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Octopus Publishing Group Big Cocks: Hilarious Snaps of Prominent Poultry
Book SynopsisPROUD. ERECT. COCKS. You won’t believe your eyes. This book contains some of the world’s most impressive cocks! Paired with hilarious captions, these pics will have your jaw hitting the floor in no time. Go on – you know you want to sneak a little peak at these beautiful sturdy beasts!
£7.59
Insight Editions Harry Potter: Weekly Planner Notepad
Book SynopsisCelebrate your love of the Harry Potter films with this planner all year long!This undated weekly planner notepad features iconic imagery from the Harry Potter films and is a perfect gift for Harry Potter fans. START PLANNING NOW: Fill in the days on this undated weekly planner to start a year of planning any time 52 PAGES: Plenty of room for all of your events, plans, and projects for every week of the year CONVENIENT SIZE: This undated planner is 8.5 x 11 inches, perfect for your desktop to keep track of important dates, deadlines, or weekly goals PERFECT FOR STUDENTS AND ADULTS: Achieve Hermione Granger levels of organization! This undated planner is perfect for keeping both students and adult professionals organized
£14.04
Thieme Medical Publishers Inc Principles of Facial Reconstruction
Book SynopsisA beautifully illustrated, multimedia guide to facial soft-tissue reconstruction from leading clinicians Principles of Facial Reconstruction: A Subunit Approach to Cutaneous Repair, Third Edition by distinguished clinicians Wayne F. Larrabee Jr., David A. Sherris, Jeffrey C. Teixeira, and esteemed contributors presents evidence-based facial reconstruction techniques that simplify flap design based on location and defect. The book's primary focus is soft-tissue defects of moderate size rather than larger flap reconstructions. Building on the acclaimed prior editions, the third edition features new content and images. Key surgical principles are detailed graphically in an easy-to-navigate, concise layout. The two opening chapters cover a review of soft-tissue biomechanics and physiology, followed by fundamentals of wound closure, wound healing, grafts, and flaps. The seven consistently organized anatomic chapters present a brief overview of the anatomy of the region, followed by succinct descriptions of surgical approaches for relevant subunits in that region. The final two chapters provide details on free flaps and graft harvesting techniques. The reader-friendly format enables quick determination of the most reliable reconstruction options for repair of the scalp, forehead, eyes, nose, cheek, ears, and lips and chin. Key FeaturesFirsthand experience from renowned experts on the most reliable defect reconstructionsFull-color clinical photographs, around 500 high-quality illustrations, and diagrams provide precise insights on key surgical conceptsFollowing a facial unit principle, decision-making algorithms guide readers on selection of the most effective flap or graft for each case This is a must-have resource for plastic surgeons, otolaryngologists, and oral-maxillofacial surgeons, and dermatology residents and fellows, as well as surgeons specializing in the field of facial plastic surgery. This book includes complimentary access to a digital copy on https://medone.thieme.com.
£146.25
Temple University Press,U.S. The Forest and the Trees
Book SynopsisNew Third Edition! If sociology could teach everyone just one thing, what would it be? The Forest and the Trees is one sociologist's response to the hypothetical-the core insight with the greatest potential to change how people see the world and themselves in relation to it. This Third Edition features: Updated key references, data, resources, and examples, from global warming, Obama's election, and gay marriage to transgender/cisgender and the Occupy Movement A glossary of terms The short essays in Chapter 6, framed around the power of sociology, dig beneath easy and popular understandings to reveal what lies beneath An additional analysis of how men's violence is made invisible even though most violence is perpetrated by men Chapter 7's focus on sociology as a worldview with an analysis of the origins of white privilegeTrade Review"There is no better book to help college students understand the sociological mindset."-Terence J. McGinn, The University of Michigan"I love The Forest and the Trees. And, honestly, if there was not a new edition, I am not sure how I would teach my introduction to sociology course. My students often comment that it was the best book in a class they have ever read. I cannot sing the praises of The Forest and the Trees enough!"-Marisol Clark-Ibáñez, Associate Professor of Sociology, California State University, San MarcosTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Life, Practice, and Promise 1 The Forest, the Trees, and the One Thing 2 Culture: Symbols, Ideas, and the Stuff of Life 3 The Structures of Social Life 4 Population and Human Ecology: People, Space, and Place 5 Us, It, and Social Interaction 6 Things Are Not What They Seem 7 Sociology as Worldview: Where White Privilege Came From Epilogue: Who Are We Really? Notes Glossary Index
£21.84
Paperblanks Poetry in Bloom Grande Unlined Hardcover Journal
Book SynopsisThe design reproduced on this journal cover, originally crafted by Riviere and Son, centres around a sensitive plant surrounded by other richly hued flowers, foliage and butterflies. The binding was used for The Sensitive Plant and Early Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley and is a celebration of the creative spirit.
£999.99
Cengage Learning EMEA Maths English for Electrical
Book SynopsisThis write-in workbook is an invaluable resource to help learners' improve their Maths and English skills and help prepare for Level 1 and Level 2 Functional Skills exams. The workbook format enables learners to practice and improve their maths and English skills and the real-life questions, exercises and scenarios are all written with an electrical Installation context to help learners find essential Maths and English theory understandable, engaging and achievable. This workbook is an invaluable resource to support Maths and English learning in the classroom, at work and for personal study at home.Trade ReviewChapter Title English Unit 1 Spelling Unit 2 Alphabetising Unit 3 Comprehension Unit 4 Grammar Maths Unit 5 General mathematics Unit 6 Basic operations Unit 7 Decimals Unit 8 Fractions Unit 9 Percentages Unit 10 Voltage, current and resistance Unit 11 Measuring Electrical Quantities and SI Units Unit 12 Measurement - Length and Area Unit 13 Earning wages Unit 14 Squaring numbers Unit 15 Ratios Unit 16 Mechanical Reasoning Unit 17 Reading, interpreting and understanding information in tables, charts and graphs Unit 18 Practice written exam for the Hairdressing industryTable of ContentsChapterTitle English Unit 1Spelling Unit 2Alphabetising Unit 3Comprehension Unit 4Grammar Maths Unit 5General mathematics Unit 6Basic operations Unit 7Decimals Unit 8Fractions Unit 9Percentages Unit 10Voltage, current and resistance Unit 11Measuring Electrical Quantities and SI Units Unit 12Measurement ��� Length and Area Unit 13Earning wages Unit 14Squaring numbers Unit 15Ratios Unit 16Mechanical Reasoning Unit 17Reading, interpreting and understanding information in tables, charts and graphs Unit 18Practice written exam for the Hairdressing industry
£15.99
HarperCollins Publishers The Times Quick Cryptic Crossword Book 4
Book SynopsisChallenge your brain power with these fun crossword puzzles.100 puzzles from The Times adapting the cryptic puzzle for those with a hectic lifestyle and schedule.Ideal for those starting out with cryptic crosswords, and those who'd like to tackle the main puzzle but feel daunted, or who can perhaps only solve a handful of clues.Appearing Monday to Friday in the puzzle pages of Times2, this crossword has a reduced 13x13 grid size and reduced difficulty too, the intention being to encourage people to take their first steps in tackling cryptic crosswords. And also to cater for those of us who have limited time to devote to our favourite pastime and need a ready-made set of puzzles that is solvable in a short space of time.
£7.99
Indiana University Press An Ethnography of Hunger
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe book is ethnographically rich and presents us with new ways of thinking about development practices and environmental politics broadly defined. More importantly, An Ethnography of Hunger makes a significant contribution to the understanding of the relationship between power, politics and the environment. The book, for many years to come, will provoke intellectual debate about the place of politics and the environment in Tanzania, Africa, and beyond. * Political and Legal Anthrology Review *Recommended. * Choice *Phillips's nuanced analysis of the lived experience of hunger, its embeddedness in social relationships, and its impact on political subjectivity are truly original and set this book apart from other anthropological studies of hunger, subsistence farming, or political subjectivity. -- Jennie E. Gurnet - Georgia State University * African Studies Review *Table of ContentsPreface AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Subsistence CitizenshipPART I: The Frames of Subsistence in Singida: Cosmology, Ethnography, HistoryChapter 1 Hunger in Relief: Village Life and Livelihood Chapter 2 The Unpredictable Grace of the Sun: Cosmology, Conquest, and the Politics of SubsistencePART II: The Power of the Poor on the Threshold of SubsistenceChapter 3 We Shall Meet at the Pot of Ugali: Sociality, Differentiation, and Diversion in the Distribution of FoodChapter 4 Crying, Denying, and Surviving Rural HungerPART III: Subsistence CitizenshipChapter 5 Subsistence versus DevelopmentChapter 6 Patronage, Rights, and the Idioms of Rural Citizenship Conclusion: The Seasons of Subsistence and CitizenshipNotesBibliographyIndex
£19.79
Crossway Books Depression Anxiety and the Christian Life
Book SynopsisThis book presents 17th-century pastor Richard Baxter's wise, gentle advice to comfort and strengthen all who struggle with depression or know someone who does.
£999.99
Princeton University Press Walter Kaufmann
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year""Best known for inaugurating the rehabilitation of Nietzsche, Kaufmann is portrayed in Stanley Corngold’s splendid recent biography—Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic—as the conduit through which [Martin] Buber’s teaching entered the American conversation."---Benjamin Balint, Wall Street Journal"[A] luminous biography." * Kirkus *"In this new work, [Stanley] Corngold presents a historical account of philosopher Walter Kaufmann's writings, which ranged widely from ethics and religion to a major rethinking of Friedrich Nietzsche. Thorough and engaging, Corngold presents a vivid picture of Kaufmann's life through an analysis of his most influential works."---William Simkulet, Library Journal"Corngold’s ‘philosophical biography’ portrays Kaufmann as a fascinating, admirable, and flawed character. After a brief biographical chapter, Corngold takes us through Kaufmann’s intellectual journey from his first book to his last. The detailed discussions of Kaufmann’s individual works, supplemented by an array of philosophical and literary references, are balanced and rich."---Lewis Rosenberg, Australian Book Review"Corngold writes with a tenacity and intensity that matches his subject . . . [and] proves an admirable guide."---Robert L. Kehoe III, Los Angeles Review of Books"[A] brilliantly erudite and playful intellectual biography of Kaufmann."---Hugo Drochon, Times Literary Supplement
£31.50
John Wiley & Sons What Works May Hurt Side Effects in Education
Book SynopsisShines a light on the long-ignored phenomenon of side effects of education policies and practices, bringing a fresh and perhaps surprising perspective to evidence-based practices and policies. Identifying the adverse effects of some of the “best” educational interventions, the author investigates causes and offers clear recommendations.Table of Contents Contents Acknowledgments - vii Introduction - 1 1. When Risks Outweigh Benefits: The Effectiveness, Effects, and Side Effects of NCLB - 7 The Diagnosis and Prescription - 7 The Effects and Effectiveness of NCLB - 11 Side Effects of NCLB - 15 Summary - 21 2. The Missed Lesson from Medical Research for Education: Why Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT) Couldn’t Cure Reading First - 24 The Case of Reading First - 24 Side Effects: The Missed Lesson from Medicine - 32 Moving Beyond RCT: A Summary - 36 3. Unproductive Successes and Productive Failures: Direct Instruction and Classroom Side Effects - 38 The Grievance of Direct Instruction - 40 Effectiveness Versus Effects of Direct Instruction - 43 Effects and Side Effects of Direct Instruction - 50 Summary - 54 4. At What Cost: Side Effects at the System Level in East Asia - 56 The Surprising Admiration for East Asian Education - 56 Evidence of Effectiveness - 57 The Asian Treatment - 60 Asian Treatment at Work: Effects and Side Effects - 65 Summary - 74 5. The Rabbit Hole of Visible Learning:Invisible Side Effects Lurk Ahead - 75 Many Educational Outcomes - 78 An Ecological Metaphor - 79 Outcomes Versus Outcomes: Side Effects of Pursuing Academic Achievement - 82 Summary - 88 6. From When Is It Effective to Who Gets Hurt: When Vouchers Don’t Work - 89 Aptitude–Treatment Interaction - 90 Lessons from ATI Research - 92 From Effects to Side Effects - 94 Who Gets Hurt: The Case of School Vouchers - 96 Summary - 103 7. The Futile Quest for Panacea: Wars, Pendulum Swings, and Snake Oil in Education - 104 Cyclical Warfare and Pendulum Swings in Education - 105 The Elusive Middle Ground - 109 The Quest for Panacea - 110 Neglecting Side Effects - 114 Raging Wars and New Panacea: A Summary - 116 8. Study Side Effects Now: A Call to Action - 118 Why Study Side Effects? - 119 Why Haven’t We? - 126 A Call to Action - 128 Side Effects of Studying Side Effects: Conclusion - 132 References - 133 Index - 156 About the Author - 168
£24.69
DINGBATS Dingbats Wildlife Medium A5 Hardcover Notebook
Book SynopsisNotebook has a hardcover bound with PU leather (100% vegan)
£20.82
Princeton Architectural Press Woodcut Journal
Book SynopsisThis handsome notebook appeals to anybody who appreciates the grandeur and mystery of trees, as well as those who work with wood and marvel at the rich history embedded in its growth. Bound in cloth, with 160 lined pages for writing and journaling, and sixteen full-page works of Bryan Nash Gill's sublime woodcut art.
£15.36
Teachers' College Press Studio Thinking from the Start
Book SynopsisStudents of all ages can learn to think like artists! Studio Thinking changed the conversation about quality arts education. Now this new publication shows how the eight Studio Habits of Mind and four Studio Structures can be used successfully with younger students in a range of school environments.Trade ReviewThis fresh, new work focuses on the development of younger minds... Studio Thinking from the Start is designed for any teacher regardless of discipline, especially novices.- Arts & Activities;Praise for Studio Thinking:""Winner and Hetland have set out to show what it means to take education in the arts seriously, in its own right.""- The New York Times;""This book is very educational and would be helpful to art teachers in promoting quality teaching in their classrooms.""- School Arts Magazine;“Studio Thinking is a major contribution to the field.""- Arts & Learning Review;""The research in Studio Thinking is groundbreaking and important because it is anchored in the actual practice of teaching artists …The ideas in Studio Thinking continue to provide a vehicle with which to navigate and understand the complex work in which we are all engaged.""- Teaching Artists Journal;“If we want our students to think, if we want them to learn, we must engage them in habits of the mind that cultivate their innate abilities. The habits of artists in their studios can help all of us who teach to hone our techniques in every classroom and can aid administrators to see possibilities to enrich our schools for the sake of learners and teachers alike.”- From the Foreword by David P. Nelson, president, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt);""Starting young with studio thinking is a fabulous idea supported by this fine resource. After all, studio thinking thrives on art but applies to everything?habits of mind that help people to live their lives in thoughtful, curious, and creative ways.""- David Perkins, Harvard Graduate School of Education;“For experienced and novice teachers alike, for generalist teachers and for art teachers, Studio Thinking from the Start: The K–8 Art Educator’s Handbook is a needed addition to teacher resources for improving the quality of elementary art education. Focusing not on materials or project recipes, but on the language and interactions of teachers and students, this book supports teachers in deepening conversations about form and meaning by modeling simple elegant questions and exchanges that engage students as serious makers who are pursuing their own creative research agendas.”- Olivia Gude, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
£27.90
DINGBATS Dingbats Wildlife Medium A5 Hardcover Notebook
Book SynopsisNotebook has a hardcover bound with PU leather (100% vegan)
£20.82
Moleskine Moleskine Watercolour Pencils 12 Colours
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£23.83
Pomegranate Communications Inc,US Charley Harpers Animals Memory Game
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£11.39
Christian Lacroix Christian Lacroix Maison De Jeu Pen Pot
Book SynopsisIconic Maison de Jeu artwork from the house of Christian Lacroix Paris! The artwork depicts the atmosphere of vintage French gambling houses. This petite porcelain pen pot with printed Maison de Jeu pattern has platinum edge & platinum hot-stamped logo on the base.- Box Size: 3 x 3 x 4- Porcelain with Platinum Edge- Gold Logo stamped on base- Printed 2-Piece BoxWith Product Info on Base- Ships Shrink-Wrapped- Coordinates with Best Selling Playing Card
£999.99
University of Toronto Press The Complete Poetry of Giacomo da Lentini
Book SynopsisThis volume presents the first translation in English of the complete poetry of Giacomo da Lentini, the first major lyric poet of the Italian vernacular. He was the leading exponent of the Sicilian School (c.1220-1270) as well as the inventor of the sonnet. Featuring illustrations and new English translations of some forty lyrics, Richard Lansing revives the work of a pioneer of Italian literature, a poet who helped pave the way for later writers such as Dante and Petrarch. Giacomo da Lentini is hailed as the earliest poet to import the Occitan tradition of love poetry into the Italian vernacular. This edition of Giacomo fills a gap in the canon of translations of Italian literature in English and serves as a vital reference source for students as well as scholars and teachers interested in the literature of the romance languages.Trade Review"This volume deserves to be commended as an elegant, comprehensive, and well- contextualized edition of Giacomo’s poetry. Thanks to Lansing and Kumar’s efforts here, a much broader readership will now be able to evaluate the innovative poetry of Giacomo on its own terms and in light of its own specific cultural and intellectual context." -- Tristan Kay * Speculum *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Bibliography Lyrics Canzoni and Discordo 1. Madonna, dir vo voglio (My lady, I wish to tell you) 2. Meravigliosa-mente (Extraordinarily) 3. Guiderdone aspetto avere (I hope for recompense) 4. Amor non vole ch’io clami (Love will not let me seek) 5. Dal core mi vene (From my heart comes) 6. La ’namoranza disïosa (The love full of desire) 7. Ben m’è venuto prima cordoglienza (Indeed I felt deep grief at once, my fair) 8. Donna, eo languisco (My Love, I suffer and don’t know what hope) 9. Troppo son dimorato (Too long have I resided) 10. Non so se ’n gioia mi sia (I do not know if thoughts of love) 11. Uno disïo d’amore sovente (So frequently an amorous desire) 12. Amando lungiamente (In loving for so long) 13. Madonna mia, a voi mando (My lady fair, I send to you) 14. S’io doglio no è meraviglia (It’s no surprise I grieve) 15. Amore, paura m’incalcia (O Love, fear presses me) 16. Poi no mi val merzé né ben servire (Since neither mercy nor performing deeds) 17. Dolce coninzamento (I sing a sweet preamble) Tenzone with the Abbot of Tivoli 18a. Ai deo d’amore (O god of Love, I pray you see) 18b. Feruto sono isvarïatamente (I have been wounded differently) 18c. Qual om riprende altrui (One who rebukes another frequently) 18d. Cotale gioco rnai non fue veduto (A game like this has not been seen) 18e. Con vostro onore facciovi uno ’nvito (I honor you and send you this appeal) Tenzone with Jacopo Mostacci and Pier della Vigna 19a. Solicitando un poco meo savere (To stimulate my intellect) 19b. Però ch’Amore non si pò vedere (Because Love is not visible) 19c. Amore è uno disio che ven da core (Love’s a desire that issues from the heart) Sonnets 20. Lo giglio quand’è colto tost’è passo (The lily fades as soon as it is picked) 21. Sì come il sol che manda la sua spera (Just like the sun that sends its rays) 22. Or come pote sì gran donna entrare (How can so great a lady pass) 23. Molti amadori la lor malatia (Many lovers bear their malady) 24. Donna, vostri sembianti mi mostraro (My lady, your expressions raised in me) 25. Ogn’omo ch’ama de’ amar so ’nore (A lover must protect his name) 26. A l’aire claro ò vista ploggia dare (On clear days I have seen it rain) 27. Io m’aggio posto in core a Dio (I’ve set my heart on serving God) 28. Lo viso mi fa andare alegramente (Her face creates my happiness) 29. Eo viso e son diviso da lo viso (I see, but only from afar, her face) 30. Sì alta amanza à pres’a lo me’ core (A love so noble seized my heart) 31. Per sofrenza si vince gran vetoria (Through patience victories are won) 32. Certo me par che far dea bon signore (It seems quite clear a noble lord should base) 33. Sì como ’l parpaglion ch’a tal natura (Just as the butterfly in nature’s grasp) 34. Chi non avesse mai veduto foco (If one had never seen a flame of fire) 35. Diamante, né smiraldo, né zafino (No diamond, sapphire, emerald) 36. Madonna à ’n se vertute con valore (The virtue of my lady is) 37. Angelica figura e comprobata (Angelic figure manifest) 38. Quand’om à un bon amico leiale (When someone has a good and loyal friend) Lyrics of dubious attribution D.1. Membrando l’amoroso dipartire (Remembering my loving fond farewell) D.2. Lo badalisco a lo specchio lucente (Before a shiny mirror the basilisk) D.3. Guardando basalisco velenoso (Looking at the deadly basilisk) Notes Illustrations Index of First Lines
£19.79
Stanford University Press In the Selfs Place The Approach of Saint
Book SynopsisIn the Self's Place is a phenomenological reading of Augustine that engages with modern and postmodern analyses of Augustinian philosophy.Trade Review"Jean-Luc Marion's new book is a feast that should be savored by anyone with an interest in either the thought of Saint Augustine or in Marion's phenomenological philosophy . . . I think it would be difficult to speak too highly of Marion's achievement in this book . . . In the Self's Place is a landmark, advancing every position which it touches."—Andreas Nordlander, Anglican Theological Review"In the Self's Place is astounding in its rigor both in terms of its use of the original Latin and in terms of its breadth of familiarity with the larger Augustinian corpus . . . In the Self's Place should be of particular interest to those readers who have strong interest in and familiarity with ongoing conversations in both theology and philosophy . . . [F]or all those who are stimulated by what contemporary philosophy and classical theology have to say to one another, this is, without doubt, an essential read."—Rico G. Monge, Reviews in Religion and Theology"The confrontation of Heidegger with Nietzsche, the confrontation of Derrida with Heidegger, and now the confrontation of Marion with Augustine! In the Self's Place engages with Augustine's Confessions, one of the incomparable texts that open the intellectual and religious space we call 'the West.' Here Marion continues his critiques of the self and metaphysics, his analysis of praise, and his bold case for the univocity of love. Also he shows us something new: how his theory of the saturated phenomenon can be used to read a canonical narrative. A major achievement!"—Kevin Hart, University of Virginia
£89.10
John Wiley & Sons Effective Classroom Management The Essentials
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£23.74
John Wiley & Sons In the Spirit of the Studio Learning from the
Book SynopsisThis critically acclaimed, lavishly illustrated book will help educators create the highest quality learning opportunities for a new generation of children. This second edition features substantial and important changes, including the addition of new chapters by pioneers of the work that happens in the atelier who draw on several decades of experience.Trade Review“This book’s great illustrations and enthusiasm for learning make it difficult to put it back on the shelf!”- SchoolArts;“This book will help to promote a vibrant and creative approach to learning that will enrich American children’s educational experience.”- Barbara and Eric Carle, author and illustrator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar;“It’s now widely understood that the preschools of Reggio Emilia are among the most important educational endeavors of the last century. Theoretically grounded and eminently practical, drawing on experiences in Italy and the United States, this book probes deeply into the atelier, the heartland of a Reggio-inspired school.”- Howard Gardner, author of Changing Minds and Good Work;“A book that is intended to reveal the meaning of the atelier in the world of schools and learning gives me nothing but joy and receives my warmest support.”- From the Foreword by Vea Vecchi, Atelierista, 1970–2001, Diana School, Reggio Emilia, Italy Consultant, Reggio Children s.r.l.;""Not only have these authors and educators committed to the dialogue between art and education, but they, themselves, have also acted as artists, bringing the spirit of the studio and the mind-set of the artist into every aspect of their design, dialogue, thought, and practice.""- From the Foreword to the second edition by Steven Seidel, Director, Arts in Education Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education
£29.45
John Wiley & Sons Data Literacy for Educators Making It Count in
Book SynopsisDescribes data literacy for teaching, emphasizing the important relationship between data knowledge and skills and disciplinary and pedagogical content knowledge. Case studies of emerging programs in schools of education are used to illustrate the key components needed to integrate data-driven decisionmaking into the teaching curricula.
£26.59
Princeton University Press Plants That Kill A Natural History of the Worlds
Book Synopsis"This richly illustrated book provides an in-depth natural history of the most poisonous plants on earth, covering everything from the lethal effects of hemlock and deadly nightshade to the uses of such plants in medicine, ritual, and chemical warfare."--Dust jacket.Trade Review"[Plants That Kill] will appeal to everyone interested in plants, from the amateur gardener to the professional botanist."---Barbara Paul Robinson, Wall Street Journal"Elizabeth Dauncey and Sonny Larsson have provided the world with a book that is detailed and comprehensive in the information it supplies while, at the same time, is a model of simplicity in its outlay and in allowing the reader to find quickly the particular piece of information being sought. It has been a long time since I was as impressed as I am by Plants that Kill."---Ian Lipke, Queensland Reviewers Collective
£25.00
MP-SIL Southern Illinois Uni Naked Lunch 50 Anniversary Essays
Book SynopsisNaked Lunch was banned, ridiculed, and castigated on publication in 1959. Tracing its origins from Texas to Tangier, from Mexico City to New York and Paris, crossing time zones and cultures, this book helps understands this most influential but elusive of texts.Trade ReviewI can think of no other work of literary criticism that brings together such a multiplicity of artists, practitioners, and critics in such a dynamic assembly of writing forms. The resulting symbiosis strikes me as a whole new critical form, utterly pertinent to Burroughs' milieu. - Michael Hrebeniak, author of Action Writing: Jack Kerouac's Wild Form
£18.71
Stanford University Press Mimesis and Theory Essays on Literature and
Book SynopsisMimesis and Theory brings together twenty previously uncollected essays on literature and literary theory by one of the most important thinkers of the past thirty years.Trade Review"[T]his collection spans the course of Girard's career and provides a concise way to gain some perspective on his legacy . . . One the whole, this volume confirms Girard's reputation as a first-rate literary critic, devoted to the close study of literary texts but avoiding the pitfalls of l'art pour l'art formalism by asking extra-literary, essentially anthropological, questions of them, and emphasizing the insights and lessons that literature has to offer us in those matters that are of greatest import to us."—Eric Prieto, SubStanceTable of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:Editor's Note iii Editor's Introduction iii @toc2:1 History in Saint-John Perse 000 2 Val'ry and Stendhal 000 3 Classicism and Voltaire's Historiography 000 4 Stendhal and Tocqueville 000 5 Pride and Passion in the Contemporary Novel 000 6 Memoirs of a Dutiful Existentialist: Simone de Beauvoir 000 7 Marcel Proust 000 8 Marivaudage, Hypocrisy, and Bad Faith 000 9 Formalism and Structuralism in Literature and the Human Sciences 000 10 Racine, Poet of Glory 000 11 Monsters and Demi-Gods in Hugo 000 12 Bastards and the Anti-Hero in Sartre 000 13 Critical Reflections on Literary Studies 000 14 Narcissism: The Freudian Myth Demystified by Proust 000 15 Theory and Its Terrors 000 16 Love and Hate in Ch'tien de Troyes' Yvain 000 17 Innovation and Repetition 000 18 Mimetic Desire in the Underground: Feodor Dostoevsky 000 19 Conversion in Literature and Christianity 000 20 The Passionate Oxymoron in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet 000 @toc4:Sources 000 Notes 000 Index 000
£20.89
Stanford University Press Pragmatisms Advantage
Book SynopsisPragmatism's Advantage is a highly original reading of the contemporary interplay between pragmatism and continental European philosophy based on an unexpectedly inventive union of Hegelian and Darwinian themes.Trade Review"Pragmatism's Advantage is original and stimulating, polemical without being aggressive. The scholarship that went into this work is altogether excellent, indeed, sovereign. Margolis has a precise and nuanced knowledge of the subject matter and is familiar with materials from many different philosophical traditions. The argument is clear, technical yet accessible, and permeated by a keen and humane wit." —Robert Innis, University of Massachusetts"A leading voice for 40 years, Margolis explains how pragmatism works as well as anyone, and he expertly exposes core philosophical issues at the intersections of pragmatism, analytic philosophy, and Continental philosophy." -- J.R. Shook * University of Buffalo *"As the culmination of his work of the past 25 years, this is Joseph Margolis's most ambitious, most sweeping, most important, and best work. It is also the most cogent effort since Richard Rorty's Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature to establish /rapprochement/ among the analytic, continental, and pragmatist traditions in Western philosophy." -- Kenneth Stikkers * Southern Illinois University *
£21.59
University of Toronto Press The Gold Crusades
Book SynopsisAmong the hordes of starry-eyed 'argonauts' who flocked to the California gold rush of 1849 was an Australian named Edward Hargraves. He left America empty-handed, only to find gold in his own backyard. The result was the great Australian rush of the 1850s, which also attracted participants from around the world. A South African named P.J. Marais was one of them. Marais too returned home in defeat – only to set in motion the diamond and gold rushes that transformed southern Africa. And so it went.Most previous historians of the gold rushes have tended to view them as acts of spontaneous nationalism. Each country likes to see its own gold rush as the one that either shaped those that followed or epitomized all the rest. In The Gold Crusades: A Social History of Gold Rushes, 1849-1929, Douglas Fetherling takes a different approach.Fetherling argues that the gold rushes in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa shared the saTrade Review'The gold rushes were among the most dynamic episodes in modern history, when people from many nations and every level of society converged, turning wilderness into colonies, crossroads into boom towns and boom towns into cities. The Gold Crusades conveys that excitement, while offering a broader perspective. Readers will find it meticulously researched, with a helpful and entertaining essays on sources appended for further reading. Anyone prospecting for a good book should find it a gem.' -- Eric Marks New Brunswick Telegraph Journal
£29.70
Johns Hopkins University Press Washington Sculpture A Cultural History of
Book SynopsisBoth a guide for visitors and a reference for serious historians, Washington Sculpture offers the most comprehensive examination of urban sculpture in the nation's capital.Trade ReviewQuirky details... are what make the new edition... so captivating. -- John Kelly Washington Post 2009 Handsome new volume... An important addition is an exploration of the city's fourteen neighborhoods as well as the Maryland and Virginia suburbs. -- Steve Goddard History Wire - Where the Past Comes Alive 2009 The historic and cultural significance of each sculpture is written with heart, but it's the stories of the subject portrayed in bronze that are the most intriguing reads. -- Andrea Cohen Roll Call 2009 A significant reference work. Choice 2009 A heroic effort and it is hard to stop leafing through it. RALPH: Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy, and the Humanities 2010Table of ContentsPrefaceAckowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. Capitol HillChapter 2. Connecticut AvenueChapter 3. The EllipseChapter 4. The Federal TriangleChapter 5. Foggy BottomChapter 6. Judiciary Square and East DowntownChapter 7. The MallChapter 8. Massachusetts AvenueChapter 9. North Capitol StreetChapter 10. Pennsylvania AvenueChapter 11. Potomac ParkChapter 12. Sixteenth StreetChapter 13. SouthwestChapter 14. Wisconsin AvenueChapter 15. Maryland SuburbsChapter 16. Virginia SuburbsAppendix A. Sculpture RemovedAppendix B. Selected Biographies of SculptorsAppendix C. Techniques in Executing Marble and Bronze SculptureGlossaryBibliographyIndex
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University of Nebraska Press Break of Day
Book SynopsisA collection of critical and polemical essays. It features such essays as: "Refusal to Inter", "Legitimate Defense", "Surrealism and the Treatment of Mental Illness", "Introduction to the Strange Tales of Achim von Arnim", and "Picasso in His Element".Table of ContentsForeword by Mary Ann Caws; Preface: In the harsh light of dawn by Mark Polizzotti Introduction to the Discourse on the Paucity of Reality; Burial Denied; In Self-Defense; Paul Eluard's "Capital of Pain"; The X..., Y... Exhibit; Notice to the Reader of "The Hundred Headless Woman"; The First Dali Exhibit; Lyubovnaya lodka razbilas o byt; On the Relations Between Intellectual Labor and Capital; Psychiatry Standing Before Surrealism; Letter to Andre Rolland de Reneville; On the Proletarian Literature Contest Organized by L'Humanitie; Introduction to Achim von Arnim's "Strange Tales"; Picasso in His Element; The Faces of Women; The Automatic Message Sources and acknowledgements
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University of Toronto Press The Bias of Communication
Book SynopsisOne of the most influential books ever published in Canada, Harold A. Innis's The Bias of Communication has played a major part in reshaping our understanding of history, communication, and media theory. First published in 1951, this masterful collection of essays explores the relationship between a society's communication media and that community's ability to maintain control over its development. Innis considers political and economic forces in the context of social change and the role of communication in the creation of both ancient and modern empires.In an essay for this new edition, Innis biographer Alexander John Watson examines the reasons why Innis, at the height of his success as an economic historian, embarked on new research areas of communications and empire, as well as the ways in which Marshall McLuhan's interpretations of Innis changed and de-politicized Innis's work.As important today as it was when first published, The Bias of Communicatio
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Cornell University Press The Ambiguities of Experience
Book SynopsisThe first component of intelligence involves effective adaptation to an environment. In order to adapt effectively, organizations require resources, capabilities at using them, knowledge about the worlds in which they exist, good fortune, and good decisions. They typically face competition for resources and uncertainties about the future. Many, but possibly not all, of the factors determining their fates are outside their control. Populations of organizations and individual organizations survive, in part, presumably because they possess adaptive intelligence; but survival is by no means assured. The second component of intelligence involves the elegance of interpretations of the experiences of life. Such interpretations encompass both theories of history and philosophies of meaning, but they go beyond such things to comprehend the grubby details of daily existence. Interpretations decorate human existence. They make a claim to significance that is independent of their contribution tTrade ReviewJames March is a pioneer in the field of organizational decision making. For decades March, perhaps the wisest philosopher of management, has illuminated how humans think and behave, and he continues to do so in this book. He begins by reminding us of just how deeply beholden we have become, in our organizational lives, to the idea of experiential learning.... The problem is that learning from experience involves serious complications, ones that are intrinsic to the nature of experience itself and which are explored in the body of this book.... Besides being a broadly erudite scholar, March is also a poet, and his talent shines through in the depth of the insight he offers, the breadth of allusion he portrays, and the concise language he uses. Though this book is short, it is challenging: Don't pick it up looking for quick, easy lessons. Rather, be ready to ponder your assumptions about learning from experience in work and life. The rewards are here. -- Jeff Kehoe * Harvard Business Review *
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Cornell University Press Becoming a Woman in the Age of Letters
Book SynopsisOver the course of the eighteenth century, increasing numbers of French women, from the wives and daughters of artisans and merchants to countesses and queens, became writers-not authors, and not mere signers of names, but writers of letters. Taking...Trade Review"From paintings and novels through paper, ink, and exquisite desks to the words of women who poured their hearts out to each other, Dena Goodman takes us on a dazzling tour of the world of eighteenth-century female letter-writers. Goodman makes a convincing case that these French women did not just record their thoughts on paper; they invented their very selves through the rituals and pleasures of correspondence." -- Sarah Maza, Jane Long Professor of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University"Reading Dena Goodman's creative exploration of French culture and gender history is always a treat. In Becoming a Woman in the Age of Letters, Goodman turns her attention to the iconic Enlightenment practice of letter writing and plunges deep into the intimate material details of how four particular women in eighteenth-century France experienced the culture of reading and writing letters. Interpreting a broad variety of cultural artifacts from portraits of female letter writers to letter-writing manuals, inkwells, stationery, and writing desks, Goodman reveals a detailed picture of how female letter writers participated in both the burgeoning material and consumer culture of eighteenth-century France and the domestic sphere of family and friendship. Engaging an important set of questions in both cultural studies and feminist historiography about subjectivity, empowerment, and writing, Goodman argues that women experienced writing as an activity that both provided an autonomous space for self-reflection and control and a connected space in which they enacted identities as mothers, daughters, and female friends." -- Jennifer Jones, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey"This wonderful book is essential reading for anyone interested in women and the Enlightenment. Dena Goodman brings together diverse areas of inquiry to focus on the issue of letter writing and its role in the formation of a woman's sense of self in eighteenth-century France. Becoming a Woman in the Age of Letters, which is based on truly impressive original research, is written in an elegant, accessible style." -- Mary Sheriff, W. R. Kenan, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Art History, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"We might expect a book on girls and young women writing letters to tell us about their education and the instruction given by their mothers, but Dena Goodman takes us to many more surprising places too: to the shops where inkstands, fine Dutch paper, and fashionable writing desks were sold, to female painters choosing how to depict women writing letters, and ultimately to the hard-won sense of self gained in the act of pressing quill to paper. Goodman recaptures a world we have forgotten and recovers aspects of it we never knew." -- Lynn Hunt, Eugen Weber Professor of Modern European History, UCLA, author of Inventing Human Rights
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Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd. Golden Universal Tarot
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas From Defeat to Victory The Eastern Front Summer
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Cernunnos Anatomy Rocks: The Coloring Book
Book SynopsisDo you dream of coloring entrails, intestines, veins, genitals, lungs, or a real heart? Then this book is for you. Including 64 easy-to-remove plates perfect for display based on the coolest and weirdest medical anatomical drawings of the 19th century, this coloring book is a fantastic celebration of anatomy, flesh, and bone.
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Pepin Press Art Nouveau: Label & Sticker Book
Book SynopsisOur Label & Sticker Books each contain 32 sheets of high-quality sticker paper with a total of about 250 labels, stickers and and strips of sticker tape per volume. The stylish designs come in various shapes and sizes and allow you to label, decorate and seal your envelopes, packages and many other items. The sticker paper is uncoated and easy to write on with pen, pencil or felt marker.
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Moleskine srl Moleskine Large Japanese Accordion Album
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Moleskine srl Moleskine Pocket Sketchbook Black
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University of Pennsylvania Press Spaces in Translation
Book SynopsisIn Spaces in Translation, Christian Tagsold explores Japanese gardens in the West and ponders their history, the reasons for their popularity, and their connections to geopolitical events. He concludes that a process of cultural translation between Japanese and Western experts created an idea of the Orient and its distinction from the West.Trade Review"Christian Tagsold provides a detailed social and intellectual history and a phenomenological study all at once. There is nothing remotely like this book, and with it, Tagsold becomes a central figure in the study of Japanese gardens." * Kendall Brown, California State University, Long Beach *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. From China to Japan: The History of Asian Spaces Chapter 2. Discourses of Spaces Chapter 3. Spreading the Japanese Garden Worldwide Chapter 4. Between Essence and Invention Chapter 5. Zen and the Art of Gardens Chapter 6. Elements of the Japanese Garden Chapter 7. Authoritarian Gardens Chapter 8. Connecting Spaces, Disconnecting Spaces Chapter 9. Postmodernizing Japanese Gardens Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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Thames & Hudson Swedish Modern A Colouring Book of Magical
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Dover Publications Inc. Twelve Garden Fairies Bookmarks
Book SynopsisEthereal creatures pose in colorful garden backdrops: seated amid lush blossoms, climbing an ivy vine, more.
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Random House USA Inc BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook The
Book SynopsisA guide to learning to sew clothes with style, from the largest online community of sewing enthusiasts. It features 5 fully customisable sewing patterns, photography and contributions from more than 78 designers from 22 countries. It teaches readers what they need to know to design and sew an entire wardrobe of fashion-forward looks.Trade Review"The BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook...sits at the other end of the sewing spectrum, providing inspiration for clothing designers and experienced sewers. BurdaStyle is a website for the fashion-oriented." --Associated Press"A great new resource that is absolutely overflowing with information and inspiration." --Craftzine.com
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Crossway Books Martin Luther
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Random House USA Inc Change Your Brain Change Your Life Breakthrough
Book SynopsisOur brains can produce negative thoughts, but you can reprogram the way you think. This collection of methods from neuropsychiatrist and bestselling author, Daniel G Amen, M.D., teaches you how. Use the easy techniques described in this deck to:- Stop obsessive worrying- Curb your anger- Fight automatic negative thoughts- Enhance your people skills- Sharpen your focus- Become a more flexible thinker
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer Handbook of Catholic Social Teaching A Guide for
Book SynopsisEmploys a question and answer format to better accentuate the response of the Church's message to the questions Catholics have about their social role and what the Church intends to teach about it. It is the first short book on Catholic Social Teaching to ground itself thoroughly in the longer and authoritative Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church (2004).Trade Review“I am delighted that Prof. Mons. Martin Schlag has edited this Handbook of Catholic Social Teaching. It is a catependium in the sense that it summarizes the Compendium and preserves its range of contents (. . . pendium), and it adopts the question-and-answer approach of catechisms (cate . . .) that has proven very effective for teaching. This helps the presentation to be amenable and accessible to young people as well as others. I hope this catependium will be widely read and made available to many people all over the world. Most of all, however, I hope and pray that its contents will move many hearts to respond to the stirrings of the Holy Spirit, and open us to the needs of our brothers and sisters and of the Earth, our common home.” —from the foreword by Peter K. A. Cardinal Turkson
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University of Illinois Press Mormonism
Book SynopsisSuitable for both believers and non-believers, this book presents a way to understand the Mormons.Trade Review"Shipps has found a way to understand the Mormons that will truly please both believers and non-believers." New York Times Book Review "This may be the most brilliant book ever written on Mormonism. It is insightful, inspiring, and original and sure to become a landmark work on the subject." Richard L. Bushman, author of Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Mormonism
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Indiana University Press Blood Libel in Late Imperial Russia
Book SynopsisRobert Weinberg's account of the Beilis Affair explores the reasons why the tsarist government framed Beilis, shedding light on the excesses of antisemitism in late Imperial Russia.Trade Review[A] riveting history. . . Weinberg has culled documents from the trial transcripts, newspaper articles, and Beilis's memoirs, many appearing for the first time in English, to bring us face to face with this notorious trial.Fall 2014 * Jewish Book World *Weinberg has assembled and translated a collection of documents from the case, such as contemporary newspaper accounts and excerpts from the verbatim trial scripts [] The documents convincingly illustrate not only the virulent anti-Semitism of the right wing press, which pushed forward the ritual murder idea at the time when most investigators found the concept ludicrous, but also the contradictory testimonials and unreliable witness statements that the prosecution used to builds its case against Beilis.September 19, 2014 * Times Literary Supplement *A first-rate summary of how leading historians of the period now view the trial's backdrop can be found in Robert Weinberg's excellent new volume . . . which tells the story through well-chosen and translated primary documents together with an insightful analysis.Winter 2015 * Jewish Review of Books *The combination of text and sources make this very useful for studies of religious prejudice and the over-coming of religious prejudice. The book is also a fascinating read. It is a basic study for collections dealing with the Jewish experience in Eastern Europe as well as Eastern Christianity. * Religious Studies Review *Weinberg's research is based on a wealth of published and unpublished sources, including trial transcripts, newspaper articles, political cartoons and Beilis's memoirs. . . This is an excellent historical reconstruction told in a gripping and deeply engaging style.Feb/March 2015 * Assn Jewish Libraries *This is an excellent historical reconstruction told in a gripping and deeply engaging style. Highly recommended for all library collections. * AJL Reviews *Overall this book succeeds in providing both a concise yet thorough account of the trial and an exploration of the significance of the Beilis Affair for late imperial Russian society. It also provides a historical perspective on an important case from the history of antisemitism, and in so doing contributes to our understanding of the social history of late imperial Russia. * Slavonic & East European Review *This concisely written book forcefully tells the story of the outrageous ritual murder trial of Mendel Beilis in Kiev. Through careful review of published and unpublished sources . . . the author lays out the process resulting in a trial during which the state prosecution attempted to convict the entire Jewish religion of the crime of ritual murder. . . What concerns the author is that readers should come to recognize the power of prejudice, hatred, fear, and suspicion, combined with state interest, to suppress challenges to traditional authority.11/14/14 * Jewish Book Council *Weinberg's short work provides a sober and informed analysis of the affair, coupled with a collection of relevant primary source documents. * Slavic Review *In 1913, in the most sensational trial of its kind until then, Menachem Mendel Beilis, a 39-year-old Jewish factory manager in Kiev, went on trial for ritual murder, a crime dredged from the twisted fantasies of Russian reactionaries. An international cause celebre, the trial confirmed once and for all that Czar Nicholas II's autocratic regime was a bastion of deep-seated antisemitism. Robert Weinberg . . . skillfully reconstructs the events that led to this appalling miscarriage of justice.5/20/14 * SheldonKirshner.com *In an accessible volume, Robert Weinberg has offered readers historical analysis and a selection of primary documents from the trial. * Canadian Slavonic Papers *Boasting depth as well as breadth, this book is an invaluable resource for scholars, undergraduates, and graduate students in the fields of Russian and European history, Jewish studies, and religious studies. * Journal of Modern History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsDramatis PersonaeIntroduction: A Murder Without a Mystery1. The Initial Investigation2. The Case Against Beilis3. The Trial4. Summation and VerdictEpilogueDocumentsBibliographyNotesIndex
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