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""The Sum of Feminine Achievement"" is a book written by William Alexander Newman Dorland and published in 1917. The book is a critical and analytical study of the contributions made by women to the intellectual progress of the world. Dorland examines the various fields...

American Mahjong is a wonderful game if you can learn to play it. From a very basic Chinese game, came one of great skill & challenge, that is played across Europe as well as America. Unfortunately, Mahjong's popularity is waning and has become almost...

Could you describe what makes a good chairperson? Do you know what the 7 deadly sins of chairing meetings are? Do you know the skills and behaviours all effective chairmen/women share? These questions and many more are answered in 'The 7 Deadly Sins of...

All the basics of arc welding are covered in this book. Get started in welding with the right advice, and information about buying the right equipment and working safely with your welder. Learn how to weld all types of steel, and to carry out...

Save yourself hundreds of dollars by building your own ebooks using free software and this easy-to-follow guide. With over 50 illustrations, Build Your Own eBooks For FREE walks you through the process of manuscript formatting and conversion to ePubs and Kindle books, giving you...

Death Explained: A Ghost Hunter's Guide to the Afterlife offers a unique new theory about the nature of ghosts and what happens to us after we die. Author Michael Dupler weaves together strands from physics, anthropology, history, philosophy and religion to create a tapestry...

Botany and History of ComfreyGarden Uses of ComfreyThis book has in-depth research on Comfrey (Symphytum) using historical documents, botanical literature, biomedical literature, modern research papers, academic dissertations, government resources, databases, maps, articles, books, and magazines in many languages from many countries.It is illustrated with...

"I was diagnosed with choriocarcinoma on February 7, 2002, when my daughter was almost nine months old. I was devastated to hear the words you have cancer of the placenta. I sat there with this stupid grin on my face, holding back the tears."...

Internationally renowned remote viewer and paranormal investigator Margie Kay shares her research and techniques for ghost hunting from the point of view of a medium. She discusses how to communicate with the spirit world, how to guard against and remove negative energies, different types...

"The Amazing 2000-Hour Flashlight" shows how to add a 30-cent resistor to a $5 flashlight and create a light that produces useful illumination for 2000 hours on the same battery. Detailed instructions. 54 illustrations. A half-hour project. No soldering required The standard for "useful...

Author: David J. Reimer SrISBN-10: 0985259957ISBN-13: 9780985259952Publisher: Crave PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2014Pages: 702Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.64lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.01w x 1.40d

An authoritative, humorous, and engaging road map to a quality paint job for the beginning house painter or any do-it-your-selfer. Good paint jobs outperform poor ones by a significant margin, and great painting involves both art and science.Author: James BenneyISBN-10: 0983848017ISBN-13: 9780983848011Publisher: Rocky Ridge...

Paperback: Those 80s Cars is dedicated to enthusiasts of the manufacturers of American owned and branded franchises. These often overlooked cars are now entering classic and collectible status. This is your resource guide of exterior and interior color views with hundreds of images (front,...

Featuring the top 100 bird species in eastern and western North America, these high-quality, illustrated posters include a selection of beautifully rendered paintings designed to highlight the intricate details of each bird. Both male and female birds are represented in relative scale, offering birdwatchers...

Featuring the top 100 bird species in eastern and western North America, these high-quality, illustrated posters include a selection of beautifully rendered paintings designed to highlight the intricate details of each bird. Both male and female birds are represented in relative scale, offering birdwatchers...

In this anthology you might come face to face with your own fear, or your own story. Perhaps, your perspective on military life will be changed by these stories. Maybe, if you are a military person struggling to find your place in the world,...

Have you ever needed to quickly check a reference book for information? To find out what your horse's normal vital signs should be? Or just needed that important phone number in an emergency right away? Whether you are new to looking after horses, or...

One of the most popular pulp magazines of the 1930s was G-8 and His Battle Aces, which featured the anonymous American flying ace and spy, G-8, battling the German military machine during World War I and after. Nick Carr provides a comprehensive look at...

The Lexicon of Adlerian Psychology: 106 Terms Associated with the Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler is a basic reference book. The text comprises definitions of terms related to Adler's psychology showing how those terms were originally used and clarifying their place in the context...

Dr. Lahna F. Diskin examines the life and work of American science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon. Starmont Reader's Guides to Contemporary Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors 7Author: Lahna F. Laskin, Lahna F. DiskinISBN-10: 0916732185ISBN-13: 9780916732189Publisher: Borgo PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/30/2007Pages: 72Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 9.00h x...

In this extensive study of ethnic labeling in the United States' popular speech and usage, Irving Lewis Allen explores the major traditional themes behind the making of ethnic slurs. Viewing U.S. slang as a reflection of social diversity, rapid change, and the complexity of...

A useful companion glossary for anyone reading or teaching The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. There are over 150 entries of terms that can't commonly be found in a high school dictionary. Included in the introduction is a brief essay on the spelling of words...

This is a comprehensive glossary to assist anyone reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. There are over 190 entries, including English words and expressions, religious references and more that can't commonly be found in a high school dictionary. To accommodate the different editions...

This is a glossary of terms useful for reading The Sea-Wolf by Jack London. There are over 100 entries including Cockney slang, idiomatic and figurative expressions, nautical terms and more that can't commonly be found in a dictionary at this level. To accommodate the...

Although D. H. Lawrence is justly celebrated as the author of such seminal novels as The Rainbow, Sons and Lovers, Women in Love, The Plumed Serpent, and Lady Chatterley's Lover, he also produced a considerable body of poetry, collected together in a thousand-page volume...

Author: Jane E. HorningISBN-10: 0892962011ISBN-13: 9780892962013Publisher: Mysterious PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/1988Pages: 288Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d

Covering over a thousand years of royal history, Matt Richardson highlights the triumphs, tragedies, and scandals that are central to this rich heritage.Author: Matt RichardsonISBN-10: 0888822383ISBN-13: 9780888822383Publisher: Dundurn PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2001Pages: 328Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.21lbsSize: 8.99h x 6.34w x 0.90d

"Eleven rainy days later, I boarded the army Marine Swallow. After climbing many waves in a Pacific typhoon, the ship reached Inchon, Korea, but not in the expected fourteen days. Instead, it took twenty-two." "Upon disembarking, my group carried their heavy duffle bags several...

Gift Giving brings together 21 scholars from a variety of disciplines--including consumer behavior, communications, and sociology--who are dedicated to the understanding of what motivates gift selection, presentation, and incorporation of a gift into a person's life.Author: Cele OtnesISBN-10: 0879727055ISBN-13: 9780879727055Publisher: Popular PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1996Pages:...

Critically acclaimed introduction of broad scope to the myths of Mesoamerica from ancient times to the present.Author: Kay Almere Read, Jason J. Gonz疝ezISBN-10: 0874369983ISBN-13: 9780874369984Publisher: ABC-CLIOLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/15/2000Pages: 376Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.83lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.81dReview Citation(s): Library Journal 01/01/2001 pg. 121Booklist 03/01/2001 pg....

Product information not available.Author: Jack D. GlazierISBN-10: 0872878066ISBN-13: 9780872878068Publisher: Libraries UnlimitedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/15/1992Pages: 238Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

Author: Suzy PlattISBN-10: 0871876744ISBN-13: 9780871876744Publisher: CQ PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/03/1992Pages: 548Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.56lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.19d

A quality piano is one of the most expensive investments you will ever make. Yet most people know little about it. Have you ever wondered: . Why does a piano go out of tune? . How do I clean my piano? . How do...

This book should be of interest to university engineering libraries.Author: Paul ArthurISBN-10: 0850388082ISBN-13: 9780850388084Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/30/1985Pages: 182Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.39d

This study examines how hospitals have evolved since 1975.Author: David Dranove, William D. WhiteISBN-10: 0844771414ISBN-13: 9780844771410Publisher: AEI PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1999Pages: 75Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.18d

The author analyzes the change in male earnings inequality since the mid-1970s to see how much is attributable to changes in labor market opportunities and how much to changes in work choices. This research casts doubt on the conventional view that choices have played...

The author discusses key concepts in consumption and income taxes and identifies the problems of a transition to a consumption-based system.Author: David F. BradfordISBN-10: 084477068XISBN-13: 9780844770680Publisher: AEI PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1996Pages: 61Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.23lbsSize: 8.53h x 5.52w x 0.22d

Screening movies is a fun, engaging way to bring people of all ages into the library, and this book offers the tools to make film programming a reality at any public library, Irons offers a complete guide to creating, mounting and running a successful...

Contrary to Jesus' wish that his followers 'may all be one', Christianity has become, over time, ever more schismatic.This concise, one-volume dictionary provides information on over a thousand significant denominations and movements, ranging from the mainstream historical churches, for example Roman Catholic and Orthodox,...

No matter which cuisine you favor, to enjoy dining out to its fullest you must be able to understand the restaurant menu. And that is the specific function of Norman Krohns Menu Mystique: to explain those foreign menu terms that are commonly used but...

Few institutions are warier of copies than museums. Few fields of knowledge are more prone to denounce copies as fake than the heritage field. Few discourses are as concerned with authenticity, aura, originals and provenance as those concerning exhibiting and collecting. So why is...

The Things about Museums constitutes a unique, highly diverse collection of essays unprecedented in existing books in either museum and heritage studies or material culture studies. Taking varied perspectives and presenting a range of case studies, the chapters all address objects in the context...

Whether the accused is competent to stand trial, whether the plaintiff is competent to accuse, or whether a witness is competent to testify has had a long legal history. Such questions draw legal reasoning into areas of ethical reflection and scientific debate deeply rooted...

There has been a revolution in our understanding of mental illness and its effect on society. The science of mental illness has made enormous strides based on the just-completed decade of the brain and is poised to make quantum progress again based on the...

Witchcraft and magical beliefs have captivated historians and artists for millennia, and stimulated an extraordinary amount of research among scholars in a wide range of disciplines. This new collection, from the editor of the highly acclaimed 1992 set, Articles on Witchcraft, Magic, and Demonology,...

Amidst continuing debates about the literary canon, Literature, Culture and Society poses a revealing question--if academics find it valuable and stimulating to discuss texts ranging from Genesis to Bladerunner in their leisure time, why do they act as if this is sacrosanct in their...

A unique stress-free approach for anyone who has ever wanted to write.Author: Scott EdelsteinISBN-10: 0812831349ISBN-13: 9780812831344Publisher: Scarborough House PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/02/1994Pages: 299Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.88lbsSize: 8.22h x 5.49w x 0.75d

Medieval courtiers defined themselves in ceremonies and rituals. Tournaments, Maying, interludes, charivaris, and masking invited the English and French nobility to assert their identities in gesture and costume as well as in speech. These events presumed that performance makes a self, in contrast to...

Environmental Science: Principles and Practices provides the scientific principles, concepts, applications, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world, identify and analyze environmental problems both natural and manmade, evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems, and examine alternative solutions (such...

Reports 30 years of UFO sightings since 1964 with related data and descriptive features organized by category.Author: Richard H. HallISBN-10: 0810838818ISBN-13: 9780810838819Publisher: Scarecrow PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/03/2001Pages: 704Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.49lbsSize: 8.70h x 5.76w x 2.00dReview Citation(s): American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2002 pg. 352