memorizing You learn through your own language so there's no stress & no anxiety You'll stick with it because you'll love it Why is the method so successful? The Michel Thomas Method was perfected over 50 years by celebrated psychologist & linguist Michel Thomas This unique method works with your brain & draws on the principles of instructional psychology Knowledge is structured & organised so that you assimilate the language easily & don't forget it The method breaks down the language into building blocks that are introduced sequentially in such a way that you create your response & move on to ever-more-complex sentences There is no need to stop for homework additional exercises or vocabulary memorization so you progress rapidly What's in the Course? Foundation Modern Standard Arabic Foundation course with the Michel Thomas Method

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It is 498 years since the two Foundations came into existence
- half-way through the Interregnum planned by Hari Seldon The Second
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If you're like many of Excel's 750 million users you want to do more with your data-like repeating similar analyses over hundreds of files or combining data in many files for analysis at one time This practical guide shows ambitious non-programmers how to automate & scale the processing & analysis of data in different formats-by using Python After author Clinton Brownley takes you through Python basics you'll be able to write simple scripts for processing data in spreadsheets as well as databases You'll also learn how to use several Python modules for parsing files grouping data & producing statistics No programming experience is necessary Create & run your own Python scripts by learning basic syntax Use Python's csv module to read & parse CSV files Read multiple Excel worksheets & workbooks with the xlrd module Perform database operations in My SQL or with the mysqlclient module Create Python applications to find specific records group data & parse text files Build statistical graphs & plots with matplotlib pandas ggplot & seaborn Produce summary statistics & estimate regression & classification models Schedule your scripts to run automatically in both Windows & Mac environments ...

Foundations for the LPC covers the compulsory foundation areas of the Legal Practice Course as set out in the LPC outcomes professional conduct tax & revenue law & wills & administration of estates The book also discusses human rights law a topic now taught pervasively across the LPC course Using worked examples & scenarios throughout to illustrate key points this guide is essential reading for all students & a useful reference source for practitioners To aid understanding & test comprehension of the core material checkpoints & summaries feature in every chapter Online Resource Centre Online resources accompanying the text include useful web links forms & diagrams ...

New full colour edition of this bestselling beginners' classroom text now including video & an interactive e-book with each print copy Foundation Languages courses are tailor-made for IWLPs in the HE sector with lively exercises integrated pair- & groupwork & a self-study section The course fits neatly into the 20-24 week teaching year 208 pages 150 Illustrations black & white; 208 p 150 illus Bissar Dounia ...

New full colour edition of this bestselling beginners' classroom text now including video & an interactive e-book with each print copy Foundation Languages courses are tailor-made for IWLPs in the HE sector with lively exercises integrated pair- & groupwork & a self-study section The course fits neatly into the 20-24 week teaching year 208 pages 100 Illustrations black & white; 208 p 100 illus Benetti Mara ...