1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910168759703321

Autore

Laffont Pierre-Yves

Titolo

Atlas des châteaux du Vivarais (xe-xiiie siècles) / / Pierre-Yves Laffont

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lyon, : Alpara, 2016

ISBN

2-916125-43-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Soggetti

Medieval & Renaissance Studies

château

archéologie

Moyen Âge

bourg castral

castrum

castellum

rocca

fortification

forteresse

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

À partir de la seconde moitié du Xe siècle et jusqu'au XIIIe siècle, le Vivarais, comme la plupart des régions d'Europe occidentale à cette époque, se couvre de châteaux. Généralement de taille très modestes, ceux-ci sont souvent mal identifiés et mal interprétés en raison de l'image traditionnelle du château médiéval qui renvoie, en réalité, dans l'immense majorité des cas, à des forteresses postérieures aux années 1350.  Faisant appel à une large documentation écrite et iconographique, fréquemment inédite, et aux ressources de l'archéologie, l'auteur dresse ici un état des lieux, aussi exhaustif que possible, de 175 sites fortifiés édifiés entre les Xe et XIIIe siècles en Vivarais, à l'intérieur d'un espace historiquement homogène.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910155512603321

Autore

Verne Jules <1828-1905.>

Titolo

The mysterious island / / Jules Verne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[New York, New York] : , : Sheba Blake Publishing, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-304-77496-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1713 p.)

Disciplina

741.59493

Soggetti

Adventure stories

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Sommario/riassunto

The book tells the adventures of five American prisoners of war on an uncharted island in the South Pacific. Begining in the American Civil War, as famine and death ravage the city of Richmond, Virginia, five northern POWs decide to escape in a rather unusual way - by hijacking a balloon! This is only the beginning of their adventures...



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779429703321

Autore

Dawisha Adeed

Titolo

Iraq : A Political History / / Adeed Dawisha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-4008-4623-4

1-299-16011-5

Edizione

[With a New afterword by the author]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (409 p.)

Disciplina

956.704

Soggetti

HISTORY / Middle East / General

Electronic books.

Iraq Politics and government 1958-

Iraq Politics and government 1921-1958

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2009. With a new foreword by the author.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-357) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Consolidating the Monarchical State, 1921-1936 -- Chapter 3. Framing Democracy with a Certain Indifference, 1921-1936 -- Chapter 4. The Uncertain Nation, 1921-1936 -- Chapter 5. Turbulence in Governance, 1936-1958 -- Chapter 6. Potholes in the Democratic Road, 1936-1958 -- Chapter 7. Nationalism and the Ethnosectarian Divide, 1936-1958 -- Chapter 8. The Monarchy'S Political System, 1921-1958 -- Chapter 9. The Authoritarian Republic, 1958-1968 -- Chapter 10. The State Rules Without Rules, 1968-2003 -- Chapter 11. Politics in the New Era, 2003- -- Chapter 12. W(h)ither Iraq? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Afterword to the 2013 Edition: So Much Promise, So Many Disappointments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

With each day that passed after the 2003 invasion, the United States seemed to sink deeper in the treacherous quicksand of Iraq's social discord, floundering in the face of deep ethno-sectarian divisions that have impeded the creation of a viable state and the molding of a unified Iraqi identity. Yet as Adeed Dawisha shows in this superb political history, the story of a fragile and socially fractured Iraq did not begin with the American-led invasion--it is as old as Iraq itself.



Dawisha traces the history of the Iraqi state from its inception in 1921 following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and up to the present day. He demonstrates how from the very beginning Iraq's ruling elites sought to unify this ethnically diverse and politically explosive society by developing state governance, fostering democratic institutions, and forging a national identity. Dawisha, who was born and raised in Iraq, gives rare insight into this culturally rich but chronically divided nation, drawing on a wealth of Arabic and Western sources to describe the fortunes and calamities of a state that was assembled by the British in the wake of World War I and which today faces what may be the most serious threat to survival that it has ever known. Featuring Dawisha's insightful new afterword on recent political developments, Iraq is required reading for anyone seeking to make sense of what's going on in Iraq today, and why it has been so difficult to create a viable government there.

4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910828623003321

Titolo

Endoprosthetics : an introduction for the practitioner / / edited by Manfred Georg Krukemeyer and Gunnar Moellenhoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Germany ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : de Gruyter, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

3-11-030513-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Disciplina

617.9

Soggetti

Artificial joints

Arthroplasty

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface -- List of contributing authors -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. Shoulder Endoprosthetics / Schorn, D. / Marquardt, B. / Witt, K.-A. / Steinbeck, J. -- 2. Primary Endoprosthetics of the Hip Joint / Schleicher, I. / Kilian, O. / Schnettler, R. -- 3. Endoprosthetics of



the Knee Joint / Merle, C. / Herre, J. / Aldinger, P.R. -- 4. Ankle Endoprosthetics / Lieske, S. / Schenk, K. / John, M. / Neumann, H.W. -- 5. Tumor Endoprosthetics / Nottrott, M. / Streitbürger, A. / Höll, S. / Gosheger, G. / Hardes, J. -- 6. Minimally Invasive Hip Endoprosthetics / Hube, R. -- 7 Navigation in Endoprosthetics / Kiefer, H. -- Appendix: Information on the individual joint prostheses -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Die englische Auflage des Fachbuchs bietet umfassende und praxisbezogene Informationen für  Kliniker und niedergelassene Mediziner, z. B. über Indikationen und Kontraindikationen, Pro und Kontra verschiedener OP-Verfahren, Art und Material von Endoprothesen, Schmerztherapie, postoperative Probleme, Infektionen, Risiken, notwendige Medikamente und die Dauer der Medikation.

This book describes the whole field of endoprosthetics, with all its potential, for practicing clinicians. The following aspects are dealt with in particular: indications and contraindications, surgical procedures (pros and cons), pain therapy, post-operative problems, infections, risks, necessary medication, length of medication, and post-operative patient care.