What is a business corporation and where do they come from? This book provides an account of the nature of the business enterprise (including the corporation) as a social institution that has become as important as political states and families in modern society.

The Libyan civil war of 2011 created several unique questions for international law and diplomacy which required responses not previously seen. This book takes 30 key topics as case studies, providing detailed insights into how the problems caused by the conflict were addressed and discussing the fresh challenges it raised for international law.

Kinetics in Condensed Matter and at Surfaces covers the basic concepts of mean force and diffusion, response to external fields and to driving forces, stochastic descriptions, and classical dynamics simulations. It also deals with energy and electron transfer, reactions in liquids and solids, photoinduced kinetics, and kinetics at surfaces.

Why does the discourse of immorality and corruption form such a ubiquitous presence in the written sources of the fourth century Roman Empire? Most modern scholars have viewed such language either as a direct description of the workings of a central government rapidly expanding in size and scope; or else as a reflection of the anxieties of traditional elites over their loss of influence in an increasingly bureaucratic society. Tim W Watson argues, by contrast, that such rhetoric served as an important means of integration, assimilation and social control in an era of unprecedented social mobility. Examining the writings from the period of four figures with diverse religious backgrounds - Quintus Aurelius Symmachus; Libanius; Gregory of Nazianzus; and Ambrose of Milan - the author shows how their emphasis on virtuous conduct over criteria such as wealth and birth created a space for 'new men' in the hierarchies of church and state: but on their terms. It was this focus on virtue and vice that helped established discourses adapt to the fluid worlds of Western Christendom and the Byzantine Empire.

When designing and realizing commercial buildings, plants, bridges, tunnels and other types of engineering constructions as well as when defining constructions sequences in ship yards and process oriented measurements in other industrial branches, it is crucial to take concern of the essential boundary conditions resulting from the choice of temporary works equipment, e.g. falsework, formwork and both working and access scaffolds, and protection scaffolds. In addition it is essential to comprehend temporary works equipment as an integral part of the building site technology. An appropriate analysis of the interaction between temporary works equipment and the future construction, considering structural aspects as well as work on site aspects, is essential for the overall success of a project. The European harmonization and standardization process results in updating and modernizing the generally acknowledged set of technical regulations for temporary works equipment. This book focuses on selected topics of temporary works equipment, especially on structural and safety aspects. It is based on twenty years of experience in planning and consultancy in structural engineering, e.g. bridges, industrial plants, temporary structures. The author brings in his background knowledge from the European and German standard committees.

This important new edition presents Konitza's short history of Albania up to the exile of Ahmet Zogo - 'King Zog' - in 1939 together with some of Konitza's other key writings, analysing of the character of the Albanian people as well as their language, literature and religion.

This book uses case studies to demonstrate how the EU is becoming increasingly innovative in promoting international labour standards.

Meet Daisy Morelli and her gang of trouble-making friends in these two fun-packed stories with illustrations by Lauren Child.

Covers IEEE, IEC, EN and BS standards. This title provides theory and applications for various aspects of transformer design, operation and maintenance, according to the standards. It includes: coverage of US and International reference standards; and, treatment of various topics, from fundamental upwards.

A page-turning, beautifully written novel from the critically-acclaimed author of Forgive Me, How to be Lost and Sleep Toward Heaven.My father smelled like cigarettes and cardamom. When I was small, and wanted comfort, he would put down the wooden spoon when he was cooking, or the pen when he was writing. Always, he would halt what he was doing and crouch down. I pressed my cheek to his warm chest. In his arms, I was safe.The savage murder of eight-year-old Lauren's mother, and the sentencing of her father Izaan to life imprisonment for the murder, tears her world apart. As an adult, she can't understand why she has panic attacks, is unable to accept her boyfriend's marriage proposal, or listen to her brother Alex attempt to convince her of their father's innocence and wrongful imprisonment.Meanwhile, Sylvia Hall is running away from her loser boyfriend, determined to keep the baby he doesn't want. She knows her best friend since childhood, Victoria, will help her - but Victoria has her own problems that threaten to consume her.All three women are connected by tragedy and betrayal: Close Your Eyes is a heart-breaking page-turner about what happens when a family is destroyed.

Irish Guardsmen have been involved in all aspects of the campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq - from in Kabul in 2001, through the invasion of Iraq in 2003 to the eventual withdrawal in 2009, and the campaign in Helmand from 2006 to 2014. This book features battalion's experiences through some of the most testing times the British Army has faced.

This is a timely study of 'small wars,' such as the current situation in Afghanistan. It is wide-ranging, from the Ancient World to Napoleon and beyond, from anti-colonial resistance to counter-insurgency struggles.

Can a polyhedron be smoothly turned inside out? What does four-dimensional space look like? Can non-spherical soap bubbles exist? This book visualizes mathematics, utilizing more than a thousand fascinating images to illustrate these and other questions.

This handbook covers the European law of distribution, as constituted by the European primary and secondary legislation, judgments of the European courts and the supreme courts of the European Member States, and common principles of European or international distribution law.

Containing the historical and statistical information necessary to choose an analysis method and successful drug combination, Evaluating Synergy provides a systematic introduction of statistical methods for optimally designing and analyzing combination studies in cancer, anti-viral, and other therapeutic areas.

A comprehensive analysis of the role documentary has played in confronting the history, memory and trauma of Pinochet's dictatorship.

Volumes I and II bring together all of Irving Lavin's studies aside from those on Gian Lorenzo Bernini. They range from studies of the art and architecture of Late Antiquity to twentieth-century painting in New York.

What are your symptoms and illnesses telling you about yourself? In Your Body Speaks Your Mind, renowned teacher and bestselling author Deb Shapiro shows how understanding your body's 'language of symptoms' can increase your potential for healing. She explains the interconnectedness between your physical state and your emotional, psychological and spiritual health, and reveals: How unresolved emotional and psychological issues can affect your physical health; How feelings and thoughts are linked to specific parts of the body; How you can take steps to heal your body with your mind, and your mind with your body. Your Body Speaks Your Mind shows you how to initiate communication between body and mind, and decode the priceless information your body is giving you, in order to achieve better health and a greater sense of wellbeing.

The Psychology Teacher's Handbook is an indispensable introduction and source of ongoing support for all psychology teachers in the secondary school, both specialists and non-specialists alike.

Includes observations and accounts of various aspects of Albanian life, both ancient and modern, examining Homeric parallels with Albanian marriage and kingship traditions, the treatment of minorities within the region and the language requirements of the military during the World War II.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Matilda by Roald Dahl, read by Kate Winslet. Matilda Wormwood is an extraordinary genius with really stupid parents. Miss Trunchbull is her terrifying headmistress who thinks all her pupils are rotten little stinkers. But Matilda will show these horrible grown-ups that even though shes only small, shes got some very powerful tricks up her sleeve . . . Kate Winslets award-winning and varied career has included standout roles in Titanic, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Finding Neverland, Revolutionary Road and The Reader, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Also a highly acclaimed voice artist, she received the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for Listen to the Storyteller.