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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

The "golden yoke" of Buddhist Tibet was the last medieval legal system still in existence in the middle of the twentieth century. This book reconstructs that system as a series of layered narratives from the memories of people who participated in the daily operation of law in the houses and courtyards the offices and courts of Tibet prior to 1959. The practice of law in this unique legal world, which lacked most of our familiar sign posts, ran...

A World War Two novel, about a secret child of Hitler, that won the Children's Book Council Of Australia "Book Of The Year 2000". Readership level: 9 - 11 years.

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A concise, accessible review of the principal economic developments and social changes in the US between 1945 and the present day.. Covers an era of US economic dominance and the challenge from overseas.. Links more 'historical' post-war developments to the rapid 'contemporary' changes of the 1970s-1990s.. No direct competitor known to the author.

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Two men abandoned by their mates come to terms with their fragile natures. Cast of 3 women and 2 men.

The sorceress Lady Lamorna wants a skull-studded gown of deep black velvet but finds her treasure chest empty of gold. That doesn't stop her from kidnapping, blackmailing, and using more than a little magic to get what she needs. Will all her best-laid plans be foiled by the heroic Gracie Gillypot, two chatty bats, a gallant (if scruffy) prince, the wickedest stepsister ever, a troll with a grudge, and some very Ancient Crones? "As wacky as it...

Discover the healing power of jewelry. Inspiritu Jewelry is a book full of inspiration and techniques for creating rich and romantic-looking jewelry with a new dimension - that of using adornment to enrich the spirit and offer a sense of wellbeing. This book guides you through 25 jewelry "prescriptions." Entries from an old "Prescriptions" book, belonging to a healer by the name of Milagros tie all of these projects together. The year is 1924 ...

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Ethics and College Sports is a careful analysis of the root problems in intercollegiate athletics in American universities. It examines the prevalent myths that are regularly used to justify the inclusion of intercollegiate athletics, and all of the abuses and scandals it has brought to university campuses, from a moral perspective.

A sophisticated backstage comedy. Cast of 3 women and 6 men.

Part picture book for pleasure reading. . . . and part practical how-to, this dramatic account is the next best thing to setting up a hatchery of your own." - Family FunWhen a mother brings her daughter to a pond to collect some frog spawn, the little girl isn't sure what to expect. Day after day she checks on the jellylike bubbles until the black dots in their centers turn into slippery tadpoles, sprouting bumps that turn to stumps that becom...

The first volume of a three-volume work, this book is the culmination of over two decades of exhaustive research examining women's roles and activities during various civilizations through the world from the perspective of our foremost feminist thinkers. Origins covers women's roles from earliest recorded history to the Dark ages.

In this final volume of her trilogy on the history of women, Marilyn French traces the role of women in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Ethics and College Sports is a careful analysis of the root problems in intercollegiate athletics in American universities. It examines the prevalent myths that are regularly used to justify the inclusion of intercollegiate athletics, and all of the abuses and scandals it has brought to university campuses, from a moral perspective.

In 1864, a party of twenty-one miners and a freighter named Adams headed west in search of the canyon del oro (of gold). In a hidden canyon, they found a fabulous bonanza of gold. But Apache raiders put an end to the miners' dreams of fame and fortune. Follow the author's own modern-day quest as he explores the colorful history of this beautiful and fascinating region. The book offers a rare blend of history and adventure.

Founded in Boston in 1829, Perkins School for the Blind was the first school of its kind in the United States. Perkins pioneered education for people who are deafblind when seven-year-old Laura Bridgman became the first deafblind person to learn language, in 1837. Fifty years later, alumna Annie Sullivan used the same methods to teach Helen Keller, the deafblind Perkins student who became one of the foremost humanitarians of the twentieth cent...

Entdecken Sie die dunkle Seite LondonsAls der 5-jährige Matthew verschwindet, geht ein Aufschrei durch London. In den Zeitungen erscheint sein Bild - und die Psychotherapeutin Frieda Klein kann es nicht fassen: Matthew gleicht bis ins Detail dem Wunschkind eines verzweifelten kinderlosen Patienten von ihr. Ist dieser Mann ein brutaler Psychopath? Warum hat sie das als Therapeutin nicht schon vorher bemerkt? Zusammen mit Inspector Karlsson stöß...