A two-volume anthology that places the Western literary tradition and its canon within a world context. Selections are divided into 6 major literary periods, with each period subdivided into Representative Texts, Western Texts, The World Context, and Background Texts.
Generally used in the second course in taxation, this book focuses primarily on taxation as it applies to corporations, partnerships, trusts and estates. The authors provide comprehensive coverage of relevant code and regulations, as well as all major developments in federal taxation.
Prepared by James C. Young (Northern Illinois University), the Study Guide encourages learners to review the chapter's main focus, key concepts, and key terms, and brush up on homework and test-taking skills. Using the available answers and solutions to its quizzes and problems, users can prepare for tests and quizzes in their course or use the ...
This unusual picture book shrinks the world's population down to a village of100 to help children better understand who we are, where we live, how fast weare growing, and more.
Drawing on the collective knowledge of experienced players and coaches, this book prepares rugby players to withstand the rigours of the sport. It helps identify strengths and weaknesses and goes on to game strategy and improving the team's mental focus.
For courses in American Literary Survey.This leading, two-volume anthology represents America's literary heritage from the colonial times of William Bradford and Anne Bradstreet to the contemporary era of Saul Bellow and Alice Walker. Volume II begins with Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson and moves through Toni Morrison.
The only biography authorized by the Mullins family includes a 16-page insertof pictures from Rich Mullins's life and discussion questions called "GrowingDeeper". Includes a free companion CD of Mullins's music arranged in order ofchapter titles.
"An Old Creed for the New South: Proslavery Ideology and Historiography, 1865-1918" details the slavery debate from the Civil War through World War I. Award-winning historian John David Smith argues that African American slavery remained a salient metaphor for how Americans interpreted contemporary race relations decades after the Civil War.Smith ...
For one-semester or one-quarter courses in American Literature. The Concise Anthology of American Literature, Fifth Edition contains selections from Volumes I and II of the Anthology of American Literature, Seventh Edition. Carefully selected readings introduce students to America's literary heritage, from the colonial times of William Bradford ...
When did southern segregation begin? Students often assume that segregation was a natural outcome of Reconstruction. Even scholars cannot agree on which events at the end of the 19th century mark the beginning of American Apartheid. Each of the six selections in this volume addresses the question of segregation's origins, and amid the debate over ...
Climate change threatens the future of civilisation, but humanity is impotent in effecting solutions. Even in those nations with a commitment to reduce greenhouse emissions, they continue to rise. This failure mirrors those in many other spheres that deplete the fish of the sea, erode fertile land, destroy native forests, pollute rivers and ...
'We must first understand others before we can care about them and we must care about them before we can love them. In this book, J. David Smith takes us on a fascinating journey from understanding to caring to love' - Leonard O. Pellicer, Dean, University of La Verne, La Verne, California. In his book, "In Search of Better Angels: Stories of ...
Based on voluminous corporate records and extensive interviews with key employees, Science and Corporate Strategy: Du Pont R and D, 1902-1980 provides a comprehensive, critical study of research and development in a large US corporation. Du Pont was among a handful of US corporations that established formal research and development laboratories at ...
In this satirical novel, a mysterious gentleman whisks golfer Tom Cruickshank off to Mount Augustus, the Country Club of the Gods, for a round on the most demanding course in the universe. He encounters various gods and goddesses throughout the round.
A compelling story of racial self-hatred in America and of a black man who became a pariah among his own people-William Hannibal ThomasAIs transformation from a critical but optimistic black nationalist to a cynical black Negrophobe at the dawn of the twentieth century. The book opens a whole new perspective on the question of race in American ...
This text describes the field of radio and television in the United States in a manner intended to make the book suitable for the classroom teacher. It is divided by subject to be assigned as and when appropriate, and includes information on ethics, careers and rivals to the commercial industry.
Nations at War provides an explanation of war in international politics grounded on data-based, empirical research. The book classifies and synthesizes the research findings of over 500 quantitative analyses of war at the analytic level of the state, dyad, region, and international system. Because wars follow from political decisions, two basic ...
This book focuses on the methodology and analysis of state and local population projections. It describes the most commonly used data sources and application techniques within each of three classes of projection methods (cohort-component, trend extrapolation, and structural models) and covers the components of population growth, the formation of ...
It was at a time when Edwardian Britain seemed a golden place, basking in its imperial glory. Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen set himself up in the then fasionable business of homeopathy. His wife, a music-hall variety performer called Belle Elmore, did her best with her limited stage talents. They lived among the suburban villas of North London, ...
"Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Deformation" is the only book devoted to the diagnosis and management of birth defects resulting from mechanical forces in late gestation. It equips you with the evidence-based guidance you need to intervene in a timely and effective manner to avoid long-term adverse secondary consequences.
The new edition provides reliable, current information on the legal issues and the technology of drug testing in the workplace, and shows step-by-step how to set up a testing program.
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