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Richards here offers anew the 1935 edition of his work (then entitled Science and Poetry) with commentary that reveals not only the development of his own criticism but also the ways in which the rela
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Now back in print after more than two decades, this classic and still-accurate account of the behavior patterns and sensory capacities of the honeybee remains a book "written with a simplicit
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Error-Correcting Codes, by Professor Peterson, was originally published in 1961. Now, with E. J. Weldon, Jr., as his coauthor, Professor Peterson has extensively rewritten his material. The book conta
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Ex-cop turned #1 New York Times bestselling writer Joseph Wambaugh forged a new kind of literature with his great early police procedurals. Gritty, luminous, and ultimately stunning, this novel is Wam
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In this final volume of the early lectures, Emerson emerges as the mature lecturer. With these lectures—ten from the series "Human Life," nine from the series "The Present Age," th
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In its broadest sense, this novel is concerned with the question of equality between men and women. Angela Lewes is the exemplary wife of an academic, a wonderfully accomplished housewife and mother.
The second volume of A Cycle of the West, dealing with the tragic defeat of the Plains Indians, includes The Song of the Indian Wars (1925) and The Song of the Messiah (1935). The former tells of "the
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A scholarly edition of works by Matthew Prior. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.
The central conceptual idea of the contemporary theory of general relativity -- or geometrodynamics -- is the identification of matter with the structure of space-time. No entities foreign to space-ti
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Given the ever-increasing acceleration of science and technology, every modern scientist is to some degree concerned about the future of his subject and, as a teacher, about how to come to rems with t
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“History,” writes Bernard Norling, “is not a series of unconnected episodes, all about equally important or equally useless, each embellished with a chapter title, and all then assembled in a book. It
This atlas, which combines thorough scholarship with the most practical features for use, will become an indispensable supplement to texts on Russian history for the historian, the student, and the in
During the first six of the ten months covered by this volume, Madison completed his initial period of service as a delegate from Virginia in the Congress of the Confederation. His correspondence with
For the scholar, teacher, and librarian who consulted with pleasure and profit Articles on American Literature 1900-1950, the newest volume of this compilation is a welcome event. Encompassing anot
This book begins with Washington's return to Mount Vernon, a victorious, but exhausted soldier eagerly seeking the pleasures of a quiet country life. Free of heavy responsibilities, his character expa
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