“ilse a leitinger”

This reader provides an insider's view of the women's movement in one small but quintessentially Latin American society. It collects the voices of forty-one diverse women as they write about their lives and their experiences working for change within the Costa Rican community.This reader reflects th... More

These concise lectures have been developed and refined over a period of ten years as the basis for the author's senior and first-year graduate course on language contact. They provide factual information on and interpretations of a topic of obvious sociolinguistic importance; Lehiste's more formal l... More

Once there lived a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster who had grown too old to be useful to their masters. Because their masters want to get rid of them, they run away. They meet on the road and decide to go to Bremen-Town to be street musicians. Soon, they discover a cozy cabin occupied by robbers... More

In his long career as a writer Daniel Defoe never tired of advocating the value of personal observation and experience; and he never wavered in his conviction that it is man's God-given duty to explore and make productive use of nature. In this first major study of Bacon's legacy to Defoe Ilse Vicke... More

Ilse, who was 2 months short of her twelfth birthday, was deported from the Jewish orphanage in Prague in mid-October, 1942. She arrived in the concentration camp Terezin, called by the Nazis the "Jewish paradise," when in reality it was the gateway to Auschwitz. Today when Ilse speaks to various gr... More

In the centuries-old tradition of the illuminated manuscript, artist Ilse Plume creates a rich celebration of the twelve daiys between Christmas and Epiphany. The glowing pages of this richly detailed book capture a long-ago Christmas when a young man presented his love with twelve special gifts. A ... More

Radioactive drug development is a multi-disciplinary task, therefore, in a concerted effort, dedicated scientists and experts from different fields of specialisation have contributed to this book. It is presented in two sections. Section 1 contains basic principles and methods used for analysis, inf... More