This volume makes available the first English version of L’Economie mondiale et les frappes monetaires en France, 1493–1680, Frank C. Spooner’s original and distinguished contribution to economic and
Volumes I-VI of the Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce are being reissued in response to a growing interest in Peirce's thought--a development that was prophesied by John Dewey when he reviewe
Here are the traditions of harpsichord making as they might have been taught to young apprentices in five countries where the craft once flourished: Italy, Flanders, France, England, and Germany. The
One of America's most enigmatic literary figures, Herman Melville lived a life full of adventure, hardship, and moral conflict. Known for his nautical escapades, Melville first went to sea in his earl
A number of intellectual and literary events in Russia after 1953 led to a break in the code of Socialist Realism. Several courageous writers invoked sharp debate and attack by defending the individua
Unable to accept or explain his family's newly acquired wealth, his growing interest in sex, and a friend's shoplifting habit, a thirteen-year-old finds the pains in his stomach getting worse and wors
During the fabulous reign of Colorado Silver, innumerable prospectors passed by Pike’s Peak on their way to the silver strikes at Leadville, Aspen, and the boom camps in the Saguache, Sangre de Cristo
Social Control and Social Change is a unique and timely attempt to understand and elaborate the process of social control. An interdisciplinary study from the Center for Research on Social Behavior at
Volume IX of The Works of Stephen Crane brings together all of Crane's known newspaper war dispatches from Greece, Florida, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and England, and to these appends the series "Great Batt
Milic Capek has devoted his scholarship to the history and philosophy of modern physics. With impeccable care, he has mastered the epistemologi- cal and scientific developments by working through the
Trials riding has enjoyed a great resurgence of late, and has spread across the sea to find new exponents. Whether you are already a trials rider, or are interested in taking up this demanding and hea
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
Navaho Material Culture was conceived more than thirty years ago, when the noted anthropologist Clyde Kluckhohn began to collect data for a reference work on Navaho objects. The unique work he began h
This collection of tales record and preserves a part of the oral tradition of Chinese folk tales and legends still current among the older generation of immigrants who came to Hong Kong from various p
During his stay in the West Indies as a Dominican missionary, pere Labat was able to observe buccaneers and their ships. His adventures in this turbulent period are varied, but it is in the descriptio
In July, 1841, Emerson wrote to Carlyle: "My whole philosophy...teaches acquiescence and optimism." The journals in this volume, beginning in the summer of 1841, record the spiritual history of two ye
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
Foreign investment increased from 17 percent of the capital of industrial corporations in Imperial Russia in 1880 to 47 percent in 1914, coinciding with the rapid development of Russian industrializat
The body of this book is divided in to six chapters. The first three chapters provide general schemas which account for the morphology, syntax, and semantics of the Mandarin ""de"" occurring in an NP.
In over 140 reproduced artworks, this book records eleven iconic walks across the length and breadth of Britain, from Allt Coire Pheiginn in Scotland to Zennor Head in Cornwall. It is inspired and inf
Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945) is one of the most important and controversial artists of the twentieth century. This book, the first to analyze the essence of his work, begins with Kiefer's arrival on the in
Translating the speeches of prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez into English, this edition includes his writings that span Marquez's entire life: from his earliest days, speaking as a teenager
One of India's greatest epics, the Ramayana pervades the country's moral and cultural consciousness. Believed to have been composed by Valmiki sometime between the eighth and sixth centuries BC, the R
A keepsake storybook featuring the irrepressible Olivia finds her looking forward to demonstrating a pas de deux for Show-and-Tell before accepting help from a visiting uncle when no boys are availabl
Turn Your Great Idea into a Thriving Business!“A guide that sets first-time entrepreneurs’ feet in the right direction.”Geoffrey Moore, author, Crossing the Chasm“There are many books on entrepreneurs
this beautiful volume offers an astonishingly rich and detailed view of one of the greatest French artists of the nineteenth century. In addition to over 250 color illustrations, this work draws on a
