The Life of St. Basil the Younger," one of the longest and most important middle Byzantine saints' lives, presents the life of a holy man who lived in Constantinople in the first part of the tenth century. Usually described as a fictional saint, he had the distinction of residing in private homes ra[...]
The legacy of the residential school system ripples throughout Native Canada, its fingerprints on the domestic violence, poverty, alcoholism, drug abuse, and suicide rates that continue to cripple many Native communities. "Magic Weapons "is the first major survey of Indigenous writings on the reside[...]
Liberally laced with contemporary quotations, and containing photographic portraits of many early lepidopterists and their equipment, the volume presents 200 years of British butterfly study, including the work of members of the Aurelian Society, founded in the early-18th century.[...]
Originally published in 1913, this book presents a detailed study of St Basil the Great and his monasticism.[...]
Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850-1935) first encountered Japan on a journey intended to promote the recovery of his health: he had suffered a nervous breakdown while working for Barings Bank. In May 1873, he arrived in Yokohama, and was immediately fascinated by traditional Japanese culture. The drive f[...]
This first full length critical biography of one of the most significant figures in Japanese Studies in the last hundred years is based on an earlier work published in Japanese (Iwanami Shoten, 1990). Ota sees Chamberlain as a giant of his period, both academically and intellectually. His achievemen[...]
This comprehensive textbook offers a conceptual and practical introduction to research methodology, data collection, and techniques used in both human and physical geography.* Explores a full range of contemporary geographic techniques, including statistics, mathematical analysis, GIS, and remote se[...]
This comprehensive textbook offers a conceptual and practical introduction to research methodology, data collection, and techniques used in both human and physical geography.* Explores a full range of contemporary geographic techniques, including statistics, mathematical analysis, GIS, and remote se[...]
This practical book on selling and marketing will help architects, engineers, project managers, facilities managers, surveyors, and contractors 'sell' themselves to prospective clients. As clients become more sophisticated at both local and international level, and as competition in the constructio[...]
Teaching & Researching Translation provides an authoritative and critical account of the main ideas and concepts, competing issues, and solved and unsolved questions involved in Translation Studies. This book provides an up-to-date, accessible account of the field, focusing on the main challenges en[...]
A very timely and topical volume concerned with the impact of the Lisbon Treaty on the European Union's (EU) capacity to further develop a distinctive foreign policy in accordance with the various policy instruments necessary to fulfil its role as a global actor. This edited volume brings together a[...]
2017 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the beloved classic From the Mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from somewhere she wants to run to somewhere--to a place that is comfortable, beautiful, and pref[...]
Three award-winning classics, one treasured set: "The E.L. Konigsburg Newbery Collection" is a must-have for every bookshelf.
Trouble brews and friendship bubbles when Elizabeth meets an honest-to-goodness witch in "Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth."
"The View f[...]
Douglas Kelly stars as 'Dick Barton - Special Agent' in another thrilling adventure for radio's greatest hero. Heralded by an instantly memorable signature tune, the adventures of special agent Dick Barton and his friends Jock and Snowey, originally ran on the "BBC Light Programme" between 1946 and [...]
In this second cozy mystery series that started with "You Cannoli Die Once," a chef and her cousins launch their own investigation when a new sous chef turns up dead in their Italian restaurant.
When Chef Eve Angelotta's grandmother, Maria Pia, is invited to join Belfiere, a secret all-female It[...]
Named one of 13 Detective Book Series You Obsessed over as a Kid by Buzzfeed.com and the inspiration for a hit Disney film, the masterful Great Mouse Detective series is now available to a whole new generation of readers
Basil the famous sleuth of mousedom lives in the cellar of Sherlock Holmes[...]
Named one of "13 Detective Book Series You Obsessed over as a Kid" by Buzzfeed.com and the inspiration for a hit Disney film, the masterful Great Mouse Detective series is now available to a whole new generation of readers Basil--the famous sleuth of mousedom--lives in the cellar of Sherlock Holmes[...]