The book traces the development of the carving of jade flowers as decorative ornaments and the evolution of the complex floral patterns in Chinese decorative art.Richly illustrated with 48 pages of pl
With literature, music constituted the most important activity of poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca's life. The two arts were closely related to each other throughout his career. As a child, L
The first volume of this catalogue deals with the issues of the Greek cities in Spain, Gaul, Italy, Sicily, Macedon and Thrace, Illyria and Central Greece, the Peloponnese, the Aegean Islands and Cret
With this definitive study of Federalism in the Jeffersonian South, James H. Broussard makes a significant contribution to the body of knowledge of the early political development of the United States
This volume, originally published in 1978, offers some 800-850 lines ofthe 'Anabasis' in Greek with English summaries of the interveningpassages to give an idea of the whole of Xenophon's exciting adv
"The study of the Greeks can never be a closed account. The wide variety of critical and descriptive works written about them . . . . bears witness to man's continuing preoccupation with himself. Othe
Essays in Philosophy brings together twenty-one essays, reviews, and occasional pieces published by James between 1876 and 1910. They range in subject from a concern with the teaching of philosophy an
In 1956 the West African coast between southern Mauretania and western Cameroon was lined with no less than ten European colonial territories, along with a single independent African state. All of the
Thumb-indexed editionThis thorough revision of Cassell's long-renowned German Dictionary incorporates recent developments in English and German to bring it completely up to date, and supplies more idiomatic phrases and illustrative examples than ever before.This new editionIs over 300 pages longer than the previous editionGives phonetic translations of German keywords and has a key to German pronunciationIndicates whether German verb prefixes are separable or notHas a bibliography of technical and specialist dictionariesIncludes proper names in the main textHas a new clearer lay-out with entries in strictly alphabetical sequence
Though centered on a single Jamaican sugar estate, Worthy Park, and dealing largely with the period of formal slavery, this book is firmly placed in far wider contexts of place and time. The "Invisibl
Here is a book filled with the sights and sounds of a people steeped in a background of fine old traditions. It is a charming account of Swedish customs that goes beyond their democratic monarchy, the
The memoirs and accounts of the Black educator are presented with letters, speeches, personal documents, and other writings reflecting his life and career
Fertility in Belgium declined early and remained low compared with that in other European countries. For this reason, and because of the nation's heterogeneity, study of its demographic transition ill
Speaking of this 1957 novel, the author has said it ended his obsession with the reconstruction of the immediate past and moved him into the contemporary scene. The narrator, Earl Horter, is a lyric w
A two-volume study of American thought since the Puritans includes discussions of American philosophy's interaction with the sciences and religion and the role of academic institutions as creators and
This bestselling cookbook and curio is the definitive collection of Pueblo Indian cooking. It's all here--from savory Chickpea Soup to sweet Pinon Nut Cake dripping with honey.
The Country Waif (Francoise le Champi) is the second of the three pastoral novels which rank along with George Sand's autobiographical writing as her finest work. Although simple in themselves, these
A two-volume study of American thought since the Puritans includes discussions of American philosophy's interaction with the sciences and religion and the role of academic institutions as creators and
Thirteen-year-old Meg envies her sister Molly's beauty and popularity, and these feelings make it difficult for her to cope with Molly's illness and death.
Adam Smith's political economy, as we shall endeavor to show, has meaning for all times, and indeed in many ways even the modern era has not yet caught up with it. –E. G. West, in his Prefatory Not
Two novellas: the first, a parody of medieval knighthood told by a nun; the second, a fantasy about a nobleman bisected into his good and evil halves. “Bravura pieces... executed with brilliance and b
The period covered in this volume is one which begins with the emergence of anti-slave trade attitudes in Europe, and ends on the eve of European colonial conquest. But except for white conquests in A
The aspects of this text which we believe are novel, at least in degree, include: an effort to motivate different sections with practical examples and an empirical orientation; an effort to interspers
This manual provides the reader with an accurate and convenient method for estimatig direct labor for general contrsuction work for any given system, plant, or location. Though this book, the reader h
Readers familiar with the luminous scholarly contributions of Harry Austryn Wolfson will welcome this rich collection of essays that have been previously published in widely dispersed journals and boo
The foreign missionary movement of the early 19th century grew out of the efforts of churches in New England to deal with the changes then taking place in society. The erosion of traditional instituti
Enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures. “Naturally, we were all there, - old Qfwfq said, - where
An industrial researcher in Bangalore, India, Ramachandra deals with the development of different types of tracking filters based on the Kalman filtering techniques for radar tracking applications. Hi
Deals constructively with recognized software problems. Focuses on the unreliability of computer programs and offers state-of-the-art solutions. Covers?software development, software testing, structur
Draws from the fields of psychology, anthropology, and urban architecture to illuminate the myths and rituals associated with the founding of an ancient Roman town
The fiery editor of the Liberator helped shape the destiny of a divided nation rapidly moving toward war. His letters ring with denunciations of the Compromise of 1850 and the barbarous Fugitive Slave
The memoirs and accounts of the Black educator are presented with letters, speeches, personal documents, and other writings reflecting his life and career
The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Africa were a period of transition, with the trade in slaves and firearms on the Atlantic coast laying some of the foundations for European colonialism. But
Imperialism, pernicious as it was in most respects, served as the prime catalyst for social change in China throughout the turbulent period from 1895 to 1913. Starting with this premise, Edward Rhoads
A classic account of mountain life, accurately portraying the people and lore of the Cumberland Mountains. Miles' familiarity with the mountain people--and her perception of the importance of women,
Time and Myth analyzes man's confrontation with the inevitability of death in the cultural, personal, and religious spheres, viewing each as a particular kind of myth shaped by the impact of time. Wit
