Ralph and Anna Eldred are an exemplary couple, devoting themselves to doing good. Thirty years ago as missionaries in Africa, the worst that could happen did. Shattered by their encounter with inexplicable evil, they returned to England, never to speak of it again. But when Ralph falls into an affai..
Capturing the violence, tragedy, history, and drama of the French Revolution, this novel focuses on the families and loves of three men who led the Revolution--Danton, the orator; Robespierre, the cold rationalist; and Desmoulins, a fellow conspirator Author: Hilary Mantel Publisher: Atheneum Bindin..
Book by Johnson, Hilary, Scott, Amanda, Johnson, Hillary Author: Hilary Johnson Publisher: Communication Skill Builders Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0761678956 ISBN-13: 9780761678953..
When the animals of Klickitat Island are stranded in the open after a raging storm, a little boy and his teddy bear hear their cries of distress and take a boat out to save them. Author: Hippely, Hilary Horder Publisher: Dutton Juvenile Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0525452931 ISBN-1..
Though she owned several houses, Agatha Christie had one surpassing favorite: Greenway, on the Dart estuary in Devon. She was born nearby, bought it in 1938, and spent all her summers there until her death in 1976. It was, she wrote, “the loveliest house in the world.” Greenway makes a thinly disgui..
Offers a fresh perspective on how conversation analysis can be used to highlight the sophisticated nature of what children actually do when interacting with their peers, parents, and other adults. Brings together a contributor team of leading experts in the emerging field of child-focused conversati..
Product DescriptionExamines why Philadelphia authorities took extraordinarily disproportionate action against a group called MOVE by dropping military explosives on a residential neighborhood in May 1985From Publishers WeeklyTwo Quaker City journalists here draw on interviews, eyewitness accounts, p..
A New York Times BestsellerThe amazing story of a very smart Border collie who is redefining animal intelligence.Chaser has a way with words. She knows over a thousand of them-more than any other animal of any species except humans. In addition to common nouns like house, ball, and tree, she has mem..
Trapped by a storm in a mysterious and frightening house, the reader is given several alternative choices to manipulate the plot and plan an escape. Author: Milton, Hilary H Publisher: Wanderer Books Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0671456318 ISBN-13: 9780671456313..
Intended for anyone who wants to restore original features in an Edwardian house, or simply to create the light gentility of that period in a modern home, this book looks at each room in turn, as well as the exterior and garden, in terms of how it was then and how antique and modern furniture, funis..
When Frances Shore moves to Saudi Arabia, she settles in a nondescript sublet, sure that common sense and an open mind will serve her well with her Muslim neighbors. But in the dim, airless flat, Frances spends lonely days writing in her diary, hearing the sounds of sobs through the pipes from the f..
Hilary Knight imbues the story of Cinderella with characters of the same humor, zest, and personality that have made generations of children and grown-ups fall in love with his most famous creation: Eloise. A pair of pet cats, a blue fairy godmother, and an endearing, if somewhat overweight, Prince ..
The subtitle of this meticulously compiled and thorough reference continues: ...handling characteristics, and mixing potential color by color, manufacturer by manufacturer . Each paint has been tested and evaluated by the author; and some 1,400 color samples illustrate essential characteristics, inc..
Trapped in a historic hotel high on a cliff overlooking a river, the reader must make choices in order to remove himself from the horrors he finds there. Author: Milton, Hilary H Publisher: Wanderer Books Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0671492497 ISBN-13: 9780671492496..
Dust jacket design by Char Lappan. A guide to Powell's 12 volume serial novel. Includes indexes of characters, books, paintings and places in addition to a synopsis, plus his introduction. Includes bibliographical references. Originally published in England in 1977. Author: Spurling, Hilary Publishe..
Anthony Powell’s A Dance to the Music of Time is a landmark of twentieth-century writing. Hilary Spurling has written an invaluable companion to the 12-volume masterpiece, creating a magnificent database of Powell’s imagination and England’s cultural landscape. Author: Spurling, Hilary Publisher: Ar..
Hilary Kornblith argues for a naturalistic approach to investigating knowledge. Knowledge, he explains, is a feature of the natural world, and so should be investigated using scientific methods. He offers an account of knowledge derived from the science of animal behavior, and defends this against i..
Hilary Janks addresses key questions about literacy and power in this landmark text that is both engaging and accessible.Her central argument is that competing orientations to critical literacy education - domination (power), access, diversity, design - foreground one over the other, but are crucial..
“If my story were ever to be written down truthfully from start to finish, it would amaze everyone,” wrote Henri Matisse. It is hard to believe today that Matisse, whose exhibitions draw huge crowds worldwide, was once almost universally reviled and ridiculed. His response was neither to protest nor..
First published in 1978, this reissue presents a seminal philosophical work by professor Putnam, in which he puts forward a conception of knowledge which makes ethics, practical knowledge and non-mathematic parts of the social sciences just as much parts of 'knowledge' as the sciences themselves. He..
The author offers a portrait of the enigmatic Paul Scott, detailing his youth, his years in India and the Far East, his career as a literary agent, the development of his writing, and his strange private life Author: Spurling, Hilary Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc Binding: Hardcover Language: Englis..
Product DescriptionProfessor Hilary Putnam has been one of the most influential and sharply original of recent American philosophers in a whole range of fields. His most important published work is collected here, together with several new and substantial studies, in two volumes. The first deals wit..
Hilary Putnam deals in this book with some of the most fundamental persistent problems in philosophy: the nature of truth, knowledge and rationality. His aim is to break down the fixed categories of thought which have always appeared to define and constrain the permissible solutions to these problem..
Charting over 30 years of debate on the significance of gender in the making and understanding of art, this anthology gathers together 99 representative texts from North America, Europe and Australasia. Author: Robinson, Hilary Publisher: John Wiley &Sons Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10..