Leo J Hickey

Ratas, Las (Modern world literature series)

Premio Nacional de la Critica. Vision tragica y dura de un pueblo castellano, Las ratas es uno de los libros en que mejor ha reflejado Delibes el drama de esa Castilla rural, de una Castilla que, no obstante, rezuma grandeza en su misma miseria. Las ratas es una novela construida a partir de una suc...

The Pragmatics of Style (RLE Linguistics B: Grammar)

In the general area of style study or stylistics there is no shortage of ideas, definitions or published works. It is hoped, in the present volume, to contribute to the prosperity of the discipline mainly by clarifying and exemplifying how pragmatic considerations may be relevant to any study of sty...

Flowering Plant Origin, Evolution & Phylogeny

This book covers the hot topics of angiosperm structure and evolution in several chapters discussing vegetative and reproductive characters. It also looks at the implications of ancestral angiosperm characters for an herbaceous origin and the phylogeny of angiosperms from a structure and molecular p...

Manual of Leaf Architecture

Published in Association with the New York Botanical GardenThe Manual of Leaf Architecture is an essential reference for describing, comparing, and classifying the leaves of flowering plants. This manual, illustrated with dozens of line drawings and more than 300 photographs of prepared stained leav...

Politeness In Europe (Multilingual Matters)

Politeness as practised across 22 European societies, firmly set within critical debates developed since the 1980s, is here presented in ways related to concrete situations in which language-users interact with one another to achieve their goals. Areas covered include types of politeness, forms of a...

The Forest Primeval: The Geologic History of Wood and Petrified Forests (Yale Peabody Museum Series)

Wood—perhaps no natural material has been used longer by man, and none seems more suited to human tastes and needs. Its properties are the result of a long evolutionary history as an integral part of the earth's forests. This story describes what it is, explores how it is put together, and recounts ...

The Death Of Warren Baxter Earp, A Closer Look

The Age of Reptiles: The Great Dinosaur Mural at Yale

Realidad Y Experiencia De La Novela

Leaf Architecture of the Angiosperms

The Age of Reptiles: The Great Dinosaur Mural at Yale