Hardcover Books

This volume, edited by Kwai-Cheung Lo and Hung-chiung Li, explores the notion of entangled waterscape to reflect beyond the traditional continental perspectives. It understands Asia and beyond through the multifaceted interplay of history, economics, politics, culture, and ecological concerns. The conceptualization of waterscape echoes...

In 2015 the United Nations adopted a set of seventeen goals "to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all", with specific targets for each goal to be achieved by 2030. These are the Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs] of the United Nations,...

Israel in Egypt is an investigation into the Jewish experience of the land and people of Egypt from antiquity to the middle ages. Using contemporary sources to explore the varied experience of Egypt's Jews, the volume brings together a rich collection of studies from...

Ancient Readers and their Scriptures explores the ways that ancient Jews and Christians interpreted the Hebrew Bible in antiquity, focusing on the processes of reading that are preserved in the textual and material record of the corpora that engage Jewish scripture.Author: Garrick AllenISBN-10: 9004383360ISBN-13:...

In International Groundwater Law and the US-Mexico Border Region, Maria E. Milanes offers a new international legal and institutional framework to manage fossil aquifers and groundwater in conjunctive use with surface water.Author: Maria E. MilanesISBN-10: 900438507XISBN-13: 9789004385078Publisher: Brill NijhoffLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/23/2020Pages: 366Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.55lbsSize:...

Sources and Interpretation in Ancient Judaism is a Festschrift in honor of Prof. Tal Ilan. The essays reflect realms within the broad field of Ancient Judaism that are central to Ilan's scholarship: Second Temple literary sources and history, Gender, Jewish papyrology and rabbinic literature.Author:...

In Jewish Education from Antiquity to the Middle Ages there are fifteen tightly themed specialist studies that discuss individual texts, wider literary corpora, and various related themes to set a new agenda for the study of Jewish education.Author: George J. BrookeISBN-10: 9004347755ISBN-13: 9789004347755Publisher: BrillLanguage:...

In Khazaria in the Ninth and the Tenth Centuries Boris Zhivkov offers a new view on Khazaria by scrutinizing the different visions offered by recent scholarship. The paucity of written sources has made it necessary to turn to additional information about the steppe states...

The Transformation of Intergovernmental Satellite Organisations: Policy and Legal Perspectives offers a multifaceted analysis of the complex policy and legal issues associated with the privatisation or restructuring of the world's preeminent intergovernmental satellite organisations, INTELSAT, INMARSAT and EUTELSAT. Maury Mechanick, Christian Roisse, and David...

This volume chronicles the proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion Toronto, Canada, June 2006. Wettability is of pivotal importance in many and varied arenas, ranging from mundane to micro-and nanofluidics to lithography to biomedical. It should be underscored...

Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, first published in 1883, has been adapted in many ways and translated into many languages. Here, award-winning German children's book writer Christine Nostlinger and renowned Spanish artist Antonio Saura offer The New Pinocchio, with entirely original illustrations. First...

Photographer James Klosty, based in Millbrook, New York, and known for his photographs of John Cage and Merce Cunningham, presents photographs of Greece taken during two brief months in the summer of 1966. The book documents his travels through Greece's islands, mainland and northern...

This book shows a selection of shots by Alessandro Mayer dedicated to the children of the Saharawi people, who have lived in exile since the Seventies and are still fighting for their independence. These intense studio portraits are accompanied by poems written by the...

This richly illustrated book is a multi-sensory journey into the world of citrus fruits. The contributions trace their history, types, methods of cultivation, use in medicine and perfumery and reconstruct their presence in myth and literature, and also in art and gastronomy.Author: Donatella LippiISBN-10:...

Italian edition.Following the important essay on majolica figurata of Montelupo published in 2012, this book takes up the topic enriching it with new and stimulating historical-critical contributions and giving an account of the acquisition of further new materials such as historiated majolica, or majolica...

The Scuola Grande di San Rocco, considered the Sistine Chapel of Venice, houses the most acclaimed works of the city's greatest painter, Jacopo Tintoretto, as well as the masterpiece of Italian carving, the magnificent wooden choir-stalls by Francesco Pianta.Author: Franco PosoccoISBN-10: 882480344XISBN-13: 9788824803441Publisher: Franco...

The Puzzle Bible Series covers all the favorite Bible stories from Genesis to Revelation. Put the pieces together and see how the stories unfold. This is learning by doing.Author: Scandinavia PublishingISBN-10: 8772475994ISBN-13: 9788772475998Publisher: Scandinavia Publishing HouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2011Pages: 12Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.85lbsSize: 10.90h x 8.50w...

The history of modern design and architecture has seen many attempts to embrace and merge different art forms, and to bring art into the framing of everyday life and the organisation of modern society, in a process understood as total design or total architecture....

On the occasion of its 15th anniversary this coffee-table book reveals the work of A-tipica, an events agency which is a pioneer in wedding planning in Spain. Thanks to the experience it has amassed over 15 years, A-tipica stands out for its capacity to...

Author: Mateusz JaegerISBN-10: 8364864297ISBN-13: 9788364864292Publisher: ArcheobooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2016Pages: 175Format: Hardcover

One of the most intriguing discoveries made by the Polish archaeological mission at old Dongola is a commemorative complex situated in the northern part of the so-called northwestern annex of the monastery on Kom h. it consists of three burial crypts constructed parallel to...

Mechanics and Relativity provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamental principles and theories in classical mechanics and relativity. Through collaboration with experts, this book covers topics such as classical mechanics, celestial mechanics, special relativity, general relativity, and cosmology. With deep insights and theoretical implications,...

Author: Sreepat JainISBN-10: 8132236564ISBN-13: 9788132236566Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/15/2016Pages: 405Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.68lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.94d

This book introduces readers to classical population genetics and the ways in which it can be applied to practical problems, including testing for natural selection, genetic drift, genetic differentiation, population structuring, gene flow and linkage disequilibrium. It provides a comprehensive monograph on the topic,...

The book presents a coherent understanding of computational intelligence from the perspective of what is known as "intelligent computing" with high-dimensional parameters. It critically discusses the central issue of high-dimensional neurocomputing, such as quantitative representation of signals, extending the dimensionality of neuron, supervised and...

The book entitled "Marine Transformation" provides a comprehensive response to the challenges that the maritime business faces today. Managing the ever-changing nature and cross-disciplinary challenges of the maritime sector requires a complete understanding of the unique characteristics of the maritime space. The book aims...

27 author-friends of Anthony Spalinger contributed to the Studies in Honour of his 70th Feast of ThothAuthor: Renata LandgráfováISBN-10: 8073086689ISBN-13: 9788073086688Publisher: Czech Institute of Egyptology Charles UniversLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/03/2017Pages: 346Format: HardcoverWeight: 3.00lbsSize: 10.60h x 8.10w x 0.90d

An ideal drug candidate should possess good pharmacological activity, absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity properties. Historically, there are around 6,000 drugs being used in humans and approximately 3,000 still in clinical use, not including herbal medicines. This Pharmaceutical Index series focuses on the...

David Joseph is a brilliant psychologist with a knack for solving the most twisted murder cases. This time, he finds himself in the crosshairs of a vengeful psychopath.What begins as a murder of a young girl soon spirals into a deadly game, with David...

Author: Wardatul AkmamISBN-10: 4431551530ISBN-13: 9784431551539Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/12/2018Pages: 113Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.38d

On June 19, 1988, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper broke the story: Recruit Co. Ltd., a media conglomerate founded by Hiromasa Ezoe, was alleged to have bribed the deputy Mayor of Kawasaki City. Thus began what became known as the Recruit Affair, a scandal that...

Auditory neuropathy is gaining more attention as new findings come to light and as hearing screening of newborns has been introduced in many countries in the past decade. A compilation of research topics from around the world, this book provides the latest knowledge on...

The 163rd first half of 2020 Naoki Prize nomation works. Why did a young general who cared his people and tried to achieve justice turn into an ultimate villain? One night in 1577, Oda Nobunaga, who was applying himself to unification, hears a sad...

One of the most misunderstood aspects of Islamic legal practice and thought is the role and position of fatwas or legal opinions. This three-volume reference work offers a comprehensive overview of and detailed insights into: -the concept of the fatwa as a vehicle of...

"Architecture that dances. Buildings that deconstruct, reconnect, disected by frames, twisted into unreasonable shapes, reassembled into yet another grid, and then printed with more than a hint of Cubism, trying to take something that is three-dimensional and flatten it onto a two-dimensional plane. Indeed,...

Presents a selection of participants from the Silver Triennial International competition.Author: Christianne Weber-StöberISBN-10: 3897903407ISBN-13: 9783897903401Publisher: Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbHLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/16/2011Pages: 208Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.90lbsSize: 9.10h x 7.30w x 0.90d

This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural...

The techniques used to forge iron and precious metal are a key theme in the work of Viennese artist Gabriele Kutschera (b. 1950). Starting out with jewellery creations related to the body, she turned to spatially related, forged iron sculptures from the 1990s. The...

The Viennese gallery Slavik has been exhibiting international contemporary jewelry art of the highest quality for 20 years. The rotating bronze disc above the entrance beckons the visitor to enter into a unique universe and into a singular architectonic design concept. As a meeting...

To explore Pre-Islamic Arabia is quite a challenge for two reasons. First, the written sources which provide us with a historical account of the period are essentially written by non-local (e.g., Greeks, Romans) historians rather than Arabs. Pre-Islamic texts, essentially poetry, are perhaps the...

The reason and the importance of the St. Moritz Design Summit is evident: thirty designers, including a few others deeply concerned with design, represent an extraordinary competence not only with regard to design in its overall complexity, but they also incorporate a brilliant understanding...

English description: Although the Jews of Central Asia have a long, eventful and fascinating history, the community of the Bukharan Jews attracted very little attention from researchers until recently. This new work encompasses twelve scholarly articles in English concerned with historical, linguistic and other...

This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural...

This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural...

Whether increasing life expectancy leads to better health remains still controversial. Three topics are explored: (1) vanguard groups which inform about possible levels of health if the general social and environmental conditions were to approach those of the vanguard group; (2) the social and...

The aim of this book is to explore the phenomenon of the electrified voice through interdisciplinary approaches such as media and technology studies, social history, and comparative cultural studies. The book focuses on three problem clusters: reflections on the societal level about the task...

Recent decades, in the context of a global and highly developed economy, seem to come back to the monastic ethos of economy. The Rule of S. Benedict and the history of monasticism have proved to be an excellent inspiration for people in business. Many...

The incredible detail and scale of Lari Pittman's mesmerizing paintings are gloriously recreated in this lushly-illustrated retrospective book. One of the most prolific and exuberant painters of the past three decades, Lari Pittman creates works that mirror the social fabric of his time. This...

At last - a systematic critique of the scientific discourse of strategic management. This fantastic book uncovers scholars' unquestioned assumptions and shows that by upholding these assumptions researchers obscure the paradoxical nature of strategic reasoning. To uncover the paradoxes of strategic management the author...

Building Techniques in the 1800s offers a fascinating look at the history of the theory and realization of nineteenth-century architecture. Remarkable for the breadth of variety in construction and style, the nineteenth century marked a time of rapid technical progress and transition during which...