Dante: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide (Bloom's Major Poets)
Considered one of the world's greatest writers, Dante was also a great political and philosophical thinker. Examined here are Vita Nuova, Rime Petrose, Inferno, Purgatoria, and Paradiso.
This title also features a comprehensive biography of Dante, a user's guide, detailed plot summaries of each novel, extracts from important critical essays, a complete bibliography of Dante's works, an index of themes and ideas, and editor's notes and introduction by Harold Bloom.
Where did math come from? Who thought up all those algebra symbols, and why? What's the story behind ...negative numbers? ...the metric system? ...quadratic equations? ...sine and cosine? The 25 independent sketches in "Math through the Ages" answer these questions and many others in an informal, easygoing style that's accessible to teachers, students, and anyone who is curious about the history of mathematical ideas. Each sketch contains Questions and Projects to help you learn more about its topic and to see how its main ideas fit into the bigger picture of history.
Much has been written about communicating within organizations but relatively little on the critical skill of communicating upward. Green and Knippen, experts in employee motivation and performance, show how essential it is to the success of an organization, public or private, for employees to get their ideas up the ladder and into the hands of the decision-makers. Their book outlines more than 40 specific upward communication needs and offers a structure that will ensure that the movement of ideas upward actually takes place.
