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Tentacles and Teeth
The apocalypse wasn't what anyone expected--no rising flood waters, no zombies, no nuclear bombs. Instead, monsters. Their sudden invasion left the world in shatters, and now, decades later, all that's left of human civilization are a few nomadic bands struggling to survive off the land. Askari was born to this world, and lives, fights, and survives alongside the community that raised her. But when she breaks one too many of the community's rules, her punishment is severe: leave. Armed with her bow and blade, Askari sets off alone, guided only by a map and the promise that if she can find a book hidden in a nearby town, then she can return. But what can one person do alone in such a harsh, violent landscape? How will she survive? Askari faces a challenge that will force her to learn not only about the world she lives in, but question what she believes about herself.
Frederick the Great and his Musicians: The Viola da Gamba Music of the Berlin School
After decades of stagnation during the reign of his father, the 'Barracks King', the performing arts began to flourish in Berlin under Frederick the Great. Even before his coronation in 1740, the crown prince commenced recruitment of a group of musician-composers who were to form the basis of a brilliant court ensemble. Several composers, including C.P.E. Bach and the Graun brothers, wrote music for the viola da gamba, an instrument which was already becoming obsolete elsewhere. They were encouraged in this endeavour by the presence in the orchestra from 1741 of Ludwig Christian Hesse, one of the last gamba virtuosi, who was described in 1766 as 'unquestionably the finest gambist in Europe'....
The World of Ancients
The world of ancients is a fantasy epic of the untold realm and in this world alliance is a key to unravel the prophecies written on the skull. Young Griffin rider Akello was elected as an envoy of Alaoka to put a full stop to the long-running chaos and vengeance spread across the borders of Alaoka. The Quest on his shoulder was Himalayan but he was not alone. On his adventure, envoys from different landscapes with their mythical beasts joined Akello in establishing the alliance between Alaoka, Beku-neu, Draguva, and Yuvalle. The saga of these cosmopolitans along with the rugged captain of the Giant Kallan ship was filled with action, romance, comradeship and twists bounded with war strategies.
The Viola Da Gamba
Music for division viol -- Technique -- The end of the Golden Age: amateurs and foreigners -- 5.3 France -- From five to six strings -- From 6 to 7 strings -- En famille -- The querelle -- The high school of the viol -- Playing technique -- Avec la basse? -- En compagnie -- Viol construction -- The decline: the pardessus de viole -- 5.4 The German Empire and the Netherlands -- Germania monstro simile -- The viol consort: "Sonderlich mit Violn de Gamba, In mangelung aber de Bracio -- The viol consort: instruments, tunings and measures -- The solo viol: the shaping of an idiom -- The 18th century -- Musical functions: the repertoire -- Instruments and lutherie after ca 1650 -- The final decades -- 6 The revival -- 6.1 Italy in the second half of the 18th century -- 6.2 The first half of the 19th century -- 6.3 The last decades of the 19th century -- 6.4 The 20th century -- 6.5 Today -- Glossary of technical, terms -- Bibliography -- Index
Stabilization of Earthen Building Materials by Select Native Binders
Increased environmental and energy concerns have renewed global interest in raw earth as a building material. Low-energy requirements, low-cost, high availability at construction sites, and favorable engineering properties make (EBMs) an attractive alternative to conventional cement-based construction materials. Though the use of native binders to improve soil properties has garnered attention in recent literature, the available knowledge has not been covered in a single document. This book highlights the key soil properties that determine the mechanical performance of earthen building materials, importance of unsaturated soil mechanics in the engineering behavior of earthen building materials, the different types of stabilizers used to improve the engineering performance of earthen building materials including the use of select native binders, the characteristics of compressed earth blocks stabilized with cement and cement + wood ash additives and the improvement in the engineering properties of adobes stabilized with plant fibers and cow dung.
Implementing Environmental Accounts
Leaving aside human and social capital for a future volume, the book should be viewed as a crucial first step in developing indicators for total wealth in the countries covered by the case studies, which include Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Mozambique and South Africa. These case studies experiment with implementing the SEAA in sub-Saharan nations known to suffer from the ‘resource curse’: their wealth in resources and commodities has allowed inflows of liquidity, yet this cash has not funded crucial developments in infrastructure or education. What’s more, resource-driven economies are highly vulnerable to commodity price mutability. The new measures of wealth deployed here offer more hope for the future in these countries than they themselves would once have allowed for.
