Amusing and informative, Hey Ranger! teaches as it entertains with tales of boat ramp misadventures, lost Afghani campers, encounters with wild animals, dumb crooks, and more. A chapter, "Tales from t
Before World War II, for most Britons visiting a restaurant was a rare indulgence; dining out for pleasure was a habit largely of the well-off. But after wartime food restrictions finally ended in the
Digital images are an integral part of all media, including television, film, photography, animation, video games, data visualization, and the Internet. In the digital world, spectators become navigat
Carol Burnett spent most of her childhood in a Depression-scarred Hollywood neighborhood, where she lived in a single-room apartment with her endearingly batty grandmother, Nanny, a hypochondriacal Ch
This study of early Greek lyric provides portraits of Archilochus, Alcaeus and Sappho and their poetry. It looks at their social setting, and their purposes within it.
This timeless classic is a poignant tale of Mary, a lonely orphaned girl sent to a Yorkshire mansion at the edge of a vast lonely moor. At first, she is frightened by this gloomy place until she meets
Highlights the television program about alien/human hybrid teenagers in Roswell, and includes biographies of the cast, an analysis of each episode, and details about the original crash in 1947.
Internationally acclaimed fundraising consultant Ken Burnett has completely revised and updated his classic book Relationship Fundraising to offer fundraising professionals an invaluable resource for
After discussing the terminology of talismanic magic (or necromancy) and its position in divisions of science in the Middle Ages, this book traces the history of talismanic texts from the Classical pe
Popular music is with us constantly. It is part of our everyday enviroment and in global terms it is now perhaps the most universal means of communication.The Global Jukebox is the first comprehensive
"This is a very strong, thought-provoking [volume]... "—George MarcusAs home photographs shift from the print format to digital technology and as video moves from the television screen to multimedia,
For Every Electric Bread Machine--Foolproof Recipes For Wholesome, Naturally Delicious, Healthful Breads!Until now, bread machine cookbooks have been full of recipes that used denatured flours, satura
What did Queen Victoria have for dinner? And how did this compare with the meals of the poor in the nineteenth century? This classic account of English food habits since the industrial revolution answ
Plato is one of the key ancient authors studied by both classicists and philosophers. This volume contains the first eight of Plato's works in the traditional order which appears in most of the manusc
Short Stories and Tall Tales tells of the bummer days of eight young people. Some days are normal living experiences and others are the result of over active imaginations with suspense and a touch of
