Explains why hurricanes occur and describes the technology used to study them, the damage they inflict, and some of the more famous hurricanes in history.
Explains why hurricanes occur and describes the technology used to study them, the damage they inflict, and some of the more famous hurricanes in history.
Historical Dictionary of U.S. Diplomacy from World War I through World War II by Martin Folly and Niall Palmer (Scarecrow, April 2010) / 534 pages / 5.5 x 8.5 / $126 (cloth)LTD sales: 151 units, $13,1
Blue Boy is the fictionalized autobiography of Jean Giono's boyhood in the countryside of Provence before the first World War. Told through the eyes of a child, this novel is written with the style th
What is a committed employee? Are such employees better or worse off than uncommitted employees? What are the organizational advantages and disadvantages of having a committed workforce?
An intrepid explorer, young Rebecca ventures into the forest in search of an ovenbird, a warbler reputed to be the wizard of the woods. Readers follow Rebeccas progress through the day di
"Peasant civilization possesses as a gift human qualities which philosophical civilizations spend centuries first defining, then desiring, and finally losing." —Jean GionoA true forebear of mag
Savage wars in Bosnia, Rwanda, Liberia, Iraq and many other places continue to fill our television screens and newspapers with terrible images of conflict. Despite the optimism about world peace, brou
Hannah and her family decide to head west to find a better life, and one day in early spring, they pack up all they own and set out on their grand adventure. Reprint.
Today is doomsday for a young Venezuelan Indian boy's beloved rain forest and its animal life?unless he and a visiting naturalist can save it. "George makes drama large and small out of the minute-by-
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The book describes what it means to say the world is complex and explores what that means for managers, policy makers and individuals.The first part of the book is about the theory and ideas of comple
The book describes what it means to say the world is complex and explores what that means for managers, policy makers and individuals.The first part of the book is about the theory and ideas of comple
