Authors:David C. Major, John S. Major,
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Keywords: legacy, demarest, david, hackensack, huguenot
Number of Pages: 261
Published: 2007-10-10
List price: $29.50
ISBN-10: 0838641520
ISBN-13: 9780838641521

Author: John S. Major
Publisher: HarperCollins
Keywords: history, miles, route, silk
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1996-04-30
List price: $6.99
ISBN-10: 0064434680
ISBN-13: 9780064434683

Silk has long been considered a symbol of wealth and luxury. But thousands of years ago, the production of silk cloth was one of China’s most prized secrets. So how did silk become one of the most sought-after materials in the world?With lavish illustrations and a highly informative text, The Silk Routetraces the early history of the silk trade-from the mulberry groves of China to the marketplace in Byzantium-and explores how two of the world’s greatest empires were brought together, forever opening the channels of commerce between East and West.

Authors:Ms. Valerie Steele, John S. Major,
Publisher: Yale University Press
Keywords: west, meets, east, chic, china
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1999-02-08
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0300079303
ISBN-13: 9780300079302

This beautifully illustrated book is the first to explore the history of Chinese dress and the fascinating ways that Western and Chinese fashion have influenced one another. The authors trace the evolution of Chinese clothing from dragon robes and lotus shoes in the imperial era to such attire as the cheongsam and "Mao suit" that symbolize a modern Chinese identity.

Authors:Clifton Fadiman, John S. Major,
Publisher: Collins Reference
Keywords: world, literature, revised, expanded, guide, classical, lifetime, reading, plan, new
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 1999-07-01
List price: $15.99
ISBN-10: 0062720732
ISBN-13: 9780062720733

Now in print for the first time in almost 40 years, The New Lifetime Reading Plan provides readers with brief, informative and entertaining introductions to more than 130 classics of world literature. From Homer to Hawthorne, Plato to Pascal, and Shakespeare to Solzhenitsyn, the great writers of Western civilization can be found in its pages. In addition, this new edition offers a much broader representation of women authors, such as Charlotte Bront%, Emily Dickinson and Edith Wharton, as well as non-Western writers such as Confucius, Sun-Tzu, Chinua Achebe, Mishima Yukio and many others. Thi

Author: J. R. Major
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: euripides, alcestis
Number of Pages: 136
Published: 2009-01-28
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 0559996551
ISBN-13: 9780559996559

Author: Jim Major
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications Inc.
Keywords: harmonica, diatonic, hole, complete, series, mel
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2005-06
List price: $7.95
ISBN-10: 0786617721
ISBN-13: 9780786617722

Finally! There is a definitive reference guide available for harmonicas in each and every key. This ground breaking series unlocks the musical power of the 10-hole major diatonic harmonica. One key at a time, each is designed to present detailed musical information for beginners, intermediate and advanced players who are either music readers or non-reading players. Learn the notes, intervals, bends, overbends, dyads, chords, arpeggios, modes and scales that are specific to each harmonica key. There is also a special section in each book showing other types of diatonic harmonicas and the variat

Author: Jim Major
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Keywords: harmonica, series, diatonic, complete, book, hole
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2006-10-05
List price: $8.99
ISBN-10: 078661370x
ISBN-13: 9780786613700

Finally! There is a definitive reference guide available for harmonicas in each and every key. This ground breaking series unlocks the musical power of the 10-hole major diatonic harmonica. One key at a time, each is designed to present detailed musical information for beginners, intermediate and advanced players who are either music readers or non-reading players. Learn the notes, intervals, bends, overbends, dyads, chords, arpeggios, modes and scales that are specific to each harmonica key. There is also a special section in each book showing other types of diatonic harmonicas and the variat