David Henry: 366 books

Now in full color, Contemporary Orthodontics, 5th Edition is a practical resource with a long tradition of excellence. Line drawings and more than 1,000 new color images illustrate concepts more clearly than ever. This book includes detailed information on diagnosis, treatment planning concepts, related...

Musical sounds are some of the most mobile human elements, crossing national, cultural, and regional boundaries at an ever-increasing pace in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Whole musical products travel easily, though not necessarily intact, via musicians, CDs (and earlier, cassettes),...

Designed as a 'one-stop shopping' tool for anyone interested in or affected by substance abuse, this book provides detailed discussions that include the history, chemistry, biology, epidemiology, and salient characteristics of the most important and prevalent abused substances.

Soybeans are one of the most widely-grown crops in the world. As the world’s main source of vegetable protein, they have a wide range of food and non-food uses. Current yields need to increase significantly to meet growing demand but in a way that reduces input use, does not damage the environment...

Continuing advances in computer technology have made it possible for engineers and scientists to construct increasingly realistic models of physical processes. Practical Inverse Analysis in Engineering addresses an important area of engineering that will become even more significant to engineers and...

I trust that you will pardon me for being here. I do not wish to force my thoughts upon you, but I feel forced myself. Little as I know of Captain Brown, I would fain do my part to correct the tone and the statements of the newspapers, and of my countrymen generally, respecting his character and actions....

Ce livre est une bible survivaliste. Thoreau décrit son retour à Concord, où il habita dans une cabane dans les bois pendant 2 ans, 2 mois et 2 jours. Pamphlet critique à l'égard du monde occidental, ce livre propose également une vision "naturelle", une élévation de l'âme humaine correspondant à une symbiose avec le rythme des saisons.

Life without Principle se llamó originalmente What Shall it Profit, y fue una conferencia dictada por Thoreau el 6 de diciembre de 1854 en el Hall del Ferrocarril de Rhode Island. Posteriormente, dictó la conferencia cuatro veces más en Massachusetts durante 1855, y una vez más en Nueva Jersey...

El siglo XIX fue una de las épocas en la que más cambios sociales y tecnológicos ocurrieron, y nuevas formas de pensamiento surgieron debido a estos cambios y avances vertiginosos. Uno de los pilares del pensamiento actual nace de una profunda reflexión acerca de qué hacer cuando el ciudadano...

Disobbedienza Civile, è un vibrante saggio-pamphlet sul diritto alla ribellione e alla disobbedienza nei confronti dello Stato e delle “leggi ingiuste”. Nacque in seguito all’incarcerazione di Thoreau per il suo rifiuto di pagare le tasse e quindi sostenere il governo Usa impegnato nella guerra...

Il tema centrale di questo scritto è la preponderanza data al diritto rispetto alla legge: pur di seguire ciò che la propria coscienza individuale ritiene giusto Thoreau ammette anche la disobbedienza alle leggi. Secondo lui è più importante il rispetto del diritto piuttosto che il rispetto della...

Tra il 1849 e il 1855 Thoreau fece tre viaggi attraverso la penisola del Massachusetts e, come sempre, annotò ogni cosa nei suoi diari. Poi, per qualche anno, se ne andò in giro a raccontare luoghi e uomini di quell’esile lingua di sabbia in bilico sull’Atlantico che è Cape Cod, in una serie...

Del grupo de notables que a mediados del siglo pasado tuvieron su hogar en la pequeña población de Concord, en Massachusetts, otorgándole con ello una fama literaria a la vez especial y duradera, Thoreau es el único nacido allí. Su vecino Emerson había buscado aquel sitio en su madurez como...