From poverty to great wealth and obscurity to world fame, George and Robert Stephenson\'s was an extraordinary joint career. While giving full treatment to their great engineering exploits, this authoritative biography also explores their domestic lives, personalities and relationships, and their involvement with the ideas of the time. The result is a rounded and highly readable portrayal of the father

A multidisciplinary guide to classroom discussion of race in the European Renaissance. Teaching Race in the European Renaissance: A Classroom Guide provides both educators and students the tools they need to discuss race in the European Renaissance both in its unique historical contexts and as part of a broader continuum with racial thinking today. The volume gathers scholars of the English, French,

The field of neuroscience has been transformed by new technologies and an explosion of knowledge about the brain. The new edition will be fully updated to reflect these and other rapid advances in the field, while honoring its commitment to be student-friendly with new illustrations. Updates will include: - New content on genetics and epigenetics - Increased coverage of hippocampus: Where memory

Focuses on the single most important obedience command, how to build up a reliable recall successfully, using effective and positive training techniquesOffers insight into the mind of the dog and explains exactly why dogs behave the way they doTraining exercises are described in detail, with a helpful problem-solving

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) was a prolific master of landscape and marine painting in nineteenth-century Britain. His attention to color and atmosphere produced breathtaking images of nature, now immortalized in oil paintings, exquisite watercolors, and works on paper. How Turner Painted guides readers through the artist\'s groundbreaking techniques, including experiments with modified

This Element examines the contemporary literature on essence in connection with the traditional question whether essence lies within or without our world. Section 1 understands this question in terms of a certain distinction, the distinction between active and latent facts. Section 2 steps back to investigate the connections between essence and other philosophical concepts. Section 3 brings the results

1. Likeness and Presence: A History of the Image Before the Era of Art (Belting Hans) - Paperback 2. Author: Hans Belting 3. Format: Paperback 4. Publisher: The University of Chicago Press 5. Publication date: November 15, 1997 6. Language: English 7. Number of pages: 672 8. ISBN-10: 0226042150 9. ISBN-13: 978-0226042159 10. Product dimensions: 6.3 x 1.6 x 9.3 inches 11. About the book: In this groundbreaking

The story begun in The Crystal Cave and continued in The Hollow Hills reaches its climax in The Last Enchantment, the final story of Merlin in Mary Stewart\'s beloved Arthurian

Celebrate the empowering and inspiring women who helped create, shape, and make pop culture great, from the creator of SYFY WIRE\'s FANGRRLS and the podcast \"Forgotten Women of Genre\" In every medium in popular culture--from books, films, and video games to comics, television, and animation--women have been instrumental in creating and shaping the worlds, characters, and genres that we know and

Plotinus is the greatest philosopher in the 700 year period between Aristotle and Augustine. He thought of himself as a disciple of Plato, but in his efforts to defend Platonism against Aristotelians, Stoics, and others, he actually produced a reinvigorated version of Platonism that later came to be known as \"Neoplatonism\". In this volume, sixteen leading scholars introduce and explain the many facets

A major scientific revolution has begun, a new paradigm that rivals Darwin\'s theory in importance. At its heart is the discovery of the order that lies deep within the most complex of systems, from the origin of life, to the workings of giant corporations, to the rise and fall of great civilizations. And more than anyone else, this revolution is the work of one man, Stuart Kauffman, a MacArthur Fellow

Face the demands of the emergency nursing certification exam (CEN) with the self-assurance that only the right kind of preparation can bring, with the newly updated Lippincott Q&A Certification Review: Emergency Nursing (CEN), 3rd Edition. This ideal study guide offers 975 multiple-choice questions, covering all aspects of the CEN Exam and written in the same style as those created by the Board of

With an additional story in this paperback edition, this collection offers bewitched retellings of classic fairy-tales featuring brave and resilient heroines. In the tradition of Angela Carter, stories such as Cinderella and Rumpelstiltskin are given a witchy makeover. These tales of blood and intrigue, betrayal, and enchantment from a new Irish author are not for the faint-hearted, or damsels in distress.

The historic quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space led by two rivals and their vast fortunes, egos, and visions of space as the next entrepreneurial frontier The Space Barons is the story of a group of billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring their fortunes into the epic resurrection of the American space program. Nearly a half-century after Neil Armstrong walked on the

A stunning showcase of film critic Manny Farber\'s best writing on classic movies and film titans, from Martin Scorsese to Werner Herzog Manny Farber (1917-2008) was a unique figure among American movie critics. Champion of what he called \"termite art\" (focused, often eccentric virtuosity as opposed to white elephant monumentality), master of a one-of-a-kind prose style whose jazz-like phrasing

The Metaverse is cyberspace home to avatars and software daemons, where anything and just about everything goes. Newly available on the Street - the Metaverse\'s main drag - is Snow Crash, a cyberdrug. Trouble is Snow Crash is also a computer virus - and something more. Because once taken it infects the person behind the

The Flying Beaver Brothers are back, and this time they\'re hot on the trail of another eco-villain: Fish Stix Environmental Manufacturing. When Fish Stix sets up shop, most of the islanders are thrilled. After all, Fish Stix are the most popular, best-selling sticks around AND they\'re good for the environment But this eco-friendly facade is just a cover for a nefarious plot involving dirty money,

THE HILARIOUS DIARY BY MRS STEPHEN FRY - THE WIFE YOU NEVER KNEW HE HAD \'Hilarious\' - Daily Express \'Buy the wife\'s book or I\'ll never hear the end of it\' Stephen Fry Stephen Fry\'s secret wife speaks out at last... Enjoyed a nice cuppa this morning with a HobNob and Jeremy Kyle. There was a woman on there who\'d been married 16 years without realising her husband was gay. Extraordinary! Which

A coming-of-age novel that moves from genteel British society to the grim underworld of Paris before the war. Following three years at Cambridge and one working in his father\'s business, he is looking forward to a jaunt in Paris with one of his oldest

\"Miki Agrawal is a real piece of work. It turns out that so are you. Once you read her high-energy book, you might be able to embrace the gifts you already have and go take advantage of them.\" --Seth Godin, author of The Icarus Deception Is it possible to make a career out of something you love? How do you march through life with a purpose and get the most out of every second? Miki Agrawal, entrepreneur,