On land and at sea, from the frozen plains surrounding Moscow and terror on the Caribbean seas, to the muddy low lands of Flanders and the becalmed waters of Trafalgar, this title presents the story of the greatest conflict that stretches from the first blaze of revolution in Paris in 1789 to final [...]
Why are poems important? What do people mean when they use the word prosody? How does a poem read and sound? How does a poem's shape--its form--help to create its meaning? "Sound and Form in Modern Poetry" provides useful answers to these questions for readers of poetry. Through careful attention to[...]
"Petrology" 3rd edition successfully builds upon the strengths of its predecessor, but now also includes fresh and engaging features to bring the book to the forefront of today's teaching. New chapters on Volcanism, new appendices and sharper photos make this a must-have for all students of petrolog[...]
Few religious traditions have generated such diversity and stirred imaginations as shamanism. In their engagements with other worlds, shamans have conversed with animals and ancestors and have been empowered with the knowledge to heal patients, advise hunters, and curse enemies. Still other shamans,[...]
Traces the life and career of the French novelist, describing his participation in the Spanish Civil War, command of a World War II resistance brigade, and his position as a government minister[...]
Traces the history of comic books, discusses the economics of the field and the changing relationship between the words and the pictures, and profiles leading artists[...]
Language and Motor Speech Disorders in Adults, Third Edition provides an overview of the major neurogenically caused speech and language disorders in adults. The authors, with a combined 80 years of clinical expertise, incorporate case studies associated with each of the neurogenic communication dis[...]
The revised edition of the most comprehensive, complete handbook for the superintendency!