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Terry L. Papillon
Isocrates II (The Oratory of Classical Greece)
This is the seventh volume in the Oratory of Classical Greece. This series presents all of the surviving speeches from the late fifth and fourth centuries BC in new translations prepared by classical scholars who are at the forefront of the discipline. These translations are especially designed for ...
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Jacques Heyman
Elements of the Theory of Structures (Volume 0)
A good grasp of the theory of structures--the basis by which the strength, stiffness and stability of a building can be understood--is fundamental to structural engineers and architects. Yet most modern structural analysis and design is carried out by computer, with the user isolated from the proces...
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Ron Schmitt Former Director of Electrical Engineering Sensor Research and
Electromagnetics Explained: A Handbook for Wireless/ RF, EMC, and High-Speed Electronics (EDN Series for Design Engineers)
Based on familiar circuit theory and basic physics, this book serves as an invaluable reference for both analog and digital engineers alike. For those who work with analog RF, this book is a must-have resource. With computers and networking equipment of the 21st century running at such high frequenc...
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Rosina Lhevinne
Basic Principles in Pianoforte Playing (Dover Books On Music: Piano)
This little book, written at the height of his career by Josef Lhevinne, the "inward poet of the piano," is a clear statement of principles based on his lifelong experience in performance and teaching. Lhevinne was, with Rachmaninoff, Schnabel, and Hoffman, one of the great modern masters, and was t...
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Jonathan Clements
Japan at War in the Pacific: The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire in Asia: 1868-1945
"A lucid history of the rise and fall of militarism in Japan…" — New York Journal of Books Japan at War in the Pacific recounts the dramatic story of Japan's transformation from a Samurai-led feudal society to a modern military-industrial empire in the space of a few decades—and the many w...
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Amanda L. Logan
Scarcity Slot: Excavating Histories of Food Security in Ghana (California Studies in Food and Culture) (Volume 75)
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org . The Scarcity Slot is the first book to critically examine food security in Africa’s deep past. Amanda L. Logan argues that African foodways have been viewed through the lens of ‘the scarcity slot,’ a ...
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William Sydnor
The Prayer Book Through the Ages: A Revised Edition of The Story of the Real Prayer Book
An exploration of the history of the Book of Common Prayer and its revisions, beginning with the 1549 English Prayer Book and continuing up to the present. This revised and expanded version finishes the story of the final adoption of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. Sydnor explores why each revision...
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Léon Hervey de Saint-Denys
Dreams and how to direct them: Practical Observations
Hervey de Saint-Denys (Marie-Jean-Léon, Marquis d'Hervey de Saint Denys) published this book in 1867, and since then it has become one of the forerunners of the study of lucid dreaming. This is one of the few 19th century works that has lost none of its freshness or usefulness with the passage of ...
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Wallace Arthur
Evolution: A Developmental Approach
This book is aimed at students taking courses on evolution in universities and colleges. Its approach and its structure are very different from previously-published evolution texts. The core theme in this book is how evolution works by changing the course of embryonic and post-embryonic development....
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Loren Cannon
The Politicization of Trans Identity: An Analysis of Backlash, Scapegoating, and Dog-Whistling from Obergefell to Bostock
Two LGBTQ affirmative US Supreme Court Rulings occurred in the second decade of the twenty-first century: the 2015 Obergefell ruling in support of same sex marriage, and the 2020 Bostock decision ruling that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is prohibited by Title...
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Dallas Willard
Knowing Christ Today: Why We Can Trust Spiritual Knowledge
A Compelling Defense of the Faith for Our Time Addressing the central question facing the church today—Is the Gospel true?—Dallas Willard offers an impassioned argument that Christian spiritual ideals are a reliable source of wisdom that should be granted the same authority as other intellectual...
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Joyce Appleby
Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination
"Uncommonly good…makes a compelling case that…intellectual curiosity not only changed Europe, but launched modernity." ― Cleveland Plain Dealer When Columbus first returned to Spain from the Caribbean, he dazzled King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella with exotic parrots, tropical flowers, and bits...
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Pauline Rosenau
Post-Modernism and the Social Sciences
Post-modernism offers a revolutionary approach to the study of society: in questioning the validity of modern science and the notion of objective knowledge, this movement discards history, rejects humanism, and resists any truth claims. In this comprehensive assessment of post-modernism, Pauline Ros...
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John M. Thompson
Russia: A Historical Introduction from Kievan Rus' to the Present
This lucid account of Russian and Soviet history presents major trends and events from ancient Kievan Rus' to Vladimir Putin's presidency in the twenty-first century. Russia does not shy away from controversial topics, including the impact of the Mongol conquest, the paradoxes of Peter the Great, ...
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Diana Muir
Reflections in Bullough’s Pond: Economy and Ecosystem in New England (Revisiting New England)
From the vantage point of a nearby pond in Newton, Massachusetts, Diana Muir reconstructs an intriguing interpretation of New England's natural history and the people who have lived there since pre-Columbian times. Taking a radically new way to illustrate for general readers the vast interrelationsh...
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Avinash K. Dixit
Lawlessness and Economics: Alternative Modes of Governance (The Gorman Lectures in Economics)
How can property rights be protected and contracts be enforced in countries where the rule of law is ineffective or absent? How can firms from advanced market economies do business in such circumstances? In Lawlessness and Economics , Avinash Dixit examines the theory of private institutions that t...
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John Perpener
African-American Concert Dance: THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE AND BEYOND
African-American Concert Dance significantly advances the study of pioneering black dancers by providing valuable biographical and historical information on a group of artists who worked during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s to legitimize black dance as a serious art form. John O. Perpener sets these ...
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Parvati Markus
Love Everyone: The Transcendent Wisdom of Neem Karoli Baba Told Through the Stories of the Westerners Whose Lives He Transformed
A celebration of Neem Karoli Baba, one of the most influential spiritual leaders of our time, the divine guru who inspired and led a generation of seekers—including Ram Dass, Daniel Goleman, and Larry Brilliant—on life-changing journeys that have ultimately transformed our world. In 1967, Baba R...
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Niko Besnier
The Anthropology of Sport: Bodies, Borders, Biopolitics
Few activities bring together physicality, emotions, politics, money, and morality as dramatically as sport. In Brazil’s stadiums or China’s parks, on Cuba’s baseball diamonds or Fiji’s rugby fields, human beings test their physical limits, invest emotional energy, bet money, perform witchcr...
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Howard Ball
A Defiant Life: Thurgood Marshall and the Persistence of Racism in America
Thurgood Marshall's extraordinary contribution to civil rights and overcoming racism is more topical than ever, as the national debate on race and the overturning of affirmative action policies make headlines nationwide. Howard Ball, author of eighteen books on the Supreme Court and the federal judi...
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