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Название: The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary
Автор: Richard A. Tennant; Marianne Gluszak Brown
Издательство: Gallaudet University Press
Год: 1998
Формат: PDF
Размер: 19 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Now, students and others interested in learning American Sign Language (ASL) can look up specific signs without needing to know their meaning in English beforehand. The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary can help users locate a sign whose meaning they have forgotten, or help them find the meaning of a new sign they have just seen for the first time. Instead of offering a conventional alphabetical arrangement of English words and their corresponding signs

Название: Piano for Beginners, 6th edition
Автор: Editors
Издательство:Imagine Publishing
Год : 2016
Формат: PDF
Размер: 20 MB
Язык: Английский / English

Picking up any instrument for the first time can be daunting, but the new edition of Piano for Beginners will guide you through the learning process. From the correct way to sit at the piano to reading notation, we start with the basics before expanding your musical horizons with easy home recording and genre-specific tutorials. With a glossary of essential terminology, a list of chords and even access to free online resources, Piano for Beginners will be your go-to guide to mastering the piano or keyboard.

Название: Extreme Simplicity: A Guide to Urban Homesteading
Автор: Christopher Nyerges and Dolores Lynn Nyerges
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2013
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 12 Мб
Язык: английский / English

This perfect guide to self-sufficient city dwelling was written by a pair of gentle survivalists who brought nature to their Los Angeles home. Christopher and Dolores Lynn Nyerges are prepared for everything from power failures and terrorist attacks to droughts and earthquakes. They'll show you the path to self-reliance, with strategies for coping with disasters as well as making the most of everyday life.

Название: Berlitz Pocket Guide Rome
Автор: Berlitz
Издательство: Berlitz Travel
Год: 2017
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 10 Мб
Язык: английский / English

From its awe-inspiring art, to its many gelaterias, to its rich and vibrant history, Rome has plenty to tempt the visitor. Berlitz Pocket Guide Rome is a concise, full-colour travel guide that combines lively text with vivid photography to highlight the best that the city has to offer.

Название: 50 Relatives Worse Than Yours
Автор: Justin Racz and Alec Brownstein
Издательство: Bloomsbury USA
Год: 2005
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 10 Мб
Язык: английский / English

They're kooky, they're crazy-50 Relatives Worse Than Yours is a nightmarish family reunion that will have you appreciating your own weird clan. There's the Family Newsletter Publisher who keeps you updated on how Uncle Carl's hip is doing; there's Holistic New Age Aunt, who knows Madonna from Kabbalah class but refuses to introduce you because that would be bad karma; and there's Child Who Was in a National TV Commercial, who has more money than you do. And then there's Uncle Speedo, the Monopoly Bank Thief, and Your Son, the Tenant.

Название: Sherlock Holmes in Context (Crime Files)
Автор: Sam Naidu
Издательство: Palgrave Macmillan
Год: 2017
Формат: PDF
Размер: 11 Мб
Язык: английский / English

This book of interdisciplinary essays serves to situate the original Sherlock Holmes, and his various adaptations, in a contemporary cultural context. This collection is prompted by three main and related questions: firstly, why is Sherlock Holmes such an enduring and ubiquitous cultural icon; secondly, why is it that Sherlock Holmes, nearly 130 years after his birth, is enjoying such a spectacular renaissance; and, thirdly, what sort of communities, imagined or otherwise, have arisen around this figure since the most recent resurrections of Sherlock Holmes by popular media? Covering various media and genres (TV, film, literature, theatre) and scholarly approaches, this comprehensive collection offers cogent answers to these questions.

Название: Hollyweird Science: The Next Generation
Автор: Kevin R. Grazier and Stephen Cass
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2017
Формат: PDF
Размер: 11 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Informative, entertaining and upbeat, this book continues Grazier and Cass's exploration of how technology, science, and scientists are portrayed in Hollywood productions. Both big and small-screen productions are featured and their science content illuminated?first by the authors and subsequently by a range of experts from science and the film world. Starring roles in this volume are played by, among other things, computers (human and mechanical), artificial intelligences, robots, and spacecraft.

Название: Ships from the Depths: Deepwater Archaeology
Автор: Fredrik Soreide
Издательство: Texas A&M University Press
Год: 2011
Формат: PDF
Размер: 24 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Deepwater archaeology uncovers secrets from the ancient maritime past . . . Thousands of shipwrecks and archaeological sites lie undiscovered in deep water, potentially holding important clues to our maritime past. Scientists have explored only a small percentage of the oceans' depths, as 98 percent of the seabed lies well beyond the reach of conventional diving. Ships from the Depths surveys the dramatic advances in technology over the last few years that have made it possible for scientists to locate, study, and catalogue archaeological sites in waters previously inaccessible to humans.

Название: Antique Trader Bottles Identification and Price Guide, 6th edition
Автор: Michael Polak
Издательство: Krause Publications
Год: 2008
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 25 Мб
Язык: английский / English

This new edition of The Bottle bible is loaded with listings, current market values and trademark data for 50 years of bottles produced during the 19th and 20th centuries. With this book in hand, the tools to positively identify and accurately assess bottles in your collection are at your fingertips. Review tips for spotting reproductions, determining rarity and identifying factors that affect values and for 50 plus categories of bottles (with 20 new areas) including bottles from Avon, Ballantine, Jim Beam, Lionstone, Miniatures, and Violin and Banjo among others.

Название: The Rough Guide to Europe on a Budget
Автор: Rough Guides
Издательство: Rough Guides
Год: 2017
Формат: PDF
Размер: 115 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Travel Europe on the cheap with this updated guide, the ideal companion whether you're on a city break, beach vacation, or road trip. The locally based Rough Guides author team introduces the best places to stop and explore, and provides reliable insider tips on topics such as driving on European roads, how to find the best local shops, or where to find safe hostels. You'll find special coverage of European history, art, architecture, and literature, and detailed information on the best markets and shopping for each area.