Enhancing the Splendor of Classical Texts

Systematically incorporating language-focused exercises, the texts help students develop fluency by focusing on phrases in context, then practicing them in meaningful and enjoyable ways. Each chapter

This collection is full of heartwarming melodies loved by all, from classic folk songs to hymns and classical works. In addition to the single titles, there are three medleys and two suites. The inclu

The famous piece by Mozart is one of the most popular works in the classical repertoire. Using Mozart's original dynamic indications, this beautifully engraved performance edition from the Belwin Clas

What did 'history' mean to the Greeks and the Romans? This volume traces the development of conceptions of history and its practice from Homer to the writers of the Roman Empire. It serves as an intro

Bassett (U. of Vermont) died only days before he was scheduled to deliver the 1937 Sather Classical Lecture at the University of California, Berkeley. The book is based on the completed manuscript he

Series: History of FeminismHistory and Philosophy of Science reprints a distinguished selection of important texts published in this field over the last century.

A title in the BCP Russian Texts series, in Russian with English notes, vocabulary and introduction. Fadeev's "The Rout" (1927), tells the story of a group of Bolshevik partisans. Th

Lucretius offers his readers a complete guide to happiness and a total tour of the universe. Even a few selections from his poetry reveal the radical freethinker at his very best. This book draws on t

This collection of stories by Solzhenitsyn is part of the Bristol Classical Press Russian Texts series. The series is designed to meet the needs of the fast-growing A Level and undergraduate market fo

This study presents a collection of the influential Greek philosophical texts which provide a broad cross-section of ancient Greek thought. Full notes on the translation and the philosophical content

This volume continues our series of texts devoted to functional analysis methods in mathematical physics. In Volume I we announced a table of contents for Volume II. However, in the preparation of the

`Alan McKee presents a student friendly introduction to the analysis of cultural texts. The book highlights the cultural differences in interpretation with an array of fascinating examples. Textual

Book 1 of the Histories provides a particularly good illustration of the discursiveness and diversity of Herodotus' materials and of the ingenuity with which he develops his narrative and welds it in

Vitruvius's De architectura is the only major work on architecture to survive from classical antiquity, and until the eighteenth century it was the text to which all other architectural treatises ref

Classic picture book available for the first time on CD, narrated by Roger McGough and Juliet Stevenson. Five of Eric Carle's picture book texts collected together on CD, with music. The stories are:

Could a machine have an immaterial mind? The author argues that true conscious machines can be built, but rejects artificial intelligence and classical neural networks in favour of the emulation of th

Hippolytus is generally acknowledged to be one of Euripides' finest tragedies, for the construction of its plot, its use of language and its memorable characterisations of Phaedra and Hippolytus. Furt

In 1839 the "Tractatus Coislinianus", a summarised treatise on comedy, was published from a tenth-century manuscript. Its discoverer suggested that it derived from the lost second book of Ar

In this work, Paul Glimcher argues that economic theory may provide an alternative to the classical Cartesian model of the brain and behavior. Ren Descartes (1596-1650) believed that all behaviors cou

The first in a series of texts detailing best practices in disease control during forced relocation and conflict mass migrations looks at epidemiology and management and intervention strategies for ma

Like Mooki, the hero of Spike Lee's film "Do the Right Thing," artificially intelligent systems have a hard time knowing what to do in all circumstances. Classical theories of perfect rationality pres

As the Mideast becomes more and more important in contemporary geopolitics, the study of that region's languages enjoys increasing popularity. Unfortunately, many language texts in this area are based

The classical age of economics was marked by an intense interest in scientific methodology. It was, moreover, an age when science and philosophy were not yet distinct disciplines, and the educated wer

The Commitment of 1627 is the first original regulation of the Mercy of Macau, which since its foundation has organized its labor and structure by following directly the commitment texts of the Main H

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

This book reviews classical neurobehavioral syndromes from both neurological and cognitive scientific perspectives. The contributors are all practicing neurologists who also conduct cognitive neurosc

Deduction is an efficient and elegant presentation of classical first-order logic. It presents a truth tree system based on the work of Jeffrey, as well as a natural deduction system inspired by that

This selection of over 200 texts, nearly all appearing for the first time in English translation, provides a close-up look at the crusades against the Hussite heretics of 15th-century Bohemia, from th

General and politician, son of Pompey the Great, Sextus was the most popular leader in Rome's civil wars of the 40s and 30s BC. But the victors write the biographies as well as the histories, and so

In a revision of her dissertation (from Princeton in 1999), Volk sets out to redeem the neglected genre of didactic poetry by exploring the theory of poetics found in five such texts: Lucretius' De r

The Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio was one of the most influential figures that the field of architecture has ever produced. For classical architects, the term Palladian stands for a vocabular

This concise collection of poetry from 1660-1789 offers readers authoritative texts of the central works of the age.Provides readers with authoritative texts of key poems from 1660-1789. Focuses on th

Is it merely a coincidence that the three "Bs" of classical music—Bach, Beethoven, Brahms—are all German composers? Why do concert halls all over the world feature mostly the works of German and Austr

As the translator writes in his introduction: "These are not aphorisms in the classical sense of philosophic gemstones cut and polished to epigrammatic perfection. They are more like thoughts-in-progr

Sugirtharajah (historical studies, U. of Birmingham, UK) examines the interconnection between colonialism, bibical texts and interpretation. Coverage includes a review of postcolonial discourse, a tr

Judith Farquhar’s innovative study of medicine and popular culture in modern China reveals the thoroughly political and historical character of pleasure. Ranging over a variety of cultural terrains--fiction, medical texts, film and television, journalism, and observations of clinics and urban daily life in Beijing—Appetites challenges the assumption that the mundane enjoyments of bodily life are natural and unvarying. Farquhar analyzes modern Chinese reflections on embodied existence to show how contemporary appetites are grounded in history. From eating well in improving economic times to memories of the late 1950s famine, from the flavors of traditional Chinese medicine to modernity’s private sexual passions, this book argues that embodiment in all its forms must be invented and sustained in public reflections about personal and national life. As much at home in science studies and social theory as in the details of life in Beijing, this account uses anthropology, cultural studies, a

This book lucidly explains how the Parallel Lives of Plutarch (c. AD 45-120) are more than mere `sources' for history. TheLives offer us a unique insight into the reception of Classical Greece and Rep

Never before seen in print, the letter-books of the Royal African Company of England cover the crucial historical period between 1681 and 1699. Here, the original texts are published in full, with ext

Although both innovative and engaging, Book XIII of Martial's epigrams, the "Xenia", has generally been neglected. As its name suggests, it is concerned with presents, in particular those gi

Folk Strings is a collection of folk melodies from around the world arranged for strings. Unlike classical music, which normally has an "authentic" version, folk music often exists in many versions, w