In recent years the mediation movement has seen tremendous growth with significant advances being made in both research and practice. Despite these advances, researchers and practitioners have remaine
Like King Arthur in Europe, the Persian hero Amir Hamzah has fought and connived his way through eight centuries of adventure throughout the Islamic world. Here is a new translation of a version of hi
Eliza Potter's 1859 autobiography expresses her indignation, abolitionist sentiments, fiery temper, and sheer joy of life as she reveals the private selves of the white women whose heads she "combed."
Four of Ida B. Wells-Barnett's moving anti-lynching essays are presented in this volume. Written during the height of the lynching craze at the turn of the century, they elegantly speak to the pain an
Rob Mallet-Stevens (1886-1945) was one of the more controversial architects of the modern movement and, along with Le Corbusier, the most influential figure in French architecture between the wars. Th
Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is an annual publication which includes original articles, which may be of substantial length, on a wide range of topics in ancient philosophy, and review articles
The author of the bestselling The City of Joy presents the tender, inspiring adventure of the scientists, doctors, nurses, victims, and Sisters of Mother Teresa who are battling against the dread epid
Bread in Italy is rough country loaves with thick chewy crusts and flat disks of focaccia seasoned with the wild herbs of the fields. It is celebratory sweet holiday breads dense with fat raisins, toa
John Dickson Carr is known as the master of the “locked-room” mystery—the “impossible crime.” But Carr also wrote short stories, radio plays, essays, introductions, and book reviews. S. T. Joshi has w
This book deals in detail with all aspects of hop growing, hop cone handling, drying, storage and processing into hop products and preparations, and with their utilization in the brewing industry.Part
In November, 1980, the eastern shallows of the Mediterranean near the village of Athlit, Israel, yielded a remarkable artifact of ancient military history: the bronze ram and connecting bow timbers of
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This first detailed study of the bishops of Florence tells the story of a dynamic Italian lordship during the most prosperous period of the Middle Ages. Drawing upon a rich base of primary sources, Da
Macromolecular Complexes is the first English textbook to cover macromolecular complexes, a field which is receiving growing attention as a frontier material system with a wide variety of molecular fu
Translations of six stories accompany seven papers from a workshop on critical approaches to modern Chinese short stories held at the U. of Hawaii in December 1982. With one exception, the essays anal
A survivor of the Doctor's Plot of 1953 recalls his imprisonment, and describes the climate of antisemitism and the state of medicine and science during the Stalinist era
Scientific studies of monkeys, apes, and other nonhuman primates began just over 50 years ago. Since then tens of thousands of hours of observation have been made on these animals in the wild and in c
Geometry: A Metric Approach with Models, imparts a real feeling for Euclidean and non-Euclidean (in particular, hyperbolic) geometry. Intended as a rigorous first course, the book introduces and devel
An introductory guide written for nonlaw librarians, students, and beginning law librarians. Paper edition (990-1), $14.95. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
A charming book filled with characters that children can relate to while learning the qualities of a positive self-image. Thirty-two pages of full color illustrations.
Although extensively revised, this new edition continues in the fine tradition of its predecessor. Major changes include: a notation that formalizes the distinction between equality and congruence and
The hardest part of finding adequate funding has always been finding the right sources of money. This knowledge, combined with the recent changes in the tax law, makes this a veritable gold mine of un
Provides in-depth coverage of organic stereochemistry. Topics include a discussion of aldol diastereoselection under thermodynamic and kinetic control, enantioselection in aldol condensations involvin
This work portrays Latin America's peoples in their fight for a brighter future. It explores the region's economic crisis and the desecration of the environment. The author shows how injustice and con
