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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

Without abdicating their ultimate responsibility for law enforcement and criminal justice, Western governments are increasingly seeking to delegate aspects of this task to the private and voluntary sectors. The contributors assess both the actual and potential impact of privatization in this highly controversial area, and examine the experience of private prisons, especially in North America, the activities of private security firms and curren...

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This is a textbook of a fundamental kind, designed to introduce students to the basic concepts of syntax. Professor Matthews does not expound the model of any one theoretical school, nor does he attempt a straightforward synthesis of already published work. He believes that students have much to gain from the descriptive traditions of individual languages as well as from theorists. His approach is therefore thematic, dealing with the nature of...

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A CONCISE HISTORY OF ISRAEL COVERING THE ANCESTRAL PERIOD, CONQUEST AND SETTLEMENT, THE MONARCHY, AND BOTH THE EXILIC AND POSTEXILIC PERIODS. WITH AN ACCESSIBLE YET HIGH-QUALITY INTRODUCTION, A BRIEF HISTORY OF ANCIENT ISRAEL WILL BE OF IMMENSE VALUE TO BOTH STUDENTS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE SCHOLARS WHO TEACH THEM.

<, div>, In 1987 Frank and Deborah Popper proposed a bold solution to the decline of America's Great Plains: create a vast nature preserve by returning 139, 000 square miles in ten states to prairie and reintroducing the buffalo that once roamed there. In <, i>, Where the Buffalo Roam<, /i>, , Anne Matthews follows the Poppers from Montana to Texas as they try to sell their idea called the Buffalo Commons, in the process, she intro...

Caitlin Matthews unlocks the encoded meanings of the "Mabinogion" and establishes it firmly as a precursor to other living myths of the West. As descendants of the ancient Celtic oral tradition, the rich themes and archetypal underpinnings of the "Mabinogion" are stories for all time.

Matthews sheds light on Sovereignty, the Goddess of the sacred land of Britain, and the spiritual principle of the Divine Feminine. She articulates the continuing relevance of ancient Celtic thought and belief of the powerful myths and legends of ancient Britain.

A PATRIOT PLAYS HARDBALL Chris Matthews has been playing "hardball" since the day he was born. From his first political run-in in the first grade to his years working as presidential speechwriter for Jimmy Carter, Matthews grew up loving his country and dreaming of his chance to protect it. In Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think, Chris Matthews is at his brilliant, blunt, bulldogged best. From the Cold War to the Clinton years, Matt...

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This book is a concise historical survey of structural linguistics, charting its development from the 1870s to the present day. Peter Matthews examines the beginnings of structuralism and analyzes the vital role played in it by the study of sound systems and the problems of how systems change. He discusses theories of the overall structure of a language, the "Chomskyan revolution" in the 1950s, and the structuralist theories of meaning. The bo...

William Matthews's ten books have gradually earned him a place on the first roster of American poets -" as water licks its steady way through stone." Very little of the poetry of the past twenty years, " Henry Taylor has written in the Washington Times, " is more intelligent and engaging than that of William Matthews . .. Admiring gratitude seems perfectly appropriate." The New Yorker has described Matthews's work as" poems that revel in etymo...

Twenty-one plays from the drama of Greece, Rome, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Denmark, and Norway from 500 B.C. to 1879 A.D., selected and edited with notes, biographies, and bibliographies, by Brander Matthews. In the Introduction he states: "A collection of masterpieces of the drama extending over a score of centuries serves to make plain something which ought never to be overlooked. The principles of dramatic art are unchanging though the...

Prehistoric animals may be gone, but they are not forgotten, and our understanding of them keeps changing! This series uses reconstruction artwork to show what these creatures looked like and how they lived in specific habitats with other animals. Maps, timelines, photos of fossils, and a fact file help explain how scientists have interpreted the evidence found about these creatures.

Prehistoric animals may be gone, but they are not forgotten, and our understanding of them keeps changing! This series uses reconstruction artwork to show what these creatures looked like and how they lived in specific habitats with other animals. Maps, timelines, photos of fossils, and a fact file help explain how scientists have interpreted the evidence found about these creatures.