Product Description: This volume explores the current issues and recent international developments in reservoir planning and operation, design and construction, monitoring and maintenance. In the light of the recent climatic changes which have seen a reduction in rainfall and resulted in water shortages, a number of pertinent subjects are examined in detail, for example the provision of new resources, evaluation of optimal operating policies, review of water supply options, sedimentation effects, the environmental aspects and the economic viability of reservoirs...read more

Product Description: This text is an introduction to the development of the art of portraiture and its role in ancient Greek and Roman society. In the ancient world, as now, portraits were made to defy death, to commemorate personal achievement, wealth and social status, and to familiarize people with the rulers and the most distinguished men and women of their day...read more

Product Description: While sitting quietly in meditation, a young woman hears the voice of the Divine. "You are nothing without me." These words catapult her into a nine-month odyssey filled with faith and trials as she is led to give away all that she owns and all that she believes keeps her safe...read more

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Explains the effects of oil spills on our planet, such as the hazards to animals and water supplies, and suggests ways to help alleviate the problem.

Product Description: First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Published to coincide with a major exhibition of work featuring the great Egyptian queen, this celebration of Cleopatra includes coins, statues, and engravings and discusses various portrayals of Cleopatra in plays, operas, ceramics, jewelry, paintings, and other media . (view table of contents)

Product Description: This volume presents the work of a lively international symposium accompanying the special exhibition Cleopatra of Egypt: from History to Myth, held at the British Museum in 2001. The book is divided in four sections: Cleopatra and Egypt; Cleopatra and the Hellenistic Greek Tradition: Cleopatra and Rome; Cleopatra Abroad...read more

The Portland Vase was probably made during the reign of the Roman emperor Augustus (27 BC-AD 14). A work of outstanding technical skill, it is apparently decorated with scenes of love and marriage, the precise meaning of which has been the cause of much debate and interpretation.

Product Description: This book serves as an excellent introduction to employment law and its operation within Scotland. As employment law develops rapidly, this third edition has been adapted to reflect these changes, incorporating recent developments including: * TUPE 2006 regulations * New regulations for age discrimination, religion and sexual orientatio...read more

Product Description: [BookStrand Contemporary Romance] Peaches Delancy is having the worst days of her life. She's late for work, and her car won't start on the hottest day of the year so far. When she finally gets to work, she's robbed and locked in the store's refrigerator room...read more

Product Description: There's a well-known saying: what doesn't get measured doesn't get done. So it is no surprise that communicators, human resource and change managers recognize the need to measure and evaluate their work, particularly its worth to their organizations...read more

Product Description: Renzo's story is a neglected fragment of the Holocaust. Evading the horrors of death camps and gas chambers, he tells of the Jews' everyday scramble for survival in Nazi-occupied Italy. It is the story of a young boy on the run, gradually acclimating to an unthinkable reality...read more