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At the height of Tim Maia's soaring fame, he joined a radical, extraterrestrial-obsessed cult and created two plus albums of some of Brazil's-and the globe's-best funk and soul music. This book explores the career of the man often hailed as the James Brown or Barry White of Brazil, and the time of his radical transformation from a musician notorious for hedonistic living to a devoted follower of Manoel Jacinto Coelho's Rational Culture. After...

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The life of Sarah Churchill, the first Duchess of Marlborough, across the late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth centuries, is examined in this new and updated biography, turning a critical eye on images of the Duchess handed down through art, history and literature. *Also appeared in June Buyer's Notes*

In der Aquaristik sind Schlangenkopffische schon seit einigen Dekaden zu finden. Zwar würden wir sie nicht in einem Zooladen mit Standard-Sortiment erwarten, aber einige Arten werden sogar schon im "Mergus Aquarienatlas, Band 1" besprochen. Jedoch findet man kein einziges Buch, das sich ausschließlich den beiden Gattungen Channa und Parachanna befasst. Das heutige Wissen über Schlangenkopffische ist ein Resultat aus Haltungserfahrungen, die en...

The Crimean War (1853-1856) was the first modern war. A vicious struggle between imperial Russia and an alliance of the British, French and Ottoman Empires, it was the first conflict to be reported first-hand in newspapers, painted by official war artists, recorded by telegraph and photographed by camera. In her new short history Trudi Tate discusses the ways in which this novel representation itself became part of the modern 'war machine'. Sh...

Aims to present an elucidation of the work of Heraclitus, a pre-Socratic philosopher as the author of "On Nature", the first sustained work of Greek prose. This book comprises two lecture courses delivered by the author at the University of Freiburg during the summers of 1943 and 1944.

This comprehensive textbook by the editor of Law and the Internet seeks to provide students, practitioners and businesses with an up to date and accessible account of the key issues in internet law and policy from a European and UK perspective. The internet has advanced in the last twenty years from an esoteric interest to a vital and unavoidable part of modern work, rest and play. As such, an account of how the internet and its users are regu...

Twentieth-century developments have altered the position of women beyond all recognition. Women's suffrage and equal rights, the consumer society, control of fertility, the sexual revolution, and the millennium's new breed of female breadwinners have made this a transformative period for women. This anthology of original sources is accompanied by state-of-the-art historiography, and includes an introductory survey providing an accessible overv...

The Crimean War (1853-1856) was the first conflict to be reported first-hand in newspapers, painted by official war artists, recorded by telegraph and photographed by camera. In this book, Trudi Tate discusses the ways in which this novel representation itself became part of the modern 'war machine'.

Design philosophy is becoming increasingly important as the nature of design practice and design education change. The Design Philosophy Reader presents and explains the recent emergence of design philosophy, illustrates the main concerns of design philosophy and demonstrates why design philosophy has emerged in recent years, why it is needed, what it can do, how it can be done and where it is going. Comprised of an eight thematic sections, ea...

A gritty saga from the author of "A Wartime Christmas", exploring episodes of family struggle and resolve in a wartime London context.

How the Gospel challenges austerity - an Ekklesia Lent course for groups and individuals. Offers the most up-to-date collection of Christian thought on the political issue of the age and what the Bible has to say about it.

Distilling the power of her direct, goal-oriented technique into a brisk, informative, easy-to-understand narrative, "Says Who?" details popular Life Coach Ora Nadrich's daily method of self discovery and mindful practice that is simple, direct and applicable to anyone who wishes to stop and reverse the negative thoughts that drag us down in life and keep us from reaching our potential and achieving our dreams.

After 25 years' of producing award winning electronic games such as World of Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo, Blizzard Entertainment is reintroducing their award winning backlist books in a collector's edition format at a very friendly price.

In All's Well That Ends Well, Helen, a lowly ward, risks her life to satisfy her boundless love for Bertram, a count and ward to the King of France. Following him to Paris, she concocts an endangering plan to win the King of France's favour and induce Bertram's hand in marriage. In the comprehensive introduction to this new, fully-illustrated Arden edition, Suzanne Gossett takes a transformative look at the play's critical and performance hi...