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A volume of the series “Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region”, that aims to give a full account of all the Lepidoptera Papilionoidea species found in the Palearctic region. This volume deals with the species of the tribe Argynnini, genera Boloria, Proclossiana and Clossiana. For...

A volume of the series “Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region”, that aims to give a full account of all the Lepidoptera Papilionoidea species found in the Palearctic region. This volume deals with the species of the subfamily Apaturinae, genera Apatura, Chitoria, Dilipa, Euapatura,...

The essays in this volume present a comprehensive view of modern economics. They range from technical papers on a specific issue, such as that devoted to a critique of Kaldor's model of income distribution, through evaluation of a wide-ranging literature, with special emphasis on the Cambridge controversies...

This book, first published in 1929, analyses the changes to Birmingham and the Black Country in the nineteenth century. The area underwent quite a transformation: many of the older trades were decaying, while at the same time a number of new manufactures were making a remarkable rapid advance. As...

The unique role of the Seamen’s Hospital Society (SHS) in the foundation of the formal discipline of tropical (colonial) medicine at its Albert Dock Hospital (ADH) in 1899 is not widely appreciated. The SHS was founded in 1821 by a group of philanthropists, primarily for the welfare – both...

This very readable and well illustrated book outlines the medical career of a physician who undertook a series of assignments in tropical countries between 1960 and 1990: Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, Saudi Arabia and Papua New Guinea. Having thus obtained considerable experience of, and made significant...

It is the year 2026, during a period dominated by the politics and corruption of a worldwide socialism movement and manmade global warming. In his first eighteen months in office, the new president of the United States has seemingly guided his country in a positive direction. For the first time in...

Rhonda, Paul and Muriel form a love triangle with a difference. They are drawn together by their love of sex with bondage, and live a curiously intertwined life-in and out of one another's beds, now dominant and now submissive as the urge strikes them. Rhonda is the true dominant, relishing her control...

The book has an active table of contents for readers to access each chapter of the following titles: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds: Volume 1, 2, and 3 – Charles MacKay The Psychology of the Stock Market – George Charles Selden How to Invest...

This book helps understand Plato’s writings by describing the circumstances in which they were produced. The author begins with an account of Plato’s life and development and a brief analysis of some of the more difficult points arising from the criticism of Plato’s writings. The remainder of...

The selected spectra presented in this volume are a testimony to the diversity of mineral carbonates. Their compositional variety embraces many of the chemical elements and is increased by the frequent presence of solid solution between members. They occur in all the broad categories of rock types:...

An accessible introduction to the fundamentals of calculus needed to solve current problems in engineering and the physical sciences I ntegration is an important function of calculus, and Introduction to Integral Calculus combines fundamental concepts with scientific problems to develop intuition...

Enables readers to apply the fundamentals of differential calculus to solve real-life problems in engineering and the physical sciences Introduction to Differential Calculus fully engages readers by presenting the fundamental theories and methods of differential calculus and then showcasing...

In the 1960s to 1980s, a heated controversy arose as to how best medical care could be delivered to individuals living in rural ‘third-world’ communities. This became polarised: should the national health budget be directed to primary health care with the exclusion of tertiary care (including...