Text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students provides geometrical insights by covering angles, basic complex analysis, and interactions with plane topology while focusing on concepts of angle and winding numbers. 1979 edition.
Styles range from the hippie carryovers of bell-bottoms, jeans, and maxi dresses to mid-decade tailored blazers and pantsuits for working women to carefree disco dresses of the late 70s.
Discusses all basic principles of ballet, grouping movement by fundamental types. Diagrams show clearly the exact foot, leg, arm, and body positions for the proper execution of many steps and movements. 118 illustrations.
Logical, developmental presentation includes all the necessary tools for speech and comprehension and features numerous shortcuts and timesavers. Ideal as an introduction, supplement, or refresher.
244 representations, symbols, and manuscript pages of devils and death from Ancient Egypt to 1913. Fascinating graphics depict demons, witches, and warlocks, more. Works by Dürer, Cranach, Holbein, Rembrandt, others.
Compact, well-written survey ranges from the ancient Near East to 20th-century computer theory, covering Archimedes, Pascal, Gauss, Hilbert, and many others. "A work which is unquestionably one of the best." — Nature.
Ten unusual stories: ""Micromégas"" by Voltaire; ""The Atheist's Mass"" by Balzac; ""The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaler"" by Flaubert; ""Spleen of Paris"" by Baudelaire; and more. English translations appear on facing pages.
Trotsky was among the leaders of the Bolshevik Revolution, but within a decade he had been forced into exile by Stalin. In this blistering indictment of Stalin's political... Læs mere
Fairies never fail to engage the imagination, and this colouring book promises to please everyone! Twenty-three magical scenes feature fairies surrounded by flowers, butterflies, and friendly woodland creatures.
A collection of eighty-three fairy tales and folk tales from Wales, including The Lady of the Lake, The Fairy Harp, Pennard Castle, and The Stray Cow.
An inspiring sourcebook, this guide helps artists discover a wide variety of subjects and ideas for their next sketch. More than 140 of the author's drawings illustrate nostalgic scenes, old engravings, atmospheric effects, photographs, and landscapes.