Library Security is a book for library staff who are concerned with creating a safe, functioning, peaceful place for themselves to work in and for patrons to visit. It teaches creative patron communic
Indisputably the grande dame of modern design, Andree Putman burst onto the scene twenty-five years ago with the graphic, black-and-white interiors of the Morgans Hotel in New York. Since then Putman
"The Persistence of Modernity "presents four essays, drawn from works by one of Germany's foremost philosophers, that go to the heart of a number of contemporary issues: Adorno's aesthetics, the natur
A common theme of this set of 13 essays by one of the major figures in late 20th-century German philosophies is the idea of a postmetaphysical modernity. In his preface Albrecht Wellmer relates the ti
Featuring a graphic excellence that makes them a pleasure to solve, these challenging mazes will test the patience and ingenuity of puzzle lovers of all levels of expertise. Find the center of a giant
During the late 1920s and 1930s, as photography was establishing a firmer monopoly on the visual documentation of the built landscape, architectural photographer Samuel H. Gottscho created a now-class
From the great Renaissance artist: Portrait of the Artist Holding an Erynganeum, Self-Portrait, Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman, The Virgin and Child, Hare, Wing of a Roller.
Written by a distinguished specialist in functional analysis, this book presents a comprehensive treatment of the history of Banach spaces and (abstract bounded) linear operators. Banach space theory
"Focusing on the recurring metaphor of Medusa's head, The Medusa Effect examines images of horror in texts by Sigmund Freud, Friedrich Nietzsche, and a series of Victorian artists and critics writing
Revising his doctoral dissertation for the University of Virginia (no date cited), Koschnik (American history, Harvard U.) re-evaluates the understanding of organized Federalism and the origins of vol
While former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak has fallen from power following the 2011 uprising, the long-running persistence of his authoritarian power and its interactions with equally persistent pol
Springer is reissuing a selected few highly successful books in a new, inexpensive softcover edition to make them easily accessible to younger generations of students and researchers. Springer-Verlag
"The responsibilities and demands placed on youth sport and interscholastic and intercollegiate coaches are sometimes underestimated. Today's coaches are expected not only to teach motor skills to you
Circus aficionado and historian Albrecht chronicles 138 years of the creative evolution of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s The Greatest Show on Earth (1872-2010)—the promoters, managers, anim
