This selection of Poe's critical writings, short fiction and poetry demonstrates an intense interest in aesthetic issues and the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. "The Fall of the House of Usher" describes the final hours of a family tormented by tragedy and the legacy of the past. In the ...
Hume set out to bridge the gap between the learned world of the academy and the marketplace of polite society. This collection draws largely on his "Essays Moral, Political and Literary". He charts many contemporary issues, from the state of civil society to the development of political economy. From "Of Essay Writing" to "Of the Rise and Progress ...
With "Plays Unpleasant", Shaw issued a radical challenge to his audiences' complacency and exposed social evils through his dramatization of the moral conflicts between youthful idealism and economic reality, promiscuity and marriage, and the duties of women to others and to themselves. His first play, "Widowers' Houses", depicts Harry Trench's ...
This book is an update of a successful first edition that has been extremely well received by the experts in the chemical process industries. The authors explain both the theory and the practice of optimization, with the focus on the techniques and software that offer the most potential for success and give reliable results. Applications and case ...
Since their first publication in the 1830s and 1840s, Edgar Allan Poe's extraordinary Gothic tales have established themselves as classics of horror fiction and have also created many of the conventions which still dominate the genre of detective fiction. Yet, as well as being highly enjoyable, Poe's tales are works of very real intellectual ...
Revised and re-issued alongside its London transfer - Edgar's RSC play has acquired sharp topicality following 11th September First seen in Stratford in July 2001, David Edgar's new play arrives in London as one of the last that the RSC will present at the Barbican. He has brought the play bang up to date, including the attacks on New York and ...
This book provides a history of the study of the tides over two millennia, from the primitive ideas of the Ancient Greeks to present sophisticated space-age techniques. Tidal physics has puzzled some of the world's greatest scientists and mathematicians: amongst many others, Galileo, Descartes, Bacon, Kepler, Newton, Bernoulli, Euler, Laplace, ...
This series of books reflects the trend towards a core curriculum and self-directed learning. The content is restricted to the 'must know' core information presented in a synoptic style. The diagrams that support the text are in a style that the reader can remember and reproduce in examinations. Each chapter ends with a selection of self ...
This Proceedings volume contains extended abstracts of all the papers presented at the Microscopy and Microanalysis 2002 meeting held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada on August 4-9, 2002. This major international gathering of microscopists in both the materials and life sciences was a joint event comprising the 60th Annual Meeting of the Microscopy ...
"David Edgar, like Balzac, seems to be the secretary for our times" (Guardian) Nicholas Nickleby: "With uncommon audacity Nicholas Nickleby not only takes on Dickens' sprawling novel, it fractures all the petty limitations we have imposed upon the stage as well A landmark" (New Statesman); In Entertaining Strangers, a community constructs a ...
Two linked plays, written by David Edgar, investigate the machinations of the Democratic and Republican parties in America. The plays featured are "Daughters of the Revolution", and "Mothers Against".
In Robert Louis Stevenson's nightmarish, suspenseful, and deeply disturbing novel, Dr. Jekyll experiments with a drug that splits his personality into good and evil elements. Gradually, he loses control of the process and finds himself slipping more and more frequently into the guise of the evil and depraved Hyde. Finally, Hyde is accused of ...
En Flores de Bach, usted encontrara remedios que le ofrecen una forma segura de curacion alternativa para usted, su familia y amigos. En esta guia encontrara: -Descripciones concisas sobre los treinta y ocho remedios naturales. -Indicaciones para diagnosticar malestares y que remedios emplear. -Remedios para lograr proteccion fisica y espiritual, ...
"Glaucoma Identification and Co-management" aims to provide the background knowledge needed by optometrists embarking on co-management/shared-care of Primary Open Angle Glaucoma (POAG) and to reinforce the knowledge of those already involved in co-management/shared-care practice. While the majority of readers will be registered optometrists, the ...
Engrandezca el alma como parte de su crecimiento espiritual Al explorar las filosofías orientales, descubrimos que existe un mundo fascinante y misterioso, más allá de nuestra comprensión occidental. Senderos de Luz ofrece prácticas precisas de meditación, y cómo hacerlas parte de la vida moderna. Las enseñanzas místicas de esta obra traerán una ...
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