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still one of the best plays in the worldwide litteraure
i did not come to this site buying the book ... i wanted the translation og the monologe of "The blind man" into english .... it is tough, and a short cut of a life ... ... Read more

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No matter who you are or what business you're in there are people who would love to hear your story, to know about how you solve the problems in your life, and how you might be able to help them solve the problems in their lives.

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This book follows students' natural progression from measuring with informal or nonstandard units to using standard units to measure such attributes as length, weight, angle, and temperature. Activities extend students' learning to the measurement of two- and three-dimensional objects. Students work in a variety of lively real-world contexts, gathering measurement benchmarks in a classroom scavenger hunt and investigating the area of a rectangle while acting as owners of a sticker factory, for example. The supplemental CD-ROM features interactive electronic activities, master copies of activity pages for students, and additional readings for teachers. ... Read more

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A bestseller in its first edition, Wavelets and Other Orthogonal Systems: Second Edition has been fully updated to reflect the recent growth and development of this field, especially in the area of multiwavelets. The authors have incorporated more examples and numerous illustrations to help clarify concepts. They have also added a considerable amount of new material, including sections addressing impulse trains, an alternate approach to periodic wavelets, and positive wavelet s. Other new discussions include irregular sampling in wavelet subspaces, hybrid wavelet sampling, interpolating multiwavelets, and several new statistics topics.With cutting-edge applications in data compression, image analysis, numerical analysis, and acoustics wavelets remain at the forefront of current research. Wavelets and Other Orthogonal Systems maintains its mathematical perspective in presenting wavelets in the same setting as other orthogonal systems, thus allowing their advantages and disadvantages to be seen more directly. Now even more student friendly, the second edition forms an outstanding text not only for graduate students in mathematics, but also for those interested in scientific and engineering applications. ... Read more

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Well motivated!
The last ten years witnessed quite a few new books on wavelts, but it is an active subject, and it branches out in many
directions. The present book is a second edition[the frst from 1994]. The new one is updated, and has more applications; great
for engineers and others who use wavelets. The thesis in the book is to present wavelts on the same footing as other orthogonal systems, Fourier bases, Legendre and Hermite polynomials ... This gives much more unity to both classical subjects in transform theory, and the new wavelet tools. And the authors do a very nice job of presenting this, even accessible to the novice...To me, the chapters on the Haar systems, Shannon's theory, and stochastic processes, the Karhunen-Loeve
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"Compartmental Modeling with Networks" provides a thorough and comprehensive guide for compartmental models, model construction and interdisciplinary applications.

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FINALLY~~~~ An explanation that makes sense!
Long being a student of Cathar belief and spiritual practice, I find this to be by far the best example of a definition of who the Cathars were and what they believed.

Birks does an excellent job at separating the myth from the facts in the beginning of the book - detailing how the treasure hunters and would-be esotericists and occult practioners of the early 20th century sought to turn the Cathars into something mystic and other-wordly - and it seems these ne'er-do-wells would have sought to exploit the Cathars. They would not have had a treasure - they would not have cared - it was $$$$ and they did not care for the things of this world.

In the second half of the book, he details what makes total sense of their beliefs - about spirituality, the Holy Spirit, the role of Jesus as well as their place in the world. This book spoke to me and made more sense than any other work on Cathars ever written. I am grateful that this book was published - and Birks nails it succintly and precisely - without the romance and esoteric mumbo jumbo for which they have become famous - THEY WERE DUALISTS. Period. ... Read more

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:NOTES TO CANTO FIRST.Note I.Thy rugged hulls, Artornish, rung.—St. I. p. 6. The ruins of the castle of Artornish are situated upon a promontory, on the Morven, or mainland side of the Sound of Mull, a name given to the deep arm of the sea, which divides that island from the continent. The situation is wild and romantic in the highest degree, having on the one hand a high and precipitous chain of rocks overhanging the sea, and on the other the narrow entrance to the beautiful salt-water lake, called Loch-Alline, which is in many places finely fringed with copse-wood. The ruins of Artornish are not now very considerable, and consist chiefly of the remains of an old keep, or tower, with fragments of outward defences. But, in former days, it was a place of great consequence, being one of the principal strong-holds which the Lords of the Isles, during the period of their stormy independence, possessed upon the main- laud of Argyleshire. Here they assembled what popular tradition calls their parliaments, meaning, I suppose, their cour pleniere, or assembly of feudal and patriarchal vassals and dependants. From this castle of Artornish, upon the 19th day of October, 1461, John de Yle, designing himself Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles, granted, in the style of an independent sovereign, a commission to his trusty and well-beloved cousins, Ronald of the Isles, and Duncan, Arch-Dean of the Isles, for empowering them to enter into a treaty with the most excellent Prince Edward, by the grace of God, King of France and England, and Lord of Ireland. Edward IV., on his part, named Laurence Bishop of Durham, the Earl of Worcester, the Prior of St John's, Lord Wenlock, and Mr Robert Stillington, keeper of the privy seal, his deputies and commissioners, to confer with those named by the L... ... Read more

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A lover torn between two women gives decisive aid to King Robert the Bruce of Scotland
Scotland boasts two contemporary medieval mega-heroes of the endless wars to remain independent of imperialistic England. The elder man was a commoner, William Wallace. The younger, subject of Walter Scott's poem THE LORD OF THE ISLES, was born noble, Robert the Bruce, who later clawed his way to kingship.

"His was the patriot's burning thought,
Of Freedom's battle bravely fought,
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Of rout and rally, war and truce, --
As heroes think, so thought the Bruce" (Canto III, xxvii)

The Plot:

Canto One: King Robert the Bruce has sailed from Ireland to reclaim the throne of Scotland. Accompanied by his sister Isabel and brother Edward, the King is in a boat heading to rendezvous with loyal supporters. Adverse winds and tides blow him ashore at mainland Atornish Castle. There a pre-nuptial feast is being celebrated for Ronald, Lord of the Isles, and Edith, sister of the castle's master, the Lord of Lorn.

Canto Two: As knightly shelter-seekers, unidentified Bruce and party are given places of honor as the banqueters await the arrival of a holy abbot from Iona to officiate at the wedding. But King Robert is recognized by the hostile Lord of Lorn. He demands instant vengeance for Bruce's murder of his kinsman. The Abbot compels forces both for and against Bruce to sheathe arms. The men of Lorn appeal to the Abbot to add his condemnation to the Pope's excommunication of Bruce. The Abbot foresees Bruce's greatness and will not condemn the king. Meanwhilethe bridegroom Ronald loves Bruce's sister Isabel, not his intended Edith, although she is smitten by him. Edith's enraged brother breaks the engagement after Edith joins Isabel in pleading for Bruce. The Lord of Lorn impetuously promises his sister Edith to an English lord, Clifford, who now occupies Bruce's ancestral castle. The abbot's party sets sail back to Iona.

Canto Three: Sentiment among the remaining wedding guests then shifts powerfully against the English and in the king's favor. The Lord of Lorn seeks his sister to depart Atornish castle with her. But she and her old nurse have sought sanctuary and fled with the Abbot's ships. Lorn launches a pursuit, led by piratical Cormac Doil. During the night key Scottish nobles kneel to Bruce and urge him to re-conquer Scotland from the English. Bruce will draw off towards the isle of Skye while his new allies rally more support. Bruce's brother Edward will take their sister back to Ireland for safety. Before Bruce and Ronald, Lord of the Isles reach Skye, a storm makes them take shelter on a desolate island. Bruce, Ronald and Ronald's young page while away the day hunting a deer. There they encounter five retainers of Lorn led by Cormac Doil who seek to assassinate the royal party during a night when both groups share a makeshift shelter. The men of Lorn are defeated because of a warning cry given by a young boy, a mute minstrel whom they had captured with his mother the day before. At dawn Bruce, Ronald and the nameless minstrel boy trek out of the wilderness to rejoin their followers on the rugged island shore.


Canto Four: Returned early from recruiting, Bruce's brother Edward brings good news. The clans are rising! Better yet: Scotland's greatest foe, England's King Edward I, has breathed his last, cursing Scotland to the end. Bruce's growing armada sails for the isle of Arran opposite his ancestral castle on Scotland's west coast. Ronald of the Isles persuades Bruce to say a good word of his suit to his sister, now in the little convent of St. Bride on the isle of Arran. Bruce brings the mute minstrel boy to be his sister's servant. The king dutifully conveys Ronald's suit, which Isabel, briefly tempted, rejects out of respect for the scorned Edith of Lorn. The young minstrel then leaves behind his/her engagement ring out of gratitude to Isabel and slips away to rejoin Bruce's fleet.

Canto Five: Isabel guesses the boy is really Edith Lorn. She sends old Father Augustine hobbling across the island to Brodick bay and the fleet to ask Bruce to send the boy back. But Edward has already sent the boy, now renamed Amadine, on a dangerous mission across to the mainland Carrick shore to tell an old retainer to light a signal fire after dark, should Baron Clifford and the English appear to be off guard at Bruce's old castle. Bruce rebukes Edward, gives the minstrel boy Amadine to Ronald Lord of the Isles as page. A fire leaps up across the strait. The tiny invasion fleet sails. On arrival they learn that no one knows who set the supernatural signal fire. The host advances on the castle by night. Amadine is hidden for safety in a hollow tree. Captured, he is condemned by Baron Clifford and his guest, the visiting Lord of Lorn, to be hanged as a spy. Bruce's men overpower the execution squad. Ronald of the Isles personally rescues his new page. The attackers successfully storm the castle. Clifford falls. Lorn flees in a skiff. The victorious forces briefly celebrate the return of Robert the Bruce to his birthplace.

Canto Six: A heady seven years of victory upon victory ensue. At St Bride's Convent Isabel is now a vowed nun and Edith her faithful lay companion. Meanwhile a late June 1314 deadline is set for the occupying English garrison of Stirling Castle either to be relieved by an army from England or to surrender to the Scots. The day before the deadline, a huge relieving force arrives, led by King Edward II in person. Sister Isabel sends Edith, re-disguised as the page Amadine, to join the Scottish forces assembling at Bannockburn near Stirling. Edith/Almadine still loves the Lord of the Isles but says she will not have him. Edith is sent by Robert the Bruce (who knows her true identity) to a hill above the battle to safety with clergy and the other non-combatants. After many hours of combat, Bruce sees that the English are even more weary than the Scots. He urges his forces to redoubled effort. The English break. Yet Ronald's Men of the Isles are surrounded in a pocket. Edith, hitherto thought to be a mute, shouts and spurs the civilians to join the attack to save her onetime fiance. On the won field of battle Ronald, Lord of the Isles, recognizes the Maid of Lorn and renews his suit. Robert the Bruce summons the Abbot chaplaining his forces to prepare a victory Mass and nuptials for the reconciled couple. He ends the tale:

"Ourself will grace, with early morn,
The bridal of the Maid of Lorn." (Canto VI, xxxvii)

The ship of state rolls on like a juggernaut weighted by innumberable barnacles, albeit very fair human barnacles like Isabel and Edith.

Read this long poem aloud for the sheer joy of its music. Savor its descriptions of some of the most treacherous seas and gorgeous landscapes on the planet. -OOO-

Scots wha hae ...
This is a spirited narrative poem that culminates in the battle of Bannockburn in 1314 between Robert the Bruce and the same English villains that you booed and hissed at in Braveheart.The version of the battle given here may not be the way the battle actually happened, but this matters little. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more