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• catalog abstract "Photography of trees, rivers and streams.".
• catalog abstract "Poon Lim was a second steward on the Benlomond, and after it was torpedoed, he survived for 133 days on a wooden raft, finally being rescued at the mouth of the Amazon River.".
• catalog abstract "Recounts the five generation saga of an American family's migration across America.".
• catalog abstract "Series: The Author's Workshop.".
• catalog abstract "Describes the events and campaigns of the Civil War battle for Chattanooga.".
• catalog abstract "A biography of the patroness and collector of art who assembled the foremost collection of modern art in Italy.".
• catalog abstract "This book was intended as a practical reference for those interested in public education collective bargaining.".
• catalog abstract "This introduction to obtaining venture capital includes a brief guide to preparing a business plan, as well as an industry preference index. Information for each entry includes type of firm, project preferences, geographical preferences, and industry preferences.".
• catalog abstract "Chronicles the mansion's ceremonial traditions and command performances, as well as the cultural interests of our presidents and first ladies.".
• catalog abstract "Also includes information on Amy (Mrs. H.H.) Beach, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Hildegarde of Bingen, Isabella Leonarda, Annette von Droste-Hulshoff.".
• catalog abstract "History and overview of the four stages of Peronism in Argentina, beginning with 1945 and continuing through the present.".
• catalog abstract "Discusses the PRN (Proceso de Reorganización Nacional) carried out by the Argentine military from 1976 to 1983.".
• catalog abstract "The essential guide for all writers. With over 700 examples of original and edited sentences, this book provides information about editing techniques, grammar, and usage for every writer from the student to the published author.".
• catalog abstract "Poems selected from the author's work Sillages reproduced side by side with the Spanish translations.".
• catalog abstract "Biography of George Jo Mess (1898-1962) and Evelynne Berloehr Mess Daily (1903- ). George was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Evelynne was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. They were married in 1925 and worked together as artists and printmakers.".
• catalog abstract "Ayurvedic receipts and prescriptions from classical Sanskrit texts, with Hindi translations.".
• catalog abstract "Over one hundred photos and text describe the cowboy's life on the West's leading cattle ranches.".
• catalog abstract "One of a series commissioned as part of the research program of the Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada. Contains a series of essays on political and economic development in the NWT and Yukon including sovereignty, constitutional development, landclaims, and environmental perspectives.".
• catalog abstract "Poems deal with happiness, fragility, crime, education, parenthood, friendship, mortality, dreams, knowledge, and nature.".
• catalog abstract "Papers, mostly on biomedical and physical anthropology, presented at the Anthropology and Archaeology section of the 70th session of the Indian Science Congress, Tirupati, 1983.".
• catalog abstract "This book is the first introduction in any language to the work of Eberhard Jüngel, who increasingly is recognised as one of the leading contemporary Protestant German theologians. It furnishes a comprehensive survey of his work as New Testament scholar, systematic theologian and philosopher, focusing particularly on his discussions of theological and religious language, the role of Christology, the doctrines of God and man, and questions of natural theology. Some initial evaluations of Jüngel's theology are offered in the light of other current traditions of theology and philosophy, both English and German.".
• catalog abstract ""Casopis za književnosti, umetnost, kulturu, prosvetna i društvena pitanja."".
• catalog abstract ""Based on the three-volume revised and definitive edition." "The standard text in the field ... [by] the pre-eminent scholar of the Holocaust." David S. Wyman, N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. "Examines the history of persecution against European Jews, discusses the definition of a Jew according to the German regime, and describes the processes through which Jews were eliminated during the Holocaust years."".
• catalog abstract ""As a novelist, art critic, and cultural historian, John Berger is a writer of dazzling eloquence and arresting insight whose work amounts to a subtle, powerful critique of the canons of our civilization. In About Looking he explores our role as observers to reveal new layers of meaning in what we see. How do the animals we look at in zoos remind us of a relationship between man and beast all but lost in the twentieth century? What is it about looking at war photographs that doubles their already potent violence? How do the nudes of Rodin betray the threats to his authority and potency posed by clay and flesh? And how does solitude inform the art of Giacometti? In asking these and other questions, Berger quietly - but fundamentally - alters the vision of anyone who reads his work."--Pub. desc.".
• catalog abstract "Los ideales y creencias que inspiraron al pintor mexicano.".
• catalog abstract ""Deno John Geanakoplos here offers a prodigious collection of source materials on the Byzantine church, society, and civilization (many translated for the first time into English), arranged chronologically and topically, and knit together with an analytical historical commentary. His selections from Byzantine writers as well as from more obscure documents and chronicles in Latin, Arabic, Slavic, Italian, Armenian, and French reflect all the diversity of Byzantine life--the military tactics of the long-invincible cataphract cavalry and the warships armed with Greek fire, the mysticism of Hesychast monks, the duties of imperial officers, the activities of daily life from the Hippodrome and Hagia Sophia to the marketplaces, baths, and brothels. Geanakoplos not only covers the traditional areas of political, ecclesiastical, socioeconomic, administrative, and military life, but also provides a vivid picture of Byzantine culture--education, philosophy, literature, theology, medicine, and science. Of particular interest are the insights into the empire's relations with the Latin West, the Slavs, the Arabs, the Turks, and other neighboring peoples. -- Byzantium is much more than a sourcebook. The running commentary reflects the most recent scholarly research in Byzantine studies and places each translated source in its precise historical context. Through the use of both primary sources and commentary, Geanakoplos has represented in all its richness and complexity one of the world's great civilizations. There is no comparable book on Byzantine history and civilization in any language." http://books.google.com/books?id=gptIoYxY8pIC.".
• catalog abstract "Classical work, with commentaries, on the ayurvedic system in Indic medicine.".
• catalog abstract "By the end of the 19th century, women were sought after as physicians, as gentle, natural healers, and were felt to give the medical profession a dignity and humanity beyond what men could provide. By 1920, the number of women doctors had plummeted, and new barriers created obstacles in the careers of established ones. Focusing on the Class of 1879, Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, this book explores the trials, frustrations and victories of the period.".
• catalog abstract "The interrelationships of the various Beaton families of medical reknown of Scotland.".
• catalog abstract ""More than a lively and perceptive memoir, this reminiscence by Gottlieb Hammer, the man who negotiated the first million-dollar bank loan for the Jewish Agency - American Section, is a compelling account of events preceding the establishment and subsequent development of the State of Israel from 1939 to 1973. In 1945, when the author arranged this loan, it was based solely on the good faith and credit of the American Jewish community ; there was no other collateral. During the next thirty years he negotiated an aggregate total of loans from bands and insurance companies of about one and one-half billion dollars - all based on the same good faith and credit." --from inside jacket flap.".
• catalog abstract "Encyclopedia of medical terminology, biographical entries, and essays on "disciplines, specialties, and topics affecting the practice of medicine in the broadest sense." Intended for health professionals and interested laypersons, as well as for English-language audiences. Contents have Anglo-American emphasis. Topical entries include names of contributors and references. Cross references. Appendixes of major medical academic qualifications and of abbreviations.".
• catalog abstract "The author endured years of unspeakable horror in Nazi death camps. During which, and partly because of his suffering, the author developed a revolutionary approach to psychotherapy known as logatherapy. At the core of his theory is the belief that man's primary motivational force is his search for meaning.".
• catalog abstract "Argues that the "locus and focus" of differences among languages lies not so much in practical or rational aspects as in the complexity and richness of more poetic dimensions--in the nuances of words, or the style and voice of an author. This poetic reformulation of what has been called "linguistic relativism" is grounded in the author's theory of the imagination as a main source of poetic indeterminacy and, ultimately, disorder and chaos.".
• catalog abstract "Providing a clear and thorough review of the active field of organic evolution, the author describes the processes that bring about evolutionary change and the factors that affect these processes. He covers a broad range of subjects, placing classical and recent research in perspective and clarifying current controversies.".
• catalog abstract "Includes simple practical suggestions for improving dream recall and recording dreams with a complete discussion of individual, group and community techniques for discovering more of the multiple levels of meaning found in every dream.".
• catalog abstract "The authors provide a systematic treatment of many of the major problems encountered in using regression analysis. Because it is likely that one or more of the assumptions of the regression model will be violated in a specific empirical analysis, the ability to know when problems exist and to take appropriate action helps to ensure the proper use of the procedure. Responding to this need, the authors clearly and concisely discuss the consequences of violating the assumptions of the regression model, procedures for detecting when such violations exist, and strategies for dealing with these problems when they arise.".
• catalog abstract "Presents fifty-seven stories from Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole mythology, in such categories as creation and migration of tribes, the origin of tobacco, fire, and other gifts of the Great Spirit, and monsters and heroes.".
• catalog abstract "Presents the mythology and sacred spirits of the Lakota. Based on information given to Dr. James Walker a century ago by Lakota Holy Men, this compilation includes the cycle of creation, the appearance of spirits and animals, the making of the four directions, and the coming of the Real People.".
• catalog abstract "Après une introduction générale (p. 3-13) qui cherche à situer le genre de l'essai et montre les difficultés à établir un corpus de l'essai littéraire, l'auteur présente les 57 essayistes choisis par ordre chronologique, d'Etienne Parent (né en 1802) à François Charron (né en 1952). D'un à quatre extraits par auteur, selon leur importance présumée. Appareil critique trop mince. Critères de sélection un peu évasifs. Choix acceptable, malgré l'absence de P. Straram, d'Y. Boucher, de P. Haeck, etc. Un succès, si l'on considère que le domaine était jusqu'alors presque en friche; que l'essai est un genre multiforme difficile à cerner.".
• catalog abstract "Identifies non-government facilities active in commercial research, including development of products and processes. Arrangement is alphabetic, geographic, and by concept classification.".
• catalog abstract ""An internationally renowned scholar and political economist, Innis was the forefather of the 'global village' concept popularized by Marshall McLuhan in the 1960s. Innis' life-time of research resulted in this seminal work which examines the evolution of communications media from stone tablets to printing presses, and the direct impact of various media on the duration and prosperity of the empires of Egypt, Rome, Greece, Babylon, Europe, and America. In this revised edition, David Godfrey brings Innis' classic study of communications theory into the 1980s. Applying Innis' examinations of civilization and technology to the present, he helps us understand today's explosion of electronic media in Canada and the world"--Back cover.".
• catalog abstract "Essays to help you understand and appreciate the works of Philip Roth.".
• catalog abstract "This compilation of the art and writings of Vincent van Gogh vividly conveys the intelligence and genius of one of the greatest European artists.".
• catalog abstract "Pearl Harbor. 7 December 1941. Japanese bombs and torpedoes slam into the battleships of the Pacific Fleet as Commander Edwin T. Layton leaps up the stairs to his second-floor office. He looked out the window to see Oklahoma upside down and Arizona ablaze. Why did the Japanese attack? What had gone wrong? This is the first book by a top-ranking American navy officer to answer these questions. Admiral Layton scrupulously kept these secrets to himself - for forty-three years - until recently, when the government released half a million classified documents from its intelligence archives. Only then did Layton believe he was free to tell his story. He names those who knew about the Japanese intentions, and how they misused it. --from inside jacket.".
• catalog abstract "Includes commentary on Franz Kafka and Shakespeare's Hamlet.".
• catalog abstract "What sorts of things really exist, in the world or out of it? What can we know about them? How do your thoughts and words relate to reality? What are human beings? What do their freedom and consciousness amount to? How should people act? What would a just society be like? These are the perennial problems of philosophy, which have been examined and debated for thousands of years and are still confronted by philosophers today. In his superb general introduction to contemporary philosophy and its concerns, Anthony O'Hear shows how differing answers to these questions lead to differing conceptions of ourselves and the world.".
• catalog abstract ""This skillfully written text presents the full sweep of Ottoman history from its beginnings on the Byzantine frontier in about 1300, through its development as an empire, to its late eighteenth-century confrontation with a rapidly modernizing Europe. Itzkowitz delineates the fundamental institutions of the Ottoman state, the major divisions within the society, and the basic ideas on government and social structure. Throughout, Itzkowitz emphasizes the Ottomans' own conception of their historical experience, and in so doing penetrates the surface view provided by the insights of Western observers of the Ottoman world to the core of Ottoman existence." http://books.google.com/books?id=D1TMc1aQNskC.".
• catalog abstract ": Archaeological inventory and evaluation of cultural resources potentially threatened by a proposed 10-foot pool raise behind Chief Joseph Dam, north-central Washington was made. Pedestrian reconnaissance of areas not previously subject to resource inventory identified 27 prehistoric sites, bringing the total number of recorded sites in the area to 279. Test excavations were completed at 79 prehistoric habitation sites in order to characterize formal, temporal, and spatial variability in sufficient detail to provide for follow-on management planning. Artifacts and contextual samples recovered from nearly 600 cubic meters of soil matrix in 543 test units demonstrate that the project area was occupied by Native American groups continuously for at least the last 6,000 years, and perhaps longer. Considerable temporal and geographic variation occurs in the cultural assemblage, variability reflecting regional settlement and subsistence patterns. The cumulative database resulting from survey-level investigations includes the first comprehensive large-scale cultural resources inventory in the region, the first series of controlled radiocarbon age determinations from cultural contexts along the reservoir, and the largest assemblage of site samples from the upper Columbia River region. These data provide invaluable research materials for future investigators interested in the evolution of prehistoric cultural adaptations in the Columbia Plateau.".
• catalog abstract ""... the official noticing publication of the executive branch of Utah State Government."".
• catalog abstract "A look at Anne Boleyn, the Tudor queen whose love affair with a king cost her her head.".
• catalog abstract "On special functions of mathematical analysis concerning single and double contour integrals.".
• catalog abstract "Features "detailed photographs of over 50 homes ... Floor plans of 24 homes ..."--Back inside flap.".
• catalog abstract "A collection of reviews and essays that traces the critical reputation of Cather's works.".
• catalog abstract "Critical essays on American literature.".
• catalog abstract "Twenty-three essays which explore a number of historical problems by comparing America's experiences with those of other countries.".
• catalog abstract "Contributed articles on the writings of Anita Desai, b. 1937, Indo-Anglian novelist.".
• catalog abstract "Une biographie qui se lit comme un roman tout en conservant un aspect documentaire intéressant. Idéal pour introduire à l'écrivain et à l'oeuvre. SDM.".
• catalog abstract "Replaces Compton's Manual of Field Geology (1962). A guide to advances in the increasingly broad and interpretive discipline of formation mapping theory. Thorough, yet compact enough for use in the field, it consists of brief descriptions of textures and structures useful in interpreting depositional environments, kinds of volcanic activity, and plutonic events and conditions. Included are procedures often reserved for the laboratory or office: staining rocks, correcting orientations of current indicators, constructing profile sections of folds, measuring strains, making photogeologic interpretations, and more. Covers pre-field considerations, methods of observation and measurement, recognition of key geologic features, and preparation of a report. Illustrated with composite drawings. Fourteen appendixes provide systemized data and procedures.".
• catalog abstract "Based on 1960-1970 data.".
• catalog abstract "Interviews and biographical sketches of noted Puerto Rican actors and actresses.".
• catalog abstract "These are Levi's memories of friends, of people he had traveled with, even of adversaries - begging him to help them survive.".
• catalog abstract "Recreates the first days of our nationhood through the lives of a Massachusetts merchant, a Delaware yeoman farmer, etc.".
• catalog abstract "The three general editors of the Cambridge Bible Commentary series have all, in their teaching, experienced a lack of readily usable texts of the literature which is often called pseudepigrapha but which is more accurately defined as extra-biblical or parabiblical literature. The aim of this new series is to help fill this gap. The welcome accorded to the Cambridge Bible Commentary has encouraged the editors to follow the same pattern here, except that carefully chosen extracts from the texts, rather than complete books, have normally been provided for comment. The introductory material leads naturally into the texts, rather than complete books, have normally been provided for comment. The introductory material leads naturally into the text, which itself leads into alternating sections of commentary. Within the severe limits imposed by the size and scope of the series, each contributor will attempt to provide for the student and general reader the results of modern scholarship, but has been asked to assume no specialized theological or linguistic knowledge.".
• catalog abstract "Grade level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, p, e, i, s, t.".
• catalog abstract "Based on papers prepared for a Human Rights Law Symposium held at the Georgetown University Law Center, March 22, 1983. It was jointly sponsored by the International Law Institute and the Georgetown Jewish Law Students Association.".
• catalog abstract "Describes the origins, customs, daily activities, and future prospects of the San, the hunter-gatherers of southern Africa.".
• catalog abstract "Trapped in the poverty-stricken ghetto of Chicago's South Side, a young black man finds release only in acts of violence.".
• catalog abstract "A ten-year-old from Maine describes her trip to Russia at the invitation of Yuri Andropov after writing him a letter expressing her fears about a nuclear war.".
• catalog abstract "Baldwin's first novel tells of the spiritual awakening of 14-year-old John Grimes during a Saturday night service in a Harlem church, while his parents, praying beside him, struggle with their knowledge of past sins.".
• catalog abstract "Observations on the rural development programs in Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka.".
• catalog abstract "Study of K. Nagarajan, b. 1893, Indic litterateur writing in English.".
• catalog abstract "This omnibus volume by one of the South's greatest writers includes stories published prior to 1980. Stories are as good in themselves and as influential on the aspirations of others as any since Hemingway's. The breadth of Welty's offering is finally most visible not in the variety of types--farce, satire, horror, lyric, pastoral, mystery--but in the clarity and solidity and absolute honesty of a lifetime's vision.".
• catalog abstract "Extended narrative poem on the reign of Mularaja Solanki, King of Gujarat, fl. 942-997, and his successors; illustrating the grammatical rules propounded in the authorʼs Siddhahaimaśabdānuśāsana.".
• catalog abstract "Chapter seven by Ronnie mink focuses on "education". it provides a survey of the development of Jewish education in South Africa beginning in 1916, when the issue was first addressed on a communal level. The South African Board of Jewish education came into being in 1945, mandated to deal with basic problems still existing today and particularly to co-ordinate jewish educational efforts in South Africa. the chapter provides a fine overview of day schools, curricula, staffing and funding.".
• catalog abstract "Presents a selection of writings by the 14th-century Flemish mystic noted for his Trinitarian theology, and for whom the contemplative life involved activity or going out, just as God is always dynamic, thus reflecting the mystic life as not so much a progression of stages, but a simultaneous activity, return, and rest.".
• catalog abstract ""In this classic study, surveying the city's life from Christian Antiquity through the Middle Ages, Richard Krautheimer focuses on monuments of art and architecture as they reflect the historical events, the ideological currents, and the meaning Rome held for its contemporaries. Lavishly illustrated, this book tells an intriguing story in which the heritage of antiquity intertwines with the living presence of Christianity. Written by one of the great art historians of our time, it offers a profile of the Eternal City unlike any drawn in the past or likely to be drawn in the future."--Amazon".
• catalog abstract "The Regal Union of England and Scotland took place in March 1603 when James VI of Scotland acceded to the English throne. In order to strengthen the regal union James set out to reduce these differences. As a result, a large number of tracts were written on "the union" in both countries. The main purpose of this volume is to expand the amount of readily accessible material by printing six of the more important treatises -- Introd.".
• catalog abstract "That the entire reform and renewal movement in contemporary Catholicism is foredoomed is only one of the many controversial judgments in this highly controversial book. It is, however, much more than merely a book about current Catholic developments; it is a book that confronts the issue of Christianity's very survival as a religious force in the modern world. This is Charles Davis's most constructive and creative theological work to date. It critiques and demolishes only that it may redevelop and rebuild.".
• catalog abstract "Thoroughly revised to encompass the latest research and statistics, this critical study addresses the question of literacy among American school children.".
• catalog abstract "Tantric manual for the worship on Hindu deities.".
• catalog abstract "Classical verse work on Yoga, presenting the viewpoint of the Natha sect in Hinduism.".
• catalog abstract "Verse exposition of the Śivasūtra by Vasugupta, aphoristic work on the Trika philosophy of Kashmir Sivaism.".
• catalog abstract "Verse work on Hindu architecture and iconography.".
• catalog abstract "Verse work on the Jaina doctrine of death through meditation (samadhi).".
• catalog abstract "Sri Vaishnava hymn.".
• catalog abstract "Manual, with digest, of Hindu rituals.".
• catalog abstract "A translation of a classic on a writer's pact with the devil in Stalinist Russia. He wants to obtain publication of a novel about the police state of Pontius Pilate which the censor has banned.".
• catalog abstract "Presents the texts of 24 well-known fairy tales as they were first presented in English and summarizes the history of each tale, especially from the textual point of view.".
• catalog abstract "This affirmation of faith denies that mankind is but a cog in an impersonal universal machine. The author instead affirms the existence of a great personal God who does reveal himself to men. The author then claims that this supreme revelation can come only through a personal act of self-commitment with a vastly renewed and more fervent faith. This book, based upon the 1940 Taylor Lectures at Yale, is a living creed of religious conviction, meant to inspire ministers, students, and laymen toward more vital Christian living.".
• catalog abstract "Four issues per year "are concerned with the international trade law"; the other four issues "include the problems of international taxation ... and of international finance".".
• catalog abstract "Also contains: Glossary of words and phrases defined in the restatement, and: History of the ALI and the 1st Restatement of the law.".
• catalog abstract "The novelist records the anguish and triumps of a young painter as he emerges into the great world of art and rejects all else.".
• catalog abstract ""Learning to Read in American Schools" examines critical research that offers direct implications for the design and/or evaluation of text materials used in our schools today. In so doing, it addresses issues regarding the quality of text materials, and contains specific recommendations for the improvement of reading comprehension and instruction. Timely, clearly written, and jargon-free, this text is an essential handbook for school administrators, reading specialists, teachers in professional development programs, trainers of teachers, and curriculum developers. It should have a profound impact on how reading is taught in American schools.".
• catalog abstract "Hindu astrology.".
• catalog abstract "His book is difficult for me to describe, I guess I can only say that along with 'Man's Search for Meaning' by Viktor E. Frankl, 'Souls on Fire' by Elie Wiesel is among the two books that have changed my life.In these powerful and beautiful stories of Jewish Hasidic masters Elie Wiesel teaches us to fight depression by deliberately cultivating joy, that we must enjoy life in spite of life, that death is never the answer, and that that life is sacred, so much so that in spite of anything we have suffered we must say yes to this life.".
• catalog abstract "'This stylish and erudite thematic study of the influence Romanticism exerts upon Western culture and particularly the visual arts is the companion volume to Honour's equally valuable New-classicism.... The text is supported by a useful selection of illustrations.... Excellent footnotes and a good index.".
• catalog abstract "Grade level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, p, e, i, s, t.".
• catalog abstract "Au pied de la statue du grand Sphinx, la jeune Kiya lie conversation avec un inconnu, qui très vite va la fasciner par ses propos mystiques et passionnés. Il n'est autre que le pharaon Aménophis IV, et Kiya deviendra son épouse sous le nom de Néfertiti. Sous l'impulsion du couple royal, l'Egypte va connaître un bouleversement religieux sans précédent : l'instauration du culte d'Aton, dieu du soleil, première apparition d'un dieu unique dans l'histoire humaine. Des temples s'élèvent, une nouvelle capitale s'édifie. Néfertiti et Aménophis -- devenu Akhenaton -- pourront croire à une gloire durable. Mais l'opposition du clergé d'Amon, les troubles militaires, l'aveuglement d'un pharaon pris de vertige mystique vont lézarder ce bonheur. Et ce sera sur les pas de Moïse et du peuple hébreu que l'idée monothéiste s'en ira pour renaître ... Nul mieux que le romancier du Prêtre d'Amon, par ailleurs archéologue et historien renommé, ne pouvait nous rendre aussi vivante et proche l'image hiérarchique et mystérieuse de la plus célèbre reine d'Egypte.".
• catalog abstract "The purpose of the White book is to display and track those cases that are within the FERC hearing process.".
• catalog abstract "This book, referred to by Martin Luther King as "the historical bible of the Civil Rights movement," makes a compelling case that the Jim Crow system of racial legislation that dominated the South was not a natural outgrowth of slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, or even Redemption, but rather a haphazard creation of Southern whites in the last decade of the nineteenth century.".

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