Phillip: 1250 books
Charles Bean's Gallipoli
Illustrated
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2014
Charles Bean and Gallipoli are forever closely bound. Serving as the official Australian war correspondent from the landing to the evacuation, Charles Bean was able to dedicate his days and nights to witnessing and recording the events that would form the Anzac legend. In writing his diaries, Bean...
The United Nations and Education
Multilateralism, Development and Globalisation
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2004
The UN is often questioned about its ongoing relevance and overall effectiveness in the 21st century, particularly in its involvement with educational policy and co-operation around the globe. This ground-breaking book examines the four key agencies within the UN system that share the vital role of...
by William F. Gilreath, Phillip A. Laplante
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book examines computer architecture, computability theory, and the history of computers from the perspective of minimalist computing - a framework in which the instruction set consists of a single instruction. This approach is different than that taken in any other computer architecture text,...
Parliament, Inventions and Patents
A Research Guide and Bibliography
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
This book is a research guide and bibliography of Parliamentary material, including the Old Scottish Parliament and the Old Irish Parliament, relating to patents and inventions from the early seventeenth century to 1976. It chronicles the entire history of a purely British patent law before the coming...
by Phillip Bryant
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2017
How can a country keep going in an upward direction when the leaders are going in a downward direction? When we the people have leaders that only think of themselves and make their pockets fat first, and do not care what happen to the rest of us, it becomes clear that that country is on its way out....
Piano Technique Book 1 (Music Instruction)
Hal Leonard Student Piano Library
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1999
(Educational Piano Library). This first book in a series of five piano technique books presents short, 4-measure exercises with helpful text imagery ( Warm-Ups ), and brief etudes. The skills emphasized in the Warm-Ups are given a musical context in the Etudes that follow them. Piano Technique Book...
The Art Imperative
The Secret Power of Art
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2010
"This volume is an impressive integration of science and humanities in accounting for the role of art in human evolution and individual development."--Michael Posner PhD Michael Posner, PhD is professor emeritus at the Univesity of Oregon and adjunct professor of psychology in psychiatry...
Himalaya
The exploration and conquest of the greatest mountains on earth
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
At some 1500 miles long and 250 miles at its widest, the Himalaya range is home to the fourteen greatest mountain peaks on the planet each of which towers over 8,000 metres. Celebrated by the region's early ancient kingdoms, many of these peaks remain sacred in both the Hindu and Buddhist religions...
by Phillip Talbot
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2007
In 1938 the New York-based Institute of Current World Affairs awarded 23-year-old Phillips Talbot a fellowship with a mandate: visit South Asia and learn about the intricacies of life in India. Till 1950, Talbot graphically recounted the buildup to Indian and Pakistani independence, and the early...
by Paul Adams, Natasha Affolder, Andrea C. Akelaitis
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2019
Canadian environmental law is a dynamic and exciting area that is playing an increasingly important role in furthering sustainable development policy. Environmental law has distinctive relevant principles, operating procedures, implications, and importance in comparison with other areas of law, and...
The Philosophy of Literature
Four Studies
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2018
The Philosophy of Literature: Four Studies puts forth the question of the extent to which philosophers must go to school with the poets. It begins with a new interpretation of the famous Platonic quarrel with the poetic wisdom of Homer. It brings this question forward through the humanism of thinkers...
The Science of Cookery and the Art of Eating Well
Philosophical and Historical Reflections on Food and Dining in Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
The Science of Cookery and the Art of Eating Well is a philosophical and historical reflection on food and dining in human culture. It includes discussions of the nature of the first meals as found in Greek literature and the philosophy of history of Giambattista Vico, the Roman cookbook of Apicius...
by Donald Phillip Verene
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
This work raises for the contemporary reader the ancient and abiding question of the nature and meaning of human virtue. In Part 1, it draws upon Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero and the works of Renaissance Christian humanists who were influenced by them, such as Pico, Vives, and Erasmus. The moral act...
Language, Literacy, and Social Change in Mongolia
Traditionalist, Socialist, and Post-Socialist Identities
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Language, Literacy, and Social Change in Mongolia is the first full-length treatment of literacy in Mongolian. Challenging readers’ assumptions about Central Asia and Mongolia, this book focuses on Mongolians’ experiences with reading and writing throughout the past 100 years. Literacy, as a powerful...