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A History of Chinese Science and Technology: Volume 1
(Springer, 2015)
A History of Chinese Science and Technology (Volumes 1, 2 & 3) presents 44 individual lectures, beginning with Ancient Chinese Science and Technology in the Process of Human Civilizations and an Overview of Chinese Science ...
The Technique of Film and Video Editing, Fifth Edition: History, Theory, and Practice
(Focal Press, 2010)
The Technique of Film and Video Editing provides a detailed, precise look at the artistic and aesthetic principles and practices of editing for both picture and sound. Because editing is about more than learning a specific ...
A History of Chinese Science and Technology: Volume 3
(Springer, 2015)
A History of Chinese Science and Technology (Voulumes 1, 2 & 3) presents 44 individual lectures, beginning with Ancient Chinese Science and Technology in the Process of HumanCivilizations and AnOverview of Ancient Chinese ...
A History of Chinese Science and Technology: Volume 2
(Springer, 2015)
History of Chinese Science and Technology (Volumes 1, 2 & 3) presents 44 individual lectures, beginning with Ancient Chinese Science and Technology in the Process of Human Civilizations and an Overview of Chinese Science ...
Free Town Libraries, their Formation, Management, and History: In Britain, France, Germany, and America
(Humana Press, 2010)
An important figure in the establishment of free libraries in the United Kingdom, Edward Edwards (1812-1886) wrote this study, first published in 1869, as a handbook intended for promoters and managers of free town libraries. ...
Eyes on the sky: a spectrum of telescopes
(Oxford University Press, 2016)
Astronomy is experiencing a golden age, with a new generation of innovative telescopes yielding a flood of information on the Universe. This book traces the development of telescopes from Galileo to the present day, and ...
The Final Pagan Generation
(University of California Press, 2015)
The Final Pagan Generation recounts the fascinating story of the lives and fortunes of the last Romans born before the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity. Edward J. Watts traces their experiences of living through ...
Designing for luxury on the Bay of Naples: villas and landscapes (c. 100 BCE-79 CE)
(Oxford University Press, 2014)
This study explores Roman luxury villa architecture and the Roman luxury villa lifestyle to shed light on the villas' design as a dynamic process related to cultural, social, and environmental factors. Roman villas expressed ...
The Missionary's Curse and Other Tales from a Chinese Catholic Village
(University of California Press, 2013)
The Missionary’s Curse tells the story of a Chinese village that has been Catholic since the seventeenth century, drawing direct connections between its history, the globalizing church, and the nation. Harrison recounts ...
China's History
(Cengage Learning Asia, 2010)
China is one of the oldest civilizations in the world and more importantly the only ancient civilization in human history without any interruption. This book outlines the unique historical trajectory of Chinese civilization, ...