The Mongol Empire was the largest continuous land empire known to history, its violent creation the major political event of the thirteenth century world. Yet little is known of the history of Christendom's most formidable and dangerous eastern neighbour. This up-to-date chronicle benefits from new discoveries and a broad range of source material. ...
Creating next generation software and applications is now easier than ever with the release of Visual C# 2005. This accessible book guides you through all aspects of C# programming and the capabilities of Visual Studio 2005 so that you can begin developing customized applications. You'll first learn all aspects of the C# language, from the ...
He was featured on the covers of both Sports Illustrated and ESPN The Magazine. He has the scouts of every pro basketball team drooling. He has been touted wildly on national TV by basketball experts from Dick Vitale to Bill Walton. He has a reported $20 million dollar shoe contract pending. And he's still in high school. Why the big deal about ...
Bestselling author Joseph Murphy's greatest insights are now gathered in one easy-to-use volume, distilling his teachings on a wide range of spiritual, emotional, physical and financial issues.
Contemporary artists have often clashed with conservative American evangelicals in recent years, giving the impression that art and religion are fundamentally at odds. Yet historically, artistic images have played a profound role in American religious life. This superb collection of essays, with its unique collection of images, challenges the ...
Designed to help the beginning leather braider acquire basic skills in a straightforward manner, this book shows readers how to braid simple projects fairly quickly. With close attention to detail and a little practice using the methods described here, novices can produce attractive and enduring items from either precut lace or from a skin or side ...
In this accessible text, David Morgan explains the fundamental principals of learning and cognition while employing the central organizing theme that the notion of learning and cognition are best conceptualized as processes that allow animals, including humans, to adapt to complex environments over time.
The definitive account of the first thirty years of Monty Python, in the words of the Pythons themselves -- John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. "Gilliam is one of the most manipulative bastards in that group of manipulative bastards. Michael is a selfish bastard, Cleese a control freak, Jonesy is shagged out and ...
Managing a vastly diverse population, often stratified by economic status, education, culture, language, ideology, and political party, is no picnic. It never has been, nor is it likely to be. Managing Urban America has become the standard guide offering sage advice as to how to approach the formidable task. In a comprehensive, balanced manner, ...
Whipmaking--the highest refinement of the art of leather braiding--is the main emphasis of this book. While the original text focused on the design and construction of whips made in the Western tradition, this revised edition adds two completely new sections. First, it introduces another major category of whips--those made in the Mongol tradition. ...
A sea monster has suffered a life-threatening injury, and it looks like the evil Baron Marackai is back, and this time beasts are on the menu. Ulf must stop him againthe future of the RSPCB depends on it.
David L Morgan covers the wide range of practical tasks that need to be done in the course of a research project when using focus groups. Throughout, Planning Focus Groups emphasizes the clarifying purposes of the research project in order to collect data that meet the goals. The author extensively and concisely covers the basic decisions that are ...
The evolution of marketing theories and the rationales behind them are chronicled in this thought-provoking book. The authors present a typology for the twelve schools of marketing thought, and describe a comprehensive metatheory framework based on six basic criteria. They also develop a list of concepts and axioms useful in generating a practical ...
In the finest traditions of Robert Mapplethorpe and Tom Bianchi, David Morgan's remarkable photographs of the male figure have been appearing in New York City for over a decade - on posters and party invitations, prints and greeting cards, as well as in various style magazines. Now Morgan has brought his camera to the beach and focussed it on ...
We all want to know, or maybe we don't: Just what happens to us when we die -- what do we see, experience, feel? Through the years, many people who have been resuscitated after what seemed like certain death (or even after a pronunciation of death) have claimed that the first moments of death aren't nothingness, but an intense sense of being -- of ...
Revival and Reform in Islam is at once an intellectual biography of Muhammad al-Shawkani, and a history of a transitional period in Yemeni history. This was a time when a society dominated by traditional Zaydi Shiism shifted to one characterised instead by Sunni reformism. The author traces the origins and outcomes of this transition, presenting ...
This text aims to capture the essence of the conflict between some modern-day southern Baptists, who saw themselves as crusaders for truth as they sought to redeem a new Holy Land, from the control of other southern Baptists they viewed as "liberals".
Whipmaking as a craft, the highest refinement of the art of braiding, is the main emphasis of this work. It refers primarily to the Australian and American practice, although there is some reference to English and other usage. The techniques used by whipmakers are described, and maintenance and repair are presented in explicit detail.
This collection of interviews with Hollywood composers offers the most intimate look ever at the process of writing music for the movies.á From getting started in the business to recording the soundtrack, from choosing a musical style to collaborating with directors, including Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, the Coen brothers, Terry Gilliam, ...
Using a wide range of archival and written sources, Rudi Matthee considers the economic, social and political networks established between Iran, its neighbours and the world at large, through the prism of the late Safavid silk trade. In so doing, he demonstrates how silk, a resource crucial to state revenue and the only commodity to span Iran's ...
The Devious Dr. Franklin focuses on Benjamin Franklin's fifteen-and-a-half-year career as a colonial agent in London, first for Pennsylvania and then for Pennsylvania, Georgia, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. During his years in London, Franklin became a seasoned lobbyist and gained the experience that enabled him to become America's first diplomat ...
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