An unusual knitting handbook combines the stories of ancient goddesses whose lives offer inspiration and guidelines for various knitting techniques or patterns with detailed instruction in the fundame
In A Daughter of Isis, Nawal El Saadawi painted a beautifully textured portrait of the childhood that moulded her into a novelist and fearless campaigner for freedom and the rights of women. Walking t
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This study has arisen out of a fascination with the vibrant nature of African societies, their vitality, and particularly the way in which they seem to be able time and again to overcome tribulation a
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This book is a guide to the study of sight singing and a valuable aid to ear training instruction. Although the book draws upon theoretical concepts it is easy to read and to follow. Readers learn to
A practical series that provides over 540 stimulating, ready-to-use activity sheets to help teach and reinforce writing skills in middle/junior high and senior high school students, grades 6-12. Each
Drawing on a gold mine of primary documents--including letters, diary entries, personal narratives, political speeches, broadsides, trial transcripts, and contemporary newspaper articles--The Boistero
Written for architects, interior designers, and color consultants, this ambitious study explores the psychological and physiological effects of color in the man-made environment. Scientific findings a
This enjoyable series of theory games and exercises depicts the various holidays, seasons and special events that happen throughout the year! Exercises are presented in a game-like format and provide
This majestic history of Jerusalem is the first to bring together in a single volume the experiences of the three great religions in the holy city from their ancient beginnings to the present.
With the art in 43 award-winning books as your palette, and the author's constructive insight and guidance for support, you can introduce the elements of design and explore the various media used by i
Table of Contents:1. The Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries.- 1.1. Introduction.- 1.2. Napier and Logarithms.- 1.3. Briggs and His Logarithms.- 1.4. Bürgi and His Antilogarithms.- 1.5. Interpolation.- 1.6. Vieta and Briggs.- 1.7. Kepler.- 2. The Age of Newton.- 2.1. Introduction.- 2.2. Logarithms and Finite Differences.- 2.3. Trigonometric Tables.- 2.4. The Newton-Raphson and Other Iterative Methods.- 2.5. Finite Differences and Interpolation.- 2.6. Maclaurin on the Euler-Maclaurin Formula.- 2.7. Stirling.- 2.8. Leibniz.- 3. Euler and Lagrange.- 3.1. Introduction.- 3.2. Summation of Series.- 3.3. Euler on the Euler-Maclaurin Formula.- 3.4. Applications of the Summation Formula.- 3.5. Euler on Interpolation.- 3.6. Lunar Theory.- 3.7. Lagrange on Difference Equations.- 3.8. Lagrange on Functional Equations.- 3.9. Lagrange on Fourier Series.- 3.10. Lagrange on Partial Difference Equations.- 3.11. Lagrange on Finite Differences and Interpolation.- 3.12. Lagrange on Hidden Periodicit
In this book, adopting i ek 's own tactic of counterintuitive observation, Simmons reads the corpus of Alfred Hitchcock 's films and i ek 's idiosyncratic citation of them in order to identify the cor
A treasured recipe box brought to life, now updated to include Every Recipe, Every Ingredient Testing, Every Equipment Rating from All 8 Seasons of Cook’s Country from America’s Test KitchenThis colle
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"Understanding Neural Networks" is a textbook and workbook that provides an interactive learning environment. With or without the aid of a classroom instructor, it allows students and other users to l
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This book is not about religion, and David Young is not a christian. This story is the result of three years of perpetual synchronicities and esoteric messages that came to Young through his artwork a
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A powerful educational tool designed to help your child build English skills and boost confidence in mastering the usage of punctuation, nouns, verbs and adjectives as well as understanding English se
This book distills the history of science into 100 epic experiments that have fueled our understanding of Earth and the Universe beyond.Everything in the scientific world view is based on experiment,
Simulations help people understand large, complex problems using smaller, simpler models. This book delves into the history and thinking behind simulations. Readers will learn about Georg Leopold von
GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: BACKPACK EDITION provides you with a comprehensive, beautifully-illustrated tour of the world's great artistic traditions! Easy to read and understand, the fourteenth e
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At the core of this ancient strategy manual is the understanding that conflict is an inescapable part of human experience. Since, as Sun Tzu teaches, aggression and response in kind can lead only to d
