Most Popular Books by Elena

Figurate numbers have a rich history with many applications. The main purpose of this book is to provide a thorough and complete presentation of the theory of figurate numbers, giving much of their properties, facts and theorems with full proofs. This book is the first of this topic written in unified systematic way. It also contains many exercises with solutions.

Follow the amazing midnight sleighride all the way to the heart of Christmas.

This book examines ideas of spiritual nourishment as maintained chiefly by Patristic theologians –those who lived in Byzantium. It shows how a particular type of Byzantine frescoes and icons illustrated the views of Patristic thinkers on the connections between the heavenly and the earthly worlds. The author explores the occurrence, and geographical distribution, of this new type of iconography that manifested itself in representations concerned with the human body, and argues that these were a reaction to docetist ideas. The volume also investigates the diffusion of saints’ cults and demonstrates that this took place on a North-South axis as their veneration began in Byzantium and gradually reached the northern part of Europe, and eventually the entirety of Christendom.

Title: How to Start and Set Up a Christmas Village at Home Authors: Ron Chatham and Elena Chatham Description: How to Start and Set Up a Christmas Village at Home is a delightful and comprehensive guide for anyone who wants to create a magical Christmas village in their home. Whether you''re a first-time builder or an experienced collector, this eBook will walk you through every step of the process, from selecting your village pieces to arranging scenery, setting up lighting, and customizing your display with personal touches. Written by Ron Chatham and Elena Chatham, passionate Christmas village enthusiasts, the guide offers practical advice on where to buy your village items, how to plan your space, and even when to start setting up. With additional insights from Elena, who loves to begin decorating as early as September, this book is packed with helpful tips, detailed instructions, and plenty of inspiration. Learn how to make your Christmas village a lasting tradition in your home with easy-to-follow steps, customization ideas, and creative inspiration. Perfect for anyone who wants to bring festive charm and a touch of nostalgia into their holiday decor.

Dark academia meets Billionaires meets Vampires in a brand-new paranormal romance series from Sunday Times bestselling author Elena Armas, as an unsuspecting heiress with a target on her back enlists the protection of a vampire whose wealth and secrets rival her own. Valle Cepeda''s life changes drastically over the course of a winter break, when she goes from being an Ivy League scholarship student one day to inheriting a fortune from the mother she''s never met by the next. The fate of Alma, a coveted fashion empire, is now in Val''s hands. Hadrian Cruz presents himself as a calculating, self-serving player in the game of who takes over Alma, but that isn''t his true aim. A blood debt that chains him to a hundred-year-old wound is finally being collected, and it involves Val. Furious at everyone who has tried to manipulate her, Val returns to Icarus University, only to see her world has changed shape dramatically, and Hadrian is now at the center of it. She doesn''t trust him, but there are things only Hadrian can provide: protection, and a way to satiate the longing she craves more than fears. Plagued by nightmares, can Val decipher the secrets of her legacy? And can she accept that what she feels for Hadrian runs deeper than attraction? Answers always come at a cost, and these could shatter her heart...or bind her soul to the monster she desires the most.

In the glittering, high-tech expanse of the Gilded Reach, Agent Cael Viremont possesses an unparalleled gift: Truth-Sight, the ability to perceive the true history embedded within every object. His world is built on the certainty of verifiable fact, until the legendary Meridian Dial—an ancient artifact—reveals a terrifying paradox. It carries not one, but multiple, irreconcilable histories, each meticulously forged to perfection. As Cael unravels this impossible deception, he realizes the forgery isn''t just about an object; it’s a philosophical weapon designed to shatter the very concept of reality. Can he expose the ultimate lie before truth itself becomes an anachronism?

This book provides a multidisciplinary analysis of the links between migration and remittances. The role of remittances in influencing migration decision is explored in relation to economic development, education, the labour market, and social factors. The impact of remittances on migration is examined from a global perspective, with a focus on both specific countries and larger regions, such as the European Union and the former Soviet states. The challenges in managing migration flows are also discussed, alongside the impact of COVID-19 on migration, and policy suggestions are made for the efficient management of labour migration. This book aims to offer a comparative analysis of the impact of remittances resulting from labour migration and foreign direct investment on the economic growth. It will be relevant to researchers and policymakers interested in labour and migration economics.

Translation of dalla parle delle bambine.

Il n’a jamais retiré de sa chaîne le pendentif à la lettre L. Même quand elle a dit qu’elle préférait son frère. Même quand elle lui a brisé le cœur un peu plus fort. Footballeur prodige, charismatique et adulé, Arden Scorsese n’a peur de rien. Sauf peut-être d’elle : Lolita Cerretani. Son talon d’Achille. La fille de ses rêves. Mais aussi sa meilleure amie, à qui il ne refuse jamais rien. Alors, quand elle lui demande de la débarrasser de sa virginité en prétendant que ça ne changera rien à leur relation, Arden accepte. Même s’il l’aime depuis toujours et n’a jamais osé le lui dire. Très vite, les non-dits et les regards brûlants prennent le pas sur tout le reste, et les limites se floutent. Ils s’attirent comme deux aimants brisés. Et s’éloignent dès qu’ils se touchent. Et si certaines histoires étaient écrites à même la peau, et qu’aucun pansement ne suffisait à les recouvrir ? Histoire intégrale.

Elle va bouleverser sa vie pour toujours, et à jamais... Emily Tarsikova, vingt-six ans, mannequin lingerie internationale, ne vit qu’à travers son métier. Son but ? Défiler pour les plus grandes maisons de haute couture, poser pour les photographes les plus renommés. Devenir incontournable. Et ce qu’Emily veut, elle l’obtient... toujours. En revanche, fréquenter Isaac, qui traîne plus souvent dans des battles de hip-hop que dans le monde civilisé ? Très peu pour elle ! Mais, alors que leurs univers entrent de plus en plus dangereusement en collision, Emily apprend peu à peu à connaître cet homme dont elle se pensait si éloignée qu’elle n’imaginait pas pouvoir le considérer d’un bon œil... voire d’un œil intéressé. Isaac pourrait même devenir l’un des rares témoins des fêlures qu’Emily cache au reste du monde. Et jamais elle n’aurait pu se douter qu’une histoire d’amour, aussi poignante qu’intense, allait bouleverser leurs vies... A propos de l''autrice Dès qu’elle le peut, Elena Ld troque sa vie de femme active contre sa passion de l’écriture. Dans ses romans, où l’amour tient le rôle principal, ses personnages hauts en couleur n’en font souvent qu’à leur tête.

Intricate, beautiful, and delicate, the ancient craft of knotted lace handwork has traditionally passed from person to person. This simple needle lace involves making loops of different sizes, shapes, and lengths and then combining them to form extraordinarily graceful designs. Here are easy to follow techniques and patterns, taught to the author by her Greek mother-in law, for pretty lacy doilies, collars, Christening gowns, and more--all surely destined to become treasured heirlooms in the years to come.

This book provides an introduction to classical celestial mechanics. It is based on lectures delivered by the authors over many years at both Padua University (MC) and V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (EB). The book aims to provide a mathematical description of the gravitational interaction of celestial bodies. The approach to the problem is purely formal. It allows the authors to write equations of motion and solve them to the greatest degree possible, either exactly or by approximate techniques, when there is no other way. The results obtained provide predictions that can be compared with the observations. Five chapters are supplemented by appendices that review certain mathematical tools, deepen some questions (so as not to interrupt the logic of the mainframe with heavy technicalities), give some examples, and provide an overview of special functions useful here, as well as in many other fields of physics. The authors also present the original investigation of torus potential. This book is aimed at senior undergraduate students of physics or astrophysics, as well as graduate students undertaking a master’s degree or Ph.D.

Uno de los clásicos libros de María Elena Walsh. Textos breves que marcaron la infancia de varias generaciones, están incluidos en el canon escolar y permanecen el corazón de todos. Este libro tiene poemas y canciones entrañables. Muchos son conocidos por sus versiones cantadas por la autora y muchísimos artistas que los versionaron: El Twist del mono liso, El tranvía, Canción para vestirse, Canción para bañar a la luna, Canción de la vacuna, Canción del jardinero, En el país del nomeacuerdo, Canción del estornudo, El reino del revés, El show del perro salchicha, Canción para tomar el té, Baguala de Juan Poquito, Marcha de Osías, Adivinador, La reina Batata, Canción del correo...

Elena Danaan’s Area 51: Conversation with Insider Stephen Chua (2023) is a powerful testament to the accomplishments and courage of a brave individual who decided to share his fascinating life story shortly before his death. It is a remarkable book to read and shares many penetrating insights into the secret world of advanced technology projects, Special Forces training, Area 51, and the actions of different extraterrestrial species on Earth. I highly recommend this book as essential reading for those wanting to understand the big picture of what is really happening on Earth. ~ Michael E. Salla, Ph.D. There are incredible heroes living among us, in anonymity, suffering in silence not to be able to share their intense experience with the public. They signed non-disclosure agreements, received death threats upon themselves and their families, and in the case of Stephen Chua, physical attacks as well. Stephen Chua is a former member of the Singapore Special Forces where he served as a Sniper. In the 1980’s at a relatively young age he was also recruited as a Super Soldier. Stephen Chua has repeatedly encountered Reptilian aliens in the Southeast Asia. He served as an experimental pilot in Area 51, working with retro-engineered alien technology. My encounter with Stephen Chua was unexpected. It was a gift from the Universe, as I also believe it was for everyone who got to know him. Except for his enemies, of course. Stephen Chua wasn’t a soldier like any other; he was a “bad-ass”. Stephen kicked 9Ft tall Reptilian aliens back into their caves, rescued children from monsters, freed villagers from the Khmer Rouge, saved Benazir Bhutto’s life, survived an atomic blast, piloted planes with his mind, worked at Area 51, defied Maytra aliens, traveled in a spaceship and met people coming back from Mars. Stephen was a sniper, body-guard for the Prime minister of Singapore, a pilot in the US Air Force, but he was also a highly spiritual person. This remarkable man trained in martial arts with monks in Tibet, he could levitate, and the most extraordinary of all: Stephen had a very peculiar ability. Stephen was an extraordinary human being. I don’t know how he could survive all what he went through, but he did, to bring the truth when the right time had come. He was a hero and the courage it took for him to perform the final act is unfathomable. Stephen knew the consequences, and he faced them with honor. May his spirit and his legacy inspire many. ~ Elena Danaan

A Frequency Dictionary of Russian is an invaluable tool for all learners of Russian, providing a list of the 5,000 most frequently used words in the language and the 300 most frequent multiword constructions. The dictionary is based on data from a 150-million-word internet corpus taken from more than 75,000 webpages and covering a range of text types from news and journalistic articles, research papers, administrative texts and fiction. All entries in the rank frequency list feature the English equivalent, a sample sentence with English translation, a part of speech indication, indication of stress for polysyllabic words and information on inflection for irregular forms. The dictionary also contains twenty-six thematically organised and frequency-ranked lists of words on a variety of topics, such as food and drink, travel, and sports and leisure. A Frequency Dictionary of Russian enables students of all levels to get the most out of their study of vocabulary in an engaging and efficient way. It is also a rich resource for language teaching, research, curriculum design, and materials development. Former CD content is now available to access at www.routledge.com/9780415521420 as support material. Designed for use by corpus and computational linguists it provides the full text in a format that researchers can process and turn into suitable lists for their own research purposes.

Le plus difficile quand on travaille avec son boss sexy ? Résister à la tentation. Styliste dans une entreprise de lingerie, Lise a toujours tout donné pour son job, elle n’hésite pas à rester tard le soir et à travailler les week-ends pour perfectionner ses ensembles. Seulement voilà, Anastasia Underwear a fusionné avec une marque américaine, et certaines personnes doivent être licenciées afin d’éviter les doublons de postes. Malheureusement, l’équipe des stylistes est directement en ligne de mire, et Lise refuse de perdre sa place. Alors, même si l’ambiance au bureau est devenue irrespirable et qu’une rude compétition s’est installée entre elle et ses collègues, Lise ne lâche pas son objectif de vue. Du moins elle essaye... car quand elle croise le regard de son nouveau patron, Anthony, elle ne peut éviter de plonger dans ses yeux bleu nuit, aussi sombres qu’hypnotisants. Et lorsqu’ils se retrouvent seuls, le soir, à faire des heures supplémentaires, la tension devient insoutenable. Elle serait presque tentée de voir jusqu’où cet homme, pourtant plus âgé qu’elle, serait capable d’aller. Mais Lise est-elle vraiment prête à risquer sa carrière et son avenir pour succomber au désir... avec son boss ? À propos de l''autrice : Dès qu’elle le peut, Elena LD troque sa vie de femme active contre sa passion de l’écriture. Dans ses romans, où l’amour tient le rôle principal, ses personnages hauts en couleur n’en font souvent qu’à leur tête. " Une pépite : du slow burn, de la tension, de la sensualité, le tout mêlé à la plume addictive et captivante de l''autrice, je n''ai pu qu''adorer ma lecture !" Lectrice Babelio

The story of Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI. In this work of historical fiction, all of the characters were actual people The incidents, situations and conversations are based on reality. It is the story of the martyred King Louis XVI and his Queen, Antoinette. The fruit of years of research, the book corrects many of the popular misconceptions of the royal couple, which secular and modernist historians have tried so hard to promote. Louis and Antoinette can only be truly understood in view of the Catholic teachings to which they adhered and within the context of the sacrament of matrimony. It was the graces of this sacramental life that gave them the strength to remain loyal to the Church, and to each other, in the face of crushing disappointments, innumerable humiliations, personal and national tragedy, and death itself. Theirs is not a conventional love story; indeed it is more than a love story. The fortitude they each displayed at the very gates of hell is a source of inspiration for all Christians who live in troubled times. Hardcover, smythe-sewn, cream paper, 205 pages.