Vermillion, SD: University of South Dakota, 1974. — 127 p.; illus. This useful and unique leaflet helps to learn the Dakota language. It deals with pronunciation, words, word sequences and grammar. Contains questions and answers, quizzes and a plus 10 pages about the teaching methods.
Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2016. — xx, 341 p., 28 half-tones, 2 maps. — (Civil War America Series). As a leading Confederate general, Braxton Bragg (1817–1876) earned a reputation for incompetence, for wantonly shooting his own soldiers, and for losing battles. This public image established him not only as a scapegoat for the South's military...
Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2016. — xx, 341 p., 28 half-tones, 2 maps. — (Civil War America Series). As a leading Confederate general, Braxton Bragg (1817–1876) earned a reputation for incompetence, for wantonly shooting his own soldiers, and for losing battles. This public image established him not only as a scapegoat for the South's military...
Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2017. — xii, 329 p., 19 halftones, 20 maps, notes, bibl., index. — (Civil War America Series). On July 20, 1864, the Civil War struggle for Atlanta reached a pivotal moment. As William T. Sherman’s Union forces came ever nearer the city, the defending Confederate Army of Tennessee replaced its commanding general, removing...
Logan: Utah State University Press, 2016. — viii; 265 p.; ill. This volume introduces a new concept to explore the dynamic relationship between folklore and popular culture: the “folkloresque.” With “folkloresque,” Foster and Tolbert name the product created when popular culture appropriates or reinvents folkloric themes, characters, and images. Such manufactured tropes are...
New Delhi, India; Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2019. — 427 p. : ill. First authoritative and comprehensive study in the field of Inkblot Personality Test, this book describes the historical roots of the three major projective inkblot measures: the Rorschach, the Holtzman Inkblot Technique (HIT) and the Somatic Inkblot Series (SIS). It presents the...
New Delhi, India; Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2019. — xxii, 480 p. : ill. First authoritative and comprehensive study in the field of Inkblot Personality Test, this book describes the historical roots of the three major projective inkblot measures: the Rorschach, the Holtzman Inkblot Technique (HIT) and the Somatic Inkblot Series (SIS). It presents the...
2nd edition. — N.Y.: Columbia University Press, 2020. — 376 p. In this book, two national-security experts put the exploits of America’s special operation forces in historical and strategic context. David Tucker and Christopher J. Lamb offer an incisive overview of America’s turbulent experience with special operations. Starting with in-depth interviews with special operators,...
Chapel Hill, NC : The University of North Carolina Press, 2002. — xvi, 671 pp., 25 illus., 8 maps, appendixes. — (Civil War America Series). During the battle of Gettysburg, as Union troops along Cemetery Ridge rebuffed Pickett's Charge, they were heard to shout, "Give them Fredericksburg!" Their cries reverberated from a clash that, although fought some six months earlier,...
Scotts Valley, CA : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017. — 124 p. Murder. Love. Sacrifice. From stories about a willow who falls in love with a human to an old samurai who kills himself so his beloved tree can live, Japanese folklore venerates trees. Beyond the sakura, the famous cherry tree, Japanese farmers told stories about the trees that welcomed them home...
Athens, GA : University of Georgia Press, 2013. — xiii, 247 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps From approximately AD 900 to 1600, ancient Mississippian culture dominated today's southeastern United States. These Native American societies, known more popularly as moundbuilders, had populations that numbered in the thousands, produced vast surpluses of food, engaged in...
Athens, GA : University of Georgia Press, 2013. — 272 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps From approximately AD 900 to 1600, ancient Mississippian culture dominated today's southeastern United States. These Native American societies, known more popularly as moundbuilders, had populations that numbered in the thousands, produced vast surpluses of food, engaged in longdistance...
Scotts Valley, CA : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015. — 56 p. Once a vicious creature, the tanuki changed into a comical creature loved by Japanese children. He is the master of disguise. If only his intelligence was as sharp. Powered by his super stretchy scrotum, the tanuki leads us into a strange world of belly thumping, singing, and pranks. Christopher...
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020. — xvi, 391 p. ; figs., maps, tables. Known as the 'Gate to Mecca' or 'Bride of the Red Sea', Jeddah has been a gateway for pilgrims travelling to Mecca and Medina and a station for international trade routes between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean for centuries. Seen from the perspective of its...
New York, NY: TarcherPerigee, 2020. — 432 p. ; figs., tables. A bold reimagining of Maslow's famous hierarchy of needs--and new insights for realizing your full potential and living your most creative, fulfilled, and connected life. When psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman first discovered Maslow's unfinished theory of transcendence, sprinkled throughout a cache of unpublished...
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020. — xii, 301 p. ; figs., tables. Shaun Gallagher presents a ground-breaking interdisciplinary account of human action, bringing out its essentially social dimension. He explores and synthesizes the different approaches of action theory, social cognition, and critical social theory. He shows that in order to understand human agency and the...
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020. — xi, 371 p. : figs. Scott Sturgeon presents an original account of mental states and their dynamics. He develops a detailed story of coarse- and fine-grained mental states, a novel perspective on how they fit together, an engaging theory of the rational transitions between them, and a fresh view of how formal methods can advance our...
New York, NY : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020. — 304 p. ; 16 color and 106 bw illus. With the dramatic rise of Freemasonry in the eighteenth century, art played a fundamental role in its practice, rhetoric, and global dissemination, while Freemasonry, in turn, directly influenced developments in art. This mutually enhancing relationship has only recently begun to receive its due....
Second Edition. — New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, 2020. — 304 p. New York Times Bestseller “An exquisite, hilarious and devastating dissection.” —Malcolm Gladwell Why do the English keep apologizing? Why are they so unenthusiastic about enthusiasm? Why does rain surprise them? When are they being ironic, and how can you tell? Even after eighteen years in London, New York...
Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2018. — (CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine, Vol. 10) — xiii, 410 p., illus. As the first step toward a comprehensive reinterpretation of the role of evolutionary science and biomedicine in pre-1945 Japan, this book addresses the early writings of that era’s most influential exponent of shinkaron (evolutionism),...
Orochi Press, 2019. — 150 p. At the base of Mount Fuji spreads out a wonderful forest called as Aokigahara Jukai, the Sea of Trees, with many natural wonders and rare specimens of animals, all which become popular tourist attractions. But thanks to the worldwide media, the forest became well known for one other reason: it’s one of the most popular suicide spots in the world and...
Three Cs Publishing, 2015. — 274 p. Artificial intelligence is our most powerful technology, and in the coming decades it will change everything in our lives. If we get it right it will make humans almost godlike. If we get it wrong... well, extinction is not the worst possible outcome. Surviving AI is a concise, easy-to-read guide to what's coming, taking you through...
Three Cs Publishing, 2015. — 274 p. Artificial intelligence is our most powerful technology, and in the coming decades it will change everything in our lives. If we get it right it will make humans almost godlike. If we get it wrong... well, extinction is not the worst possible outcome. Surviving AI is a concise, easy-to-read guide to what's coming, taking you through...
Illustrations byTatsuya Morino. — North Clarendon, VT: Tuttle Publishing, 2012. — (Attack! series). — 208 p., color illustrations and photos. Yokai Attack! is a nightmare-inducing one-stop guide to Japan's traditional monsters and creepy-crawlies. Yokai are ethereal sorts of beings, like ghosts, nearly always encountered at night; everyone has their own take on how they might look...
Norman, OK : University of Oklahoma Press, 1999. — 624 p., plates and maps. This comprehensively researched, well-written book represents the definitive account of Robert E. Lee's triumph over Union leader John Pope in the summer of 1862. While Pope, supported by President Lincoln, sought to bring the war home to Virginia, Lee proposed to carry the war to the North. Lee...
Tuscaloosa, AL : The University of Alabama Press, 1991. — Reprint ed. — (Library Alabama Classics series). — 585 p. : ill., maps. “A landmark in Gulf Coast historiography.” – Florida Historical Quaterly. "Higginbotham has given to American historiography a microcosmic view of one of the earliest and most important outposts in the colonial new world. The Latin South can...
Barnsley : Leo Cooper, 1999. — 224 p., illus., maps. The book analyzes the significant problems faced by the 8th Armes (UK) leaders and soldiers during and during the fighting in North Africa during the period of August 1942 to May 1943. To read many accounts, it would appear that the Eighth Army's victory at El Alamein was quickly followed by its triumphant arrival at Tunis....
Tokyo : Hokuseido Press, 1961. — 235 p., illus. The classic exposition on Japan's folkloric fox details all appearances of the Kitsune found in Japan's rich culture, from religion and superstition to art and literature. Historical illustrations throughout the book reveal an entire nation's enduring fascination for this mysterious animal. A wonderful collection of Kitsune lore,...
Translated and annotated by Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt. — Mineola, NY : Dover Publications, Inc., 2016. — xvi, 319 p. : illus. "A fascinating, scholarly, beautifully illustrated, miscellanea of strange beasts, quelling demons, and otherworldly apparitions. Japandemonium Illustrated will instruct you, amaze you, and transport you to a quintessential realm of Japanese lore." —...
Budapest : Central European University Press, 2016. — (Central European Cultural Heritage Series, Vol. I). — 350 p. ; 142 col. illus. Dispersed in two continents, four countries and six collections; many of its pages were cropped, cut into four, or lost forever; its history, origin, commissioner and audience are obscure; still, in its fragmented state it presents fifty-eight...
2nd edition. — Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2019. — xxv, 419p. ; 308 col. illus. This Second Edition of the best-selling Introduction to Forensic Science and Criminalistics presents the practice of forensic science from a broad viewpoint. The book has been developed to serve as an introductory textbook for courses at the undergraduate level—for both majors and non-majors—to provide...
Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, 2010. — 256 p. , b&w illus. Ever since George Washington used them to help topple the British, spies and their networks have helped and hurt America at key moments in history. In this fascinating collection, Paul B. Janeczko probes examples from clothesline codes to surveillance satellites and cyber espionage. Colorful personalities, daring...
Oxford and Havertown, PA: Casemate Publishers, 2018. — (Casemate Short History). — 160 p., b&w illus. This concise history of guerilla warfare presents profiles in combat courage from George Washington to Simón Bolívar, Mao Zedong, and beyond. The concept of guerrilla warfare is centuries old, with Sun Tzu’s writing on the subject dating back to the sixth century BC. One of the...
Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, 2017. — 256 p., illus. How does deception factor into fighting wars, and is it effective? In an intriguing companion to The Dark Game, Paul B. Janeczko reveals the truth about the strategic lies of war. The biblical account of Gideon. The ancient story of the Trojan horse. Deceptive techniques have been used in war through the ages. But while the...
Jovian Press, 2017. — 231 p. Biography of Tiberius Gracchus, Caius Gracchus, Sulla, Crassus, Cato, Pompey, Caesar. A reprint of the classics Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. Cæsar , first published in 1902. "... in the last century of the Roman Republic we find ourselves in a time of dominating personalities. In Rome’s earlier...
Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2017. — (Indian Ocean studies series). — xi, 338 pages : illustrations, maps. Between 1600 and 1800, the promise of fresh food attracted more than seven hundred English, French, and Dutch vessels to Madagascar. Throughout this period, European ships spent months at sea in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, but until now scholars have not fully...
Washington, DC : Mage Publishers, 2013. — (Iran's Age of Empire, Book 1 series). — 784 p. : illus. (some color), map. Some of the most fascinating human epochs lie in the borderlands between history and mystery. So it is with the life of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Empire in the sixth century B.C. By conquest or gentler means, he brought under his rule a dominion...
Warwick : Helion & Company, 2018. — 248 p., 12 b/w ills. & 8 maps. — (From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815 #10 series). There have been few books about Grey's glorious (but ultimately ill-fated) West Indies campaign in the early years of the long and terrible wars of 1793-1815, yet five of the subalterns in Grey's expeditionary force went on to command divisions in Wellington's...
Barnsley : Frontline Books, 2018. — 380 p., illus. Revolution was on everyone’s lips. The ancien régime had been cast aside and King Louis XVI had been executed in front of a mocking crowd. Every crowned head in Europe trembled with fear – ideas knew no frontier. The monarchies of Europe had to act swiftly to crush the Revolution, and a coalition of the great powers of Britain,...
Scotts Valley, CA : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016. — 136 p. Ideal wife and sexual vampire. Prankster and saint. Tree and train. The Japanese fox left her paw-print on Japanese culture. She challenges traditional, negative views of women. She brings harmony and division. She possesses and protects. She is the shape of Japan's soul. Discover why the fox is...
New York, NY : Free Press, 2008. — 384 p., illus. Buon appetito! Everyone loves Italian food. But how did the Italians come to eat so well? The answer lies amid the vibrant beauty of Italy's historic cities. For a thousand years, they have been magnets for everything that makes for great eating: ingredients, talent, money, and power. Italian food is city food. From the bustle...
North Clarendon, VT : Tuttle Publishing, 2019. — 336 p., illus. The Japanese Tea Ceremony is a detailed examination of the five-centuries-old tea ceremony—or Cha-no-Yu in Japanese, literally "hot water for tea"—a cornerstone of Japanese culture and a core practice of Zen Buddhism. Framed by intricately choreographed steps, the tea ceremony is as much about the search for...
Stroud : Amberley, 2017. — 224 p. ; b&w illus. The Dark Side of Japan is a collection of folk tales, black magic, protection spells, monsters and other dark interpretations of life and death from Japanese folklore. Much of the information comes from ancient documents, translated into English here for the first time. Antony Cummins has also searched the now forgotten Victorian...
Stroud : Amberley, 2017. — 224 p. ; b&w illus. The Dark Side of Japan is a collection of folk tales, black magic, protection spells, monsters and other dark interpretations of life and death from Japanese folklore. Much of the information comes from ancient documents, translated into English here for the first time. Antony Cummins has also searched the now forgotten Victorian...
Illustrations by Shinkichi. — North Clarendon, VT: Tuttle Publishing, 2012. — (Attack! series). — 192 p., color illustrations and photos. Yurei Attack! is a nightmare-inducing one-stop guide to Japan's traditional ghosts and spirits. Surviving encounters with angry ghosts and sexy specters. Haunted places. Dangerous games and how to play them. And more importantly, a guided...
Matthew Meyer, 2018. — (Yokai Series Book 3). — 228 p., col. illus. Ancient legend tells of an encyclopedia called The Book of the Hakutaku , which was given to the emperor by a magical beast. This book contained information about all the spirits, gods, and demons in the universe. It was lost long ago, but parts of it were copied down. People have been collecting information about...
Guilford, CT : TwoDot Books, 2020. — 232 p., illus., tables, maps. In 1869, more than twenty years after Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony made their declaration of the rights of woman at Seneca Falls, New York, the men of the Wyoming Territorial Legislature granted women over the age of 21 the right to vote in general elections. And on September 6, 1870, a grandmother...
North Clarendon, VT : Tuttle Publishing, 2010. — 160 p., illus. "A Best Book of 2009" — The Japan Times. "Bringing erudition to the eerie, Ross enlarges our vocabulary of the supernatural. From the unquiet graves of betrayed women and trees that grow hair to accounts of the skulls of drowned sailors biting at the oars of fishermen, Ross's explorations in the spookier corners...
North Clarendon, VT : Tuttle Publishing, 2010. — 160 p., illus. "A Best Book of 2009" — The Japan Times. "Bringing erudition to the eerie, Ross enlarges our vocabulary of the supernatural. From the unquiet graves of betrayed women and trees that grow hair to accounts of the skulls of drowned sailors biting at the oars of fishermen, Ross's explorations in the spookier corners...
London : Endeavour Press Ltd., 2016. — 816 p. “If the Confederacy falls, there should be written on its tombstone, ‘Died of a theory.’” As divisive a figure then as he is now, history remembers Jefferson Davis as the ill-fated President of the Confederate States of America. Like the Roman God Janus, he had two faces: considered cold, aloof, petty, obstinate and vindictive, he was...