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An illuminating biography of one of the greatest geometers of the twentieth centuryDriven by a profound love of shapes and symmetries, Donald Coxeter (1907–2003) preserved the tradition of classical...

A charming, richly illustrated, pocket-size exploration of the world’s whalesPacked with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile any nature lover. Expertly written...

"When re-examining five classical models of atonement ecumenically, the authors argue that the saving value of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection is best appreciated through the lenses of both...

"A work of meticulous historical scholarship that reads with all the inherent reader engagement of an extended saga..." -- Midwest Book ReviewThe legends of early Rome are among the most memorable of...

A pseudo-biographical "stroll" through town and countryside rife with philosophical musings, The Walk has been hailed as the masterpiece of Walser's short prose. Walking features heavily in his...

"Chinatown," generally regarded as the Great American Screenplay, follows a seedy private investigator, Jake Gittes, as he becomes involved in a case far more complicated than he ever imagined...

Thomas Hankins and Robert Silverman investigate an array of instruments from the seventeenth through the nineteenth century that seem at first to be marginal to science--magnetic clocks that were...

Computer-centered networks and technologies are reshaping social relations and constituting new social domains on a global scale, from virtually borderless electronic markets and Internet-based...

This Book Is About The Black Sash, A Very Remarkable Organization Which In The Seventies Was The Most Active Non-partisan Exponent Of Protest In South Africa. Among The Few Remaining Groups That Make...

From the time of its first appearance, the story of Pocahontas has provided the terms of a flexible discourse that has been put to multiple, and at times contradictory, uses. Centering around her...

Roman Catholic Exegesis Since Divino Afflante Spiritu: Hermeneutical Implications

The first of two classic studies that examined the daily life of a typical small american city-in actuality, Muncie, Indiana-in the mid-1920s, using the approach of social anthropology. Of enduring...

This is the first paperback version of the second edition of the popular A Guide to the Birds of Panama. In the second edition, published in 1989, the authors expanded information on the birds of...