the facts on file dictionary of modern allusions

Tobacco Industry and Smoking

Tobacco Industry and Smoking

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pampel, Fred C., PUBLISHER: ong>Factsong> on File, ong>Theong> U.S. Surgeon General views smoking as ong>theong> nation's number one public health problem

The Handbook of Electrical Engineering

The Handbook of Electrical Engineering

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Research & Education Association / Rea / Staff of Research Education Association, PUBLISHER: Research & Education Association, This handbook is a review of ong>theong> important ong>factsong> and concepts in electrical engineering. Comprehensive and concise, it is a handy reference source at all times for ong>theong> professional and ong>theong> student. It condenses ong>theong> vast amount of detail characteristic of ong>theong> subject mater and summarizes ong>theong> essentials of ong>theong> field. ong>Theong> book provides quick access to ong>theong> important ong>factsong>, principles, ong>theong>orems, and equations in electrical engineering.

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Yankee Talk: A Dictionary of New England Expressions

Yankee Talk: A Dictionary of New England Expressions

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hendrickson, Robert, PUBLISHER: ong>Factsong> on File, Each regional volume contains thousands of entertaining expressions, anecdotes, pronunciations, idioms, and catchwords -- both historical and contemporary -- excerpted from novels, poetry, legends, and newspaper articles. An extensive introduction provides in-depth coverage of each area as well as its many different dialects. New Englanders have a way of talking that is all ong>theong>ir own. Now a host of ong>theong>ir entertaining expressions, anecdotes, pronunciations, idioms, and catchwords have been collected into one volume.

Cassell's Latin Dictionary: Latin-English, English-Latin

Cassell's Latin Dictionary: Latin-English, English-Latin

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Simpson, D. P., PUBLISHER: Cassell's, Since its first appearance in and through many revisions this dictionary has remained constant in its appeal to scholars. This new and revised Latin Dictionary is among ong>theong> best of its kind, being reliable, compact and adequate for ong>theong> needs of all save ong>theong> specialist. He has produced what is in effect a new book, typographically easy to consult and combining elegance with utility. -ong>Theong> Times Literary Supplement This edition Incorporates modern English idiom and current Latin spelling. Includes general classical information where appropriate. Shows long and short vowels where not immediately apparent. Indicates irregular plural forms. Cites and quotes ancient classical authors. Suggests paraphrases to express modern English in classical Latin form.

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Computer User's Dictionary

Computer User's Dictionary

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Microsoft Press, PUBLISHER: Microsoft Press, "Microsoft Press "RM" Computer User's Dictionary", our entry into this thriving market, features a Field Guide sized trim (5 1/2 x pages, and approximately terms and 70 illustrations. Most terms will have shortened versions of ong>theong> in-depth definitions featured in ong>theong> Third Edition of ong>theong> Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary, but will also feature ong>theong> latest in computer terminology drawn from our quarterly online updates. ong>Theong> "Microsoft Press Computer User's Dictionary" is ideal for beginning to intermediate computer users at home, at ong>theong> office, and in school. Like ong>theong> Third Edition, ong>theong> pocket edition features a more professional, traditional-dictionary format and layout -- including phonetic respellings, parts of speech, and definitions broken down into numbered lists where appropriate for easy reading. Regular quarterly updates will be made to ong>theong> dictionary on ong>theong> MSPress Web site to extend ong>theong> shelf life of ong>theong> book. We're publishing this book in time for back-to-school promotions.

Black Light: Myth and Meaning in Modern Painting

Black Light: Myth and Meaning in Modern Painting

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gooding, Francis, PUBLISHER: Wiley-Blackwell, Painters have always drawn on ong>theong> classics to find myths and symbols which will answer to contemporary problems. In "Black Light," Francis Gooding examines four modern paintings in ong>theong> light of ancient ong>theong>mes, and illuminates ong>theong> permanence and power of ong>theong> mythic imagination. Opening a new dialogue between modern and ancient, "Black Light" explores living myth in modern paintings Examines four paintings from ong>theong> Modern tradition in ong>theong> light of episodes from antique mythology As ong>theong> myths illuminate ong>theong> paintings, and paintings throw light on ong>theong> myths, Gooding shows that ong>theong>mes from ancient sources can be seen to resonate in modern representations Traces unexpected ong>theong>matic correspondences across two millennia of literature and art, and finds that wherever meaning is sought through interpretation, myth becomes an indispensable tool of analysis In ong>theong> work of classical authors such as Sophocles and Ovid, Gooding finds mythic elements which are also present in paintings by Manet, Matisse, Richards and Warhol

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Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate

Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Allaby, Michael / Garratt, Richard, PUBLISHER: ong>Factsong> on File, From ong>theong> Introduction: ong>Theong> weaong>theong>r we experience today is different from that of ong>theong> Little Ice Age of ong>theong> 17th century and of ong>theong> Middle Ages...Today, though, ong>theong>re are fears that ong>theong> climate may be changing faster than it has done for thousands of years and that ong>theong> gases we release into ong>theong> air, from our cars, factories, domestic fires, power stations, farming, and forest clearance may be accelerating that change...If we are to make informed decisions about climate change and ong>theong> possibility that our activities may be partly responsible for it, we need to know something of ong>theong> way ong>theong> atmosphere works, of how our weaong>theong>r is produced.-Michael Allaby For most of history

Environmental Heroes: Success Stories of People at Work for

Environmental Heroes: Success Stories of People at Work for

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Graham, Kevin / Chandler, Gary, PUBLISHER: Pruett Publishing Company, A book showcasing ong>theong> successes of ordinary people whose simple, practical efforts have minimized ong>theong> impact of modern life on ong>theong> environment. Focusing on environmental opportunities and new solutions to old problems, Environmental Heroes demonstrates that anyone can make a positive difference for ong>theong> fate of our planet.

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Dictionary of Celtic Mythology

Dictionary of Celtic Mythology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ellis, Peter Berresford, PUBLISHER: ABC-CLIO, Predated only by Greek and Roman legend by virtue of ong>theong> fact that ong>theong> Celtic languages were not written until ong>theong> early Christian era, Celtic mythology developed from a far earlier oral tradition, which preserves voices from ong>theong> dawn of European civilization. ong>Theong> peoples of ong>theong>se Celtic cultures survive today on ong>theong> western seaboard of Europe: ong>theong> Irish, Manx, and Scots who make up ong>theong> Goidelic (Gaelic) speaking branch of Celts, and ong>theong> Welsh, Cornish, and Bretons, who represent ong>theong> Byrthonic-speaking branch. In his introduction, Ellis discusses ong>theong> roles of ong>theong>se six cultures, ong>theong> evolution (or demise) of ong>theong> languages, and ong>theong> relationship between ong>theong> legends, especially ong>theong> Irish and Welsh, ong>theong> two major Celtic cultures. ong>Theong> "Dictionary of Celtic Mythology" is an easy to read handbook, and presents a fascinating window to centuries of rich oral and written tradition from ong>theong> mists of Europe's origins.

The Mad Minute Mastering Number Facts Grades 1-8

The Mad Minute Mastering Number Facts Grades 1-8

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shoecraft, Paul Joseph / Clukey, Terry James / Dale Seymour Publications, PUBLISHER: Dale Seymour Publications, Takes ong>theong> "dull" out of ong>theong> drill, allowing students to achieve instant recall of number ong>factsong> after only six to eight weeks of working one minute a day.

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Qualitative Inquiry: A Dictionary of Terms

Qualitative Inquiry: A Dictionary of Terms

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schwandt, Thomas A., PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), Focusing primarily on philosophical and methodological concepts raong>theong>r than technical aspects of methods and procedures, this dictionary fills a crucial gap in ong>theong> literature. In this indispensable volume, Thomas A Schwandt provides a guide to ong>theong> terms and phrases which help shape ong>theong> nature, purpose, logic, meaning and methods of qualitative inquiry. Intended as a reference book for this vocabulary, ong>theong> volume examines ong>theong> key concepts and issues which help shape ong>theong> field. ong>Theong> definitions acknowledge ong>theong> multiple and often-contested points of view that characterize qualitative inquiry.

Sharks of the World

Sharks of the World

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Steel, Rodney, PUBLISHER: ong>Factsong> on File, Ever since ong>theong> hit film Jaws, ong>theong> terrifying image of ong>theong> shark as a mindless killing machine has firmly imprinted itself on many of us. But with ong>theong>ir large brains and extraordinarily keen sensory perception, sharks have a more sophisticated physiology than previously thought. Take a "dive" into shark-infested waters to watch and understand ong>theong>ir behavior patterns. Very adaptive, ong>theong>y act in accordance with ong>theong> demands of feeding and reproduction. ong>Theong> breeds range from ong>theong> tiny (6 inches) Squaliolus laticaudus to ong>theong> famed White Shark, who can measure 39 feet. Many live primarily on fish, though ong>theong>y will attack unfortunate humans who cross ong>theong>ir path, as a number of stories recounted here prove. Incredible photographs offer a glimpse into ong>theong> shark's wide jaws and toothy mouth, and of an incredible variety of species, including ong>theong> handsome zebra shark, sand tiger, and nurse shark. An informative view of a much misunderstood creature.

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Muslims - Vol 2: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices

Muslims - Vol 2: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rippin, Andrew / Rippin Andrew, PUBLISHER: Routledge, ong>Theong> religion of Islam is of vital concern to ong>theong> modern world. In Muslims Volume 2: ong>Theong> Contemporary Period Andrew Rippin examines Muslims' perception of and reaction to ong>theong> challenges and changes occurring in contemporary life and questions ong>theong>ir ability to relate ong>theong> Qur'an and ong>theong> figure of Muhammed to 19th and 20th century culture. ong>Theong> inherited world view of Islam is compared with ong>theong> emerging newly-discovered world view of ong>theong> late 20th century and is explored in two ways, firstly by examining modern Muslim views on religious authority and by considering ong>theong>ir effect on ong>theong> actual lived practice of Islam. Essential reading for all scholars and lecturers of Islam and comparative religion.

The Dragons of Expectation: Reality and Delusion in Course

The Dragons of Expectation: Reality and Delusion in Course

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Conquest, Robert, PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & Company, ong>Theong> publication of "ong>Theong> Dragons of Expectation" in reaffirmed Robert Conquest's stature as a leading intellectual and one of ong>theong> world's great humanists. In ong>theong> tradition of Isaiah Berlin's "ong>Theong> 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 ong>theong> pieties of ong>theong> left," Conquest masterfully examines how false nostrums have infected academia, politicians, and ong>theong> public, showing how ong>theong>ir reliance on "isms" and ong>theong> 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 ong>theong> Cold War, "ong>Theong> Dragons of Expectation" is one of ong>theong> most important contributions to modern thought in recent years.

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Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between

Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Moalem, Sharon / Prince, Jonathan, PUBLISHER: Harper Perennial, Joining ong>theong> ranks of modern myth busters, Dr. Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change ong>theong> way we think about our bodies, our health, and our relationship to just about every oong>theong>r living thing on earth. Through a fresh and engaging examination of our evolutionary history, Dr. Moalem reveals how many of ong>theong> conditions that are diseases today actually gave our ancestors a leg up in ong>theong> survival sweepstakes. But "Survival of ong>theong> Sickest" doesn't stop ong>theong>re. It goes on to demonstrate just how little modern medicine really understands about human health, and offers a new way of thinking that can help all of us live longer, healthier lives.

160 Ways to Help the World: Community Service Projects for

160 Ways to Help the World: Community Service Projects for

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Duper, Linda Leeb, PUBLISHER: ong>Factsong> on File, This guide for young adults gives ideas and instructions for a wide variety of activities including handling money, conducting drives, obtaining sponsorship, creating publicity, and more.

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The Genealogy of Morals

The Genealogy of Morals

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, PUBLISHER: Dover Publications, Major work on ethics, by one of ong>theong> most influential thinkers of ong>theong> last 2 centuries, deals with master/slave morality and modern man's current moral practices; ong>theong> evolution of man's feelings of guilt and bad conscience; and how ascetic ideals help maintain human life under certain conditions.

Dictionary of Modern English Grammar

Dictionary of Modern English Grammar

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Halley, N., PUBLISHER: Wordsworth Classics, ong>Theong> Wordsworth Reference Library includes language dictionaries, language guides, historical references, and much more. This popular series covers everything from ong>theong> familiar and practical to ong>theong> extraordinary and outrageous.

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Archaeology of Atlantic Africa and the African Diaspora

Archaeology of Atlantic Africa and the African Diaspora

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ogundiran, Akinwumi / Falola, Toyin, PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press, This is ong>theong> first book devoted to ong>theong> archaeology of African life on both sides of ong>theong> Atlantic and highlights ong>theong> importance of historical archaeology in completing ong>theong> historical records of ong>theong> Atlantic world's Africans. Archaeology of Atlantic Africa and ong>theong> African Diaspora presents a diverse, richly textured picture of Africans' experiences during ong>theong> era of ong>theong> Atlantic slave trade and offers ong>theong> most comprehensive explanation of how African lives became entangled with ong>theong> creation of ong>theong> modern world. Through interdisciplinary approaches to material culture, ong>theong> dynamics of a comparative transatlantic archaeology is developed.

The New Oxford Picture Dictionary: English-Navajo Editon

The New Oxford Picture Dictionary: English-Navajo Editon

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Oxford University Press / Parnwell, E. C. / Yellowhair, Marvin, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, A favorite for many years, "ong>Theong> New Oxford Picture Dictionary contains over illustrated vocabulary words divided into 82 topics. ong>Theong>re are nine bilingual editions of ong>theong> "Dictionary. Acquista Ora

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Health, Civilization and the State: A History of Public

Health, Civilization and the State: A History of Public

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Porter, Dorothy, PUBLISHER: Routledge, "Health, Civilization and ong>theong> State" examines ong>theong> social, economic and political issues of public health provision in historical perspective. Focusing on Britain, Continental Europe and ong>theong> United States, Dorothy Porter provides a comprehensive outline of ong>theong> development of public health care from ong>theong> ancient world to ong>theong> modern state. Covering a broad range of historical issues, ong>theong> book includes discussion of: pestilence, public order and morality in pre-modern times; ong>theong> Enlightenment and its effects; health care centralization in Victorian Britain; localization of health care in ong>theong> United States; population issues and family welfare; ong>theong> rise of ong>theong> classic welfare state; and current attitudes towards public health as we approach ong>theong> twenty-first century.

Kim Jong Il on the Juche Philosophy Pyongyang, Korea

Kim Jong Il on the Juche Philosophy Pyongyang, Korea

Kim Jong Il on ong>theong> Juche Philosophy; Binding: Softcover; Pages:190; Dimensions: 21x15cm Weight:140 grams; Brand: Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Korea . Collection of 6 Works of Kim Jong Il On ong>Theong> Juche Philosophy. Includes: - On Some Questions In Understanding ong>Theong> Juche Philosophy - On Correctly Understanding ong>Theong> Originality Of Kimilsungism - On ong>Theong> Juche Idea - On Some Problems On ong>Theong> Ideological Foundations Of Socialism - On Having A Correct Viewpoint And Understanding Of ong>Theong> Juche Philosophy - ong>Theong> Juche Philosophy Is An Original Revolutionary Philosophy. Le tariffe postali sono: - Raccomandata.........€. 5,10 - Piego libri ordinario.........€. 2,10

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Reading the Women of the Bible: A New Interpretation of

Reading the Women of the Bible: A New Interpretation of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Frymer-Kensky, Tikva, PUBLISHER: Schocken Books Inc, "Reading ong>theong> Women of ong>theong> Bible "takes up two of ong>theong> most significant intellectual and religious issues of our day: ong>theong> experiences of women in a patriarchal society and ong>theong> relevance of ong>theong> Bible to modern life.

Kant: A Biography

Kant: A Biography

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kuehn, Manfred, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This is ong>theong> first full-length biography in more than fifty years of Immanuel Kant, one of ong>theong> giants among ong>theong> panong>theong>on of Western philosophers, and one of ong>theong> most powerful and influential in contemporary philosophy. Taking account of ong>theong> most recent scholarship, Manfred Kuehn allows ong>theong> reader to follow ong>theong> same journey that Kant himself took in emerging as a central figure in modern philosophy. Manfred Kuehn was formerly Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University. A specialist on German philosophy of ong>theong> period, he is ong>theong> author of numerous articles and papers on Immanuel Kant.

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Fate and Destiny: From the Holocaust to the State of Israel

Fate and Destiny: From the Holocaust to the State of Israel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Soloveitchik, Joseph Dov, PUBLISHER: Ktav Publishing House, One of ong>theong> classics of modern Jewish thought, Kol Dodi Dofek, is here translated into English. In it Rabbi Soloveitchik presents an extended ong>theong>ological meditation on ong>theong> Holocaust and ong>theong> rise of ong>theong> State of Israel, ong>theong> Jewish "covenant of faith," and ong>theong> "covenant of fate and destiny" which links all Jews, religious, irreligious, and nonreligious. Rabbi Dr. Walter S. Wurzberger, a prominent discipline of ong>theong> Rav, has provided an introduction.

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