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This book provides advice on using a law library and how to make effective use of catalogues and indexes. Its practical approach will help students undertake particular research problems, and it shows how to record and present the results of research in projects, dissertations and theses. The information is presented under standard headings, with diagrams and charts provided where possible to aid in the practical use of complex publications. T...

This important and wide-ranging book examines the relationship between the Greek city-states and the Hellenistic empire, focusing specifically on the interaction between Antiochos III and the cities of Western Asia Minor. Dr Ma approaches this material from a variety of angles: narrative history, structural analyses of imperial power, and analyses of the functions played by language and stereotype in the interaction between rulers and ruled. T...

Seventy contemporary Russian women poets in translation.

In print for fifty years, White Collar by C. Wright Mills is considered a standard on the subject of the new middle class in twentieth-century America. This landmark volume demonstrates how the conditions and styles of middle class life--originating from elements of both the newer lower andupper classes--represent modern society as a whole. By examining white-collar life, Mills aimed to learn something about what was becoming more typically "A...

An illuminating portrait of ancient Egypt told through the lives of 11 people, from pharaohs and princes to farmers and temple dancers. Over 20 illustrations. Maps.

In The Heart of Grief, Attig gives us an inspiring and profoundly insightful meditation on the meaning of grief, showing how it can be the path toward a lasting love of those who have died. Recounting dozens of stories of people who have struggled with deaths in their lives, he describesgrieving as a transition from loving in presence to loving in separation. The thing we long for most--the return of the one who is missing--is the very thing t...

Captialists Against Markets challenges the conventional wisdom that welfare state builders took their cues from labor and other progressive interests. Instead, Peter Swenson argues, pragmatic social reformers looked for support not only from below but also from above, taking into account capitalists interests and preferences. With original theory and surprising historical evidence, Capitalists Against Markets illuminates the political conditio...

Do politicians listen to the public? How often and when? Or are the views of the public manipulated or used strategically by political and economic elites? Navigating Public Opinion brings together leading scholars of American politics to assess and debate these questions. It describes how therelationship between opinion and policy has changed over time, how key political actors use public opinion to formulate domestic and foreign policy, and ...

This book of twelve original essays will bring together two themes of American culture: law and race. The essays fall into four groups: cases that are essential to the history of race in America, cases that illustrate the treatment of race in American history, cases of great fame that became the trials of the century of their time, and cases that made important law. Some of the cases discussed include Amistad, Dred Scott, Plessy v. Ferguson, S...

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In this highly entertaining collection, Arnason employs all of his powers as a humorist and as a scholar intimate with North American and Icelandic mythology and culture. Whether set in a chilly Canadian city or an ancient Icelandic village, each story takes on an epic tone and suggests that there is a higher power hard at play, toying with people's destiny for its own amusement. Arnason's serpentine demon lover seduces and tempts women with h...

Demonstrates that, in many cases, a boss' attitudes and behaviors actually cause or 'set up' certain individuals. This book is based on ten years of study into boss-subordinate relationships. It features interviews, stories, and research. It is intended for anyone with influence on an individual's potential.

Here are poems spanning more than forty years: poems about love, sex, death, sacrifice -- basic themes of poetry. Many of these poems employ rhyme schemes, others are in free verse, but they are all interesting, compelling, containing the kinds of conceits that will appeal both to traditionalists and modernists. A poet once said that "...the poem's conceit is more vital than its vehicle."If you like accessible, yet many-layered verse, you will...

A creative explosion in design made the 1950s one of the most exciting periods of the twentieth century. New materials and manufacturing methods meant that form, color, and function were all reconsidered, innovations that shook the traditional ways of thinking and awoke the imagination of the public. Here is a look at the fabulous 50s designs, from furniture and lighting to glass and pottery. The work of major designers, both international and...

This stunning book is a must-have for all collectors of open salt cellars, featuring in-depth coverage of examples made with American and English art glass, English and French cameo glass, clear and colored pressed glass, figural French faïence, Russian enamels, porcelain, figural silver, and more. There are 941 full color plates showcasing over 3, 500 open salts, many previously undocumented. These beautiful pieces were used before salt was p...

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Draws on the covenant to shed light on evangelism and the way of salvation, Explains where and how human responsibility enters into salvation.

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In 90 beautiful color and 70 clear black and white photographs, yellow ware is shown to be an attractive and important ceramic. Through this book, yellow ware is established rightfully as the transitional ware between redware in the primitive period and white ware in the art pottery movement. The utilitarian purposes for which it was used in the home and institutions in the nineteenth century made it a very common ceramic, but therefore previo...

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