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- catalog abstract "A narrative of important events and developments and portraits of outstanding men and women comprise a history of the Tar Heel State, from colonial times to the present.".
- catalog abstract "Traces the history of Oregon and discusses the state and its people today.".
- catalog abstract "A new and modern translation of the entire collection of folk and fairy tales written by the Brothers Grimm.".
- catalog abstract "This single volume, blank verse translation of The Divine Comedy includes an introduction, maps of Dante's Italy, Hell, Purgatory, Geocentric Universe, and political panorama of the thirteenth and early fourteenth century, diagrams and notes providing the reader with invaluable guidance.".
- catalog abstract ""Feminism and Philosophy is a collection of essays by thirty-three contemporary philosophers. Both sides of the moral issues concerning controversial topics are presented. The contributors give various views on the subjects of feminism as an ethical theory, preferential hiring and equal opportunity, marriage, abortion, rape, sex roles and gender, and sexism in ordinary language." -- Back cover.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of essays by twenty short-story writers and critics, ranging from Poe to Gordimer, offers theoretical analyses of and approaches to the short story, considered as a distinct and significant genre.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of fairy tales written during the late seventeenth century to amuse children and adults of the court of Louis XIV.".
- catalog abstract "Includes material on the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station and the Thomas Amendment.".
- catalog abstract "TELLS HOW TO GARDEN USING WILDFLOWERS IN YOUR AREA.".
- catalog abstract "This book offers intensely practical answers to the what, where, when, how, and why that so many are wondering about. Man has a problem and God has an answer in Christ. How then do we respond? Dr. Graham gives the answer in simple, direct, and dynamic language.".
- catalog abstract "Smith offers a "welfare" approach to geography, studying how causal relationships between inequality, the spatial organization of society, and social structure.".
- catalog abstract "Concerned with that part of the atmosphere above a height of about 60 km. Includes considerable discussion of auroras.".
- catalog abstract "On the Śuddhi movement for the reconversion of Indian Muslims and Christians sponsored by the Arya Samaj, Hindu reform society.".
- catalog abstract "Over 800 entries, mainly secondary sources, are listed under 46 subject headings.".
- catalog abstract "Details the many battles, both political and social, held behind the scenes in the Jackson administration, including disasterous decisions such as the 'Kitchen Cabinet' and the impeachment vote.".
- catalog abstract "Portrays the people and times, the drama and danger of the developing frontier in eighteenth and early nineteenth-century United States.".
- catalog abstract "La déportation des Acadiens entre 1755 et 1762 sert de toile de fond à ce roman émouvant de 1866. Ce roman historique est la seule oeuvre littéraire du gendre de Louis-Joseph Papineau, avant tout peintre et architecte.".
- catalog abstract "The Poulett family is part of the English nobility.".
- catalog abstract "Narrative description of fishing in the Inside Passage of British Columbia and Alaska.".
- catalog abstract "Presents a chronology of the author's life, discusses his life and times, and critiques his poetry and stories. Includes notes and references.".
- catalog abstract "Current sources available to parents and professional personnel who work with parents. Covers nontechnical books, and journals, sources of free and inexpensive materials, organizations, selected government documents, and audiovisual materials, all published generally between 1977-1975. Guide arranged according to 45 subjects. Each entry gives pertinent bibliographical information and annotation or address and telephone number. Appendixes include indexes, children's magazines, poison control centers, and book publishers. Author, title, organization, subject indexes.".
- catalog abstract "The history, people, and landscape of the Flickentail State are covered in an account of North Dakota's life as territory and state.".
- catalog abstract "Ghost stories, trickster tales, and other pieces of authentic Native American folklore are combined with Edward Curtis's haunting photographs.".
- catalog abstract "This book is about how to build tomorrow's house -- today. How to build a house that is energy efficient, solar heated, uses every inch of space well, is designed for the people who plan to live there, is elegantly simple, and yet doesn't cost a small fortune.".
- catalog abstract "Requiring no more than a basic knowledge of abstract algebra, this text presents the mathematics of number fields in a straightforward, "down-to-earth" manner. It thus avoids local methods, for example, and presents proofs in a way that highlights the important parts of the arguments. Readers are assumed to be able to fill in the details, which in many places are left as exercises.".
- catalog abstract "Answers basic questions about solar heating systems, how they work, installation and related costs, and discusses applications to ordinary residences.".
- catalog abstract "Story of Patty Hearst, an heiress in captivity.".
- catalog abstract "An illustrated collection of poems about diverse topics including nature, animals, favorite places, and colors.".
- catalog abstract "A moving memoir of the American Civil War. With an essay by Peter Matthiessen.-Amazon.".
- catalog abstract "The memoirs of a German girl who became a leader among the Hitler Youth while her Social Democratic family kept from her the secret of her partial Jewish heritage.".
- catalog abstract "A comprehensive collection of reliable eye-witness accounts of unusual natural phenomena.".
- catalog abstract "Collects letters and original documents concering the period of Arizona history when it was part of New Spain.".
- catalog abstract "This is a copy of a book "containing the earliest records of Friends in Nansemond and Isle of Wight counties, Va." -- P. 1 (Nansemond County is now part of the independent city of Suffolk.).".
- catalog abstract "This book includes a collection of stories which take place between 1882 and the mid 1970's around the theme of yearning for and returning to Zion. each story is preceded by an introductory Paragraph of background information which explains the context in which the story takes place. includes stories about chalutzim, illegal immigration, aliya of various edot and the desire of russian jewry to emigrate to israel despite the ussr's anti-zionist propaganda.".
- catalog abstract ""The Connecticut 1670 census is a reconstructed listing of 1.544 household heads and 824 freeman. Data for the census was found in household, estate, tax, landowner, church, and freeman lists between the years 1660 and 1673"--Introduction.".
- catalog abstract "Le désir de connaître mais aussi la troublante expérience de l'embarras et du tâtonnement confèrent à la réflexion philosophique sa dimension érotique. Pour les mêmes raisons, l'amour est philosophie : l'amoureux s'arrache à son propre point de vue pour porter sur lui-même et le monde le regard d'autrui, subit l'épreuve du doute après l'enthousiasme et nourrit sa réflexion d'incertitudes. Il ne sait plus ce qu'il sait, cherche ses mots, ne sait comment définir l'être aimé et craint d'être sot. Cette hésitation essentielle l'affranchit de la présomption et de l'idiotie. L'idiot, en effet, ne connaît pas l'amour et ses dérèglements : il est partout chez lui, jamais troublé ni dérangé par personne.".
- catalog abstract "Traces the history of the development of the Murray River Valley.".
- catalog abstract ""This book is an attempt to resurrect a brief, vital presence in our nation's history--that of the 12,000 men of the French army and navy who came in July 1780 to participate in the War of Independence. They came without great fanfare and they campaigned in the role of subordinates; the last of them departed unobtrusively three years later"--Pref.".
- catalog abstract "Biographical sketches of outstanding women in education and related fields.".
- catalog abstract "Biography of the ice navigator from Newfoundland who sailed with many expeditions, including that of Peary and aboard the "Karluk".".
- catalog abstract "A critical and appreciative study of the controversial author examines his literary significance as well as his impact on American social history.".
- catalog abstract "Describes toys and games available in America during the period from 1760 to 1815.".
- catalog abstract "Presents a broad critical survey of Carroll's life, literary career, and writings with special attention to his development of the art of nonsense.".
- catalog abstract "Expanded and reorganized revision of 'Photography for scientific publication', 1965, synthesizing all elements necessary for high-quality photographic illustration of books, articles, and reports.".
- catalog abstract "Once too numerous to attract attention, the log buildings of Texas now stand out for their simple beauty. The log houses, stores, inns, churches, schools, jails, and barns that were so common at one time will soon be too few to permit meaningful research. This book preserves a legacy of folk architecture that might otherwise have been lost.".
- catalog abstract "For review see: Jaap J. van Soest, in Amigoe di Curaçao (27. XI. 1976); p. 10; L.J. van der Steen, in Nieuwe West-Indische Gids, jg. 52 (1977); p. 66.".
- catalog abstract "Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private God.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of old and new problems, puzzles, games, and diversions based on probability, geometry, number patterns, magic squares, and the laws of physics.".
- catalog abstract "Captioned photographs and text describe the invasion of Russia by the Germans.".
- catalog abstract "The nature and extent of the microbial world; A survey of the protista; The bacterial cell; Energy metabolism; Bacterial nutrition and the ecology of bacteria; Growth and protein synthesis; Genetic systems of the protista; Bacteriophage and virus.".
- catalog abstract "Over 1600 references to English-language sociological, medical, and behavioral literature. Covers books, book chapters, journal articles, and conference papers. Sources were 74 journals, 14 secondary sources (as well as various data bases), and miscellaneous. Alphabetical arrangement by authors under countries. Entry gives bibliographical information. Subject, author indexes.".
- catalog abstract "Photographs and text depict various occupations in the United States between the end of the Civil War and the outbreak of World War I.".
- catalog abstract "Personal narrative of "the first American to see, examine, and photograph the Dead Sea Scrolls."".
- catalog abstract "Responding to the rapidly increasing use of interdisciplinary approaches to evaluate historical events and ideas, this volume addresses itself to both historical methodology and modern historiography. It presents nineteen different methodological concepts and provides discussion and examples for each of them. When Beringer uses the term "methodology", he is referring, not to mechanical processes such as taking notes and constructing footnotes, but rather to intellectual processes such as selecting data, organizing research, and formulating conclusions. The concepts examined include such widely diverse procedures as the intellectual historian's Zeitgeist, the psychohistorian's use of Freud or Erikson, the sociologically-oriented historian's theories of class or status, and the quantifier's reliance upon correlation and regression. The discussion of each method includes the special insights it provides and the types of data to which it might be applied, along with some warnings about inherent pitfalls. This broad range of topics makes this text unique in its field.".
- catalog abstract "Defines old, obsolete, and unfamiliar words, describing their histories and derivations, and calls for the revival of particularly interesting names and expressions.".
- catalog abstract "Poems rising from and returning to Bukowski's personal experiences reflect people, objects, places, and events of the external world, and reflects on them, on their way out and back.".
- catalog abstract "Collects studies by 19 contributors in diverse fields that define the problems of urban planning in arid climates, along with proposed solutions.".
- catalog abstract "In 1903, a 20-year-old Scots girl sails to China to marry a British attache, but soon horrifies the British community by having an affair with a young Japanese count.".
- catalog abstract "Stonehenge to von Daniken : archaeoastronomy discovers our sophisticated ancestors. First popular all-over survey of the science of archaeoastronomy - the study of the astronomies of ancient and prehistoric times through archaeology. Krupp expertly separates truth from fantasy in this volume, which includes articles written by top authorities on Stonehenge, ancient North American Indian astronomers, the famous Maya observatories, Egyptian pyramids and star clocks, and the theories of Velikovsky and Von Daniken.".
- catalog abstract "Tennessee Indian tribes include: Cherokee, Creek, Shawnee, Chickasaw.".
- catalog abstract "Discusses the personal and public lives of women who have been English queens, from Boadicea in the first century to the present Queen Elizabeth II.".
- catalog abstract "Genealogical charts and a discussion of Shakespeare's art and time precede summaries of ten plays treated in historical sequence.".
- catalog abstract "A bibliography of 510 works in French and English on these three countries.".
- catalog abstract "Over 400 entries to journal articles, books, and other monographs serving as comprehensive, multidisciplinary source for concerned professionals. Citations arranged under broad topics, e.g., Health impairments and Mental retardation. Contains list of journals offering even more multidisciplinary overview. No index.".
- catalog abstract "The daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder.".
- catalog abstract "This third volume of a trilogy about World War II deals with the effects of the war on the lives of four soldiers.".
- catalog abstract "Contains the author's : "He slew the dreamer," with a new prologue and epilogue.".
- catalog abstract "The authors are American reporters who sought to find out what happened to the Alaskan frontier when oil and natural gas were discovered and exploited.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of illustrated letters from Father Christmas recapping the activities of the preceding year at the North Pole. The letters were written by the author to his children.".
- catalog abstract "530 entries to English-languages journal articles, books, pamphlets, and bibliographies. Covers the legal, medical, psychological, and sociological aspects of rape. Entries are arranged accordingly under separate sections, along with a section from the popular press. Titles published after 1970 are abstracted. No index.".
- catalog abstract "Explains how genetic materials are manipulated in laboratories and examines the scientific, political, social and moral implications of these techniques.".
- catalog abstract "Determined to overreach his humanity and assert his untrammelled individual will, Raskolnikov, an impoverished student living in the St. Petersburg of the Tsars, commits an act of murder and theft and sets into motion a story which, for its excrutiating suspense, its atmospheric vividness, and its profundity of characterization and vision, is almost unequaled in the literatures of the world. The best known of Dostoevsky's masterpieces, Crime and Punishment can bear any amount of rereading without losing a drop of its power over our imagination.".
- catalog abstract "Many beautiful photographs show the land and people of France.".
- catalog abstract "Consists chiefly of materials presented at the ICLE conference held in Ann Arbor, Mich., Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 1975.".
- catalog abstract "The biography is based on the work of Carl Barks, published primarily in the magazine "Uncle Scrooge" magazine, while the bibliography is limited to Barks' published stories.".
- catalog abstract "On the influence of the plays of Henrik Ibsen, 1828-1906, on modern Panjabi drama.".
- catalog abstract "Retells the tale of the girl who sets out to find her seven brothers and free them from enchantment.".
- catalog abstract "For review see: B. Jos de Roo, in Amigoe di Curaçao, 2. III. 1977, p. 9; Daphne M. van Schendel-Labega, in Nieuwe West-Indische Gids, jrg. 53 (1979); p. 150-158; Sticusa journaal, jrg. 7 (1977); no. 2.".
- catalog abstract "Explores music's scientific principles, the physiological properties of sound, how the ear perceives music, the effect of the acoustic environment, how instruments produce their sounds, and new computer applications in music.".
- catalog abstract "A pictorial account of the Mayas, their history, and their culture.".
- catalog abstract "Expressive, humorous, very English drawings convey the light-hearted quality of the rhymes.".
- catalog abstract "Dr. Gary R. Collins provides an overview and evaluation of the field of contemporary psychology, and identifies the presuppositions that underlie this discipline. As a Christian, he looks beyond the dilemmas of modern psychology and sees hope -- for humanity and for "the science of human behavior." The Rebuilding of Psychology makes a bold proposal for rebuilding psychology on the theistic premise that "God exists and is the source of all truth."--Back cover.".
- catalog abstract "Offers selections from the prize-winning works of nineteen American poets.".
- catalog abstract "A variety of unrelated objects want to communicate with each other but to no avail.".
- catalog abstract "Conference sponsored by NOAA Environmental Protection Agency. 45 papers covering all aspects of hydrocarbon pollution in the marine environment.".
- catalog abstract "Study conducted in Ballia and Azamgarh Districts, Uttar Pradesh, 1965-66 to 1971-72.".
- catalog abstract "A biography of Caldecott's life and career with a complete catalogue of his works and over 100 illustrations.".
- catalog abstract "In this novel, Joseph Wambaugh presents a major surprise: a tale in which crime is secondary to love, and dogs are sometimes more important than people. For here is the strange world of dog shows, the stranger story of a dognapping extortion scheme, and, right in the middle of it all, the most unusual of love stories.".
- catalog abstract "Describes the history, importance, and biology of the date palm and notes the requirements for its successful cultivation.".
- catalog abstract "A biography of R. Buckminster Fuller, the architect and inventor whose investigations into the principles of nature influenced his designs and helped revolutionize our world.".
- catalog abstract "When eleven-year-old Jenny goes to stay with her widowed grandmother who lives by the seaside, she learns a great deal about the nature of love and the ways of the sea.".
- catalog abstract "Autobiography of Ron LeFlore, who played on a prison baseball team while serving a sentence for armed robbery and later became a star player for the Detroit Tigers.".
- catalog abstract "When Peter discovers his blue furniture is being painted pink for a new baby sister, he rescues the last unpainted item, a chair, and runs away.".
- catalog abstract "Lectures delivered at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, 1975.".
- catalog abstract ""Materialer til en bibliografi."".
- catalog abstract "'AppendixA provides the English translation of a passage from the "Jewish Antiquities" ... (of Josephus). Appendix B ... gives a translation of the dedicatory poem in Latin to "Les Juifves" and also a commentary ...' - Introduction.".
- catalog abstract "Chronologically arranged to give brief summaries of the daily events of the 3,653 days of the decade. Includes political, cultural, scientific and economic situations throughout the world.".
- catalog abstract "Traces the history of the earth and discusses the origin of life and the evolution of human societies.".
- catalog abstract "In the past ten years, a number of proceedings of symposia on the structure and function of proteolytic enzymes have been published. Their coverage of acid proteases has been limited, mainly due to the lack of significant new information on the structure of these enzymes. In the last four years, however, the primary and tertiary structures of a number of acid proteases have been determined, prompting the need to discuss the meanings of the old data and the possibilities for new experimentations. It was for this purpose that this book was organized. It took place at the University of Oklahoma on November 21-24, 1976. This book is a collection of the main lectures delivered at the Conference. Acid Proteases, by definition refers to a group of proteases having an optimal pH in acidic solutions. The classic examples are pepsin and chymosin. Some catalytic features are obviously shared by these proteases, most notably, their inhibition by pepstatin. The use of active center-directed inactivators such as diazoacetylnorleucine methyl ester and 1,2-epoxy-3-(p-nitrophenoxy)propane has shown that two catalytic aspartyl residues are present in most of these enzymes. These apparent common features have prompted the suggestion by several investigators to name this group of enzymes "aspartyl proteases" or "carboxyl proteases". Such proposals are particularly valid if one considers that the optimal pH of renin is about 6, but its catalytic residues and mechanism obviously belong to that of the acid proteases. Regardless of the name eventually adopted, there is little question that this is a group of proteases with a structure-function relationship different from other groups of proteases. They appear to have some important functions in various biological systems.".
- catalog abstract ""A great stone bridge built three centuries ago in the heart of the Balkans ... stands witness to the countless lives played out upon it" and to the sufferings of the people of Bosnia.--Cover.".