Martin Kippenberger (1953-1997) is a special case in art. His life and works were inextricably linked in a remarkable practice that centered on the role of the artist within both the culture and the s
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this
FoxTrot is taking off. The strip is one of the few to appeal overtly to younger readers as well as the parents of young people." -Rants and Raves* With appearances in the New York Times crossword puzz
Mostly historians, but also a sociologist, mostly from the US, but also Ireland and Canada, approach US history as a moral enterprise: an undertaking to understand the circumstances that allow evil to
During the Northern Song dynasty (960-1126), new ground was broken in aesthetic thought, particularly in the fields of art collecting, poetry criticism, connoisseurship of flowers, and the song lyric.
There is an epidemic obesity in America, and educators are ideally situated to identify, intervene, educate, and support overweight students who are headed for long-term illness or premature death. Su
Multitudes of veteran homeschool parents have graduated their first batch of kids, only to watch their graduates go wayward. Many were model homeschoolers while growing up, but sometime near their 18t
What causes multiple sclerosis? When will there be a cure?Dr. Howard Weiner has spent nearly three decades trying to find answers to the mysteries of multiple sclerosis, an utterly confounding and dev
In his Meditations, René Descartes asks, "what am I?" His initial answer is "a man." But he soon discards it: "But what is a man? Shall I say 'a rational animal'? No: for then I should inquire what
Why does the academic study of international relations have limited impact on the policy community? InNew Directions for International Relations, Mintz and Russett identify differences in methods of a
Getting people with very different backgrounds and perspectives to work together productively is a huge challenge that every manager in our global workplace will face. This book places managers in the
This book illustrates how algebraic equations can be solved through a focus on the ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome. Students will simultaneously learn about the culture and history of these a
Morris' earlier work exposed the realities of how 700,000 Palestinians became refugees during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. While the focus of this edition remains the war and exodus, new archival materi
These sixteen papers are taken from the 14th UISPP colloquium held in Liege in 2001 where contributors presented new material and discussion on early tin in Europe and the Mediterranean. The papers ar
The aim of this text is to define a good methodology for creating a web site (with functionality that is used on many different kinds of sites, and that programmers may well be working on in the futur
In the last four decades, desegregation has revolutionized almost every aspect of life in the United States: schools, businesses, government offices, even entertainment. But there is one area that rem
Writers of the Beat Generation were conscious that they shared thematic and philosophical concerns with writers of the American Renaissance. This study provides the first extended examination of inter
Cameron (philosophy, Bishop's U., Quebec) analyzes Nietzsche's contribution to moral philosophy. He argues that Nietzsche presents a positive morality based on human flourishing, and that his attack o
On the night of March 24, 1944, 76 Allied RAF officers escaped from Stalag-Luft III, Nazi Germany’s most secure POW camp. It was the biggest, most daring break-out of World War II. The tenacity and in
This volume offers an analysis of crime coverage on local television, exploring the nature of local television news and the ongoing appeal of crime stories. Drawing on the perspectives of media studie
Is the music world clinging to an outdated school of thought in ethnomusicology? Postmodernism and Globalization in Ethnomusicology shows how the theory of cultural relativism continues to detrimental
The Navier-Stokes equations: fascinating, fundamentally important, and challenging,. Although many questions remain open, progress has been made in recent years. The regularity criterion of Caffarelli
In recent years, algorithmic graph theory has become increasingly important as a link between discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science. This textbook introduces students of mathematics an
