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Baudoin, E. Margaret

Bober, Ellen S.

Clarke, Mark A.

English as a Second Language

University of Michigan Press

<p>This history of modern Italy began in March 1861 when Count Camillo Cavour proclaimed a united Italian kingdom with the goal of creating a prosperous, liberal new power in Europe. For a country whose ancient heritage had placed it at the center of western culture, this late entry into nationhood and rapid reach for power would bring frequent crisis. In this fully revised edition of his classic history of the country, Denis Mack Smith provides a complete and engaging narrative of the fate of Italy from Risorgimento to the present. For sixty years after 1861 Italy was governed by a liberal oligarchy under a parliamentary constitution. Italy chose the winning side in the First World War, but the enormous costs of victory revealed social tensions and constitutional weaknesses that prepared the way, after 1920, for Europe's first fascist dictatorship. After the painful civil war that followed World War II, Italy rediscovered liberal democracy, and under a new republican regime became one of the major industrialized countries of the world. First published in 1958 as Italy: A Modern History, the book has been substantially rewritten with a new section on the period after 1945, a new bibliography, new maps, and updated factual appendices. Stylish, clearly written, deeply informed and often controversial, it remains the definitive account for anyone interested in modern Italy. Denis Mack Smith is a Fellow of the British Academy and Wolfson College, Oxford, and a foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has been awarded a dozen literary prizes in Italy and is a Commendatore of the Italian Order of Merit. Among his recent books are Italy and Its Monarchy (1989) and Mazzini (1994).</p>

Modern Italy: A Political History

History

Denis Mack Smith

Europe

Excerpt from The AntsFrom time immemorial, ant communities have aroused interest and admiration. Herodotus reports that ants dragged grains of gold from deep in the earth (and Solo mon says in his Proverbs. Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise. Which having no gurde, overseer or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Ants

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schaller, friedrich

Whales and dolphins (Ann Arbor science library)

Slijper, Everhard Johannes

Pronunciation Exercises For Advanced Learners Of English As A Second Language

Gary Esarey

Form Function in Architecture, by architect R. Thomas Hille, is a CD-ROM series dedicated to the study and understanding of architectural form and, especially, the relationship between formal organization and content. The first two volumes in the Form Function series offer an interactive architectural tour of six masterpieces of modern architecture by influential twentieth-century architects. Form Function allows the user to interact with richly detailed color photographs of significant views and features of each building; diagrammatic overlays that point out key elements in the photograph; and text that conveys descriptive and analytical information. Each building presentation also includes a series of "planimations"--graphical summaries of the plan generation of the buildings--and background information on the building and its architect. The CD-ROMs in the series will be of interest to architects, students of design, and a general audience interested in contemporary architecture and design.System RequirementsWindows: 386 processor with 4 MB RAMWindows 3.1256-color display at 640 x 480Double-speed CD-ROM driveMacintosh:68020 processor with 4 MB RAMSystem 7.0256-color display at 640 x 480Double-speed CD-ROM drive

Form Function in Architecture: Volume II (CDROMS)

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Hille, R. Thomas

Web Development & Design

The "Piers Plowman" Electronic Archive, Vol. 1: Corpus Christi College, Oxford, MS 201 (F) (Seenet: Society For Early English And Norse Electronic Texts)

Langland, William

Excellent for the development of listening comprehension and reading, writing, and speaking skills, and rich in cultural value, Russian for Business and Pleasure provides intermediate-to-advanced users with a wide range of multimedia materials, equally effective for use in the classroom and for self-instruction. Exercises and tests are designed to enable users to choose for themselves the appropriate degree of complexity from three levels: intermediate, advanced, or superior proficiency.Materials encompass different types of text and speech, ranging from scholarly writing and journalism to business transactions. The variety of materials, spoken by an array of native speakers, accustoms users to different speech patterns while introducing historically accurate and culturally loaded context. This gives users the unique opportunity to learn about Russian popular culture as well as high culture, including classical music, history, literature, and traditions. This software is intended for installation on Windows 95, 98, 2000, or NT. System requirements: 200 MHz Pentium; 32 MB RAM; SVGA monitor with 16-bit color: 12x CD-ROM drive.

Russian for Business and Pleasure (CDROMS)

Milman, Nyusya

Form Function in Architecture, by architect R. Thomas Hille, is a CD-ROM series dedicated to the study and understanding of architectural form and, especially, the relationship between formal organization and content. The first two volumes in the Form Function series offer an interactive architectural tour of six masterpieces of modern architecture by influential twentieth-century architects. Form Function allows the user to interact with richly detailed color photographs of significant views and features of each building; diagrammatic overlays that point out key elements in the photograph; and text that conveys descriptive and analytical information. Each building presentation also includes a series of "planimations"--graphical summaries of the plan generation of the buildings--and background information on the building and its architect. The CD-ROMs in the series will be of interest to architects, students of design, and a general audience interested in contemporary architecture and design. System RequirementsWindows:386 processor with 4 MB RAMWindows 3.1256-color display at 640 x 480Double-speed CD-ROM driveMacintosh:68020 processor with 4 MB RAMSystem 7.0256-color display at 640 x 480Double-speed CD-ROM drive

Form Function in Architecture: Volumes I and II (CDROMS)

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