El gran Gatsby es ante todo una novela realista de modales en la tradición de Henry James y Edith Wharton, quien buscó revelar las verdades universales de la naturaleza humana y la sociedad a través de la objetividad en el estudio de personajes representativos en situaciones típicas.

Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve, hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So when a call goes out for a team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelt’s new traveling library, Alice signs on enthusiastically. The leader, and soon Alice's greatest ally, is Margery, a smart-talking, self-sufficient woman who's never asked a man's permission for anything.

Simon Basset, the irresistible Duke of Hastings, has hatched a plan to keep himself free from the town's marriage-minded society mothers. He pretends to be engaged to the lovely Daphne Bridgerton. After all, it isn't as if the brooding rogue has any real plans to marry-though there is something about the alluring Miss Bridgerton that sets Simon's heart beating a bit faster. And as for Daphne, surely the clever debutante will attract some very worthy suitors now that it seems a duke has declared her desirable.

Craving some first-rate historical fiction? Slip into this tale of intrigue and romance from Alexandre Dumas (pere), who is regarded by critics as one of the masters of the genre. In The Black Tulip, turmoil befalls the Dutch aristocracy and the nation struggles to regain its international standing. An unusual horticulture prize is devised as a way to channel the country's attention toward something positive, and an unlikely romance blossoms as a result.

Mathematics Education: History and Research takes into account the basic methodology used for the mathematics education in ancient times. It includes the advanced mathematical study and the development of conditional reasoning skills and certain challenges involved in the mathematical cognition.

Linear Algebra, Matrix Theory and Applications gives insights into the various aspects related to the matrices including the concepts on vector spaces, least square regression, determinants, eigen values, eigen vectors, positive definite matrices, singular value decomposition and teaches the readers the methods of computation in matrices.This book also discusses about Reduced triangular form of polynomial, Gaussian Elimination-based correlation analysis, Shift-invert diagonalization of spin chains, Fast matrix multiplication, Finding the pth root of principal matrix and Quasi-rational canon

A Complete Guide to Hybrid Materials opens with a study wherein the casting method is used to incorporate hybrid materials based on layered zinc hydroxide salts and phenolic compounds into the polymer matrix of polyvinyl alcohol to form composite films. The authors review recent advances in the preparation and applications of inorganic nanoparticle molecularly imprinted polymers. Due to the specific binding sites, the result exhibits good selectivity, reproducibility, high binding capacity and fast kinetics for the rebinding of the analyte.

Este libro presenta una introducción a los sistemas de bases de datos en su contenido inicial, a fin de exponer las características que diferencian los sistemas de bases de datos con los sistemas de información basados en archivos, e identificar las funciones y roles esenciales de un Sistema de Gestión de Bases de Datos: SGBD (DBMS: Data Base Management Systems).