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Modern children follow a typical ancient Greek family through their day, and along the way they get to do all the things the Greeks did--from making clothes and jewelry to learning Greek letters to preparing a fabulous Greek feast. Packed with information, "Spend the Day in Ancient Greece" offers children a unique, hands-on glimpse into a remarkable civilization. Illustrations. 128 pp. Ages 8-12. Pub: 2/98.

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The papers collected in this volume present a systematic and comprehensive survey of women's role in the religion of the Ancient Greek polis.

Colonial New Englanders would have found our modern notions of free speech very strange indeed. Children today shrug off harsh words by chanting "sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me, " but in the seventeenth century people felt differently. "A soft tongue breakeththe bone, " they often said. Governing the Tongue explains why the spoken word assumed such importance in the culture of early New England. Author Jane K...

In recent years, there has been a groundswell of significant and exciting new work being done in research on emotions and psychopathology. This new volume in the Series in Affective Science examines the relationship between emotions and psychopathology by bringing together current theory and research and the perspectives of leading figures in the field. Each part addresses general issues in the field and contains reports of research focused on...

Inspired by a 1988 trip to El Salvador, Michael J. Perry's new book is a personal and scholarly exploration of the idea of human rights. Perry is one of our nation's leading authorities on the relation of morality, including religious morality, to politics and law. He seeks, in this book, todisentangle the complex idea of human rights by way of four probing and interrelated essays. * The initial essay, which is animated by Perry's skepticism a...

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This title provides professionals and students with a practical approach to core knowledge of heat transfer and fluid flow as it applies to space heating, water services and mechanical/natural ventilation in and associated with buildings.

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The papers collected in this volume present a systematic and comprehensive survey of women's role in the religion of the Ancient Greek polis.

This book uses information from annual surveys of companies in Europe during the formation of a single European market and addresses issues affecting small business such as marketing, entrepreneurship, export strategies.

With contributions from Bertrand Russell, Thorstein Veblen, Sidney Webb, Bertil Ohlin and other great minds of the age, the collected papers in these volumes include contemporary reviews, academic assessments and scholarly essays on all of Keynes' published works from 1913 through 1940. The final volume provides an extensive array of tributes, obituaries and assessments written shortly after Keynes' death.

This book provides teachers with clear advice on how to plan, resource and deliver a comprehensive programme which will challenge their pupils and enable them to progress and meet national requirements.

Provides a strategic, practical and analytical approach to management development. Encourages the reader to apply techniques and come up with their own solutions. .

Nelson Caribbean Mathematics is a course suitable for students of all abilities in lower Secondary school. It provides students with a solid foundation for CSEC Mathematics. Less able students will find the many examples reassuring and encouraging, whilst there are plenty of challenges to keep higher ability students interested and motivated.

As institutions and organizations around the world move to more open and flexible delivery of educational and training programs, there is increasing need for effective forms of staff development for the encouragement and support of change, and for the shaping of policies and attitudes needed for more learner-centered approaches. This book draws together the experiences, insights and findings of some of the world's leading staff developers in o...

This book covers both the linguistic features of African-American English, in particular the grammar, phonology and lexicon, and the sociological, political and educational issues associated with it.

In this reprint of his January 1998 lecture to the IEA, Mr Portillo directly addresses the political issues raised by EMU. He considers the project's effects on democracy and concludes that it raises real dangers of conflict in the future. The book also contains a postscript by noted American economist Professor Martin Feldstein.

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This book explores the legal and social position of women in the west from classical antiquity through the early middle ages. Arjava argues that from the viewpoint of most women, late antiquity was not a period of radical change, and that the influence of Christianity on the social position of women has often been exaggerated. It was only after the fall of the western empire that a new legal system and a new social world emerged.