This Element demonstrates how landscape paintings of unfamiliar terrains required historical and geological subject matter to supply tactile associations for empirical recognition of space, whereas idealism conferred unmediated but no less coercive sensory access.
Each year, large numbers of tourists and locals descend upon New Orleans' historic French Quarter for its bar scene. Its wide, weird, wonderful range of watering holes is encapsulated in this guide. With this revised and updated edition, readers will accompany the authors to selected bars, listening to music, admiring the décor, eavesdropping on patrons, and sampling the wares.
As entertaining as it is educational, Power Vocabulary has helped thousands of readers to pump up their word power--and succeed in school and on the job. It's brimming with proven vocabulary-building strategies, a wealth of word lore to increase understanding, and challenging quizzes to polish skills.