This revolutionary new look at vision will broaden your understanding of how you see and how you "can" see without your glasses or contact lenses.
"Take Off Your Glasses and See" shows you how to free yourself from the crutch of prescription lenses, to build your self-confidence and awareness, [...]

This entertaining and innovative book focuses on vocal performance styles that developed in tandem with the sound technologies of the phonograph, radio, and sound film. Writing in a clear and lively style, Jacob Smith looks at these media technologies and industries through the lens of performance, [...]

From the 1940s to the 1970s, the phonograph industry experienced phenomenal growth, both in sales and in cultural influence. Along with hugely popular music recordings, spoken word LPs served a multitude of functions and assumed an important place in the American home. In this book, Jacob Smith surv[...]

Well before Evel Knievel or Hollywood stuntmen, reality television or the X Games, North America had a long tradition of stunt performance, of men (and some women) who sought media attention and popular fame with public feats of daring. Many of these feats - jumping off bridges, climbing steeples an[...]

The Divided Welfare State is the first comprehensive political analysis of America’s system of public and private social benefits. Everyone knows that the American welfare state is less expensive and extensive, later to develop and slower to grow, than comparable programs abroad. American socia[...]

While Jews in the land of Israel in ancient times shared much in common - scripture, reverence for the Temple and its cult, some traits as one ?Orthodox? Judaism. Diverse ?Judaisms? flourished, each with its particular way of life, world view, and definition of the social entity, or ?Israel?. Becaus[...]

A complete introduction to partial differential equations, this textbook provides a rigorous yet accessible guide to students in mathematics, physics and engineering. The presentation is lively and up to date, paying particular emphasis to developing an appreciation of underlying mathematical theory[...]

This volume is a study of the relationship between philosophy and faith in Soren Kierkegaard's Philosophical Fragments. It is also the first book to examine the role of Socrates in this body of writings, illuminating the significance of Socrates for Kierkegaard's thought. Jacob Howland argues that i[...]

Offers an interpretation of Blake's art and poetry in the context of the revolutionary period in which he was working.[...]

A continuation of the author's quest to make science part of our world and to hold that world to the rational and ethical values of the liberated human spirit. It describes how he arrived in Nagasaki in the autumn of 1945, and saw what looked like broken rocks 'the ruins of industrial buildings'.[...]

Bring the exciting world of tourism into your classroom with this three-level course which uses authentic materials, including Dorling Kindersleys Eyewitness Travel Guides * Brings the world of work into the classroom * Provides effective communication strategies for workplace situations * Develops[...]