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In the Shadow of Mountains

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McCurry, Steve, PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press, - Steve McCurry is one of the most popular photographers working today - A new collection of portraits, landscapes and street photography - Covers almost 30 years of his deep involvement in the countryside and people of Afghanistan - Children and shepherds, warriors and labourers are presented alongside striking views of sandstone cities, mountainous landscapes and ancient temples - Evocative and timeless, these lyrical images capture the enduring spirit, grandeur and beauty of the land that lies at the foot of the Hindu Kush - McCurry's photographs capture human experience and transcend boundaries of language and culture

What Is the Soul?

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Warner, D. S., PUBLISHER: Reformation Publishing, A treatise of 100 Scriptures proving that man possesses a spiritual and immortal element called the Soul, the Spirit, and the Inner Man, which goes to God at the death of the body. The same also proved by early church history.

Wings of Healing

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Morris, Alan, PUBLISHER: Thorndike Press, When a flu epidemic strikes the small Canadian frontier town of Fort Macleod, the town's only doctor is the first to die. In a matter of days, the sickness spreads to scores of people, and reaches the Blackfoot tribe where Reena O'Donnell serves as a missionary. Meanwhile, with men, women and children dying all around him, Hunter Stone faces another dilemma: the new acting superintendent, Major Briggs, is determined to relocate the Indians around Fort Macleod to a reservation. In the face of the epidemic and Briggs' orders, can Reena and Hunter keep their love intact? Acquista Ora

Resources & Population

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: MacFarlane, Alan / MacFarlane / Fortes, Meyer, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, In many areas of the world destruction of natural resources and the rapid growth of populaton are among the most important problems facing individuals and governments. This book, first published in , utilises the tools of social anthropology and population studies in an attempt to see some of the causes and consequences of populations growth and some of the effects of change on natural resources. It analyses a particular 'community' in the Annapurna range of the central Himalayas during this century, and investigates how the destruction of forests and the growth of settled rice cultivation have occurred, and some of the consequences. The Gurungs are famous as recruits to the Gurkha regiments of the British and Indian armies, and the demographic and economic effects of foreign mercenary labour are among the topics examined.

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Crystal, David, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This Second Edition of The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language presents a mass of new information and introduces the subject of language to a fresh generation of students and general readers. Probably the most successful general study of language ever published, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language covers all the major themes of language study, including popular ideas about language, language and identity, the structure of language, speaking and listening, writing, reading, and signing, language acquisition, the neurological basis of language, and languages of the world. Exposing this work to a new generation of readers, the Second Edition extends the range of coverage to include advances in areas such as machine translation, speech interaction with machines, and language teaching. There is new material on acoustics, physiological concepts of language, and World English, and a complete update of the language distribution maps, language-speaking statistics, table of the world's languages, and further reading. All geopolitical material has been revised to take account of boundary changes. The book has been redesigned and is presented for the first time in full color, with new pictures and maps added.

PACT 21: The First Iron in the Mediterranean

Proceedings of the Populonia/Piobino Symposium, looks at various aspects of the Iron Age in the Mediterranean and Europe - the arrival of iron, the history of its use, and scientific research. Papers are in English and Italian.

African Arts & Cultures

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Chanda, Jacqueline, PUBLISHER: Davis Publications, Celebrate the diversity and beauty of cultures in sub-Saharan Africa through a study of their art. Examine the traditional role of art in all facets of life -- the rites of passage, religious rituals, farming and daily existence. Conveying political, social, and economic themes, these works of art are visual proof of the cultural distinctiveness of the different African peoples.

Written in Stone

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: OLYNYK, MARK, PUBLISHER: FriesenPress, Written in Stone is a history of poetry; spanning thirty-five years. A collection of poems about reality and the human condition. What is and what seems to be. Truth and the transience of life. The meaning of death. Myth as a state of mind. Decoding dreams and visions. The writing process. Our relationship with Nature. Super science and the reign of the machine. These are the themes of this book.

Utopia

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: More, Thomas, PUBLISHER: 1st World Library, Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Sir Thomas More, son of Sir John More, a justice of the King's Bench, was born in , in Milk Street, in the city of London. After his earlier education at St. Anthony's School, in Threadneedle Street, he was placed, as a boy, in the household of Cardinal John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor. It was not unusual for persons of wealth or influence and sons of good families to be so established together in a relation of patron and client. The youth wore his patron's livery, and added to his state. The patron used, afterwards, his wealth or influence in helping his young client forward in the world. Cardinal Morton had been in earlier days that Bishop of Ely whom Richard III. sent to the Tower; was busy afterwards in hostility to Richard; and was a chief adviser of Henry VII., who in made him Archbishop of Canterbury, and nine months afterwards Lord Chancellor. Cardinal Morton - of talk at whose table there are recollections in "Utopia" - delighted in the quick wit of young Thomas More. He once said, "Whoever shall live to try it, shall see this child here waiting at table prove a notable and rare man." At the age of about nineteen, Thomas More was sent to Canterbury College, Oxford, by his patron, where he learnt Greek of the first men who brought Greek studies from Italy to England - William Grocyn and Thomas Linacre. Linacre, a physician, who afterwards took orders, was also the founder of the College of Physicians. In , More left Oxford to study law in London, at Lincoln's Inn, and in the nextyear Archbishop Morton died.

Computer Arithmetic and Verilog HDL Fundamentals

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cavanagh, Joseph, PUBLISHER: CRC Press, This book presents the design of computer arithmetic circuits for four arithmetic operations using three number representations. The circuits are designed using algorithms or traditional design techniques and implemented using Verilog hardware description language (HDL) in the SILOS simulation environment. For each design method, the text illustrates the underling theory, examples of use, organization of the arithmetic function, logic design of the circuit, and Verilog HDL implementation. Verilog projects, including the design and test bench modules, as well as outputs and waveforms obtained from the simulator, illustrate the complete functional operation.

Researching the People's Health

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Williams, G. / Popay, Jennie / Williams, Gareth, PUBLISHER: Routledge, "Researching the People's Health" examines two related issues: the role of social research in the rapidly changing world of health services, and the relationship between lay and expert knowledge in public health and health care. The book examines these issues against the background of long-term transformations in patterns of health and illness and rapid changes in the strategic management and commissioning of health services. In doing so the book makes a contribution to the continuing and urgent debates on the assessment of health needs, the organization and delivery of health care, and the politics of health service organization and funding.

The Life and Adventures of Lyle Clemens

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rechy, John, PUBLISHER: Grove/Atlantic, From the author of the classic City of Night comes a captivating, wickedly entertaining novel in which an irrepressible young hero is set loose in the religious-fundamentalist world of Texas, the gambling palaces of Las Vegas, and the enticing mythos of Los Angeles

Wonder Tales: The Book of Wonder and Tales of Wonder

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dunsany, Edward John Moreton, PUBLISHER: Dover Publications, One of English literature's most original talents, Irish writer Edward J. M. D. Plunkett, the 18th Baron of Dunsany, created many of the best fantastic tales in the language. This collection of 33 stories includes all of the tales from two of his finest collections, including "The Three Sailors' Gambit," and "The House of the Sphinx." Acquista Ora

The Shield of Honor

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Morris, Gilbert, PUBLISHER: Tyndale House Publishers, Two families--the Wakefields of nobility and the lower-class Morgans--are the focus of this sweeping generational saga, joined by intriguing personalities such as Elizabeth I, William Tyndale, and John Bunyan. Linking the people and events through the ages is the struggle of men and women who sought God as the answer to their difficulties. #3: "Shield of Honor" This third book of the series depicts the English civil war, Charles I, and Cromwell as it continues the story of the Wakefield and Morgan families.

Myth and Method Myth and Method

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Patton, Laurie L. / Doniger, Wendy, PUBLISHER: University of Virginia Press, In the wake of the elegant master theories of Joseph Campbell, Mircea Eliade, Georges Dumezil, and Claude Levi-Strauss, how are mythology and the comparative study of religion to be understood? In Myth and Method, a leading team of scholars assesses the current state of the study of myth and explores the possibilities for charting a methodological middle course between the comparative and the contextual issues raised in the last ten years. In confronting these tension, they provide an outline of the most troubling questions in the field and offer a variety of responses to them.

The Siege of Derry

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Macrory, Patrick, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, This book traces the events surrounding the siege of Londonderry by Catholic soldiers, the siege that Macaulay was to call "the most memorable in the annals of the British Isles." Macrory draws on a wide range of sources to chart the origins of the conflict--the Tyrone wars, the Plantation of Ulster, the Catholic rising of , and Cromwell's retribution at Brogheda and Wexford--and vividly recounts the siege itself, stressing throughout how many of the problems Ulster faces today have their roots in the 17th century and before.

Coming of Age

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ross, Mandy, PUBLISHER: Heinemann Library, This series explores the origin, historical practice, and significance of rites of passage that are still celebrated today. Each book presents the differences and similarities of how the rite of passage is acknowledged within different religious and cultural groups around the world, including food, clothing, tools, rituals, and celebrations.

Ride of Their Lives: The Triumphs and Turmoil of Today's Top

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shulman, Lenny / Hammond, Tom, PUBLISHER: Eclipse Press, Pat Day, Jerry Bailey, Corey Nakatani, and other jockeys reveal how they deal with the pressure of riding horses at top speeds day in and day out, the reality of injury, and the issue of weight.

The Language of Dreams

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Telesco, Patricia J., PUBLISHER: Crossing Press, Noted author Patricia Telesco has compiled an encyclopedia of more than eight hundred symbols commonly appearing in people's dreams the world over -- animals, plants, foods, everyday items, running or falling, modern events and technologies, and archetypal images. The Language of Dreams outlines a creative, interactive approach to understanding these symbols of our inner life. Each interpretation incorporates multi-cultural elements along with psychological, religious, folk, and historical meanings so the imagery of every entry speaks to a broad and diverse range of individuals. -- The 10 Steps to effective dream interpretation -- The physiology of dreams -- Spiritual dimensions of dreaming -- Programmed and lucid dreaming -- Past lives, astral travel, and the collective unconscious -- The history of dreaming and sleep oracles, and divination -- More than 800 dream symbols

The Saloon on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: West, Elliott, PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press, Elliott West's careful analysis of the role and development of the saloon as an institution on the mining frontier provides unique insights into the social and economic history of the American West. Drawing on contemporaneous newspapers and many unpublished firsthand accounts, West shows that the physical evolution of the saloon, from crude tents and shanties into elegant establishments for drinking and gaming, reflected the growth and maturity of the surrounding community.

Plane and Solid Geometry - Wentworth-Smith Mathematical

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: George Wentworth / David Eugene Smith, PUBLISHER: Merchant Books, An Unabridged Printing, With Text And All Figures Digitally Enlarged. Chapters Include: PLANE GEOMETRY - Rectilinear Figures - The Circle - Proportion - Similar Polygons - Areas Of Polygons - Regular Polygons And Circles - Appendix To Plane Geometry (Symmetry, Maxima And Minima) - SOLID GEOMETRY - Lines And Planes In Space - Polyhedrons, Cylinders, And Cones - The Sphere - Appendix To Solid Geometry - Recreations Of Geometry - Suggestions As To Beginning Demonstrative Geometry - Applications Of Geometry - The History Of Geometry - Table Of Formulas - Comprehensive Index

Russia

Abraham Ascher From the emergence of the first Slavic state to the election of new President Dmitry Medvedev, this is a concise and thoughtful guide to the complex and turbulent history of Russia and its people. A skilful blend of detail and analysis, thi (cod. I_)

The Peasant and the Raj: Studies in Agrarian Society and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stokes, Eric / Stokes, E. T., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, These twelve essays explore the nature of south Asian agrarian society and examine the extent to which it changed during the period of British rule. The central focus of the book is directed to peasant agitation and violence and four of the studies look at the agrarian explosion that formed the background to the Mutiny. The essays give a coherent historical treatment of the Indian peasant world, and the paperback edition of this successful book will be of interest to the student of peasant studies and to the sociologist as well as to development economists and agronomists generally.

Oracle9i Database Administrator: Implementation and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McCullough-Dieter, Carol, PUBLISHER: Course Technology, Oracle9i Database Administrator: Implementation and Andimistration provides thorough instruction in the operations of an Oracle database using Oracle9i, the client/server database and application development utility of choice in industry and in academia. This text covers the day-to-day duties of the database administrator, from initialization parameters and table space storage, to data integrity, constraints, and user profiles. It will also prepare users for the Oracle certification exam, Database Fundamentals I (#1Z), through comprehensive coverage of the exam objectives and exam-like practice questions at the end of each chapter. Extensive end of chapter material such as Review Questions, Hands-On Assignments, and Case Projects give readers the opportunity to further strengthen their understanding of the material.

History and Heartburn: The Saga of Australian Film,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Reade, Eric, PUBLISHER: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Australian films earned international recognition in the s, but the story of the Australian film industry extends back to the turn of the century; during the silent and sound eras Australia produced a succession of innovative producers, directors, photographers, and scriptwriters. History and Heartburn is the first major survey of Australian filmmaking.

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