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The Deer on Mount Ranier

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hanson, ong>Andong>ers, PUBLISHER: Song>andong>Castle, - Appropriate size type, moderate spacing between words ong>andong> lines of text - Familiar to less familiar topics ong>andong> contents - Some new concepts or ideas - Variety of simple ong>andong> complex sentences - Text provides significant information - Natural oral language with descriptive language - Some challenging vocabulary - Full range of punctuation - Photographs ong>andong> illustrations provide moderate support of text ong>andong> enhance understong>andong>ing of content - Variety of text layouts ong>andong> type styles - Multiple lines of text - Innovative mix of nonfiction ong>andong> fiction in each book - Full-color photographs - Full-color illustrations - Rhyming Riddle - Glossary - Word List

Architektur In Deutschland/Architecture In Germany

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Prestel Publishing, PUBLISHER: Prestel Publishing, This volume focuses on the topic of reconstruction as it examines three recently completed projects in Berlin, Munich, ong>andong> Potsdam, ong>andong> three different approaches to the task of rebuilding. The pros ong>andong> cons of this ardently debated theme are explored ong>andong> questioned from various perspectives in ong>essaysong> written by leading critics. The comprehensive section on projects presents fifteen new building projects in Germany by Barkow Leibinger, Meck Architects, OMA/Rem Koolhaas, Sauerbruch Hutton Architects, ong>andong> others. More than two hundred color photographs ong>andong> drawings illustrate the newest edition of the DAM Yearbook.

Bioinformatics for DNA Sequence Analysis

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Posada, David, PUBLISHER: Humana Press, The storage, processing, description, transmission, connection, ong>andong> analysis of the waves of new genomic data have made bioinformatics skills essential for scientists working with DNA sequences. In Bioinformatics for DNA Sequence Analysis, experts in the field provide ong>practicalong> guidance ong>andong> troubleshooting advice for the computational analysis of DNA sequences, covering a range of issues ong>andong> methods that unveil the multitude of applications ong>andong> the vital relevance that the use of bioinformatics has today. Individual book chapters explore the use of specific bioinformatic tools, accompanied by ong>practicalong> examples, a discussion on the interpretation of results, ong>andong> specific comments on strengths ong>andong> limitations of the methods ong>andong> tools. As a part of the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biologya" series, this work provides the kind of detailed description ong>andong> implementation advice that is crucial for getting optimal results. Focused ong>andong> cutting-edge, Bioinformatics for DNA Sequence Analysis serves molecular biologists, geneticists, ong>andong> biochemists as an enriched task-oriented manual, offering step-by-step guidance for the analysis of DNA sequences in a simple but meaningful fashion.

Cracking the GMAT

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Martz, Geoff / Robinson, Adam, PUBLISHER: Princeton Review, If it's on the GMAT, it's in this book. "Cracking the GMAT, Edition," includes: - Exclusive access to 2 full-length practice tests online - More than 250 practice questions with detailed explanations - Extensive, up-to-date coverage of math, verbal, ong>andong> the analytical writing assessment - ong>Practicalong> information on the what, when, where, ong>andong> how of the GMAT - Additional sample problems ong>andong> drills on the companion website - Thorough review of data sufficiency, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, sentence correction, reading comprehension, critical reasoning, ong>andong> more - Planning ong>andong> organization tips to get you all the way to test day

The Endings of Epochs

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brake, Laurel, PUBLISHER: Boydell & Brewer, In these specially commissioned new ong>essaysong>, seven scholars, from the United Kingdom ong>andong> the Continent, consider a variety of imaginative articulations of the endings of epochs from the end of the sixteenth century to the present day; their subjects are as diverse as Milton's twin-vision of banishment ong>andong> beginning to Donna Harraway's A Manifestation for Cyborgs' ong>andong> Don DeLillo's version of the death of the author in Mao II. The ong>essaysong> treat drama, epic, poetry, the periodical press, fiction, ong>andong> current theory; principal authors include Milton, An Collins, Shakespeare, John Fletcher, Henry James, Ella D'Arcy, Arthur Symons, Olive Schreiner, Angela Carter, Bell Hooks, Donna Harraway, Alasdair Gray, Martin Amis, Shena Mackay, ong>andong> Don DeLillo.Dr LAUREL BRAKE is Senior Lecturer in Literature at Birkbeck College. The contributors are: HELEN WILCOX, GORDON McMULLEN, LAUREL BRAKE, JOSEPH BRISTOW, MARGARET BEETHAM, PENNY SMITH, JEREMY GREEN

European Review of Philosophy, 5: Emotion and Action

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pacherie, Elizabeth / CSLI Publications, PUBLISHER: Center for the Study of Language ong>andong> Informat, Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in the study of emotion ong>andong> cognition, ong>andong> an increasing rejection of the traditional philosophical prejudice against emotions as irrational or disruptive. The ong>essaysong> in this collection explore various facets of the relationships among emotion, action, rationality, ong>andong> self-knowledge, with particular attention to three main sets of issues: the relationships between emotions ong>andong> action, the roles emotion ong>andong> action play in the development of self-awareness, ong>andong> the rationality of emotions ong>andong> emotional action.

Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shepherd, John / Horn, David, PUBLISHER: Continuum, The six EPMOW Genre volumes contain entries on the genres of music that have been or currently are popular in countries ong>andong> communities all over the world. Included are discussions on cultural, historical ong>andong> geographic origins; technical musical characteristics; instrumentation ong>andong> use of voice; lyrics ong>andong> language; typical features of performance ong>andong> presentation; historical development ong>andong> paths ong>andong> modes of dissemination; influence of technology, the music industry ong>andong> political ong>andong> economic circumstances; changing stylistic features; notable ong>andong> influential performers; ong>andong> relationships to other genres ong>andong> sub-genres.This volume, on the music of the Caribbean ong>andong> Latin America, features over 200 entries ong>andong> in-depth ong>essaysong> on genres ranging from Afro-Cuban Jazz to Alcatraz, from Carnaval to Charanga, ong>andong> from Dancehall to Dub. All entries conclude with a bibliography, discographical references ong>andong> discography, with additional information on sheet music listings ong>andong> visual recordings. Written ong>andong> edited by a team of distinguished popular music scholars ong>andong> professionals, this is an exceptional resource for anybody studying or researching the history ong>andong> development of popular music.

Videotexts

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gale, Peggy, PUBLISHER: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, When the video camera first appeared on the market, artists hailed the newly available equipment as the new pencil, the better canvas, the best eye of all. The medium was exciting ong>andong> revolutionary: low-cost ong>andong> low-tech; "everybody" was curious as galleries ong>andong> museums hastened to program new video works in festivals ong>andong> exhibitions. However, little aesthetic or critical material was available on either artists or issues: it was generally assumed that artists' video was just some kind of wannabe television -- its concerns ong>andong> achievements, ong>andong> its relationship to the visual arts generally were too often undervalued. But video artists continued to explore ong>andong> advance in the medium ong>andong> works produced in the seventies are strikingly different from those of today. "Videotexts" is an invaluable collection of ong>essaysong> -- a comprehensive guide to Canadian video artists ong>andong> their works. The ong>essaysong> focus on important individual tapes ong>andong> artists ong>andong> on the development of narrative forms: to construct meaning ong>andong> confirm memory. Revised ong>andong> updated, they offer a "present-tense" assessment of key works from the last twenty-five years, ong>andong> of artists' ideas ong>andong> processes as they were unfolding. Everyone interested in video ong>andong> contemporary art ong>andong> culture will want to read them.

Reader Of The Purple Sage: Essays On Western Writers And

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ann Ronald, PUBLISHER: University of Nevada Press, NA Acquista Ora

Media, War, and Terrorism

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Van, Der Veer / Van Der Veer, Peter / Munshi, Shoma, PUBLISHER: Routledge/Curzon, This collection of ong>essaysong> covers the media ong>andong> public debate dimension of the events of 9/11, ong>andong> beyond, from the point of view of Middle Eastern ong>andong> 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 ong>andong> a transnational public sphere ong>andong> the relationship between the West ong>andong> the rest of the world. The second part of the book contains nine case studies relating to different parts of the Middle East ong>andong> Asian world, all with a strong empirical focus, while at the same time elaborating the book's theoretical concerns.

Shells

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hill, Leonard, PUBLISHER: Universe Publishing(NY), Nature has created an almost infinite variety of life in the sea, ong>andong> seashells are the prize of this vast environment. Shells reveals the striking patterns ong>andong> forms that make shells a work of art in their own right, from the extraordinary architectural detail of the chambered nautilus to the varied hues of the senatorial scallop. Moreover, shells have had a significant influence on many facets of society. Through lively ong>andong> informative text ong>andong> striking photographs presented in an oversized format, Shells depicts Iroquois money belts made from the shell of the quahog; a cowrie headdress used by a Mali witch doctor; ong>andong> the scallop shell motif in art ong>andong> architecture. Also featured are rare photographs of the fascinating creatures that live within shells; current data on collecting practices ong>andong> trends; ong>andong> a discussion of environmental issues around collection ong>andong> conservation.

Rose Lore: Essays in Cultural History and Semiotics

ISBN: , SKU: , PUBLISHER: UnCUT/VOICES Press, Throughout history ong>andong> across cultures, important figures such as Nostradamas in France, Daniel ong>Andong>reeve in Russia, Dr. Edward Bach in Englong>andong>, ong>andong> Dr. Tomin Harada in Japan have brought to light the symbolic ong>andong> medicinal qualities of the rose. Written by scholars ong>andong> researchers from diverse backgrounds, the ong>essaysong> in Rose Lore are a rendering of global cultural history, literature, ong>andong> metaphysics, woven together in a collection that will be valuable to several disciplines. The ong>essaysong> present numerous qualities of the rose as a symbol with broad cultural, social, ong>andong> historical meanings: from astrology, to the history of Catholicism, to the new anti-Female Genital Mutilation global movement.

The Green Witch Herbal: Restoring Nature's Magic in Home,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Griggs, Barbara / Van Der Zee, Barbara, PUBLISHER: Healing Arts Press, As we seek more natural alternatives to harsh synthetic products, we are learning a new ong>andong> healthy respect for the traditional wisdom our ancestors took for granted. Women are rediscovering their foremothers' "green witchcraft"--the use of flowers, leaves, berries, roots, ong>andong> barks in home ong>andong> garden, for hygiene ong>andong> beauty, for pleasure ong>andong> for health. Now, that lore may be found in this modern source book of the domestic use of herbs. Full of ong>practicalong> advice ong>andong> fascinating historical insights, this delightful book shows you how to tap into the astonishing power of plants ong>andong> herbs. Includes recipes for a variety of remedies ong>andong> personal care products, ong>andong> devotes a chapter to the creative use of herbs in the kitchen for cooking ong>andong> as natural cleansers ong>andong> disinfectants. Griggs' best-selling ong>andong> widely-praised Green Pharmacy is considered the stong>andong>ard work on the history of herbal medicine.

The Company They Keep: Friendships in Childhood and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bukowski, William M. / Newcomb, ong>Andong>rew F. / Hartup, Willard W., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Friendship is one of life's most essential ong>andong> rewarding forms of interaction--a feature of every culture that most persons experience daily. While most research efforts on friendship have concentrated on such issues as peer acceptance ong>andong> dyadic properties, there has been little exploration of friendship's role in a child's social ong>andong> emotional growth. The Company They Keep provides a forum in which a group of internationally recognized scholars presents the major conceptual issues, themes, goals, methodological strategies ong>andong> findings from their research on friendship. Contributors explore a variety of topics, including cultural variations in childrens' ong>andong> adolescents' friendships, the association between friendship ong>andong> cognitive ong>andong> personality development, the effect of friendship on adjustment, ong>andong> the links between experience within the family ong>andong> relationships with friends.

The Cambridge Companion to Modern American Culture

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bigsby, Christopher, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The Cambridge Companion to Modern American Culture offers a comprehensive, authoritative ong>andong> accessible overview of the cultural themes ong>andong> intellectual issues that drive the dominant culture of the twentieth century. This companion explores the social, political ong>andong> economic forces that have made America what it is today. It shows how these contexts impact upon twentieth-century American literature, cinema ong>andong> art. An international team of contributors examines the special contribution of African Americans ong>andong> of immigrant communities to the variety ong>andong> vibrancy of modern America. The ong>essaysong> range from art to politics, popular culture to sport, immigration ong>andong> race to religion ong>andong> war. Varied, extensive ong>andong> challenging, this Companion is essential reading for students ong>andong> teachers of American studies around the world. It is the most accessible ong>andong> useful introduction available to an exciting range of topics in modern American culture.

Hydrology & Mngmt Watersheds-97-2*

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brooks, Kenneth N. / Debano, Leonard / Gregerson, H. M., PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, Recent developments show us the urgency of knowing what we're doing when we direct or redirect the flow of water--ong>andong> of understong>andong>ing how nature itself manages this precious resource. Hydrology ong>andong> Management of Watersheds is essential to such an understong>andong>ing. A basic account of hydrology ong>andong> watershed management, it provides the fundamental information ong>andong> ong>practicalong> methods necessary for solving water-use problems in a wide variety of settings ong>andong> situations--forest or range, agricultural or environmental. The authors present a detailed discussion of the planning, implementation, ong>andong> evaluation of watershed management, with an emphasis on the social ong>andong> economic factors involved. They also include a section devoted to specific problems in different regions of the United States ong>andong> elsewhere in the world. This new edition gives added attention to the cumulative effects of human activities on watersheds, the place of policy ong>andong> institutions in guiding resource use, ong>andong> the role of riparian ong>andong> wetlong>andong> systems in natural resource management. A key text for students in natural resource management, water resource sciences, ong>andong> environmental studies, the book will also prove invaluable for administrators, technicians, planners, ong>andong> natural resource managers.

Woodturning Methods

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Darlow, Mike, PUBLISHER: Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Woodturning is the art ong>andong> craft of using a lathe to fashion raw wood into useful ong>andong> decorative objects. This book looks at the tools ong>andong> techniques needed to create a variety of effects including chucking, turning spindles ong>andong> round objects, multi-axis turning, turning ellipses ong>andong> rings, ong>andong> drilling methods on the lathe.

The Wired Professor: A Guide to Incorporating the World Wide

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Keating, Anne B. / Hargitai, Joseph / Vishakha-Datta, Vishakha-Datta, PUBLISHER: New York University Press, The Internet is rapidly becoming a necessary ong>andong> natural part of the way we access information. The Wired Professor provides instructors with the necessary skills ong>andong> intellectual framework for effectively working with ong>andong> understong>andong>ing this new tool ong>andong> medium. Written for teachers with limited experience on the Internet, The Wired Professor is a collegial, hong>andong>s-on guide on how to build ong>andong> manage instruction-based web pages ong>andong> sites. In addition to ong>practicalong> tips, this book incorporates discussions on a variety of topics from the history of networks, publishing, ong>andong> computers to hotly debated issues such as the pedagogical challenges posed by computer-aided instruction ong>andong> distance learning. These discussions are geared to the non-computer savvy reader ong>andong> written with an eye to allow instructors to maximize use of the Internet as a creative medium, a research resource of unparalleled dimension, ong>andong> a community building tool. The Wired Professor comes with a companion web site that contains additional material, such as discussions on design ong>andong> links to the resources discussed in the book.Companion web site URL: http: //www.nyupress.nyu.edu/professor.html

Rhododendrons and Azaleas

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bryant, Geoff, PUBLISHER: Firefly Books, Rhododendrons have it all -- beautiful flowers, magnificent foliage ong>andong> an ability to thrive in a wide range of climates. The genus Rhododendron (to which azaleas belong) always has something to surprise ong>andong> delight the gardener. With more than species, ong>andong> many thousong>andong>s of cultivars, there are plants in a huge variety of form, color ong>andong> size -- something to suit every need, every taste ong>andong> every location. This guide for North American gardeners will help the novice ong>andong> the experienced gardener get the best from their rhododendrons ong>andong> azaleas. Beginning with a history of rhododendrons in cultivation ong>andong> a fascinating discussion on the development of the most popular species ong>andong> varieties, the book includes expert advice ong>andong> information about: deciduous azaleas evergreen azaleas assessing your climate garden design cultivation, maintenance ong>andong> propagation soil ong>andong> nutrition choosing plants for flower ong>andong> leaf color pests ong>andong> diseases pruning. The author shares his personal recommendations of over 390 varieties of rhododendron ong>andong> azalea, as well as ong>practicalong> tips gained from his many years of professional experience growing ong>andong> hybridizing rhododendrons ong>andong> azaleas. This is an inspiring ong>andong> very useful hong>andong>book on these much-admired plants.

The End of Empire and the Making of Malaya

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harper, T. N., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This is the first general social ong>andong> political history of Malaya. Focusing on the years to , the last years of British rule ong>andong> the achievement of independence, it embraces a wealth of social, economic ong>andong> cultural, as well as political themes. It contains new research on the impact of the Second World War in Malaya, the origins ong>andong> course of the Communist Emergency, ong>andong> the response of Malaya's various ethnic communities to nationalism ong>andong> social change. A concluding chapter takes these themes forward into the s to shed new light on the emergence of this important Southeast Asian nation.

African Islands and Enclaves

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cohen, Robin, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), As history has shown, remote islong>andong>s or small states can be flashpoints for international crises. This collection of commissioned ong>essaysong> examines African countries that, because of their seeming insignificance, have been passed over in recent scholarship. The ong>essaysong> focus on current political ong>andong> economic issues. Why do such states find it difficult to sustain stable economic ong>andong> political orders? The role of such countries in international trade; the effects of their small size, remoteness, or paucity of resources; ong>andong> their use as military bases for other powers are among the subjects discussed.

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 ong>andong> one of the world's great humanists. In the tradition of Isaiah Berlin's "The Crooked Timber of Humanity" ong>andong> George Orwell's "ong>Essaysong>," 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, ong>andong> the public, showing how their reliance on "isms" ong>andong> the destructive concepts of "People, Nation, ong>andong> Masses" have resulted in a ruinous cycle of turbulence ong>andong> war. Including fresh analyses of Russia's October Revolution, World War II, ong>andong> the Cold War, "The Dragons of Expectation" is one of the most important contributions to modern thought in recent years.

Latin America: Cultures in Conflict

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Williamson, Robert, PUBLISHER: Palgrave MacMillan, This is a broad introduction to Latin America, ranging from religion ong>andong> history to literature ong>andong> education, with a focus on cultures ong>andong> cultural change. With lively prose ong>andong> a variety of informative inserts, Williamson draws the reader into the diverse realities of a continent in flux. The text is held together by a strong theoretical framework, ong>andong> does not shy away from the complexity of the continent, or the degree of contingency, conflict, ong>andong> turmoil at play in the region.

Play

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Morris, Ann / Heyman, Ken, PUBLISHER: Lothrop, Lee ong>andong> Shepard Books, Come fly an airplane in Germany ong>andong> a kite in Thailong>andong>, fish for cod off the coast of Canada ong>andong> wind-up whales on a sidewalk in Japan, herd sheep in New Zealong>andong> ong>andong> ride an elephant in the United States. Work ong>andong> its companion volume, Play, take young children on a trip around the world to visit people from a rich variety of cultures at work ong>andong> at play.

The Rottweiler Today

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Elsden, Judy / Elsden, Larry, PUBLISHER: Howell Books, This contemporary view focuses on the temperament of the Rottweiler ong>andong> the importance of understong>andong>ing how its mind works. Drawing on thirty years of experience in the breed, the authors provide a complete guide to character ong>andong> behavior traits ong>andong> illustrate the correct way to rear, train, ong>andong> show the dog.

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