High adventure, medical science, and mountaineering become one in this splendid book, a spirited account of a recent event that was unique in American medicine and in Himalayan expeditions. For the first time, an attempt was made to climb Mount Everest for the express purpose of conducting scientific and medical research. This book recounts the story of that climb, the American Medical Research Expedition. John West captures fully the exhilaration, endurance, and dangers of the climb while conveying the nature and importance of the medical experiments.

Everest: The Testing Place

West, John

Health, Fitness & Dieting

McGraw=Hill

This defence of astrology is written by a self-confessed believer of astrology. It discusses the history and principles of astrology by refuting the numerous objections against it, surveying the evidence of astrology, chronicling how this evidence has provoked lies and double standards from the scientific community and concludes that the case for astrology is irrefutable. The book argues that astrology has two central premises - that correlations exist between celestial and terrestrial events and that correspondences exist between the positions of the planets at birth and the human personality.

The Case for Astrology (Arkana)

Religion & Spirituality

Martín, Sara

New Age & Spirituality

Penguin Books Canada, Limited

In Dryden's writing, enthusiasm is a source of literary authority. It signals divinely inspired literary creativity. It is central to Dryden's theoretical defences of the relationship between literature and the passions. It is also crucial to his poetic practice in a variety of genres, from odes to religious poems to translations. Enthusiasm, for Dryden, ultimately enables literature to break into regions of knowledge beyond rational human comprehension. Yet after the rise of radical sectarianism in the 1640s and 1650s, where claims of inspiration legitimised challenges to established political authority, enthusiasm also carried dangerous theological and political connotations. In Dryden's writing, enthusiasm is thus also a pejorative term. It is used to attack political radicals and religious dissenters. In the aftermath of the Civil Wars, it is at the root of many perceived threats to the stability of the Restoration state.This book explores the paradoxical place of enthusiasm in Dryden's writing and the role he conceived for it in art and society after the violent upheavals of the mid seventeenth century. Works from across his oeuvre are explored, from his early essays and heroic plays to his translations, via new readings of his famous political and religious poems. These are read alongside other major writers of the period, like Milton, and less well-known authors, such as John Dennis. The book suggests new ways of conceptualising the relationship between literary practice and ideological allegiance in Restoration England. It reveals Dryden to be a writer who was consistently interested in the limits of what literature could express, what feelings it could provoke, and what it could make people believe at a time when such questions were of uncertain political importance.

Dryden and Enthusiasm: Literature, Religion, and Politics in Restoration England

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Oxford University Press

The history of Tasmania: With copious information respecting the Colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, &c., &c., &c (Australian classics)

Angus&Robertson

Foundations of Primary Mathematics Education: An introduction to curriculum, pedagogy and content

Science & Math

Budgen, Fiona

Mathematics

Routledge

Leaders and Legacies

Leaders and Legacies discusses leadership involvements in the historical development of the profession of counseling. The lives of 23 noteworthy counselors are also chronicled, documenting their dreams, work and accomplishments.

Leaders and Legacies: Contributions to the Profession of Counseling

Bubenzer, Don

Osborn, Cynthia

Mental Health

Professional Sitecore Development offers comprehensive information for programmers learning the CMS and experienced Sitecore developers alike. This guidance can help your organization minimize implementation cost and time to web, increasing revenue while decreasing IT costs. With this book, you will learn how to implement solutions with Sitecore, how the Sitecore architecture enhances the ASP.NET development process, how to use Sitecore’s extensive Application Programming Interfaces, and how to deploy the website. Professional Sitecore Development provides coverage on a range of topics including: • Installing and configuring Sitecore • Implementing an information architecture and transforming content into web pages • Using the Sitecore security infrastructure, managing errors, and testing automatically • Managing Sitecore projects, optimizing performance, and scaling Sitecore solutions • Tips, tricks, and best practices for working with the CMS • Extending Sitecore and integrating external systems, including coverage of configuration, events, pipelines, and Sitecore’s user interface technology If you're looking for a solution for web content management, then Sitecore is your answer and this book will get you started using this valuable software today.

Professional Sitecore Development

Computers & Technology

Web Development & Design

Wrox

The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony; British North America and Fre (Large Print Edition)

BiblioLife

The History of Tasmania, Volume II

History

Australia & Oceania

The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony; British North America and Fre

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