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"Follow the Flag" offers the first authoritative history of the Wabash Railroad Company, a once vital interregional carrier. The corporate saga of the Wabash involved the efforts of...

The set includes extensive grammar, dialogues, and conversations, as well as tone distinction, manipulation, and...

In Afterlives, Nancy Mandeville Caciola explores this extraordinary phenomenon of the living's relationship with the dead in Europe during the five hundred years after the year...

Alexander I was a ruler with high aspirations for the people of Russia. Cosseted as a young grand duke aby Catherine the Great, he ascended to the throne in 1801 after the brutal assassination of...

A significant political figure in twentieth-century Russia, Alexander Yakovlev was the intellectual force behind the processes of perestroika (reconstruction) and glasnost (openness) that liberated...

Until now, no detailed treatment of the Pennsylvania herpetofauna has ever been published, nor have recent books dealt with the herpetofauna of the entire northeastern United States. Amphibians and...

Amphibians of Costa Rica is the first in-depth field guide to all 206 species of amphibians known to occur in Costa Rica or within walking distance of its borders.

Leonard Muellner's goal is to restore the Greek word for the anger of Achilles, menis, to its social, mythical, and poetic contexts. His point of departure is the anthropology of emotions. He...

A distinguished group of experts, including historians, polling data analysts, political scientists, anthropologists, and sociologists, to explore global anti-Americanism in depth, using both...

An introduction for students, teachers, and lay readers to the delights of exploring the world of ancient Greece.

How do four instrumentalists with strong individual tastes and temperaments manage to forge a distinctive approach to the music they play? This extraordinary book ushers readers into the workshop...

Willard Sunderland tells the epic story of the Russian Empire's final decades through the arc of the life of Baron Roman Fedorovich von Ungern-Sternberg, which spanned the vast reaches of...

Before the Gregorian Reform challenges us to rethink the history of the Church and its place in the broader narrative of European history. Compellingly written and generously illustrated, it is a...

"Beyond the Checklist" argues that lives could be saved and patient care enhanced żeby adapting the relevant lessons of aviation safety and teamwork.

This volume is a comprehensive review of current scientific knowledge about the world's largest and most famous living reptiles.

"A site guide and field guide to the birds of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaocao. Site guide includes maps, directions, photos, and birds likely to be found. Field guide includes illustrations and...

This is the one compact, portable, and user-friendly field guide the novice or experienced birder needs to identify birds in the field in the diverse habitats found in Costa Rica. It features...

These widely anticipated volumes comprehensively treat the nearly 1600 species of birds that can be found in mainland Ecuador. The authors describe Ecuador this way: "One of the wonders of the...

The Birds of Panama will be an essential tool for the new generation of birders traveling in search of Panama's spectacular avifauna.