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- catalog abstract "A young boy describes his family's celebration of Hanukkah and all the things he likes about the holiday.".
- catalog abstract "Sarah experiences a happy miracle leading her to her heart's desire.".
- catalog abstract "Les lecteurs de ##Cinquième emploi## retrouveront ici des personnages qu'ils connaissent déjà. Le héros est un avocat traumatisé par la mort mystérieuse de son père. Il se rend à Zurich pour se faire psychanalyser. Son analyste est une jolie femme et il découvrira (p. 179), qu'il en est tombé amoureux ...".
- catalog abstract "The biography of the twenty-one year-old German student who was put to death for her anti-Nazi activities with the underground group called the White Rose.".
- catalog abstract "When Liesl, a Jewish refugee from Nazi-occupied Vienna, arrives in New York, she is determined to leave her European heritage behind and become as all-American, glamourous, and famous as her idol, the film star Rita Hayworth.".
- catalog abstract "A comprehensive study of American poet Ezra Pound's "Cantos" and other major works.".
- catalog abstract "The author describes the celebration of his bar mitzvah.".
- catalog abstract "Hindu mythological text on the life and exploits of Krishna, Hindu deity; includes Cūrṇikā, anonymous commentary.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of accounts of personal experiences of Jewish Americans, taken from letters, journals, diaries, autobiographies, speeches, and other documents.".
- catalog abstract "Discusses the growth of anti-Semitism in Germany from the sixteenth century until the Holocaust during the twentieth century. Includes topics for discussion.".
- catalog abstract "A retelling of the first five books of the Bible which serve as the religious structure of Judaism.".
- catalog abstract ""A cumulative index to biographical materials in books and magazines."".
- catalog abstract ""Throughout the story, the author describes the tactics, methods and equipment evolved by the Army to meet the ever-changing challenge of the IRA, their sympathizers and their opponents -- from howling mobs and decoy children to car bombs and mobile mortars. Accounts of specific incidents as experienced by some of the regiments that have served 'tours' in the province, including the Paras, the Green Jackets, the Royal Artillery and the Royal Marines, convey vividly the feel of being out on patrol in Belfast and Londonderry"--Jacket.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of facts from 1949 to the present concerning anecdotes, stories, and experiences.".
- catalog abstract "Examines the pottery techniques and designs used by contemporary Indians in the Southwestern States and discusses the work of individual Indian potters.".
- catalog abstract "Over 100 historical photos, political cartoons, newspaper illustrations, and architectural drawings plus text recount the history of the island.".
- catalog abstract "What of the penetrating cold terror of an old hotel, a haunted place of seductive evil with a malevolent will of its own--and a five-year-old boy of innocent beauty whose mind mirrors the nightmarish secrets of its past?".
- catalog abstract "Twenty-three letters originally published serially in The Pioneer: or, California monthly magazine, Jan. 1854-Dec. 1855. First published in book form in 1922 under title: The Shirley letters from California mines in 1851-1852.".
- catalog abstract "In each of the last fifteen years Bob Dotson has traveled more than one hundred thousand miles, to all the forgotten corners of America, looking for the extraordinary in the ordinary lives of people "in pursuit of the American dream." Now, for the first time, his highly acclaimed television reports have been collected in print, to be read by his fans and discovered by a whole new audience.".
- catalog abstract "Includes: Biuletyn informacyjny.".
- catalog abstract "Great discrepancies of power are called asymmetries, a concept that many Latin American nations find most useful for describing their relations with the United States. The author differs with many social scientists who assume that the United States can always calibrate its power to achieve a desired outcome. He focuses on the way asymmetries operate in the relations of the United States with Cuba, Uruguay, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Chile. This book is an exercise partly in historiography, partly in political science, and partly in the larger study of international relations. It explores those "gray areas" where national power is often a matter more of perceptions than of actuality, and it examines how perceptions themselves become an independent variable in the relations between nations.".
- catalog abstract ""Attempts to indentify the fundamental concepts of language, argues that the study of language reveals hidden facts about the mind, and looks at the impact of propaganda".".
- catalog abstract "Looks at the family traditions of Italians, Yugoslavs, Greeks, Turks, Lebanese, Pakistanis, Sri Lankans, Vietnamese and Aboriginals.".
- catalog abstract "When the forty-first day on the ark dawns bright and clear, Mrs. Noah decides to do the wash, and having no rope long enough, devises an ingenious clothesline.".
- catalog abstract "Explains how the various elements in the Passover celebration commemorate the escape of the Jews from slavery in Egypt.".
- catalog abstract "Photographs made for sales promotions of railroad travel through the Southwest in the early twentieth century by the Santa Fe Railway.".
- catalog abstract "This book does not overlap with my earlier book, The Theory of Economic Growth, partly because the fist book is philosophical while the second is operational, but mainly because I had not yet had experience of most of the problems discussed in the second book while I was writing the first. In order to be comprehensive the second book would need the extensive discussion of economic institutions and their improvement which appears in the first, but I have resisted the temptation to repeat myself, since most readers of this book will also access to the earlier one.".
- catalog abstract "Cutting-edge in approach, this book gives readers concrete tools for not only understanding public policy in general, but for analyzing specific public policies. It focuses on what policies governments pursue, why governments pursue the policies they do, and what the consequences of these policies are. Very contemporary in perspective, it introduces eight analytical models currently used by political scientists to describe and explain political life and then, using these various analytical models--singly and in combination--explores specific public policies in a variety of key domestic policy areas. Explores eight analytic models--rationalism, incrementalism, elitism, interest group conflict, institutionalism, game theory, public choice, and the familiar policy process model. Uses the various analytic models to describe and explain public policy in such areas as criminal justice, health and welfare, education, economic policy, taxation, international trade and immigration, environmental protection, civil rights, federalism, and national defense. For anyone interested in the complex dynamics of the public policy making process in relation to a broad range of contemporary issues.".
- catalog abstract ""The poems in this collection comprise a significant addition to the oeuvre of one of the best-loved and most representative Puerto Rican poets of the 20th century. Presented with the original Spanish-language poems opposite the English translation, the poems resonate with universality and hard truths that announces themselves subtly, through metaphor and suggestion. The book also contains biographical information, notes, and a bibliography."--Amazon Los poemas de esta colección comprenden una adición importante a la obra de uno de los poetas puertorriqueños más queridos y más representativos del siglo 20. Presentado con los poemas originales en español y frente a la traducción al inglés, los poemas resuenan con la universalidad y duras verdades que ellos mismos anuncia sutilmente, a través de la metáfora y la sugerencia. El libro también contiene información biográfica, notas y bibliografía.".
- catalog abstract ""In writing No More Vietnams, Richard Nixon-with the unique perspective of the man who served us America's commander-in-chief during the war's most difficult stage-has set out to dispel the myths of Vietnam, to show why we failed in Vietnam, and to contribute to the development of policies that will help avoid such failures in the future. In doing so, President Nixon analyzes the role that four presidents, the military, the Congress, the media, and the antiwar movement played in the Vietnam debacle." -- Front jacket flap".
- catalog abstract "Includes special sessions.".
- catalog abstract "Challenging the traditional developmental sequence as well as the idea that issues of attachment, dependency, and trust are confined to infancy, the author integrates clinical and experimental science to support his revolutionizing vision of the social and emotional life of the youngest children, which has had spiraling implications for theory, research, and practice.".
- catalog abstract "Edited version of the papers presented at the seminar on the Traffic of Ideas Between India and America, organized by the American Studies Research Centre, Hyderabad, India, February 1984.".
- catalog abstract "Study of the interrelations between political leadership and bureaucracy in three districts of Madhya Pradesh, in the context of development.".
- catalog abstract "Chiefly on Shakta rituals.".
- catalog abstract "A biography that contains a chronology, filmography, theatre tours, important people in Chaplin's life, index, and bibliography.".
- catalog abstract "Discusses the author's seventy-six year-old mother's prolonged bout with cancer and ultimate decision to end the agonizing pain by committing suicide.".
- catalog abstract "Includes more than 100 photos and material on "some 300 ... productions of the Broadway (and Off-Broadway) musical theatre."".
- catalog abstract "In this book, Vivian Paley has re-created a year of kindergarten teaching in which she explored the differences in the ways children play and fantasize. Each year, swords and purses in hand, the children rush to proclaim themselves boys or girls. Watching the Cinderellas and Darth Vaders pursue their separate fantasies, Paley questions the cliches and prejudices of the teacher's curriculum that reward girls' domestic play while discouraging boys' adventurous fantasies. The children's own conversations, stories, playacting, and scuffles are interwoven with Paley's observations and accounts of her attempts to alter the children's stereotyped play. Their search for self-definition will reawaken our own childhood memories, and Paley's sensitive efforts to uncover her prejudices will illuminate our own biases, values, and expectations for our children.".
- catalog abstract ""An enlightening and useful collection of facts, figures, information and trivia about music and musicians from ancient times to the present." -- cover.".
- catalog abstract "Speeches, writings, interviews, and excerpts from five of Martin Luther King's books are presented in chronological order within topical groupings.".
- catalog abstract "Photographs taken from space show the diversity of earth and the natural and human influences that have molded the landscape and shaped the history.".
- catalog abstract "This book is the first study of the development of German opera in northern Germany from the first comic operas of Johann Adam Hiller at Leipzig in 1766 to the end of the century. Intellectually and historically, the period witnessed the flowering of the German stage and German letters. German opera was an inseparable part of the new aspirations of the German stage during the Enlightenment. Thomas Bauman stresses the vital role of the mixed repertories of German companies in effecting changes in the genre. North German opera began as a basically literary genre. It then changed dramatically in response to two major trends: first, the contact with the serious elements and styles of tragedy and secondly, the triumph on German stages of Italian, French, and Viennese comic operas. The book is generously illustrated with music examples. There is also a complete catalogue of texts of North German opera: those composed for performance and unset published librettos both cross-indexed under the librettists' names [Publisher description].".
- catalog abstract "Field guide to the 87 species of whales, porpoises, and dolphins. Illustrated with over 230 photographs of all living whales.".
- catalog abstract ""The brain is like an old ramshackle house that has been added on to over the years in a rather disorganized fashion. In this book, we look at the architecture of that house, first by taking a tour through the various "rooms" and then by going deeper and deeper into the material with which those rooms are constructed. Later we consider some of the mysteries of the brain and human experience. The drawings and diagrams appearing throughout will help you to visualize some of the more complex aspects of the amazing organ that is the human brain."--[from preface].".
- catalog abstract "A biography of a man who successfully combined two careers as a family physician and as a poet.".
- catalog abstract "Here is an intimate portrait of the Students for a Democratic Society, the 1960s' most famous radical organization, the group that brought about a rebirth of white radicalism in the United States. Journalist Alan Adelson went to campuses all over the country to write this comprehensive profile of the organization--the first book to be published on the SDS. In it appears a picture of escalating radical consciousness, with the organization which once labored to work within the system later sworn to attack the system to its very foundations. Focusing on individual members and on individual chapters' attempts to direct student activism, Adelson presents vivid accounts of some of the major upheavals: the huge Black Panther rally in New Haven to "Free Bobby Seale," where the National Student Strike was born; Columbia's chaotic mass meetings and demonstrations; the turmoil in the streets and plazas of Berkeley. He describes in detail the internal struggles within the SDS itself, with a dramatic report of the angry confrontation that occurred in a dingy auditorium in Chicago when the SDS broke in two and the Weathermen were created. He reconstructs the most militant battle ever waged by American students, a constantly escalating attack on ROTC at Berkeley; from his report comes a sense of radicals driving themselves to greater militancy and violence while seeking to control the crowds they mobilized in order to prevent undirected destruction. What emerges is an in-depth profile of the SDS, its impact on students and society, and its labors--often futile, but sometimes effective--to attack a system which it believed inherently unjust.--Adapted from book jacket.".
- catalog abstract "In an American Embassy somewhere behind the Iron Curtain, a vacationing caterer from Newark becomes involved in some hilarious misadventures.".
- catalog abstract ""A 1982-83 comprehensive membership benefit."".
- catalog abstract "Contains a selection of poems written by the author between 1956 and 1984.".
- catalog abstract "Festschrift honoring Daya Krishna, b. 1924, professor of philosophy; comprises contributed articles.".
- catalog abstract "Details a simple, yet effective management system based on three fundamental strategies for earning raises, promotions, and power in business.".
- catalog abstract "Vol. for 1903 contains a list of Constitution conventions of Alabama, 1819-1901 with bibliogtaphy of each convention.".
- catalog abstract "Statistical information on the United States is presented alphabetically by state, with a map of each state.".
- catalog abstract "Political history.".
- catalog abstract "Ivan Ilych, a peaceful public official in the Russian provinces, has his life permanently changed by a serious illness which no doctor can accurately diagnose. Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of Ivan Ilyich is the story of a worldly careerist, a high court judge who has never given the inevitability of his death so much as a passing thought. But one day death announces itself to him, and to his shocked surprise he is brought face to face with his own mortality. From world-renowned novelist Leo Tolstoy comes this story of a worldly careerist who must consider death for the first time and examine his own mortality. With a superb translation by Lynn Solotaroff, it features an introduction by Ronald Blythe.".
- catalog abstract ""Since the World War II, critics have warned us about the futility of a new war that would be fought with nuclear arms and about the dangers involved in relying on such weapons. Yet those who call for nuclear disarmament have nearly always been dismissed as naive and uninformed about the Soviet foreign policy. In The Nuclear Delusion, America's pre-eminent Soviet expert explains why the nuclear arms race has never been based on a fully realistic assessment of the Soviet Union; how its acceleration and the reliance on nuclear deterrence constitute a disastrous policy; and why a sober view of Russian-American relations today demands its immediate cessation."--Jacket.".
- catalog abstract "Beautifully illustrated history of the Victorian Parliament. Contains pictures of Separation Day, 1851, when the colony of Victoria began - Includes early sketch plans and architectural drawings for Parliament House -The architects chosen were J.G. Knight and Peter Kerr - Building began in 1855, and was habitable in 1856 - The library and facade were completed in 1856.".
- catalog abstract "The authors present an unusual attempt to publicize the field of Complex Dynamics, an exciting mathematical discipline of respectable tradition that recently sprang into new life under the impact of modern computer graphics. Where previous generations of scientists had to develop their own inner eye to perceive the abstract aesthetics of their work, the astounding pictures assembled here invite the reader to share in a new mathematical experience, to revel in the charm of fractal frontiers.".
- catalog abstract "Entries consists of genus and species names and describe how they can be interpreted to reveal of information regarding the plant named or the history of the plant.".
- catalog abstract "The Shape of Space brings topology to the general reader by showing how to visualize manifolds directly ... complements existing textbooks, which often deal only in abstractions, by offering a wealth of concrete examples ... includes the first elementary exposition of William P. Thurston's revolutionary discoveries ... applies topology to cosmology ... gives the first simple pictorial exposition of the Gauss-Bonnet formula ... builds intuition with more than 140 hands-on exercises, all with complete solutions ... and offers over 170 illustrations. An annotated bibliography lists useful references for further study on specific topics.".
- catalog abstract "Approximately 1400 references to books, journal articles, chapters, reports, and journals from the fields of bioethics, philosophy, law, medicine, thanatology, science, and technology. Most titles were published between 1973-1981. Classified arrangement. Each entry gives bibliographical information and annotation. Index.".
- catalog abstract "A study of isotopic and temperature profiles in polar ice sheets based on a workshop held in the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, England on January 1-14, 1973. Contributions have been revised and updated.".
- catalog abstract "This book describes the habits and habitats of the animals that live in one of the most prolific life zones of the world--the rocky shores and tide pools of the Pacific Coast of the United States. The intricate and fascinating life processes of these creatures are described with affectionate care. The animals are grouped according to their most characteristic habitat, whether rocky shore, sandy beach, mud flat, or wharf piling, and the authors discuss their life history, physiology, and community relations, and the influence of wave shock and shifting tide level. Though the basic purpose and structure--and much of the text--of the book remain the same, content has been increased by about 20 percent; a multitude of changes and additios has been made in the text; the Annotated Systematic Index and General Bibliography have been updated and greatly expanded (now almost 2,300 entries); more than 200 new photographs and drawings have been incorporated; and an entirely new chapter has been added--a topical presentation of the several factors influencing distribution of organisms along the shore. This edition also includes John Steinbeck's Foreword to the 1948 edition.".
- catalog abstract "Grade level: 7, 8, 9, 10, e, i, s.".
- catalog abstract "An anthology of poems by contemporary poets about modern man, his society and its mores, life and death, love, war, and other topics.".
- catalog abstract ""We are confident that the nature of the physical world permits continued improvement in humankind's economic lot in the long rung run, indefinitely. Of course there are always newly arising local problems, shortages and pollutions, due to climate or to increased population and income. Some times temporary large-scale problems arise. But the nature of the world's physical condition and the resilience in a well-functioning economic and social system enable us to overcome such problems, and the solutions usually leave us better off than if the problem had never arisen; that is the great lesson to be learned from human history. We are less optimistic, however, about the constraints currently imposed upon material progress by political and institutional forces, in conjunction with popularly-held beliefs and attitudes about natural resources and the environment ... trends point towards deterioration rather than towards improvement ..."--Introduction.".
- catalog abstract "Thirty-eight poems, mostly humorous, by the well-known poet.".
- catalog abstract "This new edition now covers many crucial developments that have occurred in the money market since the first edition was published in 1978. This edition now covers:- the evolution of Fed policy from controlling interest rates to controlling money supply; the consequent historic highs of interest rates in both levels and volatility; the huge increases in money market instruments, including government-outstanding and traded; the impact of new legislation and regulations on banks, both domestic and foreign, thrifts and others; the explosive growth in the financial futures markets; the adjustments made by major market players - banks, dealers and investors - to these marked changes in market environment; the increase volume in traditional brokering and the introduction of brokering to new markets; the future growth and evolution of the Euromarket; the impact of the market on the well publicized failures of financial institutions ranging from Drysdale to the Banco Ambrosiano Holdings. This book is one that should be read and reread - by everyone in the financial, business and investment world.".
- catalog abstract "Focuses on public buildings, primarily schools but also sports centres, libraries, etc. Consists chiefly of illustrations with minimal explanatory text.".
- catalog abstract "The Treffry family of England between about 1100 A.D. and the present, including some who immigrated to Canada, the United States and elsewhere.".
- catalog abstract "John Pedler (ca.1500-ca.1550) lived in the parish of St. Breoke, Cornwall, England. Descendants lived in Cornwall, Sussex, Yorkshire, Nottingham and elsewhere. Ancestors to 1205 lived in Cornwall and Devon. Includes some descendants and family history in Australia, Canada and the United States.".
- catalog abstract "Autobiography of a sociopolitical leader from Madras.".
- catalog abstract "Study covers the period 1796-1977.".
- catalog abstract "Commemorative volume to Pradmaprasādaśarmā Bhaṭṭarāī, 1896-1974, Sanskritist from Nepal; comprises articles on his life and works and Sanskrit studies.".
- catalog abstract "Comparative study of the philosophy of Kabir, 15th century Hindi mystic poet, and Advaita.".
- catalog abstract "Verse work, with autocommentary, on Viśiṣṭādvaita philosophy.".
- catalog abstract "Examines the role of the American press in presenting the information known about the Jewish Holocaust during World War II to the American people in such a way that it fostered inaction and indifference.".
- catalog abstract "This paper reviews the arrangements for restructuring commericial bank and official debt up to early 1985.".
- catalog abstract "Martial's name is a byword for caustic and often obscene wit. The fiercest Roman satirist after Juvenal, he was also a poet with a more reflective nature, whose acute observations of life are tinged with a keen awareness of death. Peter Whigham's selection from his enormous output represents both the serious and lighter aspects of a many-sided professional poet. His translations also convey, in their frequent homage to earlier translators and English followers of Martial, a sense of his enduring influence on the English poetic tradition. J.P. Sullivan's critical introduction sets Martial's life and poetry in the social and political context of his times, and accounts for his continuing popularity through the ages.".
- catalog abstract "This book presents a wide range of objective information on every aspect of the Vietnamese conflict.".
- catalog abstract ""Critical essays on modern British literature." A collection of critical essays on Forster's work.".
- catalog abstract "Hindu canonical text; with Advaita commentary.".
- catalog abstract "Describes the influence of AIPAC (The American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee).".
- catalog abstract "Insightful and humorous, George Plimpton takes the reader into the world of professional hockey as he relates his experiences with the Boston Bruins.".
- catalog abstract "Women and work - the tailoresses strike of 1890.".
- catalog abstract "Collection of classical manuals for chanting of Sāmaveda, Hindu canonical text, presenting Vedic phonology.".
- catalog abstract "Presents scholarly papers on the history of Arizona's famous Petrified Forest.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of folk literature from five countries, with illustrations by native artists.".
- catalog abstract "The first major survey of the genius of 20th-century American design, presenting the best of American furniture, industrial design, and decorative objects selected by a distinguished team of art and architectural historians.".
- catalog abstract "This book "is a handy glossary that lists and defines many words and phrases, the meanings of which are now obscure, that were used in America during the period from 1608 to 1783, the Colonial period."--Introd.".
- catalog abstract "Stories, poems and an essay by the author of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings."".
- catalog abstract ""This book will give Propp's admirers in the English-speakling world a whole new perspective on this distinguished scholar's contribution to folkloristics. Liberman provides the necessary background in terms of Russian/Soviet intellectual (and political) currents to place Propp's work in a new light. No student of structuralism in folklore can afford to miss Liberman's anthology." - Alan Dundes (from cover).".
- catalog abstract "Chiefly studies of politics in Africa.".
- catalog abstract "Outil didactique à l'intention des étudiants. Choix de textes anciens en traduction française et de textes modernes, commentaires d'accompagnement et travaux pratiques faits de réflexion, d'exploration et de création. SDM.".
- catalog abstract "Chosen as one of the New York Times's ten best books in the year of its original publication, this collection immediately won a cherished place among lovers of the tale and vaulted Calvino into the ranks of the great folklorists. Introduction by the Author illustrations. Translated by George Martin. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book.".
- catalog abstract "Explains words difficult to describe in Pāṇini.".
- catalog abstract "Treatise, with commentary, on Viśiṣṭādvaita metaphysics and epistemology.".
- catalog abstract ""I libri della famiglia has long been viewed by Italians as a classic of Italian literature. It displays a variety of styles--high rhetoric, systematic moral exposition, novelistic portrayal of character--in the typical Renaissance framework of the dialogue. The chief merit of the work lies in its scope: it directly assays the personal value system of the Florentine bourgeois class, which did so much to foster the development of art, literature, and science. This translation is based upon the critical edition by Cecil Grayson, Serena Professor of Italian Studies, Oxford."--Jacket.".
- catalog abstract ""Magazines, journals, newspapers, bulletins, statistical annuals, loose leaf business services, governmental agency annual reports, directories, proceedings of annual conferences, yearbooks."".