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Come here to Orson Scott Card's magical America that might have been, and marvel as the tale of Alvin Maker unfolds. The seventh son of a seventh son is a boy of mysterious powers, and he is waking to the mysteries of the land and its own chosen people.The Tales of Alvin Maker seriesSeventh SonRed ProphetPrentice AlvinAlvin JourneymanHeartfireThe Crystal City

Well illustrated catalogue of the Egyptian antiquities held by the Seattle Art Museum, covering 3000 years of Egyptian history.

This volume contains 1017 coin specimens, presented chronologically by period and reign. Also included are a Meiron coin profile organized by mint, a catalogue of selected Meiron coins, and an index of coins by area and locus.

An easy-to-use source for librarians, students and other researchers, each volume in this series provides illustrated biographical profiles of approximately 75 childrens authors and artists. This critically acclaimed series covers more than 12, 000 individuals, ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers. Entries typically cover: personal life, career, writings, works in progress, ada...

Your students and users will find biographical information on approximately 300 modern writers in this volume of Contemporary Authors(R). Authors in this volume include: A. E. Housman Keri Hulme Spike Lee Art Spiegelman

The second half of the 19th century was a time of tremendous upheaval and change in America-the transformation resulting from the Civil War and the industrialization and urbanization of America which followed were reflected in the magazines of the era. Important new monthly titles emerged (Harpers New Monthly, The Atlantic Monthly) along with illustrated weeklies (Saturday Evening Post). The era saw the American magazine grow to maturity as it...

The three decades covered in this DLB volume demonstrate dramatic changes in the conception of the short story form in America. Remarkable upheavals were taking place in the Western world-shifts in culture and expectations for the future based on the dizzying speed of transformation brought about by the Industrial Revolution. The texture of daily life mirrored these changes, and the new age gave rise to a new literature reflecting its impulses...

This highly useful series presents substantial excerpts from the best criticism on the major literary figures and nonfiction writers, including novelists, poets, playwrights and literary theorists, of 1900 to 1999 -- the era most frequently studied in high schools. Each volume presents overviews of four to eight authors with chronologically arranged criticism representing the entire range of response to each author. A typical excerpt is prefac...

Each of the 30 volumes in this series presents about 20 autobiographical essays written exclusively for the series, allowing your patrons to approach each authors life from a unique, highly personal vantage point. Varying in style and length (minimum 10, 000 words) and international in scope, authors essays are brimming with reflections and insights. A unique resource for studies on the memoir, each essay is illustrated with photographs suppli...

This exceptional series contains unique material not available elsewhere, providing information that will help students and teachers prepare for class assignments and presentations. Some authors and artists appearing in recent volumes include Piers Anthony, Madeleine LEngle, Tomie dePaola, Francesca Lia Block and many more.(Note: This series has been discontinued, however new autobiographical essays will appear periodically in the Something ab...

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Continuing the Journey offers practical plans for dealing effectively with changes in a parish.

Microplanning is a community-based process which enables local people to prepare and implement programmes for settlement upgrading. Local participants contribute to both the content and structure of programmes. Case studies from Chile and Sri Lanka.

For planners and manufacturers, this book contains detailed technical information on the design and manufacture of vehicles which can be produced locally and can compete with capital-intensive technologies originating from industrialized countries.

Based on experience at Ghana's Technology Consultancy Centre, this handbook describes successful methods of minimum tillage farming and alley cropping. It suggests that alley cropping offers great promise as a soil conservation and enriching technique.

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A guide on how to carry out a wealth ranking exercise. The technique allows researchers to understand quickly the nature of wealth differences in a community and to determine the approximate wealth status of each community member.

Technical problems require technical solutions that are innovative, simple, cheap, robust and easy to maintain. This book lists 100 winning inventions in the first International Inventors Award competition, organized in Stockholm.