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Encyclopedia of German Literature
by Matthias KonzettFirst Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Oppression: A Study in Social and Criminal Psychology (International Library of Sociology #A Study In Social & Criminal Psychology)
by Tadesuz GrygierPublished in 1998, Oppression is a valuable contribution to the field of Sociology and Social Policy.
Seventeen Famous Operas
by Ernest Newman“The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.” –Ernest Newman In Seventeen Famous Operas, renowned musicologist and music critic Ernest Newman goes beyond simply retelling the plots of the operas he has chosen to feature in this volume. Because for Newman, opera was theater—and he demonstrates that with his in-depth studies of the seventeen featured operas. Newman uses biographical, literary, and historical background to expose the reader to how each featured work came to be. These featured works include La Boheme, Madame Butterfly, Carmen, La Traviata, The Marriage of Figaro, The Barber of Seville, The Magic Flute and ten other famous works. Seventeen Famous Operas is a must-read for music librarians, opera lovers, and propagandists of music everywhere.
Six Minutes a Day to Perfect Spelling
by Harry ShefterPeople make spelling mistakes simply because they have never formed the right spelling habits. Here is a proven method that will make you a master speller.
Social Mobility in Britain (International Library of Sociology)
by D. V. GlassThis is Volume XVI of twenty-one in a series on Race, Class and Social Structure. Originally published in 1954, this study looks at social mobility in Great Britain; including social grading of occupations, social stratification, a sample and the educational experience of adults in England and Wales as of July 1949.
A Treasury of the World's Great Speeches
by Houston PetersonA compilation of some of the most memorable orations of all time, beginning with Moses and continuing to the close of the Second World War and the subsequent election of Eisenhower.
Wonders of the Human Body
by Anthony RavielliDetailed, easy to understand children's book about how the human body functions.
Attempts at General Union (Routledge Library Editions)
by G. D. H. ColeThis volume traces the attempts made after the Napoleonic Wars to link up all the numerous local and sectional Trade Societies into a single comprehensive ‘General Trades Union’ – attempts which culminated in the short-lived Grand National Consolidated Trades Union formed under Robert Owen’s influence in 1833. Based on materials not previously used by historians, this book throws new light on the development of Trade Unionism, particularly in the North of England, during these critical years.
Britannia: 100 Documents that Shaped a Nation
by Graham StewartGraham Stewart traces 2,000 years of an island's story—from Roman province to 21st century European nation-state—through 100 historic documentsFrom the eighth-century Lindisfarne Gospels to the great testament of Norman bureaucracy, the Domesday Book, and from the designs for the Union Jack in 1606 to Neville Chamberlain's 1938 Munich agreement with Hitler, the documents selected embrace a wide range of national endeavors: politics and religion, warfare and diplomacy, economics and the law, science and invention, literature and journalism, as well as sport and popular music. The first edition of the Times rubs shoulders with the rules of the newly formed Marylebone Cricket Club; the designs for Stephenson's Rocket with the Catholic Emancipation Act; Lord Kitchener's iconic World War I recruitment poster with Clause Four of the Labor Party's constitution; and the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album cover with Britain's accession treaty to the European Economic Community. These are documents that not only defined their own eras, but which continue to resonate today.
Colour and Culture in South Africa (International Library of Sociology)
by Sheila PattersonThis is Volume VI of twenty-one in a series on Race, Class and Social Structure. Originally published in 1953 and using language of the time, this is a study of the status of the Cape coloured people within the social structure of the Union of South Africa.
Dictionary of Mysticism: Dictionary Of Mysticism, Encyclopedia Of Superstitions, And Dictionary Of Magic
by Frank GaynorMore than 2,200 terms defined in an essential reference on religious mysticism, esoteric philosophy, occultism, and more. Dictionary of Mysticism provides concise definitions for more than 2,200 terms used in many philosophies, religions, and doctrines which relate to the influence of the superhuman and supernatural on man&’s everyday life. Terms relating to esoteric philosophy, occultism, religious mysticism, spiritualism, alchemy, and psychical research are defined. Particular attention is given to the Eastern philosophies of Buddhism, Brahmanism, Sufism, Lamaism, Zoroastrianism, Theosophy, and Cabbalism. Also included are terms used in magic and demonology.
Dictionary of World Literature
by Joseph T. ShipleyThis book gives you the background of literature and the theatre. It defines, clearly and crisply, the terms used in the literary arts and in their criticism. It outlines the history of criticism in the various lands. It explains the various literary schools, varieties of play, methods of theatre production; types of poetry, fiction, history, biography--the puppet show; the dance: Providing A Rich Compendium Of All You Need To Know When You Approach A Novel Or A Poem Or A Play. This is an amazingly thorough reference work which must prove of enormous value to the theatre worker, professional or scholar everywhere; for the librarian, teacher, and critic, an essential tool. --George Freedley, President, Theatre Library Association. To the delight and relief of librarians and students a gap in the reference collection has been bridged successfully, at last! --William A. Fitzgerald, Past President, Catholic Library Association.
The Elements of Style
by E. B. White William Strunk Jr.The fourth edition of the timeless composition guide, including an introduction by E. B. White and a foreword by Roger Angell. First published in 1919 as a primer for Cornell University students, The Elements of Style became a renowned reference for writers of all kinds. With a straightforward manner that exemplifies its own advice, this succinct book covers everything from tips on proper comma usage to the principles of effective communication. The manual also includes lists of common errors to avoid, making it an indispensable asset for anyone seeking to write clear, correct, and engaging prose. Later reissued with revisions, an introduction, and a chapter on writing by E. B. White, The Elements of Style is now in its fourth edition and features a foreword by White&’s stepson, the essayist Roger Angell.
The Interpersonal Theory of Psychiatry
by Harry Stack SullivanTavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1955 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.
Selected Papers of Charles H. Best
by Charles Herbert BestThe name of Charles H. Best, co-discoverer of insulin, Head of the Department of Physiology and Director of the Banting and Best Department of Medical Research in the University of Toronto, is familiar to medical and lay readers all over the world. The story of his early insulin research with Dr. Frederick Banting, as a result of which men and women and children who forty years ago would have had only months or days to live are now spared, has been one of the most dramatic in the annals of medicine.This volume records the achievements of forty years of medical research, giving direct and easy access to over sixty of Dr. Best's original important research papers in the fields particularly of insulin, heparin, and choline. It opens with the early papers describing the discovery of insulin, and continues with those dealing with its preparation, extraction, physiologic effects and first clinical applications. Dr. Best has also looked back over the record as given in these papers and provided informative and informal bridges between them which place them in historical perspective.Among medical scientists Dr. Best is equally well known for initiating and developing modern knowledge of heparin and its use in controlling unwanted clotting of the blood (thrombosis). The discovery of the nutritional importance of choline as a dietary factor that protects the liver was made by Dr. Best and his colleagues in 1932 and this subject has received continued study in Toronto. A number of papers dealing with choline and its dietary precursors (the so-called lipotropic agents) are reproduced in these pages. Other papers discuss the action of histamine, the pioneer Canadian work on collection and storage of blood serum and early experiences with the preparation of dried serum. A brief account of the contribution of Dr. Best and his colleagues to the Naval Medicine is included. Medical readers will find here a valuable condensation of all the enormous body of information on these subjects.All the references in the original papers have been re-assembled in a master bibliography which is a new and full storehouse of references.Most of the papers collected in this volume have been produced in collaboration with medical colleagues to whom Dr. Best at all times gives full and enthusiastic recognition. Indeed readers will receive a strong impression that while co-operation and collaboration in medicine are nothing new, the various teams assembled by Dr. Best at the University of Toronto have had an especially remarkable dedication and sense of excitement in the adventure of medical research.
Short Dictionary of Mythology
by P. G. WoodcockThis concise A-to-Z reference volume offers definitions and historical contexts for mythological characters and terms. With in-depth coverage of ancient Greek and Roman mythology, this concise yet comprehensive dictionary includes information on the mythological systems of Asia and Africa. Entries include gods, emperors, and other major figures, as well as lesser-known characters and archaic terminology. Legendary figures such as the Greek poet Homer and Alexander the Great are included alongside mythical characters such as Apollo, Pandora, and Medusa.
Sociology: A Systematic Introduction (International Library of Sociology #Vol. 16)
by Harry M. JohnsonFirst published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Bertrand Russell's Dictionary of Mind, Matter and Morals
by Bertrand RussellThis dictionary contains more than 1000 selections from over 100 of Russell&’s books and articles. It serves as an introduction to Russell&’s brilliance in analysis, argument, and exposition which develops a clear notion of his method of approach, his fundamental principles and many of his leading ideas. Found here are definitions and terms reflected in the topics of mind, matter and morals.
Bertrand Russell's Dictionary of Mind, Matter and Morals
by Bertrand RussellThis dictionary contains more than 1000 selections from over 100 of Russell&’s books and articles. It serves as an introduction to Russell&’s brilliance in analysis, argument, and exposition which develops a clear notion of his method of approach, his fundamental principles and many of his leading ideas. Found here are definitions and terms reflected in the topics of mind, matter and morals.
The Bonanza Trail: Ghost Trails and Mining Camps of the West
by Muriel Sibell WolleThis classic account of Old West mining camps and gold-hunting prospectors is &“a successful digging of a rich historical vein . . . phenomenal&” (The New York Times). This colorful blend of history, reference, and travelogue brings to life the frenzied search for precious metals in nineteenth-century America through a tour of mining camps and former boomtowns, many now abandoned. It reveals the unbelievable privations men endured in the high Sierra and the Rockies and in crossing the desert wastes of Arizona, Utah and Nevada; the mines first discovered in New Mexico by Coronado and his men four centuries ago; and the first great rush that hit California in 1849. She follows the miners who poured in successive waves into the golden gulches of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, climbed to the deeper mines high in the mountains of Montana, Wyoming and Colorado, and dared at last to penetrate the hostile Black Hills of South Dakota. In personally following the trails of the pioneering prospectors, Wolle stumbles upon mute evidence of past bloodshed, lust, and struggle, and recreates the excitement of the period. A gifted artist, she also includes maps and &“more than a hundred poignant sketches conveying the loneliness, melancholy and crumbling dryness of ghost cities which throbbed once with the hopes of many people&” (The New York Times).&“The fascinating and definitive book on the ghost and near-ghost towns of the Old West.&” —Lucius Beebe, The Territorial Enterprise&“Good popular history and [a] useful reference work.&” —Library Journal
Dictionary of Mind Matter and Morals
by Bertrand RussellThe Dictionary of Mind, Matter, and Morals contains more than 1000 selections from over 100 of Russell's books and articles. It serves as an introduction to Russell's brilliance in analysis, argument, and exposition which develops a clear notion of his method of approach, his fundamental principles and many of his leading ideas. Here is found definitions and terms reflected in the topics of Matter, Mind, and Morals. Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, social reformer, and pacifist. Although he spent the majority of his life in England, he was born in Wales, where he also died. Russell led the British revolt against Idealism in the early 1900s and is considered one of the founders of analytic philosophy along with his protg Wittgenstein and his elder Frege. He co-authored, with A. N. Whitehead, Principia Mathematica, an attempt to ground mathematics on logic. His philosophical essay On Denoting has been considered a paradigm of philosophy. Both works have had a considerable influence on logic, mathematics, set theory, linguistics and analytic philosophy. He was a prominent anti-war activist, championing free trade between nations and anti-imperialism. Russell was imprisoned for his pacifist activism during World War I, campaigned against Adolf Hitler, for nuclear disarmament, criticised Soviet totalitarianism and the United States of America's involvement in the Vietnam War. In 1950, Russell was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought.
Education
by Ellen G. WhiteDiscover the secret to true education as your eyes travel over these vital principles recognizing God as Source and Teacher. Understand where many have failed, and live the truth that makes us free. Looking to obtain an advanced degree in Education? Gain fresh insight into the source of all learning and knowledge. Great instruction for those who teach others or for personal development. The book, Education, is a must read for any serious student of life.
Music, Physics and Engineering (Dover Books On Music Ser.)
by Harry F. OlsonNow thoroughly revised and enlarged, this book offers the most comprehensive coverage available of all aspects of the production, reception, and reproduction of sound. Written clearly and concisely, all its chapters can be understood without specialized training in music, physics, engineering, or mathematics.Dr. Olson discusses the nature of sound waves; explains the division of sound into scale patterns and the traditional method of notating them; describes the individual characteristics of all musical instruments currently in use (including the human voice); shows how the ears hear; discusses concert hall and recording studio acoustics, amplification systems, etc; describes the elements of sound reproduction systems from the telephone to the stereo record player; and concludes with a new chapter on the production, development, and potentialities of electronic music.Under these broad headings, readers will find a close analysis of the way in which a violin produces sound; descriptions of carbon, crystal, dynamic, velocity, and unidirectional microphones; a comparison of the relative absorbency of 22 acoustic materials, building materials, and objects; a description of how music can be produced by a digital computer; and much, much more. Conductors will find suggestions on positioning their orchestras; performers will understand the dynamics of their instruments; recording engineers and acousticians will discover a remarkably comprehensive reference work; and music teachers, students, physicists, and enthusiasts in general will find easy access to a vast wealth of information.
Pocket Book of Quotations
by Henry DavidoffA collection of quotes and, in the case of those that appeared first in a foreign language, the original wording has been given as well in English version.
Sociology Renaissnc Ils 101 (International Library of Sociology #Vol. 9)
by Alfred Von MartinFirst published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.