Authors:Professor Isabel de Madariaga, Isabel De Madariaga,
Publisher: Yale University Press
Keywords: history, short, catherine
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2002-09-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0300097220
ISBN-13: 9780300097221

An eminent scholar of Russian history here presents the most informative, balanced, and up-to-date short study of Catherine the Great and her reign. This edition includes a new preface dealing with recently discovered sources and revised interpretations of the period.

Author: Professor Isabel de Madariaga
Publisher: Yale University Press
Keywords: terrible, ivan
Number of Pages: 526
Published: 2006-09-25
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 0300119739
ISBN-13: 9780300119732

Ivan IV, “the Terrible” (1533–1584), is one of the key figures in Russian history, yet he has remained among the most neglected. Notorious for pioneering a policy of unrestrained terror—and for killing his own son—he has been credited with establishing autocracy in Russia. This is the first attempt to write a biography of Ivan from birth to death, to study his policies, his marriages, his atrocities, and his disordered personality, and to link them as a coherent whole.Isabel de Madariaga situates Ivan within the background of Russian political developments in the sixteenth century. A

Author: Salvador De Madariaga
Publisher: Ayer Co Pub
Keywords: series, reprint, index, essay, americans
Published: 1968-06
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0836906616
ISBN-13: 9780836906615

Author: Isabel V. Sawhill
Publisher: Brookings Institution Pre
Keywords: futures, america, children, brighter, policies, percent, kids, new, one
Number of Pages: 194
Published: 2003-05-01
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0815777213
ISBN-13: 9780815777212

In the United States, long considered the land of opportunity, children born into different types of families begin life with very unequal prospects. A growing group of children is being raised in families in which a poorly educated mother begins childbearing at an early age, often outside marriage, and ends up dependent on public welfare. Another group is raised by parents who delay childbearing until they are well-educated, married, and have stable jobs; these children go on to lead more advantageous lives. While virtually everyone talks about the importance of investing in the next generati

Author: Isabel Allende
Publisher: Feltrinelli Traveller
Keywords: paula, italian, universale, economica
Published: 2000-08-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 8807814323
ISBN-13: 9788807814327

Author: Isabel Wyatt
Publisher: Floris Books
Keywords: book, wonder, old, year, seven
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 1997
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0863155278
ISBN-13: 9780863155277

When the king’s son found gems in his horse’s mane, he wondered, and still held his peace. But that night he withdrew early from the feast and hid himself in the shadows of the stable. Presently in came Cordita, her beauty shining through her rags...These magical tales take us through the highlights of the year, through festivals and birthdays.

Author: Isabel R. Contento
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Pub
Keywords: practice, second, theory, research, education, linking, nutrition
Number of Pages: 444
Published: 2010-03-29
List price: $99.95
ISBN-10: 0763775088
ISBN-13: 9780763775087

The role of nutrition education is to address the numerous personal and environmental influences on food choices and assist individuals in practicing healthy behaviors. Nutrition Education, Second Edition provides students with a simple, straightforward model to easily design effective nutrition education. Using a six-step process, it integrates theory, research, and practice, providing advice on designing, implementing, and evaluating theory-based nutrition education.