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When Cass and his mother move to the upper floor in an old house, a great curiosity develops about Mr. Magnus, who lives on the ground floor. Cass and a new friend Maddy are initiated into the secret world of alchemy and the mysterious...

With more than 10,000 members in eighty-two chapters in the United States, the Virgin Islands, and Africa, The 100 Black Men of America is one of the most highly recognized non-profit organizations in the African American community. In this book the "100" shares the...

Advice and examples help you find your own prayer style Discover how prayer works and why you need it now more than ever Do you want to pray, but you're not sure how? This friendly guide explains the different kinds of prayer - revealing...

With more than 120 black-&-white drawings and with easy-to-follow text, The POW How To Escape Handbook is for anyone who wants to know how to survive in the most stressful of circumstances and emerge a winner. Presented in a handy, pocketsize format, thisAuthor: Christopher...

Alexander brings to life the stories of twelve ambitious leaders from the United States and Europe who helped shape the future of the museum world.Author: Edward P. AlexanderISBN-10: 076199131XISBN-13: 9780761991311Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/26/1996Pages: 448Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.40lbsSize: 8.82h x 5.82w x 1.27d

This volume is aimed both at more experienced editors, who may wish to skip over the advice offered in the introduction, as well as at those who are new to the craft and want to know how to begin work on publishing historical documents...

Race, ethnicity and culture are concepts that are interpreted in various and often contradictory ways. This Dictionary of Race, Ethnicity and Culture provides the historical background and etymology of a wide number of words related to these concepts, looking at discourses of race, ethnicity...

Museum facility management is a vital part of running a museum, but can involve special challenges that even knowledgeable facility managers have not encountered before. Museum administrators who need to learn more about facility management and facility managers who are stepping into the museum...

The Green Museum remains the leading handbook for museums seeking to learn ways to implement environmentally sustainable practices at their institutions. This new edition features updated standards, techniques, and new case studies to help achieve these goals.Author: Sarah S. Brophy, Elizabeth WylieISBN-10: 0759123233ISBN-13: 9780759123236Publisher:...

This brief manual is designed specifically for people running the thousands of small museums and historic sites across the U.S. and Canada. These smaller institutions tend to lack funding and professional staff, so this book is meant to help the busy administrators perform their...

The science museum field has made tremendous advances in understanding museum learning, but little has been done to consolidate and synethesize these findings to encourage widespread improvements in practice. By clearly presenting the most current knowledge of museum learning, In Principle, In Practice aims...

Comprehensive Bible reference guide for students.Author: Edward A. EngelbrechtISBN-10: 0758643578ISBN-13: 9780758643575Publisher: Concordia Publishing HouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2013Pages: 653Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.82lbsSize: 9.02h x 6.09w x 1.46d

So, you have a great idea for a nonfiction book, but you don't know a thing about how to get it published. Where do you start? What should you send? Are some book publishers better than others? So many questions--but where do you find...

Tradecraft: as intriguing as it is forbidden . . .Tradecraft is the term applied to techniques used by intelligence personnel to assist them in conducting their operations and, like many other professions, the espionage business has developed its own rich lexicon.In the real, sub...

Mrs. Fixit says "It's just that simple!" Clueless about caulking your bathtub or replacing a phone jack? Think fixing a leaky faucet or hanging a window valance are jobs for the experts only? Let Mrs. Fixit give you the tools to tackle hundreds of...

From Pearl Harbor to D-Day and beyond and all-star examination of the conflict that shaped the modern world from World War II Magazine. It was a war that defined a generation of the world, a war that saw America transform itself from an inward-looking...

Ever wondered what the Ms in M&Ms stand for? If Scotch tape was invented in Scotland? Why a cereal that contains neither grapes nor nuts is called Grape Nuts? Who thought Gap was a good name for a clothing store? From the Adidas we...

Located in downtown Oklahoma City, Film Row once flourished as a sales hub for theater owners needing films, posters, and concessions for their Midwest venues. The film exchange offices along this three-square-block area and across the cityscape housed major film production studios like Paramount...

Bellevue received its French name, meaning "beautiful view," from fur trader Manuel Lisa as he stood high atop a hill, looking out at the scenic Missouri River Valley before him, or so the legend goes. Two hundred years after Lisa's proclamation, Bellevue has grown...

Blending leading scientific research with real life experiences, Creativity and the Mind helps readers unlock their creative potential and embrace alternate ways of thinking about everyday problems.Author: Thomas B. Ward, Ronald A. Finke, Steven M. SmithISBN-10: 0738208272ISBN-13: 9780738208275Publisher: Basic BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/03/2002Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Space is rapidly changing. Every year, more numerous and more diverse actors embark on increasingly novel, innovative, and disruptive ventures in outer space. They are joining the more than 70 states, commercial companies, and international organizations currently operating over 1,500 satellites in Earth orbit.The...

This book was published to provide responsible gun owners with a resource for quickly locating laws in whatever jurisdiction they find themselves.Author: Michael CoxISBN-10: 0692735917ISBN-13: 9780692735916Publisher: Safe Insight LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/16/2016Pages: 56Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.15d

The wooden statue of the Mother and Child enthroned, known as sedes sapientiae, the Seat or Throne of Wisdom, reached the brilliant culmination of its development as a genre of religious sculpture in the twelfth century. As a visible expression of the mystery of...

The reign of Philip the Fair marks both the culmination of the medieval French monarchy and the beginning of the transition from the medieval to the modern period. In this long-awaited study of Philip's reign, Joseph R. Strayer discusses the king's personality, his quarrels...

In the middle of the fourteenth century a devastating epidemic of plague, commonly known in European history as the "Black Death," swept over the Eurasian continent. This book, based principally on Arabic sources, establishes the means of transmission and the chronology of the plague...

Folk riddles, emblems, charms, and chants are a few of the traditional forms examined by Andrew Welsh to discover the means by which poetic language achieves its powerful effects. His book shows how the roots of lyric are embodied in primitive verse forms, how...

Agrarianism has received relatively little attention from scholars interested in the modern history of Eastern Europe. Contending that an understanding of the agrarian constribution is necessary for an appraisal of the full dynamic of Eastern European politics, John D. Bell explors the history of...

Integrating the study of both music and art into an exploration of the early poetry of Eugenio Montale (1896-1982), this book situates Italy's premier poet of the twentieth century within the Modernist movement. Gian-Paolo Biasin finds in Montale's poetry broad resonances, reverberations, and comparisons...

Filled with charts, worksheets, and profiles of folks who've made the move (and love it), Moving to a Small Town is an inspirational guide book dedicated to helping you pinpoint your ideal small town and make your life there work - permanently. Thinking about...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author James A. Michener has written about everything from the pristine islands of the South Pacific and the endless wilds of Africa to Spanish bullfighters, American revolutionaries, and pirates of the Caribbean. Now Michener turns to his favorite and most personal subject:...

This sweeping history of the Roman Empire from 44 BC to AD 235 has three purposes: to describe what was happening in the central administration and in the entourage of the emperor; to indicate how life went on in Italy and the provinces, in...

When The Natural History of Alcoholism was first published in 1983, it was acclaimed in the press as the single most important contribution to the literature on alcoholism since the first edition of Alcoholic Anonymous's Big Book. George Vaillant took on the crucial questions...

Drawing on myriad sources--from the faint traces left by the rocking of a cradle at the site of an early medieval home to an antique illustration of Eve's fall from grace--this second volume in the celebrated series offers new perspectives on women of the...

Volume III of A History of Women draws a richly detailed picture of women in early modern Europe, considering them in a context of work, marriage, and family. At the heart of this volume is "woman" as she appears in a wealth of representations,...

The Substitute: A Survival Guide for the Inexperienced, Unprepared or Unmotivated Teacher was born from necessity. If you are ever in a situation where you are expected to entertain a room full of high school students, ESL students or corporate trainees, this is a...

A MUST HAVE GUIDE FOR THE DO-IT-YOURSELF HOME HAIR COLORIST. If you are about to try coloring your hair at home for the first time or even if you have had previous home hair color experience, you must have this book. Hair Color at...

Failure is one of the unfortunate facts of life. Whenever man produces equipment or tools to increase his own productivity, he also has to deal with this unwanted side effect. And, although much effort is applied towards improving the reliability of machinery, the ever-increasing...

We live all our lives surrounded by sounds. Sounds are communication and aggression, emotions and alienation, art and.pollution. Creating sound landscapes means becoming aware of the existence of an individual acoustic space and learning how to enjoy it while respecting other people's spaces. How?...

Sir John W. Wheeler-Bennett tells the story of how the German Army, having survived the disaster of 1918, proceeded to dominate the political life of the German Republic, exercising a virtually paramount degree of power and influence by its very withdrawal from the active...

A beginners guide to Japanese sword guards, with general information for the novice collector. Multiple examples of types available, extensive terminology with pictorial examples and how to avoid fakes. 116 pages.Author: D. R. RaisbeckISBN-10: 1389385639ISBN-13: 9781389385636Publisher: BlurbLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/12/2017Pages: 116Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.24lbsSize: 10.00h x...

The Oeder collection was catalogued in 1916 and published in German. The whereabouts of the collection is now unknown as it disappeared from Berlin after the fall to Russia at the end of the Second World War 1945. The current publication contains only those...

April 2018 marked the centenary of the death of the East London poet, Isaac Rosenberg. Born in 1890 to a working-class family of Yiddish-speaking immigrant Lithuanian Jews. His death in the French trenches during the final months of 'the war to end all wars'...

On the Pleasure of Hating, William Hazlitt's classic contemplation of human hatred, is in this edition accompanied by several of his finest essays. As one of England's most distinguished wits of the early 19th century, William Hazlitt was an accomplished author, painter and critic...

This book contains both major philosophical books authored by master of prose and philosopher of pessimism - Edgar Saltus. A talented writer, Saltus tackles topics of philosophy which might otherwise be dry or tedious with sparkling wit. Clarity is given to subjects which would...

Familiarizes the trainee with the various aspects of the Personnel Specialist rating, such as Office Occupations and Managements, Manpower Management, Personnel Casualty Report, Financial Accountability, Navy Cash, Separations, Discharges and Retirements, Tuition Assistance and Enlisted Advancement System, Pay and Personnel Entitlements.Author: U. S. NavyISBN-10:...

The Navy Electricity and Electronics Training Series (NEETS) was developed for use by personnel in many electrical and electronic-related Navy ratings. Written by, and with the advice of, senior technicians in these ratings, this series provides beginners with fundamental electrical and electronic concepts through...

The Navy Electricity and Electronics Training Series (NEETS) was developed for use by personnel in many electrical and electronic-related Navy ratings. Written by, and with the advice of, senior technicians in these ratings, this series provides beginners with fundamental electrical and electronic concepts through...

The Navy Electricity and Electronics Training Series (NEETS) was developed for use by personnel in many electrical and electronic-related Navy ratings. Written by, and with the advice of, senior technicians in these ratings, this series provides beginners with fundamental electrical and electronic concepts through...

The Navy Electricity and Electronics Training Series (NEETS) was developed for use by personnel in many electrical and electronic-related Navy ratings. Written by, and with the advice of, senior technicians in these ratings, this series provides beginners with fundamental electrical and electronic concepts through...

Several of Descarte's most ground-breaking essays and philosophic treatises are contained in this quality edition. Written by Ren Descartes in the 17th century and counted among the first great philosophic works of Enlightenment era, these papers contain the philosopher's thoughts on physical objects, presence...