This thoroughly revised third edition of Harry H. Harman's authoritative text incorporates the many new advances made in computer science and technology over the last ten years. The author gives full
Shakespeare's plays have never had a larger audience than they do in our time. This wide viewing is complemented by modern scholarship, which has verified and elucidated the plays' texts. Nevertheless
There are many books on counterpoint and harmony, but few indeed on the theory of rhythm. Those few approach it through its graphic notation, or in terms of metrical feet, as if it were poetry. Maury
William James Roosen has written the first general study of European diplomacy in the age of Louis XIV which is based on the actual practices and institutions of that era, rather than on the writing o
The present book is an abridged English translation of the Chinese novel Erh-shih nien mu-tu chih kuai hsien-chuang by Wu Wo-yao (1867-1910), first serialized in Liang Ch'i Ch'ao's magazine Hsin Hsiao
The present book is an abridged English translation of the Chinese novel Erh-shih nien mu-tu chih kuai hsien-chuang by Wu Wo-yao (1867-1910), first serialized in Liang Ch'i Ch'ao's magazine Hsin Hsiao
This volume contains the majority of the papers delivered to a colloquium on Modern Arabic Literature held in July 1974. Their range and variety pay tribute to the achievements of a literature which,
The first edition of the Centennial Buckeye Cook Book was published in 1876. Between 1876 and 1905, a total of thirty-two editions of the cookbook were published, and more than one million copies sold
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A pioneer in early studies of the human mind and founder of that peculiarly American philosophy called Pragmatism, William James remains America's most widely read philosopher. Generations of students
Orson Welles was once asked which directors he most admired. He replied: "The old masters. By which I mean John Ford, John Ford and John Ford." John Ford (1894–1973) was a legend in his own time. Hono
Modern approach to differential equations presents subject in terms of ideas and concepts rather than special cases and tricks which traditional courses emphasized. No prerequisites needed other than
This critical evaluation of the efforts by the federal government to reduce poverty and alleviate inequality in the inner cities during the past decade is the work of two urban scholars who were thems
At the end of the Royalist regime, the artillery arm of the French Army was, as Napoleon was later to declare, "the finest and best composed corps in Europe." Designed by the great master of artillery
Lord Anglesey, like so many people, thought that the part played by the British cavalry on the Western Front in the last four years of the First World War was so negligible as not to be worth writing
AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH This collection of essays in honor of Roderick M. Chisholm is the work of his former students. The book was conceived and the original con tributors invited by Richard Taylor.
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From the creator of Harold and the Purple Crayon comes this collection of eight delightful episodes from the famous strip that ran in newspapers across the country from 1942 to 1952. Along with Barnab
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The present translation is based on the German original, which has been edited by Professor S. Strasser and published. in Husse1'- liana-Edmund H usserl, Gesammelte We1'ke. A uj Grund des N ach- lasse
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This dictionary is an indispensable guide to the study of the Latin Middle Ages. It records the continuing usage of classical and late Latin in this period (6th-16th centuries), but it presents most f
Professor Price has enlarged his widely known and influential study of science and the humanities to include much new material, extraordinarily broad in its range: from ancient automata, talismans and
An American anthropologist describes her experiences living among the Sharanahua Indians of eastern Peru, providing insight into their daily routine, mores, and attitudes toward the woman's role in th
Presents a collection of papers by economists theorizing on the roles of altruism and morality versus self-interest in the shaping of human behavior and institutions. Specifically, the authors examine
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This volume illustrates a unique set of ivory panels discovered in a single chamber of Fort Shalmaneser and discusses their iconography and their arrangement and function as palace furniture.
Because of its central situation in the Eastern United States and the variety of habitats to be found within its borders, Kentucky has an interesting mixture of mammals, including some characteristic
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Modern scholarship has exposed the intrinsic importance of medieval science and confirmed its role in preserving and transmitting Greek and Arabic achievements. This Source Book offers a rare opportun
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Although Louis XIV was a vitally important figure in European history, he has found no satisfactory biographer until now. The memorists, particularly Saint-Simon, have “fixed” the traditional image of
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