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Plautus Reader - Selections from 11 Plays (Paperback): John Henderson, Titus Maccius Plautus Plautus Reader - Selections from 11 Plays (Paperback)
John Henderson, Titus Maccius Plautus
R574 Discovery Miles 5 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Forth to Farne Way - North Berwick to Lindisfarne (Paperback): John Henderson, Jacquetta Megarry Forth to Farne Way - North Berwick to Lindisfarne (Paperback)
John Henderson, Jacquetta Megarry
R333 Discovery Miles 3 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This inspiring 70-mile pilgrim route starts from North Berwick on the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh, and continues via Whitekirk's 12th century church to Dunbar. It follows the North Sea coastline to the stunning scenery of St Abb's Head and visits Coldingham Priory, perhaps Scotland's most important Benedictine monastery. Enjoy impressive cliffs and dramatic sea stacks between visits to historic fishing villages. Cross the border and enter Berwick with its ramparts, walls and bridges across the River Tweed. The route culminates with a barefoot crossing of the Holy Island sands to Lindisfarne, where St Aidan founded a monastery in AD 635. Most people will complete the route within 5 to 8 days, staying in friendly B&Bs along the route, but it can also be done in several shorter expeditions using train and bus. This 72-page guidebook contains all you need to plan and enjoy the Forth to Farne Way: route detail in sections, with distance, terrain and refreshments where to find food and accommodation background on the spiritual dimension, geology and wildlife planning information for travel by train, bus, car or plane 16 pages with detailed route mapping at 1:30,000 in full colour, with 80 photographs rucksack-friendly and on rainproof paper.

A Life of Ernest Starling (Hardcover): John Henderson A Life of Ernest Starling (Hardcover)
John Henderson
R1,104 Discovery Miles 11 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Ernest Starling (1866-1927) was pre-eminent in the golden age of British Physiology. His name is usually associated with his ???Law of the Heart, ??? but his discovery of secretin (the first hormone whose mode of action was explained) and his work on capillaries were more important contributions. He coined the word 'hormone' one hundred years ago. His analysis of capillary function demonstrated that equal and opposite forces move across the capillary wall--an outward (hydrostatic) force and an inward (osmotic) force derived from plasma proteins.
Starling??'s contributions include:
*Developing the "Frank-Starling Law of the Heart," presented in 1915 and modified in 1919.
*The Starling equation, describing fluid shifts in the body (1896)
*The discovery of secretin, the first hormone, with Bayliss (1902) and the introduction of the concept of hormones (1905).

Catching Foxes - A Gospel-Guided Journey to Marriage (Paperback): John Henderson Catching Foxes - A Gospel-Guided Journey to Marriage (Paperback)
John Henderson
R521 R442 Discovery Miles 4 420 Save R79 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this interactive study, biblical counselor John Henderson uses a workbook approach to guide you through your marriage preparationhelping you to understand the purpose of marriage, to handle conflict, to glorify Christ in your union and finances, and to get to know your own heart and expectations. Many threats to a marriage can be identified even before the wedding takes place. Even better, God's gospel provides the means of overcoming them.

Representing Infirmity - Diseased Bodies in Renaissance Italy (Hardcover): John Henderson, Fredrika Jacobs, Jonathan K. Nelson Representing Infirmity - Diseased Bodies in Renaissance Italy (Hardcover)
John Henderson, Fredrika Jacobs, Jonathan K. Nelson
R3,996 Discovery Miles 39 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume is the first in-depth analysis of how infirm bodies were represented in Italy from c. 1400 to 1650. Through original contributions and methodologies, it addresses the fundamental yet undiscussed relationship between images and representations in medical, religious, and literary texts. Looking beyond the modern category of 'disease' and viewing infirmity in Galenic humoral terms, each chapter explores which infirmities were depicted in visual culture, in what context, why, and when. By exploring the works of artists such as Caravaggio, Leonardo, and Michelangelo, this study considers the idealized body altered by diseases, including leprosy, plague, goitre, and cancer. In doing so, the relationship between medical treatment and the depiction of infirmities through miracle cures is also revealed. The broad chronological approach demonstrates how and why such representations change, both over time and across different forms of media. Collectively, the chapters explain how the development of knowledge of the workings and structure of the body was reflected in changed ideas and representations of the metaphorical, allegorical, and symbolic meanings of infirmity and disease. The interdisciplinary approach makes this study the perfect resource for both students and specialists of the history of art, medicine and religion, and social and intellectual history across Renaissance Europe.

Representing Infirmity - Diseased Bodies in Renaissance Italy (Paperback): John Henderson, Fredrika Jacobs, Jonathan K. Nelson Representing Infirmity - Diseased Bodies in Renaissance Italy (Paperback)
John Henderson, Fredrika Jacobs, Jonathan K. Nelson
R1,205 Discovery Miles 12 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume is the first in-depth analysis of how infirm bodies were represented in Italy from c. 1400 to 1650. Through original contributions and methodologies, it addresses the fundamental yet undiscussed relationship between images and representations in medical, religious, and literary texts. Looking beyond the modern category of 'disease' and viewing infirmity in Galenic humoral terms, each chapter explores which infirmities were depicted in visual culture, in what context, why, and when. By exploring the works of artists such as Caravaggio, Leonardo, and Michelangelo, this study considers the idealized body altered by diseases, including leprosy, plague, goitre, and cancer. In doing so, the relationship between medical treatment and the depiction of infirmities through miracle cures is also revealed. The broad chronological approach demonstrates how and why such representations change, both over time and across different forms of media. Collectively, the chapters explain how the development of knowledge of the workings and structure of the body was reflected in changed ideas and representations of the metaphorical, allegorical, and symbolic meanings of infirmity and disease. The interdisciplinary approach makes this study the perfect resource for both students and specialists of the history of art, medicine and religion, and social and intellectual history across Renaissance Europe.

The Interface of Language, Vision, and Action - Eye Movements and the Visual World (Paperback): John Henderson, Fernanda... The Interface of Language, Vision, and Action - Eye Movements and the Visual World (Paperback)
John Henderson, Fernanda Ferreira
R1,677 Discovery Miles 16 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book brings together chapters from investigators on the leading edge on this new research area to explore on the leading edge on this new research area to explore common theoretical issues, empirical findings, technical problems, and outstanding questions. This book will serve as a blueprint for work on the interface of vision, language, and action over the next five to ten years.

The Roman Book of Gardening (Paperback, New): John Henderson The Roman Book of Gardening (Paperback, New)
John Henderson
R1,159 Discovery Miles 11 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The first book to look at this particular subject, The Roman Book of Gardening brings together an extraordinarily varied selection of texts on Roman horticulture, celebrating herb and vegetable gardening in verse and prose spanning five centuries.

In vivid new translations by John Henderson, Virgil's Georgics stand alongside neglected works by Columella, Pliny and Palladius, bringing to life the techniques and obstacles, delights and exasperations of the Roman gardener. We also hear of the digging, hoeing, planting and weeding which then, as now, went into creating the perfect garden.

This is a timely and valuable contribution to our understanding of gardening history, Roman culture and Latin literature.

The Roman Book of Gardening (Hardcover, New Ed): John Henderson The Roman Book of Gardening (Hardcover, New Ed)
John Henderson
R4,128 Discovery Miles 41 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"The Roman Book of Gardening "brings together an extraordinarily vivid selection of texts on Roman Horticulture, celebrating herb and vegetable gardening in verse and prose spanning five centuries. In an anthology of vivid new translations by John Henderson, Virgil's Georgics stand alongside neglected works by Columella, Pliny and Palladius, bringing to life the techniques and obstacles, delights and exasperations of the Roman gardener. For all the cultural differences, modern gardening enthusiasts will recognize much of the familiar heaving and chopping that the writers describe but may be surprised at other aspects of horticulture that have changed significantly over the centuries.
This is a timely and valuable contribution to our understanding of gardening history, Roman culture and Latin literature. "The Roman Book of" "Gardening" is the first book on the practice of Roman gardening and includes a full Index of Plants listing names in both English and Latin, the language of botany.

Memory and Forgetting (Paperback): John Henderson Memory and Forgetting (Paperback)
John Henderson
R1,161 Discovery Miles 11 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


An explanation of the main models of memory and the various approaches used in its study. This is followed by a study of the theories of forgetting and practical applications of memory research.

Related link: A-Level Psychology Website
Related link: Available for Inspection
Related link: Free Email Alerting

Economics of Health Care (Hardcover): John Henderson, Alastair McGuire, Gavin Mooney Economics of Health Care (Hardcover)
John Henderson, Alastair McGuire, Gavin Mooney
R5,202 Discovery Miles 52 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Economics of Health Care (Paperback, Revised): John Henderson, Alastair McGuire, Gavin Mooney Economics of Health Care (Paperback, Revised)
John Henderson, Alastair McGuire, Gavin Mooney
R1,899 Discovery Miles 18 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This text provides an understanding of the economic theory underlying health economics, supplemented with practical case study material to show how the theory has been applied.

Computational Approaches to Reading and Scene Perception (Hardcover, New): John Henderson Computational Approaches to Reading and Scene Perception (Hardcover, New)
John Henderson
R3,425 R2,655 Discovery Miles 26 550 Save R770 (22%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What we see and understand about the visual world is tightly tied to where we direct our eyes. High-resolution visual information is acquired from only a very limited region of the scene surrounding the fixation point, with the quality of visual input falling off precipitously from central vision into a low-resolution visual surround. This special issue of Visual Cognition brings together cutting-edge research from eight research groups around the world whose work is focused on these important topics. The goal of this special issue is to facilitate a constructive convergence of behavioral data and computational modeling to explore the fundamental nature of attention control, and particularly eye movement control, in viewing complex visual input.

The Interface of Language, Vision, and Action - Eye Movements and the Visual World (Hardcover, New): John Henderson, Fernanda... The Interface of Language, Vision, and Action - Eye Movements and the Visual World (Hardcover, New)
John Henderson, Fernanda Ferreira
R4,022 Discovery Miles 40 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book brings together chapters from investigators on the leading edge on this new research area to explore on the leading edge on this new research area to explore common theoretical issues, empirical findings, technical problems, and outstanding questions. This book will serve as a blueprint for work on the interface of vision, language, and action over the next five to ten years.

The Fifteenth Century XII - Society in an Age of Plague (Hardcover, New): Linda Clark, Carole Rawcliffe The Fifteenth Century XII - Society in an Age of Plague (Hardcover, New)
Linda Clark, Carole Rawcliffe; Contributions by Carole Rawcliffe, Elizabeth Rutledge, Elma Brenner, …
R2,186 Discovery Miles 21 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Essays address plague and disease in the fifteenth century, as manifested throughout Europe. Described as "a golden age of pathogens", the long fifteenth century was notable for a series of international, national and regional epidemics that had a profound effect upon the fabric of society. The impact of pestilence upon the literary, religious, social and political life of men, women and children throughout Europe and beyond continues to excite lively debate among historians, as the ten papers presented in this volume confirm. They deal with theresponse of urban communities in England, France and Italy to matters of public health, governance and welfare, as well as addressing the reactions of the medical profession to successive outbreaks of disease, and of individuals to the omnipresence of death, while two, very different, essays examine the important, if sometimes controversial, contribution now being made by microbiologists to our understanding of the Black Death. Contributors: J.L. Bolton, Elma Brenner, Samuel Cohn, John Henderson, Neil Murphy, Elizabeth Rutledge, Samantha Sagui, Karen Smyth, Jane Stevens Crawshaw, Sheila Sweetinburgh.

The Ama-Xosa - Life and Customs (Paperback): John Henderson Soga The Ama-Xosa - Life and Customs (Paperback)
John Henderson Soga
R1,427 Discovery Miles 14 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Son of Tiyo Soga, the first black South African to be ordained, John Henderson Soga (1860 1941) was a Xhosa minister and scholar. Like his father, he was one of the first of his people to be educated in Europe and to marry a European woman. His perspective on his people's history and culture is therefore distinctive. Conscious of the effects of modernity on Xhosa traditions, he published this work of social anthropology in 1932 to record their way of life as distinct from other tribal communities in South Africa. Soga traces the historical development of their clan system and laws, while offering uniquely informed insights into their beliefs and practices, such as the function of witch doctors and the customs of circumcision, lobola or 'bride price', and polygamy. The South-Eastern Bantu (1930), Soga's earlier survey of three branches of the Bantu family, is also reissued in this series."

The Medieval World of Isidore of Seville - Truth from Words (Paperback): John Henderson The Medieval World of Isidore of Seville - Truth from Words (Paperback)
John Henderson
R1,177 Discovery Miles 11 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In his Etymologiae, St Isidore of Seville put together a systematic survey of the world in the form of a vast thesaurus of Latin vocabulary, which supplies a more or less accepted or fanciful etymology for each term. It became one of the most influential books of European culture through the whole medieval period. This Latin 'Roget' is traditionally used as a reference work, accessed through an elaborate index system. In this book Professor Henderson, the most challenging critic writing on Latin literature and Roman culture, presents a full reading of all twenty books of the Etymologiae, showing how the material is sequenced so that its reader is treated to a thoroughgoing education in the world as it was apprehended in Jewish, Graeco-Roman and Christian culture. All Latin, including etymologies, is translated.

Morals and Villas in Seneca's Letters - Places to Dwell (Paperback): John Henderson Morals and Villas in Seneca's Letters - Places to Dwell (Paperback)
John Henderson
R886 Discovery Miles 8 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

John Henderson explores three letters of Seneca describing visits to Roman villas, and surveys the whole collection to show how these villas work as designs for contrasting lives. Seneca's own place is ageing drastically; a recent Epicurean's paradise is a seductive oasis away from the dangers of Nero's Rome; once a fortress of the dour Rome of yesteryear, the legendary Scipio's lair was now a shrine to the old morality: Seneca revels in its primitive bath-house, dark and cramped, before exploring the garden with the present owner. Seneca brings the philosophical epistle to Latin literature, creating models for moralizing which feature self-criticism, parody and re-animated myth. Virgil and Horace come in for rough handling, as the Latin moralist wrests ethical practice and writing away from Greek gurus and texts, and into critical thinking within a Roman context. Here is powerful teaching on metaphor and translation, on self-transformation and cultural tradition.

The Medieval World of Isidore of Seville - Truth from Words (Hardcover): John Henderson The Medieval World of Isidore of Seville - Truth from Words (Hardcover)
John Henderson
R2,249 Discovery Miles 22 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In his Etymologiae, St Isidore of Seville put together a systematic survey of the world in the form of a vast thesaurus of Latin vocabulary, which supplies a more or less accepted or fanciful etymology for each term. It became one of the most influential books of European culture through the whole medieval period. This Latin 'Roget' is traditionally used as a reference work, accessed through an elaborate index system. In this book Professor Henderson, the most challenging critic writing on Latin literature and Roman culture, presents a full reading of all twenty books of the Etymologiae, showing how the material is sequenced so that its reader is treated to a thoroughgoing education in the world as it was apprehended in Jewish, Graeco-Roman and Christian culture. All Latin, including etymologies, is translated.

Fighting for Rome - Poets and Caesars, History and Civil War (Paperback, New ed): John Henderson Fighting for Rome - Poets and Caesars, History and Civil War (Paperback, New ed)
John Henderson
R1,278 Discovery Miles 12 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The essays in Fighting for Rome confront the traumatic disjunction between the militarist culture of classical Rome, with its heavy investment in valour, conquest and triumph, and the domination of its history by civil war, where Roman soldiers killed so many Romans for control of Rome. The essays gathered and rewritten here range across the literary forms (history, satire, lyric and epic) and work closely with the ancient texts (Appian and Julius Caesar; Horace; Lucan and Statius; Tacitus and Livy). Close reading and powerful translation communicate the ancient writers' efforts to grasp and respond to the Roman civil wars, and to their product, Roman terror under the Caesars. The book aims to bring to life strong reactions to a world order run by civil war.

Morals and Villas in Seneca's Letters - Places to Dwell (Hardcover, New): John Henderson Morals and Villas in Seneca's Letters - Places to Dwell (Hardcover, New)
John Henderson
R2,245 Discovery Miles 22 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

John Henderson focuses on three key Letters visiting three Roman villas, and reveals their meaning as designs for contrasting lives. Seneca brings the philosophical epistle to Latin literature, creating models for moralizing which feature self-criticism, parody, and animated revision of myth. The Stoic moralist wrests writing away from Greek gurus and texts, and recasts it into critical thinking in Latin terms, within a Roman context. The Letters embody critical thinking on metaphor and translation, self-transformation and cultural tradition.

The South-Eastern Bantu - Abe-Nguni, Aba-Mbo, Ama-Lala (Paperback): John Henderson Soga The South-Eastern Bantu - Abe-Nguni, Aba-Mbo, Ama-Lala (Paperback)
John Henderson Soga 1
R1,417 Discovery Miles 14 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Son of Tiyo Soga, the first black South African to be ordained, John Henderson Soga (1860-1941) was a Xhosa minister and scholar. Like his father, he was one of the first of his people to receive an education in Europe and to marry a European woman. His perspective on his people's history is therefore distinctive. Driven by a desire to record Xhosa traditions before they were lost in a changing world, Soga collected oral histories during his work at mission stations in South Africa, producing this historical survey of three branches of the Bantu family. Including genealogies of the main tribes, and tracing their traditions, beliefs and conflicts, the work first appeared in this English version in 1930, having been translated by the author from his native language. His equally authoritative work of social anthropology, The Ama-Xosa: Life and Customs (1932), is also reissued in this series.

Fighting for Rome - Poets and Caesars, History and Civil War (Hardcover, New): John Henderson Fighting for Rome - Poets and Caesars, History and Civil War (Hardcover, New)
John Henderson
R2,606 Discovery Miles 26 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For the Roman writers "Fighting for Rome" became not the expansive imperialism of the all-conquering Republic, but a collapse into horror and un-Roman autocracy brought about by the Caesars' fighting for control of Rome. The essays in this volume range across the literary forms--history and satire, lyric and epic--working closely with particular texts. Conceived over the decade after the Cold War, they have been updated and rewritten to make a book that brings the ancient texts before the reader in a strikingly immediate way.

Plague and the City (Hardcover): Lukas Engelmann, John Henderson, Christos Lynteris Plague and the City (Hardcover)
Lukas Engelmann, John Henderson, Christos Lynteris
R4,134 Discovery Miles 41 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Plague and the City uncovers discourses of plague and anti-plague measures in the city during the medieval, early modern and modern periods, and explores the connection between plague and urban environments including attempts by professional bodies to prevent or limit the outbreak of epidemic disease. Bringing together leading scholars of plague working across different historical periods, this book provides an inter-disciplinary study of plague in the city across time and space. The chapters cover a wide range of periods, geographical locations and disciplinary approaches but all seek to answer significant questions, including whether common motives can be identified, and how far knowledge about plague was based on an understanding of the urban space. It also examines how maps and photographs contribute to understanding plague in the city through exploring the ways in which the relationship between plague and the urban environment has been visualised, from the poisoned darts of plague winging their way towards their victims in the votive pictures from the Renaissance, to the mapping of the spread of disease in late nineteenth-century Bombay and photographing Honolulu's great plague fire in 1900. Containing a series of studies that illuminate plague's urban connection as a key social and political concern throughout history, Plague and the City is ideal for students of early modern history, and of the early modern city and plague more specifically.

Plague and the City (Paperback): Lukas Engelmann, John Henderson, Christos Lynteris Plague and the City (Paperback)
Lukas Engelmann, John Henderson, Christos Lynteris
R1,220 Discovery Miles 12 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Plague and the City uncovers discourses of plague and anti-plague measures in the city during the medieval, early modern and modern periods, and explores the connection between plague and urban environments including attempts by professional bodies to prevent or limit the outbreak of epidemic disease. Bringing together leading scholars of plague working across different historical periods, this book provides an inter-disciplinary study of plague in the city across time and space. The chapters cover a wide range of periods, geographical locations and disciplinary approaches but all seek to answer significant questions, including whether common motives can be identified, and how far knowledge about plague was based on an understanding of the urban space. It also examines how maps and photographs contribute to understanding plague in the city through exploring the ways in which the relationship between plague and the urban environment has been visualised, from the poisoned darts of plague winging their way towards their victims in the votive pictures from the Renaissance, to the mapping of the spread of disease in late nineteenth-century Bombay and photographing Honolulu's great plague fire in 1900. Containing a series of studies that illuminate plague's urban connection as a key social and political concern throughout history, Plague and the City is ideal for students of early modern history, and of the early modern city and plague more specifically.

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