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The Full-Throttle Space Tales series collected action-packed, high octane, science fiction stories across the full potential of the genre. Here, the original editors have teamed up to pick the very best of Full-Throttle Space Tales, eighteen stories collected here for the first time. Stories by David Boop, C.J. Henderson, W.A. Hoffman, Julia Phillips, David Lee Summers, Carol Hightshoe, Irene Radford, Bob Brown, Scott Pearson, Alan L. Licki...

Excerpt from Serial Techniques in the Recent Music of Igor StravinskyAfter the finede-siecle dost-romantic dilemma, music split into two broad streams--the out-and-out chromaticism of the Viennese school which continued the post-romantic tradition, and the pandiatonic/polyharmonic school that broke with it. No man was more responsible for the break than Igor Stravinsky, who has become one of the chief bell-wethers of twentieth century music. L...

Discusses issues related to evaluation of domestic violence programs, such as policy implications, alternative designs for evaluation studies, and ethical concerns. Treatment goes beyond evaluating program effectiveness to analyzing why and how interventions help change behavior, and creating new research designs to adapt to the unique concepts of

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The basis of this critical examination of Eliot¿s work, first published in 1973, is the investigation of his transmutation of this and other philosophical, mythological and religious motives into the textures of his verse. This book focuses on Eliot¿s peculiar eclectic approach to what he described as `the Tradition¿. It also recognises the fact that Eliot, for all his attempts at universality, was a product of time and place, and gives an acc...

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The basis of this critical examination of Eliot¿s work, first published in 1973, is the investigation of his transmutation of this and other philosophical, mythological and religious motives into the textures of his verse. This book focuses on Eliot¿s peculiar eclectic approach to what he described as `the Tradition¿. It also recognises the fact that Eliot, for all his attempts at universality, was a product of time and place, and gives an acc...

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The Arabian Nights come to life in this stand-alone fantasy adventure in the vein of Inkheart.

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This work examines the writings of this Italian poet, novelist, filmmaker, theorist, and dramaturge, directing attention to this neglected area of study by focusing on the question of narrative form that invests all of Pasolini's writings.

The 96th Pennsylvania Volunteers infantry regiment was formed in 1861 - its ranks filled by nearly 1, 200 Irish and German immigrants from Schuylkill County. Drawing on letters, diaries, memoirs and other accounts, this comprehensive history documents their combat service from the point of view of the rank-and-file soldier, along with their views on the war, slavery, emancipation and politics.

Excerpt from An Essay on Biliary Derangement, and the Excessive Use of Calomel, and Other MercurialsThe human system is endowed With many organs, each of which has a function or office peculiar to itself, and when these functions are performed correctly, and exactly, it constitutes a state of health, and with such harmony are they performed, that they proclaim the Wisdom of an infinite Creator. To say that any one of these organs are always ge...

A revised and thoroughly updated edition of this concise but comprehensive introduction to desert ecology.

Work always has been a central construct in the United States, influencing how Americans measure their lives and assess their contribution to the wider society. Work also has been valued as the key element in the philosophy of self-improvement and social mobility that undergird the American value system. Yet work can also be something imposed upon people: it can be exploitative, painful, and hard. This duality is etched into the faces of the p...

Readily accessible information on each of the neurodegenerative diseases written by acknowledged experts in the field.

Lines in Long Array demonstrates the enduring impact of the Civil War on American culture by presenting poems and photographs from both the past and present, including 12 wholly new poems by contemporary poets created especially for this volume.Includes previously unpublished poetry by Eavan Boland, Geoffrey Brock, Nikki Giovanni, Jorie Graham, John Koethe, Yusef Komunyakaa, Paul Muldoon, Steve Scafidi, Jr., Michael Schmidt, Dave Smith, Tracy ...

The New Testament books were written to be read aloud, and this text explains what we know about the culture of performance in the first and second centuries, what it took to perform an early New Testament manuscript, the benefits of performance for teaching, and practical suggestions for exploring the New Testament texts through performance today.

This is an in-depth analysis of three of the most crucial years in twentieth-century Italian history: 1943-46. Antifascisms offers a thorough survey of the personalities and positions that enacted and informed the decisions taken in this phase of modern Italian history.