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In this first volume of poetry, marking the 80th year of her birth, artist and author Cynthia Kozlowski reveals a portrait of a life in its most condensed essence. In these poems we find the optimism of childhood, the reverie of a long and fruitful marriage, the grief over a father's addiction and death, meditations on God and religion, and a celebration, above all, of the beauty and mystery of nature.

Poetry. The red mavis, better known as the brown thrasher, sings a tireless improvised song, "varied ... usually pleasing, " lambent with "the gladness of the open air." In this volume, Merrill Gilfillan draws on casual rhymes and lost commonplaces, composing his poems en plein air. He ranges from the Carolina woods to the California coastline, and from "salted haikus" to prose meditations. Everywhere, his writing is marked by deftness, exuber...

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Im Rahmen des Projekts »Duncker & Humblot reprints« heben wir Schätze aus dem Programm der ersten rund 150 Jahre unserer Verlagsgeschichte, von der Gründung 1798 bis zum Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs 1945. Lange vergriffene Klassiker und Fundstücke aus den Bereichen Rechts- und Staatswissenschaften, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Geschichte, Philosophie und Literaturwissenschaft werden nach langer Zeit wieder verfügbar gemacht.

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Energize your students with Biblioteca de la Clase trade books with complementary themes, skills, and concepts for each unit. These trade books feature award-winning titles and engaging stories, keeping your students excited about reading at every turn. Accompanying lesson plans include text dependent questions, and writing about reading opportunities to easily and efficiently add as many books as you choose to your lessons. Grades 1-5: 24 tit...

Oil, gas and other types of underground pipeline are critical components of civil infrastructure. Detecting the presence of corrosion which may cause a pipeline to fail is a major challenge. This important book reviews key research on understanding corrosion processes and methods for detecting corrosion, including magnetic flux leakage, the close interval potential survey method, the Pearson survey method and in-line inspection techniques

How have colonial and partisan politics in Puerto Rico affected the language used in public schools? What can we learn from the conflict over the place of English in Puerto Rican society? How has the role of English evolved over time? Addressing these questions, Jorge Schmidt explores the complex relationships among politics, language, and education in Puerto Rico from 1898 to the present.

Genome-Based Diagnostics: Demonstrating Clinical Utility in Oncology is the summary of a workshop convened in May 2012 by the Roundtable on Translating Genomic-Based Research for Health and the Center for Medical Technology Policy of the Institute of Medicine to foster the identified need for further sustained dialogue between stakeholders regarding the clinical utility of molecular diagnostics. The workshop brought together a wide range of st...

Occupational Safety and Hygiene II' contains selected papers from the International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SHO2014, Guimaraes, Portugal, 13-14 February 2014), which was organized by the Portuguese Society for Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SPOSHO).

Don Barnard's reader's guide plumbs the richness, subtlety, and power of Derek Walcott's Omeros. Barnard adeptly lays out the major themes of the work, explains Walcott's geographical, historical, and autobiographical references, and explores his use of symbolism. He also highlights the qualities that make Omeros a master class in the use of form, rhythm, and rhyme and proposes new solutions to issues raised by earlier critical works.

In her new book, Phoebe Caldwell, an expert practitioner with over 30 years' experience working with people with learning disabilities, offers us a fresh insight into autism spectrum disorders. Shifting her attention away from presentation and symptoms alone, Phoebe explores and attempts to understand sensory issues.

GlobalSoilMap: Basis of the global spatial soil information system contains contributions that were presented at the 1st GlobalSoilMap conference, held 7-9 October 2013 in Orléans, France. These contributions demonstrate the latest developments in the GlobalSoilMap project and digital soil mapping technology for which the ultimate aim is to produce a high resolution digital spatial soil information system of selected soil properties and their ...

Charles Green tells here the dramatic story of the initial excavation of Sutton Hoo, one of the richest archaeological finds of all time. In the Sutton Hoo burial grounds scientists unearthed a ship containing the treasures of a king who was most likely the last of the pagan rulers of East Anglia.Green guides us through the scientific significance of the Sutton Hoo discovery: the beautiful jewelry indicates the high level of Anglo-Saxon artist...

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The USA Today bestselling Beautiful Mess trilogy continues. Will Olivia and Alexander find their way back to each other? Or will Olivia's past continue to consume her? Find out today.Scared of her feelings for Alexander, Olivia flees Boston for a secluded beach, trying to shut out the world once more.But Alexander refuses to let her.After a clue comes to light regarding her whereabouts, can he convince her their connection is strong enough to ...

A unified account of the rapidly developing field of high-intensity laser-atom interactions, suitable for both graduate students and researchers.

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The Barefoot Contessa, and All About Eve - just three of the most well-known films of writer, director, and producer Joseph L. Mankiewicz. This work contains, first, critical essays about the man and his work, and then presents a guide to resources, an annotated bibliography, and a filmography. The annotated bibliography includes writings by and about Mankiewicz, the filmography includes full cast and credit informatio...