Diabetes: The Ultimate Teen Guide is a practical guide for teens with diabetes that is written in everyday teen language. This book talks about issues specific to teens ages 16 to 19, and it includes
No movie has ever been made, or made well, without the character who toils just outside the spotlight. He arranged for the spotlight, hired the spotlight operator, and even made sure that it was train
Jubal did not have an organ, nor David a harp. Nebuchadnezzar had neither sackbut (English for trombone) nor cornett. The Bible, as we know it in English, is a translation, and the history of Biblica
Shows high school teachers how to adjust and improve teaching skills to suit the transition to block scheduling, drawing on the work of 11 public high school teachers in the Seattle area who have comp
"Dr. Olson's book has come at the perfect time. Singers need to such and discuss the very real issues in this book to best use their voices in the choral environment. Choral singing demands a `meldin
For these very reasons, because Ancient Israel means so much to us and because we actually know so little for sure, The A to Z of Ancient Israel is particularly important. It examines the usual source
The devastating war that raged on the South African veldt between 1899 and 1902---the first of the 20th-century wars---was small in comparison with the world wars. Yet it reveals many facets of milit
The devastating war that raged on the South African veldt between 1899 and 1902 - the first of the 20th-century wars - was small in comparison with the world wars. Yet it reveals many facets of milit
The Gilded Age was an important three-decade period in American history. It was a time of transition, when the United States began to recover from its Civil War and post-war rebuilding phase. It was
The period of 1880 to 1929 is the richest theater era in American history, certainly the number of plays produced and significant artists, as well as in the centrality of theater in the lives of Amer
This book looks to the educational ideas of Horace Mann to offer guidance as to how this nation might preserve his original vision of a public school system that will offer a free and equal educationa
Former educator and current advocate Rosen answers that over half the jobs in the US do not require a college degree. He notes that many simply are not interested in doing advanced academic work or in
The revival is part of the historical performance movement, which can be traced back to the early 19th century and has played a major part in Western musical life in the past four decades. Laird (musi
The Encyclopedia covers the genre from 1920 to 1994. The genre, however, can be very confusing: films often have several titles, and many of the stars have more than one pseudonym. In an effort to cla
Given the popularity of all types of skating - on the ice, on the boards, and on the street - why isn't roller skating on Olympic event? Author David H. Lewis sought out people involved in every aspec
In 1936, the Baseball Hall of Fame was established to honor the legends of the sport. The first inductees were some of the greatest names of the dugout, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth. Less than ten
In this book, William Taylor tells in his own words the story of a foundational episode in his life. Following his trial ministry as a Methodist circuit rider in his home state of Virginia and his ser
A historian for the US Army, Adams begins by explaining how the coastal city of Bremen and its environs came to be an American zone inside the British zone because of a territorial spat between the tw
The period of 1880 to 1929 is the richest theater era in American history, certainly in the number of plays produced and significant artists, as well as in the centrality of theater in the lives of A
When the early filmgoers watched The Great Train Robbery in 1903, many of them shrieked in terror at the very last clip when one of the outlaws turns directly toward the camera and fires a gun, seemi
The A to Z of the Kurds covers the largest nation on Earth that does not have its own independent state. Scholars, government officials who are dealing with the Middle East and the Kurds, the news me
On keyboard instruments, tuning pure fifth intervals causes octaves to be out-of-tune. A temperament is a system of tuning in which the tuning of the fifths is altered to keep the octaves in-tune, and
This A to Z guide is prepared with both the student and interested lay reader in mind. Its purpose is to provide an overview of the Korean War through a timeline of events; an introduction that expla
Burma (Myanmar) is a country in crisis, and a political resolution to its problems of national unity seems unlikely to occur in the near future. The purpose of The A to Z of Burma (Myanmar) is to expl
The A to Z of the Gulf Arab States comes at a time when the world's attention is riveted on the Middle East. The small states covered in this volume—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab E
The A to Z of U.S. Diplomacy Since the Cold War is a concise overview of the main figures, conflicts, events, and policies of the United States in the post-Cold War era. The study explores the main el
After an introduction to patents, their historical development and their current characteristics, this book describes the uses to which patents can be put, followed by details of their availability.
Presents Bolivia's most significant filmmakers, largely in their own words, providing important information on Bolivian cinema and its cultural and political context. Chapters flow from a broad profil
Hurley, a Jesuit priest, explores the Christian (especially Jesuit) subtext of Hitchcock's oeuvre , tracing themes of unjust accusation, guilt and innocence, redemption, sexuality, secrets, fear, and
Zarian has a background in library reference and recently completed a three-year appointment to the curriculum committee of her local school district in Illinois. Written for parents, librarians, and
Organized into six sections, this volume addresses the digitization of library and information services. Written by professors of information management and information science, communications, librar
Focusing on the work of the Center for Democracy and Technology, an organization that advocates privacy, this book introduces issues of online privacy and discusses legal ownership of personal data su
This is a full translation, with introduction and annotations, of Symphonic Etudes, first published in 1922 by the eminent twentieth-century scholar and critic Boris Asafyev. Each chapter focuses on o
Ambitious in scope, this dictionary provides an overview of events, persons, and institutions important to the historical study of forced labor and the struggle to abolish it. Klein (emeritus, U. of
Is the music world clinging to an outdated school of thought in ethnomusicology? Postmodernism and Globalization in Ethnomusicology shows how the theory of cultural relativism continues to detrimental
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger successfully collaborated on 16 films over a period of 15 years, most often with their identities united as the Archers. To their credit are such classics asBlack
The Seneca and Tuscarora Indians, most of whom live today in New York State, are the westernmost members of the Six Nations or Iroquois Confederacy. Haas's annotated bibliography on both tribes includ
