Volume contains standard works of the repertoire, and also works of composers rarely encountered within other collections. There are works from the... baroque through the modern periods, and each piece is in its original form.

A detailed guide to the construction of women's wear specifically jackets (classic blazer, unlined jacket, and peplum jacket with military collar);... skirts (straight skirt, pleated skirt); and pants (basic pants, pleated pants). Examines patternmaking for each garment how to take measurements, adjusting the pattern, etc. There is an in-depth look at the muslin fitting with illustrations of alterations (lapels too wide/too narrow, front dart too long/too short, tight/loose neckline, etc.); and adjustments to a multitude of figure problems (swayback, bowlegs, prominent seat, etc.) Construction of each item is covered from the layout and cutting of fabric through the final pressing of the finished garment. Basic garment alterations are shown adjusting skirt and pants waistlines, etc. Provides information on tailoring supplies and on hand stitches used in tailoring. Profusely illustrated with photos and drawings.

After thirty years, Medical Ethics has matured to where a collection of core writings in the field is now possible. There is even a danger that some... classic articles will cease to be known because they are no longer included in "issue of the moment" anthologies. This book offers classic, well-written articles that have stood the test of time and have something to teach. These are articles with good philosophical analysis dealing with important topics and making significant contributions to understanding of issues. There are no long, boring selections from government commissions or technical pieces from scientific journals. Many selections illustrate how and why philosophers contributed to the progress of medical ethics. The articles cluster around several broad philosophical questions: terminating the lives of dying patients; assisting human life to begin outside the womb; terminating the beginnings of human life; personhood and higher animals, fetuses, impaired newborns, comatose patients; individual rights against the greater social good; and allocating scarce medical resources.

This world map features the Winkel Tripel projection to reduce distortion of land masses as they near the poles. Features include subtle border coloring... on land, and prevailing winds and ocean currents at sea. Separate insets show the North and South Polar Regions, world vegetation and land use, and world population density.

Runner-up in the 2005 National Jewish Book Award in the Anthologies and Collections category. A comprehensive collection of best short fiction by the... three classic Yiddish authors. Two early works by S.Y. Abramovitsh introduce the reader to Abramovitsh's alter ego Mendele the Book Peddler. Mendele narrates both The Little Man and Fishke the Lame. In different voices, he also presents a diverse cast of characters including Isaac Abraham as tailor's apprentice, choirboy, and corrupt businessman. Reb Alter tells of his matchmaking mishap and Fishke relates his travels through the Ukraine with a caravan of beggars. Sholem Aleichem's Tevye reemerges from new translations of "Hodel" and "Chava" in all of his comic splendor. Notes enable students to follow Tevye's uneven steps through Bible quotations. Four of Sholem Aleichem's other eloquent monologists come back to haunt us in scintillating translations. The selections from Peretz include his finest stories about the hasidim, such as "Kabbalists," "Teachings of the Hasidim," and the ironic tale "The Rebbe's Pipe." A fresh rendering of Peretz's masterpiece "Between Two Mountains" represents the meeting of an inspirational rebbe and an awe-inspiring rabbi. Following the translations are three biographical essays about these giants of modern Yiddish literature.

The fight for economic justice can draw stark battle lines, with the fight portrayed simplistically as Us versus Them, with the rich in the role of... "Them." So where does that leave young people with wealth who believe in social change? Afraid of being branded the enemy, yet deeply committed to social justice, they're left in a confusing no-man's land. This conflict can lead most young people with wealth to keep their privilege hidden, making it impossible for them to bring their resources, access, and connections to the struggle for social change. Coauthored by Karen Pittelman, who dissolved her $3 million trust fund to cofound a foundation for low-income women activists, Classified is a resource guide for people with class privilege who are tired of cover-ups and ready to figure out how their privilege really works. Complete with comics, exercises, and personal stories, this book gives readers the tools they need to put their privilege to work for social change.

This Workbook/CD series is for students who have enrolled in an ASL or Interpreting course that is using the Classifiers: A Closer Look curriculum. The... curriculum is composed of five units; there is one Student Workbook for each unit. Be sure to check which unit you need before ordering. Each workbook contains a printed text with lecture notes, learning objectives, assignments, activities and answer sheets plus a CD-ROM (PC and Mac compatible) for individual student homework and practice.

This Workbook/CD series is for students who have enrolled in an ASL or Interpreting course that is using the Classifiers: A Closer Look curriculum. The... curriculum is composed of five units; there is one Student Workbook for each unit. Be sure to check which unit you need before ordering. Each workbook contains a printed text with lecture notes, learning objectives, assignments, activities and answer sheets plus a CD-ROM (PC and Mac compatible) for individual student homework and practice.

The first book to analyze why India's caste system has authoritatively endured for so long, this path-breaking text provides, for the first time... anywhere, an exhaustive analysis of the historical predecessor to caste: the ancient Indian varna system as it was laid out in the Vedic literature. Presenting a revisionist overview of the way the religion of the Veda is to be understood, Classifying the Universe demonstrates that social classes were systematically reduplicated in taxonomies that organized the universe as a whole. The classification of society, in which some groups were accorded rights and privileges withheld from others, could thus be represented as part of a primordial and universally applicable order of things. Social hierarchy, argues the author, was in this way subtly but powerfully justified by recourse to other realms of the cosmos that were similarly ordered, and this essentially religious understanding of varna is the key to comprehending the Vedic world-view in all its complexity, and the persistence of its power in the social realm.