Updated and revised to include theoretical and other developments, bibliographical additions, new photographs and illustrations, and expanded name and subject indexes, the fourth edition of All Possible Worlds: A History of Geographical Ideas is the most complete and comprehensive book of its kind. The text also features a layout and readability ...
"The mere slim shade of an intelligent but presumptuous girl...a certain young woman affronting her destiny" is how Henry James describes his first perception of Isabel Archer, who grew into one of his most magnificent heroines. An American heiress newly arrived in Europe, Isabel does not look to a man to furnish her with her destiny; instead she ...
Angel Magic is a set of ritual practices tha t is believed to control angels, daimons, fayries and genies . This book traces Angel Magic from its birth in folk magic through centuries of oppression to the works of the great ma gi of the Renaissance. '
Scaling relationships have been a persistent theme in biology at least since the time of Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo. Because scaling relationships are among the most general empirical patterns in biology, they have stimulated research to develop mechanistic hypotheses and mathematical models. While there have been many excellent empirical and ...
Actress Seymour has created two lovable twin kittens--This One and That One--based on her twin sons. This is one of their tastier adventures in their home by the sea. Illustrations.
Six-hundred-year-old tales with modern relevance. As well as the complete text of the Miller's Prologue and Tale, the student will find illustrated information on Chaucer's world, including a map of the Canterbury pilgrimage, a running synopsis of the action, an explanation of unfamiliar words, and a wide range of classroom-tested activities to ...
This book is a must-have photographic portrait of Toronto, featuring 100 exquisitely reproduced panoramic images from one of Canada's greatest photographers of place. For the last three years, acclaimed photographer Geoffrey James has stalked the parks and back streets of Canada's largest metropolis with his tripod and wide-angle panoramic camera, ...
In The Ambitions of Curiosity one of the world's foremost philosophers of science explores the origins and growth of systematic inquiry in Greece, China, and Mesopotamia. Professor Lloyd examines which factors stimulated or inhibited this development, and whose interests were served. He asks who set the agenda? What was the role of the state in ...
"Beene by Beene" is a journey through Geoffrey Beene's life in fashion, a 40-year exploration that was, by turns, visionary, witty, irreverent, iconic, and timeless. His work was of such powerful clarity, such complete complicity between form and function that it actually teaches us-as all works of art do-how to look. A defining American artist, ...
Dr John Dee's system of Enochian magic in the Western tradition has influenced the practices of the Order of the Golden Dawn. This occult book reveals the secrets of Dee's private magical workbooks as he recorded them in the late 16th century and allows readers to reproduce his experiments.
Hydrogen is the energy of the future. This book presents the history of energy, especially of oil and coal and discusses the problems that exist with continuing to use those resources. Hydrogen stands out as the best alternative to traditional polluting fossil fuels for many reasons-it can be produced without pollution, is nontoxic and ...
A well-established and respected series. Texts are in the original Middle English, and each has an introduction, detailed notes and a glossary. Selected titles are also available as CD recordings.
Leaders in the know are implementing a new management paradigm to drive their organizations to success. This title takes the lid off the 'black box' to reveal the inner workings of this 21st century scheme. Through interviews with top CEOs in the information industry, the reader will learn how these forward-thinking managers bring their ...
This is the whole story of man and his earth told swiftly and simply that its essential parts will stand forth in their due relationships unobscured by detail. Condensation and elimination have necessarily been extreme; no major fact, whether of science or art, of commerce, war, industry, or conscience, has been intentionally slighted. Contents: ...
In his foreword, Robert D Tollison identifies the main objective of Geoffrey Brennan and James M Buchanan's "The Reason of Rules": "...a book-length attempt to focus the energies of economists and other social analysts on the nature and function of the rules under which ordinary political life and market life function." In persuasive style, ...
What is the link between working life and the nature of production on the one hand, and the changing organization of the firms and institutions in which work and production take place? In this book, leading socio-economic theorists analyse how these have changed over the last two decades. They look at changing employment practices and systems of ...
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Practical Piano Pedagogy: The Definitive Text for Piano Teachers and Pedagogy Students
