What businessmen thought—or thought they thought—in the age of the “robber barons.” “Brightly written and thoughtful...a stimulating integration of economic and social history.”—Journal of American Hi
Chronicles the evolution of Navy clinical psychology from its roots in Titchener's turn-of-the-century experimental psychology, to the introduction of the Binet-Simon Scale for mental and psychologica
Henry S. White, a chaplain attached to the Fifth Rhode Island heavy Artillery, was captured in May 1864 and remained a prisoner of war until the following September. After his release he wrote a seri
Walt McDonald's A Band of Brothers sheds light on the Vietnam war through the eyes of a pilot in painstaking detail. Walter McDonald's collection [is] one of the most moving and insightful accounts
The holiday celebrating the Jews' flight from Egyptian slavery is described, as the reader shares in a little boy's Seder experience of asking the four questions, reading the Haggadah, singing songs,
A student practice guide that accompanies the Masterwork Classics. Invaluable notes on technique, style and listening activities for every piece in the Masterwork Classics books, plus teacher's notes
"The reader gets to play detective in four mysteries from Kentucky's past -- the disappearances of James Harrod and "Honest Dick" Tate, the battlefield death of Indian chief
" "I don't agree with all the choices people make," says the author. "You probably won't either. My job is to let them tell their stories." And so she does in these thirteen warm, funny, and sad short
Ingmar Bergman is still the doyen of cinema. He is known for masterpieces of controlled human emotion, exploring every facet of the personality in relentless detail. He wrote: "I had the possibility o
When The Leavenworth Case, Anna Katharine Green’s first novel, was published in 1878, it quickly became a bestseller as well as a seminal work of detective fiction. Critics were to perceive Green’s wo
(String Method). This intermediate course of violin study, based on the works of Kayser, Mazas, De Beriot and other masters of the violin repertoire, is published in two volumes and is an introductory
This volume is intended for professional philosophers and laymen with an interest in East-West studies and comparative philosophy and religion. The central focus is the concept of comparing perspectiv
Rampant inflation is a major economic problem in many of the less developedcountries; two out of three attempts to stabilize these economies fail. Inflation Stabilizationprovides a valuable descriptio
Ted Sorensen knew Kennedy the man, the senator, the candidate, and the president as no other associate did. From his hiring as a legislative assistant to Kennedy's death in 1963, Sorensen was with him
Fiction. African American Studies. Translated from the French. AMONG THE BLACKS consists of two works: Ron Padgett's translation of Raymond Roussel's early story "Parmi les noirs," first published in
Excerpt from the IntroductionBelle Herbert is a Gwich'in Athabaskan woman who lives in the village of Chalkyitsik, Alaska, on the Black River. According to conflicting birth records, she is between 10
This book marks an important evolution in Jean Baudrillard's thought as he leaves behind his older and better-known concept of the "simulacrum" and tackles the new problem of digital techno
Everything you need to know to break into today's most challenging and rewarding careers. Featuring interviews with the most successful executives in finance.
This book collects seven essays on classical Chinese poetry Professor C. H. Wang authored in the 1970s. The primary subjects under consideration are Shih Ching and Ch'u tz'u, the earliest Chinese lite
Poetry. David Bromige has said of DEVOLUTION: I have been waiting for this poetry a long time, a poetry politically relevant and at the same time unapologetic in its confidence. These works are comple
Driven by persecution and poverty from their ancestral lands, thousands of Armenians fled to the New World before World War 1. But their hearts and minds remained in part on the Old World with their p
No book can guarantee you a long and happy relationship, even if the author didn't know about your secret hygiene problem. But the cover of a book is no place to discuss that. In Dave Barry's Guide to
The topic of defection is taboo in the USSR, and the Soviets, are anxious to silence, downplay, or distort every case of defection. Surprisingly, Vladislav Krasnov reports, the free world has often pl
(Brass Ensemble). Contents: Air * Ave Maria * Ave Verum Corpus * Carol of the Bells * Cwm Rhondda * Dry Bones * El Yivneh Hagalil * Fugue in E Flat * Hosanna * Intrada (A Fanfare) * Lord Bless You and
A useful, durable, illustrated reference guide for all players and teachers, this book provides quick access to the chords most commonly used in popular music. For each chord, this book offers chord s
Learn to play the clarinet in an enjoyable way! This course is based on popular tunes and light classics. With clear text, photographs and diagrams, it will prove easy to understand even to those wit
Did you know that there were sharks on earth even before dinosaurs? For more than twenty years, Hungry, Hungry Sharks! has been a staple nonfiction title in the Step into Reading line. Nothing is more
From familiar fairy tales and legends – Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss-in-Boots, Beauty and the Beast, vampires, werewolves – Angela Carter has created an absorbing collection of dark, sensual, fant
This easy-to-use pocket guide includes 80 full-color photos, each showing one of the 80 species you are most likely to come across in North America. This reference guide is divided into 3 parts: intro
This guide includes full-color photographs, outline drawings, and comprehensive information on eighty species of flowers, arranged by color, that grow in the eastern region of North America
The book describes and analyzes the rising and falling fortunes of Chu Hsi (Zhu Xi) (1130-1200) throughout the centuries in China, Japan, and Europe, especially the changing attitudes among Chinese sc
After Philosophy provides an excellent framework for understanding the most important strains of current philosophical work in North America, England, France, and Germany. The selections from the work
(Brass Ensemble). Contents: Air * Ave Maria * Ave Verum Corpus * Carol of the Bells * Cwm Rhondda * Dry Bones * El Yivneh Hagalil * Fugue in E Flat * Hosanna * Intrada (A Fanfare) * Lord Bless You and
(Southern Music). Compiled from the celebrated Victor Method and useful for both full ensembles and individual study, the 167 exercises in this book cover virtually every aspect of technical study for
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme was revived by the Abbey Theatre, Dublin in 1994 as part of an acknowledgement of the peace process. The production was subsequently taken to the
Science fiction captures contemporary sentiment with its faith in a scientific/technological future, its explorations of the ultimate meaning of man’s existence. Kreuziger is interested particularly i
Called the King of the Pulps, Frederick Schiller Faust, aka Max Brand, wrote nearly 400 Westerns from The Untamed to Destry Rides Again—a total of more than 220 books in this genre. Yet Max Brand also
The Life I've Been Living is the biography of Moses Cruikshank, an Athabascan elder and skilled storyteller from Interior Alaska. In his stories, Moses blends description, opinion, advice, and humor t
From tbe earliest times the Egyptians used bold, bright colours to decorate their buildings, sculptures, papyri, coffins and funerary chests. The large tomb-paintings in the British Museum are the mos
The collection opens with Harry Levin's "What Is Literature if Not Comparative," read in the Second Hong Kong Comparative Literature Conference (1982) and used here to highlight the significance of a
