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Latin Consonant Clusters

A Course in Modern Analysis and Its Applications

Designed for one-semester courses for senior undergraduates, this book approaches topics initially through convergence of sequences in metric space. However, the alternative topological approach is also described. Applications are included from differential and integral equations, systems of linear algebraic equations, approximation theory, numerical analysis and quantum mechanics.

A Friend for Tiger

While at the circus William the bunny overcomes his fear of Sultan, the fierce rabbit-eating tiger, and even feels sorry for it because the tamer gets all the cheers.

Earthquakes and volcanoes

Explains how earthquakes and volcanic eruptions result from the building up of pressure which begins far below the earth's surface

Museum Buildings: A planning study

The drawings and engravings of William Blake

The ego diet

Tadpoles and God

Robert Wilson and his collaborators

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To be an Arab in Israel

Laurence Louer's book treats an enigmatic, little known but highly important people: Israel's Arab citizens. As she points out, their political influence appears destined to grow, heightening tension with those Jewish Israelis who question their right to full citizenship."

The Collected Poems of Laurence Housman

Genesis

Working from the conviction that Genesis can be read as a coherent whole, this commentary foregrounds the sophistication of Hebrew narrative art, in particular its depiction of plot and character, and the interpretative possibilities raised by its intertextuality. Apparently simple and independent episodes emerge as complex and interconnected, constantly challenging readers to readjust their assessments of characters and expectations of plot development. Approaching the text predominantly from the perspective of a 'first-time reader', this commentary underscores the narrative's surprises, ironies and innovations.

Bach and the Patterns of Invention

In this major new interpretation of the music of J. S. Bach, we gain a striking picture of the composer as a unique critic of his age. By reading Bach's music "against the grain" of contemporaries such as Vivaldi and Telemann, Laurence Dreyfus explains how Bach's approach to musical invention in a variety of genres posed a fundamental challenge to Baroque aesthetics. "Invention"--the word Bach and his contemporaries used for the musical idea that is behind or that generates a composition--emerges as an invaluable key in Dreyfus's analysis. Looking at important pieces in a range of genres, including concertos, sonatas, fugues, and vocal works, he focuses on the fascinating construction of the invention, the core musical subject, and then shows how Bach disposes, elaborates, and decorates it in structuring his composition. Bach and the Patterns of Invention brings us fresh understanding of Bach's working methods, and how they differed from those of the other leading composers of his day. We also learn here about Bach's unusual appropriations of French and Italian styles--and about the elevation of various genres far above their conventional status. Challenging the restrictive lenses commonly encountered in both historical musicology and theoretical analysis, Dreyfus provocatively suggests an approach to Bach that understands him as an eighteenth-century thinker and at the same time as a composer whose music continues to speak to us today.

The Negro on the Stage

Sextoys Drugs and Rock and Roll

Tail wagging tails from the world of working with dogs. Short stories of real life in the dog world. A light hearted and fun read.

Literary Landmarks of Oxford

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Psychology in industrial organizations

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New Wind in a Dry Land

An account of the author's life among the nomads of Somaliland (also known as the Horn of Africa).