Olen haaksirikkoutunut hirvittävälle autiolle saarelle vailla pienintäkään toivoa pelastumisesta. Olen kuitenkin elossa enkä hukkunut, kuten laivan koko muu miehistö.Daniel Defoen seikkailukirja Robinson Crusoe vuodelta 1719 on eurooppalaisen romaanin kypsän kauden ensimmäinen merkkiteos ja[...]
The second edition of Surgery of the Skin: Procedural Dermatology, by Dr. June K. Robinson, et al, will help you put the latest medical and cosmetic surgical procedures to work in your practice. Taking a surgeon's eye view, it discusses and illustrates new procedures such as botulinum toxin treatmen[...]
As Moll Flanders struggles for survival amid the harsh social realities of seventeenth-century England, there is but one thing she is determined to avoid: the deadly snare of poverty. On the twisting path that leads from her birth in Newgate Prison to her final prosperous respectability, love is reg[...]
How should a prize be awarded after a horse race? Should it go to the best rider, the best person, or the one who finishes first? To what extent are bystanders blameworthy when they do nothing to prevent harm? Are there any objective standards of moral responsibility with which to address such peren[...]
Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719) and Moll Flanders (1721) together defined a new way of writing fiction in the eighteenth century. Each was highly controversial in Defoe's time, and each has generated a very large amount of criticism since. This Guide examines the major trends and movements in criti[...]
Eclipso returns in these tales from Justice League of America #54-60 and Justice Society of America #43. Will the combined might of Batman, Donna Troy, Blue Lantern Saint Walker, and even the all-powerful Spectre be enough to stop him?[...]
Kant's central task in the "First Critique" is to tie his metaphysical analysis to the very possibility of nature itself. This title presents a commentary on Kant's aims and arguments in his celebrated "First Critique", within the context of the dominant schools of philosophy of his time.[...]
Young Robinson Crusoe has grown bored with life so he runs away from home to travel the world. One night, a terrible storm strikes his ship. Robinson awakens to find the ship destroyed and the entire crew dead. All alone on a deserted island, Robinson prepares for a life of solitude only to come fac[...]
A guide for aspiring women football fans by a popular television actress and the wife of NFL quarterback Rodney Peete explains each component of the game of football, describes the role of each position player, outlines common plays, and more, in a volume complemented by descriptions of some of the [...]
Best-selling guide on the market covering the entire island of Borneo: Sabah and Sarawak (Malaysia), Brunei, and Kalimantan (Indonesia); most extensive coverage of dive sites available, with expanded details on the world top 5 dive site at Sipadan in eastern Sabah; dedicated Border Crossings chapter[...]
'Biopiracy' refers either to the unauthorized extraction of biological resources, such as plants with medicinal properties, and associated traditional knowledge from indigenous peoples and local communities, or to the patenting of spurious 'inventions' based on such knowledge or resources without co[...]