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- catalog abstract "A full-length account of the drinks and drinking customs of the Victorian era, keyed to the innumerable scenes of imbibing in the life, works, and times of Charles Dickens.".
- catalog abstract "A biography of Queen Elizabeth II, prepared with the cooperation of Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother and with full access to the Royal Archives.".
- catalog abstract "Discusses women's health care issues.".
- catalog abstract "These case studies in cultural anthropology are designed to bring to students, in beginning and intermediate courses in the social sciences, insights into the richness and complexity of human life as it is lived in different way and in different places.".
- catalog abstract "New studies in American intellectual and cultural history. Traces the origins of unbelief in God.".
- catalog abstract "Includes articles, many of which originally appeared in Scientific American, on memes, innumeracy, William Safire, Frederic Chopin, Rubik's Cube, strange attractors, Lisp, Heisenburg's uncertainty principle, quantum mechanics, Alan Turing, sphexishness, Prisoner's dilemma, and other topics.".
- catalog abstract "This volume explores Western views on time from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages, going on to modern scientific concepts, including relativity, biological time, cosmic time, and whether there is a beginning (or an end) to time. Starting with ancient cyclical theories of time, the author moves on to more modern topics such as the theory of linear time, the notion that velocity is a function of time (introduced by Galileo), Newton's mathematical explanations of time, the laws of thermodynamics in relation to time, and the theory of relativity.".
- catalog abstract "An exuberant account of Zora Neale Hurston's rise from poverty in the rural south to a prominent place among the leading artists and intelectuals of the Harlem Renaissance.".
- catalog abstract "Includes 133 documents never before made public and 138 previously published only in part, this volume collects the complete correspondence of Freud to his closest friend during the period that saw the birth of psychoanalysis.".
- catalog abstract ""Now a global bestseller, the remarkable life of Rigoberta Menchú, a Guatemalan peasant woman, reflects on the experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America. Menchú suffered gross injustice and hardship in her early life: her brother, father and mother were murdered by the Guatemalan military. She learned Spanish and turned to catechistic work as an expression of political revolt as well as religious commitment. Menchú vividly conveys the traditional beliefs of her community and her personal response to feminist and socialist ideas. Above all, these pages are illuminated by the enduring courage and passionate sense of justice of an extraordinary woman."--Publisher description.".
- catalog abstract "An examination of the business phenomenon of franchising and how it has transformed small business in the United States including how it works, marketing and advertising, profiles of many of the people who have become famous as franchisees, and much more.".
- catalog abstract "Also covers Joseph John Thomson, Walter Houser Brattain, William B. Shockley, W. Edwards Deming, and the microelectronics industry in Japan.".
- catalog abstract "A selection of essays written during the last five years on the importance and vitality of poetry.".
- catalog abstract "In the drive the gravel was obscured by weeds: a tree had fallen right across the way, and though someone had lopped the branches for firewood, the trunk still lay there to prove that for many seasonsno car had driven up to the house. Every step was familiar to the bearded man who came cautiously round every bend like a stranger.".
- catalog abstract "An account of the origins, development, and personalities of the Civil Rights movement from 1953-1963.".
- catalog abstract "English professors are on the loose. In this second installment in the delightful trilogy of academic satires, the sun has not quite set on the sexual revolution, while political correctness has not yet reared its humorless head.".
- catalog abstract ""These two LIVES provide a fascinating contrast. Einhard, who spent twenty-three years in Charlemagne's service, chose to approach his Vita Caroli as a public history and, in beautifully expressed language, recounts Charlemagne's personal life and his achievements in warfare, learning, art, building, and in the skilful administration of the state. Notker the monk's De Carolo Magno is a collection of anecdotes rather than a presentation of historical facts, and his main delight seems to stem from the ingenious ways in which Charlemagne subdued proud o corrupt bishops and other men of power. In these stories, which merge into fiction. Charlemagne is already half-way to becoming the legendary figure of the epics in the later Middle Ages."--BOOK COVER.".
- catalog abstract "A study of the architectural style that dominated European buildings for more than four hundred years examines the constructional and aesthetic characteristics of the most magnificent creations.".
- catalog abstract "This book is not intended to be a new version of my earlier book, The Costs of Economic Growth, although some of the arguments which first appeared in that essay cannot be left out of the present volume without leaving gaps in the development of its thesis. It goes without saying, however, that the present work, like the first, departs from the economist's conventional treatment of social welfare which tends to the conclusion that economic growth would indeed raise social welfare in the absence of those effects which are classified in the literature as 'external diseconomies'".
- catalog abstract "This book is about the British experience on the Western Front from 1914 to 1918 and some of the literary means by which it has been remembered, conventionalized, and mythologized.".
- catalog abstract "Alphabetical listing of psychological terms derived from psychological literature. Present edition contains 4534 postable terms. Frequency of occurrence, potential usefulness, and overlap with existing thesaurus terms are criteria for inclusion. Entries give narrower and broader terms, as well as cross-references. Each postable term fits into 16 major categories and 64 subcategories. Also contains related alphabetical terms section.".
- catalog abstract "Edith Hope, a successful mature novelist, has made a fool of herself over love and is sent by her friends to a Swiss hotel to come to her senses. Instead of writing a new romance novel, she finds herself preoccupied with her fellow guests.".
- catalog abstract "Portrays eight women's rights advocates of the 19th and early 20th centuries: Caroline Norton, Elizabeth Blackwell, Florence Nightingale, Emily Davies, Josephine Butler, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Margaret Sanger, and Emma Goldman. Determined, foresightful leaders, the pioneers of contemporary feminism, these women fought unprecedented battles for women's rights in eight separate spheres of activity--law, the professions, employment, education, sexual morality, politics, birth control, and ideology.".
- catalog abstract "The Maine Woods is a characteristically Thoreauvian book: a personal account of exploration, of exterior and interior discovery in a natural setting, conveyed in taut, workmanlike prose. Thoreau's evocative renderings of the life of the primitive forest--its mountains, waterways, fauna, flora, and inhabitants--are valuable in themselves. But his impassioned protest against despoilment in the name of commerce and sport, which even by the 1850s threatened to deprive Americans of the "tonic of wildness," makes The Maine Woods an especially vital book for our time. This edition presents Thoreau's fullest account of the wilderness as he intended it.".
- catalog abstract "Alan Ayckbourn - Edward Bond - Bertolt Brecht - Sasmuel Beckett - David Edgar - David Hare - Frederich Nietzche - Joe Orton - Harold Pinter; Peter Shaffer - George Bernard Sahw - Tom Stoppard - Oscar Wilde.".
- catalog abstract "Commentary on his background and his most famous novel, "Native Son," and his short fiction and later works.".
- catalog abstract "Poems deal with love, sensuality, nature, the seasons, death, justice, music, war, and travel.".
- catalog abstract "Presents a calendar with entries for each anniversary and holiday celebrated on any day, and citing at least one source of information for each entry from the bibliography at the back of the book.".
- catalog abstract "By falling down a rabbit hole and stepping through a mirror, Alice experiences unusual adventures with a variety of nonsensical characters.".
- catalog abstract ""Robert Louis Jackson considers Dostoevsky's powerful but much neglected Notes from the House of the Dead the seminal work of his post-Siberian period and critical to an interpretation of his art from 1861-1881. He projects this work as an artistic embodiment of a Christian poetics of insight and transfiguration. Breaking new ground, he explores the interrelated social, moral, aesthetic, psychological, and philosophical problems that absorbed Dostoevsky in his prison masterpiece and shows how these same motifs unite and shape many of his subsequent novels and short stories."--Jacket.".
- catalog abstract ""Published just after her untimely death in 1971, this book--whether or not aided by the artist's notoriety--has achieved massive sales for a volume of such uncompromising photographs. Edited by Doon Arbus and Marvin Israel, its titled implies a mere trawl through her best-known images. It is that, but it also a brilliant exposé of American life. ... While it is true that she often photographed those outside society's norms, a more pertinent observation is that if she made 'normals' look like 'freaks', she also made 'freaks' look like 'normals'. Furthermore, her exploration of normalcy was complicated by gender issues. In her aggressive, full frontal 'exploitation' of her subjects, Arbus appropriated an essentially male convention: that of staring. Indeed, it may well be her assumption of this prerogative of masculine domination that has attracted much of the negative comment, compounded by her undercutting of gender stereotypes. She was a great feminist photographer. Her women and girls are invariably strong--like the confident twins [on the cover of the book]--and her men are frequently damaged or uncomfortable in their surroundings."--The Photobook : A History Volume I / Martin Parr and Gerry Badger. London : Phaidon, 2004.".
- catalog abstract "The classic study of the great director and his films, comprising a series of dialogues between Hitchcock and Truffaut, is fully updated with material on Hitchcock's last years and his final four films.".
- catalog abstract "Set in New Orleans and evocative of the sights and sounds that any native will recognize, Bosworth's novel traces the process by which the main character, Clay-Lee, attempts to reconstruct her mother's life through stories and memory. In the process of facing herself through her mother's life, Clay-Lee finds redemption for her perceived guilt in her mother's death. Her penitence restores her innocence and allows her to shape her own life and move on.".
- catalog abstract "Discusses various aspects of Mexican society including anthropology, history, economics, politics and culture.".
- catalog abstract "This fascinating biography reveals a complex and talented woman who tried to influence the course of American history and in so doing captured the imaginations of writers and artists seeking to come to terms with their visions of the twentieth century. Luhan's life is the story of America's emergence from the Victorian age, and, in particular, the story of the conflicts that American women experienced in their struggle to become movers and shakers. Both as a woman and as a legend, Mabel Dodge Luhan embodies the cultural forces that have shaped modern America. - Back cover.".
- catalog abstract "Reviews and assesses the motivations, strategies, and impact of Soviet political and military assistance to Egypt and Syria in the 1956, 1967, and 1973 Arab-Israeli wars.".
- catalog abstract "First published in 1516, Saint Thomas More's Utopia is a work of European humanism. Through the voice of the mysterious traveler Raphael Hythloday, More describes a pagan, communist city-state governed by reason.".
- catalog abstract "Account of the trial in a libel action brought against Lord Queensberry and the trials of Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor, which were held in the Central Criminal Court of London.".
- catalog abstract "Explains the psychological and developmental factors in the difference between women and men and their effects on adult relationships, discussing intimacy, sexuality, dependency, work, parenting, and other crucial issues of being together.".
- catalog abstract ""This is an introductory survey of the history and recent development of Latin American economy and society from colonial times to the establishment of the military regime in Chile. In the second edition the historical perspective has been enlarged and important events since the Cuban Revolution, such as the agrarian reforms of Peru and Chile, the difficulties of the Central America Common Market and LAFTA, the acceleration of industrialisation in Brazil and the consolidation of the Cuban economy, are discussed. The statistical information has been extended to the early 1970s and the demographic data to 1975"--Back cover.".
- catalog abstract ""Joseph Blasi documents and describes the workings of an existing kibbutz society to provide a model for utopian thinking and clear up confusion concerning utopian values." -- back cover.".
- catalog abstract "For other editions, see Author Catalog.".
- catalog abstract ""Written by an unknown author in the twelfth century, this powerful tale of murder and revenge reaches back to the earliest epochs of German antiquity, transforming centuries-old legend into a masterpiece of chivalric drama. Siegfried, a great prince of the Netherlands, wins the hand of the beautiful princess Kriemhild of Burgundy, by aiding her brother Gunther in his struggle to seduce a powerful Icelandic Queen. But the two women quarrel, and Siegfried is ultimately destroyed by those he trusts the most. Comparable in scope to the Iliad, this skilfully crafted work combines the fragments of half-forgotten myths to create one of the greatest epic poems - the principal version of the heroic legends used by Richard Wagner, in The Ring." --from book description, Amazon.com.".
- catalog abstract "A story of the intertwined fates of the Kashpaws and the Lamartines near a North Dakota reservation from 1934 to 1984.".
- catalog abstract "Further adventures of Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, and the all new voidoid gang upon returning to Earth after eight years of crazed wanderings around the galaxy in this science fiction spoof which continues "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe."".
- catalog abstract "The story of a controversial, disreputable astrologer in Germany during the 1500's. His real name was possibly Johannes Faust. Told in dramatic form.".
- catalog abstract "Klitgaard's book provides both the analytical framework and the facts about what measures predict "success" at the university and in later life. It covers the analysis of the benefits and costs of preferential treatment, using the example of affirmative action for black students, and examines our goals for selecting elites in the first place.".
- catalog abstract ""September 1984"--Cover. "Prepared for the Internal Revenue Service by Abt Asssociates"--Page [iii].".
- catalog abstract "" ... The Report of the Presidential Commission on Indian Reservation Economies ... identifies legal and governmental obstacles to economic development on reservations and offers recommendations to all levels of government, including tribes, intended to promote reservation economic growth."--Page i.".
- catalog abstract "This booklet provides information about Soviet and Cuban military power and intervention in Central America and the Caribbean. The threats resulting from this factor are as much as a part of the region's crisis as are better known indigenous and historic factors. Partial contents: Cuba -- The Key Soviet Proxy, Grenada -- A Failed Revolution, Nicaragua -- A Betrayed Revolution, El Salvador -- A Democratic Revolution, Castro -- Subversive Catalyst, and The Challenge and the Response.".
- catalog abstract "Emphasizes the mitzvah or Jewish commandment of giving charity, through the tale of a penny in a drawer contemplating the very best place for himself.".
- catalog abstract "Describes the preparation of the Torah Scroll, the impact of the Scroll through history, the scholarship and skill with which it was interpreted, and the vital part that its reading has played in the life of the Jewish people.".
- catalog abstract "Despite the protests of his landlady, an old man builds a Sukkah for himself and his grandchildren on the roof of an apartment building.".
- catalog abstract "Introduces computer programming using information about Jewish holidays, history, and customs.".
- catalog abstract "Explains the significance of Sukkot, an autumn holiday celebrating the harvest. Includes stories, songs, prayers, and a home service.".
- catalog abstract "Explains the significance of Yom Kippur, the Day of Forgiveness, the holiest day of the Jewish year. Includes stories, songs, prayers, and a home service.".
- catalog abstract ""Presentations delivered at the Twelfth Annual Conference on the Environment, May 6-7, 1983."--T.p.".
- catalog abstract "An analysis of the landclaims of the Nishga Indians of northern BC., which begins with the history of white-Nishga contact and continues through to 1984.".
- catalog abstract ""This book explores the historical formation during the colonial period of that part of African law known as customary law. In treating the emergence of the customary law as part of the history of the social and economic transformation of African societies under colonial rule, it also provides an interpretation of the ways in which people tried to control the disrupting effects of the changes which they experienced. Martin Chanock shows how African ideas, aspirations and activities regarding law were shaped by interaction with the legal ideas of the British colonisers, their understandings of African societies, and the judicial institutions of the colonial state. These thematic considerations are illustrated by studies of how the customary law developed alongside criminal law in colonial society in Malawi and Zambia as part of the moral weaponry of a changing social order, and more specifically by describing the role of the customary law of the family in conflicts between men and women in the new colonial political economy."--Publisher.".
- catalog abstract ""Collection of essays based on lectures delivered during a course on "Aquatic Ecology" organised by C.K. Varshney at the School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi ..."--Foreword.".
- catalog abstract "Collection of papers by one of the leading researchers in the redesign of catalogues and indexes to provide improved online subject access in libraries and information services.".
- catalog abstract "Previous editions published : 1977 (2nd) and 1970 (1st).".
- catalog abstract "Papers presented at a 2-day workshop seminar held at the University of New Mexico's D.H. Lawrence Ranch conference facility.".
- catalog abstract "Based on a conference held in June 1983 in Washington, D.C. ; sponsored by the American Society of Law & Medicine.".
- catalog abstract "Analyzes the economic functions, powers and limitations of cities and the uneasy relationship of cities with the national governments that preside over them.".
- catalog abstract "Details the history of the stained glass windows of the Church of the Unity (Springfield, Mass.) including those created by Louis Tiffany and John La Farge.".
- catalog abstract "Describes the creation of the beach, the storms that have shaped it, the plants and animals that it nourishes and the history of the beach's ownership and management.".
- catalog abstract "The history, architecture, and saints of the Chapel of Our Lady of Talpa New Mexico. Includes drawings and plans.".
- catalog abstract "Discusses the development of skyscrapers, how they are constructed, and new techniques for building them.".
- catalog abstract "An introduction to tunnels including their history, how they are made, various kinds of tunnels and their construction, and their uses.".
- catalog abstract "A self-instruction book that discusses the principles of architectural design.".
- catalog abstract ""Jersey Devil ... is made up of four architects ... Around this core revolves a collection of friends and acquaintances from across the country who have participated over the years in the creation of Jersey Devil projects ... this is ... a traveling band of 'architects, artists, craftsmen, and inventors ... committed to the interdependence of building and design' ... Jersey Devil is unlike most firms in that the architects physically build what they design"--Page 12.".
- catalog abstract "Given in memory of Ethel A. Tsutsui, Ph. D. and Minoru Tsutsui, Ph. D.".
- catalog abstract "Contains brief sketches of Arizona ghost towns, their people, and events from their history.".
- catalog abstract "When their family falls on hard times, thirteen-year-old Lila and her twelve-year-old brother, Hari, try desperately to keep their home intact--an almost impossible task until Hari gets a chance to go to Bombay and returns with some positive plans for the future.".
- catalog abstract "Includes sections on homosexuality in the movies (Hollywood), in the theatre, in opera, and gay publishing.".
- catalog abstract "Recounts the history of Castroville, the European colony in Texas that was founded by French empresario Henri Castro in 1842.".
- catalog abstract "Contains brief vignettes that describe approximately 130 buildings on Oberlin's campus and in the surrounding town which were built between 1837 and 1977, and includes photographs.".
- catalog abstract "Mormonism is one of the fastest growing, most misunderstood, and most debated religions of recent times. Even the simple act of defining WHAT Mormonism is (or should be) has been filled with controversy. The author reconstructs the signal events of early Mormonism as perceived from INSIDE the faith.".
- catalog abstract "The author refutes past historical theories and claims that such subversive, secret Civil War societies as the Knights of the Golden Circle, the Order of American Knights, and the Sons of Liberty were never much more than paper-based organizations with vague goals and little ability to carry them out.".
- catalog abstract "Speeches, letters, diaries, journals, petitions, prayers, songs, poems, drama and stories covering Indian writing and oratory in Canada from the 1630s to the 1980s. Generally arranged chronologically, also provides the Indian view of Canadian history.".
- catalog abstract "Presents the native viewpoints on issues related to the government of status Indians such as aboriginal rights, treaty rights and Indian-provincial relationships.".
- catalog abstract ""This is a pioneering introduction to a subject that is still at an early stage of academic development. It aims to provide the reader with a systematic method for the historical understanding of African art. Professor Vansina considers the medium, technique, style and meaning of art objects and examines the creative process through which they come into being. Numerous photographs and drawings illustrate his arguments, and help to explain the changes that have taken place." http://books.google.com/books?id=DixtRQAACAAJ.".
- catalog abstract "Papers on Indian civilization, originally presented at a 1971 seminar, Ranchi.".
- catalog abstract "Information about and examples of art from Spanish New Mexico.".
- catalog abstract "Presents a brief history of the Navajos and a large section of black and white photographs of their land and people.".
- catalog abstract "A report on the research preformed on the shroud of Turin by a team of forty scientists.".
- catalog abstract "Abridgment of Siddhāntakaumudī, commentary on Aṣṭādhyāyī, ancient Sanskrit grammar by Pāṇini, by Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita; includes selections from Aṣṭādhyāyī.".
- catalog abstract "Treatise on Yoga; according to the Nātha sect in Hinduism.".
- catalog abstract "Poem glorifying India.".
- catalog abstract "Hymn to Mahārājñī, form of Tripurasundarī, Hindu deity.".
- catalog abstract "Hindu mythological text.".
- catalog abstract "Classical work on Hindu astronomy.".
- catalog abstract "Verse compendium, with commentary, of the Śaivasiddhānta school in Indic philosophy.".
- catalog abstract "Includes a study of Durkheim's "The rules of Sociological method."".
- catalog abstract "This collection of essays by eight historians -- along with an epilogue by noted scholar Donald G. Mathews -- not only expands historical investigation of race and ethnicity in the South in fresh directions, but also dissects more thoroughly some traditional aspects of the topic. Addressing subjects from the 1830s to the 1990s, all of the essays underscore the constant struggle to define and redefine ethnic boundaries and etiquettes to match changing historical circumstances. Two essays use the history of military activity in the South to offer insights about evolving relationships between whites and Indians.".
- catalog abstract "An autobiography of the life and times of the woman who has reigned as fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar and editor-inchief of Vogue magazine.".
- catalog abstract "Discusses the last twenty years of American economic history detailing major shifts in economic policy and theory and discribing national and international events that have affected the marketplace.".
- catalog abstract "General format for each chapter, which covers one mammalian species or species complex, contains distribution, description, physiology, reproduction, ecology, food habits, habitat, behaviour, mortality, age determination, management, economic status, current research and management needs and literature citations.".
- catalog abstract "Describes the LISP programming language, and covers basic procedures, data, and modularity.".