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This book investigates whether national courts could and should import innovative solutions from abroad in the adjudication of complex legal disputes. Special attention is paid to the concept of “legally relevant damage” and its importance in overcoming the deadlock created by the category of...

Hearing Dad for the First Time is about my own Fatherhood experience and how becoming a Dad has not only helped me become a better person, but also a better husband, brother and friend. There is no greater responsibility than parenting and becoming a Father has changed my life completely, giving me a new perspective on my life as a man.

This is the story of two people who were smitten with love, which soon blossoms with the birth of their first child and a union in marriage. It all comes to an end when the husband, Alex, dies suddenly in a car accident. Life comes with everything from happiness to sadness. The story entails the journey to becoming a single parent and a widow in the blink of an eye.

This book collects three outstanding examples of the work of Mexican biologist Alfonso Luis Herrera (1868-1943), a pioneer in experimental origins of life research. Two of the collected works appear here in English for the first time. Herrera's works represent the attempt to deal experimentally with...

A Space Elevator is a suggested sort of space conveyancing configuration. Its principal part is a ribbon-like wire (also named a tether) anchored to the top and expanding in to expanse. It is developed to license means of transport conveyance alongside the wire as of a terrestrially top, such like the...

This book explores the dynamics of the interaction between the development of creative industries and urban land use in Nanjing, a metropolis and a growth pole in the Yangtze River Delta. In the last two decades, China's economy has been undergoing dramatic growth.  Yet, accompanying with...

Portuguese Encounters with Sri Lanka and the Maldives: Translated Texts from the Age of the Discoveries is designed to provide access to translations of 16th- and 17th-century documents which illustrate various aspects of this encounter, combining texts from indigenous sources with those from the...

This book is going to ask you to assess where you are with respect to your relationship with God. There are a lot of people out there who havent accepted Jesus as their personal Savior. Every day that goes by brings them one day closer to death. When your life here on earth ends you will stand before...

Imagine sitting in a restaurant enjoying a delicious meal with an unsaved friend. One glance at the ketchup bottle or the salt and pepper shakers brings a smile to your face. Why? Thanks to Would You Like Fries with That?, you know you can use those everyday objects to visually illustrate several...

This book aims to supplement the reader's clinical experience with a carefully designed series of commonly encountered clinical problems in general surgery to simulate the clinical decision-making approach. Each clinical topic includes: a problem-solving approach; system-based essential core knowledge;...

"Estou convencido de que Schopenhauer é o homem mais genial de todos. (…) Ao lê-lo não posso compreender como o seu nome pôde permanecer desconhecido. A única explicação possível é a que ele mesmo repete tantas vezes, que há quase só idiotas no mundo." Tolstói Em sua obra magna,...

We go through life each day living a life that appears ‘normal’ to us. We make choices and decisions that are seen as either ‘right or wrong.’ We sometimes don’t understand the bigger picture in life. This book takes you on a journey of self-discovery, to establish a better understanding...

Variâncias e constâncias, realidade extralinguística e linguagem: a partir desses dois pares de opostos, este livro traz à tona discussões sobre as especificidades do fazer histórico. A cada ensaio o autor encontrará desdobradas questões que volta e meia são postas como problema para o historiador,...

Een romantisch weekendje Londen heeft voor Gabriel Allon en zijn vrouw Chiara al een slechte start door het nieuws over twee bomaanslagen in Parijs en Kopenhagen. Als Gabriel en Chiara in Covent Garden lopen, merkt Gabriel een man op die alle kenmerken van een zelfmoordterrorist vertoont. Nog voordat...