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Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935), Portugal's greatest poet since Camoes, is a central figure of European Modernism and its perception of a collapse of the post-Romantic `I' and of Western culture. Deeply...

"The book begins with an introduction to the various seabird families: the penguin family; the albatrosses, shearwaters and petrels; the pelican family, including gannets, boobies, frigatebirds,...

Unsanctifying Human Life offers a collection of Singer's best and most challenging articles from 1971 to the present. The book includes early critiques of various approaches to philosophy and the...

Drawing on an impressive range of archaeological and textual sources and a nuanced understanding of biases, this book offers a valuable reappraisal of the enigmatic Phoenicians. The Phoenicians is a...

Gas-solid flows are involved in numerous industrial processes and occur in various natural phenomena. This authoritative book addresses the fundamental principles that govern gas-solid flows and the...

Global Ethics, along with its companion volume Global Justice, will aid in the study of global justice and global ethical issues with significant global dimensions. Some of those issues directly...

Represented here are examples of various categories of Chinese literary composition-verses, songs, stories, essays, drama, and excerpts from novels from the Y’an and Ching Dynasties, as well as the...

This book is intended as a supplementary text for petrology courses at all levels. It is concerned with the manner in which various types of chemicals and thermochemical data are interpreted for...

This book is an ethnographic and sociolinguistic study of Uzbek migrants in the capital city of Uzbekistan. The ethnographic details of the book represent post-Soviet urban realities on the ground...

In exploring the manifestations of human spiritual experience both in the imaginative activities of the individual and in the formation of mythologies and of religious symbolism in various cultures,...

How did working-class families make ends meet in the face of low, and often erratic, wages? This unusual piece of working-class social history explores the various ways that British industrial...

Long before the first computer-generated 3-D images, M.C. Escher was a master of the third dimension. Titled after the famous lithograph, this book stresses the magic spell Escher's work casts on...

This two-volume set investigates the interaction of organic compounds with various forms of life, including macromolecules, enzymes, and organelles. It provides an introduction to the Hammett...

An excellent text and academic resource for fields ranging from missiology, liturgical studies, ethics, ecclesiology, and more, this book includes contributions from many of the leading lights of...

More than 300 designs—as labels, stickers, and tape—featuring exquisite floral patterns from IndiaThe stylish label designs, reproduced from Henry Wilson's Floral Patterns of India, come in various...

One of the most important of Jung's longer works, and probably the most famous of his books, Psychological Types appeared in German in 1921 after a "fallow period" of eight years during which Jung...

A child’s first introduction to the amazing world of catsLearn about the behavioral patterns, food habits, and physical traits of various breeds of cats. This fun and informative book is perfect for...

Suleiman's book considers national identity in relation to language, the way in which language can be manipulated to signal political, cultural or historical difference. As a language with a...

This book traces the phenomenon of ecstasy in art and cultural history.Accompanying an exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart and Zentrum Paul Klee, this book illuminates the various spiritual,...

Contemporary archaeology is polorised between the technically competent excavators, who have sophisticated ways of recording, analysing, classifying and describing their sites, and the social...