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Ears of the Angels: Healing the Sounds Heard and Unheard of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Deena Zalkind Spear, PUBLISHER: Singing Woods Press, This is the story of violin maker Deena Zalkind Spear, who developed innovative physical methods to enhance the sounds of violins, violas, and cellos -- and then discovered she could transform the acoustics of musical instruments more effectively by using only her mind and a loving heart. Ultimately, she developed telepathic sound-tuning abilities that help humans and animals change their energy fields to create better health.

The Architect's Portable Handbook: First-Step Rules of Thumb

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Guthrie, Pat, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing, From conception to completion, no architectural project should proceed without this bookThis is a complete revision of the bestselling architect's quick guide to the latest code and cost information. The book presents the 20% of the data that architects need 80% of the time in the preliminary stage of designing buildings of all types and sizes--and of the spaces in between. With a structure that parallels the progress of a typical architectural project, The Architect's Portable Handbook, Fourth Edition delivers pertinent coverage--along with hundreds of detailed illustrations--of every step in the process: from initial planning and estimating through design and completion. The handbook is updated to reflect ICC International Building Code and the NFPA Building Code. To help you customize the book, pages for notes and/or changing data as experience dictates are included.

Greed to Green: The Transformation of an Industry and a Life

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gottfried, David, PUBLISHER: Worldbuild Publishing, The U.S. and World Green Building Councils have transformed the world more than any other environmental organizations according to author Paul Hawken. In this inspirational and personal memoir, David Gottfried tells the story of his creation of these pioneering industry coalitions, as he transformed himself from a greedy real estate developer during the s to his role as a founder of the global green building movement.

The Dragons of Expectation: Reality and Delusion in Course

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Conquest, Robert, PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & Company, The publication of "The Dragons of Expectation" in reaffirmed Robert Conquest's stature as a leading intellectual and one of the world's great humanists. In the tradition of Isaiah Berlin's "The Crooked Timber of Humanity" and George Orwell's "Essays," this book brilliantly traces how seductive ideas have come to corrupt modern minds; to often disastrous effects. In what "Publishers Weekly" called "a frontal assault on the pieties of the left," Conquest masterfully examines how false nostrums have infected academia, politicians, and the public, showing how their reliance on "isms" and the destructive concepts of "People, Nation, and Masses" have resulted in a ruinous cycle of turbulence and war. Including fresh analyses of Russia's October Revolution, World War II, and the Cold War, "The Dragons of Expectation" is one of the most important contributions to modern thought in recent years.

The Multicultural States of East Africa

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Richards, Audrey I., PUBLISHER: McGill-Queen's University Press, What does "TRIBALISM" mean in the modern world? How does it affect the formation of political parties and the competition for office in the central governments of developing countries? What are the difficulties in modernizing local government and rural agricultural in countries where there are marked differences in language and political organization between different groups? The author examines the special political and economic problems which face the new East African states of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, taking Uganda, where she lived for five years, as a case study. Her final chapter describes the forces making for national consciousness and a sense of national identity in modern Africa, and the part played by the elite in these movements.

The Essential Blake

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Blake, William / Kunitz, Stanley, PUBLISHER: Ecco Press, Blake speaks more directly to us, anticipating the issues, conflicts, and anxieties of the modern world, than any of his contemporaries. it could be argued that he dared, in fact, to be the first modern poet. Above all, Blake teaches us that the imagination is a portion of the divine principle, that "Energy is Eternal Delight," and that "everything that lives is Holy." Human liberty and imagination have never been better served.

Essays Politic and Moral, and Essays Moral and Theological

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tuvill, Daniel, PUBLISHER: University of Virginia Press, These two sets of essays by the seventeenth-century clegyman Tuvil illustrate literary tastes and fashions of the time and offer examples of such popular genres as the sermon, the resolve, and the meditation.

Kentucky

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kummer, Patricia K., PUBLISHER: Social Studies Collections, This 52-book series covers each of the 50 United States, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. Each book discusses the state flag and symbols, statistics, history, land features, population makeup, historic landmarks, economy, and fascinating sites of the state. Back-of-the-book sections include a listing of famous citizens of the state and a time line of historical events. Challenged students are able to use these books successfully for writing research reports because of the simple organization and straightforward subtitles. This series explores and supports the standards under "The History of the Student's Own State or Region," as required by the National Standards for History; it also supports National Geography Standards.

Michel foucault ?the birth of the clinic ?

Michel foucault ?the birth of the clinic ? an archaeology of medical reception language american vintage books a division of random house,inc content: space and classes a politica consciousness the free field the hold age of the clinic the lesson of the hospitals signs and cases seeing and knowing open up a few corpses the visible invisible crisis in fevers spedisco anche

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.

God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God?

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lennox, John, PUBLISHER: Lion Publishing Plc, Intended to provide a basis for discussion, this captivating study evaluates the evidence of modern science in relation to the debate between the atheistic and theistic resource addresses such topics as the origin of life; the genetic code and its origin; the nature and scope of evolution; and the scope and limits of science. Gripping and thoroughly argued, it is an illuminating look at one of man's greatest debates. This updated edition features 10 percent new content and a brand new forward from the author.

The Tale of Genji

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shikibu, Murasaki / Suematsu, Kencho, PUBLISHER: Tuttle Publishing, Written centuries before the time of Shakespeare and Chaucer, "The Tale of Genji" marks the birth of the novel--and after more than a millennium, this seminal work about the life and loves of Prince Genji, master poet, dancer, musician and painter, continues to enchant readers throughout the world.

The jungle book

Rudyard Kipling Here are the famous stories of how Mowgli came to the wolf pack, learned the law of the jungle from Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther, and Kaa the python, and killed the evil tiger Shere Khan. (cod. I_)

The Marvellous Century: Archaic Man and the Awakening of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Woodcock, George, PUBLISHER: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, In this fascinating and scholarly overview, George Woodcock, author and poet, allows us to experience the beauty, the savagery and the all-encompassing impact of The Marvellous Century. It was an era of personalities and uprisings. It was the time of Xenophanes, Cyrus, Solon the lawmaker, Sappho, the Buddha, Aeschylus, Pythagoras, Confucius, Lao-tzu and Nebuchadnezzar. It was an era of prose reawakenings, the exploration of rational thought, the central Asian silk trade, and the writing of the Upanishads. For the Chinese, it was the period of Spring and Autumn under the Chou Kingdom. Christianity, Islam, Zoroastrianism and Modern Judaism had their roots in the sixth century. The Greek philosopher, Thales, studied astronomy and geometry - passing on knowledge picked up from the Egyptians - and it was Thales who first postulated the angles at the base of an isosceles triangle to be equal. In India, atomic theories emerged, and geography, geology and physics all developed as disciplines.

Cabinets and Countertops

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Self, Charles, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing, Cabinet-building tricks of the trade Would you like to have your own cabinetmaking business...do an excellent job...and make a decent living? "Cabinets and Countertops" shows you how. Learn how to set up your custom shop, fill it with the right (not necessarily expensive)tools and use them to produce cabinets while pleasing high-end customers with top-notch quality, design and service. You get all of author Charles Self's expertise on: *kitchen planning, including designing for lifestyle *suitable woods - natural and engineered *tools and basic joinery techniques *constructing the carcass, face frames and doors *building and attaching drawers *hardware and finishes *installing base and wall cabinets *selecting, building and installing countertops *projects for slow times *much, much more

Politics and Film: The Political Culture of Film in the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Franklin, Daniel P., PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Politics and Film explores the meaning of film within a societal context. In examining the political role of films we become real time cultural anthropologists, sifting through the artifacts of modern society to determine what our culture really is

The Baseball Catalog

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schlossberg, Dan, PUBLISHER: Jonathan David Publishers, In twenty fact-filled chapters, Schlossberg covers the rules and language of the game, the record-breaking players and teams, the media, the franchises, the umpires, the traditions and superstitions, and much more. Baseball lovers will find the Millennium Edition of this attractively designed and illustrated work a veritable feast.

Performance and Appropriation: Profane Rituals in Gardens

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Conan, Michel, PUBLISHER: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection, Breaking with the idea that gardens are places of indulgence and escapism, these studies of ritualized practices reveal that gardens in Europe, Asia, the United States, and the Caribbean have in fact made significant contributions to cultural change. This book demonstrates methods and the striking results of garden reception studies. The first section explores how cultural changes occur, and devotes chapters to public landscapes in the Netherlands, seventeenth-century Parisian gardens, Freemason gardens in Tuscany, nineteenth-century Scottish kitchen gardens, and the public parks of Edo and modern Tokyo. The second part provides striking examples of construction of self in vernacular gardens in Guadeloupe and American Japanese-style gardens in California. Finally, the third section analyzes struggles for political change in gardens of Yuan China and modern Britain.

Kundalini Yoga

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pandit, M. P., PUBLISHER: Lotus Press (WI), The science of yoga includes many disciplines of power and realization. Of these, none is perhaps more famous than the Kundalini Yoga. The search for inner awakening and unfolding of hidden powers has brought man to the threshold of the last frontier: himself. This book expounds the science of consciousness, and quickly reviews the concepts of chakras, mantras, yoga, and awakening of the kundalini energy as the foundation of realization.

The Quarter Horse

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Smythe, Reginald Harrison / Smythe, R. H. / Hyland, Ann, PUBLISHER: J. A. Allen, This book tells the story of America's fastest and most popular breed, the quarter horse, the traditional racehorse and the ranch horse of the west. The author explains the origins of the breed, named for its extraordinary speed over a quarter of a mile, and the setting up of the American Quarter Horse Association. The history of the breed in Britain is covered, and the horses and people who have influenced its popularity are introduced.

William Faulkner's the Sound and the Fury

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bloom, Harold / Faulkner, William, PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publications, -- Presents the most important 20th-century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature -- The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism -- Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index

Media, War, and Terrorism

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Van, Der Veer / Van Der Veer, Peter / Munshi, Shoma, PUBLISHER: Routledge/Curzon, This collection of essays covers the media and public debate dimension of the events of 9/11, and beyond, from the point of view of Middle Eastern and Asian countries. The first part of the book deals with the use of the media as an instrument of warfare, the growing significance of religion, the emergence of transnational media and a transnational public sphere and the relationship between the West and the rest of the world. The second part of the book contains nine case studies relating to different parts of the Middle East and Asian world, all with a strong empirical focus, while at the same time elaborating the book's theoretical concerns.

Gold and Grand Dreams: Carlboo East in the Early Years

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Elliott, Marie, PUBLISHER: Horsdal & Schubart Publishers, Gold is what drew pioneers to the eastern Cariboo country, even before the famous Barkerville deposits were discovered-astonishing amounts of gold. Some of the richest claims in British Columbia lay along the Quesnel River and its creeks. And some of the grandest mining schemes were hatched there. While many prospectors worked Cariboo East for a while and then rushed off to newer diggings, other hardy souls stayed on to farm in the beautiful valleys. Despite frequent fires that swept through little settlements such as Likely, Keithley and Horsefly, determined folk who loved the area persevered. This is the story of entrepreneurs Sam Adler and the Barry Brothers, administrators Phillip Nind and William Stephenson, far-sighted engineer John Hobson, and those grizzled prospectors, the "Snowshoe Boys." It is also the story of Chinese miners, Native residents, and the few women who made the long trek to Cariboo East.

Battle of the Lys : Givenchy and the River Lawe

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tomaseli, Phil, PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military, The battles fought at Estaires and Givenchy, just south of Ypres, in April were critical episodes in the larger Battle of Lys which determined the outcome of the ultimate German offensive on the Western Front. The massive assault of Ludendorff's armies crashed against defences manned by the British and Portuguese. A series of intense attacks and counter-attacks followed, and the Germans were on verge of gaining the decisive breakthrough that both sides on the Western Front had struggled for since the onset of trench warfare in late . A German success might well have forced the British to retreat from Ypres. Phil Tomaselli's vivid account reconstructs events in the typical Battleground style. He describes the course of the fighting in close detail, using eyewitness accounts, official records, photographs and maps, and he provides walking and driving tours of the battlefield and of the monuments and cemeteries associated with it.

Building Gotham: Civic Culture and Public Policy in New York

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Revell, Keith D., PUBLISHER: Johns Hopkins University Press, In , the New York state legislature created Greater New York, a metropolis of three and a half million people, the second largest city in the world, and arguably the most diverse and complex urban environment in history. In this far-ranging study, Keith D. Revell shows how experts in engineering, law, architecture, public health, public finance, and planning learned to cope with the daunting challenges of collective living on this new scale. Engineers applied new technologies to build railroad tunnels under the Hudson River and construct aqueducts to quench the thirst of a city on the verge of water famine. Sanitarians attempted to clean up a harbor choked by millions of gallons of raw sewage. Economists experimented with new approaches to financing urban infrastructure. Architects and planners wrestled with the problems of skyscraper regulation and regional growth. These issues of city-building and institutional change involved more than the familiar push and pull of interest groups or battles between bosses, reformers, immigrants, and natives. Revell details the ways that technical values -- distinctive civic culture of expertise -- helped reshape ideas of community, generate new centers of public authority, and change the physical landscape of New York City. Building Gotham thus demonstrates how a group of ambitious professionals overcame the limits of traditional means of decision-making and developed the city-building practices that enabled New York to become America's first mega-city.

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