Reference works

This third edition is a basic textbook on the development of pipe organ composition in geographically diverse schools.

Build your Bible study library with this essential book on the cultures and history of the biblical world.

The Chief Development Officer: Beyond Fundraising is a guide not only to those preparing for or serving in the role of CDO but also to those charged with selecting, appointing, and supporting CDOs.

A fascinating study of women in the arts, International Women Stage Directors is a comprehensive examination of women directors in twenty-four diverse countries.

This volume of primary source material examine the thoughts and ideas behind music in Britian during the ninteenth century.

Director Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colors trilogy-Blue (1993), White (1993), and Red (1994)-is one of the great achievements of European film.

The Republic of the Sudan was long the largest country in Africa and, according to the general consensus, also one of the least successful in many ways.

Originally published in 1971.

The French Revolution rocketed from Paris and made its influence felt throughout the world.

As the first book of its kind, Nancy Lee Harper's Portuguese Piano Music: An Introduction and Annotated Bibliography fills the gap in the historical record of Portuguese piano music from its start in the 18th century to the present.

A reliable scholarly reference tool for those actively pursuing the historical performance of music.

Ethiopia is clearly one of the most important countries in Africa.

The past decade has seen dramatic growth in every area of the prison enterprise.

This volume is a detailed and up-to-date reference work providing an authoritative overview of the main issues in higher education around the world today.

A marvelously illustrated guide to the world's mothsWith more than 160,000 named species, moths are a familiar sight to most of us, flickering around lights, pollinating wildflowers about meadows and gardens, and as unwelcome visitors to our woolens.

Ekphrasis, the description of pictorial art in words, is the subject of this bibliography.

Southeast Asia, an economically dynamic and strategically vital region, seemed until recently to be transiting to more democratic politics.

This important volume in onomastics, the study of names, presents a listing of Yiddish first names in the modern period: 1750 to the present day.

A Who's Who of Western culture, from Woody Allen to Emile Zola.

This multilingual dictionary explains, in simple and clear language, the most frequently used terms and expressions in the field of nuclear reactor physics and engineering, and provides translations of these terms from English into French, German, Swedish and Polish.

Addressing a lack of high-quality sentencing information in Ireland, this important book explores the factors that influence judges to impose a sentence of long-term imprisonment in sexual offence cases.

In the mid-1840s, Warner McCary, an ex-slave from Mississippi, claimed a new identity for himself, traveling around the nation as Choctaw performer "e;Okah Tubbee.

An introduction to Buddhist mantras and mudras, used by meditators to open doors within.

"e;From the cry of a tiny insect, one can hear the sound of a vast world.

This groundbreaking book examines the changing Chinese legal system since 1978.

This handbook focuses on the practices, initiatives, and innovations of urban planning in response to the rapid urbanisation in Indonesian cities.

This volume considers the UK as a state that was both internally differentiated and placed a premium on its external relations and world power.

The Koreas delivers border-to-border coverage of North and South Korea, with chapters dedicated to history and geography, social and cultural customs, and economics and politics.

Though basketball dates back more than 120 years, it did not make its Olympic debut until 1936.

Escape Routes: Contemporary Perspectives on Life After Punishment addresses the reasons why people stop offending, and the processes by which they are rehabilitated or resettled back into the community.

There were fifteen important prophets in Israel, whose lives covered nearly four centuries, beginning about 750 B.

In another surreal and unprecedented year in which even the most seasoned commentators have struggled to keep pace with the news cycle, letter writers toThe Daily Telegraphhave once again provided their refreshing and witty take on events.

This book explores the concept of punishment: its meaning and significance, not least to those subject to it; its social, political and emotional contexts; its role in the criminal justice system; and the difficulties of bringing punishment to an end.

A guide to the practice of mediation as a means of resolving conflict, this short how-to manual includes all the resources needed to teach and train mediators in the skills of conflict resolution.

The definitive comprehensive photographic field guide to the larger mammals of continental South AmericaSouth America's wide range of habitats support a tremendous diversity of plants and animals, including more than 400 species of larger mammalsthose the size of a guinea pig or bigger.

A Companion to Archaeology features essays from 27 of the world's leading authorities on different types of archaeology that aim to define the field and describe what it means to be an archaeologist.

Originally published in 1986.

In 2003, a backhoe operator hired by the state of Washington to work on the Port Angeles waterfront discovered what a larger world would soon learn.

Clearly discusses the impact and uses of interest representation in the development of the EU system.

Originally published in 1986.

Illusions of Empire adopts a multinational view of North American borderlands, examining the ways in which Mexico's North overlapped with the U.

Research into the ways in which the past is constructed and consumed in the present is now reaching a mature stage.

Moving beyond the original bodhi tree where the historical Buddha attained enlightenment, Buddhism spread throughout Asia and in more recent history has become ubiquitous in America and other Western nations as it marches into the status of a major global religion.

WINNER OF THE 2020/2021 ALCUIN SOCIETY BOOK DESIGN AWARD FOR POETRYWINNER OF THE ROBERT KROETSCH CITY OF EDMONTON BOOK PRIZEWINNER OF THE 2023 STEPHAN G.