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Dictionary of Native American Mythology 2007-05-24 06:38:00 Dictionary of NativeAmericanMythology
By: Sam D. Gill, Irene F. SullivanISBN: 0874366216Publisher: ABC-Clio - 1992-06Hardcover | 425 Pages | List Price: $65.00 (USD) | Sales Rank: 1869734Book Description From Library JournalThis dictionary entices readers to explore the complex fabric of North American Indian tales and ritual. While numerous other references treat Native American mythology, none offers the coverage found in this volume. Works such as Yves Bonnefoy's Mythologies (Univ. of Chicago Pr., 1991) and the New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology (Paul Hamlyn, 1968) focus primarily on classical, European, and Asian myths, with minimal coverage of Native American cultures. This new dictionary is well researched, drawing from scholarly sources such as the Journal of American Folklore and the American Anthropologist. Entries appear as either descriptive terms or in the anglicized form of Native American words, followed by tribal and/or cultural identifiers. Each entry includes gen Read more:Dictionary
New Larousse Encyclopedia Of Mythology 2007-05-24 06:34:00 New Larousse Encyclopedia
Of Mythology
By Robert Graves * Publisher: Crescent * Number Of Pages: 500 * Publication Date: 1987-12-16 * Sales Rank: 226386 * ISBN / ASIN: 0517004046 * EAN: 9780517004043 * Binding: Hardcover * Manufacturer: Crescent * Studio: Crescent * Average Rating: 5 * Total Reviews: 1Lavishly illustrated reference work In his illuminating introduction, Robert Graves discusses the function of myth. He claims that in the first place, it serves to answer the type of awkward questions that children ask, like Who made the world or Who were the first people? The second function of myth is to justify an existing social system and to account for traditional customs and rites. Graves points out how myths of origin and eventual extinction vary according to the climate and that one finds a warm celestial afterworld in the north or a fresh flowered Elysian Field in Greece. He also deals with the Akan of Ghana and with Egypt and India. His conclusion is tha
The Oxford Dictionary of Allusions 2007-05-24 06:30:00 The OxfordDictionary
of AllusionsSummary:# Hardcover: 480 pages# Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (July 1, 2001)# Language: English# ISBN: 0198600313Wonderfully conceived and extraordinarily useful, this new literary dictionary has been created by a team of freelance lexicographers who have compiled many dictionaries, and their experience shows. The contents have been drawn from a wide-ranging reading program designed to identify the allusions encountered most frequently in literature both modern and canonical. Thus, it covers classical myths and modern culture and ranges from "Ahab" to "Teflon," "Eve" to "Darth Vader." The dictionary is alphabetical but can be searched both by the word used as an allusion and by the theme represented. The dictionary is particularly well laid out, with the major theme of the allusion captioned and explained, followed by the words representing that allusion. Many entries include a quotation illustrating the allusion in use. For allusions based
Mathematics As A Constructive Activity: Learners Generating Examples 2007-05-28 19:11:00 Mathematics As A Constructive Activity
:Learners Generating Examples
(Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series)This book explains and demonstrates the teaching strategy of asking learners to construct their own examples of mathematical objects. The authors show that the creation of examples can involve transforming and reorganizing knowledge and that, although this is usually done by authors and teachers, if the responsibility for making examples is transferred to learners, their knowledge structures can be developed and extended. A multitude of examples to illustrate this is provided, spanning primary, secondary, and college levels. Readers are invited to learn from their own past experience augmented by tasks provided in the book, and are given direct experience of constructing examples through a collection of many tasks at many levels. Classroom stories show the practicalities of introducing such shifts in mathematics education. The authors examine how their approach relat
Basic Engineering Mathematics 2007-05-28 12:10:00 Basic Engineering Mathematics, Fourth EditionBy John Bird Book Description: Unlike most engineering maths texts, this book does not assume a firm grasp of GCSE maths, and unlike low-level general maths texts, the content is tailored specifically for the needs of engineers. The result is a unique book written for engineering students, which takes a starting point below GCSE level. Basic Engineering Mathematics is therefore ideal for students of a wide range of abilities, and especially for those who find the theoretical side of mathematics difficult.All students taking vocational engineering courses who require fundamental knowledge of mathematics for engineering and do not have prior knowledge beyond basic school mathematics, will find this book essential reading. The content has been designed primarily to meet the needs of students studying Level 2 courses, including GCSE Engineering and Intermediate GNVQ, and is matched to BTEC First specifications. However Level 3 students will als Read more:Basic
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