Reflecting Adam Smith's wide learning and varied interests, these essays shed considerable light on his place in the Scottish Enlightenment. Included are histories of astronomy, ancient logic, and a
Written specifically as an introduction to North and Hillard's Latin Prose Composition, this book presents the student with numerous exercises in Latin using a simple vocabulary and elementary forms o
The essays in this book - all of them published here for the first time - provide a long-overdue critical discussion of Jurgen Habermas's cascade of ideas. These are topped off by a freshet of origina
This book by a recognized authority on game theory and its applications introduces social scientists in a variety of disciplines to this powerful methodology.
Along with Clementi's C Major Sonatina, this famous piece by Beethoven, in G Major, will likely qualify as one of the student's first Sonatinas as they venture into longer classical forms. Included ar
Professor Hagemann, for many years interested in the hard-boiled, tough-guy writers, has completed this comprehensive index to Black Mask magazine. A task that took many years as a labor of love, this
Mercer Mayer's very popular character stars in a getting-ready-for-Christmas picture book. Little Critter approaches Christmas with the intention of being a good helper. When he makes a mistake, he ha
Germanic Accentology was first published in 1982. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original
Dealing with the basics of the Christian life, this simple, informal book offers counsel from both the biblical text and human experience. More than 1,000,000 copies in print.
Analyzes the place of art in the Islamic society of the Ottoman Empire and depicts the history, development, and artistic styles of metalwork, ceramics, textiles, calligraphy, and painting
The only chord book which shows the guitarist exactly what chords are needed to both play and arrange songs! It contains the most often used chords in the principal guitar keys, plus photos and diagra
This catalogue is unique in providing the collector with the only comprehensive and authoritative guide devoted specifically to the local coinages of the Roman Empire, undoubtedly the most neglected s
First published in 1895: Emile Durkheim’s masterful work on the nature and scope of sociology—now with a new introduction and improved translation by leading scholar Steven Lukes.The Rules of the Soci
A handy guide that uses flower structures, floral diagrams, and the floral formula technique to illustrate the elements common to the genera in more than 100 plant families native to North America or
This absorbing intellectual history vividly recreates the unique social, political, and philosophical milieu in which the extraordinary promise of Einstein and scientific contemporaries took root and
This textbook, written by a dedicated and successful pedagogue who developed the present undergraduate algebra course at Moscow State University, differs in several respects from other algebra textboo
To be completed in 12 volumes, this monumental work here begins publica-tion with the first two volumes?Abaco to Bertie and Bertin to Byzard. When completed, it is expected that the bio-graphical dict
Many writers, even experienced ones, admit that one of the most frightening objects in their world is a blank piece of paper. Susan Horton feels that too many teachers, students, and writers themselve
This book displays the underlying structure of a complex body of law and integrates that structure with moral principles.Charles Fried grounds the basic legal institution of contract in the morality
This second volume in the five-volume series, "Basic Reproductive Medicine" closely follows publication of Volume 1, "Basis and Development of Reproduction" (Fall 1981), which treats the general aspec
This basic text presents a step-by-step impact evaluation methodology that can be used by students and administrators without prior exposure to the field. The treatment is nontechnical and sparing in
Completed shortly before Walter Rodney's assassination in June 1980, A History of the Guyanese Working People, 1881-1905 provides an original, well-informed, and perceptive contribution to the histori
This basic text presents a step-by-step impact evaluation methodology that can beused by students and administrators without prior exposure to the field. The treatment isnontechnical and sparing in it
The Caribbean basin is one of the most volatile areas of the world today. Since the last century the United States has maintained its supremacy in the region through direct and indirect military inter
"This study will related various stories and episodes of the Buddha's many incarnations, including his final one, as they appear in the literature and art of Asia. On the one hand, they represent a vi
Paul of Venice's Logica Magna is an invaluable repository for 14th-century logical theories. In this treatise on necessity and contingency, Paul gathers together a wide range of arguments on the quest
While many scholars have been interested in the size of the Indian population of the Americas at the time of first contact with Europeans, this book is the first to make a thorough examination of the
The Bible As History, now thoroughly updated with the latest scientific and archaeological breakthroughs in biblical investigation. Including:Revolutionary new evidence that confirms some of the most
Traces the history of the Black working class in America and argues that racism and federal indifference are largely responsible for Black unemployment and poverty
Henry Adams' letters are one of the vital chronicles of the life of the mind in America. A perceptive analyst of people, events, and ideas, Adams recorded, with brilliance and wit, sixty years of enor
This biographical study of one of China's leading social scientists follows his history from birth until the present moment, and includes a bibliography of his books and articles. Trained in London un
The Caribbean basin is one of the most volatile areas of the world today. Since the last century the United States has maintained its supremacy in the region through direct and indirect military inter
Since the Second World War Hong Kong’s development has been characterized not only by income inequality but, oddly enough, by economic growth and political stability. In an era when widespread poverty
Each author delivers four to six lectures on optical communication, integrated optics, quantum electronics, and semi-conductor lasers respectively, allowing the topics to be treated in depth.
Before publishing Les Fleurs du Mal in 1857, Baudelaire was probably better known to his contemporaries as a critic than as a poet, and the articles translated here by P. E. Charvet illustrate the dev
Blowup, says Armando Prats, is one of the necessary movies. It is a "living expression of the transition into the new narrative domains" in terms of man's "new vision of himself as a na
Since its creation by the National Security Act of 1947 the office of secretary of defense has grown rapidly in power and influence, surpassing at times that of the secretary of state to become second
