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After Impressionism - Inventing Modern Art by MaryAnne Stevens; Maria Alambritis (Contribution by); Julien Domercq (Contribution by); Charlotte de Mille (Contribution by); John Milner (Contribution by); Daniel Ralston (Contribution by); Christopher Riopelle (Contribution by); Camilla Smith (Contribution by); Sabine Wieber (Contribution by)
Category: Art
Through the 1880s the very essence of representation, meaning and process in Western art were profoundly interrogated. Plausible representations of the external world were cast aside in favour of non-naturalism expressed in varying degrees, from modest distortions of reality to pure abstraction. The de ...Show more
Building Scientific Apparatus by John H. Moore; Christopher C. Davis; Michael A. Coplan; Sandra C. Greer (Contribution by)
Category: Science
Building Scientific Apparatus is a unique single-volume reference for the scientist or engineer whose work requires the construction of unique apparatus. The basic principles of mechanics, optics and electronics required in the design of laboratory devices are covered in sufficient detail that reference ...Show more
Child C - Surviving a Foster Mother's Reign of Terror by John Hendricks; Christopher J. Spry
Category: Biography
The horrific true story of cruel Gloucestershire foster mother Eunice Spry's 20-year reign of abuse over the children in her care, as told by one of the victims in the case that shocked the UK in early 2007.
From Badger to Worse (#2 Agents of S. U. I. T.) by John Patrick Green; Christopher Hastings (As told to); Pat Lewis (Illustrator)
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: Agents of S. U. I. T. Ser.
From John Patrick Green, the creator of the side-splitting InvestiGators series, comes Agents of S.U.I.T.: From Badger to Worse - the second in a full colour, laugh-out-loud graphic novel series perfect for fans of Bunny vs Monkey! Bongo and Marsha, the super-spy Badgers, are on the case . . . and way o ...Show more
Ground Support Technology for Highly Stressed Excavations - Integrated Theoretical, Laboratory, and Field Research by Christopher R. Windsor; Alan G. Thompson; John R. Player; Ernesto Villaescusa
Category: Reference
The performance of ground support as a scheme is essential to constrain failures occurring at the rock surfaces of deep or highly stressed excavations. This book covers laboratory and theoretical developments coupled with field experiments and observations with the implementation of the methodology at m ...Show more
How to Negotiate by John Gordon (Editor); Christopher Copper-Ind
Category: Business | Series: How to: Academy Ser.
Negotiation is such a familiar part of our everyday lives that we often fail to recognize it's even happening, let alone identify the power battles and psychological warfare it entails. In our busy everyday lives, we seldom pause to reflect that negotiating is, in fact, a complex and strategic mind game ...Show more
New Suns 2 - Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color by Nisi Shawl (Editor); Karin Lowachee; Saad Hossain; Hiromi Goto; Minsoo Kang; Tlotlo Tsamaase; Rochita Loenen-Ruiz; Malka Older; Kathleen Alcalá; Christopher Caldwell; Jaymee Goh; Daniel H. Wilson; Walter Mosley (Foreword by); Grace Dillon (Afterword by); K. Tempest Bradford; Darcie Little Badger; Geetanjali Vandemark; John Chu; Nghi Vo; Tananarive Due; Alex Jennings
Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fiction
The stunning follow-up to the multiple-award-winning anthology of SFF by people of colour Octavia E. Butler said, "There's nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns." New Suns 2 brings you fresh visions of the strange, the unexpected, the shocking--breakthrough stories, stories shining with em ...Show more
Remembering Aboriginal Heroes by Christopher and Ramsland, John Mooney
Category: Australiana
During the 1940s and '50s in Australia, there rose to prominence many icons of Aboriginal descent, representative of the culture of the day and of their own people. Some permanently influenced the minds of Australians and remain famous to this day. Others have been unjustly forgotten. 'Remembering Abori ...Show more
Remembering Aboriginal Heroes by John Ramsland, Christopher Mooney
Category: Australiana
During the 1940s and '50s in Australia there rose to prominence many icons of Aboriginal descent, representative of the culture of the day and of their own people. Some permanently influenced the minds of Australians and remain famous to this day. Others have been unjustly forgotten.Albert Namatjira was ...Show more
Selected Poems by John Updike (Editor); Christopher Carduff (Editor); Brad Leithauser (Introduction by)
Category: Gift
Now in paperback: five decades of witty, intimate, and moving poems--written between 1953 and 2008--with the cumulative force of an autobiography in verse, by this master of American letters. Though John Updike is widely known as one of America's greatest writers of prose, both his first book and his la ...Show more
Selected Poems: Milton by John Milton; John Leonard (Introduction by); Christopher Ricks (Editor)
Category: Gift | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
An authoritative new edition of Milton's essential verse John Milton, who abandoned early plans of becoming a clergyman to become a poet, was a master of almost every type of verse-from the classical to the religious, from the lyric to the epic. His writing reflected his radical views and his profou ...Show more