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The Book of Tea
by Kakuzo OkakuraFor a generation adjusting painfully to the demands of a modern industrial and commercial society, Asia came to represent an alternative vision of the good life: aesthetically austere, socially aristocratic, and imbued with spirituality. The Book of Tea was originally written in English and sought to address the inchoate yearnings of disaffected Westerners. In a flash of inspiration, Okakura saw that the formal tea party as practiced in New England was a distant cousin of the Japanese tea ceremony, and that East and West had thus "met in the tea-cup."
The Book of Tea (Penguin Little Black Classics)
by Kakuzo Okakura'Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle.'In this charming book from 1906, Okakura explores Zen, Taoism, Tea Masters and the significance of the Japanese tea ceremony.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
Starting A Business In Britain: A Comprehensive Guide and Directory
by Brian O'KaneThousands of new businesses are set up each year in Britain, it is a breeding ground for new companies and entrepreneurs - consider the drinks company Innocent, Yo! Sushi or The Iron Bed Company. This guide will help readers increase their chances of emulating these companies' success.• Deciding if you have what it takes• Researching an idea• Writing a business plan• Raising finance• Getting your business up and runningThis revised and updated edition, including a comprehensive directory of organisations and sources to help you on your way, is indispensable for anyone wishing to branch out on their own
Get Promoted (Penguin Business Experts Series)
by Niamh O'KeeffeAre you stuck in a career rut? Are your former peers progressing ahead of you? Are you doing all the hard work but getting none of the rewards? Are you wondering what everyone else seems to know that you don't?Asking for a promotion ranks high on the list of life's most anxiety-inducing activities. Putting yourself out there to higher-ups can be intimidating, and competition can be fierce, especially in the current economic climate. And, of course, what if they say no?But it's also one of the most important things you can do for your career. If you want to move forward in your company or field, promotions are part of the game and they won't just be handed to you - you have to work - and ask - for them. Ready to take that next step? Penguin Experts Series: Get Promoted will give you everything you need to know before the big conversation.
Culloden: Battle & Aftermath
by Paul O'Keeffe'Excellent... It is a tremendous tale - one of the most dramatic in our island's history - and O'Keeffe tells it beautifully' The TimesCharles Edward Stuart's campaign to seize the British throne ended with one of the quickest defeats in history: on 16 April 1746, at Culloden, his Jacobite army was overpowered in under forty minutes. Its brutal repercussions, however, endured for years, its legacy for centuries.Paul O'Keeffe follows the Jacobite army from initial victories to calamitous defeat. Exploring the battle's aftermath, he chronicles the Jacobite prisoners paying for their treason on block and gibbet while those granted 'the King's mercy' suffered the fate of forced labour on plantations in the colonies. While Stuart's cause eventually acquired an aura of romanticism, the Jacobite Rising remains one of the most bloody and divisive conflicts in British domestic history, which resonates to this day.'Detailed, vivid - and not for the faint-hearted' Financial Times'Fascinating, meticulously researched... tremendous' Daily Mail'Intensely readable... and vividly written' Neal Ascherson, London Review of Books
A Genius for Failure: The Life of Benjamin Robert Haydon
by Paul O'Keeffe* Haydon's first attempt at suicide ended when the low calibre bullet fired from his pistol fractured his skull but failed to penetrate his brain. * His second attempt also failed: a deep slash across his throat left a large pool of blood at the entrance to his studio, but he was still able to reach his easel on the opposite side of the room. *Only his third attempt, another cut to the throat which sprayed blood across his unfinished canvas, was successful. He died face-down before the bespattered 'Alfred and the First British Jury', his final bid 'to improve the taste of the English people' through the High Art of historical painting.* Such intensity, struggle and near-comic inability to succeed encapsulate Haydon's career. Thirty years before his death his huge, iconic paintings had made him the toast of early 19th-century London, drawing paying crowds to the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly for months and leading to nationwide tours. * However, his attempt to repeat such success three months before his death was to destroy him: barely a soul turned up, leaving the desperate painter alone, humiliated, and facing financial ruin. * In A Genius for Failure Paul O'Keeffe makes clear that the real tragedy of Haydon lay in the extent to which his failures were unwittingly engineered by his own actions - his refusal to resort to the painting of fashionable portraits, for example, and his self-destructively acrimonious relationship with the RA.* The company he kept - Keats, Shelley, Wordsworth, Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Wellington, among many others - and the momentous events he lived through - The Battle of Waterloo, the Coronation of George IV, and the passing of the first Parliamentary Reform Bill - make A Genius for Failure not only the definitive biography of this fascinating and tragic painter, but a stirring portrayal of an age.
Medieval Irish Architecture and the Concept of Romanesque: Building Traditions in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Europe
by Tadhg O’KeeffeThis book presents a fresh perspective on eleventh- and twelfth-century Irish architecture, and a critical assessment of the value of describing it, and indeed contemporary European architecture in general, as “Romanesque”.Medieval Irish Architecture and the Concept of Romanesque is a new and original study of medieval architectural culture in Ireland. The book’s central premise is that the concept of a “Romanesque” style in eleventh- and twelfth-century architecture across Western Europe, including Ireland, is problematic, and that the analysis of building traditions of that period is not well served by the assumption that there was a common style. Detailed discussion of important buildings in Ireland, a place marginalised within the “Romanesque” model, reveals the Irish evidence to be intrinsically interesting to students of medieval European architecture, for it is evidence which illuminates how architectural traditions of the Middle Ages were shaped by balancing native and imported needs and aesthetics, often without reference to Romanitas.This book is for specialists and students in the fields of Romanesque, medieval archaeology, medieval architectural history, and medieval Irish studies.
Paying for It: How Turning Tricks Paid the Mortgage, Kept the Kids in Trainers and Gave Me Back My Life
by Scarlett O'KellyCombining the sexual frankness of Fifty Shades of Grey and of Belle de Jour's writing, with the fascinating insights of What the Nanny Saw, Scarlett O'Kelly's memoir of her year as a high-end escort, Paying For It, is an explicit, astonishing and compulsive story of living a double life .Facing financial meltdown, mother of three Scarlett O'Kelly did what the average woman would find unthinkable: she set herself up a sex worker. There was the sex, which, surprisingly for Scarlett, could have unexpected pleasures. Then the clients - ordinary men who worried that they had to hide their sexual needs, desires and fantasies from their wives or girlfriends. Not to mention her realisation that women just like her could build stronger relationships if they could let go their hang-ups in and out of bed. And there's the high price Scarlett paid for her double life - one she is still coming to terms with.Paying For It is a raw, intimate and powerful story of one brave woman's sacrifice in a time of hardship. It is a searingly honest and truly eye-opening account of modern life and what really goes on in couples' bedrooms.It is also an intriguing and risqué account of one woman's sexual odyssey - from her decision to make money from sex to her realisation that she had become sexually liberated in the process.Scarlett O'Kelly is a middle class everywoman - and her clients were ordinary middle class men - so this is an intriguing picture of a side of life that is usually hidden.
Water Baby: An uplifting coming-of-age story from the author of Bitter Leaf
by Chioma Okereke'Explores the meaning of home and community in a rich, resonant story which dissects the harsh realities of life in Makoko with hope, compassion and clear affection. A compelling and powerful novel' - Cherie Jones, author of HOW THE ONE-ARMED SISTER SWEEPS HER HOUSE She's the Pearl of Makoko and the world is her oyster.In Makoko, the floating slum off mainland Lagos, Nigeria, nineteen-year-old Baby yearns for an existence where she can escape the future her father has planned for her.With opportunities scarce, Baby jumps at the chance to join a newly launched drone-mapping project, aimed at broadening the visibility of her community.Then a video of her at work goes viral and Baby finds herself with options she could never have imagined - including the possibility of leaving her birthplace to represent Makoko on the world stage.But will life beyond the lagoon be everything she's dreamed of? Or has everything she wants been in front of her all along?
Water Baby
by Chioma Okereke'Explores the meaning of home and community in a rich, resonant story which dissects the harsh realities of life in Makoko with hope, compassion and clear affection. A compelling and powerful novel' - Cherie Jones, author of HOW THE ONE-ARMED SISTER SWEEPS HER HOUSE She's the Pearl of Makoko and the world is her oyster.In Makoko, the floating slum off mainland Lagos, Nigeria, nineteen-year-old Baby yearns for an existence where she can escape the future her father has planned for her.With opportunities scarce, Baby jumps at the chance to join a newly launched drone-mapping project, aimed at broadening the visibility of her community.Then a video of her at work goes viral and Baby finds herself with options she could never have imagined - including the possibility of leaving her birthplace to represent Makoko on the world stage.But will life beyond the lagoon be everything she's dreamed of? Or has everything she wants been in front of her all along?
Water Baby: An uplifting coming-of-age story from the author of Bitter Leaf
by Chioma Okereke'Explores the meaning of home and community in a rich, resonant story which dissects the harsh realities of life in Makoko with hope, compassion and clear affection. A compelling and powerful novel' - Cherie Jones, author of HOW THE ONE-ARMED SISTER SWEEPS HER HOUSE She's the Pearl of Makoko and the world is her oyster.In Makoko, the floating slum off mainland Lagos, Nigeria, nineteen-year-old Baby yearns for an existence where she can escape the future her father has planned for her.With opportunities scarce, Baby jumps at the chance to join a newly launched drone-mapping project, aimed at broadening the visibility of her community.Then a video of her at work goes viral and Baby finds herself with options she could never have imagined - including the possibility of leaving her birthplace to represent Makoko on the world stage.But will life beyond the lagoon be everything she's dreamed of? Or has everything she wants been in front of her all along?
Theory and Computation of Electromagnetic Fields in Layered Media (IEEE Press Series on Electromagnetic Wave Theory)
by Vladimir Okhmatovski Shucheng ZhengExplore the algorithms and numerical methods used to compute electromagnetic fields in multi-layered media In Theory and Computation of Electromagnetic Fields in Layered Media, two distinguished electrical engineering researchers deliver a detailed and up-to-date overview of the theory and numerical methods used to determine electromagnetic fields in layered media. The book begins with an introduction to Maxwell’s equations, the fundamentals of electromagnetic theory, and concepts and definitions relating to Green’s function. It then moves on to solve canonical problems in vertical and horizontal dipole radiation, describe Method of Moments schemes, discuss integral equations governing electromagnetic fields, and explains the Michalski-Zheng theory of mixed-potential Green’s function representation in multi-layered media. Chapters on the evaluation of Sommerfeld integrals, procedures for far field evaluation, and the theory and application of hierarchical matrices are also included, along with: A thorough introduction to free-space Green’s functions, including the delta-function model for point charge and dipole current Comprehensive explorations of the traditional form of layered medium Green’s function in three dimensions Practical discussions of electro-quasi-static and magneto-quasi-static fields in layered media, including electrostatic fields in two and three dimensions In-depth examinations of the rational function fitting method, including direct spectra fitting with VECTFIT algorithms Perfect for scholars and students of electromagnetic analysis in layered media, Theory and Computation of Electromagnetic Fields in Layered Media will also earn a place in the libraries of CAD industry engineers and software developers working in the area of computational electromagnetics.
Nanomaterials for Sustainable Hydrogen Production and Storage (Emerging Materials and Technologies)
by Jude A. Okolie Emmanuel I. Epelle Alivia Mukherjee Alaa El Din MahmoudHydrogen is poised to play a major role in the transition towards a net-zero economy. However, the worldwide implementation of hydrogen energy is restricted by several challenges, including those related to practical, easy, safe, and cost-effective storage and production methodologies. Nanomaterials present a promising solution, playing an integral role in overcoming the limitations of hydrogen production and storage. This book explores these innovations, covering a wide spectrum of applications of nanomaterials for sustainable hydrogen production and storage. Provides an overview of the hydrogen economy and its role in the transition to a net-zero economy. Details various nanomaterials for hydrogen production and storage as well as modeling and optimization of nanomaterials production. Features real-life case studies on innovations in nanomaterials applications for hydrogen storage. Discusses both the current status and future prospects. Aimed at researchers and professionals in chemical, materials, energy, environmental and related engineering disciplines, this work provides readers with an overview of the latest techniques and materials for the development and advancement of hydrogen energy technologies.
A Kind of Madness
by Uche Okonkwo“Steady-handed and gut-punching. I’m in awe.”—NoViolet Bulawayo An Oprah Daily Most Anticipated Book of 2024 A searing, unflinching collection of stories set in Nigeria that explores themes of community expectations, familial strife, and the struggle for survival. A teenage girl from a poor family is dazzled by her rich, vivacious friend, but as the friend’s behavior grows unstable and dangerous, she must decide whether to cover for her or risk telling the truth to get her the help she needs. A young woman and her mother bask in the envy of their neighbors when the woman receives an offer of marriage from the family of a doctor living in Belgium—though when the offer fails to materialize, that envy threatens to turn vicious, pitting them both against their community. And a lonely daughter finds herself wandering a village in eastern Nigeria in an ill-fated quest, struggling to come to terms with her mother’s mental illness. In ten vivid, evocative stories set in contemporary Nigeria, Uche Okonkwo’s A Kind of Madness unravels the tensions between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, best friends, siblings, and more, marking the arrival of an extraordinary new talent in fiction and inviting us all to consider the question: why is it that the people and places we hold closest are so often the ones that drive us to madness?
Gagueira: uma abordagem natural e prática para o tratamento
by A. N. OkonobohO que é a gagueira? As principais causas da gagueira e como solucionar esses problemas a trevez do controle respiratório e des exercícios de fala. Esses são alguns dos temas a bordados nessa publicação que apresenta a gagueira como a falta de habilidade de coordenar os órgãos responsáveis pela fala. Aléd disso, como os pais, familiares e pessoas próximas desenvolvem um papel importante nesse processo.
La Balbuzie: La natura e un approccio pratico al trattamento
by A. N. OkonobohÈ possibile porre fine alla balbuzie entro 10 giorni? Qual è il sogno della tua vita? Se sei balbuziente, non vuoi che io o gli altri abbiano un'aria di comprensione quando parli. Questo libro, La Balbuzie, farà al tuo caso. Sappiamo che il metodo di smettere di balbettare è una qualcosa che pone molti quesiti tra la comunità dei balbuzienti in tutto il mondo. In effetti, ci rendiamo conto che, ai balbuzienti viene detto di non focalizzarsi più della guarigione, perchè tale sforzo è più gravoso dello stesso impedimento del linguaggio. La nostra breve introduzione contiene storie che ti aiuteranno ad alleviare le tue paure. Ti forniremo una panoramica sulle funzionalità che rendono il nostro metodo veloce ed efficace per il recupero della balbuzie. In primo luogo, questo libro si basa su uno studio durato anni sulle persone guarite dalla balbuzie. Pertanto, non si tratta di teorie di laboratorio. Ecco perché funziona veramente. La chiave centrale è la COSCIENZA che troverai nei vari capitoli. Intorno a ciò, costruiamo altri elementi che sono degni di riconoscimento per il loro ruolo positio o negativo nel discorso. Ad esempio il controllo del respiro, la respirazione dal torace o dai polmoni, l'arte della parola, affrontare gli ostacoli comuni, come usare gli schemi linguistici, ecc. Nella sezione Arte della Parola, ci occupiamo di tutti i problemi della patologia del linguaggio, SLP , terapia cognitivo-comportamentale, sollievo dall'ansia, auto-cura della balbuzie, nonché il quesito fondamentale, ovverro chi mi aiuterà a trovare la mia voce. La stessa sezione continua con l'efficacia dell'insegnamento del parlare, la terapia per i bambini, anche per i casi gravi, come per coloro che pensano che la loro situazione vada al di là della balbuzie.Abbiamo anche segnalato su come i genitori e i tutori abbiano un ruolo fondamentale nel prestare le cure necessarie, e su come il loro ruolo di osservatori sia fondamentale nella prima parte dell'infanzia. I nost
Le Bégaiement: Sa Nature et une Approche Pratique pour le Traitement
by A. N. OkonobohPeut-on arrêter de bégayer en 10 jours ? Quel est votre plus grand rêve dans la vie ? En tant que bègue, vous ne voulez pas qu'on compatisse quand vous parlez. Dans notre livre, LE BEGAIEMENT, c'est à vous que nous pensons. Dans les groupes de paroles, on dit souvent aux bègues de ne plus s'embêter avec la guérison, qu'un tel effort est plus dévastateur que le défaut d'élocution lui-même. Cette introduction veut vous inspirer et vous aider à dissiper vos craintes. Nous allons maintenant vous donner l'idée générale des particularités du livre qui contribue à accélérer la guérison du bégaiement. Tout d'abord, ce livre est basé sur des années d'études de vraies personnes qui ont vaincu le bégaiement, pas sur une théorie intellectuelle de laboratoire. C'est pour cela qu'il marche. L'élément central est la PRISE DE CONSCIENCE, qui constitue le fil conducteur des différents chapitres. Autour de celle-ci nous ajoutons d'autres éléments qui, par leurs rôles positifs ou négatifs, méritent d'être soulignés. Par ex. : le contrôle de la respiration, l'art de la parole, la gestion des obstacles courants, l'utilisation des schémas de parole, etc. Dans « L'art de la parole », nous traitons de tous les problèmes d'orthophonie, la thérapie comportementale et cognitive, le soulagement de l'anxiété, l'autoguérison du bégaiement ainsi que l'aide que quelqu'un peut apporter pour trouver sa voix. La même section poursuit son efficacité dans le défi de l'enseignement de la parole, la thérapie pour les enfants, même dans les cas les plus sévères. Enfin, nous alertons les parents ou gardiens pour qu'ils soient attentifs à tout indice de bégaiement dans la petite enfance. Nos conseils pratiques sont très faciles à suivre. Nous avons développé ces stratégies et activités pour promouvoir le développement du langage de votre enfant. Ce sont des compétences sociales détaillées afin d'aider les jeunes enfants et les adultes à a
Palabras de sabiduría: Una colección de proverbios africanos en categorías
by A. N. OkonobohRepleto de palabras de sabiduría, refranes sabios, viejos refranes, filosofía de sabios y cultura antigua, encuentre en la portada que esta colección de proverbios africanos posee el título apropiado. El libro y su contenido es diferente de la tormenta de proverbios en las obras de sabiduría de Oriente. La antología es amplia para incluir dichos para mujeres y hombres, niños y padres, salmos nupciales, plantas y animales, realidad y abstracto, esencial y trivial y novias y novios. La cuna de la civilización del África faraónica y los mitos y leyendas ingeniosas de los continentes se destacan con colores culturales. Y el trabajo echa a un lado la cortina de estas joyas tradicionales orales, yendo así como misioneros en la tierra de las culturas extranjeras. Como lector, verá más en el libro, pintado con palabras vivas, la identidad africana y el arte de la historia que a menudo se encuentra presente en la ropa, el edredón, la almohada, la placa, los pendientes, las pulseras, el collar y los regalos, junto con citas y ritmos divertidos. Los proverbios y acertijos son una parte importante de la vida tradicional africana. Buscan sacar a relucir una gama de consejos reflexivos, comprensión, verdad, moral y advertencias tanto en forma seria como humorística. Evocan significados de las experiencias diarias, muestran la unidad de la comunidad y el vínculo con la espiritualidad bíblica. La belleza de esta colección es la generosa latitud hacia muchos posibles significados ya que no se intenta sugerir uno. A menos que se indique lo contrario, todos los proverbios aquí se atribuyen a los Ishans, una pequeña tribu minoritaria de Edo, Nigeria. Sin embargo, la mayoría son conocidos en otras tribus y sus mensajes son verdaderos para la gente de todas partes. Este libro ganará audiencia entre las familias y los lectores que buscan encontrar la sabiduría de las palabras. Así que descubre por qué "Un niño pequeño no tiene un
Perle Di Saggezza
by A. N. Okonobohparole di saggezza, detti saggi, vecchi detti, filosofia dei saggi e cultura antica. questo è quello che troverete nel libro. quest'ultimo è diverso dalla solita raccolta di proverbi che si trova nelle opere di saggezza orientali. La gamma antologica qui è ampia, in modo da ospitare detti per donne e uomini, bambini e genitori, salmi nuziali, piante e animali, realtà e astratto, essenziale e banalità e sposa e sposo. L'Africa faraonica culla della civiltà e i continenti intelligenti del mito e della leggenda sono evidenziati con colori culturali. E l'opera scosta la cortina di questi gioielli tradizionali tramandati oralmente, andando così come missionari nella terra delle culture straniere. Come lettore, vedrai meglio nel libro, dipinto in vividi quadri di parole, l'identità africana e l'arte della storia che è spesso presente in abiti, piumini, cuscini, placche, orecchini, braccialetti, collane e regali, insieme a divertenti citazioni e ritmi. I proverbi e gli indovinelli sono una parte importante della vita tradizionale africana. Cercano di far emergere una serie di consigli ponderati, comprensione, verità, morali e avvertimenti sia in modo serio che umoristico. Evocano significati dalle esperienze quotidiane, mostrano l'unità della comunità e si collegano alla spiritualità biblica. La bellezza di questa raccolta è la generosa latitudine verso molti possibili significati, dato che non viene fatto alcun tentativo di suggerirne uno. Se non diversamente indicato, tutti i proverbi qui sono accreditati agli Ishans, una piccola tribù minoritaria di Edo, Nigeria. Tuttavia, la maggior parte sono conosciuti in altre tribù e i loro messaggi sono veri per la gente di tutto il mondo. Questo libro guadagnerà pubblico tra le famiglie e i lettori che cercano di trovare la saggezza delle parole. Scoprite quindi perché" La stanza di un bambino piccolo non è sufficiente per una mascherata per travestirsi". E perché "Un uomo d
Tartamudez: La Naturaleza Y Un Enfoque Práctico Para El Tratamiento
by A. N. Okonoboh¿Acaso es posible dejar de tartamudear en 10 días? Como tartamudo, ¿cuál es tu más grande sueño? Es entendible que no quieras que nadie simpatice con tu condición. En nuestro libro, TARTAMUDEZ, lidiamos con tu condición. Sabemos que la respuesta a la pregunta “¿cómo dejar de tartamudear?” es algo que muchas personas con esta condición anhelan saber. De hecho, sabemos que, en los grupos de tartamudeo, a muchos pacientes se les ha dicho que no se molesten en buscar un tratamiento; que tales esfuerzos son incluso más devastadores que el impedimento en sí. Bueno, es suficiente que sepas que nuestros métodos han ayudado ya a bastantes personas a superar su condición. Este libro se basa en un estudio realizado gracias a la ayuda de varias personas que han superado su tartamudez. Esto significa que este libro no contiene teorías intelectuales de laboratorio. Es un estudio práctico y real que funciona en personas prácticas y reales.
The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater: Essays on Crafting
by Alanna OkunThe Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater is a memoir about life truths learned through crafting.People who craft know things. They know how to transform piles of yarn into sweaters and scarves. They know that some items, like woolen bikini tops, are better left unknit. They know that making a hat for a newborn baby isn’t just about crafting something small but appreciating the beginnings of life, which sometimes helps make peace with the endings. They know that if you knit your boyfriend a sweater, your relationship will most likely be over before the last stitch.Alanna Okun knows that crafting keeps her anxiety at bay. She knows that no one will ever be as good a knitting teacher as her beloved grandmother. And she knows that even when we can’t control anything else, we can at least control the sticks, string, and fabric right in front of us.Okun lays herself bare and takes readers into the parts of themselves they often keep hidden. Yet at the same time she finds humor in the daily indignities all crafters must face (like when you catch the dreaded Second Sock Syndrome and can’t possibly finish the second in a pair). Okun has written a book that will speak to anyone who has said to themselves, or to everyone within earshot, “I made that.”
Gisli Sursson's Saga and the Saga of the People of Eyri
by Vésteinn ÓlasonThese sagas recount fierce feuds in which honour is fought for, sacrifice is demanded, and blood is shed. The fate of the characters at the centre of each saga, however, is very different. Gisli is a traditional Viking-age hero who is determined to exact revenge at any cost and whose death is tragic when it comes. In contrast his nephew, Snorri, represents a new generation and acts to strengthen the new social order. Taken together these sagas reveal the richness and variety of the saga tradition.
Kung Fu Hero and The Forbidden City: A ComedyShortsGamer Graphic Novel
by Deji Olatunji aka ComedyShortsGamerIT WAS ONLY MEANT TO BE A PRANK VIDEO...But now DEJI (AKA ComedyShortsGamer) has unleashed the forces of evil in Beijing's Forbidden City.Armed with nothing more than bravado and a talking dog, Deji must return a stolen dragon goblet to the tomb of the mighty Emperor before dawn, or face the end of the world!Standing in his way are gangs of triads, wild dog statues brought to life and skeleton ghosts, not to mention his startling ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.But if Deji is going to survive the night he must triumph over his greatest foe of all, his brother, KSI.Can Deji overcome years of being a slacker and become a kung fu hero to save a world? Join him on his hilarious quest to prove to his parents that a lifetime playing Tekken wasn't a waste of time.
Aquatische Biopolymere: Verständnis ihrer industriellen Bedeutung und ihrer Umweltauswirkungen
by Ololade OlatunjiDieses Buch gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über die jüngsten Entwicklungen bei industriellen Anwendungen, Verarbeitungstechniken und Modifikationen von Polymeren aus marinen Quellen. Es führt den Leser systematisch in die Biomaterialien Chitin, Kollagen, Alginate, Cellulose und Polyester ein und stellt eine Verbindung zwischen ihrer industriellen Bedeutung und ihren Auswirkungen auf die Umwelt her. Das Buch verdeutlicht die Auswirkungen der industriellen Nutzung des aquatischen Systems für organische und anorganische Stoffe auf die Umwelt und vertieft das Verständnis der industriellen und wirtschaftlichen Bedeutung aquatischer Biopolymere. Darüber hinaus geht es um die Frage, wie die Erhaltung des aquatischen Lebens und das industrielle und wirtschaftliche Interesse an der Entwicklung biologisch abbaubarer Alternativen für Kunststoffe in Einklang gebracht werden können. Das Buch richtet sich daher an Wissenschaftler:innen aus den Bereichen Chemie, Material- und Polymerwissenschaften sowie Ingenieurwesen.
