Live & Work in America: Comprehensive, Up-to-date , Practical Information About Everyday Life in the United States
Whether you are a foreigner on holiday and exploring the possibilities of living in the United States, or whether you have already made up your mind to go there full-time, this easy-toread handbook will tell you how to go about it. It covers all you need to know about: - How to obtain visas, whether for tourism or business - How to obtain permanent residency, on a number of possible grounds -
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 5 November 2010
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Prometheus
Perhaps the most famous treatment of the myth can be found in the Greek tragedy Prometheus Bound – traditionally attributed to the 5th-century BC Greek tragedian Aeschylus. At the center of the drama are the results of Prometheus' theft of fire and his current punishment by Zeus; the playwright's dependence on the Hesiodic source material is clear, though Prometheus Bound also includes a number of changes to the received tradition.[11] Before his theft of fire, Prometheus played a decisive role in the Titanomachy, securing victory for Zeus and the other Olympians.
Peter Higgins distills centuries of work into one delightful narrative that celebrates the mystery of numbers and explains how different kinds of numbers arose and why they are useful. Full of historical snippets and interesting examples, the book ranges from simple number puzzles and magic tricks, to showing how ideas about numbers relate to real-world problems, such as: How are our bank account details kept secure when shopping over the internet? What are the chances of winning at Russian roulette; or of being dealt a flush in a poker hand?
With such traditional and contemporary dishes as Tarte Tatin, Croissants, Ratatouille and Salade Nicoise, French cuisine is rightly regarded as one of the richest in the world, and these recipes add up to a repertoire that most would be happy to eat day after day. Once easily available in any number of modest restaurants, today they are more often found in the home; all the more reason, then, to cook them yourself!
The term steroid has become virtually synonymous with drug abuse in sport to the majority of the public. However these steroids - androgens - actually comprise only a single relatively small class of biologically active steroids, and are overshadowed by a large collection of compounds, a sizeable number of which are commercial drugs that share the same structural carbon skeleton.