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Pennsylvalia State University Press
A City Transformed: Redevelopment, Race, and Subur...
$29.20
As was true of many American cities, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, adopted urban renewal programs in the postwar years to revitalize a downtown that was experiencing economic decline. As the commercial and residential infrastructure of the city decayed, people and jobs migrated to the suburbs. Urban rene..
An Introduction to Syntax
$14.81
Clearly organized and accessible, this comprehensive new textbook provides students with a thorough grounding in the analysis of syntactic structure using data from a typologically wide variety of languages. The book guides students through the basic concepts involved in syntactic analysis and goes ..
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Bridge Across the Bosporus: The Foreign Policy of ...
$12.89
Bridge Across the Bosporus identifies the historical record that shaped the contemporary foreign policy of Turkey. The author understood Turkey as both a statesman and a scholar. Prepared from first hand and archival experiences. Author: Vali, Professor Ferenc Albert Publisher: The Johns Hopkins Uni..
Digital Video: An Introduction to MPEG-2 (Digital ...
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Digital Video offers comprehensive coverage of the MPEG-2 audio/visual digital compression standard. The treatment includes the specifics needed to implement an MPEG-2 Decoder, including the syntax and semantics of the coded bitstreams. Since the MPEG-2 Encoders are not specified by the standard, an..
Exploring the Syntax-Semantics Interface
$42.98
While all languages can achieve the same basic communicative ends, they each use different means to achieve them, particularly in the divergent ways that syntax, semantics and pragmatics interact across languages. Written within the framework of Role and Reference Grammar, which proposes a set of ru..
Fearless Golf: Conquering the Mental Game
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A detailed plan for conquering the FEAR that sabotages swings and ruins psyches, from the pioneering psychologist whose techniques have benefited Davis Love III, Justin Leonard, and numerous other world-class golfers.As Jack Nicklaus once observed, fear is the golfer’s greatest enemy, inspiring Tige..
From the Platform: Subway Graffiti, 1983-1989
$46.63
See the New York City transit system at a time the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) has tried hard to forget. In the early '80s, graffiti writer Paul Cavalieri, who writes "CAVS," was drawn to the colorful tags on trains. He started learning train schedules so he could snap works by many writers..
Johns Hopkins University Press
History of My Life, Vols. 1-2
$15.57
Award-winning translation of the complete memoirs of Casanova available for the first time in paperback.In volumes 1 and 2, Casanova tells the story of his family, his first loves, and his early travels. With the death of his grandmother, he is sent to a seminary but is soon expelled. He is briefly ..
Johns Hopkins University Press
History of My Life, Vols. 7 & 8
$23.90
Award-winning translation of the complete memoirs of Casanova available for the first time in paperback.In volumes 7 and 8, Casanova is now close to forty. His various manipulations of the credulous rich have made him rich in turn. His travels take him to France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. In ..
Johns Hopkins University Press
History of My Life, Vols. 9 & 10
$21.40
Award-winning translation of the complete memoirs of Casanova available for the first time in paperback.Volumes 9 and 10 contain descriptions of Casanova's first visits to England, Prussia, Russia, and Poland. In all these countries he gained access to the Courts. Frederick the Great of Prussia and ..
Islamic Leviathan: Islam and the Making of State P...
$25.64
Islamization is commonly seen as the work of Islamist movements who have forced their ideology on ruling regimes and other hapless social actors. There is little doubt that ruling regimes and disparate social and political actors alike are pushed in the direction of Islamic politics by Islamist forc..
Land and Society in Colonial Mexico
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Mexico Land Colonial Society Author: Chevalier, Francois Publisher: Univ of California Pr Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0520046536 ISBN-13: 9780520046535..
Land and Society in Colonial Mexico: The Great Hac...
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Land and Society in Colonial Mexico: The Great Hacienda Author: Chevalier, Francois Publisher: Univ of California Pr Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0520002296 ISBN-13: 9780520002296..
Linear Programming
$63.95
For senior/graduate-level courses in Linear Programming. A comprehensive, modern introduction to the philosophies and procedures used in the modeling, solution, and analysis of linear programming problems. Author: Cavalier, Tom M. Publisher: Pearson Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0131..
Mawdudi and the Making of Islamic Revivalism
$163.56
Nasr examines the life and thought of Mawlana Mawdudi, one of the first and most important Islamic ideological thinkers. Mawdudi was the first to develop a modern political Islamic ideology, and a plan for social action to realize his vision. The prolific writings and indefatigable efforts of Mawdud..
Natural Causes
$16.77
Harry Stoner investigates the mysterious fatal accident of Quentin Dover, an inquiry that takes him into the world of daytime television Author: Valin, Jonathan Publisher: Congdon & Weed Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0312925603 ISBN-13: 9780312925604..
Natural magic
$95.51
Did you know...that the thickness of the layers in a locally grown onion will indicate the severity of the coming winter Magic is all around us in stones, flowers, starts, the dawn wind and the sunset cloud. All we need is the ability to see it, understand it, and apply it. Magic works because of n..
Picasso: The Blue and Rose Periods (Crown Art Libr...
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Another title from The Crown Art Library, the most useful monographs available on a wide range of significant artists. Each volume is written by an internationally recognized authority and is generously illustrated with full-color reproductions of the artist's paintings and two-color reproductions o..
Remarkable Creatures
$8.81
A voyage of discoveries, a meeting of two remarkable women, and extraordinary time and place enrich bestselling author Tracy Chevalier's enthralling new novelFrom the moment she's struck by lightning as a baby, it is clear that Mary Anning is marked for greatness. On the windswept, fossil-strewn bea..
Sam, Bangs & Moonshine (Owlet Book)
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Samantha (known as Sam) is a fisherman's daughter who dreams rich and lovely dreams--moonshine, her father says. But when her tall stories bring disaster to her friend Thomas and her cat Bangs, Sam learns to distinguish between moonshine and reality.Sam, Bangs & Moonshine is the winner of the 1967 C..
Sam, Bangs & Moonshine (Owlet Book)
$14.45
Samantha (known as Sam) is a fishermanâs daughter who dreams rich and lovely dreams--moonshine, her father says. But when her tall stories bring disaster to her friend Thomas and her cat Bangs, Sam learns to distinguish between moonshine and reality. Author: Ness, Evaline Publisher: Turtleback Books..
Some of the Days of Everett Anderson
$30.85
Nine poems about a boy who likes to play in the rain, is not afraid of the dark, and sometimes feels lonely. Author: Ness, Evaline Publisher: Henry Holt & Co Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0805002901 ISBN-13: 9780805002904..
The Great Ape Project: Equality Beyond Humanity
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A call for a more equitable treatment of apes, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans features the passionate words of thirty-four world-renowned figures, including Jane Goodall, Douglas Adams, Jared Diamond, and Francine Patterson Author: Cavalieri, Paola Publisher: St Martins Pr Binding: Hardcover ..
The Supernatural and English Fiction
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From Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto to Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor, the supernatural has been a recurring theme in English fiction. This book is the first ever to describe and discuss all the principal English writers who have handled the subject, including Ann Radcliffe, M. R. James,Rudyard K..
The Virgin Blue
$45.42
A New York Times BestsellerMeet Ella Turner and Isabelle du Moulin -- two women born centuries apart, yet tied together by a haunting family legacy. As the novel unfolds -- alternating between Ella's story and that of Isabelle du Moulin four hundred years earlier -- a common thread emerges that pull..