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Examines the presence of outsiders in medieval Europe.Whether welcome or unwelcome, voluntary or involuntary, strangers appear in every society; they leave their own communities, venture into new environments, confront differences, and often spark changes. The first collection in medieval studies to concentrate on the notion of the stranger, these essays show how outsiders influenced the culture of Europe in the Middle Ages.Among the topics explored are Edward III and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as historical and literary instances of chivalric skill and courage; political conflict in the late French epic Renaut de Montauban; and a group of people who were doubly strangers—some thirty thousand Jews, who after being expelled from France in 1306 returned under an experimental agreement a few years later.Contributors: William Calin, Susan Crane, Maria Dobozy, Edward R. Haymes, William Chester Jordan, Derek Pearsall, William D. Phillips Jr., Kathryn L. Reyerson, and Janet L. Solberg.

Lois Rock

Imagine growing up in the time of Jesus-being part of the world that he lived in, seeing the same sights, sharing the same meals, taking part in the same customs and traditions. If you could really do that, you would discover that the story unfolds in a lively and bustling community in Palestine, in the time of the Roman empire. This book is designed to help you recreate that world with 20 different craft and cooking activities: clothes and food, and familiar objects from home, school, and synagogue. Each one is set alongside an episode from the life of Jesus, and the episodes build to provide a complete picture of his life and teaching. Формат: 22,5 см x 28,5 см.

Eugene A. Miller

Building the Union Pacific was a time for egos and opportunists, but their monumental effort helped span the continent. Railroad 1869: Along the Historic Union Pacific is an insightful account of the railroad's construction years - years when they pushed westward from Omaha, racing to meet the Central Pacific Railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah in 1869. There are first hand descriptions of terrifying Indian encounters from the diary of Arthur Ferguson, a young surveyor working for the railroad, and tales of the tumultuous life of the Frontier Index, the ''newspaper-on-wheels'' that followed the construction crews as they moved westward. Photographs by Arundel C. Hull, William H. Jackson and others vividly portray the desolate plains and rugged Utah canyons, the colorful construction camps and short-lived towns along the way. Readers can envision the relive the challenges and adventures facing the builders, the work trains, board front dance halls, whiskey palaces, and the...

Rick Silva

Apple's Logic 9 is the most comprehensive and complete music production software package on the market today. Logic 9 Studio comes with an impressive array of software instruments, plug-ins, synthesizers, applications, and more, while the slimmed-down Logic 9 Express delivers an amazing amount of power with many of the same plug-ins and a nearly identical digital audio and MIDI workstation production application. Power Tools for Logic Pro 9 unlocks Logic's immense capabilities to help you achieve amazing results for your audio and music productions with techniques you won't find in beginner-level books or videos. Rick Silva teaches you powerful ways to use both Studio and Express, giving you easy-to-understand strategies for using the complex production tools built into Logic. You'll tap into known features in ways you never thought of before while learning to use new features to produce spectacular audio recordings. Go beyond beginner with Power Tools for Logic Pro 9!

Yuri K Shestopaloff

The book considers properties of polynomial, exponential, logarithmic and power functions. It introduces and proves important relationships between these functions, which enhances the theory and greatly improves the range of theoretical and practical applications, such as the modeling of physical, societal or economical processes. Relationship of the considered functions with the physical reality is another primarily subject of this book. Lots of illustrations and examples based on physical, biological, societal phenomena constitute a substantial part of the book, that facilitates the understanding of introduced modeling concepts and methods. The book is an excellent supplementary material for mathematical and physical courses for undergraduate and graduate studies; a valuable resource for mathematicians working in areas of algebra and analysis. Engineers, researchers, analysts, who use these functions in modeling of different processes and phenomena, will greatly benefit from this...

Specialist Periodical Reports provide systematic and detailed review coverage of progress in the major areas of chemical research. Written by experts in their specialist fields the series creates a unique service for the active research chemist, supplying regular critical in-depth accounts of progress in particular areas of chemistry.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Phytochemicals are chemical compounds such as beta-carotene that occur naturally in plants. The term is generally used to refer to those chemicals that may affect health, but are not yet established as essential nutrients. While there is abundant scientific and government support for recommending diets rich in fruits and vegetables, there is only limited evidence that health benefits are due to specific phytochemicals.Phytochemicals have been used as drugs for millennia. For example, Hippocrates may have prescribed willow tree leaves to abate fever. Salicin, having anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties, was originally extracted from the white willow tree and later synthetically produced become the staple over-the-counter drug called Aspirin. There is evidence from laboratory studies that phytochemicals in fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of cancer, possibly due to dietary fibers, polyphenol

Stephen Juan

Who lives longer, right- оr left-handers? Why do women have one more rib than men? Why can't I tickle myself? Why do only men have beards? Can you keep a severed head alive? The answers to these, and scores of other extraordinary questions reveal the incredible, complex - and just plain weird - truth about our rather odd bodies. From tip to toe, inside and out, and everywhere in between. The Odd Body explodes the myths and is crammed full of the bare facts - sometimes strange, sometimes bizarre, but always hugely informative and curiously entertaining. Формат: 12,5 см х 18,5 см.

John Howard Smith

A history of the Sandemanians, a little-known but ultimately influential Christian sect in colonial America.

M. Falkiewicz-Dulik

Handbook of Material Biodegradation, Biodeterioration, and Biostablization