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In this long-awaited work, Isaac mines the diary of a Revolutionary War-era Virginia planter--and many other sources--to reconstruct his interior world as it plunged into turmoil.

Aimed at advanced students of Spanish interested in improving their understanding of Spanish phonology and pronunciation, ¿Qu¿ien suena! focuses on providing the simplest analysis of the pronunciation of Spanish sounds. The text's goal is for the student to be able to replicate successfully, to the extent possible, native speakers' typical pronunciation and intonation patterns.

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Ancient seafaring and especially our fascination with the trireme have fuelled many vooks and debates, many of which are revisited and critiqued here.

Examines how public opinion has influenced health care policy.

IN JUST ONE year, Jack Knob has gone from being a young man beginning to realize his dreams to one whose desperate thoughts are aimed at helping his struggling family. Max Prentice, who has had his eye on Jack for sometime, is a successful toy-maker and the owner of a toy store in Chicago. Yet, when Jack's desperate thoughts begin to turn into action, Max intervenes, shows Jack the error in his thinking, and hires Jack to be his apprentice. In...

With more than 50 full-color illustrations, including 40 clearly diagrammed exercises, this book offers an introduction to the basics of karate for the younger martial artist.

Edited by Oxford's Canadian lexicography department, this is Oxford University Press's first Canadian thesaurus. With 300, 000 synonyms and 8, 000 opposites, this easy-to-use reference is ideal for all kinds of writing needs- for study, at home, or in the office. The Paperback Oxford Canadian Thesaurus provides the most useful alternative word first, with the words that are closest in meaning to the entry work given in capitals. Thousands of ...

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In this, the first history of the African diaspora in Latin America from emancipation to the present, George Reid Andrews synthesizes the history of people of African descent in every Latin American country from Mexico and the Caribbean to Argentina. He examines how African peooples and their descendants made their way from slavery to freedom and how they helped shape and responded to political, economic, and cultural changes in their societies.

Medien sind Risiken und Ressourcen für das Aufwachsen von Kindern. Sozialisation in einer von Medien geprägten Gesellschaft heißt, einen kompetenten Medienumgang zu lernen und sich das eigene Selbst- und Weltbild medial vermittelt anzueignen. In gängigen Sozialisationstheorien werden die Medien meist nur am Rande behandelt. Hier wird eine Mediensozialisationstheorie skizziert, welche Konzepte der Sozialisation, des gesellschaftlichen Wandels u...

In the depths of the Polish countryside lies the little town of Raków (Racovia). Raków today shows few signs of its illustrious history as the chief center for progressive religious thinking in Europe. Founded as a utopian community in 1569, by the early seventeenth century it had become "the Unitarian capital of Europe." Its academy attracted scholars and students from all over the Continent. Hundreds of books poured from its presses, includi...

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Like our muscles, our emotions need a good toning workout for them to remain fit and responsive. Too often, when confronted with an emotionally charged 'lob' from a boss, loved one, or even a random stranger, we tend to respond from the gut rather than the head. These knee-jerk responses nearly always have the same root - in a combination of anger and fear.Arynne A. Simon, PhD, introduces us to the concept of Emotional Fitness in Playing Life ...

Part of the ISPRS Series, this volume for remote sensing specialists and photogrammetrists details current calibration procedures, the latest 'best practices', and promotes the development of coherent, high quality Earth observation imagery.

This humorous, earthy memoir tells the story of Griselda and Reg Sprigg's pioneering desert adventures throughout the whole Australian outback. It is also the moving story of the Arkaroola Sanctuary, and how Griselda and her husband turned a drought-stricken sheep station into the magnificent flora and fauna reserve and tourist mecca that it is today.