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- catalog abstract "The fourth volume of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's autobiography, with entries from her diaries and correspondence from 1936 to 1939.".
- catalog abstract ""Events in the fall of 1973 made the American people suddenly aware of the importance of the Arab World to their well-being. The October War led to a brief but intense crisis with the Soviet Union, highlighted by a worldwide alert of American military forces, and a longer and more agonizing energy crunch created by the five-month oil embargo imposed by the Arab producers. People who had viewed the Middle East as a remote corner of the globe now realized how important this volatile area could be to American security and prosperity."--Foreword (p. v).".
- catalog abstract "This updated edition contains a good deal of new and relevant material including Bessel inequality, vector spaces of functions, physical laws and invariance principle, invariance in 3-D Newtonian and 4-D Minkowski spaces, fully antisymmetric tensors and their contraction. Discusses normal matrices and features a proof of the general theorem that a matrix possesses a complete set of orthonormal eigenvectors if and only if it is a normal matrix.".
- catalog abstract "Works by Ireland's finest, from the sixth-century bards, through Swift and Goldsmith, to Yeats, Graves, Beckett, and today's young poets, provide a full survey of Irish poetry.".
- catalog abstract ""Although many books have been written about early American church history, this is the first to let American churchmen speak for themselves. Dr. Ritchie presents the information required to understand the context, then quotes profusely from the letters they wrote to the Bishop of London, who had a vague authority over them."--Dust jacket flap.".
- catalog abstract "Stephenson, whose code name was Intrepid, tells how he established a worldwide intelligence network to combat Nazism.".
- catalog abstract "History concerning the following American Indian tribes: Timucuan, Apalachee, Guale, Natchez, Houma, Chitimacha, Cherokee, Seminole, Catawba, Chickasaw, Caddo, Choctaw, Upper Creek, Alabama, Koasatis, Lower Creek, Yuchi.".
- catalog abstract "A Ukrainian poet's memoir of repression and resistance.".
- catalog abstract "More than 2000 brand-new slang terms and familiar expressions that have acquired new meanings appear in the supplement. Altogether the volume contains more than 22,000 definitions.".
- catalog abstract "The most comprehensive anthology of Chinese poetry available in English today. Contains the work of more than 140 poets, from the 12th century B. C. to the moderns.".
- catalog abstract "Discusses similarities between the concept of a harmonious universe that emerges from the theories of modern physics and the vision of a continuously interactive world conceived by Eastern mystics.".
- catalog abstract "In Kinflicks, Lisa Alther reels through the ups and downs of Ginny Babcock's coming of age in Hullsport, Tennessee, during the 1950s and 1960s. Ginny bounces from one identity to another, adopting the values, politics, lifestyle, even the sexual orientation of each new partner. Alther explores the limited roles offered to women in the 1960s-- from cheerleader to motorcycle moll, bulldyke to madonna-- each embodying important truths about the aspirations of the culture that created them.".
- catalog abstract "The conservative Arizona senator argues that America's economic freedom is threatened by the increasing size of the welfare state, over-regulation, and interference by the Federal government in the operation of the states.".
- catalog abstract "This book began, more than a dozen years ago, as a joint venture into the understanding of the course of philosophic thought in America. In 1963 we published a brief preliminary volume for the Union Panamericana entitled Principales Tendencias de la Filosofia Norteamericana. Since that bantling appeared, our enterprise has progressed through an unbelievably perilous and circuitous route to its present form, helped on at critical junctures by the kindness of a variety of Samaritans. Although we have both contributed to every chapter, each author bears a primary responsibility for some chapters. Elizabeth Flowers bears primary responsibility for chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 14, and 15; Murray Murphey is chiefly responsible for chapters 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, and 12. Chapter 13 was a joint product.".
- catalog abstract "Describes the lives of the people, the role of the lord of the manor, and the influence of the church in a medieval English village.".
- catalog abstract "This book is a wide-ranging and general introduction to Islamic civilisation from its origins to the present day. Writing in clear and non-technical language, Professor Savory's contributors seek answers to broad and important questions: how did a single civilisation develop in a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural region; how did Islamic internationalism come to be translated into powerful nationalist movements in modern times; how has the West been affected by its continuing contact with Islam; what factors have threatened Islamic civilisation in modern times, and is there a future for it at all. The book begins with a section on the geographical, ethnic and linguistic background of the Middle East, continues with an historical re;sume; of the Islamic period, and moves on to the core chapters on the religious, philosophical and legal foundations of Islamic society and its contributions to world civilisation in the fields of literature, art, science and medicine. The time-scale covers the pre-Islamic, medieval and modern periods, and care has been taken to draw out the implications of the interaction between Christian West and Islamic East from the Crusades down to the massive encroachment of the West upon the Muslim world - at military, political, economic and cultural levels - in the modern era. Introduction to Islamic Civilisation is based on a successful series of adult-education programmes broadcast on Canadian radio, organised by members of the Department of Islamic Studies at the University of Toronto. The material has been revised and rewritten for book publication and is offered as a genuinely introductory handbook on a vital and fascinating subject.".
- catalog abstract "Beginning with the slave trade, the book interprets black ideologies and protest movements throughout American history, particularly in the 20th century.".
- catalog abstract ""The fifth of eight volumes of papers from the first international conference sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies .."".
- catalog abstract "Consists of the report first issued in 1974 under title : Report of the Department of the Army review of the preliminary investigations into the My Lai incident : volume I, The report of the investigation. Vols. 2 and 4 of the original report were not released and v. 3 was not reproduced.".
- catalog abstract "For research workers, teachers, and students.".
- catalog abstract "Over one hundred pictures selected from the collection of the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard.".
- catalog abstract "Fiction and poetry.".
- catalog abstract "Identifies patterns of age-related change and compares the developmental rhythms of men and women, deepening understanding of the stresses experienced by couples during the various stages of adult life.".
- catalog abstract ""A study not only of the chronological facts, but also of the personalities, social issues, and economic factors, with an analysis of the influence of Western culture on four particular tribes of the Tswana nation: Kwena, Ngwaketse, Ngwato, and Tawana."--Dust jacket flap.".
- catalog abstract "Examines such varied aspects of sports in America as organized children's competitions, collegiate athletic programs, sports financing, government involvement, and the role of the media in professional sports.".
- catalog abstract "Beginning students of quantum mechanics frequently experience difficulties separating essential underlying principles from the specific examples to which these principles have been historically applied. Nobel-Prize-winner Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and his colleagues have written this book to eliminate precisely these difficulties. Fourteen chapters provide a clarity of organization, careful attention to pedagogical details, and a wealth of topics and examples which make this work a textbook as well as a timeless reference, allowing to tailor courses to meet students' specific needs. Each chapter starts with a clear exposition of the problem which is then treated, and logically develops the physical and mathematical concept. These chapters emphasize the underlying principles of the material, undiluted by extensive references to applications and practical examples which are put into complementary sections. The book begins with a qualitative introduction to quantum mechanical ideas using simple optical analogies and continues with a systematic and thorough presentation of the mathematical tools and postulates of quantum mechanics as well as a discussion of their physical content. Applications follow, starting with the simplest ones like e.g. the harmonic oscillator, and becoming gradually more complicated (the hydrogen atom, approximation methods, etc.). The complementary sections each expand this basic knowledge, supplying a wide range of applications and related topics as well as detailed expositions of a large number of special problems and more advanced topics, integrated as an essential portion of the text.".
- catalog abstract "Draws on evidence provided by psychological research to demonstrate that both aggression and altruism are dependent on social conditions and equally integral to human nature.".
- catalog abstract "Summarizes the responses of over 3000 American women to the NOW sexuality questionnaire, which aimed to discover how women feel about a variety of sexual topics.".
- catalog abstract "En la totalidad de la obra literaria de Octavio Paz, ¿Águila o sol? guarda un sitio preponderante. Escrito en prosa, este libro canta lo circunstancial y lo anecdótico, y al mismo tiempo hace renacer constantemente, mediante un alto sentido lírico, la sensibilidad, la belleza, el reino secreto de la poesía.".
- catalog abstract "... Focuses on several steps that could be taken on an international level to reduce the security risks associated with the peaceful uses of atomic energy.".
- catalog abstract "Prepared under the auspices of the Commission on Critical Choices for Americans.".
- catalog abstract ""This book is an attempt to see the development of domestic institutions, the family, marriage, conjugal roles, in relation to changes in the mode of productive activity, and specifically with the change from hoe to plough agriculture. These differences are related to societies in Africa on the one hand, and in Asia and Europe on the other. The author tries to do this in two ways. He compares information derived from a range of human societies, historical as well as contemporary, employing the impressionistic techniques of the social scientist and comparative historian. But in addition, he has tried to make systematic use of material on a range of world societies, coded in the Ethnographic Atlas. In the main chapters of the book, the author examines general features of the network of traditional social roles found in these two continental areas of the Old World. He discusses the reasons why Europe and Asia should stress marriage within the social group, monogamous unions as well as the roles of concubine, step-parent, spinster and adopted child, whereas in Africa, the emphasis is on marriage outside the group, polygyny and co-wives. Similar differences emerge in a range of other features, including the division of labour by sex. Behind all these lie differences in the systems of agriculture and the nature of the social hierarchies which they support. Professor Goody is firmly committed to the idea that the social sciences have no alternative but to be comparative and explicitly historical if they are to contribute to the serious causal analysis of fundamental features of social organisation and development. His broad and ambitious book will appeal to anyone with a professional interest in social sciences - historians, anthropologists, sociologists, geographers and economists"--Publisher description.".
- catalog abstract "On title page: The history and folklore of customs and superstitions of early medicine, funerals, burials, and mourning.".
- catalog abstract "Kostrubala, on the verge of a heart attack in his mid-40's, takes up running as required exercise and finds he enjoys it very much. He offers advice and how-to messages to others who want to learn how running can impact their lives.".
- catalog abstract "The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield: a look at the direct experience of individuals at 'the point of maximum danger'. It examines the physical conditions of fighting, the particular emotions and behaviour generated by battle, as well as the motives that impel soldiers to stand and fight rather than run away. And in his scrupulous reassessment of three battles, John Keegan vividly conveys their reality for the participants, whether facing the arrow cloud of Agincourt, the levelled muskets of Waterloo or the steel rain of the Somme.".
- catalog abstract "Comparative study of the philosophies of Ramanuja, the Advaita school, the Pancharatra school and the Alvars.".
- catalog abstract "In this book, Richard Rose addresses Northern Ireland's most serious problem -- the absence of a civil government, with or without consensus. According to Rose, Northern Ireland lacks two of the basic attributes of the modern state: a constitution and a security organization with an effective claim to a monopoly of force. In most countries where elections are held, they decide who governs; but in Northern Ireland, elections are about how the country should be governed or whether it should be governed at all. - Back cover.".
- catalog abstract "Defines commonly used sports terms used in a wide variety of sports.".
- catalog abstract "NORTHWEST.".
- catalog abstract "An anthology with excerpts from major works drawn from diaries, essays, and other literary works.".
- catalog abstract "A bored wife takes off on a journey of excitement and discovery.".
- catalog abstract "Papers from a seminar sponsored by the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University and the Yale Law School, held during the academic years 1971-72 and 1972-73.".
- catalog abstract ""A publication of the Center for the History of the American Indian of the Newberry Library.".".
- catalog abstract "In this third self-contained volume of her autobiography, which began with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou moves into the adult world, and the white world as well, as she marries, enters show business, and tours Europe and Africa in Porgy and Bess. As the book opens, Maya, in order to support herself and her young son, gets a job in a record shop run by a white woman. Suspicious of almost any kindness shown her, she is particularly confused by the special attentions of a young white customer. Soon the relationship grows into love and then marriage, and Maya believes a permanent relationship is finally possible. But it is not to be, and she is again forced to look for work. This time she finds a job as a dancer in a sleazy San Francisco bar. Her remarkable talent, however, soon brings her attention of a different kind, and before long she is singing in one of the most popular nightclubs on the coast. From there, she is called to New York to join the cast of Porgy and Bess, which is just about to begin another tour abroad. The troupe's joyous and dramatic adventure through Italy, France, Greece, Yugoslavia, and Egypt becomes the centerpiece of Singin' and Swingin'. This remarkable portrayal of one of the most exciting and talented casts ever put together, and of the encounters between these larger-than-life personalities and audiences who had rarely seen black people before, makes a hilarious and poignant story. The excitement of the journey -- full of camaraderie, love affairs, and memorable personalities -- is dampened only by Maya's nagging guilt that she has once again abandoned the person she loves most in life, her son. Back home, and driven close to suicide by her guilt and concern, she takes her son with her to Hawaii, where she discovers that devotion and love, in spite of forced absence, have the power to heal and sustain. As always, Maya Angelou's writing is charged with that remarkable sense of life and love and unique celebration of the human condition that have won her such a loyal following.".
- catalog abstract "This pioneering book examines different aspects of the inheritance customs in rural Western Europe in the pre-industrial age: for families and whole societies, the roles of lawyers in reducing them to a common system, and the recurring debate on the merits of various inheritance customs in shaping particular kinds of society. At first sight the study of inheritance customs may appear to be a dull affair, concerned with outdated practices of hair-splitting lawyers; certainly, little academic interest has been shown in the subject. Yet inheritance customs are vital means for the reproduction of the social system, by the transmission of property and other rights through the family. Various family structures and social arrangements are linked by different means of inheritance. This book will interest a wide range of historians, students, postgraduates and teachers alike, whether they are concerned with social, economic, demographic or legal history, in the medieval, early modern or modern periods, and whether their interests are directed to England or other countries of Western Europe; it will also be valuable to social anthropologists, sociologists and historians of ideas. A comprehensive glossary of technical terms has been added for the non-specialist.".
- catalog abstract "Over 20,000 entries to vocabulary of the biological sciences and 37 related disciplines, e.g., thermodynamics, cryogenics, and nuclear physics. Intended for professionals and lay public. Many terms drawn from the McGraw-Hill dictionary ofscientific and technical terns. Entry gives term, field, and definition About 800 illustrations. Miscellaneous appendixes, including taxonomic outlines.".
- catalog abstract "The book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies in the Church of England.".
- catalog abstract "This volume contains the translated text of the ancient Hebrew writings found in caves near the Dead Sea, plus separate introductions for each scroll as well as new translations of the Hymns and paraphrases of the Bible narratives by Professor Gaster, one of the world's leading Hebraists.".
- catalog abstract "In addition to its interest as one of Plato's most brilliant dramatic masterpieces, the Protagoras presents a vivid picture of the crisis of fifth-century Greek thought, in which traditional values and conceptions of humanity were subjected to criticism of the Sophists and to the far more radical criticism of Socrates. The dialogue deals with many themes which are central to the ethical theories which Plato developed under the influence of Socrates, notably, the nature of human excellence, the relation of knowledge to right conduct, and the place of pleasure in the good life. This revised edition includes a new preface and introduction, as well as numerous changes to the translation and commentary.".
- catalog abstract ""This volume is the result of a series of seminar meetings sponsored jointly by the Department of Political Science of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions."".
- catalog abstract "A memoir of the American-born daughter of Chinese immigrants who lived within the traditions and fears of the Chinese past as well as the realities of the alien modern American culture.".
- catalog abstract "Detective Maigret, escaping death and lying speechless in a hospital, still manages to solve the mystery.".
- catalog abstract ""In this study, the author traces the major influences shaping Dr. Sun's personality and delineates the main lines of his frustrated political life. Two neglected but important aspects are emphasized: his thirty-year fund-raising efforts among overseas Chinese and foreign entrepreneurs and his largely unsuccessful attempts -- with a few startling exceptions -- to acquire support from each of the important foreign powers"--Jacket.".
- catalog abstract "All aspects of Hemingway's life are given attention in this careful character study of the man and author.".
- catalog abstract ""Presents an account of the ways scientists and others have perceived life and living processes from the times of the early Greek philosophers to the twentieth century ... The book follows out several major themes in the history of biological thought. How is it possible to harmonise atomism and organism? What has happened to the concept of the soul which played so important a part in early biologies? To what extent does our technology influence our understanding of the living process? These and other questions are seen as instances of a major movement in the history of biological thought: a movement from an Aristotelian to a Cartesian vision of the nature of life"--Publisher description.".
- catalog abstract "From the Dust Jacket: This study not only reveals the important contribution to poetry that Theodore Roethke provided, but also illuminates his effect on five major present-day poets-James Wright, Robert Bly, James Dickey, Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes-who acknowledge Roethke's influence. By utilizing the critical analysis and biographical insights in the literature, Professor Williams compares five modern poets with their mentor and reevaluates and examines the poetry loved by poets, written by the poet's poet. Throughout Roethke's life and even after his death, most poets have enthusiastically praised his work, while major critics have generally ignored or slighted him. What is particularly admirable in Roethke's poetry is his unusual intensity of the lyric voice, the projection of a preconscious self into the life of plants and animals, utilizing highly original free-verse patterns; as poet John Berryman describes it, "Teutonic, irregular, colloquial, delicate, botanical and psychological, irreligious, personal." The author begins with an overview of the critical and biographical literature that is both laudatory and captious, providing insightful quotes from both Roethke's prose and his poetry. In his conclusion of this overview, Mr. Williams determines a need for a thorough analysis of the "major" long poems-"The Lost Son" (1948), "Meditations of an Old Woman" (1953), "North American Sequence" (1964)-pointing out their thematic and methodological unity. The subsequent three chapters treat each poem individually, discovering and reemphasizing several important factors. The fourth chapter distills the Roethkean mode and underscores Roethke's particular achievement of having given a lasting expression to the modern problem of identity by establishing an "edge" between a sense of identity and its dissolution into the nonhuman "other." By setting up patterns of regeneration in the poetry, Roethke manages to oscillate between these two poles of meaning. In the final chapter Roethke's influence among five representative poets is explored and examined in the light of the Roethkean mode and point of view that serve to establish criteria for their respective critical assessments.".
- catalog abstract "Chapters cover each Southern state, plus material on Republican Party, black politics, and organized labor.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of letters written by William Faulkner over a period extending from 1918 to 1962.".
- catalog abstract "Drawing extensively upon the poet's unpublished manuscripts poems, journals, essays, and letters as well as all his published works, Marjorie Perloff presents Frank O'Hara as one of the central poets of the postwar period and an important critic of the visual arts. Perloff traces the poet's development through his early years at Harvard and his interest in French Dadaism and Surrealism to his later poems that fuse literary influence with elements from Abstract Expressionist painting, atonal music, and contemporary film. This edition contains a new Introduction addressing O'Hara's homosexuality, his attitudes toward racism, and changes in poetic climate cover the past few decades. "A groundbreaking study. [This book] is a genuine work of criticism. . . . Through Marjorie Perloff's book we see an O'Hara perhaps only his closer associates saw before: a poet fully aware of the traditions and techniques of his craft who, in a life tragically foreshortened, produced an adventurous if somewhat erratic body of American verse" David Lenson, Chronicle of Higher Education "Perloff is a reliable, well-informed, discreet, sensitive . . . guide. . . . She is impressive in the way she deals with O'Hara's relationship to painters and paintings, and she does give first-rate readings of four major poems" Jonathan Cott, New York Times Book Review.".
- catalog abstract "The award-winning poet and militant feminist investigates her own experience of motherhood and the institution itself, surveying pertinent concepts, myths, stereotypes, and symbols as they appear in history, literature, and art.".
- catalog abstract "A thorough historical treatment of suffrage expansion in the South from World War II through the Johnson administration. Black Ballots is an in-depth look at suffrage expansion in the South from World War II through the Johnson administration. Steven Lawson focuses on the "Second Reconstruction"--The struggle of blacks to gain political power in the South through the ballot-which both whites and black perceived to be a key element in the civil rights process. Examining the struggle of civil rights groups to enfranchise Negroes, Lawson also analyzes the responses of federal and local officials to those efforts. He describes the various techniques--from the white primary, the poll tax, literacy tests, and restrictive registration procedures through sheer intimidation--that were developed by white southerners to perpetuate disfranchisement and the sundry methods used by blacks and their white allies to challenge them. -- from http://www.amazon.com (August 26, 2011).".
- catalog abstract "Contains myths and tales from tribes such as the Mbaya, Yuki, Uitoto, Pit River, Omaha, Aztec, Jicarilla Apache, Okanagon, Nunviak Eskimo, Central Eskimo, Diegueno, Anambe, Tenetehara, Coos, Zuni, Seneca, Warrau, Hidatsa, Kwakiutl, Mohawk, Arapaho, Menominee, Yamana, Navajo, Tsimshian, Quechua, Greenland Eskimo, Smith Sound Eskimo, Blackfoot, Maya, Cheyenne, Crow, Mundurucu, Upper Cowlitz, Chippewa, Alabama, Onondaga, Makah, Quileute, Shawnee, Kamaiura, Iowa, Bororo, and Micmac.".
- catalog abstract "Looks at the Florentine patrician family in the fifteenth century as a social institution, establishing the nature of the household, with a concentration on affective family ties, and tracing relations beyond the household with other members of the patrilineal descent group.".
- catalog abstract "This unique guide is the only comprehensive survey of the literature on the history, beliefs, and institutions of the world's great religions. In 13 incisive essays "A Reader's Guide to the Great Religions" presents a critical selection and evaluation of the available literature . the athurs, each a leading authority on a particular religion, tell not only what to read, but why, suggesting works they think are the best and most useful or most typical of their kind.".
- catalog abstract "A comprehensive analysis of Eliot's major poems: The Waste Land, Ash Wednesday, and Four Quartets.".
- catalog abstract "An inside glimpse of the first year of FDR's presidency, provided by one of Roosevelt's closest advisors, the economist and historian Rexford Tugwell.".
- catalog abstract "The story of how a German-born princess came to be one of Russia's greatest rulers. She was affianced to Russia's grand duke Peter and had he been strong and assertive Catherine may not have been made empress when he was overthrown.".
- catalog abstract "Autobiographies of contemporary biologists which " ... stress the life histories and personal experiences of living scientists ... This book reveals the spirit of the scientific enterprise, revealing the impact of human will, talent, and personality upon the discovery process ... These chapters unveil many of the subtle variables that influence the discovery process: the ironies of fate and circumstance, and the interaction with peers and superiors. We also learn something about what motivates the scientist and may even drive him to pay an enormous price for even fleeting moments of success. We learn a lot about the role of personality in the discovery process"--Preface.".
- catalog abstract "Contains primary source material.".
- catalog abstract "A comprehensive history of Israel from the rise of Jewish nationalism in the early 1800's until the aftermath of the Yom Kippur war in the late 1970's. the book presents a detailed factual history of Zionism.".
- catalog abstract "An acknoledged expert on the psychology of terrorism classifies, describes, and analyzes the varieties, causes, and implications of terrorist activities in the world today.".
- catalog abstract "A large selection of Chaucer's works, translated into modern English.".
- catalog abstract ""This thoroughly revised edition of Harry H. Harman's authoritative text incorporates the many new advances made in computer science and technology over the last ten years. The author gives full coverage to both theoretical and applied aspects of factor analysis from its foundations through the most advanced techniques. This highly readable text will be welcomed by researchers and students working in psychology, statistics, economics, and related disciplines."--Publisher description.".
- catalog abstract "In this book, the most thorough account of Marx's theory of alienation yet to have appeared in English, Professor Ollman reconstructs the theory from its constituent parts and offers it as a vantage point from which to view the rest of Marxism. The book further contains a detailed examination of Marx's philosophy of internal relations, the much neglected logical foudation of his method, and provides a systematic account of Marx's conception of human nature. Because of its almost unique concern with helping readers understand Marx's unusual use of language, Alienation has proven very popular in university courses on Marxism on both undergraduate and graduate levels. The first edition was widely reviewed, and in this new edition Professor Ollman replies to his critics in 'More on internal relations,' published here as Appendix II. In addition to this new appendix the author now provides a more systematic discussion of Marx's theory of ideology, elements of which were formerly dispersed throughout the book. He also attempts to set the treatment of political alienation within the broader framework of Marx's theory of the state as a model of how an approach based on internal relations can be used to integrate various apparently contradictory interpretations of Marx's views.".
- catalog abstract "Linder's two-volume study, long-awaited in this country, is an alternative reader for every economics student who wants to become aware of the intricate problems of his discipline in a concrete manner. Unlike other political critiques of apolitical economics (which Samuelson's economic theory considers itself), Linder's book does not rely on a mere methodological critique of a programmatic nature.".
- catalog abstract "Explores two areas of Constantine's religious affiliation: his conversion to Christianity and the specific details connected to his actions.".
- catalog abstract "Dean's dramatic account of his years in the White House during the Nixon administration.".
- catalog abstract "Offers poetry dealing with families, the past, language, identity, love, death, aging, children, and hope.".
- catalog abstract "The distinguished diplomat and economist surveys the ideas and influence of economists and social philosophers, from Adam Smith's day to the present, contrasting the certainties in ninteenth-century economic thought with the uncertainty of today's.".
- catalog abstract "Translators include Eric Sellin, Rachel Benson, Daniel Huws, Galway Kinnell, Jean Valentine, W.S. Merwin, Jane Cooper, Maxine Kumin, A. Poulin Jr., James Wright, Robert Bly, Miller Williams, Robert Payne, Willis Barnstone, Norman Shapiro, Gerald Moore, John Malcolm Brinnin, Robert Marquez, Jan Milner, George Theiner, Anselm Hollo, Keneth Rexroth, Richard Stern, Michael Hamburger, Ruth and Matthew Mead, Cid Corman, Tod Perry, Donald Justice, Nikos Stangos, Rex Warner, William Jay Smith, Burton Raffel, Assia Gutmann, Harold Schimmel, Shirley Kaufman, Sonia Raiziss, Alfredo de Palchi, William Arrowsmith, Robert Lowell, Edith Shiffert, Randall Jarrell, Lucille Clifton, Robert Bagg, Denise Levertov, Adrienne Rich, Czeslaw Milosz, Ruth Fainlight, Richard Wilbur, Stanley Kunitz, Stanley Moss, George L. Kline, Henry Braun, Mark Strand, Muriel Rukeyser, May Swenson, Talat Sait Halman, Charles Simic, and others.".
- catalog abstract "Definitive account of the arms race and the militarization of our world, told by Sweden's former Minister of Disarmament.".
- catalog abstract "A biography of Mahatma Gandhi that discusses his principles and purposes, his ideas and actions, his religious and political aims, and his disciples.".
- catalog abstract "Discussion of the concept of evil in Indian philosophy.".
- catalog abstract "A young Nigerian boy begins to understand why his cultural heritage must not be ignored.".
- catalog abstract ""The book is based upon planning over several years and through two conferences, once in Chicago and the other in Tokyo. The host institutions were the Faculty Arms Control and Foreign Policy Seminar of the University of Chicago and the Institute of International Relations of Sophia University, respectively."--- Introd.".
- catalog abstract "This book is a series of portraits of the most famous appellate judges in American history. White traces the development of the American judicial tradition through biographical sketches of the careers and contributions of these renowned judges. - Publisher.".
- catalog abstract "Traces the development of Vonnegut's style and philosophy, considering his novels, short stories, and plays, and looks at the American writer as a public man who speaks out on contemporary issues.".
- catalog abstract "A biography of the sixteenth President of the United States, covering both his personal and public life.".
- catalog abstract "An economic study published for Resources for the Future.".
- catalog abstract "An alternative history novel set in a world in which the Protestant Reformation never took place. Hubert Anvil is a singer in the choir of St. George's Basilica whose life is thrown into chaos when his teachers and the Church hierarchy decree that the boy's voice is too precious to sacrifice to puberty. Despite his own misgivings, he must undergo castration, the alteration of the title, in order to preserve it. Will he escape this turn of fate?".
- catalog abstract ""Set in an army barracks in the early days of the Vietnam War, Streamers has electrified audiences from its first performances with its explosive portrayal of a handful of soldiers and their fatally intertwined destinies- Richie, a wealthy neurotic who cannot resist temptation; Billy, an earnest midwestern straight arrow; Roger, a street-wise refugee from the ghetto; Carlyle, a pathological misfit who threatens the order and substance of their lives; and Sergeants Cokes and Rooney, two aging dipsomaniacal soldiers whose grimly humorous song (about parachutes that fail to open) gives the play both its title and its fundamentally compassionate tone: Beautiful streamer, Open for me, The sky is above me, But no canopy."--Jacket.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of fifty-six of Updike's poems, dealing with a wide variety of subjects.".
- catalog abstract "This book is designed to bring into perspective the massive knowledge acquired by man to retain his health by using the plants around him. Man's survival has been dependent on his innate curiousity, his desire to examine by trial and error all aspects of his environment, and to conclude which materials are remedial, which ones are harmful, and which give him the greatest nourishment.".
- catalog abstract "An attempt to outline and explore northern sovereignty as an issue in Canadian foreign policy.".
- catalog abstract "Reflections of Momaday's youth and family.".
- catalog abstract "Details the activities of the Europeans who discovered, explored, and attempted to settle North America.".
- catalog abstract "First ed. published under title: A dictionary of fairies. Lists entries on fairies and other supernatural creatures, and terms and phrases associated with them.".
- catalog abstract "This book is designed for a first course in real analysis which follows the standard course in elementary calculus. Since many students encounter rigorous mathematical theory for the first time in this course, the authors include such elementary topics as the axioms of algebra and their immediate consequences and proofs of theorems on limits. The pace is deliberately slow, the proofs are detailed. The emphasis of the presentation is on theory, but the books also contains a full treatment (with many illustrative examples and exercises) of the standard topics in infinite series, Fourier series, multidimensional calculus, elements of metric spaces, and vector field theory. There are many problems which require the student to learn techniques of proofs and the standard tools of analysis. -- Back cover.".
- catalog abstract "Contains primary source materials and sections on black slaves, Lowell, women on the Oregon trail, nursing, white slavery, letters from black migrants, the Lawrence textile strike, the Triangle fire, and child care.".
- catalog abstract "Recounts the political and social history of the Arabs from their nomadic beginnings nearly thirty-five centuries ago to the present and profiles the concerns and goals of individual Arab nations.".