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The Cambridge University Press published (1945-1967) in six volumes Professor Bailey's transcriptions of Saka manuscripts found in Sin Kiang and Kansu (of the ancient kingdom of Khotan). They are central to any study of Old Iranian and the Iranian dialects; and they are also important for further understanding of the religious tradition in the sacred Avesta of the Zoroastrians, and for the history of the peoples of Central Asia generally. This 1979 dictionary represents the fulfilment of a plan formed in 1934 which required first the editing and transcription of the manuscripts, and then the slow elucidation of the whole corpus of texts. It contains a linguistic analysis and translation of all the Iranian words used in the texts. It is the necessary key to the understanding of the texts, to the mastery of the language itself, and to the linking of Khotan Saka into the Indo-European linguistic tradition.
Geodesy is the science of accurately measuring and understanding three fundamental properties of Earth: its geometric shape, its orientation in space, and its gravity field, as well as the changes of these properties with time. Over the past half century, the United States, in cooperation with international partners, has led the development of geodetic techniques and instrumentation. Geodetic observing systems provide a significant benefit to society in a wide array of military, research, civil, and commercial areas, including sea level change monitoring, autonomous navigation, tighter low flying routes for strategic aircraft, precision agriculture, civil surveying, earthquake monitoring, fo...
Clearly a literary great, O. Henry gave his great gifts to the world with his classic works, including this western short story, "Telemachus, Friend." Enjoy Henry's amazing imagination as you take a trip into the Old West. Telemachus, Friend is the 3rd short story of the Heart of the West collection of short stories by author O. Henry.
Reproduction of the original: Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama by E. Cobham Brewer
"The Fiction Factory: Being the experience of a writer who, for Twenty-two years, has kept a story-mill grinding successfully" is authored by William Wallace Cook. The author known by the pen-name John Milton Edwards, was an American journalist and author of popular fiction. The book tells how he got started as a fiction writer and the ups and downs of freelancing at the turn of the last century. In addition to how fascinating reading in its own right could be, the book shows how much harder writing used to be.
This volume contains ones of the sets of linked short stories that Conan Doyle centred on his character of Brigadier Gerard, and six short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes. The other is also available in a volume from CSP.