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A comprehensive, balanced text, "International Trade: Theory and Evidence" is the perfect book for International Trade courses at the undergraduate level. It is appropriate either as part of a two-term International sequence (trade and finance) or in advanced courses in Trade that follow a one-term International Economics course. It can also be used as a background text for beginning graduate courses. Intermediate Microeconomics is an assumed pre-requisite for students using this text. ... Read more

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1917. This is a Bible history, reaching, in its present imperfect form, from Adam to the death of Saul, to which the name of the great Jewish philosopher of the first century, Philo, has been attached to it. Contents: General; History of the Book; Authorities for the Text; Title and Attribution to Philo; Original Language; Date; Form; Purpose and Teaching; Unity. Contents; Relation to Other Literature; Extent of the Complete Book: the Lost Conclusion Discussed; Conclusion; and Synopsis. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.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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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: History / General; ... Read more

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LeFanu Spawns Vampire Genre
LeFanu's Irish provenance and his superfluous stylistic skills - not to mention his safe dead distance - make him the a prime candidate for Gothic master celebre. But add to that the fact that Bram 'TombRaider' Stoker pinched his plotlines, and the fact that Monty R James 'approved' of the maestro, and you have utterly impeccable credentials.

But I didn't know this as a young man. All I knew was that my father had told me terrifying banshee tales - that his grandfather had told him in Ireland during the forties - and that by chance I discovered 'Madam Crowl's Ghost' in a wet school library one dismal dark afternoon. I read 'Sherry' (if the James afficiandos can refer to MRJ as 'Monty' then .... you get the picture) that afternoon and my life imploded ...... overnight, or rather, over afternoon, I became a devout depressive, marked by a strangely aloof and artistic air. I quoted Wilde, went to Cure concerts before they left London, and wore black eyeliner to compliment my drear Gothic clothing.

Enough about me. The tales of LeFanu are stunning. Everyone loves something because of a basically selfish reason, steeped in sentiment or posture. LeFanu was sublime. He deliberately plotted where Stoker stumbled. Only Aickmann and Machen took up the mantle of provacateur ambiguer as competently as he did. (Joyce doesn't count, though 'The Dead' from 'The Dubliners' comes close.)

I write, and if I could pen a story half as brilliant as 'Carmilla', then I would die ..... now.

Read LeFanu. Trust M.R.James. Ghost stories are not Stephen King gross horror hell raiser tasteless gore fests, they are dream haunted poems, visions of ambigious insight. Close your eyes. Picture a moonlit garden with an avenue of silver trees. At the end, a blue grey statue, a stretching saint reaching for the glitter above. You walk down the avenue, soft grey grass underfoot, running cool fingers through the mossy leaves. Somewhere a stream is gurgling. The moon washes your tired face. Then you look up, and to your horror, the statue has changed! It is facing you. The saint has shifted from his stance, and is slowly clambering down. You look up to his face .... no, you cannot! It is too horrible! His grey lifeless eyes are now emblazoned with volcano hate, boring their way into your very soul ......

And there the story should stop.

Which is why, dear reader, you should always read books by dead people. ... Read more

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The track of a foot that showed more bones than flesh
"A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories" (1925) is a very satisfying volume of M. R. James's (MRJ's) supernatural stories.However, it only contains six of his short stories.Instead of purchasing this volume, you might want to consider one of his more complete collections.Ash-Tree Press's "A Pleasing Terror" (2001), contains the complete and heavily annotated supernatural writings of MRJ, and no true Monty fan should be without it.

The next best collection, "Casting the Runes and Other Stories" edited by Michael Cox, contains most of MRJ's supernatural stories and is quite a bit cheaper than "A Pleasing Terror."

The following stories are included in "A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories":

"The Haunted Doll's House"--This story was written for the library of the Queen's Doll's House, and somewhat resembles MRJ's "The Mezzotint" from the earlier "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary."Mr. Dillet buys an unusual doll house in the Strawberry Gothic fashion from an acquaintance, and sets it up in his bedroom."It was quite six feet long, including the Chapel or Oratory...and the stable on the right."The house is completely furnished and has several inhabitants, including "a gentleman and lady in blue satin and brocade, respectively...and a white haired old gentleman in a long linen night-dress and cap."When the house seems to come alive, it tells a ghastly tale of murder and revenge from beyond the grave.

"The Uncommon Prayer-book"-- Mr. Davidson strikes up a conversation with an old gentleman on a train and is invited to view a disused Chapel.MRJ engulfs his reader in quaint British dialects in this story of a prayer book that would not stay shut.

"A Neighbour's Landmark"-- A gentleman spends a wet August afternoon in his host's library and discovers an old pamphlet with two lines from a country song, "That which walks in Betton Wood/ Knows why it walks or why it cries." When the weather clears, he explores the part of his friend's property that used to be called 'Betton Wood.'

"A View from a Hill"--A pair of field-glasses made by an old and rather unlikeable watch-maker reveal peculiar landscape features, including a gibbet and something hanging from it.The young man who spots the gibbet decides to pay a visit to it, even though his friend assures him that it no longer exists.

"A Warning to the Curious"--A young man discovers the hiding place of an ancient crown of East Anglia and is haunted by his finding.As in many of MRJ's stories, curiosity is severely punished.

"An Evening's Entertainment"--A rather tongue-in-cheek tale as told by MRJ through the auspices of an old grandmother, who is trying to persuade her young grandchildren to stay away from the "little lane that goes up past Collin's cottage." There is a gigantic figure of a man cut into a hill next to the lane, and once the body of a young man was found hanging from an oak nearby.His breast was quite bare and "the bone of it was split through from the top downwards with an axe!"After Grandma's gruesome goings-on, the children are afraid to be sent to bed without a light. ... Read more

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Publisher: Cambridge, University pressPublication date: 1909Subjects: Manuscripts -- Great Britain CatalogsLibraries -- History 400-1400Libraries -- History MedievalNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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This book brings together an internationally respected group of researchers for the purpose of examining neuroplasticity, a topic of immense current interest in psychology, neuroscience, neuropsychology, and clinical neurology.The chapters represent state-of-the-art work on neuroplasticity at all levels: behavioral, neural, and molecular. They describe recent work on memory ranging from cellular morphological studies in invertebrates to research on the human brain made possible by new advances in neuroimaging technology.The book begins with an introductory chapter that considers the psychology of memory at the global, structural level.The remainder of the volume is divided into three related parts.The first focuses on recent approaches, which are based in part on new technology, that aim to measure and describe activity in relatively large populations of neurons.The second focuses on memory at the level of brain systems.One major theme to emerge from work at this level is that memory is composed of multiple, separable components that can be identified with specific anatomical structures and connections.The third part of the book focuses on molecular and cellular studies that show how individual neurons and their synapses behave in a history-dependent manner.This research concerns both brief changes in synaptic plasticity as well as more lasting changes in connectivity, which depend on altered gene expression and morphological growth and change. Altogether, the chapters provide a rich summary of the breadth and excitement of contemporary research on the biology of memory. ... 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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This is an Elementary Level title in a series of ELT readers comprising a wide range of stories - some original and some simplified - from modern and classic novels, and designed to appeal to all age-groups, tastes and cultures. The books are divided into five levels: Starter Level, with about 300 basic words; Beginner Level (600 basic words); Elementary Level (1100); Intermediate Level (1600); and Upper Level (2200). Some of the titles are also available on cassette. ... Read more