Knowing what people wore and why can give us a fascinating insight into a nation's ideas, traditions, and beliefs. Geography, war, religion, and social attitudes all have an effect on clothing and ornamentation. Cultures and Costumes: Symbols of Their Period is a beautifully illustrated 13-volume series that explores this relationship--across continents and cultures and throughout human history.
High Places: Cultural Geographies of Mountains, Ice and Science
High places--be they mountain peaks or the vast expanses of the polar latitudes--have always captured the human imagination. Inaccessible, extreme, they are commonly invested with awe and reverence, as places of physical challenge, intense experience. Increasingly, they are also treated as unique locations for science. High Places explores the fascinating geographies of these special environments, revealing how senses are challenged, objectivities exposed, cultural assumptions laid bare.
Action Research: A Pathway to Action, knowledge and Learning (Qualitative Research Methods Series)
This book has been prepared to assist people who are undertaking, supervising or examining action research. It describes the origin of the action research method; explores the layers and strands of work that are involved; offers a practical guide to uncovering the issues which arise from the method; reviews the status of this method relative to other research methodologies; explores the notion of subjectivity; describes other ways to strengthen the extent...
"DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Las Vegas" will lead you straight to the best attractions Las Vegas has to offer. Packed with information, detailed Las Vegas maps, beautiful cutaways and floor plans of all Las Vegas' major sites, this guide explores every facet of the city known as 'the world's playground'.
In the Know: Understanding and Using Idioms (Book+Audio CD)In the Know teaches over 800 colorful idioms in English. The book groups the idioms into units depending on whether the idioms relate to such concepts as danger or honesty, or whether they contain colors or parts of the body, etc. Each unit has a clear four-page format that presents the idioms, explores their meaning, and practices their use.
