A classic of crime and adventure, Grant Allen's "An African Millionaire" is perfect for fans of books such as "Arsene Lupin", "Gentleman Thief". Wealthy, confident and handsome, Charles Van Drift is not accustomed to being swindled and his brush with Colonel Clay both rattles and infuriates him. As [...]
The Nobel Prize winner writes here on current issues of prevailing concern to every American citizen and taxpayer, displaying the powers of analysis and expression that have made him one of the most widely respected economists in America. Edited and with an Introduction by William R. Allen.
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Maximus the Confessor (c.580-662) has become one of the most discussed figures in contemporary patristic studies. This is partly due to the relatively recent discovery and critical edition of his works in various genres, including On the Ascetic Life, Four Centuries on Charity, Two Centuries on Theo[...]
The Student Workbook to Accompany Analysis of Tonal Music, Third Edition, contains 41 assignments for introductory courses in Schenkerian Analysis. This new edition has been reworked to provide instructors with greater flexibility in using the assignments, offering suggestions as part of the instruc[...]
Sci-fi makes it look so easy. Receive a distress call from Alpha Centauri? No problem: punch the warp drive and you're there in minutes. Facing a catastrophe that can't be averted? Just pop back in the time stream and stop it before it starts. But for those of us not lucky enough to live in a scienc[...]
Allen Ellenzweig traces the male gaze upon men as captured by the camera throughout the history of photography. More than one hundred striking, provocative duotone photographs reflect a wide-ranging history of photographic male homoeroticism and the spiritual, physical, and intellectual exchange amo[...]
Colin Allen (a philosopher) and Marc Bekoff (a cognitive ethologist) approach their work from a perspective that considers arguments about evolutionary continuity to be as applicable to the study of animal minds and brains as they are to comparative studies of kidneys, stomachs, and hearts. Cognitiv[...]
Immanuel Kant's "Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals" is one of the most important texts in the history of ethics. In it Kant searches for the supreme principle of morality and argues for a conception of the moral life that has made this work a continuing source of controversy and an object of [...]
This classic account of the German Resistance during World War II remains one of the primary sources on a topic that continues to generate controversy more than a half century after the war's end. As OSS (office of strategic services) chief of station in Bern, Switzerland, from 1942 to 1945, Dulles [...]
What could be more exciting than a visit to Whispering Island and a chance to investigate a few of the creepy stories about it? But Enid Blyton's The Famous Five get stranded there, and realise they're not the only ones on the island. This edition features a new cover and revised text to bring the d[...]
The book begins with a thorough coverage of a number of elementary matters. This may be regarded either as a review or as a reorientation in preparation for the systematic presentation that follows.Beginning in Part Two ideas that are more specifically Schenkerian are developed and applied to the an[...]
As a young Japanese boy recovers from a bad chill, his mother busily folds origami paper into delicate silver cranes in preparation for the boy's very first Christmas. "A gift from artist to child that indicates a ripe maturity in both its illustrative and textual elements. Serving as a bridge betwe[...]
The most complete reference in its field, this new edition of the leading basin analysis textbook retains the successful structure of previous editions, emphasizing relatively simple theory and models to give students a firm quantitative understanding of the topic.[...]
The most complete reference in its field, this new edition of the leading basin analysis textbook retains the successful structure of previous editions, emphasizing relatively simple theory and models to give students a firm quantitative understanding of the topic.[...]
This book is a new translation of a classic work of modern social and political thought, Elements of the Philosophy of Right. Hegelâs last major published work, is an attempt to systematize ethical theory, natural right, the philosophy of law, political theory, and the sociology of the modern s[...]
For the past number of years, academic entrepreneurship has become one of the most widely studied topics in the entrepreneurship literature. Yet, despite all the research that has been conducted to date, there has not been a systematic attempt to analyze critically the factors which lie behind succe[...]
A picture book masterpiece from Caldecott medal winner Allen Say now available in paperback
Lyrical, breathtaking, splendid--words used to describe Allen Say's Grandfather's Journey when it was first published. At once deeply personal yet expressing universally held emotions, this tale of one m[...]
Now fully updated, this is the classic companion to Woody Allen's work.
The author of King Leopold's Ghost offers a stirring account of the first great human rights crusade, which originated in England in the 1780s and resulted in the freeing of hundreds of thousands of slaves around the world. Reprint.[...]
* A consideration of the fundamental physical state of the lithosphere. * A discussion on the major types of lithospheric deformation relevant to basin development - stretching and flexure. * A new chapter on the effects of mantle dynamics. * Radically revised chapters on the basin-fill.[...]
(Essential Elements). Level 4 of Hal Leonard's Essential Elements for Strings series is perfect for your advanced-level students. Each book includes: - A detailed practice routine for scales - Three-octave major and minor scales and arpeggios - A systematic fingering system for scales - Extensive sh[...]
Philosophy for Understanding Theology has become the classic text for exploring the relationship between philosophy and Christian theology. This new edition adds chapters on postmodernism and questions of the self and the good to bring the book up to date with current scholarship. It introduces stud[...]
Features clear and detailed descriptions of 650 species of birds from the western regions of North America and several new maps and illustrations that feature depicted species from at least six different views. Original. 200,000 first printing.[...]