Authors:Maggie Keswick, Alison Hardie, Charles Jencks,
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Keywords: architecture, third, art, history, garden, chinese
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2003-05-15
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0674010868
ISBN-13: 9780674010864

Dense with winding paths, dominated by huge rock piles and buildings squeezed into small spaces, the characteristic Chinese garden is, for many foreigners, so unlike anything else as to be incomprehensible. Only on closer acquaintance does it offer up its mysteries; and such is the achievement of Maggie Keswick’s celebrated classic that it affords us--adventurers, armchair travelers, and garden buffs alike--the intimate pleasures of the Chinese garden. In these richly illustrated pages, Chinese gardens unfold as cosmic diagrams, revealing a profound and ancient view of the world and

Authors:Alison Millar, Alison MacTier, Peter Fox, Gary Cli
Publisher: Folens Publishers UK
Keywords: grammar, english, rules, basic
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 1996-01-31
List price: $12.93
ISBN-10: 1852762322
ISBN-13: 9781852762322

A series of activities that will help to develop children’s understanding of the basic rules of grammar: forms of spoken and written language, sentence structure, parts of speech, punctuation and vocabulary.

Author: Alison Tokita and David W. HughesAlison McQueen T
Publisher: Ashgate
Keywords: soas, musicology, series, music, japanese, research, companion, ashgate
Number of Pages: 472
Published: 2008-10-01
List price: $124.95
ISBN-10: 0754656993
ISBN-13: 9780754656999

Music is a frequently neglected aspect of Japanese culture. It is in fact a highly problematic area, as the Japanese actively introduced Western music into their modern education system in the Meiji period (1868-1911), creating westernized melodies and instrumental instruction for Japanese children from kindergarten upwards. As a result, now most Japanese have a far greater familiarity with Western (or westernized) music than with traditional Japanese music. Traditional or classical Japanese music has become somewhat ghettoized, known and practised only by small groups of people in social stru

Author: M. G. Hardie
Publisher: Llumina Press
Keywords: life, everyday
Number of Pages: 148
Published: 2008-07-14
List price: $11.95
ISBN-10: 1605940364
ISBN-13: 9781605940366

Everyday Life allows readers to exist in a day and life of four African-American males. Showing that despite of some of the senseless decisions the characters have chosen to make, they themselves have more sense than some people that dwell outside of the ghetto and/or have never smoked marijuana. All conversations are on point and are subjects that need to be visited by Americans in whole. With humor, and thought M.G. Hardie provokes critics and readers to think outside of the box and see another side of the hood. Everyday Life demands a respect for African American men struggling to get out o

Author: D.G. Hardie
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: growth, factors, neurotransmitters, hormones, messengers, biochemical
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 1991-05-01
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0412303507
ISBN-13: 9780412303500

The main argument of this book is that cell signalling via nerves, hormones, local mediators and growth factors are not distinct phenomena, but branches of one general mechanism and should therefore be studied in an integrated manner. This volume is designed to act as a bridge between general texts and is aimed at biologists coming to the topic from a variety of backgrounds. The first two chapters introduce the general concepts of intracellular signalling and also cover the topic of direct cell-to-cell communication by cytoplasmic bridges (gap junctions). The remaining chapters cover the first

Author: D. G. Hardie
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: approach, practical, phosphorylation, protein
Number of Pages: 431
Published: 1999-12-15
List price: $217.00
ISBN-10: 0199637296
ISBN-13: 9780199637294

Reversible phosphorylation is one of the major mechanisms of controlling protein activity in all eukaryotic cells. This new edition of Protein Phosphorylation: A Practical Approach provides a comprehensive description of current methods used to study protein phosphorylation and the kinases and phosphatases which catalyse it. It includes protocols for studying phosphorylation in intact cells; analysis of signal transduction pathways, kinase specificity, and kinase interactions; assay and purification of kinases and phosphatases; and identification of substrates. Also covered are cloning and exp

Author: Titania Hardie
Publisher: Quadrille Publishing Ltd
Keywords: spells, wishing, titania, harmony
Number of Pages: 63
Published: 2002-08-09
List price: $7.28
ISBN-10: 1903845890
ISBN-13: 9781903845899

Following the huge success of her previous Wishing Spells, and recognising the difficulty of the times in which we live, Titania has produced a further two enchanting little books of mini spells to bring peace and harmony into our lives. Each spell celebrates a unique and special moment - a shooting star, a rainbow, a four-leafed clover - and invites the observer to use this opportune occasion to cast a tiny spell into the ether. Each book contains 31 delightful little spells illustrated with sparkling colour illustrations.