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This book gives the most detailed and comprehensive physico-geographical overview of the very unique country of Mongolia. The country offers diverse geographical features and natural landscapes combined with a long history. This book offers integrated and systematical research on the geophysical characteristics of Mongolia with an academic orientation. It provides the readers with general knowledge of the physical geography of Mongolia as well as new results of the latest research. The volume consists of 11 chapters, each written by field experts, with contributions from scientific researchers from Mongolia.The topics covered: geological and geomorphological characteristics and processes, landscapes and landforms, climate and climate change, hydrology, glaciers and permafrost, soils, environmental changes, biodiversity and many other aspects of physical geography in Mongolia.The book appeals to researchers and students of geography and related fields and can serve as a guide for field trips to Mongolia or basic literature for research projects.
This book is the first study of the mentality of anti-Communist underground fighters and presents, especially, their thinking, ideals, stereotypes and customs. The models and psychological processes that the volume analyses are relevant not only to the Polish partisans, but also to members of other underground organisations, in East-Central Europe, South America and Asia. It explores how the underground organizations were created, who joined them and why, what thoughts and emotions were involved, and what were the consequences of the decisions to join them. Experiences and situations are illustrated with excerpts of diaries and memoirs which reveal the thinking of people in extreme situations, when their lives are in danger, when they are caught in desperate conflicts, or are fighting against overwhelming government forces. The Mentality of Partisans is useful for upper-level undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars interested in the history of Europe, resistance movements, anticommunism, military and political conflicts, World War Two and non-classical historiography.
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La vie, l'amour, la mort ... Le roman de Maurice J oncas que vous avez entre les mains et que vous aurez, j'en suis sûr, le plaisir de lire est une célébration de la vie et de l'amour. À travers la figure de Jérôme, le petit garçon qui cherche son âme, ce sont nos quêtes de sens, nos questionnements sur le sens de la vie qui sont mis en écriture par Maurice J oncas. Ce sont nos propres conceptions de l'amour, de la fraternité, de la solidarité construisant des ponts au-delà des différences qui sont confrontées par ce roman tout simple et authentique. La vie et l'amour ici célébrés sont mouvement, dynamis- me, quête de la vérité sur soi et sur les autres. C'est dans ce mo...
Le narrateur aime passionnément sa soeur, Georgie. Il la cherche partout après s’être enfui de l’hôpital psychiatrique où l’on essayait de lui faire retrouver la mémoire et la parole, perdues dans des circonstances tragiques. Il ne peut que crier, et son cerveau ne restitue que des images discontinues, qui nous hantent longtemps après qu’on a refermé le livre. Certaines sont joyeuses, comme celle d’un cirque, mais plusieurs sont inquiétantes: un homme brûlé à la fenêtre, des femmes de verre qui se brisent, une auto qui fonce dans un mur... Les plus terribles sont celles de gens qui tombent, encore et encore, et les plus obsédantes, celles de sa soeur: Georgie qui tien...
This work presents a definitive interpretation of the current status of and future trends in natural products—a dynamic field at the intersection of chemistry and biology concerned with isolation, identification, structure elucidation, and chemical characteristics of naturally occurring compounds such as pheromones, carbohydrates, nucleic acids, and enzymes. With more than 1,800 color figures, Comprehensive Natural Products II features 100% new material and complements rather than replaces the original work (©1999). Reviews the accumulated efforts of chemical and biological research to understand living organisms and their distinctive effects on health and medicine Stimulates new ideas am...
Walter C. J. ROSS Emeritus Professor, University of London To paraphrase a statement made by Howard E. Skipper many years ago, 'We cancer chemotherapists have often exploited and overworked our chemist colleagues and they have been conveniently forgotten at award giving times'. This book is an attempt to rectify this and highlight the contribution of the chemist in modifying the structure of various types of agent to enhance their effectiveness as inhibitors of the growth of neoplastic tissues. Cancer chemotherapy is a relatively new discipline, coming later than the introduction of sulphonamides and antibiotics. Modern anti-cancer therapy started with the report of the use of a war gas meth...