Author: Irena Backus
Publisher: Ashgate
Keywords: reformation, studies, history, andrews, europe, writing, life
Number of Pages: 302
Published: 2008-06-26
List price: $114.95
ISBN-10: 0754660559
ISBN-13: 9780754660552

The Reformation period witnessed an explosion in the number of biographies of contemporary religious figures being published. Whether lives of reformers worthy of emulation, or heretics deserving condemnation, the genre of biography became a key element in the confessional rivalries that raged across Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Offering more than a general survey of Life writing, this volume examines key issues and questions about how this trend developed among different confessions and how it helped shape lasting images of reformers, particularly Luther and Calvin up to

Author: John Backus
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Keywords: music, foundations, acoustical
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 1977-12
List price: $56.10
ISBN-10: 0393090965
ISBN-13: 9780393090963

Author: Harriet Fish Backus
Publisher: Pruett Publishing Company
Keywords: bride, tomboy
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1980-01-15
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0871085127
ISBN-13: 9780871085122

A true pioneer of the West, Harriet Backus writes about her amusing and often challenging experiences with heart-felt emotion and vivid detail. New foreword by Pam Houston and afterword by author’s grandson Rob Walton are featured.

Authors:Joseph W. Esherick, Mary Backus Rankin,
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: studies, china, dominance, patterns, local, elites, chinese
Number of Pages: 467
Published: 1990-07-05
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0520067630
ISBN-13: 9780520067639

This important volume affords a panoramic view of local elites during the dramatic changes of late imperial and Republic China. Eleven specialists present fresh, detailed studies of subjects ranging from cultivated upper gentry to twentieth-century militarists, from wealthy urban merchants to village leaders. In the introduction and conclusion the editors reassess the pioneering gentry studies of the 1960s, draw comparisons to elites in Europe, and suggest new ways of looking at the top people in Chinese local social systems. Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Domin

Authors:George Backus, Robert Parker, Catherine Constable,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: geomagnetism, foundations
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 1996-02-23
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 0521410061
ISBN-13: 9780521410069

The main magnetic field of the Earth is a complex physical phenomenon. This book presents in detail the foundations of geomagnetism, developed from first principles. The book starts with an overview of the phenomena of interest in geomagnetism, and then goes on to deal with the phenomena in detail, building the necessary techniques in a thorough and consistent manner. Students and researchers will find this book to be an invaluable resource in the appreciation of the mathematical and physical foundations of geomagnetism.

Author: Irena Lasiecka
Publisher: Society for Industrial Mathematic
Keywords: regional, nsf, conference, series, mathematics, applied, cbms, equations, theory, control, coupled, systems, differential, partial, mathematical
Number of Pages: 227
Published: 2001-12-13
List price: $77.50
ISBN-10: 0898714869
ISBN-13: 9780898714869

Although mathematical control theory for a single partial differential equation (PDE) has dominated the research literature for quite a while, new, complex, and challenging issues have recently arisen in the context of coupled, or interconnected, PDE systems. This has led to a rapidly growing interest, and many unanswered questions, within the PDE community. By concentrating on systems of hyperbolic and parabolic coupled PDEs that are nonlinear, Mathematical Control Theory of Coupled PDEs seeks to provide a mathematical theory for the solution of three main problems: well-posedness and regular

Author: Irena Lexova
Publisher: Dover Publicatio
Keywords: dances, egyptian, ancient
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 1999-07-13
List price: $8.95
ISBN-10: 0486409066
ISBN-13: 9780486409061

Dancing was important to the ancient Egyptians. One of the few books available in English on this topic, this carefully researched, profusely illustrated work investigates the origins, nature and role of dance in Egyptian culture. Gymnastic, imitative, dramatic, lyrical, etc. 80 figure drawings and illustrations adapted from tomb paintings, reliefs, other authentic sources. New introduction. Bibliography.