Flanders, best known for its large cities and export-grade woollen cloth, is the setting for these articles. Professor Nicholas here emphasises the region's broader importance in the economy of medieval Europe as a focus of demand for grain and industrial raw materials. Imports to supply the bloated internal markets were more important in establishing the Flemish cities and creating the capital base of their elites than were cloth exports, which by the 14th century were being undercut by c...

Discover how to use the powers of numerology to better understand yourself and your life—from your purpose and goals to your talents and karmic patterns.Spiritual seekers are feeling an increasingly strong urge from within to connect with and manifest their life purpose. They are seeking out tools and knowledge to awaken to this purpose and are doing whatever it takes to achieve this.A soul contract reading is an accurate, in depth, channeled system of spir...

British Rail’s Modernisation Plan was published in December 1954. One of the ways in which it aimed to improve Britain’s railway stations was by phasing out steam locomotives and replacing them with diesel or electric traction. This came into force from the late 1950s through to the end of the 1960s, and the last new steam engine, Evening Star, was built at Swindon in 1960. By early 1966, the Western Region was the first to have no steam locomotives at all. In this book, Patrick O’Brien an...

Erik Thorvald was drafted into the army ten days after graduating from college. He went in with an open mind to learn and get along with a cross section of American young men who were mentally and physically acceptable yet represented a wide variety of intelligence and personalities. He found the experience to be interesting and oftentimes very funny. Of course most draftees knew they were heading to the Nam after 8 weeks of basic training followed by a like number of weeks in Advanced Inf...

An accessible exploration of the myriad applications and challenges of generative AI for media and communication students, scholars, and practitioners alike.The latest emergence of increasingly low-cost and scalable AI technologies presents a point of both celebration and concern for the contemporary media and information ecosystem. To this end, this edited volume gathers media and communications scholars and practitioners to engage in discussions and exchange ideas about current t...

"...rich with period detail and clever invention!" -- Wall Street JournalThis program is read by Downton Abbey actor David Robb, and includes a bonus conversation with the author.With the international bestseller The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Nicholas Meyer brought to light a previously unpublished case of Sherlock Holmes, as recorded by Dr. John H. Watson. Now Meyer returns with a shocking discovery—an unk...

Kyle West is a wanted man. The United States government think he's leaked secrets at the highest level, and they'll stop at nothing to find him. He's managed to escape to Cambodia, but he can't relax, can't stop looking over his shoulder. He just wants to find a way home.So when he meets Julian Robinson - a man with his own reasons to run, who's willing to swap passports with him - Kyle thinks his luck might finally be changing.He's wrong.Because Julian Robinson isn...

**This program is read by Downton Abbey actor David Robb, and includes footnotes read by the author.In Nicholas Meyer's The Return of the Pharaoh, Sherlock Holmes returns in an adventure that takes him to Egypt in search of a missing nobleman, a previously undiscovered pharaoh's tomb, and a conspiracy that threatens his very life.**With his international bestseller, The Seven Per Cent Solution, Nicholas Meyer brought to light a previously unpublis...

This volume collects the most important writings on viticulture by Nicholas Herbemont (1771-1839), who is widely considered the finest practicing winemaker of the early United States. Included are his two major treatises on viticulture, thirty-one other published pieces on vine growing and wine making, and essays that outline his agrarian philosophy. Over the course of his career, Herbemont cultivated more than three hundred varieties of grapes in a garden the size of a city block in Colum...

The sequel to True Believer in the Jeremy Marsh series from internationally bestselling author Nicholas Sparks.How far can you run from your past?Jeremy Marsh once vowed he would never do three things: leave New York City, give his heart away again after barely surviving one failed marriage, and, most of all, become a parent.Now Jeremy is living in the small town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, married to Lexie, the woman he loves, and anti...

Become a project management guru and get your life organized with this unique bundle.What do saving up for a new car, organizing a wedding, and designing a rocket have in common?All three are projects, or sequences of actions that aim for a certain goal.Projects are literally everywhere.This is why everyone should have at least a rough understanding of project management philosophies and a handy toolkit of project management techniques. This...

This collection explores key themes in the contemporary critique of political economy, in honour of the work and practice of Silvia Federici and George Caffentzis - two of the most significant contemporary theorists of capitalism and anti-capitalism, whose contributions span half a century of struggle, crisis and debate.Drawing together a collection of essays that assess Federici and Caffentzis's contributions, offering critical and comradely reflections and commentary that build o...