Compelling photographs of people and places throughout Maryland during one of the nation's most anxious decades.Between 1935 and 1943, the United States government commissioned forty-four photographers to capture American faces, along with living and working conditions, across the country. Nearly 180,000 photographs were taken—4,000 in Maryland—and they are now preserved in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. Constance B. Schulz presents...

Drawn from the archives of the Charles M. Schulz Museum, an in-depth look at Peanuts with a "wealth of original art" ( The New York Times).Charles M. Schulz believed that the key to cartooning was to take out the extraneous details and leave in only what's necessary. For fifty years, from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000, Schulz wrote and illustrated Peanuts, the single most popular and influential comic strip in the world.In a...

Winner of the 2026 Eisner Award for Best Publication Design, honoring the book's outstanding design by Shawn Dahl with Chip Kidd.This spectacular deluxe edition celebrates the 75th anniversary of Peanuts and the life, art, and legacy of Charles M. Schulz, and comes packaged with unique bonus materials.Extras include: 8 ready-to-frame prints, 5 vinyl window decals, 8 postcards, an iron-on patch, a f...

The chemistry of polyurethane coatings is of great significance in many applications worldwide. Moreover, their development potential has yet to be exhausted by any means. New applications are being identified and the product range will be further development. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the chemistry and the various possible application fields of polyurethanes. It starts by illustrating the principles of polyurethane chemistry, enabling the reader to understand the curre...

Medicinal plants and the natural products within them, still remain the starting point for breakthroughs in the development of safe, pharmacologically active synthetic molecules for use in a wide variety of clinical situations. Traditional Persian Medicine (TPM) is one of the most ancient medical doctrines, and is well-documented in terms of information about diseases, diagnoses and treatments, especially in the application of medicinal plants. TPM has been used for centuries worldwide, an...

In the Missouri Ozarks, five men disappear in nine days, leaving Sheriff Daniel Mercer with one dead body and a terrifying question. The victim, contractor Carl Benton, appears to have been attacked by something powerful, but the injuries do not match any ordinary predator. His ruptured eardrums and strange internal trauma suggest exposure to an unnatural resonance before his death.Pursuant Inspectors Marion Kenway and Zia Kose are sent to investigate, expecting a dangerous Meta pr...

An argument that representational decision making is more cognitively efficient, allowing an organism to adjust more easily to changes in the environment.Many organisms (including humans) make decisions by relying on mental representations. Not simply a reaction triggered by perception, representational decision making employs high-level, non-perceptual mental states with content to manage interactions with the environment. A person making a decision based on menta...

A new translation of the best and most provocative short stories by the author of Transit and The Seventh Cross.Best known for the anti-fascist novel The Seventh Cross and the existential thriller Transit, Anna Seghers was also a gifted writer of short fiction. The stories she wrote throughout her life reflect her political activism as well as her deep engagement with myth; they are also some of her most formally experimental wor...

The Art of Access: A Practical Guide for Museum Accessibility is a one-stop guide to the incremental ways your museum can build a comprehensive approach to accessibility that can be easily integrated into the fabric of your museum.Highlights include:Consultation with leaders in the field and calling on practitioners from across the disciplines (art, science, history, business, living collections)Concrete examples and specific resourcesPartnershipsPhysical/environmen...

Freedom in the Middle Ages was often based on feudalism. Most people were tied to the land and their lord-of-the-manor. But it also had its protections, as well as its hardships. Follow the story of the young man, Rupert Tide, who left the oppressive, crushing serf-ship. He forged a new path of freedom in the East. He overcame much hardship, but prevailed.About the AuthorRenate M. Schulz was born in 1933 A.D. in a European country, in a farming area. In writing her book, she...

This book includes extended and revised selected papers from the 9th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems, SMARTGREENS 2020, and the 6th International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems, VEHITS 2020, held in Prague, Czech Republic, in May 2020.The 30 full papers presented during SMARTGREENS and VEHITS 2020 were carefully reviewed and selected from the 117 submissions. The papers present research on advances and applications ...

These five volumes concern one of the most important institutions in human history, the military, and the interactions of that institution with the greater society. Military systems serve nations; they may also reflect them. Soldiers are enlisted; they may also be said to self-select. Military units have missions; they also have interests. In an older, more traditional military history, while the second reflects a newer approach. Although each statement in the pairs may be said to be true,...