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Another house, another town, another year without Mom. For twelve-year-old. twins Andrew and Evie, moving is a way of life. Their dad is in the military, and they’ve never stayed in one place for long. But relocating has gotten harder since their mother disappeared on the twins’ eleventh birthday, leaving only a cryptic note. At first, their new town seems like all the others. Then Andrew and Evie receive a mysterious package filled with random items. They have been chosen to perform an...
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ABC of Chess By V. Grishun, E. Ilyin Translated from the Russian by VIVIENNE BURDON There are a lot of children between the ages of 5 - 7 who are interested in chess and want to learn to play. This book is written to help younger children take their first steps on the chessboard. As a rule the first books a child comes to know are read aloud to him by his parents and this one need be no exception. Don't hurry when you read "The ABC of Chess" to your child, don't cover more than one...
Topic: chess
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Clive Cussler
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Major Dirk Pitt picked up the frantic distress call as he cruised his lumbering amphibious plane over the islands of the Aegean. Brady Air Force Base, ten miles away, was under fire, its entire force of jets destroyed on the ground ... and the aggressor was a single World War I biplane. Pitt’s determination to solve the mystery behind this deadly echo from the past leads him into deep and treacherous waters. His encounters with a psychotic ex-Nazi, a vicious narcotics dealer, a bloodthirsty...
Topics: fiction, thriller, action, war
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Call for the Dead (George Smiley #1) by John le Carré With the incomparable opening chapter of Call for the Dead, titled "A Brief History of George Smiley," John Le Carré introduces his legendary spy and immediately ensnares you in the shadowy world Smiley inhabits. Pulled back from overseas duty during World War II, Smiley was redirected to face the threats of the Cold War. He had been asked to interview Samuel Fennan of the Foreign Office after an anonymous letter accused Fennan...
Topics: spy, thriller, fiction, murder
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Headache by V. E. Grechko (1986) Translated from Russian by Nina Abdurakhmanova The booklet discusses the headache which is among the most prevalent symptoms marking different pathological conditions of the body. It shows how headaches may develop in healthy subjects and in those afflicted with different diseases. The causes for headaches, the mechanisms by which they develop, the features of the various types of headaches, and the basic principles of headache prophylaxis and elimination are...
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Pictorial Chess Problems and Studies (Russian) By V. M. Archakov The book contains serious and entertaining problems and studies from the field of the so-called visual and symbolic chess. It contains compositions on military-patriotic and space themes, on various sports, as well as chess "painting" dedicated to outstanding figures in science, culture and literature. Designed for young chess players, a wide range of readers. CONTENTS Introduction 3 Symbolic and pictorial chess 4 ...
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Wild West Picture Library Holiday Special (192 pages) CONTENTS MARKED MAN Chapter 1. THE PAST Chapter 2. THE GUN Chapter 3. HAUNTED Chapter 4. THE LEGEND TEXAS ABLAZE Chapter I. The Alamo Chapter 2. Crooked Legs Chapter 3. Brand's Pride Chapter 4. The Devil's Noose MARTIAL LAW Chapter 1. TN£ ACCUSED Chapter 2. MAN Of ACTION Chapter 3. LAND GRABBERS Chapter 4. WAR AT PLAINSVILLE
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German industrialist Kreuss runs Stratos - a camp high in the Albanian mountains - where stolen atomic parts are stockpiled prior to sale to China. This operation seems straightforward but it is only a cover for even more devious schemes. Nation is being played off against nation while Kreuss pursues his dreams of riches. Ewan Scott of MI5 and Mel Stark of the CIA have both infiltrated the organisation. But they are not the only interested undercover agents. Holly Quest is already established...
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THE ELEVENTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING MODESTY BLAISE SERIES In the Hostel of Righteousness on the Greek island of Kalivari, DrThaddeus Pilgrim, once a devout man of God but now devoted to less heavenly pursuits like murder, terrorism and simple acts of sadism, plans his most ambitious project-the Hallelujah Scenario... Spirited away to Kalivari by the evil Sibyl Pray and her Turkish lover Kazim, Willie Garvin is brainwashed into believing Modesty Blaise is dead and that he must kill her...
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Chess Quartets (Russian) By Vladimir Mikhailovich Archakov, Evgeny Yakovlevich Gik Collection of chess problems and studies containing four figures Famous masters not only willingly solve problems and sketches, but also compose them, including world champions. Miniatures containing four figures are very popular. Such compositions are usually called chess quartets; this book is their anthology. The reader will encounter familiar positions, such as the famous Barbier-Saavedra study with “pawn...
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Fantasy Game Special #3 Welcome to DICEMAN 3, a unique mix of fantasy gaming and graphic-in this issue, very graphic-action. A lot of our ideas come straight out of your letters, which gives YOU a big say in the shaping of this magazine, but we want more feedback so we can get it just right. How should DICEMAN look in the future? How many stories should we run? How hard do you want the games to be? What about subject matter: do you want it more realistic, or more weird? Whatever comments or...
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My Way: Success Mantras of 12 Achievers By Derek O’Brien (Ed.) What is success? Is it the natural goal of all human pursuit? Is it measurable in numbers: rupees and dollars, metres and miles, square feet and column inches? In a world obsessed with being successful, it is important to understand what success really means. In a series of essays by people who have reached the pinnacle of their professions, My Way delves into the pressures, motivations and mindsets that bring about success in any...
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Episodes of Chess Battles (Russian) By Mikhail Botvinnik This book presents 40 episodes from the games of the first Soviet world champion. They were selected by the author either because of the exclusiveness of their chess content, or because of their special place in sports biography. Therefore, the book is addressed to the general reader and can provide aesthetic satisfaction and contribute to a deeper understanding of the art of chess
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Fantasy Game Special #2 Welcome to the second helping of 2000 AD's DICEMAN, an original concept which combines the best of fantasy gaming with the ultimate in graphic action. Thousands of bloodthirsty maniacs have sent in their comments on Issue 1, all of which were greatly appreciated by The Hot Team. A selection of letters by our DMA (Dice Master's Apprentice), Mervyn, features later in the magazine. Our second issue presents 3 exhausting adventures, in which YOU are the War-Robot...
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On June 22nd 1985 two aircraft left Vancouver on the west coast pf Canada:'.. one was bound for Japan, the other flew east to Montreal to connect passengers and luggage with Air India 182 to Delhi. Both aircraft carried suitcases containing bombs, one exploded at Narita Airport, killing two baggage-handlers - the other ripped open a jumbo jet over the Irish Sea murdering 329 people. Why did these tragic events take place? How could the security arrangements surrounding international flights...
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BUSINESS MATHEMATICS aims at giving a concise, self contained course of tuition for students studying for the London Chamber of Commerce examinations in . Business Statistics and Mathematics, the Institute of Chartered Accountant Certificate in Management Information, the University of London's B.Sc. (Eco nomics), ’h^'B.A. Degree, Higher National Diploma and Chartered Accountant examinations of the City of London College, the qualifying examinations of the Institute of Cost and Works...
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CHESS PLAYER'S HANDBOOK (Russian) By Vladimir Yakovlevich Dvorkovich Chess Player's Handbook. - M .: Physical culture and sport, 1983 .-- 127 p. The brochure of the judge of the USSR category, executive secretary of the USSR Chess Federation V. Dvorkovich contains reference material on the history of the creation of the Soviet chess organization, international and all-Union competitions of various ranks, up to matches for the world championship. In addition, reference data on correspondence...
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Strategy, tactics, style: Creativity of Belarusian chess players (Russian) Compiled by Leonid Alekseevich Bondar (Minsk: Belarus, 1979.— 176 p.) The collection tells about strategic ideas in the games of Belarusian chess players. Using the examples of the games of the older and younger generations, an important and complex problem of the consistent implementation of the plan in a chess game, the rational combination of strategy and tactics in a chess game is considered. Describes the creative...
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A Brief Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (in Russian) By Eduard Efimovich Gufeld The author is an international grandmaster, an honored trainer of the USSR, a member of the International Association of the Chess Press. The reference book presents all chess openings - open, closed, semi-closed. Their main variants are given, the most popular of them are provided with examples from the practice of the world's leading grandmasters. For chess players of various qualifications. This book is translated...
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How old is the Earth? At the end of the nineteenth century, geologists, biologists, physicists and astronomers were all looking for a clock that would provide an answer to this, the greatest Time question of all. The Dating Game tells the story of one man’s vision of developing a geological timescale that would finally lead to an accurate date for the age of the Earth. Despite scientific opposition, financial hardship and personal tragedy, Arthur Holmes, the greatest geologist of the...
Topics: earth, geology, dating, science
IT IS 1954. STALIN IS DEAD. Georgi Malenkov sits unsurely as party chief and the ruthless Lavrenti Beria, head of the KGB, plots his own meteoric rise to power. The monolith is in transition and the US and Britain launch a secret commando raid to overthrow the Soviet-dominated government of Albania. But it’s doomed to failure. IT’S BEEN JINXED So the CIA post-mortem calls on Blackford Oakes, that singularly sophisticated superspy, to plug the leak and find the traitor... ‘With...
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Have you ever wanted to be in the movies? Kip has, and when he meets mysterious Mr. Lazarus, he thinks his dream's come true. Because Mr Lazarus can project people into movies! Films like Terror Island, full ofhungry sabre-toothed tigers and killer Neanderthals. When you’re in a film, everything is real: real bullets, real swords, real monsters. But beware ... if you don’t get out by the time the closing credits roll, you’ll be trapped in the film forever! Can Kip rescue his sister...
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Khushwant Singh
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Khushwant Singh is undoubtedly Indian's best known journalist and syndicated columnist. In the words of his son Rahul Singh, Khushwant Singh, in his long and distinguished career, 'has tried his hand at almost anything that came his way. He has, in turn, been a lawyer, a diplomat, a broadcaster (he has a very good-voice) a United Nations official, an academic, a historian, an editor, a syndicated columnist, an author and a publishing consultant. In between, he has often been jobless. And now he...
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Colin Dunne
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In a game of blind man’s buff Russian subs slip unseen down a highway to the Atlantic that has neutral Iceland right in the middle. With the island in favour of US military presence, it is up to Russia to tip the balance and gain strategic control. Sam Craven, journalist and undercover agent,is in Reykjavik on a very secret mission as Solrun, his glorious former lover,is now turned damsel in distress - she is the perfect pawn in this titanic game of chess... ‘CRISP CHARACTERS, AMAZING PACE,...
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The primary purpose of this concise text is to describe and explain heart disease in a way that is comprehensible to the student embarking on clinical medicine. It is also intended as a handbook for the physician and senior nurse. Cardiology, and particularly cardiac surgery, has progressed rapidly in the past few years, and this fourth edition incorporates all advances in knowledge and newly established practices. Up-to-date references are provided at the end of each chapter for those wishing...
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Michael Cunningham
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In 1920s London, Virginia Woolf is fighting against her rebellious spirit as she attempts to make a start on her new novel. A young wife and mother, broiling in a suburb of 1940s Los Angeles, yearns to escape and read her precious copy of Mrs Dalloway. And Clarissa Vaughan steps out of her smart Greenwich village apartment in 1990s New York to buy flowers for a party she is hosting for a dying friend. Moving effortlessly across the decades and between England and America, this exquisite novel...
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Running a successful medical practice can be hard work. Do you find that there is too much work, too much hassle, too much competition, too much despair and too little reimbursement ? Are you fed up of: * Long energy-exhausting hours and crushing workloads leaving little or no free time for yourself or your family ? * Demanding and dissatisfied patients ? * Inadequate payment for all your hard work ? The purpose of this book is to help you find a truly satisfying way of practicing medicine...
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Ten storie s that push forward the boundary of the possible to bridge the separate worlds of reality and imagination. From a flower that exposes a murderer to a flower that wins the heart of a lady on Mars, from the perils of little learning to the dangers of great power; these inspired stories explore the realms of what might just happen. Spun using threads of scientific facts, decorated with emroidered truths and embellished with gems of fantasy, each story is imaginatively original. The...
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PHOENIX A giant airship over 2000 feet long, powered by a nuclear reactor. Carrying 400 passengers, as well as cargo, it’s the first of a luxury fleet that could revolutionise long-distance travel. PHOENIX The public must be convinced it is safe, but there are powerful groups determined to see the first flight become a spectacular disaster. PHOENIX Michael Colino is hired to thwart sabotage attempts on the maiden voyage... and unless he can avert an imminent catastrophe, America’s biggest...
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A dark and unsettling picture of modern Australia, a tense and absorbing crime investigation - for Scobie Malone, autumn is like any other season - the killing still goes on... Like a boulder into a pool, when the Police Minister’s son falls twenty floors to his death, the ripples spread out to make waves. Caught in the wash is Detective Inspector Scobie Malone of Sydney’s homicide squad, thinking he is immune to politics, but soon engulfed in its consequences... Sydney’s ruling elite...
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Michael Saxon was the head of his own detective agency and guarded some of the largest computers in the world. A shrewd, smooth ex-cop, he was also programmed for calculated violence. For five thousand dollars a day, Saxon was hired to find out who was bleeding hignly-confidential secrets from the country’s most powerful corporation. But what began as a simple case of larceny suddenly exploded into a complex game of terror and death. “Surely one of today’s most timely and engrossing...
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A HANDY AND PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED BOOK DESCRIBING IN DETAIL ALL THE TRIED OLD AND NEW METHODS OF BIRTH CONTROL PLAN YOUR FAMILY IN THE MOST INEXPENSIVE WAY CONTENTS 1. Why Birth Control? 7 2. The Biology of Conception: Male Generative Organs, Female Generative Organs, The Mystery of Menstruation. 15 3. Pregnancy and Child-Birth : Conditions for Pregnancy, The Foetal Development, Signs and Symptoms of Pregnancy, Birth of a Child. 28 4. The Fundamentals of Contraception : Classification of...
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Is it true that a particle of light can be in two places at the same time? Can a single atom go two ways at once? Can time stand still? These and other paradoxes point the way to the latest ideas about the nature of reality. In this fascinating book, John Gribbin presents the latest evidence about the nature of light, the phenomenon that is the key ingredient in both quantum theory and relativity. John Gribbin also describes the astounding practical applications such as the serious possibility...
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Everyone loves a good story, and a short story is very popular because it is the most approachable, and easy to finish. The many stories in this series cover a broad terrain of themes, and all the stories are enjoyable as they are instructive. Taken as a whole, the collected authors and stories are a rich sample of the storyteller’s art. Each book is devoted to the work of a single author. This book has a collection of H.G. Wells’s stories. CONTENTS Preface 3 1. The Diamond Maker 7 2. The...
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Dr. Radhakrishnan sketches the lives of fourteen individuals who have influenced India's life and altered the course of its history. Among these are social reformers like Swami Dayanand and Raja Ram Mohan Roy, political thinkers and activists like Lala Lajpat Rai, Sardar Patel, Tilak and Gokhale, and a giant among scientists, Jagdis Bose. All of them had one thing in common, they broke the barriers of tradition and normalcy, and strove for noble ideals... They dreamt, and had the courage and...
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An enchanting collection of stories from the little-known heartland of India. Ruskin Bond’s characters—who live for the most part in tffe country’s small towns and villages—are not the sort who make the headlines but are, nonetheless, remarkable for their quiet heroism, their grace under pressure and the manner in which they continue to cleave to the old values: honesty, fidelity, a deep-rooted faith in God, family and their neighbour. They do have problems, of course—the sudden death...
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What is mathematics? It is variously described as an art, the tool of science, the language of science and as the queen of all sciences. It is a subject which is detested by many, liked by some and used by all. Everyday Mathematics is a book about the mathematics used by all in every walk of life. It gives a lucid account of the origin and development of .mathematics and explains how it helps us in solving a variety of problems. It, in fact, underlines that mathematics is essential for every...
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Over a period of 25 years as author of the Mathematical Games column for Scientific American, Martin Gardner devoted a column every six months or so to short math problems or puzzles. He was especially careful to present new and unfamiliar puzzles that had not been included in such classic collections as those by Sam Loyd and Henry Dudeney. Later, these puzzles were published in book collections, incorporating reader feedback on alternate solutions or interesting generalizations. The present...
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MENTALLY WORN OUT? HOW ARE YOUR CONTROLS? THE BODY’S RHYTHMOSTAT Do you need more relaxation in your home? On your job? Are you tense while driving? Do you or your children have difficulty in studying? Do you become tense with your hobbies? Do your emotions get the best of you? Do you fear loss of your health? Is ambition driving you frantic? Do you get yourself upset in your attempt to go to sleep? Within this book, you will find ways to cope with these common life situations. The text of...
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Yahya Khan's 'FINAL WAR' India meets Pakistan's threat A pictorial story of the war of interdependence of Bangladesh. CONTENTS A Fight for Freedom Genesis Of Crisis Mukti Bahini Strikes Beyond Che Guevara's Dreams Yahya Khan's Threats War Breaks Out Battle For Chhamb Shakargarh Probe Capture Of Enclaves War In The Desert Big Push In Bangla Desh West Of The Padma Battle For Dacca Glory In The Sky India Rules The Waves Mujib Takes Over Reins Bhutto's Limited Options The War —Day by Day The...
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More Puzzles to Puzzle You Over 300 brain teasers, riddles and mathematical puzzles to sharpen your calculating power "Mathematical training is essential to children if they are to flourish effectively in the newly forming technological world of tomorrow. No longer it is enough to train children to meet known challenges; they must be prepared to face the unknown — because it seems certain that tomorrow won’t be much like today.' It is now time for us to rethink our approach to maths...
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In Search of Schrôdinger's Cat QUANTUM PHYSICS AND REALITY Quantum theory is so shocking that Einstein could not bring himself to accept it. It is so important that it provides the fundamental underpinning of all modern sciences. Without it, we'd have no computers, no science of molecular biology, no understanding of DNA, no genetic engineering. IN SEARCH OF SCHRODINGER'S CAT tells the complete story of quantum mechanics, a truth stranger than any fiction. John Gribbin takes us step by step...
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Encounters With Men of Miracles Experiences Of Faith-healers, Black Magicians, Yogis And Death Defiers This book is a graphic face-to-tace account ot encounters with unusual men and women — the faith-healers, the flesh mortifiers, the mystics who materialise ash and honey, black magicians, yogis who stop their pulse and heart beat, death detlers who get buried alive and live to tell the rale, spiritual seance mediums who act as transmitters between the living and the dead, and much m re. Some...
Topic: miracles, Faith-healers, Black Magicians, Yogis, Death Defiers
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• How long can I live on beer alone? • Why do people have eyebrows? • Has nature invented any wheels? • How fat do you have to be to become bulletproof? • What would happen if aliens stole the moon? Witty, esoteric, imaginative, sometimes unsettling and always unexpected, the questions and answers from New Scientist readers in the magazine’s popular ‘The Last Word’ column are endlessly fascinating. Every week, knotty puzzles from everyday life continue to draw wise, weird and...
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IT PAYS TO ENRICH YOUR WORD POWER - Words are our most familiar and useful tools, the first we learn to use, and the most essential for success and happiness. This delightful collection of articles, puzzles, tests and stories for the entire family is the fun and fascinating way to enrich and enlarge your mastery of the aa of language!
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CONTENTS Indian Recipes North Indian Vegetarian 20 Non-Vegetarian 30 Eastern Indian Vegetarian 35 Non-Vegetarian 44 Western Indian Vegetarian 49 Non-Vegetarian 56 South Indian Vegetarian 64 Non-Vegetarian 74 Multiple Cooking Cooking Tips 79 Recipes 80 International Recipes Stocks and Soups 84 Fish 92 Poultry 95 Lamb 102 Pork 107 Beef 110 Vegetables and Rice 116 Desserts 130 Preparation of Spices, Coconut Milk and Paneer 134 Glossary 135 Index of Indian Recipes 137 Index of International Recipes...
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How do fossils support the theory ofevolution? What are ‘living fossils'? What fossils will today's generation leave behind? Fossils have not always been easily understood—there have been doubts about what they are and what they mean, and at times their very existence has threatened the prevailing views of the origins of life and the age of the Earth. Building on the latest scientific understanding, Keith Thomson places fossils in a very human context, highlighting their impact on...
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Sep 28, 2021
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Glenn Wilson, Diana Grylls
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I.Q. is by no means the be all and end all of a child’s existence, as the authors make clear in this fascinating book, but it is a useful rough and ready guide to the performance he should achieve in his studies, and a very useful yardstick for anxious parents. Following the simple, thoroughly tested methods outlined, parents can arrive at an accurate profile of their child's abilities and teach him to improve his performance in tests given at school. CONTENTS Introduction 9 Test I:...
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Electricity and magnetism are phenomena which arise from the nature and behaviour of the electrically charged particles—the protons and electrons—which together with the uncharged neutrons are the principal constituents of atoms. The exact nature of an electric charge is still unknown, but it can be measured, and its effects can be predicted and put to use, being the basis of all electrical and electronic equipment. The charge carried by a proton is called a positive (or + ve) charge, and...
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In Figuring, Shakuntala Devi dramatizes the endless fascination of numbers and their ability to amaze and entertain. She offers easy-to-learn short cuts —how to add long columns in your head, multiply, divide, and find square roots quickly, almost magically. Fractions, decimals, and compound interest become clear and easy to deal with. The author takes delight in working out huge problems mentally—sometimes even faster than electronic computers. In Figuring she shares her secrets with you....
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With this book, all one needs to know are the fundamental rules of chess and ordinary chess notation in order to gain a thorough understanding of the all-important opening game in its many variations. Simply, clearly, and with keen appreciation of the amateur’s usual limitations, International Grandmaster Znosko-Borovsky explains the importance of rapid development of the pieces, occupation of the center, the relation of the opening to the general plan of the player, and the significance of...
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What is time? The 5th-century philosopher St Augustine famously said that he knew what time was, so long as no one asked him. Introducing Time tackles this question and dares to go where Augustine would not. It traces the history of time from Augustine to the flowing time of Newton, the ‘conventional time’ of Poincare, Einstein’s static time, and then to the idea that there is no time in quantum gravity. - Is time a fourth dimension similar to space or does it ‘flow’ in some sense? ...
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Comic of superhero Shaktimaan.
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Sep 18, 2021
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Shakuntala Devi
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The Human Computer explains and simplifies EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT NUMBERS BUT WAS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND Little Known Facts Ninth power of the ninth power of nine is the largest in the world of numbers that can be expressed with just 3 digits. The answer is mind staggering! It will contain 369 million digits. To read it normally would take more than a year. To write down would require 1164 miles of paper! Brain Teasers A necklace was broken during an amorous struggle. 1/3rd...
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Sep 17, 2021
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Peter Atkins
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Among the many laws of science, there lurks a mighty handful: four simple laws that direct and constrain everything that happens in the Universe. They illuminate concepts like energy and temperature, explain why anything happens at all, and even reveal the ultimate fate of everything. In this succinct account, Peter Atkins explains the nature and implications of the Laws of Thermodynamics — four laws, as elegant as they are powerful, that drive ’all that is and all that will be. CONTENTS...
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Subir Chowdhury
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Getting things right 99% of the time is the best anyone can do—right? A 1% defect rate means: • 20,000 articles of mail lost every hour • 5,000 botched surgeries per week • 4 or more accidents per day at major airports • 200,000 incorrectly dispensed drug prescriptions each year Still think 99% is good enough? The Power of Six Sigma will help everyone in the organization understand what Six Sigma is, how it can benefit your company, and most of all, how it can benefit you—as an...
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Tests Of The Truth: The Experiment in Modem Science By Oliver Morton and Geoffrey Carr (Eds.) The 11 briefs in this collection look at notable experiments in the biological and physical sciences, and at the ways in which experiment shapes, and is shaped by, theory. They show how the experimenters came to perform them, what they hoped for, what they got, and howtheir discipline was changed. Contributors Edward Carr, Geoffrey Carr, Anthony Gottlieb, Francois Grey, Oliver Morton, Matthew Ridley...
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W. W. Sawyer
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Mathematician’s Delight “Recommended with confidence” by The Times Literary Supplement, this lively survey starts with simple arithmetic and algebra and proceeds by gradual steps through graphs, logarithms, and trigonometry to calculus and the world of numbers. Generations of readers have found it the ideal introduction to mathematics, offering accessible explanations of how theory arises from real-life applications. “The main object of this book is to dispel the fear of mathematics,...
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Adventure on Clee Island By Tanuka Bhaumik Endow Illustrations by Amitava Sengupta An Adventurous science fiction set in the year 2070 with advance technology, robots, hi-tech devices and much more. It is about three friends who in order to protect environment, especially birds, save an old lady and her well-maintained species of birds. CONTENTS THE TRIP ARAN THE IDEA DR MIKADOS THE MESSAGE THE CLUE THE PLAN K'S ADVENTURE THE CLIMAX
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Dorothy King
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The Story of Don Quixote Retold by Dorothy King THE EVEREST SUPPLEMENTARY READER CONTENTS I.An Odd Plan - 4 II How Don Quixote rode out -. 10 III How Don Quixote was made a Knight. 14 IV.Sancho Panza the Squire - - - .. 18 V.The Adventure of the Windmills. 2% VI.Don Quixote and thb Sheep - • -. 28 VII.Mambrino’s Helmet - - - -- 33 VIII.More Adventures ...... 3? IX.At thb Inn - - - - -. 41 X.How Don Quixote came Homb -- 46 XI.How the Don rode out again - ...- 50 XII.The Knight of the...
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Sep 10, 2021
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More Quintessential Quizzes A Collection of Curious Words, Derivations, Literary Allusions, and Little-Known Oddities of Fact and Fiction By NORMAN G. HICKMAN Adapted by Ian Gillies Foreword by Irene Thomas A Collection of Curious Words, Derivations, Literary Allusions, and Little-Known Oddities of Fact and Fiction. Quizzes exert a fascination over anyone with a lively and inquiring mind. This book includes hundreds of fascinating questions, many with unexpected answers, and should...
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Memory - A Very Short Introduction Why can we sometimes remember events from our childhood as if they happened yesterday, but not what we did last week? How are memories stored in the brain, and how does our memory change as we age? What happens when our memory goes wrong, and how easy is it for others to manipulate our memories? This fascinating Very Short Introduction brings together the latest research in psychology and neuroscience to address these and many other important questions about...
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Sep 7, 2021
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The Starfish Quiz By Phyllis and John Harding Illustrations by Leslie Starke The Starfish Quiz Questions . . page 10 Answers . . . page 90 Index on pages 6 and 7
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John Robertson
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Card Tricks by John Robertson You are invited to a party or social get-together and find that a certain gentlemen is the pivot of attraction. Men and women present there marvel at his card tricks. He can achieve the seemingly impossible with playing cards, such as make them vanish and appear at will, or cut a pack into two portions and tell the number of cards-whether odd or even-in each portion. You envy, as do others present. Is he a magician, or a human being blessed with supernatural powers...
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Jacqueline Stoker
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The Word Quiz Book When you said your first word you began a race to learn more. In books, magazines, television, newspapers and at school, words have been flung at you daily. Enough for you to write your own dictionary. But how many of them have you really grasped? Jacqueline Stoker, a Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music, and a specialist teacher of English and Speech, has written a series of quizzes to test your knowledge of words — their meanings, their uses, their spellings. Forget...
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A Murder of Quality Le Carre’s world-famous hero, undercover agent George Smiley, emerges from retirement to solve a baffling, bloody crime. He becomes entangled with a woman as dangerous as she is charming.. and a tottering, brilliant man haunted by a per verse secret of his past. Smiley pursues the murderer amid the hollow pomp and ceremony of the Establishment, where a man's fate is decided over tea and a sentence of death can be passed out with biscuits and sherry ... LE CARRE IS SIMPLY...
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Harnessing the Sun: Stories About Semiconductors Published in the early 60's, this is the 1st edition of a book on semiconductors translated from Russian. CONTENTS HARNESSING THE SUN SOMETHING NO ONE HAS SEEN MYSTERIOUS DOUBLES ONE IN A THOUSAND MILLION UGLY DUCKLING OR SWAN ELECTRONIC "WIND" TRANSFERS HEAT SENSITIVE, SHARP-EYED, VIGILANT POWERFUL LILLIPUTIAN THE MAGIC PEA HUNTING FOR NINES THREE VICTORIES DEATH AND BIRTH OF PHOTON CHLOROPHYLL, ALBUMEN AND THE EYE NEW AVENUES
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Up River to Hell Cowboy Adventure Library #912
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Ira Trivedi
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The Great Indian Love Story A DARKLY FASCINATING SNAPSHOT OF THE GLITTERING AND BRITTLE LIVES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS of Delhi, its glamourous PAGE 3 SWISH-SET The Great Indian Love Story is set in a world where appearances mean everything and nothing is as it seems. There's no time for world that revolves around the latest Ferraris, the hottest nightclubs, diamonds, single malts, cocaine and ecstasy. In this whirl of wild parties, sex and drugs we meet Rerena Sharma who lives her life one...
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Warren Weaver
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Lady Luck - The Theory of Probability From Craps to Probability Curyes, Montmort's Problem to the St Petersburg Paradox, this book traces the highways and byways of Dame Fortune in all her aspects. Never was Lady Luck so well portrayed her curves, her vital statistics, her chances and.your chances. Warren Weaver gives a practical and readable account of the probability theory and the statistics of chance and shows that fortune, luck, chance or probability, whatever you call it, need not be coy...
Topics: probability, statistics, mathematics, luck
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Aug 28, 2021
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P. Abbott
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Teach Yourself Geometry A knowledge of the fundamental principles of geometry is essential for the study of other branches of mathematics such as trigonometry and mechanics, subjects which are of vital importance to engineers as well as to those who are proceeding to more advanced work in mathematics. This book provides a lucid introduction to the basic principles of practical and abstract geometry. It is designed for those with no previous knowledge of mathematics beyond simple arithmetic,...
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Aug 25, 2021
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Laurence J Peter, Raymond Hull
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The Peter Principle By Dr Laurence J Peter and Raymond Hull 'Ever wondered how that bunch of idiots got control of your off ice/factory/shop ? They, as we all know, could not organize a booze-up in a brewery, but what we did not know was how they got to the top. The answer is supplied in The Peter Principle In this amusing book the authors explain that people tend to be promoted until they reach a job they can't really manage. And then it's too late to shift them. There is a chilling touch of...
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Alan Wareham
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A Mensa Book of Logic Puzzles Mensa is an international society for the high-IQ people. Only two per cent of the world's population can qualify for its membership. Find out if you are Mensa material. Accept the Mensa challenge. Pick up a paper and a pencil and attempt the puzzles in this book. A genius at work rarely does everything in the head. Your age and academic qualifications do not matter. Neither does your profession. Members of Mensa include school dropouts and scientists,...
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Charles Barry Townsend
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The World’s Trickiest Puzzles Sharpen your wits and hone Jj your thinking skills! Put your ZJ brain power into high gear to IQ solve the World’s Trickiest Puzzles. . j Word and number problems, visual |J mysteries, and even sneaky puns and riddles will keep you on your mental toes as you try to uncover their solutions. There are pictures filled with mistakes to find, ladder puzzles that challenge you to change one word into another in a specified number of “rungs,” matchstick games,...
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Aug 22, 2021
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Teach Yourself Calculus E.L.B.S. edition reprinted 1973 The object of this book is to make it easier for the private student, who is unable to obtain the guidance and help of a teacher, to acquire a working knowledge of calculus. It is assumed that the reader has an understanding of algebra, trigonometry and the fundamental principles of geometry. SI units are used all through the book. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE BOOK SOCIETY, an association of leading British publishers, brings you essential,...
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Two Flash Gordon comics in one published by Indrajal Comics in June & August 1989. 1. THE SCHEMING DESPOT 2. THE DEADLY INTRIGUE
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Erma Bombeck
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Aunt Erma’s Cope Book HOW TO GET FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY . . . IN 12 DAYS No longer will she be the only woman on the block to wear a slip under a see-through sweater No longer will she feel guilty if the sun sets on an empty crockpot! No longer will she care that she flunked her paper towel test. Our Erma is on her way to becoming a sub-total woman. “She’s cookin’.” The Boston Globe “Her audience is everyone who has ever married, had children, gotten to middle age, owned a dog or a...
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Dilip M. Salwi
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A Passage to Antarctica Antarctica, where Neha and Ajai have arrived after a long voyage....On one side of the horizon was the deep blue sea, on the other was complete creamy whiteness. The ship lay amidst sheets of ice, a metre thick...Penguins stood on the edge of the icy whiteness, occasionally looking in the direction of the explorers. Antarctica, one of earth’s ‘last frontiers’, the highest, windiest, vast, is a continent awaiting, with riches yet to be tapped.
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Charles Phillip
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Stay Smart: 100 Exercises to Keep Your Brain Sharp By Charles Phillips Stay Smart contains a wealth of puzzles and thinking challenges that will help exercise your memory and improve your powers of recall. These are supplemented, page by page, with Smart Brain Facts that expand on the information, and Smart Brain Actions - small but powerful exercises to engage the brain, then further stretch and work the memory. The answer section at the back contains supplementary information and occasional...
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Magdalen Nabb
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Death of a Dutchman (Marshal Guarnaccia, book 2) By Magdalen Nabb There was enough trouble around to keep the police busy for months. All over Florence tourists were being robbed, cars stolen, and somewhere in the city terrorists were quietly at work. So the suicide of a Dutch jeweller looked like an open and shut case. Certainly there were some slight discrepancies, but the only witnesses were a blind man, and an old woman given to vicious lying. Yet the Marshal felt uneasy -it was all so...
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Aug 12, 2021
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Neil Cooper
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Quiz Book of Mathematics Ever since the man started observing the vastness of outer space and tried to delve into the rules of nature he has evolved the techniques to calculate time and space. Mathematics is a group of sciences (including arithmetic, geometry, algebra, calculus, etc.) dealing with quantities, magnitudes, and forms, and their relationships, attributes, etc. by the use of numbers and symbols. Through their collective usage he learned to perform simple calculations involving...
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Executive Bodyguard By Debra Webb The stranger with her husband's face... Caroline Winters, the first woman elected president, knew her term wouldn't be easy. Then, months into her office, her husband tragically died in a plane crash —and she began receiving bone-chilling phone calls... Now, suddenly, Justin Winters has returned. And when the threats on her life began, like an executive bodyguard, Justin performed feats of superhuman skill to protect her. And as the danger escalated around...
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Warrior #20 - July 1984 EDITORIAL 2 Following this issue's conclusion of the latest BoJeffries story, next issue will feature the return of Axel Pressbutton Esquire! With artist Steve Dillon still not having resurfaced, the surprise guest artist will be Alan Davis. The second surprise is our regular article Sweat Shop Talk, featuring a 1971 interview with Frank Bellamy conducted by Dave Gibbons and Dez Skinn. That's Warrior 21, on sale July MARVELMAN 5 On a verandah in Paraguay, Liz Moran takes...
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Aug 9, 2021
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Roger G. Newton
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Galileo's Pendulum: From the Rhythm of Time to the Making of Matter this book is about both ancient history and modern science. Though its subject is not Greek mythology, its aim may be freely interpreted as describing the pervasive influence of Terpsichore, the Muse of dance and rhythm, over our lives, and how science, through Galileos pendulum, managed to tame that which Euripides called “measureless and wild”—time. The periodic motion of that swinging bob exerted a remarkable influence...
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Aug 8, 2021
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Baroness Orczy, E.F.Dodd
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The Scarlet Pimpernel By Baroness Orczy Retold by E.F. Dodd The novel is set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution . The title is the nom de guerre of its hero and protagonist, a chivalrous Englishman who rescues aristocrats before they are sent to the guillotine. Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life : apparently nothing more than a wealthy fop , but in reality a formidable swordsman and a quick-thinking master of disguise and escape artist. The...
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Aug 6, 2021
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jayant v. narlikar
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Black Holes By Jayant Narlikar This is an elementary introduction to the fascinating world of black holes. A black hole is the ultimate manifestation of a region of strong gravity. The pull of gravity in a black hole is so strong, that even light cannot escape from it and time stands still. To know how this happens, one has to comprehend the way the force of gravity operates, and how our understanding of it has grown and evolved since the days of Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. This book is a...
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The Amazing Adventures of Flash Gordon: Volume 5 Flash Gordon has graced newspaper comics pages since 1934, Flash is still with us—constantly thrilling his public with astounding adventures—in Outer Space, here on Earth, even back on Mongo where it all began. In this volume, Flash is back on Mongo which has just been retaken by the evil Ming the Merciless, who has returned from exile. It’s up to Flash Gordon to subdue Ming and save the people of Mongo from slavery. Also in this book is...
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Aug 3, 2021
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Black Holes in Space By Iain Nicolson and Patrick Moore In BLACK HOLES IN SPACE, TV astronomer Patrick Moore and lain Nicolson explain the phenomenon of Black Holes, those regions in space from which nothing, not even light, can escape. Black Holes have voracious appetites, sucking suns, planets, whole star systems into the insatiable void. One day, one of those planets could be Earth itself. CONTENTS 1 The Black Hole 6 2 The Universe Around Us 11 3 Red Giants, White Dwarfs and the 31...
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Aug 2, 2021
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Marina Andrade
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The Three Friends CONTENTS 1. The Three Friends 7 2. Victory for Rex 12 3. Lazy Romi 20 4. The Orphan 27 5. Suman’s Holiday 33 6. Robber Outwitted 42 7. Melons for Piggies 46 8. The Gift 51 9. Lena, the Artiste 58 10. Caring and Sharing 67
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Aug 1, 2021
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Alan Stuart
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The Ideas of Sampling This book is a revision of the earlier volume entitled Basic Ideas of Scientific Sampling, and includes a new section on Quota Sampling and Non-Response in Sampling. It sets out to explain, in the least technical manner possible, the ideas underlying the theory of sampling, which is the basis of the rather elaborate survey procedures now commonly used by government departments, in industry and in commerce. Sampling theory is necessarily mathematical, and it is difficult to...
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Birth Control Today (1962) A Practical Approach to Intelligent Family Planning In this forthright and practical book, a noted eugenicist examines all that modern science has learned about birth control methods. His discussion is especially clear because he first describes and explains the sexual functioning of the body and the female reproductive cycle. A vigorous champion of intelligent family planning for over thirty years, Dr. Whitney emphasizes that the term birth control also implies the...
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Smash Hits - 29 November 1989 SONGS BROS: Chocolate Box 8 RICHARD MARX: Angelia 8 JENNY MORRIS: She Has To Be Loved 25 JANET JACKSON: Miss You Much 26 MOTLEY CRUE: Dr. Feelgood 47 BON JOVI: Lay Your Hands On Me 47 BITZ BIG FUN 4 GO 101 4 CHANGING FACE OF “OZ ROCK” 5 JIVE BUNNY 5 FEATURES CRAIG McLACHLAN 6 INDECENT OBSESSION 10 AUTOGRAPH CARD: New Kids On The Block 17 KYLIE MINOGUE 20 JENNY MORRIS 24 MICHAELHUTCHENCE 50 POSTERS ICEHOUSE 27 MARTIKA 28 MADONNA 56 COMPETITION CHEROKEE...
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David Hagberg
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Flash Gordon: Massacre in the 22nd Century Sent on a mission to investigate the mysterious reappearance of the Interstellar Exploration ship GOODHOPE, Colonel Flash Gordon and his companions, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov discover much more than they ha'd bargained for. Stranded in deep space, the trio find themselves drawn against their will into a war of worlds which has lasted thousands of years...and which threatens the very existence of the planet Earth.
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Teach Yourself Trigonometry This book is a straightforward account of the foundations of trigonometry. All important formulae are derived and the solution of triangles is progressively led up to. A useful selection of practical problems is included and worked examples are given all through the book. The reader should already know some arithmetic and a certain amount of algebra and have some acquaintanceship with the fundamentals of geometry CONTENTS Introduction CHAPTER 1 - GEOMETRICAL...
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Warrior #19 - June 1984 EDITORIAL 2 I once referred to our surprise success being possibly due to 'creative anarchy'. But what can create excellent comic strips can also create chaos! We could either give you the best possible package eventually or a regular monthly magazine with the best we can get ... by deadline! Sometimes a story may blow it, but hopefully we'll always score high enough as a total. Only time will tell. THE BOJEFFRIES SAGA 5 What has Stanley given Raoul in the skinning yard...
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Chemistry (Science Primers)(1903) In publishing the Science Primers on Chemistry and Physics, the object of the Authors lias been to state the fundamental principles of their respective sciences in a. manner suited to pupils of an early age. For this purpose a series of simple experiments has been devised, leading up to the chief truths of each science. The power of observation in the pupils will thus be awakened and strengthened ; and the amount and accuracy of the knowledge gained must be...
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The Mysterious Caves Priya is once again on a holiday with her brother, cousins and grandparents. This time on a hilly area. An adventurer by nature, Priya is warned in advance to keep herself from any mischief. But could she change herself so easily? Young and energetic Priya finds a companion in Shiva, the grandson of the gardener. However, they are all together when they set out on their adventure. . . Where are they heading to... ? Would they get into trouble again... ? Follow them in their...
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The Master Game - Book Two The Master Came, the only international chess tournament played for television, has established'itself as a firm favourite among both viewers and the world's leading grandmaster participants This book contains the complete gapies of the first six series of The Master Came. Those from the fourth, fifth and sixth series are illuminated by the players' running commentaries, recapturing their thoughts and emotions at the time of making critical decisions The fourth series...
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Jul 20, 2021
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Jeremy James, Leonard Barden
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The Master Game The Master Game, the world's only televised international chess tournament, has become.addictive viewing, not only for Britain's half million chess players, but for three times th&t number who tune in to watch the clashes of character and the contrasts of personality among the participants. The grandmaster comments run the entire range between elation and despair as the game progresses. This collection of the complete games of the first three Master Game series recaptures,...
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Warrior #18 - April 1984 MARVEIMAN 5 Through the jungles of South America, Marvelman Is coming for Gargunza. Gargunza, who has stolen his wife and unborn child. Gargunza, who created him thirty years before. But who is Emil Gargunza? On a veranda, deep within the luminous Paraguay evening, the skein of bloodied history is unravelled ... "I Heard Woodrow Wilson's Guns". Script: Alan Moore. Artwork: Alan Davis. SWEATSHOP TALK IV 12 "Sorry I missed the deadline but my budgie got...
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