Authors:Simon Coleman, Leslie Carli,
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: speaking, countries, english, evolution, creationism, anti, cultures
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2004-04-01
List price: $110.00
ISBN-10: 075460912X
ISBN-13: 9780754609124

Even in a world where secular scientific discoveries and assumptions have come to dominate the lives of so many people, science cannot be said to have rendered religion obsolete. Since the nineteenth century, one particular debate has been of central importance in apparent conflicts between science and religion: that of evolutionist versus creationist views on human origins. This book presents both the history and the contemporary dimensions of disputes over the emergence of our species. It focuses on the ways in which conservative Protestants have either opposed or attempted to appropriate th

Author: A. Roberta Carli
Publisher: Universal Publisher
Keywords: fica, abbreviaturas, espa, olas, paleogr, una, guide, spanish, abbreviations, paleographic
Number of Pages: 204
Published: 2003-06-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1581125712
ISBN-13: 9781581125719

A Paleographic Guide to Spanish Abbreviations 1500-1700 is a powerful tool for correctly identifying hundreds of abbreviations found in the hand written documents of the Spanish colonial period. The Guide is concise, easy to use and of a very manageable size. All of the abbreviations were scanned from photo copies of extant Spanish documents written between the years 1500 and 1700 and are presented in their original handwriting. Together with each abbreviation is a printed display of the letters represented, the full spelling of the word or words in early modern Spanish and the current Spanish

Author: Vivian Carli Kistler
Publisher: Creative Publishing international
Keywords: full, color, photos, artwork, displaying, photo, guide, framing, complete
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2009-05-01
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 1589234227
ISBN-13: 9781589234222

Step-by-step color photos for all areas of matting and framing; the information is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. This book includes top-notch instructions for archival framing—the correct methods and materials for preserving photos and artwork for posterity. The author also provides inspiration and helpful examples to show people how to display their artwork using basic design principles in a manner that is easily grasped. There are important techniques to follow for success—even the basic mechanics of hanging a picture.

Authors:Roger Bartlett, Gabriela Lehmann-Carli,
Publisher: Lit Verlag
Keywords: culture, economy, society, russia, century, eighteenth
Number of Pages: 568
Published: 2007-12-03
List price: $89.95
ISBN-10: 3825898873
ISBN-13: 9783825898878

Papers from the VII International Conference of the Study Group on Eighteenth-Century Russia, Wittenberg 2004. Topics range widely over the life of the Empire and its emerging modern society, institutions and discourses. The volume brings together new research on literature and its social context, on cultural models and reception, on social groups and individuals, on history, law and economy.

Authors:Alcira Kreimer, Margaret Arnold, Anne Carli,
Publisher: World Bank Publicatio
Keywords: disaster, risk, management, future, safer, cities, building
Number of Pages: 324
Published: 2003-08-01
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0821354973
ISBN-13: 9780821354971

In developing countries, disasters can cause major setbacks to economic and social development, inflict massive casualties, and cause the diversion of funds from development to emergency relief and recovery. This work shows how communities and governments can be more resilient when disaster strikes

Author: Leslie Brubaker and Kallirroe LinardouLeslie Brub
Publisher: Ashgate
Keywords: society, promotion, byzantine, studies, byzantium, wine, merry, luke, food, drink
Number of Pages: 308
Published: 2007-12-19
List price: $114.95
ISBN-10: 0754661199
ISBN-13: 9780754661191

This volume brings together a group of scholars to consider the rituals of eating together in the Byzantine world, the material culture of Byzantine food and wine consumption, and the transport and exchange of agricultural products.The contributors present food in nearly every conceivable guise, ranging from its rhetorical uses - food as a metaphor for redemption; food as politics; eating as a vice, abstinence as a virtue - to more practical applications such as the preparation of food, processing it, preserving it, and selling it abroad. We learn how the Byzantines viewed their diet, and how

Authors:Leslie Bulion,  Leslie Eva,
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Keywords: stink, hey
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2006-06-01
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 158089304X
ISBN-13: 9781580893046

Witty poems describe how insects capture prey, trick predators, attract mates, and have survived for 400 million years. Includes information about bug behavior. Discussion guide available at charlesbridge.com.