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The retired psychiatrist and former music graduate John Cordingly examines twelve operatic heroes under six sub-categories of personality disorder. He justifies his view that they are not 'mad' by tra
Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations, along with the XML Path Language, give you the power to transform XML documents into HTML documents, or to other XML documents that you can use in Web-b
Essential documents, accompanied by previously unpublished essays by distinguished historians and political scientists, on the most important military alliance in the world today The most important mi
Take a spirited tour of British history, as told through 50 key documents. From the Magna Carta to Hitler’s letter to Chamberlain agreeing never to go to war, these 50 documents capture some of the mo
This publication is the first volume in the official collection of legal documents adopted by the World Trade Organization. It contains the protocols, decisions and reports adopted in 1995, as well as
Among art's most significant developments worldwide since the 1960s has been a turn to the archive - the nexus of images, objects, documents and traces through which we recall and revisit individual a
Index Architecture documents the extensive cross-fertilization of ideas that can occur between architectural practice and education. Through work developed by students and faculty at Columbia Univers
This collection of primary source documents and essays provides in-depth coverage of the cultural, social, political, economic, and intellectual events of the 1920-1945 era. In keeping with the prove
The Making of the West e-Book with e-Sources integrates the text with the companion documents reader and Online Study Guide and is easily searchable. Instructors can add documents and images so studen
This text documents a sampling of paintings, prints, drawings and sculptures owned by Clark Atlanta University, Fisk University, Hampton University, Howard University, North Carolina Central Universit
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Through numerous document examples and applications, group exercises, and Internet activities, VanHuss (professor emeritus, University of South Carolina) shows students how to write business documents
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Honorable Mention, 1987 Golden Light Book Awards sponsored by the Maine Photographic Workshops.This magnificently illustrated book documents a history of style in the photography of buildings and a hi
The stakes have never been higher When aspiring private investigator Prudence Washington delivers legal documents to Max Benton, she receives an unexpected marriage proposal. Notorious playboy Max nee
This anthology provides a multivocal critique of the exhibition of contemporary art,bringing together the writings of artists, curators, and theorists. Collectively these diverseperspectives are unite
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A science-fiction writer documents the bizarre experiences of his industrial spy college roommate, which involve a twice-stolen time-travel machine, a prostitute who deals telepathy drugs, and clown s
What does 'contemporary' actually mean? This is among the fundamental questions aboutthe nature and politics of time that philosophers, artists and more recently curators haveinvestigated over the pas
Documents the ongoing efforts of the billion-dollar technology company, Foveon, to develop sophisticated digital capabilities for artificially intelligent machines that will far outstrip the abilities
The trends Hankin identifies as altering the workforce are older, multigenerational, diverse workers, the rise of alternative households, and the need to find meaning in the workplace. She documents t
Unassisted Living documents the shift away from the senior housing that promoted disengagement toward architecture and design that promote active aging. The book is organized in six sections, correspo
The illegitimate daughter of the Russian czar, Leonida arrives at the estate of Stefan, the Duke of Huntley, with secrets…and a mission. Searching for covert documents sequestered in Stefan's
This compilation of seminal essays and primary documents introduces students to the most exciting scholarship and writing on the of environmental history in the United States. Subjects include the cha
This compilation of seminal essays and primary documents introduces students to the most exciting scholarship and writing on the of environmental history in the United States. Subjects include the cha
This outstanding collection of the best film history scholarship gathers recent essays and supporting documents to illustrate the power of movies to change, and be changed by, American society.
This carefully collected volume of eight essays and 24 supporting documents allows access to the best and latest scholarship on mainland British North America. This book demonstrates how differences i
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Taking the underlying competition of interests between worker and employer as his starting point, Hill documents the evolution of new forms of managerial organization designed to enhance and legitimat
This major new biography of Mao uses extensive Russian documents previously unavailable to biographers to reveal surprising details about Mao’s rise to power and his leadership in China. Mao Zedong wa
