The Strunk and White of statistics team up to help the average person navigate the numbers in the news
Drawing on their hugely popular BBC Radio 4 show More or Less, journalist Michael Blastland and internationally known economist Andrew Dilnot delight, amuse, and convert American mathphobes b[...]
(Music Minus One). Famous trios composed about 1790, displaying Haydn's genius for writing charming chamber works. Haydn deliberately scored these three trios for either flute or violin with piano and violoncello. Years of playing pleasure await you. Includes a complete, high-quality printed music s[...]
The incredible true story of the kidnapping, enslavement, and rescue of Solomon Northup in the era before the Civil War--now a major motion picture
In 1841, Solomon Northup was a free man living in Saratoga Springs, New York, making a living as a violinist and spending his spare time with his w[...]
"Alice in Wonderland," Lewis Carroll's fantastic and zany world of nonsense and impossibilities, now condensed into a beautifully illustrated gift Lushly illustrated by Yelena Bryksenkova and part of the "Classics Unfolded" series, this title is protected by a gorgeous slipcase. It is a fully illust[...]
'Charlie One', the call sign for the most wanted targets of British Intelligence operations in Northern Ireland, documents the true story of an Irish Republican serving in Britain's most secretive counter-terrorism unit. Se n Hartnett grew up in Cork in the 1970s where he observed the worst of the n[...]
Military history.
Originating from the age-old belief that water springing from the depths was endowed with healing properties, spas, which first blossomed in the West during the heyday of the Roman Empire, again gained importance and fame in the 18th and 19th centuries, as the increasing medicalisation of thermal wa[...]
When Dawn awakens from her icy slumber, she can't recall who she is or how she became a prisoner of Eden Laboratories. But her uncontrollable power and the prophecy of a princess who would free them all compel her to act. Fast. However, an ancient threat rises again, and Dawn must make a choice. Giv[...]
PROFESSIONAL COMPACT DOT BULLET JOURNAL Contains 112 numbered pages with 100 dot grid pages, 6 index pages for easy organization, a page of key ideas and 2 blank key pages for you to fill in with your own preferred keys. There is also a page for you to add your name and information. Printed on crea[...]
This book presents the first systematic analysis of artistic techniques and terminology related to the rendering of light and shade in Dutch and Flemish art from the early-seventeenth to the mid-eighteenth century. It traces a shift in aesthetic perception, which is visible in the handling of chiaro[...]
The essays in this volume all circle around questions of urbanisation in (post-)apartheid South Africa and its effects on the country's socio-political realities, as well as its representation in-and effect on-the country's literary and artistic production. The included essays discuss the constant f[...]
Recent years have witnessed an explosion of research projects in Southern Caucasia that apply the methodologies and approaches of landscape archaeology. Focused on understanding the interaction between humans and their environments at multiple temporal and geographic scales, these projects have made[...]
(Eulenberg Audio plus Score). The Eulenburg Audio+Score Series contains the orchestral world's treasures from the baroque, classical and romantic repertoire. This edition includes a Naxos CD with performances by the Cologne Chamber Orchestra.[...]
Both women and men were leaders since ancient times; however, few female leaders are reported. Deborah is one of the powerful female leaders during the ancient Israel. This work explored the feminist expositions of the Old Testament in Africa, with focus on the context of the offices held by Deborah[...]
Recent interest in the economic aspects of the history of art have taken traditional studies into new areas of enquiry. Going well beyond provenances or prices of individual objects, our understanding of the arts has been advanced by research into the demands, intermediaries and clients in the marke[...]
This volume is offered as a tribute to George Brooke to mark his sixty-fifth birthday. It has been conceived as a coherent contribution to the question of textuality in the Dead Sea Scrolls explored from a wide range of perspectives. These include material aspects of the texts, performance, receptio[...]