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This history provides the first book-length study and the first county-level analysis of social and political change in the Taihang Base Area during the key years of the War of Resistance to Japan. David S. G. Goodman explores revolution as process, arguing that the CCP was successful because of its management of revolutionary incrementalism. In particular, he examines the roles and interactions of urban intellectuals, teachers, and peasant sm...

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Spreu und Weizen" ist eine Erzählung der Möglichkeiten. Vor dem Hintergrund einer Jugendentwicklung in der DDR bleibt jedem Leser die Wahl, wie er wohl selbst entscheiden würde, befände er sich in der Rolle des Erzählers. Dabei zieht sich der Faden durch sämtliche Bereiche dieser Gesellschaft, vom Schuljungen über die erste Liebe bis hinein in die Wirren von Partei und Staatssicherheit. Letztlich fällt es schwer, Ewald seiner Entscheidungen we...

Der Titel von Dittberners Gedichtsammlung »Ruhe hinter Gardinen« beschreibt den Ort, von wo aus die poetischen Exkursionen unternommen werden. Es ist ein Beobachtungsposten mit variabler Blickrichtung und der Möglichkeit, sich zu zeigen und zu verstecken. Nichts, was sich von diesem Fenster aus erkunden läßt, bleibt unbemerkt: ein Luftballon, der sich frühmorgens in einer Hecke verfängt, Nachbarn, der Hausmeister, der Briefträger oder eine une...

The works and thoughts of Santiago Ramn y Cajal in a faithful rendition of the original Spanish version, with additional facts contained in the French translation, both of which are currently quoted around 200 times each year in the scientific literature. This is the only authorized English translation and makes use of uniform nomenclature according to contemporary scientific English. Most of the illustrations are reproductions of Cajal's orig...

Liza Dalby, the only non-Japanese woman ever to train as a geisha, reveals her experiences as the Kyoto geisha, Ichigiku. She is also a consultant on Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of the excellent "Memoirs Of A Geisha", by Arthur Golden, which remains a bestseller. B/w line illus.

Robert Graves was born in 1895 in Wimbledon. He went from school to the First World War, where he became a captain in the Royal Welch Fusiliers and was seriously wounded at the Battle of the Somme. He wrote his autobiography, Goodbye to All That, in 1929, and it was soon established as a modern classic. He died on 7 December 1985 in Majorca, his home since 1929.

Rachel Carson (1907-64) wanted to be a writer for as long as she could remember. Her first book, Under the Sea Wind, appeared in 1941. Silent Spring, which alerted the world to the dangers of the misuse of pesticides, was published in 1962. Carson's articles on natural history appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, the New Yorker, Reader's Digest and Holiday. An ardent ecologist and preservationist, Carson warned against the dumping of atomic waste...

An Introduction to Design for Civil Engineers is a concise book that provides the reader with the necessary background on terminology used in design. With this book as a guide, entry-level students of civil engineering will better understand from the outset lectures on detailed subject areas.Drawing on a wealth of experience, the authors present a largely qualitative treatment of the subject matter with little mathematics. Descriptions are amp...

This book presents a clear and comprehensive overview of citizenship, which has become one of the most important political ideas of our time. The author, an experienced textbook writer and teacher, uses a postmodern theory of citizenship to ask topical questions as: * Can citizenship exist without the nation-state?* What should the balance be between our rights and responsibilities?* Should we enjoy group as well as individual rights?* Is citi...

Heterocyclic chemistry is the largest of the classical divisions of organic chemistry. Heterocyclic compounds are widely distributed in Nature, playing a vital role in the metabolism of living cells. Their practical applications range from extensive clinical use to fields as diverse as agriculture, photography, biocide formulation and polymer science. The range of known compounds is enormous, encompassing the whole spectrum of physical, chemic...

Since the realisation that the ozone layer protecting the earth is suffering massive depletion, atmospheric science has been increasingly in the spotlight. It is recognised that we need to increase our knowledge and understanding of the likely impact that increases in UV- B radiation will have on life on earth. Charting research that encompasses the changing distribution of atmospheric ozone, changes in UV-B radiation and the consequent effect...

One of the major figures in the modern Irish poetic canon, Patrick Kavanagh (1904-67) was a post-colonial poet who released Anglo-Irish verse from its prolonged obsession with history, ethnicity and national politics. His poetry, written in an uninhibited vernacular style, focused on the 'common and banal' aspects of contemporary life.

A comprehensive collection of manifestos and key statements by major 20th century poets from Yeats, Ezra and Pound to Dylan Thomas and Stevie Smith, with a further 30 specially commissioned contributions from contemporary writers including Seamus Heaney and Andrew Motion.

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Translated from the third edition of a French original, this is the most complete dictionary devoted specifially to the terms currently used in pharmacoepidemiology. Radically reorganised from earlier editions, practically all definitions have been reworked, often in the light of comments from pharmacoepidemiologists currently using the existing versions. * Written by an internationally renowned author * An essential compliment to dictionaries...

Relationships between lovers are one of the most fulfilling as well as challenging aspects of human existence. With her visionary art, Sulamith Wulfing captures the many different elements of relationship. This deck presents an approach to help the user touch the different aspects of relationship on an intuitive level. It can be used alone or together with a partner to develop a better understanding of one's relationship.

With 52 romantic ideas and inspirations, from special lunch dates to creating a relationship motto, this deck's suggestions will liven up any couple's routine and remind them why they fell in love in the first place.

Auden, Lewis, MacNeice and other key poets of the 'Thirties' were children of the First World War, obsessed by war and by communalism and by the class-struggle. But from within their strongly defined unity of ideals, a varied body of poetry emerged. This book arranges the poetry to make a 'critical essay' of the period.

Edna Longley's latest collection of essays focusses on poetry itself, and in particular how poets are read at different times and in different contexts. Her essays cover poets such as Edward Thomas, MacNeice, Larkin, Auden, Durcan, Paulin, Mahon and Michael Longley.