Authors:Ernest Morgan, Jenifer Morgan,
Publisher: Upper Access
Keywords: death, simple, burial, education, manual, creatively, dealing
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2001-01-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0942679245
ISBN-13: 9780942679243

Now in its 14th edition, this classic book has sold more than 300,000 copies in earlier editions. It is a small encyclopedia on death-related problems; social, emotional, philosophica and practical. It is written simply and sensitively, drawing substantially on direct experience. It is thoroughly updated from previous editions. Topics include Death Education; Living with Dying; Bereavement; The Right to Die; Simple Burial and Cremation; Funeral Consumer Organizations; Death Ceremonies; and How the Dead can Help the Living.

Author: Ernest Mathijs; Murray Pomerance (Eds.)Ernest Mat
Publisher: Editions Rodopi BV
Keywords: rings, contemporary, cinema, lord, jackson, hollywood, essays, peter, hobbits
Number of Pages: 4421
Published: 2006-08-01
List price: $115.00
ISBN-10: 9042016825
ISBN-13: 9789042016828

Peter Jackson’s film version of ’The Lord of the Rings’ (2001-2003) is the grandest achievement of 21st century cinema so far. But it is also linked to topical and social concerns including war, terrorism, and cultural imperialism. Its style, symbols, narrative, and structure seem always already linked to politics, cultural definition, problems of cinematic style, and the elemenal mythologies that most profoundly capture our imaginations. ’From Hobbits to Hollywood: Essays on Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings’ treats Jackson’s trilogy as having two

Authors:Ernest R. May, Timothy Naftali, Ernest May, Philip D.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Keywords: volumes, crises, kennedy, john, recordings, presidential
Number of Pages: 1536
Published: 2001-10
List price: $165.00
ISBN-10: 039304954X
ISBN-13: 9780393049541

The most remarkable window that Americans have ever had into how their country is governed.These volumes provide a unique glimpse into the real workings of the Kennedy White House, presenting perhaps the most reliable record of the Kennedy presidency ever published. In the summer of 1962, President John F. Kennedy installed a secret taping system in the White House. His aim was to record meetings and conversations he considered important, probably intending to use them when he wrote the memoir of his years in office, a book he never had the chance to write. The tapes are now being

Authors:Edmund S. Morgan, Helen M. Morgan,
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Keywords: revolution, prologue, crisis, stamp
Number of Pages: 342
Published: 1995-03-20
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 0807845132
ISBN-13: 9780807845134

The Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the American colonies, provoked an immediate and violent response. The Stamp Act Crisis, originally published by UNC Press in 1953, identifies the issues that caused the confrontation and explores the ways in which the conflict was a prelude to the American Revolution.

Authors:Ernest Joyce, Patrick Spielman, Joyce Ernest, Alan Pe
Publisher: Sterling
Keywords: making, furniture, encyclopedia
Number of Pages: 519
Published: 1987
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0806971428
ISBN-13: 9780806971421

Ernest Joyce, Revised & Expanded by Alan Peters, Technical Consultant, Patrick Spielman It’s been the number-one book on the subject for most of the 20th century; the encyclopedia with the latest information on the tools, techniques, and processes. “This thorough...edition introduces furniture construction, design, and restoration. Choice color photographs accent...abundant black-and-white photographs and drawings...an invaluable reference.”—Booklist.

Authors:David Morgan Evans, David Morgan Evans, Peter Salway
Publisher: Boydell Press
Keywords: occasional, conference, papers, society, antiquaries, archaeological, proceedings, distant, times, archaeology, national, remains
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 1996-04-18
List price: $80.00
ISBN-10: 0851156711
ISBN-13: 9780851156712

The National Trust has throughout its existence shared with others a concern for the preservation of the varied historical landscapes of England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and an appreciation of their meaning and significance. The conference at which most of these papers were presented examined a number of broad themes with related case studies illustrating the wide range of archaeological activity for which the Trust is responsible. Topics included gardens and designed landscapes; historic buildings; industrial archaeology; and historic ecology. The speakers also assessed past achievements

Authors:Ernest Herbert Williams, Ernest H. Williams,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: outdoors, observing, guide, handbook, nature
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2005-07-07
List price: $29.99
ISBN-10: 0195171942
ISBN-13: 9780195171945

Nature is full of fascinating stories, stories that attract our attention at a young age and keep us amazed throughout our entire lives. The need to understand nature draws us back to its simple beauty again and again, yet underneath this simplicity lies a complex web of associations and patterns. The Nature Handbook does what no other field guide does: explores and explains nature through these connecting patterns, revealing them to the many different types of nature lovers. All naturalists-- from birders to gardeners, hikers to environmentalists, wildflower enthusiasts to butterfliers-- will