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The French mathematician Élie Cartan (1869-1951) was one of the founders of the modern theory of Lie groups, a subject of central importance in mathematics and also one with many applications. In this volume, he describes the orthogonal groups, either with real or complex...

One of Japan's most popular novels, this timeless tale of a changing society combines old idealism with modern independence. Written in 1906 and loosely based on the author's life, it recounts the experiences of a teacher who moves from Tokyo to an isolated town....

The golden book of spirit and sense, the holy writ of beauty. -- Oscar WildePublished to equal parts scandal and acclaim in 1873, The Renaissance inspired a generation of Oxford undergraduates, who adapted its credo of arts for art's sake for their Aesthetic Movement....

Awarded an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award in 1983 for excellence in writing about music, this volume of candid conversations with the late Claudio Arrau is both a subtle portrait of one of the world's great concert artists and a vivid exploration of his unique...

This entertaining and informative coloring book features carefully researched and accurately rendered drawings of the homes and birthplaces of 36 U. S. presidents, plus the White House. From George Washington's first home near Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Barack Obama's childhood home in Honolulu, Hawaii, finely...

One hundred plates of royalty-free Gothic designs, meticulously reproduced from rare 19th-century engravings. Many are floral and foliate designs rendered from panels, capitals, borders, brackets, friezes, grotesques, and other decorative elements.Author: Augustus C. PuginISBN-10: 048625500XISBN-13: 9780486255002Publisher: Dover PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1987Pages: 108Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 11.27h...

The Story of Willow Run is a success story--the life history of a small community, the Bomber City that had sprung up in World War II. It tells what a group of returning veterans and their families did to make into a progressive, thriving...

Positive Political Theory I is concerned with the formal theory of preference aggregation for collective choice. The theory is developed as generally as possible, covering classes of aggregation methods that include such well-known examples as majority and unanimity rule and focusing in particular on...

Black Beauty, published in 1877 and set in Victorian London, was Anna Sewell's only novel. Yet it has remained a classic for 140 years. Now the beloved story of Black Beauty is retold for beginning readers with full-color illustrations on every page.Author: Cathy EastISBN-10:...

Mental Traps is Andr Kukla's immensely enjoyable and down-to-earth catalogue of the everyday blunders we make in our thinking habits, how these traps can affect our entire lives, and what we can do about it. Ever find yourself putting off even relatively minor tasks...

Ray Bradbury, the undisputed Dean of American storytelling, dips his accomplished pen into the cryptic inkwell of noir and creates a stylish and slightly fantastical tale of mayhem and murder set among the shadows and the murky canals of Venice, California, in the early...

The thirteenth title in the number one bestselling CHERUB series! Ryan is on his first mission, and it's as big as they get ... Twelve-year-old Ryan is CHERUB's newest recruit. He's got his first mission: infiltrating the billion-dollar Aramov criminal empire. But he's got...

"Pencils ready? On your mark...get set...begin!" Remember flipping over a page full of unrelated fact problems and scrambling to answer as many as possible in a minute? Remember trying to memorize math facts by rote? Many of our children are still asked to learn...

Documents from period newspapers, medical journals, government publications, letters, journal entries, memoirs, and novels are collected to present a full picture of the influenza pandemic of 1918-19, which took the lives of at least 30 million people worldwide in Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919.Author: Susan...

There's no better way to end your day than relaxing with a great crossword from The New York Times. This compact volume features: * 75 outstanding Times puzzles from easy to hard* Edited by crossword legend Will Shortz* Easy-to-carry format.Author: Will ShortzISBN-10: 0312365594ISBN-13: 9780312365592Publisher:...

Bold prayers honor God and God honors bold prayers.Do you ever sense that there's far more to prayer than what you're experiencing? This four-session video-based Bible study (DVD/digital video sold separately) is for believers who love God with a passion, but have slipped into...

Encounter God's divine power to give us everything we need to live a godly life. You may feel like you're lacking in confidence, purpose, and peace. You may worry that your faith is weak or that you're easily overwhelmed by the pressures of this...

Jesus lived a life that wasn't just amazing. It was beyond amazing. And we can too. Why were people in the first century so drawn to Jesus of Nazareth? His powerful miracles and challenging teachings, for sure. But, interestingly, Jesus never charged his followers...

A brief, narrative survey of the Baptists in North America over the last three and a half centuries, from their roots in Europe to their present manifestations in contemporary America and the world. The six chapters are organized around five distinctives historically important to...

This is a collection of documents covering all aspects of slavery in Brazil, from its beginnings in Portugal and Africa in the 15th century to its abolition in 1888.Author: Robert Edgar ConradISBN-10: 0271013214ISBN-13: 9780271013213Publisher: Penn State University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/30/1994Pages: 544Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.60lbsSize: 9.00h...

When (if ever) may a professional deceive a client for the client's own good? Under what conditions (if any) is whistle-blowing morally required? These are just some of the questions that scholars as diverse as Michael D. Bayles, Thomas Nagel, Sissela Bok, Jessica Mitford,...

Günter Grass has been wrestling with Germany's past for decades now, but no book since The Tin Drum has generated as much excitement as this engrossing account of the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff. A German cruise ship turned refugee carrier, it was attacked...

These eighteen zany rhyming riddles involve addition, subtraction, and simple multiplication to calculate everything from poodle weights to travel time. And for anyone who's stumped, the answers are included in mirror-writing below each riddle.Author: J. Patrick LewisISBN-10: 0152058486ISBN-13: 9780152058487Publisher: Clarion BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2007Pages: 32Format:...

This work is a sampling of the Hippocratic Corpus, a collection of ancient Greek medical works. At the beginning, and interspersed throughout, there are discussions on the philosophy of being a physician. There is a large section about how to treat limb fractures, and...

A thrilling tale of Buck's fight for survival and rise to become leader of the pack, presented here with companion novel White Fang. Buck does not read the newspapers. If he had, he'd have known that for good strong dogs like himself trouble is...

Discover the dozens of nautically flavored craft projects you can make with rope You will be surprised by the fancy projects you can make with a square knot, a double-French hitching, or four-strand braids (a dog collar, a tool grip, and a decorated picture...

The ideal review for your partial differential equations course More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's Outlines for their expert knowledge and helpful solved problems. Written by renowned experts in their respective fields, Schaum's Outlines cover everything from math to science, nursing to...

Learn BIOCHEMISTRY without stressing out your brain CELLSTrying to understand the chemical processes of living organisms but having trouble metabolizing the complex concepts? Here's your lifeline! Biochemistry Demystified helps synthesize your understanding of this important topic.You'll start with a review of basic chemical concepts...

Quickly get up-to-speed in all basic accounting principles and procedures and apply that knowledge to real-world financial decisions and requests The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Accounting Course has been the gold standard for anyone looking for a fast, no-nonsense primer in all the fundamentals of financial,...

Cynthia Sass, New York Times bestselling author of S.A.S.S. Yourself Slim and coauthor of Flat Belly Diet , introduces a new superfood that holds the power to whittle your waistline in no time. Called "pulses," this unique class of protein-rich carbs includes lentils, chickpeas,...

Can a stranger share your memories?That's the question that haunts Brenna Spector when she first sees footage of missing webcam performer Lula Belle. Naked but hidden in shadow, the performance artist shares her deepest, darkest secrets with her unseen male audience . . ....

The master of American fiction returns to the territory of his beloved classic, Dandelion Wine--a sequel 50 years in the making Some summers refuse to end . . . October 1st, the end of summer. The air is still warm, but fall is in...

Gifts from the heart of the storm: from constant overwhelm to healing and joyIt's time to love all our experiences, even the challenging ones, and set ourselves free.Difficult emotions are not only a reaction to crisis and overwhelm, but also a natural part of...

Kelville-by-the-Sea, an outwardly quiet seaside town on the northeast coast of Scotland, has hired a new senior police officer, Helen Griffen. Hardened by a career spent policing in the city of Edinburgh, Helen looks forward to a peaceful last posting before retirement. But within...

Xavier has an idea and he shares with his friends an idea for growing a garden near the park. When he gets his friends together they are given advice from their guardians to help grow the garden. They learn many lessons from the garden.Author:...

This book is about how having an open and inquisitive mind can assist anyone in the search for truth and wisdom behind the patterns of everyday life. The contents of this book swirl through such fascinating landscapes as spirituality, extraordinary experiences, reincarnation possibilities, consciousness...

Essington Holt, in his second adventure, finds himself caught up in the complexities of Balkan nationalist groups, the French police and the ASIO while investigating the murder of an old Yugoslav lady. His investigations take him from the south of France to Venice and...

Asphodel Quick fights her wicked great-uncle for possession of her grandmother's legacy--the Black Hart Hotel on the remote North York moors. Her uncle demands she marry him or be tossed into the dread Harrowlick Lunatic Asylum. Then a dashing highwayman aids her, firing more...

Everything is a lie. Everything is true. But what you read within these pages are just the realities of what you already know to be true. Who am I? I am a writer, a performer, an artist. I am all and none of those...

Once upon a time, a magical elephant traveled around the Earth, taking on the characteristics of everything it encountered--sand, trees, clouds, and even a teacup. At the end of the elephant's long journey, it transforms one final time into a colorful village where today...

In 2014, Time magazine announced that America had reached "the transgender tipping point," suggesting that transgender issues would become the next civil rights frontier. Years later, many people--even many LGBTQIA+ allies--still lack understanding of gender identity and the transgender experience. Into this void, trans...

In 2077, Sophia Smith was a normal girl with a normal family until something happened on July 19th, her last summer school field trip. Sophia fell down into toxic waste, which gave her amazing abilities. She later finds out that her brother, Andrew Luck,...

'All About Our Mothers' is an anthology of poetry from poets Vasiliki Albedo, Mary Mulholland and Simon Maddrell.Vasiliki Albedo's poems have appeared in Anthropocene, AMBIT, Beloit Poetry Journal, Lighthouse Literary Journal, Magma, The Rialto, The Morning Star, Poetry Salzburg Review, Mslexia, The Poetry School...

For the believer in the pew, the Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ needs no other introduction than that it is the most avoided Book of Scripture that few feel capable of navigating and understanding on their own. The dense amount of imagery...

At mealtime, children often get restless and aren't able to stay seated. Who's Going to Eat That Bite? makes mealtime fun again and helps keep kids engaged bite after bite. The author, Jim Jamison, invented this game of finding things in the room that...

This book was written to share with others the author's experiences and thoughts as they relate to several acquaintances, society, and our environment and nature. My hope is that the poems and stories, though sometimes personal, will inspire those who read them to search...

When twelve-year-old Sam is struck by a bolt of lightning out of a clear blue sky, he suddenly sees everything in pixels. His life is further upended by Flum, a non-binary being from a parallel world, a missing neighbour, and astonishing powers that may...

Stuck in the darkness of her mind - can she break free and find her true voice?Charley feels like she's balancing on the edge. An aspiring singer-songwriter with hopes of going to music college, the talented sixteen-year-old is thrown into a tailspin when a...

A Book For My Dad is a tribute to all amazing fathers. This book is a story based on a true story of the relationship of the author and her father. If you are a father this book is a reminder of how great...

I often find myself wondering about the simple things that the world overlooks, and I ask the question, Can I dive deeper into life-deeper than what is just the everyday norm? A Feeling of Poetry takes you across the western plains of simplicity in...