5962 results for '"Michael Bailey (Editor)'

Long the standard source for quantitative indicators of American history, a new edition of Historical Statistics of the United States is something that reference librarians, historians, and social...

Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) was one of the most prominent evolutionists of the late nineteenth century. A close companion of Charles Darwin, Huxley developed a reputation as "Darwin's Bulldog"...

Hardcover, no dust jacket. Ex-library, otherwise very good.

A spirited new translation of a forgotten classic, shot through with timeless wisdom Is there an art to drinking alcohol? Can drinking ever be a virtue? The Renaissance humanist and neoclassical poet...

Book by Eaves, Morris

Original essays on reference and referring by leading scholars that combine breadth of coverage with thematic unity. These fifteen original essays address the core semantic concepts of reference and...

By L. V. Grinsell, C. E. Blunt And Michael Dolley. --

Like nature itself, modern economic life is driven by relentless competition and unbridled selfishness. Or is it? Drawing on converging evidence from neuroscience, social science, biology, law, and...

Exemplary wisdom from ancient Rome.Valerius Maximus compiled his handbook of notable deeds and sayings during the reign of Tiberius (AD 14–37). The collection was admired in antiquity and has...

In 1989, the Old Order in Eastern Europe collapsed, and communism was in retreat around the world. This is how those memorable events were recorded by The New York Times.

This book offers a mid-career retrospective of the work of Diana Thater, one of the most important and innovative artists working today. For more than two decades, Diana Thater has been creating...

V. 1. Opuscula Logica, Physica, Allegorica, Alia -- V. 2. Opuscula Psychologica, Theologica, Daemonologica. Ediderunt J.m. Duffy Et D.j. O'meara. Text In Greek, Preface In Latin. Cover Title:...

Spinoza's Ethics is one of the most significant texts of the early modern period, important to history, philosophy, Jewish studies and religious studies. It had a major influence on Enlightenment...

English, Latin (translation)

Because carnivores are at the top of the food chain, it is often argued that protecting them will afford adequate protection to other taxa as well. In the past ten years, theoretical and empirical...

Bacterial toxins that act inside cells interact very specifically with key components of the cell and some even manipulate the cell in subtle ways for their own purposes. These potent toxins,...

A collection of essays -- early seminal works as well as freshinterpretations -- on the famous German expressionist film,Metropolis.Fritz Lang's classic 1927 film Metropolis has justifiably become an...

In her form-conscious video installations and photo works, South African artist Candice Breitz deploys stereotypes and visual conventions of popular culture as vehicles for closer examinations of...

It is widely believed that reproductive cycles are very similar between human females. However, there are in fact considerable variations both between individuals and within the reproductive life of...