This up-to-date account of the art and architecture of ancient Mesoamerica evocatively summarizes the artistic achievements of the high pre-Columbian civilizations--Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, and Aztec--as well as of their less-famous contemporaries.
The myths and beliefs of the great pre-Columbian civilizations of Mesoamerica have baffled and fascinated outsiders ever since the Spanish Conquest. This is a dictionary of Mesoamerican mythology and religion, which seeks to act as a guide to this labyrinthine symbolic world. Nearly 300 entries, from Tlaltecuhtli, the Aztec earth monster, to Venus ...
Paralegal Today: The Legal Team at Work, fourth edition, makes the paralegal field come alive for the student. It uses real-world examples, offering practical application of each concept discussed, and further enhances this focus with hands-on activities throughout. The text gives the student a thorough introduction to not only the legal system in ...
Domestic violence against women is not limited to physical assaults. In No Visible Wounds, veteran counselor Mary Susan Miller breaks the silence that surrounds this devastating form of abuse, identifies the many types of nonphysical battering, and explores why this outrageous treatment of women continues unabated in our society.
This revised collection of articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals expands the readers awareness and understanding of what dress is all about. The essays in "The Meanings of Dress, 2nd Edition", illustrate essential topics, such as dress and sociology, cultural studies, gender, religion, modesty and technological changes. Design ...
Subject Matter Jurisdiction and Venue; Personal Jurisdiction; Ascertaining the Applicable Law; Modern Pleading; Joinder of Parties and Claims; Discovery; Pretrial Conference; Adjudication Without Trial; Trial Process; Jury Trial; Verdicts and Judgments; Appeals; Former Adjudication; Specialized Proceedings: Class Actions, Derivative Suits and ...
"West's Paralegal Today: The Legal Team at Work, fourth edition", makes the paralegal field come alive for the student. It uses real-world examples, offering practical application of each concept discussed, and further enhances this focus with hands-on activities throughout. The text gives the student a thorough introduction to not only the legal ...
Mary Bond explains that healthy posture comes not by training our muscles into an ideal shape, but from a new sense that we can developby learning to feel. She identifies the key anatomical features that impact alignment, and, proposing six zones that help create postural changes, she offers self-help exercises that enable healthy function in each ...
All of the basic areas of paralegal studies are covered in this book. Careers, ethics, professional responsibilities, pretrial preparation, trial procedures, criminal law, legal interviewing, investigation, legal research, computer-assisted legal research, legal analysis, and legal writing. The text also covers introductory information in a number ...
An authorized account of the Civil War, drawn from the diaries of a Southern aristocrat, records the disintegration and final destruction of the Confederacy.
A journey into the art of one of the world's most enigmatic ancient civilizations. From temple to tomb, Mary Ellen Miller explains how and why the Maya made their greatest works and how the modern-day viewer might come to understand them. New archaeological discoveries at Copan, Tikal and Palenque are all included, and the author draws on ...
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian C. Vann Woodward and Chestnut's biographer Elisabeth Muhlenfeld present here the previously unpublished Civil War diaries of Mary Boykin Chestnut. Intimate and spontaneous, these surviving wartime diaries are preserved in their original form.
This third edition includes: discussions of how cultural diversity affects the supervisory process; "On the Job" sections, which allow students to analyze actual work situations; "Supervisor in Action" sections, which profile actual supervisors in various hospitality work settings; "Skill Charts", which summarize materials covered in each chapter; ...
From the author of "Aimee"--an ALA Best Book for Young Adults--comes this novel that offers a eye-opening view into a faithful boy's private hell, when the promise he makes to God is shattered the moment his friend picks up a rifle at the end of a drinking party.
How did the hummingbird become the symbol of the chief Aztec god? Who were the Hero Twins? Why was Venus the planet of war? Did the Maya practise human sacrifice? And did they eat their victims? Who played the ancient ball game? Who were the first consumers of chocolate? What was a war of flowers? The legends and beliefs of the great pre-Columbian ...
Written by leading authorities and including the latest ground-breaking research, "Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya" is a unique, lavishly illustrated overview of the courts of this great civilization, and examines them in unprecedented depth, revealing a dazzling array of objects that still have the power to engage and astonish observers centuries ...
In this ALA Best Book for Young Adults, everyone believes that Zoe helped her friend Aimee commit suicide. Through writing in her journal, Zoe comes to realize no one could have helped Aimee, but Zoe can help herself.
"Must See Mississippi: 50 Favorite Places" is a fifty-site tour through the Magnolia State\'s historic locales, ranging from the graceful swinging bridge at Tishomingo State Park to the Biloxi Lighthouse, a miraculous survivor of Hurricane Katrina. Each locale contributes a unique piece of the state\'s rich and multilayered story, told through ...
Better Homes and Gardens (R) "Cooking For Two offers a myriad of mealtime choices to please dining duos. More than 70 two-serving recipes for old-fashioned favorites, healthful dishes, or fast-to-the-table meals include breakfast and dinner entres, quick-toss pasta combinations, simple salads, and delectable desserts. At-a-glance sample menus, ...
Lovers of great houses will have cause for rejoicing in the reissuing of this beautiful book that unites David King Gleason, who was one of America's most accomplished photographers, with a historic little river city renowned for its palatial antebellum mansions. Natchez, with rival sister cities of Charleston, Savannah, and New Orleans, claims ...
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