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1	The Story of Writing: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs & Pictograms more books like this by Andrew Robinson add to wishlist People can be interested in language, writing and scripts. They may wonder how, when and where did writing evolve? Do alphabets function better than hieroglyphs? And are we today, in the computer age, moving towards a "universal language" of signs and symbols? This text aims to demystify writing for the general reader. It explains the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.91! \| SVS
2	Stitch in Time more books like this by Andrew J Robinson add to wishlist The enigmatic Garak - Cardassian-in-exile on space station Deep Space Nine - refers to himself as "just a simple tailor", but everyone knows that there's more to him than that. Why was he banished from his home planet? And why does he choose exile on Deep Space Nine? see all copies from $15.21!
3	Clinical Electrophysiology: Electrotherapy & Electrophysiologic Testing more books like this by Andrew J Robinson, Snyder-Macker add to wishlist Organized by therapeutic goals, the Third Edition of this comprehensive textbook on electrotherapies provides a fundamental understanding of contemporary, evidence-based intervention and assessment procedures. The text takes a problem-oriented approach and recommends interventions consistent with both theory and the clinical efficacy of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $41.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The shape of the World more books like this by Simon Berthon, Andrew Robinson add to wishlist Here is a journey of imagination and discovery that traces the history of man's exploration of planet Earth, detailing his portrayal of the globe from maps of ancient China to the pinpoint accuracy of today's satellite imagery and computer simulation. A companion to the six-hour television series to air early in 1991. 150 illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.02! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Earth Shock: Hurricanes, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tornadoes and Other Forces of Nature more books like this by Andrew Robinson add to wishlist What causes an earthquake? When will another big shock shake Tokyo or Los Angeles? Can people create deserts and eventually wipe out a civilization? Or are deserts and droughts entirely beyond human control? How are ozone layer and greenhouse effect interlinked? Is global warming a force of Nature - or of man? This book, illustrated with ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions
6	Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Great Undeciphered Scripts more books like this by Andrew Robinson add to wishlist Though much has been learned about the languages of lost cultures such as Ancient Egypt and the Mayans, there remain many scripts that have resisted modern efforts to decipher them. Lost Languages focuses on eight of the most famous examples, whose persistent inscrutability continues to torment would-be decipherers and keeps us from understanding ... see all copies from $12.49! new only from $34.41!
7	The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris more books like this by Andrew Robinson add to wishlist Linear B is Europe's oldest readable writing, dating from the middle of the second millennium BC. First discovered in 1900, on clay tablets among the ruins of the Palace of Minos at Knossos, Crete, it remained a mystery for over fifty years until 1952, when Michael Ventris discovered that its signs did not represent an unknown language as ... see all copies from $2.32! new only from $12.81! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Memory of Elephants more books like this by Boman Desai add to wishlist Homi Seervai is a Parsi scientist, who invents a machine which activates the memory store of the brain. When a love affair finishes, Homi uses the machine to relive good times, but the machine goes wrong, and he experiences ancestral and racial memories. This is the author's first novel. see all copies from $11.37! new only from $17.71! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Rabindranath Tagore: An Anthology more books like this by Rabindranath Tagore, Andrew Robinson (Editor), Krishna Dutta (Editor) add to wishlist This anthology shows the diversity and range of Rabindranath Tagore's work and contains paintings, short stories, poems, plays, memoirs, letters and essays. Tagore won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. see all copies from $9.33! new only from $13.52! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Rabindranath Tagore: The Myriad-Minded Man more books like this by Krishna Dutta add to wishlist Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) - poet, philosopher, painter, novelist, playwright, composer, traveler, political commentator and Asia's first Nobel Laureate - was one of his era's cultural icons: the 'Great Sentinel', said Gandhi. His works reshaped Bengali literature, music and thought and had a profound and lasting impact on the West. He was ... see all copies from $4.65! new only from $10.76! \| first editions \| SVS
11	The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Genius Who Proved Newton Wrong and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Surprising Feats more books like this by Andrew Robinson add to wishlist Born in 1773, Thomas Young lived in a pivotal time. The explosion of knowledge that was soon to come made it impossible to be a true polymathaa master of multiple disciplines. Young was the last of the polymaths, and his contributions to science are truly staggering. Challenging the theories of Isaac Newton, he was the first to prove that light is ... see all copies from $3.46! new only from $4.00!
12 view cover	Einstein: A Hundred Years of Relativity more books like this by Andrew Robinson (Editor) add to wishlist With contributions from Freeman Dyson, Stephen Hawking, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, and many others, this book is a definitive illustrated study of one of the foremost icons of the 20th century. Photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
13 view cover	The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius more books like this by Andrew Robinson add to wishlist Physics textbooks identify Thomas Young (1773-1829) as the experimenter who first proved that light is a wave--not a stream of corpuscles as Newton proclaimed. In any book on the eye and vision, Young is the London physician who showed how the eye focuses and proposed the three-color theory of vision confirmed only in 1959. In any book on ancient ... see all copies from $3.49! new only from $12.68! \| first editions
14 view cover	Football's Quick Passing Game more books like this by Andrew Coverdale, Dan Robinson add to wishlist Volume 3 -- Implementing the Package presents systematic instructions for teaching and installing the quick passing game. The book includes and overview of how to train quarterbacks and receivers for the quick passing game and reviews the general principles for practicing and drilling the quick passing game. see all copies from $11.99!
15 view cover	Repair of Vehicle Bodies more books like this by A Robinson add to wishlist Andrew Livesey is head of the School of Automotive and Industrial Engineering at Farnborough College of Technology. This well respected book has been fully re-worked and revised by Andrew Livesey. It has new sections and new questions to provide the Vehicle Body Repair student with a comprehensive textbook. The text, diagrams and photographs cover ... see all copies from $14.48! new only from $48.56! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Football's Quick Passing Game, Volume 3: Implementing the Package more books like this by Andrew Coverdale, Dan Robinson add to wishlist Well-conceived, well-organized, and well-presented instructions for installing the quick passing game. see all copies from $15.77! new only from $15.77!
17 view cover	Earthshock: Hurricanes, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tornadoes, and Other Forces of Nature more books like this by Andrew Robinson add to wishlist What causes an earthquake? When will another big shock shake Tokyo or Los Angeles? Can people create deserts and eventually wipe out a civilization? Or are deserts and droughts entirely beyond human control? How are ozone layer and greenhouse effect interlinked? Is global warming a force of Nature - or of man? This revised edition comes complete ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.95!
18 view cover	Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts more books like this by Andrew Robinson add to wishlist Undeciphered scripts have long tantalized the public, whether it's the possibility of hearing the voices of ancient peoples or the puzzle solver's taste for the challenges posed by breaking codes. Here, Andrew Robinson investigates the most famous examples, beginning with the stories of three great decipherments: Egyptian hieroglyphs, Maya glyphs, ... see all copies from $11.74! new only from $19.47! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Story of Measurement more books like this by Andrew Robinson add to wishlist New from the author of the highly successful "The Story of Writing", here is the first fully illustrated guide to the human passion for measurement - of ourselves, our experiences, our surroundings and the universe - published at a time of great interest in popular science titles. Answering many of the questions of everyday life, and sure to ... see all copies from $11.73! new only from $22.59! \| first editions \| SVS
20	The Coasts of India: With 80 Photographs and Captions more books like this by Ashvin Mehta, Andrew Robinson (Introduction by) add to wishlist see all copies from $3.96! new only from $29.99! \| first editions
21 view cover	Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye more books like this by Andrew Robinson add to wishlist "Pather Panchali", the first film in Satyajit Ray's "Apu" trilogy brought world attention to the work of this director. Andrew Robinson views Ray's prodigious achievements from both an Indian and a Western perspective. see all copies from $7.12! new only from $29.25! \| first editions
22 view cover	Captain Pamphile more books like this by Alexandre Dumas (Foreword by), Dr. Andrew Brown (Translator), Tony Robinson (Foreword by) add to wishlist Darkly humorous, "Captain Pamphile" is a thrilling adventure story, full of sea battles, mutiny, and exotic animals--all led by one of Dumas' most intriguing creations. In the fashionable social circles of 1831, the vogue is to collect one's own menagerie, and there is soon a demand for exotic animals from the four corners of the world. Musing on ... see all copies from $3.98! new only from $9.23! \| SVS
23 view cover	Story of Writing: Alphabets Hieroglyphs and Pictographs more books like this by Andrew Robinson add to wishlist People can be interested in language, writing and scripts. They may wonder how, when and where did writing evolve? Do alphabets function better than hieroglyphs? And are we today, in the computer age, moving towards a "universal language" of signs and symbols? This text aims to demystify writing for the general reader. It explains the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.50! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Brought to You in Living Color: 75 Years of Great Moments in Television & Radio from NBC more books like this by Marc Robinson, Tom Brokaw (Foreword by), Andrew Lack (Afterword by) add to wishlist This book gives a colorful perspective of the most exciting moments in radio and television from broadcast pioneer "NBC". Through rare photos of past and present "NBC" celebrities and entertainers, this full color book offers a sweeping panorama of the events, personalities, characters, and programs that have punctuated American life since 1926, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.75! \| first editions
25 view cover	Implementing TPM more books like this by Charles J Robinson, Andrew P Ginder add to wishlist Learn from these author's experiences tailoring TPM to the distinctive needs of North American plants, and how TPM fits into an overall manufacturing improvement strategy. A real-world view on what works and what doesn't, an excellent resource for strategic planning, and an educational tool for middle and upper management. Includes the seven ... see all copies from $2.29! new only from $88.28!

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