|
The Good Earth
|
Ruth Goode,Donald F. Roden,Stephen Colbourn,Nick Bertozzi,Pearl S. Buck,Ernst Simon |
This tells the poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. The humble Wang Lung glories in the soil he works, nurturing the land as it nurtures him and his family. Nearby,… |
OL1140109W |
|
MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing
|
Joseph Gibaldi |
Since its publication in 1985, the MLA Style Manual has been the standard guide for graduate students, teachers, and scholars in the humanities and for professional writers in many fields. Extensivel… |
OL114956W |
|
Finding the money
|
Preethi Burkholder |
"This book is a one-stop resource for individuals seeking to finance their education or career. In addition to providing classic, indispensable advice for prospective college students and their paren… |
OL12295045W |
|
The making of the humanities
|
Jaap Maat,Rens Bod,Thijs Weststeijn |
This first volume in 'The making of the humanities' series focuses on the early modern period. Specialists from various disciplines offer their view on the history of linguistics, literary studies, m… |
OL16081240W |
|
Reception and the classics
|
William Brockliss |
"This volume collects the majority of papers given at a conference held at Yale University in 2007. That conference, also entitled Reception and the Classics, sought to define and articulate the part… |
OL16134649W |
|
Getting published in the humanities
|
Jeffrey Kahan |
"In most humanities fields, securing tenure proves impossible without at least one book under your belt. Yet despite the obvious importance of academic publishing, the process remains an enigma to mo… |
OL16190929W |
|
Cross-curricular teaching and learning in the secondary school--- humanities
|
Richard Harris |
"What is the role of the humanities in the modern school? Should geography, history, RE and Citizenship teachers remain faithful to long-standing subject cultures and pedagogies? Or is there another … |
OL16461552W |
|
Information resources in the humanities and the arts
|
Anna H. Perrault |
"This familiar guide to information resources in the humanities and the arts, organized by subjects and emphasizing electronic resources, enables librarians, teachers, and students to quickly find th… |
OL16726815W |
|
Education's end
|
Anthony T. Kronman |
The question of what living is for - of what one should care about and why - is the most important question a person can ask. Yet under the influence of the modern research ideal, our colleges and un… |
OL16969260W |
|
Open Access and the Humanities
|
Martin Paul Eve |
If you work in a university, you are almost certain to have heard the term 'open access' in the past couple of years. You may also have heard either that it is the utopian answer to all the problems … |
OL17076653W |
|
The Changing Image of the Sciences
|
Ida H. Stamhuis |
The theme was chosen because of the great concern with the worldwide decreasing interest in the natural sciences. The image of these sciences as dull, uninspiring, masculine, environmentally unfriend… |
OL19833837W |
|
Cognition, Agency and Rationality
|
Kepa Korta |
As usual, the Proceedings of the International Colloquium on Cognitive Science include leading-edge work by outstanding researchers in the field. This volume contains three kinds of papers correspond… |
OL19835145W |
|
The Discovery of the Artificial
|
Roberto Cordeschi |
The book provides a valuable text for undergraduate and graduate courses on the historical and theoretical issues of Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence, Psychology, Neuroscience, and the Phil… |
OL19843542W |
|
Human Law and Computer Law: Comparative Perspectives
|
Mireille Hildebrandt |
The focus of this book is on the epistemological and hermeneutic implications of data science and artificial intelligence for democracy and the Rule of Law. How do the normative effects of automated … |
OL19856235W |
|
International Space Station
|
G. Haskell |
This book addresses issues of ISS utilization and operations from all perspectives, especially the commercial viewpoint, as well as for scientific research and technological development, and educatio… |
OL19858623W |
|
Travelling concepts in the humanities
|
Mieke Bal |
"Travelling Concepts in the Humanities is intended as a guidebook for interdisciplinary cultural analysis in the humanities. In this challenging work, Mieke Bal analyses a variety of concepts - such … |
OL1987384W |
|
Leadership and Creativity
|
Dong-Won Kim |
This book intends to answer the following questions: What made it possible to create the Cavendish Laboratory in the 1870s? What was the Laboratory's principal role within Cambridge University and ho… |
OL19882369W |
|
The Long Evolution of Brains and Minds
|
Roth, Gerhard |
On the basis of evolutionary and behavioral biology, neuroscience and anthropology, this book investigates to which extent it is possible to reconstruct the evolution of nervous systems and brains as… |
OL19884629W |
|
Newton on Mathematics and Spiritual Purity
|
Ayval Leshem |
This book deals with Newton's understanding of the original divine design hidden in the mathematical laws of nature and delivered to humanity by messengers, such as Noah, Moses and Christ. It is writ… |
OL19890732W |
|
Sensorimotor Impairment in the Elderly
|
George E. Stelmach |
The motivation behind this volume is to provide the reader with some coherence in the widely scattered literature on motor impairments in the elderly. The volume appraises the main theoretical ideas … |
OL19901661W |