Amy: 4691 books
by Nick Chater, Alexander Clark, John A. Goldsmith
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2015
This interdisciplinary new work explores one of the central theoretical problems in linguistics: learnability. The authors, from different backgrounds—-linguistics, philosophy, computer science, psychology and cognitive science-explore the idea that language acquisition proceeds through general...
Those About Him Remained Silent
The Battle over W. E. B. Du Bois
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2009
On the eve of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 March on Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois died in exile in Ghana at the age of 95, more than a half century after cofounding the NAACP. Five years after his death, residents of Great Barrington, the small Massachusetts town where Du Bois was born in 1868, proposed...
Women and Property
In Early Modern England
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
This ground-breaking book reveals the economic reality of ordinary women between the late 16th and early 18th centuries. Drawing on little-known sources, Amy Louise Erickson reconstructs day-to-day lives, showing how women owned, managed and inherited property on a scale previously unrecognised. Her...
Lust on Trial
Censorship and the Rise of American Obscenity in the Age of Anthony Comstock
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Anthony Comstock was America’s first professional censor. From 1873 to 1915, as Secretary of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, Comstock led a crusade against lasciviousness, salaciousness, and obscenity that resulted in the confiscation and incineration of more than three million...
Laws of Chance
Brazil’s Clandestine Lottery and the Making of Urban Public Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
The lottery called the jogo do bicho, or “animal game,” originated as a raffle at a zoo in Rio de Janeiro in 1892. During the next decade, it became a cultural phenomenon all over Brazil, where it remains popular today. Laws of Chance chronicles the game’s early history, as booking agents, dealers,...
Dreaming in Public
Building the Occupy Movement
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Since September 2011, the Occupy movement has captured the world's imagination. The media has been flooded with accounts of demonstrations, descriptions of the encampments, interviews with Occupiers, and discussions of Occupy's merits, political and otherwise. But what do its participants have to...
Figures of the True
Devotional Thoughts Inspired by Nature
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Look around you and see that there’s hope! Based on spiritual truths taken from black-and-white nature photographs, Figures of the True is designed to encourage those going through a difficult season. Well-loved teacher and missionary Amy Carmichael uses short prose pieces to present messages from the Creator to you.
by Amy Murrell Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2009
The Civil War has long been described as a war pitting "brother against brother." The divided family is an enduring metaphor for the divided nation, but it also accurately reflects the reality of America's bloodiest war. Connecting the metaphor to the real experiences of families whose households...
Girls Coming to Tech!
A History of American Engineering Education for Women
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
How women coped with both formal barriers and informal opposition to their entry into the traditionally masculine field of engineering in American higher education.
Engineering education in the United States was long regarded as masculine territory. For decades, women who studied or worked...
Virginia Women
Their Lives and Times
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
This second of two volumes continues the exploration of the history of Virginia women through the lives of exemplary and remarkable individuals. Seventeen essays written by established and emerging scholars recover the stories and voices of a diverse group of women, from the transition from slavery...
by Amy Boyce
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
CrossFit is definitely effective, and can transform your body, improve performance in everyday activities, build strength and greatly improve overall conditioning and fitness so you may excel in any athletic endeavors in which you choose to participate.
Discover:
- Crossfit training...
Living the Sutras
A Guide to Yoga Wisdom beyond the Mat
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
Bring the wisdom of ancient Yoga philosophy into your life in a fresh, accessible, and relevant way.
In its highest form, yoga is a practice for your body and your mind. Living the Sutras brings the wisdom of classical yoga philosophy into your life in an accessible and relevant way. The Yoga...
Retriever Troubleshooting
Advanced Retriever Training & Solutions to Training Problems
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
Nationally-recognized retriever trainers John and Amy Dahl (The 10-Minute Retriever) tackle advanced training methods and problem-solving using a dog's innate strengths to compensate for its weaknesses.They discuss how dogs learn at an advanced level while encouraging readers to tailor their training...
The Mind-Beauty Connection
9 Days to Reverse Stress Aging and Reveal More Youthful, Beautiful Skin
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2008
**It's not your age that's causing half of those lines and crinkles. It's your life.
Now, Amy Wechsler, MD shows you how to de-stress your skin and take years -- years -- off your face.
In 9 days.**
Liking the way you look is vital to your health and happiness. But that's not...