Originally published in 1987, this book is based on research concerned primarily with the Central Industrial Region. It uses archival and published sources, focusing on a category of immigrants which is comparatively well documented in official records - those who enlisted formally in the urban burgher classes. The book follows two key lines of enquiry. The first seeks clarification of the legal provisions governing such enlistment, and the second introduces a large amount of data on this ...

This Halloween, four cousins are about to get a trick they never saw coming. At midnight, their aunt's antique duck toy mysteriously starts to speak, showing signs of magic and mystery. They think it's all fun and games, but when siblings Maggie and Jerry let their tempers get out of control, they realize some things are better left unsaid.

A thrilling new biography of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky—composer of some of the world's most popular orchestral and theatrical musicTchaikovsky is famous for all the wrong reasons. Portrayed as a hopeless romantic, a suffering melancholic, or a morbid obsessive, the Tchaikovsky we think we know is a shadow of the fascinating reality. It is all too easy to forget that he composed an empire's worth of music, and navigated the imperial Russian court to great advantage.

KDPIF, or Keystone Design Perforator Island Flap, is the main reconstructive tool available as a valid alternative to microsurgical procedures; its low complication rate is the key to its surgical success. This stepwise guide illustrates the technique’s applications in orthopaedic reconstruction. The sections of the book cover the upper limb (including Dupuytren’s disease), the lower limb defects (from groin to foot) and the rare vascular complications of the technique. The illustrations r...

LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST'Essential reading' - THE INDEPENDENT'Vital and insightful' - OWL FISHERWhat does it mean to be non-binary in the 21st Century?Our gender identity is impacted by our personal histories; the cultures, communities and countries we are born into; and the places we go and the people we meet. But the representation of contemporary non-binary identities has been limit...

Though of little concern to most westerners, notions of what is considered clean and unclean, pure and impure are of great importance to many cultures. Both ritual and moral purity and impurity are significant concerns for Tibetan Buddhists and Buddhists at large, being foundational to how they live their everyday lives. Steps Towards a Tibetan Understanding of Purity provides a detailed analysis of Tibetan conceptions of purity and purification through a careful examination of salient Tib...

Includes Guadalupe Rivera Marín´s voice.Mesmerized for days outside Posada´s shop, watching as the master gave form to his figures, the boy Diego Rivera was invited in by the artist himself, to see how he worked. Since that moment, Rivera recognized Posada as one of his greatest teachers.In this book, an homage to the mexican engraver, we present a text in which Rivera the muralist speaks passionately about influence that Posada the lithographer and caricaturist had on his work: “Surely no...

This Halloween, four cousins are about to get a trick they never saw coming. Once the clock strikes midnight, events turn from joyful to bizarre. Their Aunt's antique toy suddenly comes to life, speaking whispers of magic. Or is something far more sinister lurking beneath its whimsical surface? Sibling squabbles, once playful, escalate into terror that no one could have anticipated. In this haunting tale, every word spoken carries weight, reminding us that even the smallest actions can lea...

When a devastating fire engulfs a home, a teenage boy disappears without a trace. A detective discovers a charred diary that may hold vital clues. Inside, the entries reveal a lonely soul, aching with feelings of sorrow and unworthiness, but also a rare glimmer of hope as he confides his deepest secrets to an unlikely confidante: a poster on his wall of a beautiful woman emerging from a waterfall.Did the boy run away? Did the fire consume more than just his home, or is something el...

The ongoing critical fascination with Thomas De Quincey and the burgeoning recognition of the centrality of his writings to the Romantic age and beyond necessitates a critical examination of De Quincey. In this spirit, ten of the top De Quincey scholars in the world have come together in this volume to engage directly with the immense amount of new information to be published on De Quincey in the past two decades. The book features wide-ranging and incisive assessments of De Quincey as ess...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ECPA BESTSELLER • “When it comes to the intersection of race, privilege, justice, and the church, Tasha is without question my best teacher. Be the Bridge is THE tool I wish to put in every set of hands.”—Jen HatmakerWINNER OF THE CHRISTIAN BOOK AWARD® • Winner of the Christianity Today Book Award • A leading advocate for racial reconciliation calls Christians to move toward deeper understanding in the ...

Tackling translational medicine with a focus on the drug discovery development-interface, this book integrates approaches and tactics from multiple disciplines, rather than just the pharmaceutical aspect of the field. The authors of each chapter address the paradox between the molecular understanding of diseases, drug discovery, and drug development. Laying out the detailed trends from various fields, different chapters are dedicated to target engagement, toxicological safety assessments, ...