Authors:Beverley Cole, Richard Durack,
Publisher: Laurence King
Keywords: railway, york, england, museum, national, posters, collection
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2000-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1856690148
ISBN-13: 9781856690140

The National Railway Museum in York has a large and varied collection of railway art and artefacts; this books shows over 200 of the best posters dating from the railways’ heyday prior to nationalization. In this period, renowned poster artists of the calibre of Edward McKnight Kauffer, Tom Purvis and Cassandre were commissioned by the railway groups to promote not only their lines but also the most beautiful and appealing cities and towns in their areas for tourists to visit. The railway companies virtually invented the "package tour", and promoted it intensively not only in the UK but

Authors:Cynthia Lightfoot, Michael Cole, Sheila R. Cole,
Publisher: Worth Publishers
Keywords: children, development
Number of Pages: 667
Published: 2008-12-08
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1429202254
ISBN-13: 9781429202251

Like no other text, The Development of Children tells the story of how biological and cultural processes intertwine over the course of childhood. Building on the legacy of Michael and Sheila Cole, and now under the lead authorship of Cynthia Lightfoot, this acclaimed textbook enters an exciting new era, bringing an integrated biocultural perspective to the teaching and learning of childdevelopment. Within the chronological organization of the book, you will find a continued emphasis on contemporary research, biology and the brain, the linking of theory to practice, and the emphasis on cultural

Authors:Michael Cole, Sheila R. Cole, Cynthia Lightfoot,
Publisher: Worth Publishers
Keywords: children, development
Number of Pages: 816
Published: 2004-06-28
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0716755556
ISBN-13: 9780716755555

Through four editions, The Development of Children has provided students and instructors with a rigorous textbook that encompasses both scientific research and the authors’ years of practical experience. For the Fifth Edition, Michael and Shelia Cole are joined by Cynthia Lightfoot, whose expertise and engaging style further enhances this well-respected book. Throughout the text, all three authors encourage students to better understand their own lives, as well as the process of development.

Authors:Michael Cole, Sheila R. Cole, Cynthia Lightfoot,
Publisher: W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
Keywords: children, development
Number of Pages: 667
Published: 2009-03-26
List price: $69.43
ISBN-10: 1429224797
ISBN-13: 9781429224796

This is a new edition of the popular developmental psychology textbook, completely revised with a new lead author and 30 per cent new material."Cynthia Lightfoot" has completely revised the previous edition and added 30 per cent new material. It covers: neuroscience, applications, policy issues, and adolescence. It offers new coverage, with emphasis on urban and immigrant experience. Revised content reflects changes in the understanding of the growing brain. Profiles of people with development-related jobs show developmental psychology at work in the real world.Taking a chronological approach,

Authors:David J. Cole, Eve B. Cole, Fred Schroeder,
Publisher: Greenwood
Keywords: inventions, everyday, encyclopedia
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2003-04-30
List price: $57.95
ISBN-10: 0313313458
ISBN-13: 9780313313455

The 20th century saw radical changes to the pulse and quality of its everyday life, thanks to a wave of astonishing inventions that improved virtually every aspect of daily existence. This invaluable reference presents more than 40 alphabetical categories of everyday inventions for the home and domestic life, grouped by purpose or function.

Authors:Michael W. Cole, Rebecca Zorach, Michael W. Cole, Reb
Publisher: Ashgate
Keywords: art, idol
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2009-01-28
List price: $99.95
ISBN-10: 0754652904
ISBN-13: 9780754652908

The idol has traditionally been regarded as the anti-image, the thing in opposition to which ’good’ art was defined. The idol mattered to artists, patrons and writers alike, for whatever their confession, and whatever their thoughts about the proper place of the devotional object, almost all took their own doctrines to be antagonistic to practices they imagined as idolatrous. Whilst the idol was not a Renaissance invention, this volume shows how both its embrace and its consequences expanded in unprecedented ways in the years after 1500. As well as offering perspectives on how the

Author: Jo Beverley
Publisher: Zebra
Keywords: romance, satin, black, joy, dangerous
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2004-12-01
List price: $6.99
ISBN-10: 0821773461
ISBN-13: 9780821773468

She is a beautiful, rebellious heiress. He knows he’s too young to act as this termagant’s guardian. But when they meet as strangers one mist shrouded night, what begins as a charade borne of desperation becomes a passion undeniably real, and utterly forbidden. Even when they dare to love, one man stands between them a rival sworn to possess the wealth he craves and the woman he desires. His dark treachery will drive the lovers to risk everything in their battle to hold on to their precious but dangerous joy.