Author: John Reader
Publisher: Grove Pre
Keywords: cities
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2006-10-05
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0802142737
ISBN-13: 9780802142733
In Cities, the acclaimed historian John Reader takes us on a journey of the city—from its earliest example in the Ancient Near East to today’s teeming centers of compressed existence, such as Mumbai and Tokyo. Cities are home to half the planet’s population and consume nearly three-quarters of its natural resources. For Reader, they are our most natural artifacts, the civic spirit of our collective ingenuity. He gives us the ecological and functional context of how cities evolved throughout human history—the connection between pottery making and childbirth in ancient Anatolia, plumbing
Author: Ken Gelder
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: reader, horror
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2000-08-30
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 041521355X
ISBN-13: 9780415213554
Spanning the history of horror in literature and film, from Edgar Allen Poe to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Horror Reader brings together essential writings on this most spectacular and controversial of genres. It covers classic gothic literature like Frankenstein to lesbian vampire movies and new Asian horror. An introduction by Ken Gelder and a preface before each section prepares the reader for the next topic of discussion on this fascinating genre.
Author: Coach Tom Ba
Publisher: Scholastic
Keywords: reader, nfl, lines
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2007-08-01
List price: $3.99
ISBN-10: 0439924553
ISBN-13: 9780439924559
Ever wonder who all those guys on the field are during a football game? What are the positions they play? What are their jobs? Ever wonder what the difference is between a wide reciever, a line backer and a tight end? The answers are in this book along with handy tips to help you decide exactly which position you might want to play.
Author: Ken Gelder
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: reader, horror
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2000-08-30
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0415213568
ISBN-13: 9780415213561
Spanning the history of horror in literature and film, from Edgar Allen Poe to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Horror Reader brings together essential writings on this most spectacular and controversial of genres. It covers classic gothic literature like Frankenstein to lesbian vampire movies and new Asian horror. An introduction by Ken Gelder and a preface before each section prepares the reader for the next topic of discussion on this fascinating genre.
Author: Tom Hayden
Publisher: Nation Books
Keywords: reader, zapatista
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2001-11-09
List price: $20.95
ISBN-10: 1560253355
ISBN-13: 9781560253358
The electrifying effect the Zapatista peasant rebellion has had on leading figures in the intellectual, political, and literary world since the Zapatistas woke them up on New Year’s Day, 1994, has provided inspiration for activists all over the world. A remarkable synergy has also developed between leading writers, novelists, and journalists and Subcomandante Marcos, the enigmatic, pipe-smoking and balaclavered leader of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, who seems like a character out of a magical realism novel. This reader includes a wide sampling of the best of the writing to
Author: J. L. Ackrill
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: reader, aristotle, new
Number of Pages: 600
Published: 1988-01-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0691020434
ISBN-13: 9780691020433
In a single volume that will be of service to philosophy students of all levels and to their teachers, this reader provides modern, accurate translations of the texts necessary for a careful study of most aspects of Aristotle’s philosophy. In selecting the texts Professor J. L. Ackrill has drawn on his broad experience of teaching graduate classes, and his choice reflects issues of current philosophical interest as well as the perennial themes. Only recent translations which achieve a high level of accuracy have been chosen; the aim is to place the Greekless reader, as nearly as possible
Author: Liz Wells
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: reader, photography
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2002-12-20
List price: $45.95
ISBN-10: 041524661X
ISBN-13: 9780415246613
The Photography Reader is a comprehensive introduction to theories of photography, its production, uses and effects. Including articles by photographers, from Edward Weston to Jo Spence, as well as key thinkers like Roland Barthes, Victor Burgin and Susan Sontag, essays trace the development of ideas about photography. Each thematic section features an editor’s introduction setting ideas and debates in their historical and theoretical context.
