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Prepare to learn everything we still don't know about our strange and mysterious universe. Humanity's understanding of the physical world is full of gaps. Not tiny little gaps you can safely ignore --there are huge yawning voids in our basic notions of how the world works. PHD Comics creator Jorge Cham and particle physicist Daniel Whiteson have teamed up to explore everything we don't know about the universe: the enormous holes in our knowledge of the cosmos. Armed with their popular infographics, cartoons, and unusually entertaining and lucid explanations of science, they give us the best answers currently available for a lot of questions that are still perplexing scientists, including: * Why does the universe have a speed limit? * Why aren't we all made of antimatter? * What (or who) is attacking Earth with tiny, superfast particles? * What is dark matter, and why does it keep ignoring us? It turns out the universe is full of weird things that don't make a...

The host of The Model Health Show podcast shares his secrets for weight loss and staying healthy -- including a transformational 21-day plan. Food is complicated. It's a key controller of our state of health or disease. It's a social centerpiece that complements the most important moments of our lives. It's the building blocks that create our brain, enabling us to have thought, feeling, and emotion. It's the very stuff that makes up our bodies and what we see looking back at us in the mirror. Food isn't just food. It's the thing that makes us who we are. So why does figuring out what to eat feel so overwhelming? In Eat Smarter, nutritionist, bestselling author, and #1-ranked podcast host Shawn Stevenson breaks down the science of food, with a 21-day program to help you lose weight, reboot your metabolism and hormones, and improve your brain function. Most important, he explains how changing what you eat can transform your life by affecting your ability to m...

This book deals with popular Orthodoxy during the Byzantine and Ottoman periods, approaching the material from a historical and anthropological perspective. The discussion takes as its starting point a letter of Leo Allatios, the seventeenth-century author and scriptor of the Vatican Library. The early chapters of the book focus on Allatios and the western intellectual background in which the work was written, while later chapters consider popular beliefs and practices surrounding childstealing demons, revenants, spirits of place and popular healing. This book provides the first detailed treatment of a major source for post Byzantine popular Orthodoxy, offering valuable insights into the relationships between laity and clergy, Orthodoxy and Catholicism, religion and natural philosophy during the seventeenth century. Product details Format ...

The Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria From DSM-5[trademark] is a concise, affordable companion to the ultimate psychiatric reference, DSM-5[trademark]. It includes a fully revised diagnostic classification and all of the diagnostic criteria from DSM-5[trademark] in an easy-to-use paperback format. This handy reference provides quick access to the information essential to making a diagnosis. Designed to supplement DSM-5[trademark], this convenient guide will assist all mental health professionals as they integrate the DSM-5[trademark] diagnostic criteria into their diagnoses. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders stands alone as the most authoritative reference available for clinical practice in the mental health field, and the structural and diagnostic changes in the fifth edition are `must-know` material for every clinician. The Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria From DSM-5[trademark] distills the most crucial, updated diagnostic information from thi...

Collecting the first four issues of Adrian Tomine's acclaimed comic series optic nerve, this book offers sixteen concise, haunting tales of modern life. The characters here appear to be well-adjusted on the surface, but Tomine takes us deeper into their lives, subtly examining their struggle to connect with friends and lovers. Product details Format Paperback | 102 pages Dimensions 190 x 267 x 9.14mm | 327g ...

How did the Roman villa complex of Hoogeloon develop in the relatively poor and peripheral hinterland of the Lower Rhine? In this volume, leading specialists in the field offer a multidimensional perspective on the social dynamics that led to the villa's creation, including the central role played by military and urban networks and native social structures. The essays here examine everything from town and country relations and monetization to the agrarian economy of the region and the ethnic identity of the inhabitants. Shining new light on this key site and the integration of marginal areas in the Roman Empire, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in a comparative analysis of the Roman countryside. Contributors: Joris Aarts, Wim de Clercq, Guido Creemers, Ton Derks, Maaike Groot, Diederick Habermehl, Stijn Heeren, Henk Hiddink, Laura Kooistra, Fabienne Pigiere, Nico Roymans, Alain Vanderhoeven, Julie van Kerckhove Product deta...

Defining a Nation is set at Simla, in the foothills of the Himalayas, where the British viceroy has invited leaders of various religious and political constituencies to work out the future of Britain's largest colony. Will the British transfer power to the Indian National Congress, which claims to speak for all Indians? Or will a separate Muslim state-Pakistan-be carved out of India to be ruled by Muslims, as the Muslim League proposes? And what will happen to the vulnerable minorities-such as the Sikhs and untouchables-or the hundreds of princely states? As British authority wanes, tensions among Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs smolder and increasingly flare into violent riots that threaten to ignite all India. Towering above it all is the frail but formidable figure of Gandhi, whom some revere as an apostle of nonviolence and others regard as a conniving Hindu politician. Students struggle to reconcile religious identity with nation building-perhaps the most intractable and important i...

"Absolutely delightful." --People The enchanting story of a bookshop, its grieving owner, a supportive literary community, and the extraordinary power of books to heal the heart Nightingale Books, nestled on the main street in an idyllic little village, is a dream come true for book lovers--a cozy haven and welcoming getaway for the literary-minded locals. But owner Emilia Nightingale is struggling to keep the shop open after her beloved father's death, and the temptation to sell is getting stronger. The property developers are circling, yet Emilia's loyal customers have become like family, and she can't imagine breaking the promise she made to her father to keep the store alive. There's Sarah, owner of the stately Peasebrook Manor, who has used the bookshop as an escape in the past few years, but it now seems there's a very specific reason for all those frequent visits. Next is roguish Jackson, who, after making a complete mess of his marriage, now lo...

El mundo en juegos describe y propone jugar a los más de cien juegos de tablero de la humanidad, de ahora y de siempre, todos¿ bastante imprescindibles. Desde los más antiguos juegos conocidos como el Juego Real de Ur, Yut o los juegos de Mancala, hasta las más recientes creaciones, como Abalone, Los Colonos de Catán o Puerto Rico, los injustamente olvidados, como Congo, Agon o Barricada, los juegos famosos como Monopoly, Risk o 1.000 kilómetros, los juegos más simples como L o Ou-moul-ko-no hasta los juegos muy complicados como Ritmomaquia o Civilization, juegos para pensar una buen rato como el Go o Diplomacy, los juegos para reír como Les Louis-Garous de Thiercelieux o Cosmic Encounter. Este libro, dividido en tres partes, explica la historia, el funcionamiento y las claves para que el lector pueda jugar a los más importantes juegos de la humanidad, a juegos tradicionales de todas las épocas y a los más representativos del siglo XX Product detai...

Hervorragende Fachautoren beschreiben ihre Erfahrungen zu Tragwerkstypen, Berechnungs-, Herstellungs- und Bauausführungsverfahren sowie Bauüberwachungsmethoden. Gegenüber den beiden vorangegangenen Auflagen wird im Einführungskapitel auf die neuere Entwicklung der Verwendung von Hochleistungsbeton im Brückenbau sowie auf Brücken aus Textilbeton eingegangen. Des Weiteren werden in diesem Kapitel integrale und semiintegrale Brücken behandelt, es werden Entwicklungen in der Bauweise mit verbundlosen internen Spanngliedern und die Nachrechnung von Brücken behandelt. Dazu wurden auch die sechs in den Jahren 2010 bis 2014 mit Brückenbaupreisen ausgezeichneten Brücken aufgenommen, sodass nun alle zehn von 2006 bis 2014 mit dem Brückenbaupreis ausgezeichneten Brücken im Buch enthalten sind. Die folgenden Kapitel, in denen auf das Entwerfen, Konstruieren, Berechnen, Bauen und Erhalten der Brücken eingegangen wird, wurden aktualisiert, indem die aktuellen EUROCODES berücksichtigt sind. Das Kapit...

This book examines the role of financial globalization in economic growth and derives corresponding implications for economic policy. Although economists have debated the importance of openness to international trade, they generally agree that in the market for goods, international openness is more favorable to growth than a largely closed economy. In contrast, whether external financial openness boosts or curbs growth has long been a controversial issue, and it has become even more so with the outbreak of the global financial crisis of 2007-09. The East Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s raised doubts on this issue, and helped spur a wave of empirical research on it. Supporters of financial globalization--such as Stanley Fischer and Lawrence Summers--maintained that, with the right policies, open capital markets continued to be a powerful means for enhancing growth. Critics, including Jagdish Bhagwati and Joseph Stiglitz, argued that the crisis demonstrated that, unlike free tra...

Agricultural market liberalization is essential in achieving a successful Doha Round agreement because these are the most protected markets remaining in most rich countries. But the implications for developing countries, especially the poorest, are more complex than the current debate suggests. This volume examines the structure of agricultural support in rich countries and explores the challenges as well as opportunities that developing countries might face if the Doha Round succeeds in reforming OECD agriculture policies. Product details Format Paperback | 160 pages Dimensions 154 ...

Optimal vorbereitet in die schriftliche Steuerberaterprüfung! Anleitung zur konkreten Bearbeitung der Steuerberaterklausuren! Die drei schriftlichen Prüfungsklausuren sind die ersten großen Hürden auf dem steinigen Weg zum Steuerberater. Oftmals fehlen den Examenskandidaten nur zwei oder drei Punkte, um diese Hürden zu meistern. Das darf nicht sein. Das vorliegende Buch zeigt mit Bearbeitungsschemata und Formulierungshilfen eine punkteorientierte Klausurbearbeitung auf und macht damit die schriftliche Prüfung kalkulierbarer. Oft liegen die sogenannten Fußgängerpunkte auf der "Klausurstraße" und müssen nur aufgehoben werden. Darauf zielt das Buch ab. Die Autoren haben die Originalklausuren der letzten 15 Jahre ausgewertet. Sie zeigen standardisierte Klausureinstiege, typisierte Lösungswege und Formulierungshilfen auf, an die sich die Examenskandidaten im Ernstfall halten können. Die zu erwartenden Klausurschwerpunkte und Themenfelder werden umfassend aufbereitet und vorgestell...

YOU'RE NOT FAT - YOU'RE TOXIC! Whether you want to lose 5 pounds or 500 pounds, here are the keys to permanent fat loss, without going hungry, even if nothing else has ever worked for you before! Stephanie Relfe has put everything you need to know to reduce fat forever, and to be happy, healthy and energized at the same time. This detailed book with over 600 pages, has the exact information you need for your ideal body. It's written in a very easy-to-understand style, so that anyone can benefit from this powerful program. Scientific explanations are put into the simplest possible terms so that anyone can easily understand what they need to know. - Learn 14 ways that show why it is toxins in the food we eat, rather than calories, that are making us fat. - Instead of presenting just one field of research, Stephanie Relfe has summarized the most important information from multiple sources, including 43 well-referenced books & documentaries. - Includes additional informat...

Huge fortunes can be amassed by holding real estate for the long term-up to 20 or 30 or years in some cases. Yet most people don't have the luxury of time and need cash to cover their day-to-day expenses. To that end, nationally renowned real estate expert Ron LeGrand has developed a method of buying real estate to generate cash that he calls ""quick turning."" Over the past 15 years, he has bought and sold more than a thousand properties for fast-cash profit using the method. In "How to Be a Quick Turn Real Estate Millionaire: Make Fast Cash with No Money, Credit, or Previous Experience," LeGrand shares this system for building long-term wealth. With wit and wisdom, he outlines four main categories of ""quick-turn"" transactions: retailing, wholesaling, assumptions, and lease/options. He helps readers understand which type of transaction is appropriate for their specific cash flow goals, and he reveals how-to secrets that real esta...

Durch den systematischen Aufbau ist dieses Buch sowohl als Repetitorium als auch als Nachschlagewerk geeignet. Alle Einheiten entsprechen dem Internationalen Einheitensystem (SI). Gedacht ist das Buch für alle, die sich in ihrer praktischen Tätigkeit mit technischer Akustik befassen. Darüber hinaus wendet sich der Band an Studenten, Laboranten und Ingenieure der verschiedensten Fachrichtungen ebenso wie an Hörgeräteakustiker. Product details Format Paperback | 190 pages Dimensions 159 x 221 x 15mm ...

Naschvergnügen wie noch nie! Hier kommt sie, die süße Konkurrenz für Muffins, Cupcakes und Co. Und für ihren großen Auftritt haben sich die kleinen Törtchen besonders fein herausgeputzt: mit Creme, Sahne, Schokolade und leckeren Früchten, gestapelt oder geschichtet und raffiniert verziert. Die Kaffeetafel wird zur Bühne der kleinen Feinen, und die begeisterten Naschkatzen würden am liebsten alle probieren: Kein Wunder, wenn süße Lieblinge wie Engadiner Nusstorte oder Lime-Pie im niedlichen Miniformat daherkommen und klassische Sahne- und Obsttörtchen im neuen Outfit als Aperol-Spritz-Törtchen oder Cassis-Rosmarin-Törtchen verführen. Das Beste: Konditormeister Martin Schönleben hat seine Rezepte so konzipiert, dass Mini-Klassiker, Sahnetörtchen und kleine Obstträume zu Hause ganz einfach gelingen. Und für alle, die es fix und easy mögen, gibt es schnelle Minis, die mit fertig gekauftem Kuchenboden zubereitet werden. Product details ...

Boy and girls everywhere love Minecraft. Now they can do more than just play their game, they can experience the world of Minecraft in an adventure that spills from the game right into the real world. Imagine a world where your favorite video game and your average day at school collide. That's what Stevie and Maison discover shortly after Stevie escapes the Minecraft world and slips into ours. Neither Stevie nor Maison feel at home in their own worlds. Stevie was just exploring when he stumbled into our world, but it opened the way for all sorts of Minecraft mayhem. Now these kids must work together to save both worlds-and themselves. More and more creatures are slipping out by the second, wreaking havoc on a world that has no idea how to handle zombies, creepers, giant spiders, and the like. Stevie and Maison must put their heads together and use their combined talents in order to push the zombies back into Minecraft, where they belong. As Stevie and Maison's worlds become mo...