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    Algebraic edition

    Edited by R.J.J. Eskola ...
    Jose Capablanca's classic instructional manual 'Chess Fundamentals' first appeared in 1921, the year he defeated Emanuel Lasker for the world championship title. This handbook is packed with timeless advice on different aspects of practical play and illustrated by Capablanca's own games. Topics covered include first principles, planning, the initiative, endgame strategy, and much more. After ... Read more

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  • Geophysical Interpretation using Integral Equations

    by L. Eskola ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    Along with the general development of numerical methods in pure and applied to apply integral equations to geophysical modelling has sciences, the ability improved considerably within the last thirty years or so. This is due to the successful derivation of integral equations that are applicable to the modelling of complex structures, and efficient numerical algorithms for their solution. A ... Read more

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  • Navigating Through Changing Times

    Knowledge Work in Complex Environments

    Edited by Anne Eskola ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies
    Complexity theory including the concepts of chaos and emergence has been considered one of the most revolutionary products of the 20th century having influence on science, technology and economics among others. Any complex systems, such as organisms, societies, stock market or the Internet, have emergent properties that cannot be reduced to the mere properties of their parts. The theory has been ... Read more

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  • The Victoria History of Herefordshire: Cradley

    Series series VCH Shorts
    Scenic and rural, the parish of Cradley stretches down westwards from the Malvern Hills, bordered by Worcestershire to the north and east. It is one of the largest parishes in Herefordshire, and from the medieval period to the nineteenth century was populous and prosperous. Cradley manor was a valuable holding of the medieval bishops of Hereford. The ecclesiastical benefice, Anglo-Saxon in origin, ... Read more

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  • Deadly Secret

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    “We're like two pieces of a broken mirror that fit together perfectly.” love is something we all desire. What if it was forbidden? What if, in the worst case scenario, it would turn everyone against you and even take your life? Vampires have fascinated people for centuries. They've been considered as monsters and at times they've been romanticised and envied. Almost as long as there has been myths ... Read more

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  • Evil Gods and Reckless Saviours

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    by Timo Eskola ...
    Late twentieth-century Jesus novels carve out a completely new picture of Jesus. Those written by Norman Mailer, Jose Saramago, Michele Roberts, Marianne Fredriksson, and Ki Longfellow, among others, provide inversive revisions of the canonical Gospels. Their adaptations often turn into a critique of the whole of Christian history. The contrast novels investigated in this study end up with ... Read more

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  • Care Poverty and Unmet Needs

    Inequalities in Theory and Practice

    Series series Transforming Care
    Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.As populations age around the world, there is an urgent need to address the inadequate and unequal provision of care and support to older and disabled people.This book represents the first collective effort to use the concept of care poverty to analyse unmet needs and inequalities in care at an international level and from a social policy ... Read more

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