"Breathing Space" relates the inspiring, instructive--and often funny--story of one woman's journey to self-discovery, featuring the breathing techniques of renowned yogi Alan Finger.
At last, an affordable collection of every Batman adventure, in color, in chronological order! The Batman Chronicles Vol.1 begins with the very first appearance of the Dark Knight in Detective Comics #27, and continues with every subsequent appearance in sequence. Created by Bob Kane, Batman is featured in adventures written by Bill Finger, with ...
This collection of South American tales includes "A Tale of Three Tails", "El Enano", "Rairu and the Star Maiden", "The Wonderful Mirror", and "The Cat and the Dream Man". Woodcut illustrations accompany the text. Winner of the 1925 Newbery Medal.
The juxtaposition of historical ideas and brain functions is presented here in a highly readable fashion. The roots of neurology, neuropsychology, and neuroscience are traced, emphasizing the functions of the brain and how they came to be associated with specific brain parts and systems. Part I is devoted to discussions of science and medicine in ...
When Bob Kane's seminal "Batman" first reached newspapers during World War II, only a small group of papers published it. So the early "Batman and Robin" comic strips have remained among the most elusive works in comics' history. Not anymore: these rare Sunday color pages are now reprinted in a generously sized format worthy of their importance. ...
Much has been written about the Cherokee Nation and the "Trail of Tears", a phrase conveying the suffering that attended the forced removal of thousands of Cherokee Indians to present-day Oklahoma in the 1830s. But until recently historians have largely ignored the tribal remnant that avoided removal and remained in North Carolina. John R.Finger ...
"Fokus Deutsch" offers a powerful new resource for teaching beginning and intermediate German. This dynamic new three-level program carefully integrates videos, texts, audio and other supplements to bring German language, history and culture into focus for students. "Fokus Deutsch" was created through a collaboration of the Annenberg/CPB project, ...
In this memoir, writer Anne Finger explores the non-medical aspects of polio and reveals how it became an iconic disease because of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's experience. People who were post-polio formed the core of the early disability rights movement. Having been raised to overcome obstacles and "triumph" over their disabilities, they ...
The third volume in the series reprinting every Batman comics story ever published in chronological order features the Dark Knight in early stories that originally appeared in "Detective Comics, Batman," and other classic comic books. This volume features Batman and Robins epic battles with the Joker, Clayface, and many other denizens of Gotham ...
The third volume in the series reprinting every Batman comics story ever published in chronological order features the Dark Knight in early stories that originally appeared in "Detective Comics, Batman," and other classic comic books. This volume features Batman and Robins epic battles with the Joker, Clayface, and many other denizens of Gotham ...
Boxing fans love the upset, seeing the underdog surprise the heavily backed favorite and claim a moment of glory. This book presents 75 heavyweight boxing upsets of the 1990s, with details of the pre-fight hype, the fight itself, and how the underdog triumphed. Some involve boxers still fighting today; others contain a cautionary tale of once ...
Attractively illustrated with over a hundred halftones and drawings, this volume presents a series of vibrant profiles that trace the evolution of our knowledge about the brain. Beginning almost 5000 years ago, with the ancient Egyptian study of "the marrow of the skull," Stanley Finger takes us on a fascinating journey from the classical world of ...
According to Finger (American Enterprise Institute) and Schuler (Development Research Group, World Bank) current intellectual property regimes are primarily concerned with knowledge found in developed countries. They present nine papers that explore issues of the exploitation of knowledge found in
As people search for inner peace amidst increasingly hectic lives, the practice of yoga continues to gain popularity. Finger provides an inviting starting point. 152 photos.
Joe Findlay, guitar player in an Elvis impersonators show, is heading to New York City hoping to make it big, only to be detoured by a cast of characters that includes Fagan the Pagan, a wrestler doubling as a charismatic preacher, and a Tibetan monk.
This lively portrait of the artist and his environment helps readers become acquainted with the life and times of Jan Vermeer. With only 37 known works, Vermeer's oeuvre affords readers an opportunity to become intimately acquainted with his paintings and with daily life in seventeenth-century Holland. Here readers will learn about the Golden Age ...
Presents the first critical analysis of the Earth Summit and its mission document Agenda 21, providing core source material in an accessible style for students studying global politics, environment and development studies courses.
An introduction to the study of the chemical senses of taste and smell. The interdisciplinary study of the chemical senses has given us a window onto many complex brain functions. It involves a broad range of disciplines including neurobiology, molecular biology, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, biochemistry and psychology. The second edition ...
Though "community" has become a common byword in the contemporary Western church, the practice of communal sharing has effectively fallen by the wayside. Unfortunately, it is often the poor who are left wanting because we no longer come together. Reta Halteman Finger finds a solution to this modern problem by learning from the ancient ...
The tremendouse growth in the size and number of international environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is a widely recognized but little studied phenomenon. It is a phenomenon that arises at a time when states are reactive, at best, to the global ecological crisis and when economic globalization appears to contribute significantly to ...
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Footsteps of the Cherokees: A Guide to the Eastern Homelands of the Cherokee Nation
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