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From the extra pounds and unrelenting bullies that left her eating lunch alone in a bathroom stall at school to the low self-esteem that left her both physically and emotionally vulnerable to abuse, Jasmin Singer's struggle with weight defined her life.

Most people think there's no such thing as a fat vegan. Most people don't realize that deep-fried tofu tastes amazing and that Oreos are, in fact, vegan. So, even after Jasmin...

The dancers profiled in First Position represent the pinnacle of their art over the last century. Author Toba Singer polled scores of dance critics, dance teachers and professors, and active and retired professional dancers to create a list that represents the best of the various styles of ballet from the last hundred years. The result is a collective biography that introduces the reader to dancers both with household names and those known mostly to ballet aficioinados. Profiled dancers include Carlos Acosta, Alicia Alonso, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Erik Bruhn, Lazaro Carreno, Margot...

One of the most eclectic and distinctive writers currently working in comics, Grant Morrison (b. 1960) brings the auteurist sensibility of alternative comics and graphic novels to the popular genres-superhero, science fiction, and fantasy-that dominate the American and British comics industries. His comics range from bestsellers featuring the most universally recognized superhero franchises (All-Star Superman, New X-Men, Batman) to more independent, creator-owned work (The Invisibles, The Filth, We3) that defies any generic classification.

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Csaba Singer untersucht die Kostensenkungspotenziale bei der Stromerzeugung mit solarthermischen Turmkraftwerken. Sein Ziel ist die Steigerung des Receiverwirkungsgrades und das Aufzeigen und Bewerten kritischer Aspekte von innovativen Receivertechnologien. Zunachst erfolgt eine Konzeptstudie, die dazu dient, den Stand der Technik der Solarturmkraftwerke mit ausgewahlten Receiveroptionen fur die Erhohung der Dampfprozesstemperaturen zu vergleichen. Diese Studie zeigt, dass die Direktabsorption auf der inneren Mantelflache des Receivers mit nach unten geoffneter Apertur und...