pThe first documented encounter between an English scholar and a Chinese scholar took place in the Summer of 1687 in Oxford, England, when Thomas Hyde, Bodley\'s Librarian and the foremost oriental scholar of his day, met Shen Fuzong, a native of Nanjing and the child of Christian converts, who was visiting Europe in the company of the Jesuits. This book presents the first fruits of that encounter,

pNorth of Taos, New Mexico, an unidentified murder victim wearing a belt with a turquoise buckle of rare dendrite quality is discovered on the edge of the Tulona Reservation. Tribal policeman Richard Tafoya takes charge of the investigation to determine the identity and killer. Tafoya meets Forest Service biology specialist Janet Rael as he follows leads from the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the Navajo

pFirst published in 1956, Frederick Wilhelmsen\'s emMan\'s Knowledge of Reality emremains a classic study in Thomistic epistemology. Wilhelmsen begins with an examination of what he refers to as Descartes\' critical problem namely, the supposed inability of philosophy to procure what Descartes calls certain knowledge. Using Descartes\' argument as a starting point, he then launches into a comprehensive

pA cosmic game of chess is underway, and the planet Elystra is the board.ppEarth pilot Maeve and her son Davin have joined the Ixtrayu, hoping to avert the destruction that their leader has foretold.ppBut will Maeve\'s new Wielding powers be enough to thwart Elzor and his lightning-wielding sister, before everything the Ixtrayu have ever known is destroyedppstrongBronze Medal Winner - Readers\' Favorite

pOn May 25, 2012, President Obama announced that the United States would spend the next thirteen years - through November 11, 2025 - commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War, and the American soldiers, more than 58,000 patriots, who died in Vietnam. The fact that at least 2.1 million Vietnamese - soldiers, parents, grandparents, children - also died in that war will be largely unknown

Jamaica\'s rich history has been the subject of many books, articles and papers. This collection of 18 original essays considers aspects of Jamaican history not covered in more general histories of the island and illuminates developments in Jamaican and West Indian history. The collection emphasises the relevance of history to everyday life and the development of a national identity, culture and economy.

p Jessie is learning to be polite. When she says thank you, it sounds a bit like DA HOO. When she says please,\' it sounds exactly like PEAS. p During one particular teatime, Jessie and her older brother Ben are left with a new babysitter. When asked what she would like to drink, Jessie replies, Orange juice peas, and that\'s exactly what she gets Followed by milk peas, water peas...and on it goes.

Talking Culture Ethnography and Conversation Analysis Michael Moerman There is nothing else like it. . . . The best introduction to conversation analysis for an anthropologist and the only example of the full-scale employment of it in a non-Western culture.--Charles O. Frake, Stanford University iTalking Culturei tackles an important task--bringing conversation analysis and ethnography into a fruitful

Title Observations and reflections on an Act, passed in the year, 1774, for the settlement of the province of Quebec intended to have been then printed for the use of the electors of Great Britain, but now first published.Author Edward WhitakerPublisher Gale, Sabin Americana Description Based on Joseph Sabin\'s famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection

pstrongThe paranormal It\'s all nonsense but proving it might just get them all killed.strongppbrppWhen a master vampire starts killing people in his hometown, paranormal investigator, Tempest Michaels, takes it personally ...ppbrpp... and soon a race against time turns into a battle for his life. He doesn\'t believe in the paranormal but has a steady stream of clients with cases too weird for the

pThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.ppThis work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity individual or corporate has a copyright on the body of the work.ppScholars believe,

pThis comprehensive guide provides detailed information about the techniques and tools used by metal polishers, buffers, and platers. It is an invaluable resource for anyone who works with metals, whether in a professional capacity or as a hobbyist.ppThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.ppThis work is

European colonization of other continents has had far-reaching and lasting consequences for the construction of childhoods and children\'s lives throughout the world. Liebel presents critical postcolonial and decolonial thought currents along with international case studies from countries in Africa, Latin America, and former British settler colonies to examine the complex and multiple ways that children

pElizabeth Bennet is off to London to stay with her Aunt and Uncle Gardiner and escape the sisterly feud dividing Longbourn. Only one thing will restore Jane\'s friendship to her, and sheis determined to reunite her sister with Mr Bingley, even if that means seeing Mr Darcy again.pp ppFitzwilliam Darcy thought that escaping Hertfordshire would mean escaping Elizabeth Bennet, but with his newly-arrived

pThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.ppThis work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity individual or corporate has a copyright on the body of the work.ppScholars believe,

bThis book interrogates the relationship between the material conditions of Woolf\'s writing practices and her work as a printer and publisher at the Hogarth Press. In bringing to light her embodied literary processes, from drafting and com position to hand-printing and binding, this study foregrounds the interactions between Woolf\'s modernist experimentation and the visual and material aspects of

pThis book explores the work of Cervantes in relation to the ideas about the mind that circulated in early modern Europe and were propelled by thinkers such as Juan Luis Vives, Juan Huarte de San Juan, Oliva Sabuco, Andrs Laguna, Andrs Velsquez, Marsilio Ficino, and Gmez Pereira.ppThe editors bring together humanists and scientists literary scholars and doctors whose interdisciplinary research integrates

EAN: 9783368309671James HenryOutlook Verlag

In recent years the number of Americnas who have decided to handle their own legal affairs without the help of a lawyer has skyrocketed. Ranging from people writing their own wills or drafting a contract to those trying to represent themselves in court, they\'re going to public and academic libraries for answers. As both an attorney and a librarian, Healy\'s background makes him uniquely qualified

bWINNER OF THE SCHNEIDER FAMILY BOOK AWARD pA heartfelt and hopeful debut about a bird-loving autistic child whose family\'s special nest is in danger of falling apartb. pAxel loves everything about birds, especially eagles. No one worries that an eagle will fly too far and not come home--a fact Axel wishes his mother understood. Deep down, Axel knows that his mother is like an osprey--the best of