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| "Cultivating the Spirit : How College Can Enhance Students' Inner Lives" |
| "Praise for Cultivating the Spirit A groundbreaking study of the spiritual growth of college studentsThe spiritual dimension of higher education has been explored from a variety of angles for the past twenty years but not until now have we had a competent and comprehensive body of data organized around well-defined dimensions of this complex phenomenon This is an essential book for anyone in academia who cares about the education of the whole person Parker J Palmer author The Heart of Higher Education A Hidden Wholeness Let Your Life Speak and The Courage to Teach An extremely important book for layperson and professional alike A stunning wake-up call for higher education highly recommended! Ken Wilber author The Integral Vision Cultivating the Spirit makes a unique and important contribution to one of the least examined yet most fundamental questions about undergraduate education how students acquire the values and convictions that help to give meaning and purpose to their livesThe authors provide a wealth of valuable findings about this vital process and its effects on student achievement well-being and personal growth in collegeDerek Bok former president Harvard University and author The Politics of Happiness The fruit of a decade of elegantly designed and compelling research Cultivating the Spirit provides timely and significant data for reorienting the conversation about the relationships among intellectual inquiry traditional academic values and the formation of the inner life Informative clearly written essential and evocative reading for today's faculty across all institutions public and private secular and religious Sharon Daloz Parks author Big Questions Worthy Dreams and Leadership Can Be Taught"
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| "The Dollar Crisis : Causes, Consequences, Cures" |
| "In this updated second edition of the highly acclaimed international best seller The Dollar Crisis Causes Consequences Cures Richard Duncan describes the flaws in the international monetary system that have destabilized the global economy and that may soon culminate in a deflation-induced worldwide economic slump The Dollar Crisis is divided into five parts Part One describes how the US trade deficits which now exceed US1 million a minute have destabilized the global economy by creating a worldwide credit bubble Part Two explains why these giant deficits cannot persist and why a US recession and a collapse in the value of the Dollar are unavoidable Part Three analyzes the extraordinarily harmful impact that the US recession and the collapse of the Dollar will have on the rest of the world Part Four offers original recommendations that if implemented would help mitigate the damage of the coming worldwide downturn and put in place the foundations for balanced and sustainable economic growth in the decades ahead Part Five which has been newly added to the second edition describes the extraordinary evolution of this crisis since the first edition was completed in September 2002 It also considers how the Dollar Crisis is likely to unfold over the years immediately ahead the likely policy response to the crisis and why that response cannot succeed The Dollar Standard is inherently flawed and increasingly unstable Its collapse will be the most important economic event of the 21st Century"
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| "Mathematical Statistics with Applications" |
| "Prepare for exams and succeed in your mathematics course with this comprehensive solutions manual! Featuring worked out-solutions to the problems in MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS WITH APPLICATIONS 7th Edition this manual shows you how to approach and solve problems using the same step-by-step explanations found in your textbook examples"
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| "Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry" |
| "Known for its readability and systematic rigorous approach this fully updated Ninth Edition of FUNDAMENTALS OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY offers extensive coverage of the principles and practices of analytic chemistry and consistently shows students its applied nature The book's award-winning authors begin each chapter with a story and photo of how analytic chemistry is applied in industry medicine and all the sciences To further reinforce student learning a wealth of dynamic photographs by renowned chemistry photographer Charlie Winters appear as chapter-openers and throughout the text Incorporating Excel spreadsheets as a problem-solving tool the Ninth Edition is enhanced by a chapter on Using Spreadsheets in Analytical Chemistry updated spreadsheet summaries and problems an Excel Shortcut Keystrokes for the PC insert card and a supplement by the text authors EXCEL (R) APPLICATIONS FOR ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY which integrates this important aspect of the study of analytical chemistry into the book's already rich pedagogy New to this edition is OWL an online homework and assessment tool that includes the Cengage YouBook a fully customizable and interactive eBook which enhances conceptual understanding through hands-on integrated multimedia interactivity Available with InfoTrac (R) Student Collections httpgocengagecominfotrac"
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| "Democracy for the Few" |
| "Democracy For The Few is a provocative interpretation of American Government It shows how democracy is repeatedly violated by corporate oligopolies and how popular forces have fought back and occasionally made gains in spite of the system By focusing on the relationship between economic power and political power discussing actual government practices and policies conspiracies propaganda fraud secrecy and other ploys of government and politics this book stands apart in its analysis of how US Government works"
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| "Egyptian Hieroglyphs for Complete Beginners" |
| "An entirely fresh and accessible approach to reading ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs by a proven expert this step-by-step introduction assumes no previous knowledge of grammar or ancient languages but guides readers through the inscriptions from simple to more complex supported by full explanations and translations Readers will see their knowledge and skills grow as Bill Manley clearly explains the mysteries of hieroglyphs without jargon or technical terms guiding the reader step by step through 27 real-life unaltered texts from stelae tombs and portable objects Specially commissioned line drawings present engaging texts clearly and elegantly while fact boxes bring to life images of monuments of high officials and kings giving glimpses of ancient Egyptian society and beliefs This guide is essential reading for anyone interested in Ancient Egypt hieroglyphs or ancient languages and contains all the knowledge you need in order to start deciphering hieroglyphic texts for yourself"
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| "Complete Cities of Ancient Egypt" |
| "Ancient Egyptian cities and towns have until recently been one of the least- studied and least-published aspects of this great ancient civilization Now new research and excavation are transforming our knowledge The Complete Cities of Ancient Egypt is the first book to bring these latest discoveries to a wide general and scholarly audience and to provide a comprehensive overview of what we know about ancient settlement during the dynastic period Divided in two halves the book opens with an account of the development of urban settlement in Egypt describing the pattern of urban life from food production government crime and health to schooling leisure ancient tourism and the interaction of the living community with the dead The second half of the book takes the reader on a trip down the Nile from Aswan to the Delta giving a comprehensive account of all cities and towns with details for each of their discovery excavation and important finds supported by maps and plans as well as recent photographs This book is sure to appeal to all those concerned with urban design and history as well as tourists students and Egyptophiles"
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| "Thinking Big: How the Evolution of Social Life Shaped Human Mind" |
| "When and how did the brains of our hominin ancestors become human minds? When and why did our capacity for language or art music and dance evolve? It is the contention of this pathbreaking and provocative book that it was the need for early humans to live in ever-larger social groups and to maintain social relations over ever-greater distances the ability to think big that drove the enlargement of the human brain and the development of the human mind This social brain hypothesis put forward by evolutionary psychologists such as Robin Dunbar one of the authors of this book can be tested against archaeological and fossil evidence as archaeologists Clive Gamble and John Gowlett show in the second part of Thinking Big Along the way the three authors touch on subjects as diverse and diverting as the switch from finger-tip grooming to vocal grooming or the crucial importance of making fire for the lengthening of the social day Ultimately the social worlds we inhabit today can be traced back to our Stone Age ancestors"
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| "Theatre: A Concise History" |
| "Acting direction stagecraft theatre architecture and design the extraordinary evolution of dramatic literature here is an all-embracing and richly illustrated history global in scope and ranging from the ancient origins of the theatre in the choral hymns sung around the altar of Dionysus to the fascinating variety of forms that it has taken in our own age For this fourth edition Enoch Brater Kenneth T Rowe Professor of Dramatic Literature at the University of Michigan and a specialist on modern and contemporary drama has revised and extended his final chapter to update the discussion He surveys performance art political theatre new genres live broadcasts and extravagant spectacles showcasing the constant and dynamic evolution of stage performance from classics reinvented to groundbreaking new work"
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| "History of Film" |
| "In this lively and up-to-date analysis of the history of film David Parkinson traces the evolution of the moving image from the earliest shadow shows to the digital film-making of the 21st century Engaging text is supplemented by 156 illustrations to give a stimulating account of both aesthetic and technical changes in film since its invention A new final chapter maps developments in form and technology across the world from the mid-1990s to today examining experiments in three-dimensionality the revival of animation and the democratization of film-making following the digital revolution Well-known films such as Slumdog Millionaire House of Flying Daggers and The Lord of the Rings trilogy are considered alongside lesser-known releases placing each film within the broader context of cinematic history Alongside the film trends in the US UK France and Germany Parkinson highlights the best work to have emerged globally from Poland and the Czech Republic to Iran and Israel from India and South Africa to China Korea Mexico and New Zealand With a fully updated glossary and bibliography History of Film continues to be the definitive survey of this most dynamic and popular art form"
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| "Complete World of Greek Mythology" |
| "A retelling of Greek myths is combined here with a comprehensive account of the world in which the myths developed - their themes their relevance to Greek religion and society and their relationship to the landscape"
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| "Greek and Roman Myths: A Guide to Classical Stories" |
| "This handy guide to the Greek and Roman Myths brings classical mythology to life Written by a bestselling author on Ancient Greece and Rome the book features an engaging blend of stories facts and quotations from ancient authors and places ancient myths in a modern context discussing the afterlives of the myths and the relevance of their messages today Factfiles on heroes and heroines and family trees of the gods also make this a useful reference book for students"
Price: 11.99 |
| "Animation: The Global History" |
| "Maureen Furniss surveys the cultural political and economic context of how this dynamic industry evolved emphasizing both artistic and technical achievements from around the world - from Hollywood to Tokyo from Moscow to Sydney Featuring a timeline for each of its six parts Animation The Global History provides readers with a clear and accessible chronology of events A 'Global Storyline' highlighting the major themes of the era opens each chapter and an end-of-book glossary defines key terms used throughout the book"
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| "Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt" |
| "The gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt worshipped for over half of recorded history are among the most fascinating and complex of any civilization Here is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the deities that lay at the heart of Egyptian religion and society It examines the evolution worship and eventual decline of the numerous gods and goddesses - from minor household figures such as Bes and Taweret to the all-powerful deities Amun and Re - that made Egypt the most completely theocratic society of the ancient world and made Egyptians according to Herodotus 'more religious than any other people'"
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| "New History of Witchcraft: Sorcerers, Heretics and Pagans" |
| "For nearly thirty years during which it has been continuously in print Jeffrey Russell's A History of Witchcraft has been the one authoritative concise illustrated history of witchcraft Now in collaboration with Brooks Alexander this classic book has been fully revised with additional chapters accompanied by new illustrations It now includes an analysis of the importance of the Internet and films in the dissemination of witchcraft today and the potential tensions as a movement that was originally a closed secretive cult becomes an open recognized public religion"
Price: 11.99 |
| "Story of Writing: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms" |
| "Writing is one of humanity's greatest inventions Without it there would be no history and no civilization as we know it But how when and where did writing evolve? In a succinct absorbing and well-illustrated text Andrew Robinson discusses the history of decipherment and then each of the major writing systems in turn from cuneiform and Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts of China and Japan An invaluable guide to the worlds major writing systems The Story of Writing is a book to read for both pleasure and enlightenment"
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| "Historical Atlas of the Celtic World" |
| "In a series of 54 stunning full-colour maps covering 3000 years and spanning the whole of Europe this book newly available in paperback comprehensively charts the dramatic history of the Celts from their origins in the Bronze Age to their present-day diaspora Taking into account the latest research and academic controversies over the historical identity of the Celts the atlas deals separately with the Continental Celts (Germany France Italy Spain and Anatolia) the Atlantic Celts (Britain and Ireland) and the modern Celts and the current state of Celtic culture"
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| "Russia of the Tsars" |
| "The History Files series presents the people events and ideas that have shaped our world through the lens of recent research Each title covers a single topic and is illustrated with telling images from out-of-the-way sources and a collection of facsimile documents bringing the past to life in an accessible yet authoritative format Peter Waldron tells the stories of all the Russians exploring the vast expanses of the empire and the lives of the rural peasants describing the ways in which Russia took on or rejected Western influences and recounting how the empire was built and maintained He examines the great flowering of Russian art literature and music the pressures for and against reform and finally the fall of the Tsarist regime in a cataclysm of violence The facsimile documents bring the period alive as do the poignant quotations taken from first-hand accounts detailed box features and over 150 evocative images"
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| "Chronicle of the Roman Emperors : The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial Rome" |
| "This is a highly readable history and a unique work of reference Focusing on the succession of the rulers of imperial Rome it uses timelines with at-a-glance visual guides to each reign and its main events Biographical portraits of the 56 principal emperors from Augustus to Constantine together with a concluding section on the later emperors build into a highly readable single-volume history of imperial Rome Biographical information is illustrated with busts of each emperor coin portraits battle plans and cutaway diagrams of imperial monuments Supporting datafiles for every emperor list key information such as name at birth wives and children full imperial titles and place and manner of death Genealogical trees and over 90 sidebars and special features on subjects ranging from Nero's Golden House to Diocletian's Palace allow the reader to delve even deeper Colourful contemporary judgments by such writers as Suetonius and Tacitus are balanced by judicious character assessments made in the light of modern research The famous and the infamous - Caligula and Claudius Trajan and Caracalla - receive their due while lesser names emerge clearly from the shadows for the first time Chronicle of the Roman Emperors is at once a book to be enjoyed as popular history an essential work of reference and a source of visual inspiration bringing to life one of the most powerful and influential empires the world has ever known 'A valuable volume providing a nice blend of information and entertainment' - Teaching History 'Marvellous' - New Scientist"
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| "Man Who Deciphered Linear B" |
| "Linear B is Europe's oldest readable writing dating from the middle of the second millennium BC This book newly available in paperback tells the life story of Michael Ventris interlaced with that of his decipherment of Linear B First discovered in 1900 on clay tablets among the ruins of the Palace of Minos at Knossos Crete it remained a mystery for over fifty years until 1952 when Michael Ventris discovered that its signs did not represent an unknown language as previously believed but an archaic dialect of Greek more than 500 years older than the Greek of Homer Dubbed the Everest of archaeology the decipherment was all the more remarkable because Ventris was not a trained classical scholar but an architect by profession who had first heard of Linear B as a schoolboy An initial fascination became a lifelong obsession for this intriguing and contradictory man a gifted linguist but a divided soul Excellent well researched and clearly presented compelling reading (The Times Literary Supplement) Excellent Robinson understands how to make the complexities of pictograms clear to the non-expert The book gives many examples and would appeal to anyone interested in crosswords codes and cyphers but it also tells a fascinating human story (The Independent) A wonderfully swift and clear biography written for the nonspecialist (The Economist) A superb biography of Michael Ventris combining a warm account of his life with just enough technical details to satisfy those who have knowledge of linguistics or indeed of the classics It is a splendid read and a fine memorial to the split personality that enabled Ventris to decipher Minoan Linear B so triumphantly (Current World Archaeology)"
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| "Roman Britain: A New History" |
| "This lively authoritative account of a crucial period in Britain's history has been revised and updated to incorporate the very latest findings and research Guy de la Bedoyere the popular face of Romano-British archaeological studies puts the Roman conquest and occupation within the larger context of Romano-British society and how it functioned With nearly 300 illustrations and dramatic aerial views of Roman sites and brimming with the very latest research and discoveries Roman Britain will delight and inform all those with an interest in this seminal epoch of British history"
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| "Neanderthals Rediscovered : How Modern Science is Rewriting Their Story" |
| "For too long the Neanderthals have been seen as dim-witted evolutionary dead-enders who looked and behaved completely differently from us but in recent years their story has been transformed thanks to new discoveries and advances in scientific techniques In a compelling narrative this book takes a fresh and engaging look at the whole story of the Neanderthals setting out all the evidence redressing the balance and arriving at a fairer assessment of a species that was closely related to us and in so doing addresses what it is to be human"
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| "Chineasy Everyday : The World of Chineasy Characters" |
| "ShaoLan Hsueh a Taiwanese entrepreneur based in London couldn't find an effective way of teaching her children Chinese so she developed a groundbreaking visual method to make reading characters fun and easy By learning the most commonly occurring characters - the building blocks of the entire language - readers of all ages can swiftly grasp basic concepts and words Chineasy(TM) Everyday teaches over 400 of the most used and useful Chinese characters phrases and sentences Organized into eleven themes that reflect our daily lives it brings the stories and myths behind the characters to life providing a unique perspective into Chinese history and culture 'Learning Mandarin just got Chineasy(TM)May revolutionize the teaching of Chinese around the world' The Sunday Times"
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| "The Great Cities in History" |
| "From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today great cities have marked the development of human civilization The Great Cities in History tells their stories from Uruk and Memphis to Tokyo and Sao Paulo A galaxy of distinguished contributors evoke the character of each place - its people its art and architecture its government - and explain the reasons for its success Richly illustrated with photographs paintings maps and plans this volume is nothing less than a portrait of world civilization"
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| "Monsters: A Bestiary of the Bizarre" |
| "Monsters have preoccupied mankind from the earliest times even cave art includes animal-human monsters Certainly monsters were present in the ancient religions of Egypt and Mesopotamia; the Old Testament describes the giant land and sea monsters Behemoth and Leviathan while in the world of Classical mythology monsters embody the fantasies of the gods and the cruellest punishments of human beings While we may no longer worry about being eaten by trolls on the way home there remains a fascination with these creatures who have shadowed us throughout history This book explores monsters down the ages and throughout the world It provides a dark yet engrossing visual history of the human mind lit up by flashes of wild and unearthly inspiration"
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| "Mythomania : Tales of Our Times, From Apple to Isis" |
| "An entertaining rejoinder a look at the hidden structures and unacknowledged tendencies of our day --Kirkus Reviews"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Chineasy Workbook" |
| "Where Chineasy(TM) 's books flashcards and memory game helped learners to recognize a diverse range of characters this new workbook offers the opportunity to practise writing Chinese characters Noma Bar's playful and appealing colour illustrations are interspersed with practical pages showing learners how to write the characters themselves Short facts illuminate the meaning of a character or the origin of its shape while a guide to the correct stroke order and grids to help with spacing allow learners to perfect their writing skills Maintaining the innovative visual identity of the Chineasy(TM) brand the workbook is the perfect complement to the existing range but is also self- standing and doesn't require learners to be familiar with the method Suitable for everyone from schoolchildren to businesspeople it will foster a genuine appreciation of the Chinese language and provide a fun introduction to the art of Chinese calligraphy"
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| "Cats in Movies: Notecards" |
| "Twenty unique notecards featuring celebrated artist Susan Herbert's charming and humorous paintings of cats as movie stars"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Occult, Witchcraft & Magic : An Illustrated History" |
| "From the earliest Paleolithic cave rituals magic has gripped the imagination Magic and magicians appear in early Babylonian texts the Bible Judaism and Islam Secret words spells and incantations lie at the heart of every mythological tradition Today magic means many things contemporary Wicca is practised widely as a modern pagan religion in Europe and the US; 'magic' also evokes the cathartic rituals of Chaos magic but stretches to include the non-spiritual rapid-fire sleight of hand performed by slick stage magicians who fill vast arenas The Occult Witchcraft and Magic is packed with authoritative text and a huge and inspired selection of images chosen from unusual and hidden sources The material is presented in 100 entries and includes some of the best-known representations of magic and the occult from around the world"
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| "Nowherelands : An Atlas of Vanished Countries 1840-1975" |
| "A refreshingly original history of the lost countries of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries examined and illustrated with the countries' postage stamps"
Price: 12.49 |
