Azalea is trapped. Just when she should feel that everything is before her . . . beautiful gowns, dashing suitors, balls filled with dancing . . . it's taken away. All of it.The Keeper understands. He's trapped, too, held for centuries within the walls of the palace. And so he extends an invitation.[...]

What if the world holds more dangers and more wonders than we have ever known? And what if there is more than one world? From Heather Dixon, author of the acclaimed Entwined, comes a brilliantly conceived adventure that sweeps us from the inner workings of our souls to the far reaches of our imagina[...]

Since its first edition in 1964, Dixon and Godrich's Blues and Gospel Records has been dubbed "the bible" for collectors of pre-war African American music. It provides an exhaustive listing of all recordings made up to the end of 1943 in a distinctively African American style, excluding those custom[...]

Shows how grammar helps people communicate and looks at the ways grammar and meaning interrelate. This book starts from the notion that a speaker codes a meaning into grammatical forms which the listener is then able to recover. It uncovers a rationale for the varying grammatical properties of diffe[...]

Cases and Materials on International Law is a topical and engaging companion for study; placing international law directly in the context of contemporary debate. It offers broad coverage of international law, and is suitable for use alongside a range of course structures and teaching styles. The boo[...]

In Basic Linguistic Theory R. M. W. Dixon provides a new and fundamental characterization of the nature of human languages and a comprehensive guide to their description and analysis. In three clearly written and accessible volumes, he describes how best to go about doing linguistics, the most satis[...]

The seventh edition of Textbook on International Law offers students a concise and focused introduction to international law, from the nature and sources of international law to the use of force and human rights. Dixon guides students through the legal principles and areas of controversy, bringing [...]

Strategic Communication discusses the four essential elements of effective communication - setting goals, knowing the audience, mastering skills, and managing anxiety. For the successful communicator this book provides the both framework and the necessary tools. This Seventh Edition helps the reade[...]

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio lived the darkest and most dangerous life of any of the great painters. The worlds of Milan, Rome and Naples through which Caravaggio moved and which Andrew Graham-Dixon describes brilliantly in this book, are those of cardinals and whores, prayer and violence. On t[...]

John Dixon Hunt is widely considered one of the foremost of today's writers on the history and theory of gardens and landscape architecture. Gardens and the Picturesque collects 11 of Hunt's essays - several of them never before published - that deal with the ways in which men and women have given m[...]

Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilisation. Today's converging energy, environmental, economic and political stresses could cause a breakdown of national and global order. Yet, perhaps breakdown can create opportunities for the bold reform of our society and open up a way for the renewa[...]

These are just a few of Willie Dixon's contributions to blues, R&B, and rock'n'rollsongs performed by artists as varied as the Rolling Stones, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, ZZ Top, the Doors, Sonny Boy Williamson, the Grateful Dead, Van Morrison, Megadeth, Eric Clapton, Let Zepplin, Tesla, Elvis Presl[...]