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This book covers the basics of HTML and inline CSS based on the latest standards proposed by W3C. The topics covered are: a) History of HTML b) How to start an HTML document and the sections of an HTML document c) Hyperlinks, Tables, Paragraphs, Headings, Lists (Unordered, Ordered and Definition),...

The Baroque master Caravaggio, famous for his masterful use of chiaroscuro, produced during his short and tragic life a body of works that would have a lasting impact on the history of Western art. Combining realistic observation of the human state with dramatic use of lighting, Caravaggio’s paintings...

'Study me reader, if you find delight in me...Come, O men, to see the miracles that such studies will disclose in nature.' Most of what we know about Leonardo da Vinci, we know because of his notebooks. Some 6,000 sheets of notes and drawings survive, which represent perhaps one-fifth of what he actually...

A love-hate relationship… a stubborn estrangement… a fiery, reluctant attraction. Where better for a feuding couple to resolve their differences than the most dismal country shack known to humanity? Rising journalist Florence Trevelyan doesn't know whether to be thrilled or horrified when...

People have been fascinated by cats for centuries. From the ancient Egyptians, all the way down to today's cat lovers throughout the world, cats have held a special place in people's lives. Cats are unique creatures. It shouldn't be surprising that they have captured the imaginations of many of the...

Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man, a man of "unquenchable curiosity"...

At the height of China’s Cultural Revolution a powerful general fathered two sons. Tan was born to the general’s wife and into a life of comfort and luxury. His half brother, Shento, was born to the general’s mistress, who threw herself off a cliff in the mountains of Balan only moments after...

A new, expanded edition detailing Niagara-on-the-Lake’s ghostly inhabitants. Long-dead British soldiers, grieving lovers, lingering spirits — Niagara-on-the-Lake’s long and colourful history is kept alive by ghosts of its past. Through historical investigation and eyewitness accounts,...

The Art Of Black Love offers a National Plan for Self Empowerment for Black African Americans. First the programming, people, agencies and institutions that participate and benefit from maintaining us in our current conditions must be exposed. The Poverty Industrial Complex (PIC) must be clearly identified...

In the eight pieces that make up Land Without History, first published in Portuguese in 1909, Euclides da Cunha offers a rare look into twentieth century Amazonia, and the consolidation of South American nation states. Mixing scientific jargon and poetic language, the essays in Land Without History...

Leonardo Da Vinci ofrece una amplia y diversa colección de observaciones, pensamientos y máximas que compendian el conocimiento de la época en que vivió. El minucioso lenguaje descriptivo que utiliza y la búsqueda de aplicaciones prácticas a sus teorías ponen de manifiesto su mentalidad científica.

Does a philosopher have an 'identity'? What kind of 'identity' is mobilized when the work of a philosopher becomes a major reference for certain schools of thought, as in the case of Gilles Deleuze and postcolonial theory? Have the promoters of a generalized Deleuzeanism taken care their usage of...

One day Chan, a seven-years-old girl lost her parents and grandmother. She was told to look for and protect the book that caused all this tragedy. What will happen with this little girl? Why this book is so dangerous that it became forbidden? Will she find it? Will she survive?

Leading economists consider the shape of future economic policy: will it resume the pre-crisis consensus, or contend with the post-crisis “new normal”? What will economic policy look like once the global financial crisis is finally over? Will it resume the pre-crisis consensus, or will...