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  • How the Maya Built Their World

    Energetics and Ancient Architecture

    by Elliot M. Abrams ...
    Maya architecture is often described as "massive" and "monumental," but experiments at Copan, Honduras, convinced Elliot Abrams that 300 people could have built one of the large palaces there in only 100 days.In this groundbreaking work, Abrams explicates his theory of architectural energetics, which involves translating structures into volumes of raw and manufactured materials that are then ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Architectural Energetics in Archaeology

    Analytical Expansions and Global Explorations

    Edited by Leah McCurdy, Elliot M. Abrams ...
    Archaeologists and the public at large have long been fascinated by monumental architecture built by past societies. Whether considering the earthworks in the Ohio Valley or the grandest pyramids in Egypt and Mexico, people have been curious as to how pre-modern societies with limited technology were capable of constructing monuments of such outstanding scale and quality. Architectural energetics ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • The Emergence of the Moundbuilders

    The Archaeology of Tribal Societies in Southeastern Ohio

    Edited by Elliot M. Abrams, AnnCorinne Freter ...
    Native American societies, often viewed as unchanging, in fact experienced a rich process of cultural innovation in the millennia prior to recorded history. Societies of the Hocking River Valley in southeastern Ohio, part of the Ohio River Valley, created a tribal organization beginning about 2000 bc.Edited by Elliot M. Abrams and AnnCorinne Freter, The Emergence of the Moundbuilders: The ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • The Rule-Out Method of Criminal Defense

    by David Ball ...
    The Rule-Out method of criminal defense, easily learned, gets most jurors to want to decide verdicts based solely on reasonable doubts -- which, perhaps unexpectedly, few jurors normally do on their own no matter how you explain it. Instead, most convictions result from burden shifting, the usual demand by jurors that the defense attorney prove innocence. Rule Out prevents this, teaches how to ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

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  • Think Like a Lawyer: the Art of Argument for Law Students

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  • Ancient Households of the Americas

    Conceptualizing What Households Do

    Edited by John G. Douglass, Nancy Gonlin ...
    In Ancient Households of the Americas archaeologists investigate the fundamental role of household production in ancient, colonial, and contemporary households.Several different cultures-Iroquois, Coosa, Anasazi, Hohokam, San Agustín, Wankarani, Formative Gulf Coast Mexico, and Formative, Classic, Colonial, and contemporary Maya-are analyzed through the lens of household archaeology in concrete, ... Read more

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    by Alec Baldwin, Mark Tabb ...
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  • The People, Place, and Space Reader

    Edited by Jen Jack Gieseking, William Mangold, Cindi Katz, Setha Low, Susan Saegert ...
    The People, Place, and Space Reader brings together the writings of scholars, designers, and activists from a variety of fields to make sense of the makings and meanings of the world we inhabit. They help us to understand the relationships between people and the environment at all scales, and to consider the active roles individuals, groups, and social structures play in creating the environments ... Read more

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  • Interviewing, Interrogation & Communication for Law Enforcement

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    by Davis, Leslie ...
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