Initiated by the movement genius Rudolf Laban, and refined through fifty years of work by teachers here and abroad, Labanotation, the first wholly successful system for recording human movement, is now having the effect on ballet and other forms of the dance that the perfection of music notation i[...]
Focuses on the grammar points and lexis particular to the IELTS examination. This title contains contextualised grammar explanations and practice activities that provide students with the necessary grammar knowledge to complete the academic exercises within the IELTS test.[...]
"The coverage is unparalleled in both depth and breadth. No other text that I have seen offers a better complete overview of modern robotic manipulation and robot control." -- Bradley Bishop, United States Naval Academy Based on the highly successful classic, Robot Dynamics and Control, by Spong an[...]
From America's first poet?a splendid selection of poems encompassing everything from lyric verses addressed to her husband and children to somber epitaphs on the deaths of her mother, father, and grandchildren. Poems grouped according to category (love, home life, religious meditations, dialogues, a[...]
This brilliant bouquet of designs features blossoms, stars, and geometric shapes that recapture the hypnotic beauty of the lotus. Thirty-one undulating patterns include the Umbrella Flower, Deer Ears, Spread Eagle, Candle Flower, and other repeating motifs. Pages are perforated and printed on one si[...]
Stars, flowers, birds, and other natural motifs form the centers of these unusual variations on the traditional circular mandala. Ready for color, these 31 full-page images feature striking designs that radiate outward from a central core and resolve into square-shaped patterns. Each page sports an [...]
An ancient form of meditative art, mandalas are complex circular designs that draw the eye inward, toward their centers. These 63 mesmerizing mandala designs will captivate colorists, challenging them to create kaleidoscopic effects.
Specially designed for experienced colorists, "Mandalas"and oth[...]
Through the pioneering efforts of the famed British anthropologist E. E. Evans-Pritchard, the Nuer of southern Sudan have become one of anthropology's most celebrated case studies. Now Sharon Hutchinson combines fresh ethnographic evidence and contemporary theoretical perspectives to show not only w[...]
This sumptuously illustrated, beautifully written encyclopedia, the best book available on the topic, presents the most up-to-date information about planet Earth in a style and format that will appeal to an extremely wide range of readers. With thousands of photographs, illustrations, diagrams, and [...]
The Harlem Renaissance (1918-1937) was the most influential single movement in African American literary history. Its key figures include W. E. B. Du Bois, Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and Langston Hughes. The movement laid the groundwork for all later African American literature[...]
This book provides a systematic introduction to the physics behind measurements on plasmas. It develops from first principles the concepts needed to plan, execute, and interpret plasma diagnostics. The book is therefore accessible to graduate students and professionals with little specific plasma ph[...]
This book offers an authoritative overview of the history of evangelicalism as a global movement, from its origins in the first half of the eighteenth century to the present.[...]
This innovative teaching and learning package offers an interactive combination of a worktext, CD-ROM, and videocassette to cover the fundamental counseling responses (skills) found in any of the helping professions. A basic primer to teach helping responses, it doesn't delve into the underlying the[...]
By restoring interracial dimensions left out of accounts of the Harlem Renaissance - or blamed for corrupting it - George Hutchinson provides his understanding of black (and white) literary modernism, interracial literary relations, and 20th-century cultural nationalism in the United States. He prop[...]
Podiatry students and practitioners all need to know palpation skills, but previously have struggled to find the information they need in book form. Here is the answer: the bones, joints, muscles, nerves, arteries and veins of the lower limb are described and at the end of the book are review questi[...]
Now in its fifth edition, this reliable resource continues to be a practical guide to identification and palpation of significant anatomical landmarks and structures. With a combination of clear text, drawings and photographs it helps the student to acquire knowledge of structures and movements palp[...]
Recipient of the 1994 Turner Prize Antony Gormley (b.1950) is an internationally acclaimed British artist who has revitalized the human figure in sculpture. Often cast from his own body, his lead and iron figures are sites for the exploration of states of being. Generating controversy and passion, G[...]
Breaking Down Barriers has been written by a uniquely qualified author team, seeking to identify the many issues with which visually impaired students have to deal, during their educational experience.[...]