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pThis book studies the Legal Regime applicable to the Oil Industry in Venezuela, since its beginning during last Century until the present, with some prospective proposals for the future. In particular the author analyzes the History of the Oli Industry the present legislation on Hydrocarbons and the future of the Industry in the countryp

Legal scholarship is one of the oldest academic disciplines, and the study of law has been passed on from generation to generation as an implicit \'savoir faire\'. It was presumed that all legal scholars understood the methodology of legal research, making its explicit clarification and justification unnecessary. Over the last decade, the lack of an explicit methodological tradition has become problematic

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pIsabel, a seemingly ordinary teenager, holds an unexpected secret. She can sense people\'s emotions, feeling others\' pain, joy, anger, and sadness as if they were her own. Isabel soon learns she is not the only one with a hidden secret her siblings all have different abilities. They will all find out what is happening as they come together to learn their family descends from Witches. Isabel and her

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pAlfred Vail\'s Description of the American Electro Magnetic Telegraph is a pioneering work of scientific literature that provides a detailed account of the revolutionary new communication technology that transformed the world in the mid-19th century. Vail\'s clear prose and detailed illustrations make this book a joy to read for anyone interested in the history of technology and communications.ppThis

Concerns have been expressed that gene patents might result in restricted access to research and health care. The exponential growth of patents claiming human DNA sequences might result in patent thickets, royalty stacking and, ultimately, a \'tragedy of the anti-commons\' in genetics. The essays in this book explore models designed to render patented genetic inventions accessible for further use in

Come visit an enchanting place too long overlooked in American History, where steamboats battled difficult waters to bring life to the banks of the Arkansas and Louisiana waterway known as Bayou Bartholomew. Artfully written, this narrative flows like the landscape it describes, brimming with facts, details and family names so valuable to historians and genealogists. Beginning with the first inhabitants

Almost painfully direct, the poems of \'The Secret History\' testify to a new depth and a new tenderness in Michael Hulse\'s voice. The shadow of his dead father and the light of new love meet here in a collection that is impossible to put down and that lingers in the heart as much as in the memory.

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Most people will, at some point or another, either find themselves dressed in a tiny hospital gown or staring at someone else dressed in a tiny hospital gown. Whether from the perspective of a patient, a family member, or a medical professional, we all have a significant stake in the process of medical education. While numerous memoirs recount physicians\' grueling experiences during residency, few

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pYou might be wondering what a soap opera actress, dispatched from the land of outrageous and hilarious plots, has to say about the various roles a woman plays through her life. Well, life is at times both outrageous and hilarious, and no one knows more about reinvention and perseverance than an actress who began her career as the star of a show--then became the mother of the star, and then the grandmother

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pstrongWinner of the ECPA Book of the Year Award for Bible Reference WorksbrbrstrongMany prominent Christians insist that the church must yield to contemporary evolutionary theory and therefore modify traditional biblical ideas about the creation of life. They argue that God used--albeit in an undetectable way--evolutionary mechanisms to produce all forms of life. Featuring two dozen highly credentialed

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pLearn to plan instruction that engages early elementary children in mathematics explorations through age-appropriate and culturally relevant social justice topics.p

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