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A. Linear Ultrametric Analysis and Valuation Theory.- 1. Norms and Valuations.- 2. Normed modules and normed vector spaces.- 3. Extensions of norms and valuations.- 4 (Appendix to Part A). Tame modules and Japanese rings.- B. Affinoid algebras.- 5. Strictly convergent power series.- 6. Affinoid algebras and Finiteness Theorems.- C. Rigid analytic geometry.- 7. Local theory of affinoid varieties.- 8. ?ech cohomology of affinoid varieties.- 9. Rigid analytic varieties.- Glossary of Notations.