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Looks at the historical roots of fractal theory
Explains the basic concepts of fractal geometry with the minimum of mathematics
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I loathe what I did, but what I loathe even more is your virtue.'
Seventeen-year-old Effi Briest is steered by her parents into marriage with an ambitious bureaucrat, twenty years her senior. He t ... Read more
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A new edition of the famous collection of Norse-Icelandic mythological and heroic poetry known as the Poetic Edda, with fully revised translations and updated introduction and notes.
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This classic study of the working life of a professional writer is one of the best - and also one of the strangest - autobiographies ever written. After a miserable childhood and misspent youth, Troll ... Read more
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The third edition of The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics is an authoritative and invaluable reference source covering every aspect of its wide-ranging field. In 3,250 entries the Dictionary s ... Read more
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Containing over 6,000 entries from Aalto to Zwinger and written in a clear and concise style, this authoritative dictionary covers architectural history in detail, from ancient times to the present da ... Read more
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The only one-volume edition to include all the published stories included in M. R. James's 1931 Collected Ghost Stories, plus three uncollected tales.
Includes a lively introduction that exp ... Read more
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An indispensable introduction to anyone interested in the Tudors
The most comprehensive and authoritative guide to the period, which has been completely revised for this new edition
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The most attractive and easy-to-use dictionary of rhymes available
Contains over 45,000 words, with 200 new to this edition
Provides an extensive A-Z index of words guaranteeing ease of use
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Your bed shall be the moorcock's, and your life shall be like the hunted deer's, and ye shall sleep with your hand upon your weapons.'
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