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- catalog abstract "Decipherment of copper-plate inscriptions of the Chola king relating to land grants made in his 8th regnal yera, 1019-1021.".
- catalog abstract "Examines Chaucer's literary style, describes and interprets the theories of literature, and discusses the influence of Latin, French and Italian literature throughout his career.".
- catalog abstract ""The author focuses primarily on Greene's fiction from the early The Man Within and Brighton Rock to Monsignor Quixote and The Tenth Man. Also discussed are pertinent biographical facts that may effect an understanding of the work, and Greene's journalistic contributions, including his film reviews."".
- catalog abstract "Vedic sacrifice and Hindu rituals.".
- catalog abstract "Chronology on the kings of the Gopāla dynasty of Nepal.".
- catalog abstract "Study of a part of an anonymous commentary on Buddhaghosa's Visuddhimagga, philosophical classic of Theravada Buddhism.".
- catalog abstract "Contributed papers on the life and activities of Satis Chandra Samanta, b. 1900, leader in the Indian freedom movement and parliamentarian.".
- catalog abstract ""This book is concerned mainly with the working conditions and other aspects of life of those who handle current news on a daily basis, such as news agency and daily newspaper journalists in the printed and audio-visual media. Features of employment, ethical standards, career problems, pay and industrial relations are among the subjects singled out for discussion and attention is focused throughout on the question: how have the lives of journalists been affected by the profound transformations in recent years in the world of communications and information?"--Book cover.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of writings by the 2nd century satirist who ridiculed tyrants, philosophers, and even the gods, in his mock dialogues and prose narratives.".
- catalog abstract "This "intellectual autobiography" gives the "reader insights into the man, his ideas, and the forces that aided in his search for absolutes which give life meaning--such forces as old world history, Kierkegaard, Heidegger, World War I as well as the dramatic experience of leaving Europe in 1933 to avoid Hitler." Pub W.".
- catalog abstract ""It provides a fundamental perspective for viewing the nature and structure of ancient Chinese civilization as having a strong political orientation."--Introduction.".
- catalog abstract "This edition of the story of the little girl who falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters is illustrated by the author himself.".
- catalog abstract "Verse work on ayurvedic materia medica with Hindi commentary and Latin nomenclature.".
- catalog abstract "Report of a survey conducted in selected villages in Gujarat.".
- catalog abstract "On the famines of 1877-1899.".
- catalog abstract "The author argues for judicial decision making to be based on interpretation rather than simply applying past legal decisions. This judicial interpretation should be based on theory insisting "fundamental point of law is not to report consensus or provide efficient means to social goals, but to answer the requirement that a political community act in a coherent and principled manner toward all its members."--Publisher's description.".
- catalog abstract "Drawing on recent work in literary theory, linguistics, and symbolic anthropology, as well as cognitive and developmental psychology Professor Bruner examines the mental acts that enter into the imaginative creation of possible worlds, and he shows how the activity of imaginary world making undergirds human science, literature, and philosophy, as well as everyday thinking, and even our sense of self. - Publisher.".
- catalog abstract "Excellent documentaire qui décrit avec clarté et objectivité les préparatifs et l'événement même du jour J 1944.".
- catalog abstract "Part one covers over 320 threatened mammalian taxa. Geographic regions include Canada, Alaska, Greenland.".
- catalog abstract "The story and its subject: Rome - The hero: Aeneas - The secondary heroes: Dido and Turnus - The higher powers: Fate and the Gods - Structure: continuity and symmetry - Poetic expression: language and sensibility - Making the story: fusion of the legend of Aeneas' coming to Italy with matter from Iliad and Odyssey - Echoes of history.".
- catalog abstract "With his customary incisiveness, W.V. Quine presents logic as the product of two factors, truth and grammar--but argues against the doctrine that the logical truths are true because of grammar or language. Rather, in presenting a general theory of grammar and discussing the boundaries and possible extensions of logic, Quine argues that logic is not a mere matter of words. -- Publisher description.".
- catalog abstract ""This book--the first to investigate the rich and complex lives of rural women during this period--focuses on women in the Philadelphia hinterland and shows how they became an essential part of that area's rise to agricultural prominence." The author concludes that "rural women in the mid-Atlantic region decreased patriarchal power within the family, became active shapers of the process of commercialization and economic development, and carved out new roles for themselves in public life--providing the base for the development of the feminist movement in the antebellum era"--Book jacket.".
- catalog abstract "Papers presented at an International Conference on South Asian Regional Cooperation, held at Dhaka, January 14-16, 1985, under the aegis of the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies.".
- catalog abstract "In this pathbreaking book Mitchell Aboulafia considers the development of the sense of self by critically analyzing the philosophies of George Herbert Mead--an American pragmatist who argues that self-consciousness results from social interaction through language and symbol--and of Jean-Paul Sartre, the existentialist who maintains that consciousness is free to create the self. Building on their work, Aboulafia provides an original analysis of consciousness and self-determination. -- Back cover.".
- catalog abstract "In examining the way in which a typical Chinese town responded to a cholera epidemic, the author illuminates cultural, scientific, and religious attitudes and practices.".
- catalog abstract "Christos H. Papadimitriou and Kenneth Steiglitz have combined the theory of computational complexity developed by computer scientists, and the foundations of mathematical programming developed by the operations research community. This text will be useful to students with a wide range of backgrounds, including computer science, operations research, and electrical engineering.".
- catalog abstract "A guide for the amateur astronomer discussing equipment, observation techniques, and suitable research projects.".
- catalog abstract "Interpretation of the New Code of the Canon Law regarding Christian marriage.".
- catalog abstract "A wounded Jewish officer in the Yom Kippur War feels his mind fill with a panorama of events tracing the history of his people and his part of Israel.".
- catalog abstract "With reference to India; covers up to 1985.".
- catalog abstract "A brief history of the writing of the Constitution, followed by a text and an index to the provisions of the document, using common terms that most readers might use.".
- catalog abstract "Story of Elzeard Bouffier, a man of great simplicity and determination. He travels to Provence, in southeastern France and there alone with his sheep and dog, he builds a stone house and daily plants one hundred acorns.".
- catalog abstract "Five fifteen-year-old orphans of widely varying personality characteristics are involuntarily placed in a house of endless stairs as subjects for a psychological experiment on conditioned human response.".
- catalog abstract "A richly textured, passionate portrait of the relationship between Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas and its tragic repercussions is set against the decadent, vital world of 1890's London and Paris.".
- catalog abstract "Articles, reminiscences, etc., on S. Sukhdev, 1933-1979.".
- catalog abstract "In his memoir, this iconoclastic writer on civil liberties, politics, and jazz, recalls what it was like growing up Jewish in Boston in the 1930s and 40s, shaped both by the ghetto and his indomitable desire for more. The reader follows him through his Roxbury neighborhood, witnessing as he organizes a successful strike at Sunday's Candies (the most coveted place of employment for Roxbury boys), gets booted out of Hebrew school (but bar mitzvahs nonetheless), and gets caught among gangs of "Irishers" beating up on "Yids." He goes on to graduate from Boston Latin School, work as an investigative reporter, and host his own radio jazz program, which leads him to Boston's hottest jazz club, the Savoy Cafe. It's here that he meets the black musicians and jazz aficionados that would become his mentors, in life as well as music.-Derived from book jacket.".
- catalog abstract "Includes the Indian context.".
- catalog abstract "Robert Pryor married Betty Virginia Green in 1689 in Gloucester County, Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, North Caro- lina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, California and elsewhere. Includes individuals and families where direct lineage is not shown.".
- catalog abstract "Contains primary source material.".
- catalog abstract "This book synthesizes and makes accessible in one place some of the principal lessons learned by the World Bank in thirty-five years of financing development in its member countries. It provides guidance to developing countries in selecting, preparing, and carrying out thier whole portfolio of investment projects, regardless of the source of financing. Although written primarily for senior and middle-level civil servants in the finance, plannning and sector ministeries and agencies in developing countries, as well as for project managers in the public and private sectors, the book should also be useful to development practitioners in aid agencies, universities, research organizations, consulting firms, and elsewhere. It is designed to be fully intelligible to economists and noneconomists alike, with the emphasis not on how to do investment and project analysis but on how to understand and use it. A wealth of country and project examples throughout the book illustrate the issues and concepts.".
- catalog abstract "Bubbie and Zadie, two magical characters, bring the spirit of Hanukkah to a Jewish family on the first night of the holiday.".
- catalog abstract ""This collection of short short stories makes accessible to the English-speaking student of Portuguese some examples of the work of one of Brazil's foremost writers of all time, Carlos Drummond de Andrade. As teachers of Portuguese, we feel that Drummond's stories have a special value for students ... multifaceted portrayal of today's Brazil strikes us as an ideal introduction to that country's society and mores as seen within the wider context of the human condition in the latter half of the twentieth century. These forty stories were chosen from Drummond's 70 Historinhas: Antologia (Rio de Janeiro: Jośe Olympio, 1978) and are reproduced here in their original form, without simplification or omission. The stories and the accompanying exercises and annotations can profitably be used at the intermediate level and above; the student should have already completed an elementary grammar and should possess a basic vocabulary."--Preface.".
- catalog abstract "Clears up misconceptions about the legendary American businessman, explains why he became the most hated man in America, and assesses his influence on American business.".
- catalog abstract "Analyzes the experience of organized labor from 1920 to 1985, focusing on the themes that unify and the turning points that punctuate the period.".
- catalog abstract "Study in Mahantpur Town, Karnataka, with reference to handloom industry.".
- catalog abstract "Joshua and his great-uncle Otto discover a new meaning in the celebration of Hanukkah when they try to build a menorah like a special one Otto lost during the Holocaust.".
- catalog abstract "Biography of Cuppiramaṇiya Civā, 1884-1925, Indian freedom fighter from Tamil Nadu.".
- catalog abstract "Backgrounds and Beginnings, The Crucial Years 1775, The War of Independence, Evolution of the Flag, Creating a system of Government, The War of 1812, Religion in a Free Country, The Tragic of Civil War, Trailblazers and Mountain men, Scientific Revolution, Saga of Immigration, Seven Wonders of the Modern World.".
- catalog abstract "A biography of the woman who, during World War I, led an espionage group whose goal was to help free the Jews of Palestine from the oppression of Turkish rule.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of wise and witty sayings in the Jewish tradition.".
- catalog abstract "Incorporates code of criminal procedure ordinances, amendments, and instructions issued by the Cabinet Division, Bangladesh.".
- catalog abstract "The author describes the Holocaust and explains how he tries to tell the story of that catastrophic slaughter of Jews through his art.".
- catalog abstract "When a stranger comes to Kosnov and accuses Mendel the butcher of stealing his money, the whole town joins in to show the police who is really guilty.".
- catalog abstract "Includes the Creation, the Fall, Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel, Samson and Delilah, and other stories.".
- catalog abstract "Examines the role of higher education in strengthening the leadership of the United States in an increasingly interdependent world that demands creative responses to new conditions.".
- catalog abstract "A biography of the notable Jewish author of both children's and adult books, who won a Nobel prize for literature in 1978.".
- catalog abstract "One day while out in his corn field, Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella hears a voice saying, "If you build it, he will come." "He," of course, is Ray's hero, Shoeless Joe Jackson. "It" is a baseball stadium, which Ray carves out of his corn field.".
- catalog abstract "Ignizio, one of the pioneers of goal programming, provides a concise and lucid overview of (a) the linear goal programming model, (b) a computationally efficient algorithm for solution, (c) duality and sensitivity analysis and (d) extensions of the methodology to integer as well as non-linear models.".
- catalog abstract "This volume presents strategies for locating survey data and provides a comprehensive guide to US social science data archives, describing several major data files. Although the data sets are American, the techniques are widely applicable.".
- catalog abstract "Devotional poem in praise of Krishna and Rādhā, Hindu deities.".
- catalog abstract "An Argentine journalist in Mexico is asked for help by a woman who was his lover ten years earlier. From the moment he gets the message and as he looks for this woman, the journalists is submerged in the Zacatecas underworld, caught up in a violent intrigue of crime and drug trafficking.".
- catalog abstract "Unlike much of the instant analysis that appeared at the time of the Iranian revolution, Iran: From Religious Dispute to Revolution is based upon extensive fieldwork carried out in Iran. Michael M.J. Fischer draws upon his rich experience with the mullahs and their students in the holy city of Qum, composing a picture of Iranian society from the insidethe lives of ordinary people, the way that each class interprets Islam, and the role of religion and religious education in the culture. Fischer's book, with its new introduction updating arguments for the post-Revolutionary period, brings a dynamic view of a society undergoing metamorphosis, which remains fundamental to understanding Iranian society in the early twenty-first century. - Publisher.".
- catalog abstract "These pages capture a thousand years of medieval women's visionary writing, from late antiquity to the 15th century. Written by hermits, recluses, wives, mothers, wandering teachers, founders of religious communities, and reformers, the selections reveal how medieval women felt about their lives, the kind of education they received, how they perceived the religion of their time, and why ascetic life attracted them.".
- catalog abstract "Papers of a 1983 seminar.".
- catalog abstract "Biography of Vallabhbhai Patel, 1875-1950, Indian statesman.".
- catalog abstract "In order to convince his family and all the animals to come aboard the Ark, Noah sends out invitations announcing a romantic vacation cruise.".
- catalog abstract "Avraham and his Falasha family, Jews suffering from discrimination in Ethiopia, finally flee the country and resettle in Israel.".
- catalog abstract ""The social position of women in many of the countries ringing the Mediterranean is notoriously inferior. Across North Africa and along much of the Mediterranean's eastern shore, the 'crime of honour' - in which a woman suspected of having violated a stringent code of sexual behaviour is murdered by members of her own family - is rarely punished severely. Women spend their entire lives under the formal control and 'protection'of their fathers, brothers, husbands ... Germaine Tillion argues that this extreme form of oppression is not an aberration specific to Islam, but part of a legacy from pagan prehistory that weighs upon Christian and Muslim society alike. The rise of the Republic of Cousins was a unique Mediterranean social innovation whereby the immemorial incest taboo was relaxed and marriage between first cousins in the paternal line became common. It set the stage for the debasement of the female condition and for much else besides, from economic expansionism to high birthrates. In the hinterlands of the Mediterranean's northern shore, the Republic of Cousins ultimately gave way to the modern Republic of Citizens, though not without leaving deep traces in European and eventually American society. On the southern shore it still persists widely to this day, and many of its practices have been absorbed into Islam so profoundly that they are considered Islamic in origin by the peoples of Morocco and Algeria themselves. In support of her thesis Tillion draws upon authors as diverse as Herodotus, Saint Paul, and Ibn Khaldun, on legend and literature, ethnography and personal history, sociological investigation and fascinating anecdote." http://books.google.com/books?id=e1y3AAAAIAAJ.".
- catalog abstract "In the last chaotic days of World War II, five young Germans discover a Jewish boy hiding in a cellar and are torn over whether or not to turn him over to the Nazi authorities as the law demands.".
- catalog abstract "A biography of the woman considered by many to be the finest living American artist of our time.".
- catalog abstract "A study of Lessing's 'Nathan der Weise'.".
- catalog abstract "Continues the Bible story in which Joseph's brothers, suffering from famine in Canaan, come to Egypt for grain; and after causing them confusion and sorrow to punish them, Joseph forgives them for selling him into slavery years before.".
- catalog abstract "Analysis of Kauṭalaya's Arthaśāstra, with special emphasis on book 3.".
- catalog abstract "Neo-Nyaya treatise on verbal testimony (śabdapramāṇa), presenting semantic approaches to Sanskrit case and suffix; portion deals with the nominative and objective cases only.".
- catalog abstract "Retells the Bible story in which Joseph's jealous brothers sell him into slavery in Egypt, where due to his ability to interpret dreams, he is made governor of the country.".
- catalog abstract "Words for each letter of the Hebrew alphabet are accompanied by illustrations.".
- catalog abstract "Examines the life of the nineteenth-century Lithuanian rabbi who embraced the cause of the downtrodden and the poor and is still remembered by his people for his scholarship and holiness.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of Manet's paintings and drawings, each with detailed notes; plus several essays.".
- catalog abstract "Classical verse treatise on Yoga and Hindu religious law.".
- catalog abstract "Includes some English prose and some Spanish poetry in translation.".
- catalog abstract "Papers presented at a conference held in Washington, D.C. from May 20 to May 21, 1976.".
- catalog abstract "Sixième roman de l'auteur. Un célèbre romancier allemand, Stahlberg, arrive à Montréal. Il noue une étrange liaison (platonique) avec une jeune Québécoise. Un jeune écrivain, protégé de Stahlberg, est lui-même amoureux de cette femme. Une oeuvre solide, de forme traditionnelle, qui interroge le "rapport entre la vie et l'art, entre le romancier et son oeuvre", entre ce dernier et ses proches, comme l'écrit F. Hébert dans "Le Devoir" du 24 novembre 1984. Le critique trouve que l'oeuvre a des longueurs philosophiques, mais qu'elle est généreuse et solide, à conseiller aux lecteurs romantiques. Prix littéraire Esso 1984.".
- catalog abstract ""This visionary novel. in which God and Government are joined, and America is run as a Puritanical Theoracy, can be read as a companion volume to Orwell's 1984-its verso, in fact. It gives you the same degree of chill, even as it suggests the varieties of tyrannical experience; it evokes the same kind of horror even as its mordant wit makes you smile." E.L. Doctorow.".
- catalog abstract "Sets the scene with a brief history of anti-Semitism prior to Hitler, and documents the horrors of the Holocaust from 1933 onward, in an incisive, interpretive account of the genocide of World War II.".
- catalog abstract "The bark-cloth culture of the Torajas in Central Celebes.".
- catalog abstract "An alphabetically arranged handbook identifying events, features, and individuals of world history since 1870, from the Abdication Crisis to the Zulu War.".
- catalog abstract "Sorge was a Nazi spie. He secured his access to intelligence informations by getting a position at the German embassy in Tokyo. He warned Stalin that Hitler would invade the Soviet Union one month before it happened. Stalin didnot believe him-no one knows why.".
- catalog abstract "A nine-year-old Brooklyn boy from an immigrant Jewish family makes his passion for baseball the guiding force of his life.".
- catalog abstract "Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private God.".
- catalog abstract "Julie, a busy high school sophomore suddenly stricken with epileptic seizures, must learn to live with her condition as the doctors attempt to control it through medication.".
- catalog abstract ""This study will related various stories and episodes of the Buddha's many incarnations, including his final one, as they appear in the literature and art of Asia. On the one hand, they represent a vital interest in the Buddha as a teacher and example of righteous behavior, which is central to Hinayana, or Theravada [Doctrine of the elders], Buddhism. On the other hand, the miraculous content of so many of these stories reveals an aspect of the other main branch of Buddhism, Mahayana [The great vehicle] Buddhism. The stories about the past lives of the Buddha are called Jatakas or Birth Stories."--Introduction (p. 2).".
- catalog abstract "Presents eleven episodes from the life of a Polish teenager as she prepares to leave her Jewish family for a new life in America during the early 1900s.".
- catalog abstract "Explores in human terms the lives of a 12-year-old Jewish boy and a 14-year-old Palestinian boy growing up in a city holy to Arabs, Jews, and Christians alike.".
- catalog abstract "Captioned photographs plus text describe the history of specialized aircraft and the men and equipment associated with them.".
- catalog abstract "Discusses the life and work of Percy Bysshe Shelley in the social and political context of the world and time in which he lived.".
- catalog abstract "Gives advice for children who are alone at home after school, on making snacks, scheduling the afternoon, dealing with emergencies, and other topics.".
- catalog abstract "Exposes the problem of incest in families and discusses what can be done to prevent and treat this problem. Also suggests further public involvement and funding for the treatment of incest and other sexual abuse of children.".
- catalog abstract "Describes the economic strategy sessions producing a budget deficit of one trillion dollars.".
- catalog abstract "Despite the trials and tribulations that fill the eight months preceding his dreaded Bar Mitzvah, Myron learns a great deal about what it means to be a Jew.".
- catalog abstract "An illustrated retelling of the creation using the words of children.".