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- catalog abstract ""Presents eighteenth-century English author Samuel Richardson's epistolary novel 'Pamela, ' about a teenage servant who tries desperately to keep her virtue as her master tirelessly attempts to despoil her; and includes a scholarly introduction, a textual chronology, and a selected bibliography."".
- catalog abstract "This book covers how to program UNIX clearly and systematically at the system call level while providing the seasoned programmer with practical advice for using I/O on files and terminals, multitasking, signals and system administration.".
- catalog abstract ""Prepared for distribution at the Clean Water Act : as amended by the Water Quality Act of 1987 program, May-June 1987"--P. 5.".
- catalog abstract "Cover title.".
- catalog abstract "Shows examples of Stella's large scale paintings, constructions, and reliefs created over the last seventeen years, and discusses the themes, style, and materials of his work.".
- catalog abstract "Critical essays on the works of some twenty-five poets, written after World War II. Includes poetry of Louise Bogan, Stanley Kunitz, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Hayden, Sylvia Plath, and others.".
- catalog abstract "A young woman doctor in Africa, facing exile, seeks to touch the culture she was raised in through a young African woman whom she has saved with Western surgery.".
- catalog abstract "Caroline Sanford, a newspaper owner from Washington, D.C., struggles to gain power and respect in a male dominated industry, in this prodigiously detailed portrait of the United States as it begins to emerge as a world power at the dawn of the twentieth century.".
- catalog abstract "Contains primary source material.".
- catalog abstract "Papers presented at the Seminar on the Heritage of the Tamils-Education and Vocation, held at the Institute, March 1986.".
- catalog abstract "With special reference to Bihar, India.".
- catalog abstract "Study of Anita Desai, b. 1937, Indic fiction writer in English.".
- catalog abstract "Based on data gathered from Meerut City, Uttar Pradesh.".
- catalog abstract "Chronicles the lives of Robert E. Lee's four daughters from 1834 to the death of the last surviving daughter in 1918.".
- catalog abstract "Topics covered include prison riots and quality of prison life.".
- catalog abstract "Study relates to Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.".
- catalog abstract "To prevent the expulsion of the Jews from Vienna, Herr Ringel embarks on a perilous journey, in 1668, to the Imperial Palace to meet with the Emperor.".
- catalog abstract "Papers presented at a seminar on rural development, held on the occasion of the silver jubilee of D.A.V. College, Chandigarh.".
- catalog abstract "Articles on the Indian moving-picture industry.".
- catalog abstract "The main result of this original research monograph is the classification of C*-algebras of ordinary foliations of the plane in terms of a class of -trees. It reveals a close connection between some most recent developments in modern analysis and low-dimensional topology. It introduces noncommutative CW-complexes (as the global fibred products of C*-algebras), among other things, which adds a new aspect to the fast-growing field of noncommutative topology and geometry. The reader is only required to know basic functional analysis. However, some knowledge of topology and dynamical systems will be helpful. The book addresses graduate students and experts in the area of analysis, dynamical systems and topology.".
- catalog abstract "Study of four selected villages in Andhra Pradesh, India, 1967-1978.".
- catalog abstract "Comparative study of British and Indian law.".
- catalog abstract "The purpose of this book is to assist health care professionals in understanding some of the complex contemporary issues that they confront and to provide guidance in making decisions. These issues are described and analyzed in the context of philosophical principles and methods in language that is understandable to the professional who is unfamiliar with the study of philosophy and ethics. -from Preface.".
- catalog abstract ""The self-destructive struggle for power within the largest Protestant denomination in America"--Jacket subtitle.".
- catalog abstract "Biography of Svātitirunāḷ, 1813-1846, Maharaja of Travancore and Sanskrit scholar.".
- catalog abstract "Classical hymn, with commentary in Sanskrit and translation in Hindi, to Tripurasundarī, Hindu deity.".
- catalog abstract "Library has v. 1-4 only.".
- catalog abstract "Comme les énigmes de l'inquisiteur sont aisées ! Comparons, dit-il, avec celles que je n'ose parfois poser à moi-même : - Par quelle tribu occulte es-tu gangrené ? - Es-tu indemne de tout pouvoir ? - As-tu cassé tous les miroirs ? - De quelles infirmités tires-tu ta force? - Quels sont les tabous de ta droiture? - Pourquoi ne reconnais-tu que du bout des lèvres l'ampleur de tes ignorances ? - Ne t'arrive-t-il pas de te contenter de l'à peu près de ce que tu aurais vraiment voulu dire ? D'être irrité par tes plus justes passions ? De maudire tes superbes raisons de vivre ? - Ne joues-tu pas un peu au martyr ? - Ne caches-tu pas ta paresse derrière le tourbillon de tes réalisations ? - Que trahis-tu chaque fois que tu te remets en cause ? - Es-tu comblé par le seul amour qu'on te connaisse ? - Jusqu'où peux-tu aller dans la vérité sur toi-même ?".
- catalog abstract "Christianity in Meerut, Farrukhabad, and Moradabad districts in Uttar Pradesh.".
- catalog abstract "Papers and proceedings of a seminar organized by Indian Society of Agricultural Economics and Centre for Management in Agriculture of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, in collaboration with International Development Research Centre.".
- catalog abstract "The chief justice of the United States Supreme Court describes the history, evolution, and operations of the Court, discusses cases, actions, and rulings, and examines the relationship of the Court to Congress and the President.".
- catalog abstract "Contributions to the 1st Wallace Conference on "The Constitution, Freedom of Expression, and the Liberal Arts," held in Sept. 1986 at Macalester College ; sponsored by the college.".
- catalog abstract "On June 12, 1962, sixty young activists met in Port Huron, Michigan, to draft a manifesto for their generation. The document they produced, The Port Huron Statement, helped spark a dramatic rebirth of the left in America--and ignited a decade of dissent. In this book, James Miller vividly re-creates the turbulent history of the people and ideas that shaped the New Left, and America, during the 1960s. Focusing on politics and philosophy as well as personalities, Miller chronicles the careers of both the most publicized radical leaders and the less well known theorists and activists of the decade: C. Wright Mills, the sociologist who became the prophet of the powerless to a generation of students; Al Haber, the reluctant visionary who became the first president of Students for a Democratic Society; Richard Flacks, the intellectual who combined theory and practice in a new strategy for the American left; Sharon Jeffrey, who walked her first picket line at the age of five and whose dreams of community organizing took her from the campus to the inner city; Paul Booth, the precocious organizer of the first march on Washington to protest the Vietnam War; and Tom Hayden, the charismatic anti-leader whose personal odyssey--from voter registration in the segregated South to the riots in the Newark ghetto, from his trip to North Vietnam to his conspiracy trial after the siege of the 1968 Chicago convention--mirrored the convulsions of the 1960s.--From book jacket.".
- catalog abstract "The author takes the reader through ben Gurion's life, from birth to his crowning event, the Extablishment of the State of Israel. called the "father of the State of Israel", he provides through his life a living history of Zionism.".
- catalog abstract "As played out in newspapers across the country, this is the definitive account of the highest-stakes corporate drama of our time: the $11 billion battle for Getty Oil.".
- catalog abstract "A disarmingly frank, moving, and sometimes very funny memoir of Joan Baez's life, loves, beliefs, and music.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of essays offering commentary and criticism on the work of "important twentieth-century" English and American poets.".
- catalog abstract ""An Edward Burlingame book."".
- catalog abstract "Here is a comprehensive account of the U.S. Constitution--including its evolution and its impact on shaping American government and political representation. In eight fact-filled chapters, the authors carefully explore the Constitution's role. Those involved in the study of American More ... government, constitutional law, judicial behavior, legislative behavior, or politics will find this critical examination systematic, thorough, and thought-provoking.".
- catalog abstract "This new translation, in rhymed verse, of Goethe's Faust--one of the greatest dramatic and poetic masterpieces of European literature--perserves the essence of Goethe's meaning without resorting either to an overly literal, archaic translation or to an overly modern idiom. It remains the nearest "equivalent" rendering of the German ever achieved.".
- catalog abstract ""This pamphlet offers a concise survey of the initiatives and other activities which the Government has carried out in support of arms control and disarmament, with particular stress on the last two years. If the present pamphlet is compared with the one prepared in 1984 entitled Uranium, the Joint Facilities, Disarmament and Peace it will be seen that it records not only a greatly expanded effort under virtually every individual heading but also the results of sustained commitment including several concrete achievements. Some may be dismissive of these achievements on the grounds that they are too modest. The Government would be the first to agree that results to date fall short of its ambitions but then our ambition is far reaching: it is no less than to make Australia safer and more secure by making the planet on which we all live safer and more secure. In a world where animosity, competing interests and ideological divisions are deeply entrenched; a world where weapons and warlike preparations are driven by the tensions and the accumulated momentum of all the years past, every effort to stem and reverse the tide, each measure which contributes to that endeavour, must be prized for it is unquestionably a step in the right direction. Given the scale of the job we have set ourselves no one should be surprised that working for disarmament and a safer world is a long haul task, often a matter of dry, intricate technical detail or elaborate diplomatic manoeuvres; no one should be surprised that reverses are routine and successes, when they are secured, are incremental rather than revolutionary. No one who knows the present Australian Government and the principles which guide it should be surprised that we will not be discouraged by the inevitable frustrations. On the contrary we will continue to make every effort within our means to ensure that Australia's contribution to great issues of world security and disarmament is a positive and creative one."--Introduction, p. 1.".
- catalog abstract "Series of chapters by various authors which review recent developments in the different sectors of the Siberian economy (transportation, oil and gas, military, etc.) and discusses the role of the region to the overall economic and defence strategy of the Soviet Union.".
- catalog abstract "Shakespeare country, the area lying within a radius of some fifteen miles around Stratford-upon-Avon, is one of the loveliest and most popular parts of Great Britain: an area of rural charm, scenic beauty and immense historic interest. Novelist and literary critic Susan Hill has lived in the area for much of her adult life. Here, she brings to life the literary, historical, theatrical and romantic associations in which this region is steeped. As well as the familiar landmarks of Stratford-upon-Avon--Shakespeare's birthplace, Anne Hathaway's cottage, Mary Arden's house, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre--the book covers many features of the surrounding countryside, as well as some of the lesser known villages of the area. Rob Talbot has photographed the area through the changing seasons and, with the help of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and the National Trust, has produced a collection of pictures of landscapes, buildings and local countryside which complement Susan Hill's prose.--From publisher description.".
- catalog abstract "A critical study tracing the relationship between style and era for each of Chandler's seven full-length books.".
- catalog abstract "A reference of legal words and expressions.".
- catalog abstract "A chance encounter of two lonely people attempting to find solace in each other's company culminates in a shocking episode of kidnapping and sexual abuse.".
- catalog abstract "An account of Lewis and Clark's epic journey; the author's retracing of the historic trail; and the journey of the American West in the years in between.".
- catalog abstract "Donated.".
- catalog abstract "A history of Rome during the reigns of Constantius, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian and Valens, by a fourth century army officer.".
- catalog abstract "Vidar Wenge, a journalist who considers himself progressive and humane, hopes a surprise second honeymoon with his wife of thirteen years will put the spark back in their marriage, not realizing that Jo Wenge has begun to despair of their orderly yet passionless life together. When Vidar makes a pass intended to echo their adolescent courtship, Jo recoils, starting him on a rising spiral of anxiety. Yet she suspends her pessimism shortly thereafter and attempts to share her heretofore hidden erotic capacity with him, a revelation that both thrills and profoundly distrubs him. They pursue searing sensual explorations with each other, as well as with former lovers who appear at the hotel. So begins a halting, unsynchronized process of peeling away masks and conventions, the deadening effects of a comfortable life.".
- catalog abstract ""De auteur geeft in dit boek een beschrijving van de vroegere en hedendaagse sanitaire voorzieningen, waarbij de ontstaansgeschiedenis van de Westerse beschaving als rode draad is aangehouden. De ruïnes van paleizen in het Midden-Oosten en op Kreta bevatten al badgelegenheden. De Griekse cultuur kende het gymnasium. De Romeinen hadden thermen. In de Middeleeuwen waren er obscure badhuisjes. Lodewijk XV baadde onder het toeziend oog van zijn hele hofhouding. In de negentiende eeuw ontstonden de openbare badhuizen. Tegenwoordig heeft bijna iedereen eigen sanitaire voorzieningen. Elke cultuur, elke tijdsperiode, kent een eigen wisselwerking tussen de heersende moraal en mentaliteit en de ontwikkeling op sanitair gebied. Een en ander leidt met enige regelmaat tot excessen en eigenaardigheden."--Page 4 of cover.".
- catalog abstract "A true murder story, this book is based on the Main Line Murder Case in which a high school teacher was found dead in an automobile in Upper Merion, Pennsylvania, and her two children had disappeared.".
- catalog abstract "Contains over 200 tales from medieval Japan.".
- catalog abstract "As they cruise around Chesapeake Bay aboard their sailboat, Peter Sagamore and his very pregnant wife, Katherine, reveal the stories of their past and present.".
- catalog abstract ""Chase wanted so much to make a name for himself in American politics that early in his career he considered changing his 'fishy' appellation to the more important sounding Spencer Paynce Cheyce. That alteration never came about, but even without a fancy name, the New England-born, Ohio-bred attorney devoted his life to public service at many levels of government. Chase served as Free-Soil Senator from Ohio, as Governor of that pivotal Midwestern state, as Secretary of the Treasury under Lincoln, and as Chief Justice of the United States, although he never realized his primary ambition--the presidency. Complex, overly ambitious, and deeply religious, Chase perhaps undermined his presidential hopes partly by his strong antislavery stance, but primarily by his failure to organize systematically his drive for national office. Chase worked hard for the rights of fugitive slaves and became prominent in the antislavery movement and in the establishment of the Liberty and Free-Soil parties, but he was often accused of being concerned only with his personal advancement. Frederick Blue has done extensive research among Chase's voluminous and often hard-to-read correspondence, and has incorporated pertinent collateral primary and secondary sources as well, to produce the first modern biography of this key Civil War era personality."--book jacket.".
- catalog abstract "Robert Worth Bingham married the widow of Henry Flagler, and less than a year later, Mary Flagler Bingham died of what was officially described as natural causes, and Robert inherited five million dollars.".
- catalog abstract "This case study of the Sebei of Uganda is at one and the same time an intimate examination of their culture and a demonstration of the process of evolutionary adaption. It is both an ethnography and theory.".
- catalog abstract "Tells the adventures of a nineteenthcentury circus troupe as it travels from the post-Civil War South to the capitals and courts of Europe.".
- catalog abstract "A stream-of-consciousness story of a poverty-stricken young American, living in Paris.".
- catalog abstract ""...The story of the ethnic diversity of the Catholic church has not been told with such illuminating clarity before this ground-breaking book. The author focuses on the conflicting religious and ethnic forces--both in and out of the church--to explore the history of American Catholicism"--Book jacket.".
- catalog abstract "Ce vaste roman historique a pour cadre la Géorgie et la Virginie du milieu du 19e siècle. Ce Sud profond où pousse le coton et suent les esclaves. L'oeuvre tient à la fois de la saga familiale et de l'épopée militaire (selon D. Fernandez). Elle accorde beaucoup de place aux émois sentimentaux de l'héroïne, une jeune Anglaise de seize ans recueillie par ses parents d'Amérique. La critique est mitigée. Certains prétendent même que l'auteur a perdu "le sens de la complexité psychologique.".
- catalog abstract "Discusses the plays of Albee, Beckett, Genet, Grass, Ionesco and Pinter.".
- catalog abstract "Jilou a aimé Xavier, son deuxième mari, mais elle le quitte parce qu'il mérite mieux que sa pitié, et sa fille ne veut pas le comprendre.".
- catalog abstract "Comprehensively describes Alaska state government and politics giving details on authorities, organizations and functions of state government and on the people and events that put life into government operations. Discusses private forces which influence government, including the press, public opinion and interest groups.".
- catalog abstract "A systematic examination of five western nations arguing that - despite Marx's and Weber's insistence that capitalist societies become increasingly more ordered - we now live in an era of "disorganized capitalism."".
- catalog abstract "Fourteen stories focus on a group of southern women who seek happiness and a sense of worth in bars, marriages, divorces, art, drug use, lovers' arms, and earthquakes.".
- catalog abstract "Modelled on the earlier assessments by the Brooking Institute, this book provides authoritative assessments of the British economy in its various aspects over the last 15 years. The book is intended for students and researchers in economic policy and policy-makers.".
- catalog abstract "Retells twenty well-known Old Testament stories and parables in a simple, one-minute format, from "Adam and Eve" to "Daniel in the Lion's Den."".
- catalog abstract "An attack on David Garrick and Isaac Bickerstaff.".
- catalog abstract "Calligraphy and verses introduce the Hebrew alphabet and words in Hebrew, some of which are used in poems appearing in English translation.".
- catalog abstract "Despite his poverty, Joseph celebrated the seventh day with joy.".
- catalog abstract "Describes the training, the materials, and the tools of Jewish scribes and the process used to transcribe handwritten Torah scrolls, as shown in the work of Rabbi Yehuda Clapman.".
- catalog abstract "A biography of the American author describing his personal life and his career achievements.".
- catalog abstract ""A William Abrahams book." A biography of the English poet focusing on the map, the poet, and the age in which he lived.".
- catalog abstract "For five thousand years silver has been recognized as a very special substance. Silver has never been sup- planted in its special appeal. In the course of history, silver has also bewen employed in a great many ways other than for making those objects we now call antiques and antiquities. Uses:threads,inlay,foil,drawings.".
- catalog abstract "In 1921, when Julia Paverson visits the wealthy family of her Chinese friend in Shangha, she is propelled into an exotic world of jolting contrasts and witnesses the cataclysmic birth of contemporary China.".
- catalog abstract "A sub-study of Sunset and Dusk of the Blue and Gray.".
- catalog abstract "A brief introduction to the Holocaust, in which six million Jews were systematically exterminated by the Nazis during World War II.".
- catalog abstract ""Retire-se desta obra seus argumentos racistas e, diz o resenhista Gildo Marçal Brandão, têm-se em Populações um livro que pode figurar ao lado dos textos fundamentais sobre o pensamento político brasileiro. Viana estuda as populações do interior do Brasil que eram desprezadas pelos intelectuais e políticos que ficaram de costas para o país e de frente para os modelos estrangeiros."".
- catalog abstract "Primarily consists of: Transactions, v. 1, 3, 5-8, 10-14, 17-21, 24-28, 32, 34-35, 38, 42-43; and: Collections, v. 2, 4, 9, 15-16, 22-23, 29-31, 33, 36-37, 39-41; also includes lists of members.".
- catalog abstract ""With new evidence linking Charlie Manson and the Son of Sam"--Jacket.".
- catalog abstract "Includes case-law up to 1985, and commentary.".
- catalog abstract "With reference to India; includes case-law.".
- catalog abstract "With reference to India; contributed papers.".
- catalog abstract "Published in association with the Brandywine River Museum to accompany an international exhibition organized by it.".
- catalog abstract "A counting book using the candles of the menorah. On board pages.".
- catalog abstract "The Pont-Aven school was a group of young painters who espoused the style known as Synthetism and united under Paul Gauguin's informal tutelage at Pont-Aven, Brittany. This book contains works by the members of the school.".
- catalog abstract "A wise, understanding grandfather helps Robin, a Jewish child, cope with Christmas; not an easy task when even Sandy, who is also Jewish, is allowed to have a Christmas tree and Robin can't have one.".
- catalog abstract "Relates how Yossel Zissel, butcher of Chelm, goes to Warsaw to collect a fortune in gold inherited from his uncle and returns to Chelm empty-handed.".
- catalog abstract "A Yiddish/English picture dictionary with an illustrated section of words accompanying each letter of the alphabet. Illustrations are identified in both languages.".
- catalog abstract "On the causes of stagnation in the agricultural sector; a study.".
- catalog abstract "Uses the Biblical stories of Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Adam and Eve to show how the struggle to become a well-rounded person is achieved.".
- catalog abstract "Written in 1986, In Pursuit of Purity, by BJU church history professor David O. Beale, is still the most authoritative history of militant Fundamentalism ever written from a Fundamentalist perspective. Beale begins the story with the prayer meeting revivals of 1857 and traces it through the rise of conservative Bible conferences, the ascendance of modernistic liberalism, and the intradenominational battles that ensued. He focuses especially on Baptists and Presbyterians without excluding other groups. Especially helpful for its brief biographical and denominational histories. - Publisher.".
- catalog abstract ""Prepared for distribution at the Coping with the new immigration law program, June 1987"--P. 5.".
- catalog abstract "Seven people who created the 1960s counterculture that changed America.".
- catalog abstract "Case of Egbert C. Smyth, who along with four other professors was charged with teaching doctrines inconsistent with the creed and statatutes of the Andover Theological Seminary.".
- catalog abstract ""Through research in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Kew, London, Philadelphia, and Washington in largely unpublished manuscripts, together with the use of secondary sources, the author has been able to present the first coherent picture of Johnstone, a vigorous and intelligent but turbulent and always controversial figure. Johnstone was effective as a colonial governor at a difficult time; in the navy he performed several coups de main; in parliament he was formidable in debate but an opportunist; and at East India House he was a doughty, conservative, and largely successful defender of the proprietary interest."--Publisher.".
- catalog abstract "Reproduces seventy-five black-and-white photographs selected by Ansel Adams during the last years of his life as the finest examples of his work, and includes a biographical essay.".
- catalog abstract "Translation based on Las Casas abstract of the Log with additions from his Historia and Fernando Columbus's Historia (of the Columbus family). His own account of the voyage.".
- catalog abstract "A love story.".