The Roman Empire was born almost three thousand years ago in central Italy and left a deep and lasting imprint on the history of Western civilization. "All roads lead to Rome," and Romans exported their goods to and integrated cultures from every corner of the known world. However, after the rise of the empire in 31 BCE, environmental problems, disease and political corruption took their toll.
This book describes how one can use the scientific method to solve everyday problems including medical ailments, health issues, money management, traveling, shopping, cooking, household chores, etc. It illustrates how to exploit the information collected from our five senses, how to solve problems when no information is available for the present problem situation, how to increase our chances of success by redefining a problem, and how to extrapolate our capabilities by seeing a relationship among heretofore unrelated concepts.
This book covers the management of all major emergencies and professional dilemmas (e.g. issues of consent) facing the gynaecologist, ranging from problems of a medical nature through to those requiring surgical intervention.
This introductory accounting text relates accounting principles to the real world by putting them in a business context via vignettes, examples and problems. Integrating financial ratios within chapters, it features coverage of international accounting, and end-of-chapter problems for review. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
A lively and comprehensive introduction to the art of literary translation for readers of foreign fiction and poetry who wonder what it takes to translate, how the art of literary translation has changed over the centuries, what problems translators face in bringing foreign works into English, and how they go about solving these problems. It is based on extensive reading, on dozens of interviews with translators, and on the author's ten years of experience editing literary translations.
