Euripides wrote about timeless themes, of friendship and enmity, hope and despair, duty and betrayal. The first three plays in this volume are imbued with an atmosphere of violence, while the fourth, Cyclops, is our only surviving example of a genuine satyr play, with all the crude and slapstick humor that characterized the genre. Alcestis shows various reactions to death with pathos and grim humor

\"Worth a read for anyone who cares about making change happen.\"--Barack Obama A powerful new blueprint for how governments and nonprofits can harness the power of digital technology to help solve the most serious problems of the twenty-first century As the speed and complexity of the world increases, governments and nonprofit organizations need new ways to effectively tackle the critical challenges

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich VWL - Fallstudien, Landerstudien, Note: 2,3, Universitat Hamburg (Fakutat Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der \"Washington Konsensus\" pragte mit seinen Standardrezepten eine entwicklungspolitische Ara. Die Ursache seines Scheiterns wird in der Anwendung von \"First Best Thinking\"-Methoden gesehen, wahrend die Anwendung

This book explores how the eponymous and original Lingua Franca was recognized as a potential linguistic template for future military and colonial pidgins. It will be of interest to students and scholars of language contact and language history, pidgins and creoles, and military and colonial

Josephine Tey was a pseudonym used by Elizabeth MacKintosh (25 July 1896 - 13 February 1952), a Scottish author. Her novel The Daughter of Time was a detective work investigating the role of Richard III of England in the death of the Princes in the Tower, and named as the greatest crime novel of all time by the Crime Writers\' Association. This adaptation for the stage stays true to the original story

This collection explores leading values and concepts in global child-based research through the lens of reflexivity. The book considers issues such as the identities and roles of researchers, as well as the burdens, boundaries and ethical frameworks which govern their activities. Using empirical examples from Israel, India, Thailand and England, expert contributors discuss a range of topics to include

Stacey finds herself in a living nightmare, a personal hell of her own making. Her beloved Jason is lying dead in the hallway of his own home, blood-soaked, naked, exactly where she left him. When the police arrive at her sister\'s grave, Stacey is waiting. She knows this would happen, the brutal attack on her once prized man had left him dead. Her sister\'s death was easy to cover. A tragedy. Jason\'s

The recurrent themes of Little Silver are inheritance, loss, and the relationship between real and imagined lives. Moments of crisis - a near-drowning, a fall down a mine-shaft, the death of a friend - prompt reflection on the stories \'we tell ourselves about our / selves\', and on the sheer strangeness of existing in our bodies and in time. The book\'s title sequence responds to the recent demolition

For some, love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends in tears. For four friends from Queens, it\'s about to getcomplicated... Best friends Terrance, Trey, Ash, and Devin grew up together in Queens, New York. While bonded by friendship, can they count on each other when life gets heavy and their complex love lives threaten the very essence of their being? Terrance married young, leaving behind

Big Gorgeous Jazz Machine is a collection of experimental graphic works and comics poetry. It includes more traditionally-minded comics (with a lyrical bent) with abstract and conceptual works, including text-based comics and comics inspired by modernist abstractions. Taken together, the work finds kinship with contemporary avant-cartoonists like Warren Craghead, Aidan Koch, and Simon Moreton, while

Shwayy \'An Haali (\"A Little About Myself\") will be of tremendous help to independent language learners who want to develop their conversational skills and increase their Arabic vocabulary. Bonus Free audio tracks available to download and stream from www.lingualism.com. Shwayy \'An Haali presents the results of a survey given to 10 Levantine Arabic speakers, five from Lebanon and five from Syria.

You\'ve got to be kitten me A proud knight, slain in battle, finds himself alive once more-reincarnated in the body of a fearsome behemoth. As if he wasn\'t confused enough by this turn of events, apparently behemoth cubs look exactly like adorable kittens? Even if the rest of the world sees him as soft and cuddly, he has the honor of a noble warrior and the strength of an unstoppable S-ranked monster,

Astrology and the Authentic Self is a ground-breaking work by Demetra George, one of the most the respected authors in her ?eld. This book provides a model for the practicing astrologer to analyze a client\'s life purpose as indicated through the natal chart. It addresses signi?cant concerns, such as relationship and vocation and provides methods for determining current timing movements. She gives

August is bitter and cold.Two people he loved most betrayed him.Winter is hot and sultry.She\'s the enemy\'s daughter.A blowout fight between Winter and her dad sends her straight into August\'s waiting arms.But August doesn\'t want to hold her...he wants revenge.The two are an explosive combination whenever they\'re together. August antagonizes and Winter pushes back. Under all the hate burning between

Are you a future-ready leader? Based on exclusive interviews with over 140 of the world\'s top CEOs and a survey of nearly 14,000 people. Do you have the right mindsets and skills to be able to lead effectively in the next ten years and beyond? Most individuals and organizations don\'t even know what leadership will look like in the future. Until now. There has been a lot written about leadership for

Britain, 1971. A land of hot pants, porn trials, angry bombs, and bitter protest. As Marc Bolan is crowned the kids\' teenage saviour, the forgotten hope called David Bowie secretly gathers the arsenal for his own revolution in his bohemian retreat. New friends Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, and The Pretty Things among the London gay scene. New songs about life on Mars and cosmic messiahs. New fashions fit for

A timely and solid portrait of modern

This book is an attempt \'to explain the Quaker way, as far as that is possible\'. It is a distinctive way and, though perhaps no better than others, it has its own integrity and effectiveness. Although it is fairly well known, Quakerism is not well understood, so the purpose of this book is to make it intelligible, to explain how it works as a spiritual practice and why it has adopted the particular

From the twin-screw oscillating engine to the suspended foot treadle and beyond, this captivating anthology of early-twentieth-century mechanical devices covers it all. Over 1,800 detailed illustrations-including diagrams and cross-sections-accompany each entry, further illuminating the mechanical workings of a diverse range of devices and appliances. The clear and concise entries are organized by