In 2005, the Walt Disney Company donated its Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art. One of the world's finest collections of African art, it contains iconic pieces dating from the fifteenth to twentieth centuries and represents seventy-five peoples and twenty countries. This book ...
Useful as a textbook for students studying recreation and leisure, this text also serves as a reference for outdoor recreation professionals. It outlines the concepts, history, development, and definitions of leadership in outdoor recreation, including the wide variety of outdoor activities and the settings in which outdoor recreation can take ...
This poet's directory contains 1,700 listings--U.S. and international publishers, Canadian and U.S. art councils, contests and awards, conferences and workshops, writing colonies, organizations and publications. Poets will also find advice on submission formats, cover letters, record-keeping, and other aspects of submitting.
The ability to design effective syntheses is an essential skill for organic chemists. This valuable text uses a wide range of examples to teach students of chemistry how to adopt a logical and versatile approach to the design of synthetic routes. The concept of retrosynthetic analysis - a means for identifying simple starting materials for a ...
The MP3 and Internet Audio Handbook explains the digital music revolution and demystifies the technical aspects of downloading, recording and playing music on a PC.
'I enjoyed and was challenged by reading this book, and learned from, and with, it. It is useful for browsing and for a deeper exploration of chosen topics. It offers a healthy enrichment for all who have a dynamic interest in the external and internal supervisory relationship. I warmly recommend it' - "British Journal of Psychotherapy". 'This ...
This directory helps poets match rhyme to reason when marketing their work. In it they will find 1,700 up-to-date listings--more than 300 new ones--of book and magazine publishers seeking poetry; contests and awards; grants awarded by the U.S. and Canadian arts councils; conferences, workshops, and writers' colonies; and pertinent organizations ...
This volume collects four pieces by Martin, including his 1989 World Fantasy Award-winning "The Skin Trade," the 1997 Hugo Award-winning "Blood of the Dragon," and a previously unpublished teleplay called "Starport."
Irreverent cartoon illustrations bring key social studies concepts to life in this delightful series. Fun text and humorous artwork make learning a breeze, whether it's about American institutions or crucial concepts in American life. Just in time for the 2008 presidential election!
This poet's directory contains 1,700 listings of U.S. and international publishers, Canadian and U.S. arts councils, contests and awards, conference and workshops, writing colonies, organizations, and publications.
This text aims to teach students the principles of educational psychology through a base of solid research. The text encourages critical thinking and therefore integrates a theme of "promoting good information processing" which will help students build and use strategic knowledge, develop metacognative abilities, acquire knowledge of the world and ...
Historically, psychologists have considered obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) a challenging disorder to treat, with significant numbers of patients failing to benefit from treatment. The heterogeneity of the population and the complexity of the disorder have been contributing factors. However, cognitive-behavioral treatments are showing great ...
This annual brings together the two key aspects of children's publishing--the writing and the illustrating--in one handy volume of market listings, including book publishers, magazines, audiovisual and audiotape markets, and scriptwriting markets. Includes helpful articles and a section of markets for work by children.
This annual brings together the two key aspects of children's (from pre-schoolers through teenagers) publishing--the writing and the illustrating--in one handy volume of markets, including book publishers, magazines, audio-visual and audiotape markets and scriptwriting markets.
"Clear writing, beautiful pictures and excellent diagrams make this a superb guidebook to the physical sciences"--Good Book Guide. Using informative "how-it-works" diagrams and hundreds of full-color illustrations, this volume unravels the processes that underlie a vast range of products and phenomena in daily life. Written in nontechnical and ...
Poets will find US and international publishers of poetry, a list of Canadian and US arts councils, contests and awards, writing colonies, organizations and publications useful to poets. 1,700 listings.
This award winning travel series returns with two new additions to its acclaimed line-up: Munich and Iceland Once again, the high quality of these volumes is striking: the photographs are stunning, and the text is informative and interesting. Readers will enjoy these guided tours through Munich, home of the spectacular Octoberfest, and Iceland, a ...
Poets will find 1,700 listings, including U.S. and international publishers of poetry, a list of Canadian and U.S. arts councils, contests and awards, writing colonies, organizations useful to poets, and publications useful to poets.
"Leg Ulcer Management" provides a practical and accessible guide for nurses treating patients with leg ulceration. It examines ulcer types and causes of leg ulceration and draws upon international position statements on wound pain, wound bed preparation, wound infection and compression therapy to provide guidelines for effective, evidence-based ...
This text discusses the reading habits of children aged between 10 and 14. It reports the findings of the Children's Reading Choices project - conducted by the authors from the University of Nottingham and the largest national survey of children's reading choices since the 1970s. The book includes reports and discussion on: girls' and boys' ...
Forest Park, originally named Quick Station, was founded in 1846 as a refueling stop for the Macon and Western Railroad. It would later be known as Stump Town because of the stumps left behind when trees were cut to provide fuel for the passenger and freight trains traveling to and from Atlanta. This book provides glimpses of the individuals who ...
An easy to follow book of favorite Scottish fiddle tunes with lots of illustrations and supplementary information as well as the full DVD to help make learning Scottish fiddle easy. Eight individual lessons plus 20 extra great Scottish tunes to take you from absolute beginner to intermediate level. Simple airs, strathspeys, reels and marches with ...
A player's comprehensive guide to Scottish Regional styles of fiddle playing and the bowing techniques used in Scottish fiddle music. Includes over 220 tunes with notes on the origins of the music. Also includes a section on Dance repertoire.
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