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There is no widely recognized method for producing specifications of repair, improvement and conversion work, yet consistent documentation is fundamental to good client communications and consistent pricing. This new edition of a highly regarded reference work sets out a method of producing specifications for minor works by prescribing the common terminology and a logical sequence for scheduling work.
VOLUME II - DESCENDANT CHART: This is the companion volume to the second edition of the Wallick family history book titled Hans Michael Wallick’s Descendants in America: European Origin from 1623. The descendant chart in this book begins in 1623 with the birth of Hans Michael’s grandfather, Simon Walck, in what is now the German state of Bavaria. It contains a detailed and comprehensive list of both the male and female descendants of our first American progenitors, Hans Michael and Frederica Esther (Eisen) Walck/Wallick. Over 8,000 names are included in this descendant chart! May their Wallick tribe increase…
“For almost a millennium, from its foundation in the third century BCE to late antiquity, the Red Sea port of Berenike was a key part of the sea route that linked the Mediterranean to South Asia. The excavations conducted by Professor Sidebotham and his international team have provided unprecedented detail about the urban history of Berenike, the lives of its inhabitants, its role in the spice trade, and the products that passed through its port. Berenike and the Ancient Maritime Spice Route is a major contribution to world historical scholarship that will fundamentally change our understanding of ancient trade in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean.” —Stanley M. Burstein, California State Un...
To the Ends of the Earth is a major history of ancient exploration, one that fully incorporates evidence from Greco-Roman sources and those in China, Central Asia, India, Egypt, and Mesopotamia. It presents a compelling portrait of the adventurers who expanded knowledge of the world and brought far-flung civilizations closer than ever before.
"A novel of the immediate future with a highly complex western world given over to industry and peace and all ordered and protected by an international police force. But trouble looms large on the eastern horizon--China and India are awakening and Japan is furnishing the brains and stimulus. Plot and intrigue in the tricky Orient develope and at last the catastrophe breaks and the little International Police Force is nearly wiped out. Adventures in the mysterious Eastern cities and courts, in the Chinese temples, and lastly scenes in the great battles in which the Oriental is stemmed, in the trenches and in the air, form a most vivid and dramatic picture, and at the same time a forceful lesson in the matter of preparedness. Captain Gardiner, the hero, and the sturdy secret service agent who gives up his life for his duty, show that after all western morality is dominant and personal honor supreme in the world. And after the warfare come the quiet love scenes and the straightening out of the tangled love threads that give charm and contentment to this very dramatic and readable tale."--Dust jacket flap.
This book explores the relationships between ancient Roman and Confucian thought, paying particular attention to their relevance for the contemporary world. More than 10 scholars from all around the world offer thereby a reference work for the comparative research between Roman (and early Greek) and Eastern thought, setting new trends in the panorama of Classical and Comparative Studies.