Lewis Henry Morgan of Rochester New York lawyer and pioneering anthropologist was the leading American contributor of his generation to the social sciences. Among the classic works whose conjunction in the 1860s gave modern anthropology its shape Morgana's massive and technical Systems of Consanguin[...]
The text, first published in 1920, provides a comprehensive review of Spanish and Portuguese romances of chivalry.[...]
Title: The History of King Philip's War. By Benjamin Church or rather, written by T. Church from notes by B. Church]. A reprint of the first edition, 1716.] With an introduction and notes by Henry Martin Dexter.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the nationa[...]
It was 1501. England had been ravaged for decades by conspiracy, violence, murders, coups and countercoups. Through luck, guile and ruthlessness, Henry VII, the first of the Tudor kings, had clambered to the top of the heap--a fugitive with a flimsy claim to England's throne. For many he remained a [...]
In the presidential campaign of 1948, Henry Wallace set out to challenge the conventional wisdom of his time, blaming the United States, instead of the Soviet Union, for the Cold War, denouncing the popular Marshall Plan, and calling for an end to segregation. In addition, he argued that domestic fa[...]
In the presidential campaign of 1948, Henry Wallace set out to challenge the conventional wisdom of his time, blaming the United States, instead of the Soviet Union, for the Cold War, denouncing the popular Marshall Plan, and calling for an end to segregation. In addition, he argued that domestic fa[...]
The amount of information must not be judged by the thickness of the book, for much that is valuable has been considered into a small compass; thus usefulness has not been sacrificed to brevity.[...]
Entrepreneurs have long been drivers of innovation in developed countries. They start companies and create new industries that keep economies strong and prosperous. Today, however, in developing nations such as China, state-controlled economies are building robust industries at stunning speed and si[...]
The engines all want to help when the circus comes to town, but Henry the green engine is not happy when he is sent to help clear a blocked tunnel until something starts pushing back! Simultaneous.[...]
Technical Drawing and Engineering Graphics, Fourteenth Edition, provides a clear, comprehensive introduction and detailed, easy-to-use reference to creating 2D documentation drawings and engineering graphics by hand or using CAD. It offers excellent technical detail, up-to-date standards, motivatin[...]
General Fiction Large Print Edition After a bout with measles, Richard Henry Dana decided to break the tedium of his convalescence with a sea voyage not as a passenger, but as a sailor. On August 14, 1834, the Pilgrim set off from Boston bound for the coast of California. Here is the result a book[...]
A unique edition of three early modern utopian texts, using a contemporary translation of More's Utopia and examining the Renaissance world view as shown by these writers. The edition includes the illustrative material that accompanied early editions of Utopia, full chronologies of the authors, not[...]
A unique edition of three early modern utopian texts, using a contemporary translation of More's Utopia and examining the Renaissance world view as shown by these writers. The edition includes the illustrative material that accompanied early editions of Utopia, full chronologies of the authors, not[...]
Thomas More: Utopia/ Francis Bacon: New Atlantis/Henry Neville: The Isle of Pines With the publication of Utopia (1516), Thomas More introduced into the English language not only a new word, but a new way of thinking about the gulf between what ought to be and what is. His Utopia is at once a scath[...]
This title offers up-to-date information on using financial statement analysis to successfully assess company performance, from the seasoned experts at the CFA Institute. Designed to help investment professionals and students effectively evaluate financial statements in today's international and vol[...]
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) was one of the most prominent evolutionists of the late nineteenth century. A close companion of Charles Darwin, Huxley developed a reputation as 'Darwin's Bulldog' for his relentless defense of evolutionary theory. Huxley was also an ardent supporter of social reform[...]
Thomas Cromwell has long been reviled as a Machiavellian schemer who stopped at nothing in his quest for power. As King Henry VIII s right-hand man, Cromwell was the architect of the English Reformation; secured Henry s divorce from Catherine of Aragon and plotted the downfall of his second wife, An[...]
"Read [this book] before you read another thing. Surely you too will rank it as a classic."--American Indian Crafts and Culture. Standing Bear was a chieftain of the Ponca Indian tribe, which farmed and hunted peacefully along the Niobrara River in northeastern Nebraska. In 1878 the Poncas were forc[...]