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Cases of production of counterfeit U.S. Dollars by various techniques and with a different quality of imitation of security features are reviewed in detail in the practical guide «U.S. Dollars: Genuine or Counterfeit?», including a detailed description of counterfeit banknotes of «super» class of 50 and 100 Dollars denominations of different series — from 1977 till 2003 inclusive. . .Each series of U.S. banknotes, while being actually of single-type design in each denomination, nevertheless possesses its distinctive particularities in the execution of essential elements and other security features. These particularities, successively reviewed by the author in this publication, formed the basis for recommendations for the identification of U.S. Dollars of series issued since 1928 till 2006. . .Alexey Masich is one of the leading Russian experts in the field of examination of currency notes. His works on the expert examination of U.S. Dollars are of exceptional value, and techniques worked out by him for the identification of counterfeit notes are considered to be the model ones. .

Folk tales belong to the treasures of Russian national culture. In thebook you are holding today, they are illustrated by the bestmasters of Russian lacquer painting, another invaluablepart of ancient Russia's cultural heritage. . .This publication is unique as it brings together for the first time illustrations to Russian folk tales produced at all the centres of lacquer miniatures - Palekh, Mstiora and Kholui. .

When Captain Scott died in 1912 on his way back from the South Pole, his story became a myth embedded in the national imagination. Everyone remembers the doomed Captain Oates's last words: 'I'm just going outside, and I may be some time.' Francis Spufford's celebrated and prize-winning history shows how Scott's death was the culmination of a national enchantment with vast empty spaces, the beauty of untrodden snow, and perilous journeys to the end of the earth. .

London is an unparalleled blend of tradition and edginess. Nowhere is this more apparent than in its hotels. This vital compendium showcases chic hotels sure to wow even the most jaded guest. Each profile lists hotel facilities as well as nearby restaurants and shops featured .in teNeues's Cool Restaurants and Cool Shops series. This complete round-up covers such stunning lodgings as Hazlitt?s, B+B Belgravia, and Brown's Hotel. ? This handy flexi-cover guide is abundantly illustrated with approximately 200 color photographs that convey the spirit of each home-away-from-home ? Essential for travelers to London and for design professionals.

Father Michael Kavanagh is shocked when he sees a friend from his seminary days at the altar of his humble parish in upper Manhattan—a friend who was forced to leave under scandalous circumstances. Compelled to reconsider the past, Father Kavanagh wanders into the medieval haven of the Cloisters and stumbles into a conversation with a lovely and intriguing docent, Rachel Vedette.Having survived the Holocaust and escaped to America, Rachel remains obsessed with her late father’s greatest scholarly achievement: a study demonstrating the relationship between the famously discredited monk Peter Abelard and Jewish scholars. Feeling an odd connection with Father Kavanagh, Rachel shares with him the work that cost her father his life.At the center of these interrelated stories is the classic romance between the great philosopher Abelard and his intellectual equal, Heloise. For Rachel, Abelard is the key to understanding her people’s place in history. And for Father Kavanagh, the controversial theologian may be a doorway to understanding the life he himself might have had outside the Church. . . . . . . . . .