A classic of radical literature, this revolutionary study has challenged conventional knowledge and assumptions for decades, offering unique perspectives on everything from alchemy, politics, history, and supernatural phenomena to magic, Nazi occultism, and mankind's place in the universe. Drawing from the work of Charles Fort and Carl Jung, among ...
Featuring three dimensional, color coded illustrations, this classic work show the twelve major nerve systems connect the brain to body systems they control. These drawings clearly show the course and position of each nerve, as well as the functional modalities of each nerve. This way, students can learn not only the location of each nerve system, ...
This groundbreaking, international bestseller popularized occultism, alchemy, and paranormal phenomena in the 1960s. It provides insights into our perceptions of reality, telepathy, mutants, and parallel universes, reveals occult influences on the Nazis and introduces the alchemist Fulcanelli.
This book, beautifully illustrated and written by two authorities on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century art and architecture, leads the reader through the major styles and shifts of baroque architecture throughout Europe and beyond, and provides a fascinating account of how baroque developed in relation to the unique urban culture of each nation ...
Authored by the same team that created "Cranial Nerves", this book provides an easy-to-follow overview of autonomic nerves. The first part describes their structure and function. The second part addresses autonomic control of individual organ systems in a problem-based learning format. Throughout, "Autonomic Nerves" describes afferent pathways, ...
This second edition presents a thorough revision of cranial nerves. The format reflects the shift in teaching methods from didactic lectures to problem-based learning. It maintains the first edition's approach of blending the neuro and gross anatomy of the cranial nerves as seen through color-coded functional drawings of the pathways from the ...
This authoritative, timely resource analyzes every important topic related to the most frequently prescribed anti-asthma medications - comprehensively examining the use of beta2-agonists from molecular interactions with the beta-receptor to clinical and therapeutic applications in acute and chronic conditions. It includes lively discussion ...
This second volume in the new "Handbook" series, "Contemporary Living" features brand new colour photography and reports on interiors arranged by theme. Included in this book are the most beautiful entrance halls, drawing rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms and dressing rooms, spaces for relaxation and for work, and gardens. It also ...
A painter, on panel and in fresco, a sculptor, architect, and poet, Michelangelo Buonarroti was the first artist recognized by his contemporaries as a genius. "The Little Book of Michelangelo" provides an accessible introduction to the life and work of this most influential of artists. A biographical essay sets the scene, and the handy ...
How do boys from the major English-dominant communities of the world explain their apparent lack of interest in the foreign languages option? Is this a 'curriculum misalignment' issue? A reaction to language teaching approaches? Tension between performed masculinities and language practice? This book explores the boys-languages relationship as ...
This fourth volume in the new and successful "A&D (Architecture and Design) Series" is a compendium of stunning office projects created by leading architects and interior designers. This series as a whole explores the close connections between contemporary architecture and interior design, and includes monographs on leading architects, interior ...
Issues of representation affect every aspect of scientific activity, from the encoding, display, analysis, and presentation of data to the communication of scientific concepts and information to students and the general public. The essays in this collection explore the issues involved in the creation and deployment of visual representations in ...
The volume has four parts: part I (Language minorities and inequality) analyses language contact and linguistic diversity as a global phenomenon, part II (Language planning and language change) focuses on colonialism, imperialism and economics as factors that language policies and planning measures must account for, part III (Language variation ...
Reviewing current strategies and methods to treat and manage patients suffering with ventilatory dysfunction, this reference provides a critical overview of the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and outcomes of COPD-describing techniques to prevent and reduce the development of symptoms, improve patient quality of life, and slow the ...
This volume deals with challenges to the maintenance of minority (or community) languages in this era of globalization and increasing transnational movements of people. The contributors, experts in language policy, language maintenance and multilingualism offer complementary perspectives drawn from Australia and Europe on the maintenance of ...
Few phenomena are as widely experienced across different individuals, cultures, and contexts as that of traumatic stress. Whether as victims, perpetrators, supporters or simply observers, most people can identify to some extent with the psychological and physical consequences produced by traumatic events. This text examines the nature of traumatic ...
This book seeks to understand the major mythological role models that mark the moral landscape navigated by young Hindu women. Traditionally, the goddess Sita, faithful consort of the god Rama, is regarded as the most important positive role model for women. The case of Radha, who is mostly portrayed as a clandestine lover of the god Krishna, ...
This study examines the process in Hinduism of reinterpreting classical texts and imbuing them with new inspiration. An example is Hariram Vras's "Ras-pancadhyayi", the earliest known Braj Bhasa version of the five chapters of "Bhagavatapurana" on Krsna's Dance with the Gopis. Hariram Vyas, a non-sectarian North Indian Krsna devotee (bkakta), ...
Volume 15 of "Advances in International Marketing" explores the current research in international service marketing through the eyes of scholars from eight different countries on three continents. A truly international perspective emerges on the nature of service marketing across borders, as well as the internationalization strategies of service ...
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