Product DescriptionIn this richly interdisciplinary work twenty-eight of the nation’s leading critics and scholars offer a comprehensive exploration of American society and culture. Each outstanding in his or her own field, the contributors address “America” from a diversity of disciplines, personal ...
Flash photolysis revolutionised the science of photochemistry by allowing for rapid (and the definition of that term was era-dependent) monitoring of photochemical intermediates. Since its development in the mid-20th century, flash photolysis has been at the centre of studies of photochemical/physic ...
Spectacles & Sunglasses (Pepin Press Design Books) Spectacles and sunglasses are the most popular fashion accessories of our time. This book provides a comprehensive account of the design of spectacles in their many guises and of the historical developments that influenced them. A detailed history o ...
Outside a small Macedonian village a lone Catholic nun keeps a quiet watch over a silent convent. She is the last caretaker of this site of significant historical developments, spanning more than 2,000 years. When Sister Maria Cyrilla of the Order of the Perpetual Watch dies, the convent of St. Elia ...
