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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion: A New Abridgement from the Second and Third Editions (Oxford ...

5 reviews
James George Frazer

Oxford University Press, USA, 1998

The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer
This is a wonderful book on the origin of beliefs, culture and classic ceremonies. For instance, the Native American Indians regarded a person's name as a part of their personality. In Bohemia, children carry a straw man out of the village to cast out death. Aphrodite and Old Paphos constitute one of the most celebrated shrines in the ancient world. In death and resurrection, Egyptians ...

The Art of Public Speaking with Learning Tools Suite (Student CD-ROMs 5.0, Audio Abridgement CD set, ...

29 reviews
Stephen E Lucas

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2005

very good
i really liked the books. it was a new package as promised and also delivered on time. thank you.

Architectural Graphic Standards Student Edition: An Abridgement of the 9th Edition

4 reviews
Charles George Ramsey, Harold Reeve Sleeper, ...

Wiley, 2000

An Architect's Best Friend
This book is one of the best reference books an architect will ever use. It contains the necessary information for the beginning and advanced architect. Inside the 568 pages in this book one will find from the most basic to the highly complex architectural graphics. The book provides reference for the various arcchitectural plans such as the floor plan, elevation and perspective drawings. No ...

A Study of History Abridgement of Volumes I-VI

14 reviews
Arnold J. Toynbee

Oxford University Press, USA, 1987

Why the world is as it is now!
A key to Toynbee, fascinating in itself. This is marvelous not only for its view of World History, but as an interesting example of writing style and expository method.

A Study of History: Abridgement of Volumes VII-X (Study of History)

1 review
Arnold J. Toynbee

Oxford University Press, USA, 1987

invaluable insights
Yes, Toynbee's point of view is a bit archaic. Yes, there are more detailed, more comprehensive studies of history done since his work. And, yes, even the abridgment is heavy reading. But the overview of civilizational development and decline done by Toynbee is unmatched anywhere. The second volume of the abridgment, written 60 years ago and describing civilizations going back thousands of years, ...

Sociology: A Brief Introduction (with Audio Abridgement CD-ROM Set for Study and Review)

7 reviews
Richard T. Schaefer

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2006

Great Sociology Book
When I bought this book I was a Sociology major. Since then I have changed my major, but I will keep this book forever. Although we were assigned readings in class, I rarely did so, but when I did I was intrigued. This is a well written easy to follow book. I would definately recommend this book to anyone who is even slightly interested in Sociology or studying sociology. The author doesn't bury ...

The 100-Minute Bible

3 reviews
Michael Hinton

Chronicle Books, 2007

Sound Silly? It's not! This handy paperback is a great little tool for Bible Study
I'll admit it. After decades of covering the realm of religion as a journalist, I thought I'd seen just about every style of Bible imaginable -- even Bibles reduced to microdots on credit-card-sized rectangles of plastic! So, when I heard that Chronicle Books was releasing "The 100-Minute Bible," I thought I'd take a look -- and likely have a chuckle. Then, while sitting in on a Bible-study ...

The Mystical City of God: A Popular Abridgement of the Divine History and Life of the Virgin Mother of God

12 reviews
Mary of Agreda

Tan Books, 1978

Amazing
This is a truly beautiful book, providing background details on the life of the Holy Virgin Mary and the creation of the universe. The most amazing part about this book is that the details make so much sense and are so logical, yet are so intricate and colorful, that it is impossible to think of it as a work of fiction by a devout nun. I have not yet completed the book, but when you read enough ...

Memoirs of the Second World War (An Abridgement of the Six Volumes of the Second World War)

15 reviews
Winston S. Churchill

Mariner Books, 1991

A Wonderful 6 Volume Abridgement
`Memoirs of the Second World War' by Winston Churchill This abridged (6 volumes) edition of Churchill's WWII memoirs is as important today as it was when penned. One is left with a true sense of the thoughts passing through the Prime Minister's mind which led to the extraordinary choices he was to decide through the bulk of the `40's. I've always felt the European perspective of the war ...

Lee: An Abridgement

26 reviews
Freeman

Scribner Paper Fiction, 1993

Definitive, sort of......
From the time I was a toddler close to 60 years ago, I was taught that Robert E. Lee was, except for Jesus Christ, the greatest man who ever lived. A lifetime of study has confirmed my parents' opinion...I am NOT unbiased about General Lee. If Robert E. Lee was the greatest man, Douglas Souhthall Freeman was the greatest Civil War author, and he's not unbiased, either. Anyone reading this ...

The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China. An Abridgement of Joseph Neddham's Original Text. Volume 3: A ...
Colin A. Ronan

Cambridge University Press, 1986

This third volume of Colin Ronan's abridgement of Joseph Needham's monumental work is devoted to Chinese contributions to nautical science and technology. In the original text, these subjects were dealt with in separate parts; in this abridgement they are coveniently presented in a single unified account. The book opens with an examination of what is perhaps the greatest single contribution of Chinese civilisation to nautical science, the ...

Backtalk: 4 Steps to Ending Rude Behavior in Your Kids

41 reviews
Audrey Ricker, Carolyn Crowder

Sound Ideas, 1998

This the Child Handbook you've been wanting!
My book arrived yesterday afternoon, and today at lunchtime it's already having a positive effect. LOVE IT. My daughter is smart and strong willed, so naturally she tries to assert her control over every interaction. The 4 Step program pointed out where we were failing to curb the disrespect; me, in letting her backtalk too long before enforcing the consequences, my husband in snapping ...

The World Crisis: An Abridgement of the Classic Four-Volume History of World War I

2 reviews
Winston Churchill

Scribner, 1992

One of the finest works of history ever written.
Churchill's memoirs of World War 1 is one of the finest works of history ever written and is probably among the three or four best works on WW1(together with Martin Gilbert's recent History of the First World War).It is also a masterpiece of Engish literature, demonstrating a prose style that later won Churchill the Nobel Prize. While the book necessarily reflects Churchill's own experiences in ...

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