Dover Publications Inc.: Oscar Wilde was already one of the best known literary figures in Britain when he was persuaded to... Zobraziť viac
Dover Publications Inc.: One of the great books of American letters and a masterpiece of reflective philosophizing. Accounts... Zobraziť viac
Having failed in a number of occupations as a young man, Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950) found his niche as a writer with Tarzan of the Apes, first published in 1914. Highly imaginative, exotic and suspenseful, the story tells of an infant ... Zobraziť viac
This classic textbook by J. P. Den Hartog, retired professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, reflects the author's unique ability to combine the scholarly insight of a distinguished scientist with the practical, problem-solving orientation ... Zobraziť viac
A veteran copywriter offers advice on how to spark ideas and capture them in print, write headlines, hold readers' attention, and more. Discover principles, procedures, and practical suggestions for every form of advertising... Zobraziť viac
Gogol's stories are admired for their skillful mingling of fantasy and reality, quiet good humor and use of mundane details — as Gogol put it — "to extract the extraordinary from the ordinary." Imaginative and timeless, they remain... Zobraziť viac
Discover how to open your mind to success and wealth with this easy-to-read guide to personal achievement. Written by Napoleon Hill, author of the self-help classic Think and Grow Rich, the book is based on the principles behind... Zobraziť viac
When artists and designers explore or create a fictional setting, the milieu must be completely fleshed out, explained, and designed. In this book, comic and gaming art veteran Mark A. Nelson explores and demonstrates his methods for fashioning... Zobraziť viac
This classroom-tested volume offers a definitive look at modern analysis, with views of applications to statistics, numerical analysis, Fourier series, differential equations, mathematical analysis, and functional analysis... Zobraziť viac
Strongly recommended" by the "American Journal of Physics, " this volume serves as a text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students of physics as well as a reference for professionals.... Zobraziť viac
Since its 1911 publication, this influential essay has helped administrators eliminate inefficiency through a system applicable to individual and collective activities. A classic of decision theory and managerial technique. Zobraziť viac
A classic of both philosophy and jurisprudence, this 1789 work articulates an important statement of the foundations of... Zobraziť viac
First published in four volumes between 1532 and 1552, Rabelais' comic masterpiece chronicles the adventures of a giant, Gargantua, and his son, Pantagruel. More than four centuries later, the terms "gargantuan" and "Rabelaisian" ... Zobraziť viac
Here is the largest, most comprehensive selection of Muybridge's famous animal photos — more than 4,000 high-speed shots of 34 different animals and birds, in 123 different types of actions. Animals are shown walking, running, leaping, flying... Zobraziť viac
An unusually useful survey of the development of French poetry, this book anthologizes works by France's finest and most influential poets — 30 in all — from the mid-fifteenth century to our own time. Included are such luminaries as... Zobraziť viac
Based on a historic approach taken by instructors at MIT, this text is geared toward junior and senior undergraduate courses in analytic and projective geometry. Starting with concepts concerning points on a line and lines through a point... Zobraziť viac
This 1893 survey ranks among the most influential and important books about the impact of frontier life on a transplanted civilization... Zobraziť viac
Generations of readers have recognized the impassioned cry that introduces the young narrator of Demian, and embraced this... Zobraziť viac
Including numerous views, cross-sections, and other diagrams, this entertaining instruction guide includes careful, scientifically accurate line renderings of the body's organs and major systems: skeletal, muscular, nervous, reproductive, and... Zobraziť viac
