In March 1871, ten of the United States’ most powerful professional baseball clubs met in Brooklyn, New York. Out of that meeting came the sport’s first major league: the National Association of Profe
Intimacy is a collection of erotica for couples that is an intoxicating romp through wild fantasies and sexual obsession and also a meditation on the vulnerability and security of those in a deeply in
This book provides current information on American Revolution landmarks, listing more than 700 battlefields, memorial markers, statues, museums, and library collections in 28 states. The listings whic
In December 2001 Ted Curtis traveled to Beit Sahour, a small town near Bethlehem in the West Bank, to participate in non-violent Direct Action against the Israeli occupation of Palestine, then in its
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
With the development of space-travel, we have begun to explore worlds beyond Earth. Ten planetary scientists describe their favorite planet, what they have discovered, and what drives them to explore
In the last four decades, desegregation has revolutionized almost every aspect of life in the United States: schools, businesses, government offices, even entertainment. But there is one area that rem
This book incorporates the beautiful sights and smells of the flower shop with a math lesson. Through straightforward, carefully illustrated steps, students will learn how to perform simple division p
Despite popular belief, Native peoples did not simply disappear from colonial New England as the English extended their domination in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Rather, the Native peopl
Collected here are the biographies which revealed aspects of their subjects that the more favourable "official" accounts tended to hide. The life of the author of each text is described, and
Wen Ho Lee, a patriotic American scientist born in Taiwan, devoted most of his life to science and to helping improve U.S. defense capabilities at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Then, in January
Experienced teacher and researcher Johanna Haver shows how easy it is to ensure that English Language Learners gain mastery of English, as well as learn the essentials of the mainstream curriculum.
One of Chicago's great cultural achievements, the Institute of Design was among the most important schools of photography in twentieth-century America. It began as an outpost of experimental Bauhaus e
Dr. Anne Witt has developed an effective tool to encourage the mastery of common rhythms for today's band student. Based on Igor Hudadoff's A Rhythm a Day, Witt's method targets the specific rhythmic
Dr. Anne Witt has developed an effective tool to encourage the mastery of common rhythms for today's band student. Based on Igor Hudadoff's A Rhythm a Day, Witt's method targets the specific rhythmic
The author offers a new approach to the text of the Second Part of King Henry IV, which he sees as an unplanned sequel to the First Part, itself a remake of an old, non-Shakespearean play. The Second
The presidential primary season used to be a long sequence of elections. In recent years many states have moved their presidential primaries earlier in the year in the belief that this increases their
An essential resource for students of social policy and social welfare as well as for social welfare practitioners and other human services professionals, this text examines the policymaking activity
This is the second volume of a two-volume set that records the distinguished collection of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century American sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The book p
Excavations at 1 Poultry, in advance of building development, `tells the story of London - from Roman frontier town to provincial capital; ruin then revival as medieval Europe's largest city; recovery
