Chayka (1896) is the first of Anton Chekhov's four celebrated plays. While its first performance was a fiasco, the play was revived in 1898 and staged by the newly founded Moscow Art Theatre, who 'ado
Technology policy - whether we should have one and what form such a policy should take - was a core issue of the 1992 presidential campaign, and in February 1993 the Clinton administration confirmed t
A finding-aid for New Jersey biographies and associated portraits, in the form of a combined index to the biographical contents of 237 collective sources (nearly 2,000 volumes), including biographical
Forced to help jinxed pilot Paul Dekker, Ben Pollard becomes entangled unwittingly in a lethal deep space political mess. By the Hugo Award-winning author of Heavy Time. and Cyteen. Reprint.
The Struggle Over the Past contains essays on three facets of fundamentalist religion: its international character, its American Protestant form, and its appearance in Roman Catholicism. The papers ra
What do ecumenical and evangelical have to do with each other? In terms of actual dialogue, these two polarized camps have had all too little contact with one another, says Gabriel Fackre.A self-confe
To date, no comprehensive treatment of Egyptian magic has focused on the practice of the magician. Both general studies and textual publications have emphasized instead the religious elements in the c
Start with a single rose. Add hollyhocks and marigold, sunflowers and zinnias. VoilA! A quiet, tranquil, beautiful garden grows before your eyes. But who's that hiding in the corner?This cumulative st
Nancy Friday's phenomenal bestsellers My Secret Garden and Forbidden Flowers broke new ground, revealing for the first time the complexity of women's secret sexual fantasies. In Women on Top, she retu
To many students no book of the Bible may seem duller than Leviticus. In fact, Leviticus is extremely important for a proper understanding of ancient Israelite religion and worship. Many of its suppos
In his newest novel, A Tiler's Afternoon, Lars Gustafsson invites us to share a day's work with Torsten Bergman, an aging, semi-retired tile-layer. On this particular day, Torsten arrives at an empty
Although trained in surgery and medicine, Menzies' love was botany, and he served as naturalist and ship's surgeon with the Vancouver expedition of 200 years ago, which had as its missions the taking
Just as psychoanalytic interest in masochism dates from the earliest days of psychoanalysis, the various approaches to its understanding have reflected the developmental vicissitudes of psychoanalytic
The subtitle goes on: Three Incomparable Books of Wit, Charm, and Wisdom Finally Available in One Volume, as Revised, Edited, and Enhanced by the Author. The three books, previously published separa
In this book, Martin Binkin addresses current issues and provides a better understanding of the composition of America's fighting forces, to prompt an assessment of attitudes toward who should fight i
"This is an important book that no suicidologist should be without. In it, the author, Edwin S. Shneidman, brings together work he undertook and completed between 1971 and 1993. This work includes an
A textbook for a one term or semester undergraduate course in computer science, updated (from 1988) to include newer operating systems such as IBM's OS/2 and the latest hardware. Assumes a familiarity
Eric Ambler's novelistic career falls into two halves. In the first half belong the works he published between 1935–1940. These include the highly acclaimed Epitaph for a Spy (1938) and The Mask of Di
Stravinsky was one of the most original creative musicians of the twentieth century. In a career spanning six decades he composed a glittering sequence of works of astonishing diversity, from the thre
For almost 20 years, the Journal of Management Education has clearly been the most authoritative and up-to-date forum for the improvement of management and organization studies education in both acade
This book is a comprehensive guide to the methodological, ethical and practical issues involved in undertaking research on sensitive topics. Raymond M Lee explores the reasons why social research may
Mythologies offers illuminating examples of the workings of myth in the structure of societies past and present—how we create, use, and are guided by systems of myth to answer fundamental questions ab
Virtually all anthropologists undertaking fieldwork experience emotional difficulties in relating their own personal culture to the field culture. The issue of gender arises because ethnographers do
The overarching argument of?Reading the Social Body?is that the body is cultural rather than “natural.” Some of the essays treat the social construction of bodies that have actually existed in human h
On a day in town with her mother, a little girl starts off with an empty green pocketbook. Along the way, the little girl collects tiny pieces of her day to put inside, until finally the big green poc
The World of Minack records the years Derek Tangye spent at Minack with his wife Jeannie before her death in 1986. It contains a selection of favorite passages, many of them chosen by readers, from 16
Ruthless Criticism was first published in 1993. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original U
When their grandfather arranges for them to spend two week at Sunny Oaks, the four Alden children enjoy settling into the routines of farm life but become suspicious about a mysterious horse locked in
Charlotte Metcalf is taken in by the Ayrtons, distant relatives of her father, but strange events at Barras Hall convince her she must flee for her life
A visionary book when it was first published in the late 1970s, The Network Nationhas become the defining document and standard reference for the field of computer mediatedcommunication (CMC). This re
This is a collection of remembrances of things past as seen through the eyes of Richard Martin, one person who remembered the Porcupine River and its stories.K'aiiroondak in the Gwich'in language mean
This pathbreaking book paints a radical new picture of alcoholism, offering powerful evidence that most chronic alcoholics live out their lives in intact, relatively quiet family environments. The aut
Selected by Richard Howard from almost one thousand entries, Stephen Yenser’s The Fire in All Things is the most recent recipient of the Walt Whitman Award, given annually by The Academy of American P
Because theories of visual perception have traditionally concentrated on form, artists have generally dealt with the problem of color through their own observation and intuition. In Color Harmonies, A
Twenty Egyptian texts — dating from c. 2400 BC to 250 BC — on historical, religious, funereal, other topics printed in hieroglyphics together with transliterations and a complete vocabulary. Also incl
Designed to coordinate page-by-page with the Lesson Book B. Contains enjoyable games and quizzes that reinforce the principles presented in the Lesson Book. Students can increase their musical underst
H. H. Cunningham’s Doctors in Gray remains the definitive work on the medical history of the Confederate army. Drawing on a prodigious array of sources, Cunningham paints as complete a picture as poss
Paper reprint of the book originally published by LSU Press in 1968. Now printed on acid-free paper. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
This book explores the impact on Third World women of the stringent economic prescriptions of the World Bank and IMF. Introductory chapters explain in non-jargonistic terms exactly what structural adj