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- catalog abstract "From the Introduction: Communication is the name we give to the countless ways that humans have of keeping in touch-not just to words and music, pictures and print, but also to cries and whispers, nods and becks, postures and plumages: to every move that catches someone's eye and every sound that resonates upon another ear. Human communication, as the saying goes, is a clash of symbols; and it covers a multitude of signs. But it is more than media and messages, information and persuasion; it also meets a deeper need and serves a higher purpose. Whether clear or garbled, tumultuous or silent, deliberate or fatally inadvertent, communication is the ground of meeting and the foundation of community. It is, in short, the essential human connection.".
- catalog abstract "Notes:p.285-296.".
- catalog abstract "Also contains: "Apéndice documental", "Estudio bibliográfico", and "Apéndice bibliográfico."".
- catalog abstract "What place does the resurrection of Jesus Christ have in the soteriological teaching of the apostle Paul? The author, writing from within the Reformed tradition, explains in part one that a change has taken place in Reformed theology's interpretation of the emphasis of Paul's thought. Gaffin discusses this change and the proper way to approach Paul. Part two uncovers the basic structure of Paul's resurrection theology and shows that the central theme of Christ's resurrection governs the whole of Paul's theology. Part three discusses the way in which Paul develops and uses this theme. Gaffin's conclusion presents the implications of this study for the problems and program of Reformed dogmatics. - Back cover.".
- catalog abstract "A guide to writing prose, both fiction and nonfiction, and poetry.".
- catalog abstract "A beggar arrives at the inn declaring he is a king but only manages to convince Little Baggit, the servant.".
- catalog abstract "The flip sequence begins with a grin on an empty branch ending with the complete grinning cat sitting on it.".
- catalog abstract "Intelligence experts of the United States and the Soviet Union join forces to foil an attempt by a group of terrorists to topple the world's governments.".
- catalog abstract "In this version of the well-known tale, Cinderella is helped to go to the ball by the pigeons, turtle doves, and all the birds of the air.".
- catalog abstract "Elwood Haynes built an automobile in Kokomo, Indiana in 1893/1894. He also produced alloys, and was a metallurgical scientist.".
- catalog abstract "For other editions, see Author Catalog.".
- catalog abstract "Edward Colcott came from England about 1631.".
- catalog abstract "Recounts the tales and legends of those hardy souls who searched for buried treasure in the Southwest.".
- catalog abstract "Articles from the Deseret News, April 5-July 24, 1978. The trek began at Winter Quarters in Omaha, Nebraska, crossed Nebraska and Wyoming and entered Utah in 1847.".
- catalog abstract "Of the many books on Shakespeare's history plays, this is the first conceived in terms of ideas rather than of individual plays, and treating both the English and the Roman plays alike as evidence of the dramatist's point of view. In his wide-ranging and original enquiry into Shakespeare's interpretation of history, Dr. Wilders devotes each chapter to a prominent idea which can be discerned in all the history plays. -- Book cover.".
- catalog abstract "The first half traces Russia's history to the present day. The second half discusses Russian life, culture, and architecture.".
- catalog abstract "This work has been written with at least five objects: 1. To show how the Rule of Qumran fits into its historical setting between the Old and New Testaments; 2. To show the relevance of the work for students of both Testaments; 3. To demonstrate how deeply into the past we must plunge in order to discover the ultimate sources of the thought of this remarkable body of men; 4. To bring out as far as possible the characteristics of that thought as it is revealed in this writing; 5. To contribute towards the ultimate healing of the tragic breach between Judaism and Christianity. - Preface.".
- catalog abstract "This book is a collection of addresses given at her memorial service at the Unitarian church in Peterborough, NH, held August 26, 1917.".
- catalog abstract "The adventures of a little girl and her cat as they hunt rogue elephants in the family garage.".
- catalog abstract "Griselda Goose attempts to carry out her New Year's resolutions, but her good deeds backfire.".
- catalog abstract "This volume amounts to a progress report on paratransit. The papers published here include some that were presented at the Transportation Research Board's Conference on Urban Transport Service Innovations in San Diego, December 5 to 8, 1977, and some that were presented at the Fifty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in January 1978. They review both American and Canadian experiences with shared-ride services such as car pools, van pools, shared-ride taxi services, subscription bus services, and dial-a-ride and demand-responsive services for special-need groups.".
- catalog abstract "Reflections on the poet's love of food and eating.".
- catalog abstract "Magic in Faulkner / Malcolm Cowley -- Faulkner and Joyce / Hugh Kenner -- Pioneering on principle, or how a traditional society may be dissolved / Thomas Daniel Young -- On first dramatizing Faulkner / Horton Foote -- Faulkner's uses of poetic drama / Ilse Dusoir Lind -- Narration as creative art: the role of Quentin Compson in Absalom, Absalom! / Thomas Daniel Young -- The Montage element in Faulkner's fiction / Bruce Kawin -- The effect of painting on Faulkner's poetic form / Ilse Dusoir Lind -- Tomorrow: the genesis of a screenplay / Horton Foote -- Faulkner's film career: the years with hawks / Bruce Kawin -- Faulkner and the avant-garde / Hugh Kenner.".
- catalog abstract "Vice and murder prowl Chicago, and one man hunts a killer through the glittering Gold Coast and seamy back alleys. Ed Hunter is eighteen, and he doesn't want to end up like his father, a linotype operator and a drunk. But when his father doesn't come home one night, Ed finds out how good he had it. 1948 Edgar Award winner, for Best First Novel.".
- catalog abstract "Close-packed narrative which is almost a reference work, comprehensive, thoroughly indexed and full of learning.".
- catalog abstract "Five short stories in which young people gain a sense of self.".
- catalog abstract "Ramona at 7 1/2 sometimes feels discriminated against by being the youngest in the family.".
- catalog abstract "An indispensable reference guide to the Minutes of the General Synod, this volume contains an alphabetical listing of the persons and subjects referred to in the minutes, along with a brief summary of action taken.".
- catalog abstract "Designers include: Michael Thonet, Otto Wagner, Alvar Aalto, Victor Horta, Henry van de Velde, Peter Behrens, Marcel Breuer, Charles Eames, Eero Saarinin, Hans Wegner, Joe Colombo, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Josef Hoffmann, George Nelson [and others.].".
- catalog abstract "Presents rhymes about horses from Mother Goose.".
- catalog abstract "Chronlogical tables describe concurrent events in world history from 4241 B.C. through 1978.".
- catalog abstract "Demonstrates how to make simple mobiles from household materials.".
- catalog abstract "Presents factual sex instruction and the author's advice for conduct based on concern for others.".
- catalog abstract "What do buildings do, and how do they fuction? Edward Allen's new book provides a full and elegantly articulated answer to these fundamental questions about architecture. "A house of snow in the Arctic obeys the same physical laws as one of bamboo in the tropics," writes Allen, "and a steel-framed skyscraper is not so far removed from a tree house as we would sometimes believe." But the principles involved in the functioning of buildings has never been clearly laid out in one place. Edward Allen's book is the first comprehensive, nonmathmematical physiology of architecture, and will enable lay people as well as professionals to understand how buildings work. Every chapter of How Buildings Work concisely describes one aspect of building function. Here, for the first time in a single volume, are chapters on thermal considerations in architecture, keeping water out of buildings, reducing danger from fire, fitting buildings to people, the structural behavior of buildings, and much more. Each is a complete introduction to its topic, and each is unique for the clarity and simplicity with which it describes an often complex phenomenon. Over 300 original illustrations accompany the text to explain key points. A book of design and construction principles, How Buildings Work will take a natural place among the basic books on architecture and building construction. A comprehensive index and glossary of terms make it a convenient reference manual as well.".
- catalog abstract "A 13-year-old living in a turn-of-the-century California mining town determines to marry off her adoptive brothers and discover the identity of her real parents.".
- catalog abstract "A complete and devastating look at the genocide of the remaining native American peoples. "Within the modern American Indian movement, Wasi'chu (literally, "greedy one") has come to stand for those corporations and individuals who continue to ravage and steal Indian land and resources for their private profit. This book is about the resistance to the Wasi'chu and to the economic system that nourishes and rewards them. It is also about the consequences of that resistance, the repression and violence unleashed upon the Indians as the battle to stop the march of the Wasi'chu gains strength."--Jacket.".
- catalog abstract "Discusses the role of the Revolutionary War--with its demands on courage, discipline, and dedication to the cause of freedom--on the shaping of America's national character.".
- catalog abstract ""This memoir is a single story. It deals with a man and his occupation and his times-- three separate subjects. But when the times reflect the great civil rights revolution of America's post-war era; and when the occupation is baseball, so unique to the United States that in truth it triggered that revolution; and when the man is Willie Mays ... then in fact it is one subject, not three."--Page 7.".
- catalog abstract "Discusses films such as The deadly companions, Ride the high country, Major Dundee, Noon wine, The wild bunch, The ballad of Cable Hogue, Straw dogs, Junior Bonner, The getaway, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia, The killer elite, Cross of iron, Convoy, and others.".
- catalog abstract "An ex-con tries one more round in the rackets before going "clean."".
- catalog abstract "Take an excursion into the secret past of America through the signatures of prigs and perverts, poets and presidents. Hamilton was an autograph dealer and auctioneer, and he gives background on some of the most interesting pieces in his collection.".
- catalog abstract "Describes the impact of information technologies on space planning, the technologies which have the greatest potential impact and discusses the facilities planning implications.".
- catalog abstract "Includes 2 contributions by Mary Lavater-Sloman.".
- catalog abstract ""Referate, die auf der Tagung 1976 der Fachgruppe Recht der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Osteuropakunde gehalten worden sind ... Diese Tagung wurde ... Pfingsten 1976 in Travemünde veranstaltet."".
- catalog abstract "Shows the growth of an English village from a medieval clearing to the urban congestion of the present day as seen from the same viewpoint approximately every hundred years.".
- catalog abstract "Films of Tyrone Power.".
- catalog abstract "Albert Schweitzer has called Johann Arndt the the prophet of interior Protestantism. This great German Lutheran mystic and follower of Melanchthon aroused Calvinist hostility by his spirituality of Christ in the heart of man. He was deposed as pastor of Bedeborn for refusing More ... to abide by the orders of his Calvinist duke. Inspired by Bernard of Clairvaux, Angela of Foligno, John Tauler and Thomas a Kempis, he later came to be venerated by the Pietists. True Christianity is his principal mystical work and one of the most important in the Protestant tradition. He published the first book of this work, which is presented here, in 1605. He added three other books at a later date and two more were appended posthumously. Books two to six are represented in this volume by selected excerpts.".
- catalog abstract "Explores intricacies of a clown and loved comedian.".
- catalog abstract "Discusses the meaning, history, and observance of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.".
- catalog abstract "Verse work on ancient Indian music and dance.".
- catalog abstract "Oliver is going to be a big brother, and doesn't like the idea one bit.".
- catalog abstract "A biographical profile of a former Vice President of the United States, covering the last twenty years of his life.".
- catalog abstract "# 99.007 on flyleaf.".
- catalog abstract "Compelling personal stories of both courage and cowardice mark this vivid narrative of the 1956 sea disaster in which the Italian luxury liner and the Stockholm collided during a thick fog off Nantucket.".
- catalog abstract "Approximately 750 references to monographic literature dealing with the dynamics of interaction among people. Arranged under 13 chapters with titles such as Educational settings, Group influences, and Bibliographic reference works. Entries give bibliographical information and descriptive annotations. Author, title, subject indexes.".
- catalog abstract "Heber Jeddy Grant (1856-1945) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Jedediah Morgan Grant and Rachel Ridgeway Ivins. Heber eventaully became the husband of three wives and the father of twelve children. In 1882 he became an apostle of the LDS Chuech and in 1918 he became the seventh president of the Church.".
- catalog abstract "In these sixteen essays, written between 1939 and 1965, George Devereux argues that the understanding of all human behavior requires the application of both psychological and sociocultural methods of explanation. This unique approach, which differentiates sanity and insanity from social adjustment and maladjustment, provides a rigorous foundation for a general theory of psychoanalytic ethnopsychiatry.".
- catalog abstract "Now working freelance, Dave Brandstetter digs into an evangelist's secret life. His father's death left Brandstetter with a hole in his heart and an inheritance in his bank account. The money allowed him to venture out on his own, launching a freelance insurance investigation agency that specializes in suspicious deaths. His first case is potentially explosive, and if he isn't careful, it could be his last. Crusading evangelist Gerald Dawson believes that piety and violence go hand-in-hand. To clean up his local skid row, he has taken to vigilante justice, ransacking pornography shops and intimidating their owners. When Gerald is found with his neck snapped, the police finger smut peddler Lon Tooker for the crime, but Dave disagrees. As he digs into the holy man's nighttime activities, he finds a collection of sins that would make even the devil blush. Skinflick is book five in the Dave Brandstetter Mystery series, which also includes Troublemaker and The Man Everybody Was Afraid Of.".
- catalog abstract "A book about freedom and commitment.".
- catalog abstract "Six siècles dʹhistoire... Cʹest au XVe siècle avec lʹinstallation des Portugais, que Charles-André Julien, rompant avec les idées reçues et à lʹencontre du consensus historique, cherche les racines du mouvement de résistance du peuple marocain qui nʹa jamais accepté la domination des puissances étrangères. Du Maroc de Lyautey au rétablissement de la souveraineté marocaine et de lʹunité territoriale, Charles-André Julien, acteur autant que témoin, réalise un véritable tour de force avec cet ouvrage où lʹon voit se forger la personnalité de Si Mohammed, futur Mohammed V, symbole et artisan de la résistance nationale. -- from http://www.amazon.fr (Feb. 5, 2015).".
- catalog abstract "An illustrated, abridged version of the sixth edition of Darwin's classic work on evolution, with commentary that relates Darwin's hypotheses to recent advances in knowledge.".
- catalog abstract "Brief text and illustrations introduce the characteristics of a variety of animals that the author finds particularly interesting.".
- catalog abstract "Three women working for social change.".
- catalog abstract "From the reviews: "Béla Bollobás introductory course on graph theory deserves to be considered as a watershed in the development of this theory as a serious academic subject. ... The book has chapters on electrical networks, flows, connectivity and matchings, extremal problems, colouring, Ramsey theory, random graphs, and graphs and groups. Each chapter starts at a measured and gentle pace. Classical results are proved and new insight is provided, with the examples at the end of each chapter fully supplementing the text ... Even so this allows an introduction not only to some of the deeper results but, more vitally, provides outlines of, and firm insights into, their proofs. Thus in an elementary text book, we gain an overall understanding of well-known standard results, and yet at the same time constant hints of, and guidelines into, the higher levels of the subject. It is this aspect of the book which should guarantee it a permanent place in the literature." #Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society#1.".
- catalog abstract "The traditional puppet comedy as old as Shakespeare, about the ugly little man who happily kills everyone before he is confronted by the Devil.".
- catalog abstract "During a bout of appendicitis, ten-year-old Ned Kelly is reduced to the size of a bee and spends the summer in a beehive.".
- catalog abstract "Traces the career of Sir Howard Beale as a successful barrister in Sydney in the 1920's and 30's, then as a member of the Menzies government; in the 1950's and finally, as Australian ambassador to Washington during the presidencies of Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson.".
- catalog abstract ""Once depicted as witches, croneks, and hags in fiction, burned at the stake in the not-so-distant past, the older woman is still largely scorned in America today. In a solidly researched, compassionate study, Ruth Jacobs ... presents a frank assessment of the older woman's position in American society. She offers unique and workable suggestions for breaking the restrictive roles woman now occupy and broadening the options open to older women. She shows how they can increase the opportunity for their personal growth"--Back cover.".
- catalog abstract "Color on the motion picture screen.".
- catalog abstract "A hit play on Broadway, this suspense thriller combines fiendish cleverness with deft entertainment in shock afteredge-of-the-seat shock.".
- catalog abstract ""The movie colony in the Golden Age"--Jacket subtitle.".
- catalog abstract "When Ringo, a young Londoner, finds himself in sudden possession of a stolen painting worth a million pounds, his life turns into a series of wild adventures.".
- catalog abstract "The stories in this book are the kind you might hear sitting on the porch past dark listening to distant hounds after a fox in the southeast Texas bottoms, tales with some truth and some lies and much pleasure taken in the telling and the listening, tales with a strong sense of place and people, rooted firmly in the oral tradition.".
- catalog abstract "Christopher Hitch immigrated with his family from England to Maryland, then to Virginia, to the Appalachian mountains, the Shenandoah Valley and to eastern Tennessee. One descendant, Henry Charles Hitch (1884-1921) married Christine Arena Walker in 1910, and homesteaded in Texas, County in the Oklahoma Panhandle.".
- catalog abstract "Explorers the close relationships between American presidents and their chief assistants since 1857 and examines the impact they had upon American history.".
- catalog abstract "Examines the nature, origin and extent of anti-Semitism in the United States and its relation to such factors as age, race, education, social class, teligious affiliation and political orientation.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of 17 article from various newspapers and periodicals, written over 20 years, demonstrating the author's strategies of using humour to protest against what she perceived as wrongs committed by the funeral industry, restaurants, universities and correspondence schools, censors, and others.".
- catalog abstract "Reveals the story of Marian "Clover" Hooper Adams, the Washington D.C. socialite and amateur photographer who was married to Henry Adams for thirteen years before committing suicide in 1885.".
- catalog abstract "The pleasures of life aboard the Busted Flush are interrupted by a murder that plunges Travis McGee into a nightmare where nothing is as it seems, including the Church of the Apocrypha which he must infiltrate to find the truth.".
- catalog abstract "Describes the conception, planning, and building of the world's last great Gothic cathedral, the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.".
- catalog abstract "His life story and the story of the Oglala Sioux during the decades of the Little Big Horn, the ghost-dance rising, and the Wounded Knee massacre.".
- catalog abstract "Presents the biography of Jimmie Rodgers, "the father of country music."".
- catalog abstract "In Jerusalem just before World War I five sisters send their photograph to a New York newspaper in hope of contacting their borther from whom they have not heard for one year.".
- catalog abstract "The story of the gangster genre in film.".
- catalog abstract "Kidnappers in Italy have their hands full when the captive American children advise them on running a better kidnapping and on proper nutrition.".
- catalog abstract "The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, also known as the ISBE, is an exhaustive Biblical encyclopedia that explains in detail every significant word in the Bible, and also includes historical information from the Apocrypha. It provides detailed information on the language and literature of the Bible world, their cultures and the historical and religious environments of the people of the Bible in articles by nearly 200 scholars.".
- catalog abstract "Patronage, persuasion, and fear during E. H. Crump's years as mayor led a group of Memphians to launch a dynamic experiment in civic reform. David Tucker vividly describes its career, from the early days of national and international ideals to local disintegration as a result of racial tensions culminating in the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. By probing the experience of the nation's seventeenth largest city, Tucker increases our understanding of municipal reform in twentieth-century America. -- Jacket".
- catalog abstract "Essays examine rock performers and bands including David Bowie, Lou Reed, Chicago, the Clash, James Taylor, and Iggy Pop.".
- catalog abstract "Essays on destructive influences of the modern environment on human behavior.".
- catalog abstract "Issued in two volumes, one for exports and one for imports, contains results of the 1976 Survey of domestic and international transportation of U.S. foreign trade, an origin/destination study of the movement of foreign trade within the United States. This report in addition to presenting data in tabular form, describes the scope and purpose of the survey, the method used in sampling and collecting the data, the sample size and its relation to the universe, and the contents of the public-use and base tapes.".
- catalog abstract "Compte rendu d'un Séminaire organisé en mai 1974 à la Maison des sciences de l'homme de Bordeaux, sur le thème: L'élaboration du récit par l'image. L'ouvrage présente le texte de onze communications et des discussions qui ont suivi. Huit exposés concernent l'album ou le livre d'images; les trois autres, p. 95-152, traitent de la bande dessinée. Les relations entre le texte et l'image sont discutées, ainsi que l'aspect de la communication entre l'image et l'enfant-lecteur. L'approche sémiologique est souvent utilisée pour l'analyse.".
- catalog abstract "Discusses the history, services, and equipment of the Soo Line Railroad, which is known throughout the Midwest for its dependability.".
- catalog abstract "Brief text and over 300 photographs explore the training and life of boys and girls at the Royal Ballet School.".
- catalog abstract ""One of the most celebrated novels of its time, Endless Love remains perhaps the most powerful book ever written about young love. Riveting, compulsively readable, and ferociously sexual, Endless Love tells the story of David Axelrod and his overwhelming love for Jade Butterfield. David and Jade are consumed with each other: their rapport, their desire, their sexuality, take them further than they understand. And when Jade's father banishes David from the home, he fantasizes the forgiveness his rescue of the family will bring, and he sets a "perfectly safe" fire to their house. What unfolds is a nightmare, a dark world in which David's love is a crime and a disease, a world of anonymous phone calls, crazy letters, and new fears -- and the inevitable and punishing pursuit of the one thing that remains most real to him: his endless love for Jade and her family. ... haiied as "one of the best books of the year" by the New York Times."--Amazon.com".
- catalog abstract ""Over 11,725 illustrations, copyright-free, and ... reproducible."".
- catalog abstract "To amuse the stubborn Prince Nicolaus Esterhazy, who refuses to allow the court musicians to return to Vienna at summer's end, Joseph Haydn composes a special "Farewell" symphony.".
- catalog abstract "Describes the day-to-day life throughout the changing seasons of an early 19th-century New England family.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of topical verse and prose originally written by Charles Osgood for his "Newsbreak" spot on the CBS Radio Network.".
- catalog abstract "The author is concerned with the intrinsicality of appropriate music in the Christian context.".
- catalog abstract "Twenty-nine accounts present the origins, history, and way of life of the ancient people of Hawaii.".