Author: Elisabeth Evans Wray
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Keywords: adventure, virginia, west
Number of Pages: 282
Published: 2003-06-02
List price: $36.95
ISBN-10: 1586852396
ISBN-13: 9781586852399

The West Virginia Adventure is a 4th grade West Virginia history textbook. The outline for this book was based on the Content Standards and Objectives for Elementary West Virginia Studies and teaches geography, history, economics, citizenship, and government. The book places the state’s historical events in the larger context of our nation’s history.

Authors:Elisabeth Stark, Elisabeth Leiss, Werner Abraham,
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
Keywords: studies, language, companion, series, emergence, historical, determination, typology, context, constraints, nominal
Number of Pages: 370
Published: 2007-08-23
List price: $180.00
ISBN-10: 9027230994
ISBN-13: 9789027230997

Authors:Elisabeth Kraus, Elisabeth Kraus, Carolin Auer,
Publisher: Camden House
Keywords: north, american, literature, culture, studies, european, america, usa, popular, media, simulacrum
Number of Pages: 271
Published: 1999-12-27
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 1571131876
ISBN-13: 9781571131874

This collection of original essays is a response to the paradigm shift that has taken place in cultural studies in the wake of postmodernism and poststructuralism. Such concepts as ’truth’ or ’reality’ have been increasingly called into question, since the realization that our experience of ’the real’ is always mediated through an ’empire of signs,’ as Roland Barthes put it. After a predominantly optimistic evaluation of the effects of the media in the 1960s (by Marshall McLuhan, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and others), a growing awareness of the t

Authors:Elisabeth Nemeth, Elisabeth Nemeth, Stefan W. Schmit
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: circle, institute, yearbook, vienna, context, neuraths, economics, otto
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2008-06-02
List price: $169.00
ISBN-10: 1402069049
ISBN-13: 9781402069048

Otto Neurath (1882-1945) was a highly unorthodox thinker both in philosophy and economics. He proposed a radically expanded scope of economic analysis that would facilitate a comparative and systematic study of the impact of a great variety of economic and political measures on a population s well-being. Neurath regarded the controversial and widely misunderstood concept of calculation in kind as an indispensable instrument for anyone (economist or politician) who sought to analyze economic relationships from a wider perspective than that of price formation under market conditions. What is the

Authors:Douglas B. Evans, Ro Wauer, Doris Evans,
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Keywords: herring, hooks, series, corrie, park, bend, national, cactuses
Number of Pages: 94
Published: 1998
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0292720998
ISBN-13: 9780292720992

When the cactuses bloom in Big Bend National Park, their vivid pinks and purples, reds and yellows bring an unforgettable beauty to the rugged Chihuahuan Desert landscape. In fact, many people visit the park just see the cactus blossoms and the wildflowers. If you’re one of them, this book will increase your enjoyment by helping you identify the wonders at your feet. And if you’ve never been to Big Bend when the cactuses are blooming, you’ll discover here what you’ve been missing. Douglas B. Evans describes twelve kinds of cactus--living rock, topflower, stout-spined,

Author: Robert Wray
Publisher: Rutgers University Pre
Keywords: profit, pleasure, trees, christmas
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2009-01-30
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0813544173
ISBN-13: 9780813544175

Christmas Trees for Pleasure and Profit is for anyone who enjoys being and working outdoors and is seeking a profitable hobby or small business venture. Robert Wray has updated this fourth edition to include the latest techniques and tools for harvesting trees, new methods of transport, the most recent data on herbicides, and advice on how to run a Christmas-tree business today. A perennial bestseller, this illustrated guide covers selecting land, choosing species, planting, harvesting, and managing a plantation. Wray provides guidance for choosing species suitable for the grower’s situa

Author: Jacilee Wray
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Pre
Keywords: peninsula, olympic, peoples, native
Number of Pages: 185
Published: 2003-06-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0806135522
ISBN-13: 9780806135526

The Native tribes of Washington State?s Olympic Peninsula share complex histories of trade, religion, warfare, and kinship. Yet few books have depicted the indigenous people of this region from a Native perspective. "Native Peoples of the Olympic Peninsula" introduces readers to nine tribes: the Elwha Klallam, Jamestown S’Klallam, Port Gamble S’Klallam, Skokomish, Squaxin Island, Quinault, Hoh, Quileute, and Makah. Written by members of the Olympic Peninsula Intertribal Cultural Advisory Committee and enhanced by photographs and maps, the book is divided into sections focusing on e