Life had always been predictable for Ann . . . until she met her college roommates, Niki and Hildy. Niki is always in motion, brash, often vulgar, with a philosophy of "win at any cost.&q
The fiery polemic against the State, and the Constitution, from the individualist anarchist, together with an introduction, annotations and new afterword by James J Martin.
Discusses the psychological basis of police work, describes the personality traits associated with police, and looks at leadership, stress, decision making, and public attitudes towards crime
Civilized Women is concerned with the intersection of cultural constructions of gender and other systems of ranking among the Glebo people of Cape Palmas, in southeastern Liberia.
The editors work from the perspective of community colleges (Bronx & Nassau) with strong curricula in these fields. This is an annotated bibliography of some 1,000 books and nonprint materials tha
Broad in scope and packed with useful detail," Vision, Brain, and Cooperative Computation" explores what can be learned about visual cognition from an understanding of visual neurophysiology and of th
" For more than fifty years mountain-born Earl Palmer traveled the Southern Appalachians with his camera, recording his personal vision of the mountain people and their heritage. Over these year he cr
This interdisciplinary work presents an integration of theory and research on how children develop their thinking as they participate in cultural activity with the guidance and challenge of their care
With easy-to-understand examples, this guide provides the peace of mind of knowing one has the best coverage--medical, disability, fire, automobile--at the best price.
"As Eggbert, an adventurous ball, bounces his way into some very strange places, your first-graders get practice with basic punctuation, spelling, and phonics. Story sentences on the CD are formatted
A textbook for anyone who has a passing acquaintance with procedural languages, such as BASIC or Pascal, but who has not met a functional language like Lisp before. In addition to providing a step-by-
The articles collected in this book are concerned with the treatment of anaphora within generative grammar, specifically, within Chomsky's 'Ex tended Standard Theory' (EST). Since the inception of th
Connie Ramos, a woman in her mid-thirties, has been declared insane. But Connie is overwhelmingly sane, merely tuned to the future, and able to communicate with the year 2137. As her doctors persuade
In this classic simulation, a group is stranded on a rubber life raft with minimal supplies including:* Fishing kit* Mosquito netting* Shark repellant* Shaving mirror* Two chocolate bars . . . and ten
This book deals with the history of Hong Kong in the first half of the twentieth century which affected or, as it was frequently the case, were affected by the political developments in China, especia
This is a full and detailed account of China's antiforeignism in the twentieth century, with an emphasis on the post-1949 period. The author expounds fully on the factors underlying its complicated de
With increasing pollution, it is important for children to gain an understanding of the way in which the natural world is delicately balanced and how dependant humans are on a stable environment in wh
Germans to America provides both genealogists and researchers of family history with the first extensive, indexed source of German-surname immigrants who came to all ports in the United States between
Germans to America provides both genealogists and researchers of family history with the first extensive, indexed source of German-surname immigrants who came to all ports in the United States between
Focusing on medieval women with a wide range of occupations and life-styles, the interdisciplinary essays in this collection examine women's activities within the patriarchal structures of the time. I
Deals with the structure of the microenterprise sector, government policies towards microenterprises, informal credit markets, financial and technical services, institutional aspects and a review of t
A saga of country life in America and Ireland in the 1950s follows the fortunes of Cassie, whose childhood makes her more familiar with stigma and rejection than happiness. The loss of her second chil
Charles G. Clarke (1899-1983) was a prolific Hollywood cinematographer from the 1920s through the early 1960s. His autobiography is filled with unique anecdotes and personal observations on those with
A developmental study of men in mandatory military service based on interviews of young soldiers who had recently completed their service in Israel. The book deals with the central issues of transitio
Everyone loves Willy the wind-up mouse, while Alexander the real mouse is chased away with brooms and mousetraps. Wouldn't it be wonderful to be loved and cuddled, thinks Alexander, and he wishes he c
With a few notable exceptions, historians have tended to ignore the role that science and medicine played in the antebellum South. The fourteen essays in Science and Medicine in the Old South help to
Well-written, advanced-level text covers basic Fourier analysis, applications. Fourier series, orthogonal systems, Laplace transforms, Bessel functions, much more. Includes 266 exercises with solutions.
An introduction to the way art history works. A classic in its field, What Is Art History? now appears in a second edition with a new introduction by the author.
History of Old Age is the first major study of the ways in which old age has been perceived in western culture throughout history. Georges Minois paints a vast fresco, starting with the first old man
For three decades, beginning with the Symphonie fantastique composed in 1830, Berlioz and his music embodied the ?lan and exuberance of the Romantic era. This captivating and sumptuously illustrated
Peters has gained worldwide praise for her meticulous re-creations of 12th-century monastic life. Here, her chronicles continue with a Christmas story, a tale of robbery and attempted murder, and a na
In this provocative and forcefully written book, Steven Mailloux takes issue with the validity of a number of distinctions commonly made in contemporary literary theory and cultural studies—distinctio
(Rubank Solo Collection). (piano accompaniment) Includes: Andante from Symphony No. 5 (Tchaikovsky) * Andantino (Lemare) * Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffman (Offenbach) * Drink to Me Only with Thine
Under Briggflatts is a history of the last thirty years of British poetry with necessary excursions into other areas: criticism, philosophy, translation, and non-British English poetries. It has grown
In exploring the origins and characterof the American liberal tradition, MyraJehlen begins with the proposition thatthe decisive factor that shaped the European settlers' idea of "America" or the"Amer
No homeseekers were ever plagued with more bad luck than those who followed the Englishman John Charles Beales to southern Texas late in 1834. On the banks of Las Moras Creek, not far from the Rio Gra
