This wonderful survey of the famed artist's early work features 44 color plates in addition to several black-and-white vignettes and spot illustrations. Most of the images depict fantastic dwarfs, giants, elves, and fairies as well as naturalistic illustrations far removed from the fairy world. An e[...]
An authoritative bestseller for over fifty years, PERRINE?S LITERATURE: STRUCTURE, SOUND, AND SENSE continues to be an essential and highly effective introduction to literature for today's students. Written for students beginning a serious study of literature, the text introduces the fundamental ele[...]
Thrown off a wagon train with two other women and desperate to avoid jail for a murder, Bailee Moore agrees to enter a "Wife Lottery" in which the men of Cedar Point will vie for her hand in marriage, only to find herself wed to the laconic Carter McKoy, a farmer who could hold the key to helping he[...]
Looks at five high schools in Japan, analyzes their organization, politics, and instruction techniques, and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the Japanese educational system.[...]
In this major new book on Virginia Woolf, Caramagno contends psychobiography has much to gain from a closer engagement with science. Literary studies of Woolf's life have been written almost exclusively from a psychoanalytic perspective. They portray Woolf as a victim of the Freudian 'family romance[...]
In this title, renowned Mozart scholar Daniel Heartz brings his deep knowledge of social history, theater, and art to a study of the last and great decade of Mozart's operas. Mozart specialists will recognize some of Heartz's best-known essays here; but six pieces are new for the collection, and oth[...]
In this major new book on Virginia Woolf, Caramagno contends psychobiography has much to gain from a closer engagement with science. Literary studies of Woolf's life have been written almost exclusively from a psychoanalytic perspective. They portray Woolf as a victim of the Freudian 'family romance[...]
SECOND EDITION of the best-selling course first published in 2003. Provides exam preparation and practice for the PET exam.[...]
Revised edition of the best-selling course first published in 2003. Provides exam preparation and practice for the PET exam.[...]
Revised edition of the best-selling course first published in 2003. Provides exam preparation and practice for the PET exam.[...]
Revised edition of the best-selling course first published in 2003. Provides exam preparation and practice for the PET exam.[...]
Revised edition of the best-selling course first published in 2003. Provides exam preparation and practice for the PET exam.[...]
Nelson's Foundational Bible Concordance is prepared with immediacy, simplicity, thoroughness, and accuracy in mind. Every passage of scripture can be located quickly and with ease. The most helpful tools have been included to aid in pronunciation, distinguishing multiple persons or places, and to un[...]
In this follow-up to "Care of the Soul", Thomas Moore continues his journey in search of the spirit in everyday life. Amidst tangled emotions, impossible relationships and failures, he shows us how to celebrate the mystery of the spiritual and embrace a more honest way of living.[...]
New Testament theology raises many questions, not only within its own boundaries, but also in relation to other fields such as history, literary criticism, sociology, psychology, history, politics, philosophy, and religious studies. But, the overarching question concerns the relevance of two thousan[...]
Oskar Schindler, a German-Catholic industrialist, erects a concentration camp-cum-factory in order to employ and hide thousands of Jews from Nazi persecution. Reprint. 50,000 first printing. Movie tie-in.[...]
The sequel to Thomas Wolfe's remarkable first novel, "Look Homeward, Angel, Of Time and the River" is one of the great classics of American literature. The book chronicles the maturing of Wolfe's autobiographical character, Eugene Gant, in his desperate search for fulfillment, making his way from sm[...]
The Politics of Precedent on the U.S. Supreme Court offers an insightful and provocative analysis of the Supreme Court's most important task--shaping the law. Thomas Hansford and James Spriggs analyze a key aspect of legal change: the Court's interpretation or treatment of the precedents it has set [...]
From the difficult to diagnose to the difficult to treat, Manson's Tropical Diseases prepares you to effectively handle whatever your patients may have contracted. Featuring an internationally recognized editorial team, global contributors, and expert authors, this revised and updated medical refere[...]
R. S. Thomas (1913-2000) is the most recognizable literary figure in twentieth-century Wales. His controversial politics and public personality made him a cultural icon during his life, and the merits of his poetry have continued to be debated in the years after his death. Yet these debates have too[...]
The reorganized and newly revised "Children's Exercise Physiology, Second Edition, " presents the most up-to-date research, methodology, and approaches related to children's physiologic responses to exercise. The book examines not only the current major issues that separate children from adults, but[...]
"The Athlete's Clock" answers some of the most compelling questions in sport and exercise science. This unique book takes a broad look at the physiological clock, offering students, researchers, coaches and athletes an approach to understanding how various aspects of time affect sport performance. R[...]
Learn to play the piano and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about how to sit at the piano, fingerings, the keyboard'[...]