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- catalog abstract ""Beth Brant, a gifted Native American writer, explores her several families -- families connected by blood, by gayness, and by their urban working-class lives."--Jacket.".
- catalog abstract "This short book examines the role of the college professor and offers ethical guidelines for teaching, scholarship, and personnel duties. The chapters contain essays which focus primarily on common sense clarification of the obligations and responsibilities of college faculty members. Chapters are liberally illustrated with stories and examples from the author's experience and supplemented with practical suggestions for maintaining the ethical standards presented. Saints and Scamps has been widely acclaimed as one of the best academic ethics books in print. In its 25th anniversary edition, Steven M. Cahn has updated and expanded upon his critical look at the duties and responsibilities of college professors; presenting us with a masterfully decisive and learned probe into the ethical standards and practices of the academic world and bringing Saints and Scamps to a new generation. Cahn discusses every issue, from grades to degree requirements, from tenure to the ethics of teaching. For Cahn, being a professor is so much more than research and scholarship; it is also about being a good teacher and shepherding in the next generation of students. He shows us what makes a wonderful professor and what constitutes professorial malpractice, and he does so with a wit and charm that is both entertaining and convincing. This is not just a book for college professors, but a book that should be read by parents, students, school administrators, and anyone interested in what teachers do and how they should do it. In this new edition, Cahn continues to do what he has done so brilliantly in the past; he shows us the ethical guidelines that every professor should follow.".
- catalog abstract "A biography of Twain written by his daughter Susy when she was thirteen and he was fifty. Includes correspondence between the two.".
- catalog abstract "Exposes popular myths and misrepresentations to show Billy the Kid as a crook.".
- catalog abstract "Presents myths, legends and stories of the Celts from the ancient Irish tales to the saga of King Arthur.".
- catalog abstract "Designed to be used as a textbook and presents basic information for health professionals.".
- catalog abstract "At this time, the contemporary world is being divided in two by demographic forces: nearly half the world, including the industrial countries and China, is establishing a balance between births and deaths, leading to an improvement in living conditions; but in the other half, where birthrates remain high, rapid population growth is beginning to overwhelm local life support systems in many countries, leading to ecological deterioration and declining living standards. Existing demographic analysis fail to explain the negative relationships between population growth and life-support systems that now are emerging in scores of 3rd world countries. As the 1990s approach, new demographic criteria are needed. Countries now in their 4th decade of rapid population growth have failed to complete the demographic transition, and the drop in living standards is making it difficult for them to complete the demographic transition. Unless the relationship between rapidly multiplying populations and their life support systems can be stabilized, development policies are likely to fail. The remainder of this monograph directs attention to the following: carrying capacity stresses; diverging food and income trends; growing rural landlessness; population growth and conflict; the demographic trap of rapid population growth and the associated ecological and economic deterioration, which prevents completion of the demographic transition; national fertility declines; and completing the demographic transition. At this time, much of the world is making slow progress toward realizing the balance of birth and death rates needed to complete the demographic transition. Responsibility for stopping population growth remains both in the high growth regions that have the highest stake in averting the consequences of continued population growth, and in the low growth regions that can provide the financial and technical assistance necessary for successful family planning programs.".
- catalog abstract "Newly revealed facts and details highlight an account of Robert Kennedy's career, his public activities, and his transformation from staunch McCarthyite to spokesman for the hopeless, helpless, and voiceless.".
- catalog abstract "A diverse array of more than 350 photographs comprises this elegant visual record of life in Texas from early 1850s to 1980.".
- catalog abstract "Biography of Loretta Young; Several Photographs.".
- catalog abstract "Includes statements on Nancy Reagan by Nancy Reagan, Richard Allen, Bill Blass, William F. Buckley, Betty Friedan, Lyn Nofziger, Maureen Reagan, Ron Reagan, and Ed Rollin.".
- catalog abstract "Two hundred and ten entries to physicians for whom genetic disorders and syndromes were named. Section I contains pictures, references, biographical information, and comments on the eponymic nomenclature. Section II gives briefer information and has entries for some persons still living. New eponyms not yet in wide usage are not included. General index.".
- catalog abstract ""A fresh ... look at nine stories from the Gospels in which Jesus interacts with women"--Page 4 of cover.".
- catalog abstract "This book is designed as a survey of classical ideas on eternity and immortality and as an introduction to the works of some of the great philosophers, men such as Kant, Aquinas, Augustine, Aristotle. It is not intended to be a complete history of all the philosophy on these two subjects but a collection of the foremost writings and ideas not ordinarily available to the reader unless he or she has the time to consult many separate volumes of material.".
- catalog abstract ""Prepared for distribution at the Securitization of commercial real estate program, October 16-17, 1986, New York City"--P. 5.".
- catalog abstract "Exposition on the Kāśikā of the 7th century grammarians, Vāmana and Jayāditya.".
- catalog abstract "Describes the characteristics, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of venereal diseases and infections.".
- catalog abstract ""Covers stocks and bonds, banking, corporate finance, and more."".
- catalog abstract "When the eighteen-year-old Henry, Prince of Wales, died in November 1612, the hopes of a new generation had been dashed. For the Prince, eldest son of James I, and the brother of the future Charles I, epitomized the yearning of those who wished England to lead Protestant Europe in a great crusade against the might of Catholic Spain. He simultaneously embodied the aspirations of a new era in the arts, creating a court which would have rivalled those of the Medici grand dukes in Florence or that of Rudolf II in Prague. A complex, withdrawn yet assertive figure, the Prince, evoking the former glory of Elizabethan England, was the antithesis of his father. With their markedly different personalities and their sharply opposed views on the religious and political issues of pre-Civil War England, father and son inevitably clashed continually. James, moreover, found himself outshone by an heir whose far-ranging interests embraced not only the arts but also the Navy, equestrianism, garden design, festivals and the sciences. Had Henry become King rather than his brother Charles, England might well not only have found herself mobilizing her forces on the mainland of Europe in the Thirty Years' War, but also have been spared the consititutional crisis and civil war provoked by Charles I's disatrous rule. This is the first major study of 'Henry IX', using original documents and sources to have been written since 1760. Is is the story of a great renaissance tragically cut short. -- Book Jacket.".
- catalog abstract ""An analysis of the revenues and expenditures of the Government of Canada."".
- catalog abstract "The first of three volumes presenting the writings of Willa Cather includes her early book of stories and first four novels. The troll garden: Cather's first short story collection, originally published in 1905, depicts characters who seek the realm of beauty and imagination, but are confronted by the vulgarity and brutality of American society. O pioneers!: In Nebraska at the end of the nineteenth century, Swedish immigrant Alexandra Bergson leads her family to success, but not without personal sacrifice. The song of the lark: Follows the life of Thea Kronberg from her childhood in 19th-century Colorado to her career as a renowned opera singer. My Antonia: The reminiscences of a New York lawyer, Jim Burden, about his boyhood in Nebraska, particularly a young Bohemian girl named Antonia Shimerda, are set against the backdrop of the American assimilation of the immigrant. One of ours: The son of a prosperous Nebraska farmer yearns to leave his prairie home.".
- catalog abstract "This text has two major purposes. One is diagnostic-to aid in discerning a child's stage of development as a basic for determining the type of mathematics for which he is ready. The second major purpose is to serve the "methods of teaching mathematics" courses in teacher education.l The reader will find this book very different from other methods texts because it is based on how children learn, not how to teach, and it should enable readers to see mathematics from the standpoint of the child as he progresses through the various stages of development.".
- catalog abstract "The author convincingly challanges widely held views about economic development, colonialism, the foreign aid process, the goal of egalitarianism, and the population explosion. The book sets a high standard in its deployment of fact and economic reasoning, yet it is beautifully written and accessible to the lay reader.".
- catalog abstract "The diary of the well-known sculptor, begun by Truitt with the determination to come to terms with the artist in herself, dramatically documents the links between her daily life and her work.".
- catalog abstract "Social relations in Renaissance - Florence - Florentine confraternities - Ritual republic - Rites of community - Company of San Paolo - Late Renaissance Confraternities - Ritual brotherhood - Festivals and holy days.".
- catalog abstract "Contains papers presented at the Commission on the Peopling of the Americas convened at the 10th Congress of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences in Mexico City in October 1981.".
- catalog abstract ""This select catalog lists National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm publications of records that relate to the history of U.S. diplomatic relations."--Introd.".
- catalog abstract "Funded by DSU Title III 2007-2012.".
- catalog abstract ""Expanded and updated version of a symposium originally published in the September, 1984, issue of "The Nation." Two new contributions have been added to this collection."--Title page verso.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of sermons by this martyred Black American leader which explains his convictions in terms of the conditions and problems of contemporary society.".
- catalog abstract "Includes materials on vet centers, VVAW, and "Healing."".
- catalog abstract "Poems, ancillary mss., and correspondence with those who were concerned with the publication of the first editions of Emily Dickinson's Poems and Letters, especially with Mabel Loomis Todd and Millicent Todd Bingham.".
- catalog abstract "Revised papers presented at the Third Anglo-Soviet Symposium on Labour Law, held May 22-June 2, 1985, in Moscow.".
- catalog abstract "The warmth and diversity of this landscape and its way of life are masterfully evoked in the book's 150 color photographs.".
- catalog abstract "Catalog of quality assurance resources available for items whose primary use is in diagnostic radiology. Excludes items used in nuclear medicine, diagnostic ultrasound, and radiation therapy. Arranged under Devices and services, Training resources, and Publications. Each entry gives identification and appropriate descriptive information. Miscellaneous indexes.".
- catalog abstract "Karl Ernse von Baer is generally acknowledged to have been a thinker of paramount importance in the development of embryology, and he is well known for his broad views of nature.".
- catalog abstract "Traces the story of nine different ethnic groups in American society, discussing their various reactions to the American experience, cultural and hisotrical backgrounds, patterns of difficulty, and modes of success.".
- catalog abstract "A Volume of case studies of the reminiscence process in ageing, from which this experienced clinical psychologist draws implications for treatment and management of problems in the ageing population.".
- catalog abstract "The subject matter of this volume, the basis for which was a conference held in Philadelphia which focused on the subject of infections, including their diagnosis and treatment, in immunocompromised individuals. The material is of the rapid spread of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The first section dealt with the general subject of the immunocompromised host. Here, reviewed in detail, were the epidemiological and clinical aspects of opportunistic infections in patients with defective immune responses. It is widely acknowledged that infections are a major complication of the neoplastic process. Cancer-bearing patients are more prone to certain kinds of infectious and cancer chemotherapy almost always increases susceptibility to such infections. Depending upon the basic disease process of the cancer, a specific array of infectious diseases can predicted. Patients altered in thymus-derived lymphocyte populations or mononuclear phagocyte capabilities resulting in defects in cell mediated immunity or delayed hypersensitivity become highly susceptible to certain groups of organisms, whereas, profoundly neutropenic patients usually become infected with different organisms. The types of infection noted are relatively predictable for the type of immune defect, with some variations according to epidemiological factors. Major advances have been made in the early diagnosis and treatment of infectious complications with increasing knowledge of their use. The application of so-called preventive procedures has had limited value to date, including immunotherapy, which appears to hold much promise. Covered also was the immunodulatory effects of microorganisms and their products. Infectious agents including bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites can stimulate the nonspecific proliferation and activation of the immune system or specifically stimulate the antimicrobial immune response resulting in humoral antibody or specific sensitized cells. Various microorganisms and their products, especially those derived from mycobacteria, and other intracellular bacteria, can stimulate nonspecific responses and activate macrophages. The perturbation of the immune response observed during experimental and human infections is well-documented. For the most part, this is brought about by either generalized anergy or a selective derequlation of immune responses. Additionally, bacterial, viral and fungal functions. Parasites can alter the immune response by enchancing polyclonal antibody responses or inducing excessive number of suppressor cells, which inhibit both specific and non-specific immune responses. Viral infections, in man and animals are known to depress existing immune responses including delayed hypersensitivity. Onchogenic viruses, in particular, have been widely studied in regards to their effects on immune parameter. These latter studies have direct relevance to AIDS with the demonstration that a human T-cell virus is the etiological agent. A wide variety of immunomodulatory agents have been studied experimentally in terms of their ability to reverse immunodeficiency induced by tumor viruses. The immunomodulatory properties of products derived from bacteria, including endotoxins, lipoteichoic acids and exotoxins have been shown to be due to selective effects on certain classes of immunocompetent cells. The interaction of bacteria of their products with macrophages results in the release of immunomodulatory mediators. Induction of small molecular weight substances such as prostaglandins also may occur in response to microorganisms or their products on immune response mechanisms. Subsequent session of the Symposium dealt with laboratory aspects of diagnosis of infectious diseases in compromised patients, as well as the description of various opportunistic infections in such patients. Non-tuberculous mycobacterial species are found in increasing numbers in compromised patients. Among these are Mycobacterium marinum and M. intracellulari. Various aspects of herpesvirus infections in immunocompromised hosts were covered in detail as were laboratory diagnosis and treatment. Fungal infections continue to be an important pathogen in immunocompromised patients. The role of Pneumocystis carinii and other parasitic infections in compromised hosts was discussed as was Cryptosporidium, another protozoan parasite. The effects of various biologically-active agents and immunostimulants on host immune response were covered in the concluding session. Liposomes and other particulate drug carriers can serve as models for localizing drugs predominantly in the mononculear phagocytic cells of the reticuloendothelian system. Liposomes containing natural and synthetic immunomodulatory or anti-infective drugs (e.g. amphotericin B) have been shown effective in both animal and human infections as well as in animal tumor systems. The potential utility of this approach is compromised by toxicity problems encountered during extended treatment with liposomes with and without immunomodulators. Impairment of RES function and significant bone marrow pathology has been observed in animals treated i.v. with liposomes. These problems are a serious potential limiting factor in the future development of liposomes as a drug delivery system. The use of lymphokines and other biological response modifiers in the treatment of cancer was reviewed. Attempts to stimulate immune responses with a variety of non-specific immunomodulators in the form of bacterial extracts, viruses and chemicals have been largely unsuccessful in man. The rapid advances with genetically engineered biological products such as lymphokines and ctyokines and monclonal antibodies may prove useful for cancer treatment, but here again, early results have not been highly successful. Such agents may act directly on tumor cells and/or stimulate the patient to produce an anti-tumor response. The topics of infectious disease and malignancy in immunocompromised hosts and the immunological defects underlying such conditions are being examined with greater frequency by many scientists, tumor biologists and clinicians in exploring the nature and mechanism of immunodeficiency in various disease states and the types and frequency of infectious diseases in such patients should provide valuable new knowledge in the future for treating and, perhaps, even preventing such diseases.".
- catalog abstract "Réédition d'un bon roman policier de 1936 qui conserve tout son charme.".
- catalog abstract "Includes material on the Great Awakening, Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Statue of Liberty, American Civil Liberties Union, abortion, and Ronald Reagan.".
- catalog abstract ""Specialists describe burials, skeletal remains, textiles, botanical offerings, copper artifacts, fineline ceramics, a cane coffin, and a room filled with offerings"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas".
- catalog abstract "Anthology of didactic verses and passages from ayurvedic and allied works.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of critical essays on Hardy, his novels, and poems with a chronology of events in the author's life.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of critical essays on Cervantes and his works. Also includes a chronology of events in the author's life.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of papers from data assembled by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and the Antarctic Journal of the United States describing how Antarctica is being developed as a vast natural and political laboratory. Text of the Antaractic Treaty is included.".
- catalog abstract ""Presents a solid framework for understanding existing work and planning future research."--Cover.".
- catalog abstract "A history of the New York Yankees in the words of players, managers, owners, and opposing team members.".
- catalog abstract "Uncoupling is a breakthrough in understanding the dynamics of intimate relationships. Through extensive research and dozens of case histories, Diane Vaughan reveals the underlying patterns beneath every disintegrating relationship.--[book jacket].".
- catalog abstract "Based on the preliminary examination of "Culture and criminality" (specifically anomy, violence and crime) which was the main subject of a December 1980 seminar, of the Scientific Commission of the International Centre for Study and Research in Messina. The preparatory meeting in Messina in Nov. 1980 - the basis of this book.".
- catalog abstract "Classical commentary, with supercommentaries, on Aṣṭādhyāyī, basic work of Sanskrit grammar by Pāṇinī.".
- catalog abstract "Includes modern English idiom and current Latin spelling, general classical information, irregular plural forms, and quotations from ancient classical authors.".
- catalog abstract "The creation of the term "anti-Semitism" a century ago signalled a turning point in the history of Jew-hatred, marking the division between the classical, Christian hatred of Jews and the modern, politically-rooted racist attitudes. This is the first biography of radical writer and politician Wilhelm Marr, the man who introduced the term "anti-Semitism" into politics and founded the first "Anti-Semitic League." Marr (1819-1904) began his political career as a democrat and revolutionary, fighting for the emancipation of all oppressed groups including the Jews. But when he became disillusioned with contemporary politics, Jews became the focus of his attack. Drawing on Marr's published and unpublished works, as well as on previously unexamined journals and voluminous correspondence, Zimmermann sets out to discover why an intellectual radical like Marr would become a virulent anti-Semite. As Zimmermann follows Marr's profound influence in the political, literary, and artistic circles of his day and his collaborations with Karl Marx, Richard Wagner, and other radical founders of modern anti-Semitism, he reveals the diverse ways that anti-Semitism came to permeate German thought and illuminates critical moments in the emergence of the German Reich. The book also includes Marr's surprising, never-before-published "Testament of an Anti-Semite," written at the end of his life when he finally turned his back on the movement he helped to create. This is the first volume in a new Oxford series, Studies in Jewish History. The General Editor for the series is Jehuda Reinharz of Brandeis University.".
- catalog abstract "A father and son both served in Vietnam. The son developed cancer; perhaps from the Agent Orange his father had given the order to use.".
- catalog abstract "Encompassing the whole spectrum of the history and theory of politics from Socrates to Rawls, this is the most comprehensive and scholarly reference work available on the subject. The 350 entries, written by a team of 120 international specialists, are a balanced blend of full-length survey articles and shorter definitions. Key concepts in political thought are defined and analyzed, and ideologies are considered in relation both to historical context and to contemporary politics. All articles are cross-referenced and indexed.".
- catalog abstract "A unique comparative examination of the different ways in which modern democratic societies provide welfare today, with special attention to the US, Japan, Britain, Scandinavia, West Germany, and Israel.".
- catalog abstract "The saga of U.S. Army and Marine Parachute and glider combat troops during World War II.".
- catalog abstract "Includes text of the Arbitration Act, 1940.".
- catalog abstract "Comments, largely with reference to the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.".
- catalog abstract "Illustrated survey of ancient Roman art and architecture.".
- catalog abstract "Examines the history and evolution of archaeology, how contemporary archaeologists go about their work, and the use of modern scientific aids in the post-excavation process.".
- catalog abstract "A history of philosophy providing an outline of the arguments that philosophers throughout history have used to support their conclusions, as well as an assessment of those arguments arguments.".
- catalog abstract "Hindu digests for defilement (aśauca) and purificatory rites.".
- catalog abstract "Current interest in lipoprotein deficiency states stems from the growing realization of their importance in the etiology of premature coronary heart disease. While hypercholesterolemia and coronary heart disease risk are strongly correlated in their etiologic relationship, it is becoming equally clear that deficiencies in HDL, whether congenital or acquired, also enhance the risk for the future development of coronary atherosclerosis. This has led to renewed attention to the lipid hypothesis and realization of the fact that each lipoprotein class and apoprotein species has specific functions in the transport and cellular uptake of various lipids. It is a truism that a biochemical correlate of disease once identified is subsequently recognized with increasing frequency in clinical medicine. The story of HDL was no exception. Indeed hypoalphalipoproteinemia appears to be a disease of high prevalence approaching and perhaps even exceeding that of familial hypercholesterolemia. Its clinical significance escaped our notice for many years largely due to a heavy emphasis on hypercholesterolemia and to difficulties in measuring HDL reliably. Recognizing that clinical assessment of patients suspected of lipoprotein disorders requires understanding of newer concepts, we thought it timely to assemble leaders in this field to highlight advances in understanding the lipoprotein deficiency syndromes and their etiologic mechanisms. The four chapters of this book represent areas of major interest. We have avoided the historic context and emphasized relationships between lipoprotein deficiencies, their molecular mechanisms and clinical correlations. The first chapter focuses on the relationship between plasma HDL deficiency and atherosclerosis. Clinically relevant relationships are identified, and various disease states commonly associated with premature coronary disease are covered. Hypoalphalipoproteinemia is not a single disease but a multitude of syndromes with varied etiologies. The second chapter explores these syndromes discussing both the common autosomal dominant disorder and rare, mostly recessive, diseases differing in molecular etiologies. In chapter three lecithin: cholesterol acyl-transferase (LCAT), the enzyme responsible for plasma cholesterol esterification is discussed in detail. The role of LCAT in the context of cellular cholesterol efflux is also addressed. Numerous hypertriglyceridemic syndromes are associated with deficiencies of defects in lipoprotein lipase or hepatic lipase activity, apoprotein CII and apo E. These are covered in chapter four. Finally, scattered throughout the book are papers with recent insights in the molecular biology of apoprotein synthesis and metabolism. Here the molecular etiology of lipoprotein deficiency syndromes are explored at the genomic level. This area will be of particular interest to those wishing to understand the molecular biology of lipoprotein disorders. We believe that this book will be of use to clinical lipigologists, resident trainees and research fellows as well as graduate students interested in both research and clinical aspects of lipoprotein metabolism.".
- catalog abstract "Sacred book of Mahayana Buddhism narrating life of Gautama Buddha.".
- catalog abstract "Study of songs of Kāraikkālammai, 6th century Shaivite devotee; includes a brief biography.".
- catalog abstract "Presents I.(Tsuny) Rymer reading four stories in Yiddish by Sholem Aleichem.".
- catalog abstract "For advanced students.".
- catalog abstract "Vol. for 1969 includes the "Special report on proposed criminal procedure law (1969 bill)."".
- catalog abstract "Discusses facts about the disease, its symptoms and treatments, and daily problems caused by the disease.".
- catalog abstract "The Rise of the Modern Educational System is a pioneering socio-historical analysis of change and development in secondary education in three European countries (England, France, Germany) in the mid to late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The authors develop novel theoretical forms of analysis - in particular those of 'systematisation' (Muller) and 'segmentation' (Ringer) - which enables a genuine cross-cultural study and assessment to be effectively carried through. Although clear historical and institutional differences between the three countries are apparent, overall patterns of development emerge as remarkably similar. In particular a common basic transformation of secondary education is shown to have taken place during the period covered (1870-1920), having the objective result of ensuring social reproduction. Special attention is given to the basic restructuring of education in England during this period, where processes of systematisation and segmentation, similar to those operating in France and Germany, resulted in the establishment of a sharply differentiated, hierarchical structure by the close of the nineteenth century.".
- catalog abstract ""Advance reading for an American Assembly on Presidential Nominations and the Media held at Seven Springs Center, Mt. Kisco, New York, May 1978"".
- catalog abstract "File of handbills, reports, etc., released under the Freedom of Information Act. The bulk of the documents ... date from 1940, when the NNC opposed Franklin D. Roosevelt's program of rearmament. Also included are documents establishing the Negro Association of America to have been a fictitious organization.".
- catalog abstract "FBI files on Paul Robeson and his wife, Eslanda Goode Robeson.".
- catalog abstract "This edition provides the general information on Chaucer's life, language, and works that one needs for a first reading of Chaucer, and difficult words and constructions are glossed on the pages. The Appendix contains the materials, including the extensive notes and glossary, for a more thorough understanding of Chaucer's works.".
- catalog abstract "Contains reproductions of the artist's work, extracts from his correspondence, and a study of the artist's personality and work.".
- catalog abstract "English translation of the Thai poem about the Buddhist monastery in Nakhon Pathom Province, Central Thailand.".
- catalog abstract "A novel concerning seven women who are residents of Heartbreak Hotel, a way station for tour guides on mandatory rest leave from the Museum of the Revolution.".
- catalog abstract "A study of elitism particularly concerned with Indian elites in the context of British influence and its aftermath. The problems delineated are by no means peculiar to the Indian subcontinent. Nearly all the developing countries of contemporary Asia, Africa and Latin America are entangled with their post-colonial heritage and the history of political elitism in all these countries has been similar. The papers consider who were members of the elites, in the sense of 'men at the top'. They enquire how they got there, how they continued to recruit themselves and what was their relationship with the British. The contributors, sociologists, economists, anthropologists, political scientists and historians, present each other with forms of evidence which are unfamiliar and, in sum, result in a study which destroys many of the conventional clichés of colonial historians.--Publisher description.".
- catalog abstract "The rapid decline of oil prices in early 1986 caused a meeting, held at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, to bring about change for the better. This book is the result of that meeting.".
- catalog abstract "After 16 years of childless marriage, Vera, a successful lawyer, is astonished when her husband announces that he wants out. Though she was never ecstatically happy with him, that didn't seem to matter. After all, M̀̀arriage was forever. They were Catholics.'' Even more shocking is the news that the object of Edward's affections is none other than her childhood friend and rival who had become a nun. McInerny's story of a capable, intelligent professional woman who is too complacent in her domestic life is played against a scene of changing Catholic mores.".
- catalog abstract "Examines John Marshall's thirty-four-year career as chief justice of the Supreme Court, exploring his contributions to the formative years of the American Republic.".
- catalog abstract "A LITERATURE OF THEIR OWN quickly set the stage for the creative explosion of feminist literary studies that transformed the field in the 1980s. Launching a major new area for literary investigation, the book uncovered the long but neglected tradition of women writers and the development of their fiction from the 1800s onwards. It includes assessments of famous writers such as the Brontës, George Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Margaret Drabble and Doris Lessing, but also presents critical appraisals of Mary Braddon, Rhoda Broughton and Sarah Grand --- to name but a few of those prolific and successful Victorian novelists - --once household names, now largely forgotten.".
- catalog abstract "The world is faced with a crisis in Africa. The word "crisis" is undoubtedly overused in today's complex and unstable world, but the current situation in Africa richely deserves its use. On top of fundamental problems of longer-run development - rapid population growth, slow economic growth, and susceptibility of drought and desertification - that had already attracted wide-spread concern, recent years have seen savage blows from a malfunctioning world economy dealt on Africa. The collapse in African countries' international terms of trade consequent to oil price increases and severe global recession has done the greatest damage, but high international interest rates and protectionism have also hurt.".
- catalog abstract "Relates the story of the politically motivated kidnapping of Charlie Fortnum, a minor British functionary in Argentina.".
- catalog abstract "The author's "major contention in this work is that a careful and judicious illumination of the lives of some immigrant group pioneers can reveal important attitudes and sentiments of their followers and show how one could be both ethnic and American"--Pref.".
- catalog abstract "Grade level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, p, e, i, s, t.".
- catalog abstract ""A direct descendant of his famous namesake, Father Quixote is a humble parish priest. By chance he is advanced to Monsignor, resulting in furor in the bishopric. Quixote and his friend Sancho Zancas, the Communist ex-mayor of the village, leave for a pilgrimage across Spain."--Audio cassette container.".
- catalog abstract "Grade level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, e, i, t.".
- catalog abstract "462 selected references to current English-language literature dealing with environmental factors in health planning for developing countries. Topical arrangement. Each entry gives bibliographical information and abstract. No index.".
- catalog abstract "Murder story involving Stockholm financier, and a brother and a sister.".
- catalog abstract ""Writing A Sort of Life ... was in the nature of a psychoanalysis. I made a long journey through time, and I was one of my characters." Known for his espionage thrillers set in exotic locales, Graham Greene is the writer who launched a thousand travel journalists. But although Greene produced some unabashedly commercial works -- he called them "entertainments," to distinguish them from his novels -- even his escapist fiction is rooted in the gritty realities he encountered around the globe.".
- catalog abstract "Since 1889, The American Academy of Political and Social Science has served as a forum for the free exchange of ideas among the well informed and intellectually curious. In this era of specialization, few scholarly periodicals cover the scope of societies and politics like The ANNALS . Each volume is guest edited by outstanding scholars and experts in the topics studied and presents more than 200 pages of timely, in-depth research on a significant topic of concern-- http://ann.sagepub.com.".
- catalog abstract "Graphically relates the potential horror of a nuclear war and urges personal involvement in protest.".
- catalog abstract "Seventeenth-century England witnessed an unprecedented flourishing of natural philosophy, inspired by Francis Bacon's call for a new science based on observation and experiment, to be carried out in collective research projects,whose findings would be communicated in clear language. This anthology documents the effect of Bacon's ideas in the remarkably fruitful period following 1660. It includes his sketch of a scientific research institute in the New Atlantis (1627), which inspired the founding of the Royal Society in 1662, as acknowledged by Thomas Sprat in its History, excerpted here. Bacon's plea for an appropriate language for science also affected the Royal Society, as Sprat records, and gave birth to a number of schemes for man-made artificial languages, represented here by John Wilkins's Essay Towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language (1668). This reader gives full coverage to the dramatic understanding of nature achieved through experiments using newly developed scientific instruments: Robert Boyle's investigation of air pressure; Hooke and Henry Power's mastery of the microscope; and Isaac Newton's use of the prism to show that light is not homogeneous but composed of many different colours. The selections are accompanied by a general introduction, extensive notes, contemporary illustrations, a glossary of obsolete and technical terms and an updated bibliography.".
- catalog abstract ""During the first, stable period of the Principate (roughly from 27 BC to AD 235), when the empire reached its maximum extent, Roman society and culture were radically transformed. But how was the vast territory of the empire controlled? Did the demands of central government stimulate economic growth, or endanger survival? What forces of cohesion operated to balance the social and economic inequalities and high mortality rates? Why did Roman governments freeze the official religion while allowing the diffusion of alien, especially oriental, cults? Are we to see in their attitude to Christianity a policy of toleration - or simply confusion and a failure of nerve? These are some of the many questions posed in this book, which offers the first overall account of the society, economy and culture of the Roman empire. Addressed to non-specialist readers no less than to scholars, it breaks with the traditional historian's preoccupation with narrative and politics. As an integrated study of the life and outlook of the ordinary inhabitants of the Roman world, it deepens our understanding of the underlying factors in this important formative period of world history."--Book cover.".
- catalog abstract "Aunt Augusta, in her late 70's embroils her bachelor nephew, an utterly respectable, dahlia-growing, retired bank manager, in a series of wild escapades. The action moves from London, across the European continent to Istanbul, and ends in Paraguay. Most of the characters are from Aunt Augusta's somewhat murky past, although there are contemporary figures as a CIA agent and his hippie daughter, and Wordsworth from Sierra Leone, who lives with Aunt Augusta as her valet.".
- catalog abstract ""Masters of American music series"--Jacket. Includes bibliography and discography. A biography of the American jazz musician focusing on his life and style of music.".
- catalog abstract "In England during World War II, an American writer and the bored wife of a British civil servant fall in love, then she mysteriously ends the affair.".
- catalog abstract "Contains topic outline, schedule, reading list, and photocopies of readings for the Preparing for Law Teaching colloquium, fall 1978.".