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A Prophet of Consolation on the Thr...

Shoshana Ronen

A Prophet of Consolation on the Threshold of Destruction: Yehoshua Ozjasz Thon, an Intellectual Port

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Shoshana Ronen

A Scandinavian Heritage

Joan Magee

A Scandinavian Heritage

The Scandinavian presence has been felt in many parts of Canada, including the Windsor-Detroit border region. A Scandinavian Heritage surveys the numerous conributions made in this area by the people of 5 nations: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The history of these people, from the first settlers to the present is explored in detail. The experiences common to each of the nationalities are shown and contrasted to the unique perspective brought by each group to this country....

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Joan Magee

A sense of form the art of David Bo...

Dominika Buchowska

A sense of form the art of David Bomberg

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Dominika Buchowska

A Short History of Science to the N...

Charles Singer

A Short History of Science to the Nineteenth Century

Driven by an unquenchable thirst, the human spirit seeks an explanation of the world. In this fascinating study, a noted historian of science traces the course of the ceaseless yearning for answers across two and a half millennia and chronicles, in simple form, the development of the idea of a rational and interconnected material world. This account begins with the earliest recordings of true science among the Ionian Greeks and proceeds to detail the development of unitary systems of thought...

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Charles Singer

A Short Introduction to Promoting R...

Colby Pearce

A Short Introduction to Promoting Resilience in Children

A child's capacity to cope with adversity and 'stand on their own two feet' is seen as critical to their development, well-being, and future independence and success in adulthood. Psychological strength, or resilience, directly affects a child's capacity to cope with adversity. This book provides a succinct, accessible and clear guide on how to promote resilience in children and achieve positive developmental outcomes for them. The author covers three key factors that affect...

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Colby Pearce

A Song for Molly

Jeremy Bernstein

A Song for Molly

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Jeremy Bernstein

A State of Mixture

Richard E. Payne

A State of Mixture

Christian communities flourished during late antiquity in a Zoroastrian political system, known as the Iranian Empire, that integrated culturally and geographically disparate territories from Arabia to Afghanistan into its institutions and networks. Whereas previous studies have regarded Christians as marginal, insular, and often persecuted participants in this empire, Richard Payne demonstrates their integration into elite networks, adoption of Iranian political practices and imaginaries, and...

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Richard E. Payne

A słabi muszą ulegać?

Janis Warufakis

A słabi muszą ulegać?

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Janis Warufakis

A Wealth of Thought

Boas Franz

A Wealth of Thought

Although Franz Boas–one of the most influential anthropologists of the twentieth century–is best known for his voluminous writings on cultural, physical, and linguistic anthropology, he is also recognized for breaking new ground in the study of so-called primitive art. His writings on art have major historical value because they embody a profound change in art history.Nineteenth-century scholars assumed that all art lay on a continuum from primitive to advanced: artworks of all nonliterate...

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Boas Franz

A Winnipeg Album

John David Hamilton

A Winnipeg Album

Winnipeg was Canada's first important city in the west and was the supply point for other prairie cities like Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, and even far-off Vancouver. It exploded from a village of 2,700 people in 1877 to a fully modern metropolis of 100,000 in just thirty years and by then had a university, newspapers, publishing firms, a major theatre, and a vibrant mass of immigrants who flooded in to open up the West. Growing Winnipeg was served with paddle-wheelers on the Red...

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John David Hamilton

A Year in the Life of a Shinto Shri...

John K. Nelson

A Year in the Life of a Shinto Shrine

What we today call Shinto has been at the heart of Japanese culture for almost as long as there has been a political entity distinguishing itself as Japan. A Year in the Life of a Shinto Shrine describes the ritual cycle at Suwa Shrine, Nagasaki�s major Shinto shrine. Conversations with priests, other shrine personnel, and people attending shrine functions supplement John K. Nelson�s observations of over fifty shrine rituals and festivals. He elicits their views on the...

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John K. Nelson

A-20 Boston/Havoc

Сергей В. Иванов, Альманах «Война в воздухе», 2001

A-20 Boston/Havoc

В марте 1936 года Джек Нортроп совместно с Эдом Хейнсманном приступили к работе над проектом, названным «Модель 7». Предполагалось создать трехместный цельнометаллический верхнеплан, оснащенный двумя звездообразными двигателями «Пратт-энд-Унтни R-985 Уосп-Джуниор» мощностью по 425 л.с./З15 кВт. Вооружение самолета состояло из подвижных и неподвижных пулеметов винтовочного (7,62 мм) калибра. Неподвижные пулеметы закреплялись в носовой части фюзеляжа, а подвижные стояли в установке на верхней...

Автор	Сергей В. Иванов, Альманах «Война в воздухе»
Жанр	История, Транспорт и авиация, Военное дело, военная техника и вооружение
Год	2001

A-26 «Invader»

Михаил Владимирович Никольский, Альманах «Война в воздухе», 2005

A-26 «Invader»

Во многих отношениях самолет Дуглас «Инвейдер» является поистине великим. Мощный, аэродинамически чистый аэроплан смотрится очень эстетично. Его боевая карьера даже только в ВВС США поистине уникальна. Началась она в конце Второй мировой войны, а завершилась во Вьетнаме. Самолет припиши участие в массе мелких вооруженных конфликтов. Самолеты «Инвейдер» состоят на вооружении многих стран мира, последние В-26 были сняты с вооружения в 80-е годы. «Инвейдеры» немало полетали и на «гражданке», чему в...

Автор	Михаил Владимирович Никольский, Альманах «Война в воздухе»
Жанр	История, Транспорт и авиация, Военное дело, военная техника и вооружение
Год	2005

Aboriginal Peoples and Electoral Re...

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Aboriginal Peoples and Electoral Reform in Canada

This volume features differing views of past, present, and possible future roles for Aboriginal people in the Canadian political and electoral system. The studies address the issues facing Aboriginal people and the efforts to increase their involvement in the federal electoral system. Robert Milen examines the development of Aboriginal political consciousness since the 1970s, with attention to recent constitutional and electoral initiatives and aspirations. Augie Fleras’ study considers the...

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Abstractionist Aesthetics

Phillip Brian Harper

Abstractionist Aesthetics

An artistic discussion on the critical potential of African American expressive culture In a major reassessment of African American culture, Phillip Brian Harper intervenes in the ongoing debate about the “proper” depiction of black people. He advocates for African American aesthetic abstractionism—a representational mode whereby an artwork, rather than striving for realist verisimilitude, vigorously asserts its essentially artificial character. Maintaining that...

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Phillip Brian Harper

AC/DC

Ксюша Ангел

AC/DC

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Ксюша Ангел

Academic and Technical Studies on D...

Magdy Mansour Badawy

Academic and Technical Studies on Documentation and Restoration of Ancient Icons

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Magdy Mansour Badawy

Achaemenid Impact in the Black Sea

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Achaemenid Impact in the Black Sea

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Achieving Best Behavior for Childre...

Pamela Lewis

Achieving Best Behavior for Children with Developmental Disabilities

Achieving good behavior and social skills in a child with developmental disabilities can often be very difficult, and methods that improve behavior in other children are often unsuitable or ineffective. Achieving Best Behavior for Children with Developmental Disabilities is an accessible workbook designed specifically for parents of children with developmental disabilities. It offers practical, hands-on advice and step-by-step instructions for drawing up and implementing behavior plans that...

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Pamela Lewis

Achieving Blackness

Algernon Austin

Achieving Blackness

Achieving Blackness offers an important examination of the complexities of race and ethnicity in the context of black nationalist movements in the United States. By examining the rise of the Nation of Islam, the Black Power Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and the “Afrocentric era” of the 1980s through 1990s Austin shows how theories of race have shaped ideas about the meaning of “Blackness” within different time periods of the twentieth-century. ...

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Algernon Austin