A whimsical and sophisticated sage, archy the cockroach entertained readers with icnonclastic observations on pretensions, politics, and our place in the cosmos during Marquis' career as a New York newspaper columnist in the 1920s and '30s. Featuring Ed Frascino's original illustrations, this collection of archy's "lost" tales reintroduces a ...
In this second and final volume "composed" by Archy, the literary cockroach, the wonderfully whimsical insect and his fractious feline friend, Mehitabel, engage in misadventures large and small and comment with quirky accuracy on the common state of humanity. 36 illustrations.
In 1996, Alexander Rumpkin was at the top of his game: he was CEO of America's largest health care organization. His ruthless trampling of people to get there is the story of "The Sawdust Pile," Coming of age with two white cousins and a black kid in the segregated South, Alex had none of the tools commonly needed to climb to the top; but he ...
This comprehensive study looks at James Merrill's difficult poems and symbolic system, and provides a close reading of his epic poem "The Changing Light at Sandover". The poetry is read through various lenses, primarily those of Freudian psychology and the Jungian archetypal system.
This managerial accounting text emphasizes discovery learning instead of the more traditional memorization. Using an interactive, decision-making case approach, the book is organized around the types of business decisions that students, future business managers, and investors are likely to face.
IN THIS BOOK, Members of the Instrumentation and Controls Division, share the history of that Division and the practice of measurement and controls, as practiced at ORNL. The I&C Division was unique in the world, because it included the Craftspeople as well as the Scientists and Engineers in one organization, under the same management.
"The 1998 Big Bad Baseball Annual" covers the game from A-to-Z, with timely essays, cogent team analyses, and intricate but irreverent player and prospect rankings. A team of writers and historians offers exclusive statistics, unique graphics, and baseball writing as exciting and memorable as a bases-loaded triple. Photos.
This booklet examines the concerns expressed among ADB's developing member countries about education quality, reviews relevant research, focuses directly on teaching and learning, and suggests strategies that countries committed to quality improvement might use to raise school quality over the next decade.
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