John Louis: 111 books
by Stanley John Weyman, Ouida, Wilkie Collins
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
It was late in November, 1456. The snow fell over Paris with rigorous, relentless persistence; sometimes the wind made a sally and scattered it in flying vortices; sometimes there was a lull, and flake after flake descended out of the black night air, silent, circuitous, interminable. To poor people,...
North America
The Historical Geography of a Changing Continent
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001
This classic text retains the superb scholarship of the first edition in a thoroughly revised and accessibly written new edition. With both new and updated essays by distinguished American and Canadian authors, the book provides a comprehensive historical overview of the formation and growth of North...
by Barbara A. Baker, Louis A Rabb, Roberta S. Maguire
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2010
This collection consists of essays written by prominent African American literature, jazz, and Albert Murray scholars, reminiscences from Murray protégés and associates, and interviews with Murray himself. It illustrates Murray’s place as a central figure in African American arts and...
Celebrating Planet Narnia: 10 Years in Orbit
Volume 1, #4
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
When Michael Ward's Planet Narnia emerged a decade ago, myriad things were pulled into its orbit: The immense gravitational force altered the field of C.S. Lewis studies, to be sure, but the discovery's scope stretched far into the worlds of literary criticism, Christian apologetics, and the arts.
Only...
Knowledge, Belief, and Character
Readings in Contemporary Virtue Epistemology
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2000
There have been many books over the past decade, including outstanding collections of essays, on the topic of the ethical virtues and virtue-theoretic approaches in ethics. But the professional journals of philosophy have only recently seen a strong and growing interest in the intellectual virtues...
Slavery in the Caribbean Francophone World
Distant Voices, Forgotten Acts, Forged Identities
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
Twelve scholars representing a variety of academic fields contribute to this study of slavery in the French Caribbean colonies, which ranges historically from the 1770s to Haiti's declaration of independent statehood in 1804. Including essays on the impact of colonial slavery on France, the United...
Cultivating Success in the South
Farm Households in the Postbellum Era
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2014
This book explores changes in rural households of the Georgia Piedmont through the material culture of farmers as they transitioned from self-sufficiency to market dependence. The period between 1880 and 1910 was a time of dynamic change when Southern farmers struggled to reinvent their lives and...
by Robert Louis Stevenson, William Black, Ouida
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
It was about four in the afternoon when a young girl came into the salon of the little hotel at C— — in Switzerland, and drew her chair up to the fire.
Refractive Surgery: A Color Synopsis
A Color Synopsis
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Refractive surgery has entered the mainstream of general ophthalmology, with patients inquiring every day about their potential for the surgery or questioning the results of previous procedures. Now you have at your fingertips the first concise, easily accessible guide to modern refractive surgery, covering...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of sorghum Volume 1
Genetics, breeding and production techniques
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2018
Sorghum is one of the world’s major cereals, cultivated in the semi-arid tropics for a growing range of uses. Like other crops it faces the need to meet rising demand whilst reducing its environmental impact and adapting to the challenges of climate change. This volume summarises the wealth of research...
by Jean Alaux, Louis Baslé, Joseph Boumendil
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1997
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1997
Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.
Franc-maçonnerie
L'histoire retrouvée
Language: French
Release Date: May 15, 2019
L'Histoire n'est jamais définitivement écrite. Elle est sans cesse revue et réanalysée à l'aune de nouvelles connaissances. Après cent trente années de recherches académiques sur les origines de la franc maçonnerie et différentes thèses avancées, aucune n'étant satisfaisante à ce jour,...
Manuel de palpation osseuse et musculaire
Points gâchettes, zones de projection et étirements
Language: French
Release Date: June 17, 2011
La palpation musculaire est souvent réduite à la connaissance des insertions des muscles, de façon à mettre ses doigts pour palper à tel ou tel endroit. On n'est jamais certain d'être sur la bonne localisation ni même sur le bon muscle cible.
Le Manuel de Palpation osseuse et musculaire...