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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The cover is dark blue. The author wrote a date in 2007 beneath his signature. The back endpaper has a 3/8 in., light stain. The title page has four pinpoint size light stains along the top edge. DJ: The back panel has sheen loss from shelf wear rubbing. The front panel has a 1/2 in. roughened spot in the lamination. Scans e-mailed upon request. Brina Jolin (illustrator). Inscribed (to a Name) & signed.…

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Sun Ra: Collected Works Vol. 1 - Immeasurable Equation. Book.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. How did a small settlement on the Tiber become the power that would dominate Italy and eventually reshape the Mediterranean world?The Birth of Rome: From Legendary Origins to the Conquest of Italy traces Rome from its earliest traditions to the point when it had become the dominant power of the Italian peninsula.The story begins with the legends Romans told about themselves. Aeneas escapes from Troy and reaches Italy. Romulus and Remus grow up beneath the shadow of prophecy, violence, and divine ancestry. Romulus founds the city that bears his name, and a succession of kings gives early Rome many of the institutions, religious customs, and political traditions that would shape its later history.These stories cannot always be separated neatly into fact and fiction. Yet they mattered deeply to the Romans themselves. They preserved memories of migration, conflict, neighboring peoples, family rivalries, and the values that later generations believed had defined their city from the beginning.The fall of the monarchy brought a different kind of Rome into existence. Kings were replaced by elected magistrates, but the new Republic was far from stable. Patricians and plebeians fought over debt, land, political representation, and access to office. The powers of magistrates changed over time, new offices appeared, laws were written down, and political customs gradually took shape.While these struggles unfolded inside the city, Rome was also fighting for survival beyond its walls.The early Republic faced Latins, Etruscans, Volsci, Aequi, Samnites, and other peoples of central Italy. Some wars ended in victory. Others ended in humiliation. Rome lost armies, surrendered commanders, faced invasions, and came close to disaster more than once.What made Rome unusual was not that it always won. It was that defeat rarely ended the story.Rome rebuilt armies, renegotiated alliances, changed its military practices, and found ways to bind conquered communities to the Republic. Some received citizenship. Others became allies with different rights and obligations. Over time, this network gave Rome access to manpower and resources on a scale that many of its rivals could not match.The long wars with the Samnites pushed Rome deeper into Italy and tested the Republic for generations. Fighting in unfamiliar terrain forced Roman armies to adapt. Political leaders had to manage prolonged wars while dealing with conflict at home. By the end of these struggles, Rome had become far more than a city defending its immediate surroundings.The arrival of Pyrrhus of Epirus brought Rome into contact with one of the most experienced military traditions of the Greek world. His victories showed that Roman armies could be beaten badly. Yet Pyrrhus also discovered how difficult it was to turn battlefield success into a lasting defeat of Rome.By the time the wars in southern Italy came to an end, Rome controlled or dominated most of the Italian peninsula.This book follows that transformation step by step. It looks at kings and consuls, soldiers and senators, religious traditions and political disputes, alliances and rebellions. It also examines the ancient sources themselves, including the problems that arise when later Roman writers tried to reconstruct events that had taken place centuries before their own time.The central question is not simply how Rome conquered Italy.It is why Rome was able to recover from repeated failures, hold together a growing network of communities, and continue expanding when other cities faced the same pressures and disappeared. How did Rome rise from a small settlement to dominate Italy? This concise history traces its legends, republic, wars, alliances, and remarkable ability to recover from defeat. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Condition: New. KlappentextSun Ra was a master jazz musician unlike any before or after him. Here is a stunning collection of 260 of his cosmic poems and selected prose.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Sun Ra was a master jazz musician unlike any before or after him. Here is a stunning collection of 260 of his cosmic poems and selected prose.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This book explores how globalization and transculturality are useful theoretical tools for studying pre-modern societies and their long-distance connections. Among the themes explored are how these concepts can enhance our understanding of trade networks, spread of religions, diffusion of global fashions, migration of technologies, etc. …

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The book is a question-and-answer guide to interventional radiology. This pocket resource addresses both general IR and subspecialty topics, providing accurate, on-the-spot answers. Students can read the text from cover to cover to gain a general foundation of knowledge that can be built upon when they begin their rotation or use specific chapters to review a subspecialty before starting a new rotation or joining a new service. The book begins with a general introduction to IR and its common procedures and tools, and is then organized by subspecialties (like vascular disease, oncology, and genitourinary), focusing on common conditions. The books two-column format provides questions on the left and answers on the right to facilitate rapid-fire review that includes many classic images to facilitate pattern recognition skills. This book is an ideal, on-the-spot reference for medical students, residents, and practicing interventional radiologists seeking fast facts on diagnosis and treatment with interventional radiology. Students can read the text from cover to cover to gain a general foundation of knowledge that can be built upon when they begin their rotation or use specific chapters to review a subspecialty before starting a new rotation or joining a new service. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The book is a question-and-answer guide to interventional radiology. This pocket resource addresses both general IR and subspecialty topics, providing accurate, on-the-spot answers. Students can read the text from cover to cover to gain a general foundation of knowledge that can be built upon when they begin their rotation or use specific chapters to review a subspecialty before starting a new rotation or joining a new service. The book begins with a general introduction to IR and its common procedures and tools, and is then organized by subspecialties (like vascular disease, oncology, and genitourinary), focusing on common conditions. The books two-column format provides questions on the left and answers on the right to facilitate rapid-fire review that includes many classic images to facilitate pattern recognition skills. This book is an ideal, on-the-spot reference for medical students, residents, and practicing interventional radiologists seeking fast facts on diagnosis and treatment with interventional radiology. Students can read the text from cover to cover to gain a general foundation of knowledge that can be built upon when they begin their rotation or use specific chapters to review a subspecialty before starting a new rotation or joining a new service. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. How did a small settlement on the Tiber become the power that would dominate Italy and eventually reshape the Mediterranean world?The Birth of Rome: From Legendary Origins to the Conquest of Italy traces Rome from its earliest traditions to the point when it had become the dominant power of the Italian peninsula.The story begins with the legends Romans told about themselves. Aeneas escapes from Troy and reaches Italy. Romulus and Remus grow up beneath the shadow of prophecy, violence, and divine ancestry. Romulus founds the city that bears his name, and a succession of kings gives early Rome many of the institutions, religious customs, and political traditions that would shape its later history.These stories cannot always be separated neatly into fact and fiction. Yet they mattered deeply to the Romans themselves. They preserved memories of migration, conflict, neighboring peoples, family rivalries, and the values that later generations believed had defined their city from the beginning.The fall of the monarchy brought a different kind of Rome into existence. Kings were replaced by elected magistrates, but the new Republic was far from stable. Patricians and plebeians fought over debt, land, political representation, and access to office. The powers of magistrates changed over time, new offices appeared, laws were written down, and political customs gradually took shape.While these struggles unfolded inside the city, Rome was also fighting for survival beyond its walls.The early Republic faced Latins, Etruscans, Volsci, Aequi, Samnites, and other peoples of central Italy. Some wars ended in victory. Others ended in humiliation. Rome lost armies, surrendered commanders, faced invasions, and came close to disaster more than once.What made Rome unusual was not that it always won. It was that defeat rarely ended the story.Rome rebuilt armies, renegotiated alliances, changed its military practices, and found ways to bind conquered communities to the Republic. Some received citizenship. Others became allies with different rights and obligations. Over time, this network gave Rome access to manpower and resources on a scale that many of its rivals could not match.The long wars with the Samnites pushed Rome deeper into Italy and tested the Republic for generations. Fighting in unfamiliar terrain forced Roman armies to adapt. Political leaders had to manage prolonged wars while dealing with conflict at home. By the end of these struggles, Rome had become far more than a city defending its immediate surroundings.The arrival of Pyrrhus of Epirus brought Rome into contact with one of the most experienced military traditions of the Greek world. His victories showed that Roman armies could be beaten badly. Yet Pyrrhus also discovered how difficult it was to turn battlefield success into a lasting defeat of Rome.By the time the wars in southern Italy came to an end, Rome controlled or dominated most of the Italian peninsula.This book follows that transformation step by step. It looks at kings and consuls, soldiers and senators, religious traditions and political disputes, alliances and rebellions. It also examines the ancient sources themselves, including the problems that arise when later Roman writers tried to reconstruct events that had taken place centuries before their own time.The central question is not simply how Rome conquered Italy.It is why Rome was able to recover from repeated failures, hold together a growing network of communities, and continue expanding when other cities faced the same pressures and disappeared. How did Rome rise from a small settlement to dominate Italy? This concise history traces its legends, republic, wars, alliances, and remarkable ability to recover fro Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. This collection addresses the pressing needs for sustainable technologies with reduced energy consumption and environmental pollutions and the development and application of alternative sustainable energy to maintain a green environment and efficient and long-lasting energy supply. Contributors represent both industry and academia and focus on new and efficient energy technologies including innovative ore beneficiation, smelting technologies, and recycling and waste heat recovery, as well as emerging novel energy solutions. The volume also covers a broad range of mature and new technological aspects of sustainable energy ecosystems, processes that improve energy efficiency, reduce thermal emissions, and reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse emissions. Authors also explore the valorization of materials and their embodied energy including byproducts or coproducts from ferrous and nonferrous industries, batteries, electronics, and other complex secondary materials. This collection addresses the pressing needs for sustainable technologies with reduced energy consumption and environmental pollutions and the development and application of alternative sustainable energy to maintain a green environment and efficient and long-lasting energy supply. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Energy Technology 2020: Recycling, Carbon Dioxide Management, and Other Technologies | Xiaobo Chen (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series | xviii | Englisch | 2021 | Springer | EAN 9783030368326 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.…

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