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The New Southern University
The University Press of Kentucky 2011; US$ 50.00Established in 1789, the University of North Carolina is the oldest public university in the nation. UNC's reputation as one of the South's leading institutions has drawn some of the nation's leading educators and helped it become a model of the modern American university. However, the school's location in the country's most conservative region presented... more...
Seguridad y salud en la agricultura
ILO Publications 2011; US$ 50.00El objetivo del presente repertorio de recomendaciones prácticas es sensibilizar sobre los peligros y los riesgos asociados a la agricultura, así como sobre la manera de gestionarlos y controlarlos eficazmente; prevenir accidentes y enfermedades relacionados con el trabajo y mejorar el entorno de trabajo; alentar a los gobiernos, a los empleadores,... more...
Blacks at Harvard
NYU Press 1993; US$ 75.00The history of blacks at Harvard mirrors, for better or for worse, the history of blacks in the United States. Harvard, too, has been indelibly scarred by slavery, exclusion, segregation, and other forms of racist oppression. At the same time, the nation's oldest university has also, at various times, stimulated, supported, or allowed itself to be... more...
The History of Randolph-Macon Woman's College
The University of North Carolina Press 2012; US$ 55.00The history of Randolph-Macon Woman's College has a claim upon the attention of all who are interested in the education and achievement of women. Its course through the years is set forth in the present volume, in which the author has dealt with the pattern of life developed in the cultivation of the liberal arts. more...
William Friday
The University of North Carolina Press 1997; US$ 24.00Few North Carolinians are as well known or as widely respected as William Friday. Although he has never run for elected office, the former president of the University of North Carolina has been prominent in public affairs for decades and ranks as one of the most important American university presidents of the post-World War II era. In this comprehensive... more...
Bitext Alignment
Morgan & Claypool Publishers 2011; US$ 45.00This book provides an overview of various techniques for the alignment of bitexts. It describes general concepts and strategies that can be applied to map corresponding parts in parallel documents on various levels of granularity. Bitexts are valuable linguistic resources for many different research fields and practical applications. The most predominant... more...
No Ordinary Life
PublicAffairs 2012; US$ 21.00A biography of Elizabeth McCormack, regarded by many as the very soul of philanthropy whose unstinting practical advice and compassion have helped to inform the distribution of hundreds of millions of dollars to worthy causes around the world. more...
God and Man at Yale
Regnery Publishing 2012; US$ 18.95In 1951, a twenty-five-year-old Yale graduate published his first book, which exposed the ?extraordinarily irresponsible educational attitude? that prevailed at his alma mater. The book, God and Man at Yale , rocked the academic world and catapulted its young author, William F. Buckley Jr., into the public spotlight. Now, half a century later, read... more...
The Chamberlain Case: the legal saga that transfixed the nation
Scribe Publications 2012; US$ 21.99A baby disappears from a tent near Uluru in the sandy desert of central Australia. The Aboriginal trackers say she has been taken by a dingo. But amidst a melange of sinister rumours, suspicion falls on the parents, Lindy and Michael Chamberlain. There are no eyewitnesses, no body, no confession, no motive — and, apparently, credible evidence... more...
Satellite Television
Elsevier Science 1999; US$ 64.95Satellite television is part of the lives of millions of television viewers worldwide and its influence is set to increase significantly with the launch of digital satellite television services. This comprehensive reference book, written by the author of the highly successful 'Digital Television', provides a technical overview of both analogue and... more...









