This book offers a fresh cross-disciplinary approach to the current discussion on the Christian canon formation process. By carefully integrating historical, hermeneutical and theological aspects to account for the emergence of the canon, it seeks to offer a more comprehensive picture of the canon d[...]
Examines in English and Spanish the lives of migrant workers moving from south Texas up through the Plains, and the experiences of all ages and sexes[...]
From one of Latin America's finest writers comes a mesmerizing novel about the legendary Eva Peron. Bigger than fiction, Eva Peron was the poor-trash girl who reinvented herself as a beauty, snared Argentina's dictator, reigned as uncrowned queen of the masses, and was struck down by cancer. When he[...]
From one of Latin America's finest writers comes a mesmerizing novel about the legendary Eva Peron. Bigger than fiction, Eva Peron was the poor-trash girl who reinvented herself as a beauty, snared Argentina's dictator, reigned as uncrowned queen of the masses, and was struck down by cancer. When he[...]
"A Common Core Exemplar Text by an award-winning author-illustrator team"
Tomas is a son of migrant workers. Every summer he and his family follow the crops north from Texas to Iowa, spending long, arduous days in the fields. At night they gather around to hear Grandfather's wonderful stories. B[...]
This comprehensive collection of over 900 licks in the styles of the greatest guitarists in rock, blues, and jazz will expand your playing to levels you have never known. Rock guitarists covered include Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, and m[...]
An extraordinary novel that will propel the International Man Booker Prize-nominated Tomas Eloy Martinez to wide recognition and major sales[...]
DK Eyewitness Portugal travel guide will lead you straight to the best attractions this remarkable country has on offer. Packed with photographs and illustrations the guide explores every facet that makes this landscape irresistible; from cosmopolitan Lisbon to magnificent medieval monastries and sc[...]
"DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Lisbon" will lead you straight to the very best this city has to offer. The guide is divided by area with restaurant reviews for each, as well as recommendations for hotels, bars and places to shop. Rely on dozens of Top 10 lists -- from the Top 10 museums to the [...]
This text is a comprehensive guide for beginners with minimal experience interpreting ECGs. The chapters provide a basic understanding of the components of an ECG as well as introduce the important topics of acute myocardial infarction, hypertrophy, and bundle branch blocks. Real-life, full-size, [...]
The newest title in Barron's " Pocket Art Guides " series demonstrates various ways to render different forms and shapes when working with color media, including oils, watercolors, acrylics, inks, pastels, and colored pencils. Exercises offer students practice in rendering basic geometric shapes, su[...]
This highly illustrated volume covers the variety of armoured cars used by Czech forces during World War I, and the Russian Civil War, as well as its post-World War II use in Italy and Slovakia. Along with details of armoured car design, manufacturers, construction, and variants, the book covers Cze[...]
In contemporary Norwegian fiction Tomas Espedal's work stands out as uniquely personal; it can be difficult to separate the fiction from Espedal's own experiences. In that vein, his novel "Against Art" is not just the story of a boy growing up to be a writer, but it is also the story of writing. Spe[...]
Argentinas young firebrand illustrator Tomas Giorello is really starting to heat up the fantasy art world. Giorello's style is both fluid and sensual, with an attention to detail that is matched only by his sense of composition and ability to convey action. Contains sketches, studies and fully fini[...]