In the first decades of the twentieth century, the art critic Roger Fry introduced English-speaking audiences to modern French art and formalist aesthetic theory. "A Roger Fry Reader, " edited by Christopher Reed, brings together for the first time a comprehensive selection of Fry's essays. Most app[...]

With coverage of the financial and economic crisis and integrated digital and course management options, this book provides planning and management tools, like homework that is automatically assigned, graded, and recorded online, or tracking of students' time spent with online resources.[...]

"Boarding House" shows an imaginary space of transient residence, of coming and goings, of people without homes, sheltering in an abode that they are using for their immediate survival. The structure is basic and fundamental and it is furnished with objects that are necessarily for an elementary exi[...]

The bestselling author of Set Your Voice Free gives listeners the power to change how others perceive them, and how they see themselves. with insights and exercises to help anyone transform their voice and overall demeanor. Original.[...]

Roger Verge, proprietor of the famous Moulin de Mougins near Cannes, is a master of modern cuisine. Following the resounding success of his prize-winning "Entertaining in the French Style," this fully updated edition of "New Entertaining in the French Style" showcases contemporary versions of over f[...]

For many decades, the proponents of 'artificial intelligence' have maintained that computers will soon be able to do everything that a human can do. In his bestselling work of popular science, Sir Roger Penrose takes us on a fascinating roller-coaster ride through the basic principles of physics, co[...]

Understanding the functioning of ecosystems requires the understanding of the interactions between consumer species and their resources. How do these interactions affect the variations of population abundances? How do population abundances determine the impact of predators on their prey? The view de[...]

"North in the World" presents 121 poems by Rolf Jacobsen (1907-1994), one of Norway's greatest modern poets. Garnering the highest praise of critics, Jacobsen won many of Norway's and Sweden's most prestigious literary awards, including the Swedish Academy's Dobloug Prize and the Grand Nordic Prize,[...]

Reporting on violence is one of the most problematic features of journalistic practice-the area most frequently criticized by the public and those on the receiving end of that coverage. Now in its second edition, Covering Violence remains a crucial guide for becoming a sensitive and responsible rep[...]

This work outlines lessons from the past that are relevant to today's conflicts and focuses on French military actions against counterinsurgents during the 1940's and 50's. This revised and updated edition is part of the highly acclaimed "Praeger Security International Classics of Counterinsurgency"[...]

Explores the political significance of the development of historical revisionism in the USSR under Khrushchev in the wake of the 20th Congress of the CPSU and its demise with the onset of the "period of stagnation" under Brezhnev. On the basis of intensive interviews and original manuscript material[...]