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This volume surveys 150 law books of fundamental importance in the history of Western legal literature and culture.

The texts reprinted in these two volumes allow readers to reconstruct the history of recipes, both medical and culinary, from the mid-sixteenth to mid-seventeenth century, and situate that history within the larger scientific and ...

A renowned edition, containing text, apparatus, translation and full commentary.

The shelves of the world's great libraries, though, tell a more complicated story. Examining the wear and tear on the books that they contain, English professor Leah Price finds scant evidence that a golden age of reading ever existed.

The History of Venice was published posthumously, in Latin and in his own Italian version. This edition makes it available for the first time in English translation.

The appeal that these works held for readers was not always what we might expect -or, indeed, what the authors and publishers had expected.

This is the only unabridged English translation of Books 31 to 40.

Several entries have endorsements and annotations. (Some of these, by Joseph Story and other distinguished jurists, are unique to this catalogue.) Another interesting feature is a section by Simon Greenleaf entitled "Catalogue of a Select ...

These volumes represent an additional investment of time, labour, and resources, and combinations of text and imagery shed light on engagements with the past as manuscripts were copied at specific times and places.

"There is absolutely nothing remotely like this book in the history of late imperial women. [An] immensely important book."—Gail Hershatter, author of Women in China's Long Twentieth Century "A masterful work."—Lynn Hunt, coeditor of ...

Guidebooks Included In This Vegetable Gardening Collection: Book 1: Raised Bed Gardening - Ten Good Reasons For Growing Plants In A Raised Bed Garden If you have ever considered growing vegetables in a raised bed, but need convinced; then ...

Only 150 copies of his book were printed and its contents are not well known. This is the first time the book has been re-published. It is accompanied with an analysis of the text by Tom Turner.

Ideas were exchanged across networks of gardeners, botanists, scholars, and courtiers, and the burgeoning vernacular book trade spread this new knowledge still further--reaching even the growing number of gardeners furnishing their more ...

The environment is much too hot for water to flow. The temperature is also very unpredictable with plenty of sandstorms, too! Open this book and you'll be surprised at the life teeming in the desert. Which of these animals is your favorite?

This Bundle includes: Book 1: Hydroponics made easy The difference between hydroponic and traditional soil gardening The types of systems that are available Step-by-step techniques for growing your own food Daily maintenance tips Getting ...

This volume, which deals with books and manuscripts on trees, describes nearly fifty books, manuscripts, or drawings, from a tiny 1555 book on oaks to early nineteenth-century advice manuals on large-scale tree planting.

This fully revised fourth edition features background information and instructions for growing plants from cell structure and tissue culture and is written in terms that can be easily understood by both hobby botanists and experienced ...

Learn about trees and how important they are to the environment through this educational book.

A good book of some of the best products of nature will encourage care for the environment and a deeper sense of appreciation of the natural world, too. Go ahead and grab a copy of this educational book now!

But if he/she is lagging behind, don't worry because this educational book can help. Information presented here is done with the use of vibrantly colored pictures that call the attention.

Discover the answers to these questions in this funny picture book for 3-7 year olds. With its quirky illustrations, this book will amuse children and parents alike.

This work analyzes al-Ghazali’s critique of du’at (those inviting to Islam) and the practice of da’wah work itself (the call to Islam).

This book is designed to help you fight the problems associated with most diet and weight loss plans while improving your overall health and wellbeing.

This sumptuous boxed set of two encyclopedias charts the rise and fall of the ancient American empires - including the Chavin, Paracas, Moche, Olmec and Zapotec - offering an absorbing guide to the lost world of the peoples of the sun, ...

We live in a period of accelerating change.

In Latinx Art Arlene Dávila draws on numerous interviews with artists, dealers, and curators to explore the problem of visualizing Latinx art and artists.

Shows how changes in work, family structure, women's roles, and other factors have caused people to become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and democratic structures--and how they may reconnect.

This groundbreaking book, winner of the 1974 Sorokin Award of the American Sociological Association, helped define for an entire generation of anthropologists what their field is ultimately about.

"There is absolutely nothing remotely like this book in the history of late imperial women. [An] immensely important book."—Gail Hershatter, author of Women in China's Long Twentieth Century "A masterful work."—Lynn Hunt, coeditor of ...