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Hatshepsut ruled as pharaoh of Egypt, despite the tradition that only men were kings. Mistress of the Two Lands describes her beautiful temple, Djeser-djeseru, construction of pyramids, Sphinx, a trip to the fabled land of Punt, her two golden obelisks, a royal funeral, marriage, coronation, forbidden...

A comprehensive look at the enormous growth and evolution of distressed debt markets, corporate bankruptcy, and credit risk models This Fourth Edition of the most authoritative finance book on the topic updates and expands its discussion of financial distress and bankruptcy, as well as the...

El uso del tiempo constituye un indicador importante del bienestar de la población, de las desigualdades sociales y de género. El tiempo que se dedica a las actividades no remuneradas y remuneradas por parte de hombres y mujeres de diferentes grupos sociales permite visibilizar las cargas de trabajo...

Nice, moody, horror story. Two best friends are bedevilled by a third friend, who haunts them from grade school to adulthood. He seems to intuit things he can't know, and always tells the truth. One friend escapes to India to get away, the other stays in England. When the escapee returns, he finds his friend shattered and half-mad. Why, is the story.

Créées au début du siècle dernier pour informer les investisseurs sur la santé économique des entreprises de chemin de fer, les agences de notation financière défrayent la chronique.  Mises en cause en 2008 pour leurs notations des produits structurés responsables de la « crise des...

The first poem I remember writing was school work at the age of ten, about King Canute. The teacher, I think, felt like the King, unable to hold back the tide. The stanzas, like waves, kept coming. Later, English was my main subject in which I got a Degree. However, I chose to teach juniors rather...

In the title story, the “hermit" is a boy who witnessed the murder of his parents and sister. The trauma has shaped his life, but a new neighbor—the “wild woman"—is about to change his outlook. Wharton's 1908 collection also includes “The Last Asset," “In Trust," “The Pretext," “The Verdict," “The Pot-Boiler," and “The Best Man."

e-artnow presents to you this unique Halloween collection of the greatest horror classics, the darkest mysteries and supernatural tales: H. P. Lovecraft: The Dunwich Horror. From Beyond… Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Rip Van Winkle The Spectre Bridegroom James Malcolm Rymer &...

This book presents the history of Royal Children of Kingdom of England. - Alfred the Great - Prince Arthur - Henry the Third - The First Prince of Wales - Edward the Black Prince - Henry the Fifth and the Baby King

Read this book before you write your thesis or journal paper! Communicating Science is a textbook and reference on scientific writing oriented primarily at researchers in the physical sciences and engineering. It is written from the perspective of an experienced researcher. It draws on the authors'...

Green Fashion, ökologische Bekleidung und Bio-Baumwolle sind Begriffe, die verstärkt in den öffentlichen Medien genannt werden. Doch was macht ökologische Bekleidung wirklich aus, wo stecken die Tücken in der Bekleidungsproduktion und wie kann der Verbraucher Einfluss nehmen? Viele Prozesse in...

A gentle tale of romance and art from a noted children's author . . . "He asked idle questions: she answered them with a conscientious tremulous truthfulness that showed to him as the most finished art. Betty told him nervously and in words ill-chosen everything that he asked to know, but all...

Justice, mortality, mercy in Vienna, dichotomy between corruption and purity. Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. Mercy and virtue prevail, as the play does not end tragically, with virtues such as compassion and forgiveness being exercised at the end of the production. This edition of 'Measure...

Aspatria was born at Seat-Ambar, an old house in Allerdale. It had Skiddaw to shelter it on the northwest; and it looked boldly out across the Solway, and into that sequestered valley in Furness known as “the Vale of the Deadly Nightshade.” The plant still grew there abundantly, and the villagers...