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- catalog abstract "Thirty sayings used to predict the weather are accompanied by a factual explanation, the origin of the saying, and its general reliability.".
- catalog abstract "Traces the history of Colorado's Indians from the early bison hunters and the rise of the Plains culture to the continuing attempts to maintain Indian identity in the American society.".
- catalog abstract "Discusses the seriousness of the worldwide dilemma of hunger, depletion of natural resources, and pollution and suggests ways to "reclaim the planet", particularly ways that the church as an institution can help and also ways responsive adults in adopting a simple, truly Christian lifestyle can contribute to global change.".
- catalog abstract "A biography of Frederick McKinley Jones, the black engineer and inventor who is credited with many inventions, including refrigeration units for trucks and railroad cars, portable x-ray unit, and ticket dispenser.".
- catalog abstract "A critical examination of criminal investigation and prosecution in the United States points out the failings of the present system and includes a revolutionary proposal for correcting injustices.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of 35 editorials from 'Grassroots editor', including some reprinted from various American newspapers.".
- catalog abstract "Brief biographies of seven women whose philosophies and actions have had great impact on American society. Included are Sarah Moore Grimké, Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mother Jones, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Anna Louise Strong, and Dorothy Day.".
- catalog abstract "Shows how to help the child with a learning disability at home, school, church, and in community activities.".
- catalog abstract "Papers presented to the IXth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Science, Chicago, 1973.".
- catalog abstract "A genealogy and a history of the Murray and McDonnell families in New York who are Irish Americans. They are descendants of Thomas Edward Murray born 21 Oct 1860 in Albany, N.Y., died in 1929. He married Catherine Bradley, died 1927. Their daughter Anna married James McDonnell in 1916. Also includes a biography of Thomas Edward Murray (1860-1929). At his death he left $9 million, 8 children, 48 grandchildren, and a record of industrial accomplishments ranging from 1100 patented inventions to the consolidation of Con Edison.".
- catalog abstract "A comprehensive guide to the problems, issues, strategies and methods involved in assessing social impacts.".
- catalog abstract "A revision and abridgement of material presented at the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry by the Dene themselves and by others on their behalf.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of poems by various authors pertaining to the sea.".
- catalog abstract "An introduction to the intellectual development and social and political theory of the widely read, respected American journalist and social thinker.".
- catalog abstract "Helga, a troll, ventures into the world of people to earn her dowry to marry Lars, but things do not work out as she hopes.".
- catalog abstract "For review see: R.A. Römer, in Boletín de estudios latino americanos y del Caribe, 18 (1975); p. 157-158.".
- catalog abstract "Includes chapters on traditional work activities of the Metis such as trapping, fishing, hunting, maple sugaring, lime making, wild rice and seneca root growing, salt mining, finger weaving.".
- catalog abstract "Includes poems and nonsense verses that appear in "Alice in Wonderland" and other works of the author.".
- catalog abstract "The kidnapping by Soviet U.N. officials of defected Russian poet Boris Kotiikoff sets off a flurry of searches by defensive U.S. government officials, CIA hatchet man Gus Geller, and dogged immigration and naturalization agent Ben Leary.".
- catalog abstract "Biography of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, one of the greatest comedy teams of all time.".
- catalog abstract "Provides instructions for numerous projects for the house, yard, and garden, including birdhouses, cold frames, plant stands and tubs, window boxes, smokehouses, fences, outdoor furniture, and greenhouses.".
- catalog abstract "A concrete curriculum approach based on concepts being developed in children, and suggested specific avenues along which these concepts can be tranported.".
- catalog abstract "The chronology covers the years from 1774 to 1975.".
- catalog abstract "A twelve-year-old girl who knows little about her Chinese heritage is sent to live with her grandmother in San Francisco's Chinatown.".
- catalog abstract "A ten-year-old student at the School of American Ballet in New York describes her classes and the preparation for and performance of her role in the ballet "The Nutcracker."".
- catalog abstract "Discusses the literary importance of 32 books by writers such as Lewis Mumford, D.H. Lawrence, Vernon Louis Parrington, Emile Legouis and Louis Cazamian, Bernard Fay, Norman Foerster, Howard Mumford Jones, Constance Rourke, Percy H. Boynton, Henry Seidel Canby, Myron F. Brightfield, Granville Hicks, Malcolm Cowley, Van Wyck Brooks, Josephine K. Piercy, Ralph H. Gabriel, F.O. Matthiessen, Augusto Santino, Donald Stauffer, Frank Luther Mott, Alfred Cazin, J. Donald Adams, Charles Cestre, Alexander Cowie, Lars Aahnebrink, Van Wyck Brooks, Frederick J. Hoffman, Harold C. Gardiner, Louise Bogan, Maxwell Geismar, Randall Stewart, and Willard Thorp.".
- catalog abstract "Discusses the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Marianne Moore, Denise Levertov, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Gwendolyn Brooks, Nikki Giovanni, and Adrienne Rich.".
- catalog abstract "Notes the advantages of a home greenhouse, outlines the fundamentals of greenhouse construction for various style and size categories, and covers heating, cooling, ventilation, maintenance, soil preparation, and plant selection.".
- catalog abstract "History of the fur trade at this Quebec post.".
- catalog abstract "Directions for making structures of snow, cans, newspapers, and other materials often considered trash. Also includes instructions for a windmill, greenhouse, and solar heating projects.".
- catalog abstract "This biography tells the story of Brigadier General Henry Jackson Hunt, ranking artillerist of the Union Army of the Potomac, 1862-65.".
- catalog abstract "Papers presented to the IXth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Chicago, 1973.".
- catalog abstract "In the two years after the discovery of gold as Sutter's Mill in 1848, one hundred thousand persons made the difficult trek to California in search of quick wealth. One thousand of them were blacks. By 1860 there were five thousand. They formed the largest voluntary migration of American blacks before the Civil War. Yet few whites then or now have been aware of the part that blacks played in America's epic adventure. Most black Forty-niners went west less to escape a hard lot than to seek their fortune. Some mined alone or together with whites, others formed companies of their own. They included both free blacks and slaves. Lapp examines their life in mining communities and their relationships with other minorities and with whites. He also records for the first time in detail the history of the California Colored Conventions, examining the ideology and eastern origin of its leadership, its problems, and the exodus of many of its members to Canada. Altogether, the author has pieced together a coherent and fascinating narrative of this missing chapter of history. -- from Book Jacket.".
- catalog abstract "Nine accounts of the old time life of various Indian tribes of the Pacific northwest coast, including chapters on the Tlingit, Kwakiutl, Tsimshian, Coast Salish and Nootka.".
- catalog abstract "Presents the life and works of the English poet Edward FitzGerald. Includes a chronology.".
- catalog abstract "Examines the relationship between alcohol studies and the cross-cultural perspective of anthropology.".
- catalog abstract "Three lonely foster children learn to care about themselves and each other.".
- catalog abstract "The life of a beautiful, ambitious Englishwoman becomes intertwined with the fate of an American banking family.".
- catalog abstract "Lifeboat ethics : the case against helping the poor / Garrett Hardin -- Famine, affluence, and morality / Peter Singer -- Rights and the duty to bring aid / John Arthur -- Morality and starvation / Jan Narveson -- Moral philosophy and world hunger / William K. Frankena -- The right to be saved from starvation / William Aiken -- Give if it helps but not if it hurts / Joseph Fletcher -- Reason and morality in a world of limited food / Richard A. Watson -- The morality of wealth / Michael A. Slote -- Lifeboat earth / Onora O'Neill -- Productive justice / Howard Richards -- Vegetarianism and "The other weight problem" / James Rachels.".
- catalog abstract "Examines the history of film actresses and the characters they portray starting with the early days of silent films.".
- catalog abstract "Based on the lives of Charlotte, Emily, Anne and Branwell Brontë.".
- catalog abstract "Manual descritivo de Portugal.".
- catalog abstract ""The general plan ... is to trace chronologically the Latin influence in Europe for some sixteen hundred years. Each poet's work is prefaced by an editorial note, followed by a passage from Helen Waddell's own published writings."--Jacket.".
- catalog abstract "Describes special training and equipment used to help a deaf youngster talk, read, and write.".
- catalog abstract "Bibliography: p. 359-360. Includes index.".
- catalog abstract "The woodcarver carves a woman out of a tree, the tailor clothes her, the teacher teaches her to speak and think, and then each man claims she belongs to him.".
- catalog abstract "The chromolithographs reproduced here depict thirty-six battle scenes of the Civil War. The originals were stone lithographs done is as many as ten inks.".
- catalog abstract "The studies in this book cover a wide range of major issues in development economics. In the first part general problems of concept, method, analysis, historical experience, and policy are examined. The topics include a systematic analysis of the notions of the vicious circle of poverty and the widening gap; fundamental examination of comprehensive planning and foreign aid as instruments for the development of poor countries; a discussion of Marxist-Leninist prescriptions on development policy; a critique of the ideas of UNCTAD; and an assessment of the role of economics inthe study of underdeveloped countries and in the provision of technical assistance. The second part consists of case studies in which development experience and official government policies in various parts of the underdeveloped world are surveyed in detail; and the third part of reviews and assessments of major writers on development economics and policy.".
- catalog abstract ""This book deals with the major changes in the planning system which have occurred in recent years and provides an analysis of the relationship between the legal framework and the new administrative methods that have been developed to implement these changes ... The book has three major functions. First, it provides a detailed explanation of the major changes in the planning system ... Second, the book analyses the ways in which administrative units accommodate the changes in approach and this analysis forms the basis of the study of the public examination procedures which were developed by central government to review the new structure plans ... Finally, the book looks at the lessons that can be learned from so much expenditure of intellectual and administrative energy in reforming planning law; the author argues that it is futile to initiate reforms that only tamper with the existing system ..."--Back cover.".
- catalog abstract "Indexes paintings and their artists from around the world reproduced in 1167 books and catalogs published between 1940 and early 1975.".
- catalog abstract "This is a powerfully written historical novel, a classic study in human obsessions. It is the story of three men and one woman bound together in a destructive web of hatred and love. Based on historical fact, it revolves around a remarkable hoax pulled off by a Viennese confidence man who came to America in 1826 with an automaton chess player which he called "The Turk."".
- catalog abstract "Examines the habits and colonies of the prairie dog, a vanishing form of American wildlife.".
- catalog abstract ""Gerhard Maier is a German theologian who created a bit of a 'stir' when this book was published in Germany in 1974. Essentially, he argues for abandoning the 'critical' approach to biblical studies, and a return to treating it as 'revelatory.' Here are some quotations from the book: 'The Bible itself gives no key with which to distinguish between the Word of God and Scripture, and along with that, between Christ and Scripture (Pg. 16).' 'Accordingly, the historical-critical method is of necessity concerned with differences of content and judgments about facts, whereas the Bible wants to be a witness of personal encounter and the declaration of the divine will. A suitability of method to subject matter is again diminished or destroyed (Pg. 19).' 'This method would take human reason out of the fall into sin and use it critically, i.e., to discriminate and make judgments in matters of revelation. In actual fact this method has thereby already withdrawn reason from claims to revelation. What blindness! (Pg. 23)' 'The assumptions of the historical-critical method--founded on human arbitrariness--logically lead to this, that man himself appears as the norm in the real canon. Man, who began critically to analyze revelation and to discover for himself what is normative, found at the end of the road: himself (Pg. 35).' 'The theologian is different. He must methodologically begin with the assumption that a given event here is possible, and therefore he must ensure an openness to the methodological principle which will not hastily and insolently curtail divine revelation at any place... Therefore the historical-critical method is to be replaced by a historical-Biblical one (Pg. 52).' 'Our starting point was the methodological insight that, at least initially, we must let revelation determine its own limits. Consequently revelation defines itself (Pg. 63).' "The often sadistic desire to elaborate on contradictions has no support in the Biblical method (Pg. 71)'" -- Amazon.com.".
- catalog abstract "Rumors of forgeries and counterfeits--and the grisly death of a distinguished librarian--at the prestigious Werner-Bok Library bring together three unlikely sleuths.".
- catalog abstract "The author challenges two widely-accepted views of Marlowe. He is not the poet and dramatist of heroic energy, nor is he a dogmatic moralist. Instead, he belongs to Merlin's race, as his contemporary Robert Greene suggested. An ironic writer of riddling plays, he does not endorse his characters, but cunningly manipulates our responses to them. Like Erasmus or Rabelais, he uses the knowledge of his audience in a variety of surprising ways. This approach is carefully argued for each play. -- from Book Jacket.".
- catalog abstract "Since its publication in 1962, The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible has established itself as an indispensable reference work. During these years, however, scholarly work in all areas of biblical knowledge has moved forward. The publishers of IDB, recognizing the need for keeping the work as nearly up-to-date as possible, decided in 1973 to prepare a supplementary volume that would make necessary additions to articles in areas where new knowledge had been gained and that would present new articles on topics not treated in the original four volumes. - Editor's preface.".
- catalog abstract "While guiding a small party of English settlers to the protection of a fort during the French and Indian War, Hawkeye, a frontier scout, and his two Indian friends, the remaining braves of the Mohican tribe, struggle against the evils of Uncas who desires a white maiden for his wife.".
- catalog abstract "Intended to broaden the higher education options of American students with all kinds and degrees of disabilities. Also includes chapter titled Non-traditional approaches to obtaining a higher education. Geographical arrangement of descriptions of individual colleges. Entry gives overview, policies and procedures, programs and services, community resources, and additional information. Index of colleges.".
- catalog abstract "Biography of John Cabell Breckinridge: "a lawyer, U.S. Representative, Senator from Kentucky, the 14th Vice President of the United States, Southern Democratic candidate for President in 1860, a Confederate general in the American Civil War, and the last Confederate Secretary of War. To date, Breckinridge is the youngest vice president in U.S. history, inaugurated at age 36. He is also remembered as the Confederate commander at the Battle of New Market, where young VMI cadets participated in the battle on the Confederate side."--Wikipedia.".
- catalog abstract "Describes more than sixty familiar American wildflowers and presents the stories behind their popular names.".
- catalog abstract "Paul Firman advises rich corporations and individuals on tax havens and shelters for their excess cash. He has built up a sideline of blackmail. At a seminar in Brussels, his past catches up with him.".
- catalog abstract "Traces the evolution and implementation of the concept of equal rights from the Revolution to the present.".
- catalog abstract "Authored by one of the ballet's most respected experts, this volume includes scene-by-scene retellings of the most popular classic and contemporary ballets, as performed by the world's leading dance companies. Certain to delight long-time fans as well as those just discovering the beauty and drama of ballet.".
- catalog abstract "Describes the reproductive process from intercourse to birth.".
- catalog abstract "Deals with conventional methods of human photographic interpretation. Suitable for use a text or reference book.".
- catalog abstract "An anthology of Canada's diverse folk traditions, including a section on native peoples with tales from each of the major groups.".
- catalog abstract "Explains some traditions and customs of 26 African tribes beginning with letters from A to Z.".
- catalog abstract "The writings of Martin Heidegger are fundamental to any understanding of contemporary philosophic problems and movements. Heidegger is considered the most original and profound philosopher of our age. He addresses himself to the contemporary world, attempting to interpret it and telling us what our place in the world is. He calls for a new awareness of freedom and he searches for the uniqueness of the human reality. Heidegger speaks of a new humanism; his philosophy is a fundamental re-evaluation of the relation of man to the world.".
- catalog abstract "Presenting a subject rarely studied, the author shows there is a history of ideas about evil in Hinduism.".
- catalog abstract "Examines the lives of miners in the early West, with discussions of working conditions and life in the mining camps.".
- catalog abstract "1892-1917: some of the most nostalically remembered years in the American population's collective memory. The Gay Nineties, the prosperity of the pre-war twentieth century when the great industrial fortunes were growing, beer gardens and Gibson Girls, the elegance of the drawing room and the dash of Teddy Roosevelt are all recalled as the magic of an era when life had grace and charm and style. But the years called Ragtime were also shot through with social turbulence. They were the years of labor riots and anarchists' bombs and grisly murders that spattered blood on silks and velvets. They Were Ragtime leads you through the entire era with detail drawn from newspaper and magazine accounts, contemporary biographers and personal memoirs -- Emma Goldman's life as an anarchist with her beloved Sasha, Admiral Peary's trip to the Arctic, the reflections of Freud as he lays the foundations of modern psychiatry, the dramatic career and equally dramatic death of architect Standford White, Thorstein Veblen and Mary Baker Eddy, and the fortunes of the Morgans, the Rockefellers, and the Fords.".
- catalog abstract ""This study serves' as an introduction to the important economic considerations that are necessary for an assessment of the potential for solar heating and cooling in the United States. The first chapter introduces the technology that is used to tap solar energy for residential and commercial applications and illustrates the potential significance of this energy source on a national scale. A methodology for assessing the economic feasibility cf solar heating and cooling is presented in the second chapter with the results of a study of material, labor, marketing, and engineering costs of solar equipment. The third chapter applies the methodology to a study of the economic feasibility of residential solar heating in 20 cities. The potential for reductions in the cost of solar equipment through mass production and technology improvements, and the effects of increases in conventional fuel prices are included in the feasibility assessments. Finally, national security, environmental and institutional considerations are discussed to place the economic assessment in its proper perspective."--(Author's Abstract on ERIC site).".
- catalog abstract ""In 1976, interaction between the United States and Germany has probably involved more people and was more frequent than ever before. Germans from all walks of life, individually and in groups, decided to discover and see for themselves the land of unlimited opportunities in which so many of their countrymen have succeeded from its very beginning to the present day. They left behind a distinguished record of accomplishments and gave the best their native country had to contribute to a new nation, in which today twenty-five million profess to be of German ancestry"--Introduction.".
- catalog abstract "Finland's foreign trade, 1917-1949.".
- catalog abstract "Study of the Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā, a recension of Kṛśṇayajurveda, major division of Yajurveda, Hindu canonical text.".
- catalog abstract "Comprehensive, scholarly biography including sections on Richardson's arctic expeditions with, and in search of, Sir John Franklin ; assessment of his importance as a natural historian ; extensive survey of source material.".
- catalog abstract "Emma Hildreth Adams of Cleveland, Ohio, visited Southern California in 1884 and 1886. To and fro in southern California (1887) is the book edition of Mrs. Adams's travel letters originally published in a Cleveland newspaper. She writes at length of her rail trips west and stops in New Mexico and Arizona. In California, she focuses her attention on Los Angeles, with visits to Downey, Anaheim, Pasadena, and San Pedro. She disucsses area schools, agriculture, regional flower-growing, irrigation projects, the position of women, and schools; and reports an interview with Hubert H. Bancroft.".
- catalog abstract "Chronicles the lives of a Mexican American family living in the barrio in Albuquerque, New Mexico.".
- catalog abstract "Using twenty-five specific works published between 1624 and 1951, the author analyzes the impact of written history and sociology on the intellectual and social life of the South.".
- catalog abstract "A young boy accidentally summons the Demon of Electricity who gives him certain electrical gifts to show the world.".
- catalog abstract "352 references, derived from the files of the Index-catalogue of medical and veterinary zoology, the National Parasite Collection, and published papers. Entries are arranged alphabetically by scientific name under general kinds of parasites. Each entry gives the name, deer host, geographic distribution by state or province, and the reference. Includes a listing of literature cited, arranged by authors.".
- catalog abstract ""Companion volume to the five-volume World treaty index"".
- catalog abstract ""It is my hope that these fragments from the past will give an insight into the life and death of Europeans in India in the last three centuries . . . another aim of the book has been to further . . . the preservation and restoration of a few of the historically important [European] cemeteries . . .".".
- catalog abstract "A Jewish youth, training to become a rabbi in oppressive turn-of-the century Russia, becomes exposed to "worldly" ideas which change his attitude towards his religion and his country.".
- catalog abstract "Poems depicting life on the battlefield, the return to the United States, and adjustment to civilian life.".
- catalog abstract "Social life in Ireland 1800's.".
- catalog abstract "Simple games teach beginning players how to move each chess piece and what each can do in a game.".
- catalog abstract "Located in the Oklahoma Collection.".
- catalog abstract "Brief humorous poems inspired by plants with animals in their names.".
- catalog abstract "An introduction to high energy physics, including a description of sub-atomic particles and a discussion of current theories in the field and areas for future research.".
- catalog abstract "A retelling of the Tamil epic poem which records Prince Rama's search for his abducted sweetheart, Sita.".
- catalog abstract "When Garth Pig tries to buy ice cream, he is kidnapped by Mrs. Wolf, driver of the ice cream truck.".
- catalog abstract ""Being the surprising true histories of some forgotten American women -- all beautiful, rich, and Loyalists -- whose lives were shaped by scandal and turned upside down by the War for Independence"--Jacket.".
- catalog abstract "Thousands of facts are presented in lists grouped under such headings as "What's in a Name," "America the Beautiful," "Crime and Punishment," "Arty Facts," "From Head to Toe," "The Sporting Life," and "Coming Attractions."".
- catalog abstract "A glossary of 800 terms in the field of astrology for lay people and professionals.".
- catalog abstract "A series of articles dealing with the changing economic, political, and social aspects of present-day Canada and the influence of an emerging spirit of nationalism.".
- catalog abstract "Industrial production problems; Production problems in universities.".
- catalog abstract "A glossary with over 700 entries of real estate terminology and jargon, for lay people and professionals.".
- catalog abstract "This book provides an informative look at warfare on the western frontiers, and the Indian's futile attempts to cope with the U.S. troops.".
- catalog abstract "Presents the history of Germany up to the 1970's.".