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The #1 New York Times bestselling author and Food Network favorite The Pioneer Woman cooks up exciting new favorites from her life on the ranch in this glorious full-color cookbook that showcases home cooking at its most delicious (and most fun!). Welcome to Ree’s new frontier! So much has happened...
Drawing from their extensive world-wide research into what makes a successful marriage, Drs. David and Vera Mace introduce the Primary Coping System, three timeless strengths which can simultaneously bulletproof and invigorate today’s marriages.Launched against the backdrop of a world-wide economic...
This book presents a collection of short biographies and works of the pioneers in pathology. The alphabetically arranged entries allow readers to quickly and easily find the information they need.
In 1988 The Mathematical Intelligencer, a quarterly mathematics journal, carried out a poll to find the most beautiful theorem in mathematics. Twenty-four theorems were listed and readers were invited to award each a ‘score for beauty’. While there were many worthy competitors, the winner was...
This book honors Naomi Weisstein’s foreshortened span of work published from 1964 to 1992. Naomi Weisstein was a pioneer in the areas we now call visual neuroscience, visual cognition, and cognitive neuroscience. Her enthusiastic pursuit of the mind was infectious, inspiring many others to take up...
Women’s sport is finally flourishing in Britain. But still largely unrecognised are the pioneering efforts of the Victorian era ‘pedestriennes’ who laid the foundations for modern woman to participate in professional sport. Dozens of these working-class women abandoned humdrum lives to become...
How medieval Dutch society laid the foundations for modern capitalism The Netherlands was one of the pioneers of capitalism in the Middle Ages, giving rise to the spectacular Dutch Golden Age while ushering in an era of unprecedented, long-term economic growth. Pioneers of Capitalism examines the...
In the 19th century, the Stevenson engineers pioneered marvelous lighthouses around the coasts of Scotland – lighthouses which inspire with their architectural elegance, and speak of compassion for sailors and fishermen risking their lives in these notoriously dangerous waters. But what was it...
Layout design is a basic professional discipline in graphic design. Apart from being widely used in the traditional paper media, layout design tends to increase its presence in the multimedia field nowadays with the development of technology. This book aims to introduce brilliant layout design on...
“…evocative vignettes and inspiring stories from many of California’s South Asian American citizens…” Paul Michael Taylor, Director, Asian Cultural History Program, Smithsonian Institution. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, adventurous travelers left the Punjab in India to seek their...
Women began working as photographers in the second half of the 19th century, a time when the rules of the medium had not yet been codified and experimentation was the order of the day. Some opened their own studios, patenting their own equipment and carving out a place for themselves in this new...
Pioneers of Psychology tells the stories of the men and women who have shaped our understanding of what it means to be human. The authors illuminate major themes and controversies in psychology’s history through carefully crafted stories of real people, their personal journeys, and their...
The story of the United States Transcontinental Air Mail Service, the first of its kind in the world, is one of romanticism and danger. Through calm or storm, in light or dark, a contingent of courageous couriers relayed the public mail across three thousand miles in less than a day and a...
Pioneering Social Research combines the fascinating history of generations who built outstanding and influential social research with providing a major resource for current research and — especially for methods — for future teaching.Presenting the landmark Pioneers life stories project, this...
Pioneering Entrepreneurship Research lists the seminal and pioneering research efforts conducted by a limited group of scholars from different disciplines that challenged traditional thought on small business and entrepreneurship – these pioneers and their specific contributions transformed our...
This classic book contains a guide to the growing and care of wildflowers, and would be a great addition to the bookshelf of any gardening enthusiast. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are...
In 1918, urged on by his son Harry, John Benton Hart began to tell stories of a three-year period in his youth. He recalled his days as a trooper in the Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, fighting in Missouri and on the frontier, and his time as a civilian jack-of-all-trades doing risky work for the U.S....
Dance along with the pioneers! Re-create authentic pioneer dances with your friends or church group using this easy-to-understand book and DVD set! Packed with information on performing each step, dressing in historical costumes, and adapting the dances for our day, this is an invaluable resource...
A fascinating history of the generations who built outstanding and influential social research with a valuable resource for future research and teaching on methods.Presenting the landmark Pioneers life stories project, this one-of-a-kind book documents how modern social research in the UK was...
For more than a century, American communities erected monuments to western pioneers. Although many of these statues receive little attention today, the images they depict – sturdy white men, saintly mothers, and wholesome pioneer families – enshrine prevailing notions of American exceptionalism,...