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Terre paradoxale, multiple, à l'opposé de notre univers familier, l'Inde est largement perçue à travers les stéréotypes. On trouvera dans ce livre - le premier du genre en français - les repères essentiels pour comprendre un pays à la mesure d'un continent, dont les défis seront inévitablement les ntres. Les auteurs exposent tour à tour les dimensions socioéconomiques, politiques et culturelles d'une Inde « globalisante » qui a marqué...
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El municipio de Ráquira está ubicado al occidente del departamento de Boyacá, en un valle fértil rodeado de áridas y polvorientas montañas, muy cerca del desierto de La Candelaria. Limita por el norte con Tinjacá y Sutamarchán, por el sur con Guachetá en Cundinamarca, por el oriente con Sáchica y Samacá, y por el occidente con San Miguel de ema y la Laguna de Fúquene. La extensión total de Ráquira es de 204 km2; está entre los 2200...
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Every operator who is responsible for monitoring critical rotating equipment will greatly benefit from this handy reference book. The goal of this book is to present proven techniques that will enable rookie and veteran operators alike to detect problems early and, we hope, eliminate major outages and/or maintenance costs. To achieve this goal we shall explain the basics of lubrication systems, bearings, drivers, seals and sealing systems, for centrifugal...
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In this fast-paced world, technology and engineering are advancing at an unprecedented rate, changing the way we live, work and interact with the world. From self-driving cars to artificial intelligence, from biotechnology to space exploration, the possibilities seem endless. But with such a rapid pace of change, it can be difficult to keep up with the latest developments and understand the impact they will have on our lives."The Future of Technology:...
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La India poseía una gran cultura y una extraordinaria civilización espiritual, pero sólo tenía dudosas y remotas tradiciones unitarias. Era una nebulosa de pequeños estados, castas, tribus, comunidades religiosas. La muerte de Gandhi privó al país del hombre que había animado la batalla política por la independencia. Huérfano de su jefe carismático y engendrado en la sangre de la partición (Pakistán), el nuevo estado tuvo que afrontar...
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This early work on saws is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains details on the construction of a variety of saws and also the methods of their maintenance such as sharpening. This is a fascinating work and is thoroughly recommended for anyone with an interest in the manufacturing of saws.
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La aventura del Batavia combina en una sola historia el nacimiento de la primera multinacional, la brutalidad de la colonización, el combate entre el bien y el mal, un motín, un primer encuentro entre civilizaciones, amor, barro, sangre, una dictadura de corte fascista, asesinatos, esclavitud sexual, nobleza, supervivencia, rescates, actos heroicos y mucho más.
Descrito por el autor como la versión adulta de El señor de las moscas combinado...
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Partha Chatterjee is Director and Professor of Political Science at the Center for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, and Visiting Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University. He is the author of many books, including Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World and The Nation and Its Fragments (Princeton). He is also a founding member of the editorial collective Subaltern Studies as well as a playwright and essayist in Bengali.
In 1921 a...
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Schedule for Sale is a guidebook on how to apply WorkFace Planning, an industry best practice first identified by The Construction Owners Association of Alberta in 2005. The process organizes the elements necessary for productive construction, which then leads to improved quality and reduced schedule & costs from the absence of chaos. The reduction of energy consumption from the shortened schedule is also the foundation for Green Construction.
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Este texto está dirigido a atender las necesidades de los estudiantes de ingeniería civil del programa curricular de la carrera de Ingeniería Civil en su primer curso de diseño estructural. Se presentan algunos conceptos sobre la actividad del ingeniero estructural, las formas estructurales y el denominado con unas pequeñas reseñas bibliográficas de ingenieros y arquitectos que han influido en su desarrollo: Calatrava, Maillart, Eiffel, Candela,...
94) Control de movimiento en manufactura. Automatización CNC fundamentos de diseño y modelamiento experi
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La presente obra recopila el trabajo realizado durante dos décadas en el tema de control de movimiento aplicado a la manufactura automatizada, desarrollado por semilleros de investigación, estudiantes de pregrado, de maestría, de doctorado y profesores de diversos programas académicos. Este trabajo cuenta con el respaldo de empresas como Warner Industrial, Movitec Avanzada, National Instruments, Control de Movimiento e Imocom, las cuales apoyan...
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Samanth Subramanian has written about politics, culture, and history for the New York Times and the New Yorker. Now, Subramanian takes on a complex topic that touched millions of lives in This Divided Island.
In the summer of 2009, the leader of the dreaded Tamil Tiger guerrillas was killed, bringing to an end the civil war in Sri Lanka. For nearly thirty years, the war's fingers had reached everywhere, leaving few places, and fewer people, untouched....
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In the pantheon of freedom fighters, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi has pride of place. His fame and influence extend far beyond India and are nowhere more significant than in South Africa. "India gave us a Mohandas, we gave them a Mahatma," goes a popular South African refrain. Contemporary South African leaders, including Mandela, have consistently lauded him as being part of the epic battle to defeat the racist white regime. The South African Gandhi...
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Kashmir dispute has to be seen as human issue, and not as a territorial gain, or a strategic advantage. Like anyone else, I have no solution to this dispute that could be acceptable to all concerned, but I know what is not workable and what will not provide much desired peace and stability in the region: and that is division of the State or its accession to any country. Kashmir dispute should not be used to settle score of the past tragedies or past...
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"Honorable Mention for the 2006 Distinguished Book Award, American Sociological Association" "Winner of the 2005 Barrington Moore Book Award, Comparative Historical Section of the American Sociological Association" "Honorable Mention for the 2005 Mirra Komarovsky Award, Eastern Sociological Association" "Honorable Mention for the 2004 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award, Political Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association"...
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A Complete Guide to Watch Repair has all the information needed to fix and repair any type of analogue watch. Whether you're a seasoned horologist or just an avid amateur this title contains in depth information on all of the following features - Barrels, Fuses, Mainsprings, Balance Springs, Pivots, Depths, Train Wheels and Common Stoppages of Watches.
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The story of Sigiriya and its builder King Kasyapa is a tale of cruelty, intrigue, vision, grandeur, chivalry, betrayal, and abandonment.
In the fifth century, Kasyapa acquires his throne by murdering his father, who he has plastered up alive into a wall. Tormented by guilt, he abandons his capital and flees into the inhospitable forests of central Sri Lanka. There, in an area dominated by a massive column of rock 660 feet high, he builds his royal...
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