Bilingual Edition in English and Caddo LanguageHow The Turtle Got Its Squares is a traditional Caddo Indian story that reaches back through countless generations into the Caddo past in what is now Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma. In those days much of the entertainment and education of Caddos took the form of stories and songs that were passed from generation to generation in the Caddo language. They explained the natural world, histor...
A deluxe edition of Whitman's crowning achievement, with an introductory essay by Harold Bloom
I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
When Walt Whitman self-published his Leaves of Grass in July 1855, he altered the course of literary history. One of the greatest masterpieces of American literature, it redefined the rules of poetry while describing t...
In the aftermath of bio-terrorist influenza plagues that have devastated the world¿s population, presidential aspirant Senator Harmon Hartman recruits his widower son-in-law Stewart Brewer to investigate strange goings-on at the GRAD (Genetic Research And Development) Corporation¿s remote experimental station. There, Stewart discovers bizarre trans-species experiments, including one GRAD denies even exists. Stewart¿s discoveries lead him to qu...
Johnny' is the concluding book of the Johnson Family saga. Like the first two books in the series, 'Booker' and 'Leroy', it deals with the life of the Johnson family, an African American family that lives in France. The novel begins after Johnny's prostate gland has been surgically removed because of cancer. The prospect that he will eventually die of the ailment does not bother him as much as the possible permanent loss of sexual potency. How...
Johnny' is the concluding book of the Johnson Family saga. Like the first two books in the series, 'Booker' and 'Leroy', it deals with the life of the Johnson family, an African American family that lives in France. The novel begins after Johnny's prostate gland has been surgically removed because of cancer. The prospect that he will eventually die of the ailment does not bother him as much as the possible permanent loss of sexual potency. How...
Writing = Learning examines the role of writing in various teaching and learning contexts. The focus of the collection moves between investigating the ways that students' writing is conceptualised in order to enhance students' engagement in their learning, the ways that students writing is responded to and assessed by teachers in order to improve learning, and the ways in which professionals' writing is utilised to enrich professional learning...
For nearly ten years, the Unified Modeling Language (UML) has been the industry standard for visualizing, specifying, constructing, and documenting the artifacts of a software-intensive system. As the de facto standard modeling language, the UML facilitates communication and reduces confusion among project stakeholders. The recent standardization of UML 2.0 has further extended the language's scope and viability. Its inherent expressiveness al...
Examines how the European Security Strategy can form the basis of a comprehensive approach that integrates dimensions of EU external action, from aid and trade to defence, under the agenda of 'effective multilateralism' or global governance. This agenda can be translated into the core public goods to which every individual on earth is entitled.
Collects the voices of foremost and emerging gay poets and gathers interviews with some of the most significant figures in contemporary American poetry. This book includes twelve interviews with some of America's best-known and loved poets and also includes a selected bibliography of the works by established poets.
Laser Remote Sensing provides an up-to-date, comprehensive review on LIDAR, focusing mainly on applications to current topics in atmospheric science. The scope of the book includes laser remote sensing of the atmosphere, including measurement of aerosols, water vapor, clouds, winds, trace constituents, and temperature. It also covers other interesting applications such as vegetation monitoring and altimetry. LIDAR systems described in this vol...
Provides a single source for those who need to progress beyond current models of Crew Resource Management (CRM) to developing safe systems in critical industries. This book primary focus is on airline pilots, the principles apply to all sectors of aviation, particularly maintenance and cabin crew, as well as other high-risk industries.
Roman Britain has almost 200 mosaics. In this fully illustrated book Dr Patricia Witts opens up the stories of the mosaics to the modern reader, identifying the figures who remain, explaining what they would have meant to a contemporary viewer and discussing their significance.
Am I Meant to Become a Parent? Why Can't I Conceive? What Is My Unborn Child Trying to Tell Me?In this reassuring, supportive, and accessible book, leading clairvoyant and medium Walter Makichen offers guidance to prospective parents eager to create a warm, nurturing environment for their soon-to-be-conceived-or-born children. Applying the wisdom and insights he has gained through twenty years of communicating with these spirit babies, Makiche...