The classic coming-of-age memoir from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Oregon Trail, about a special time in every young adult’s life—the first “real” job out
The #1 New York Times bestseller: Rinker Buck’s “awe-inspiring…charming, big-hearted, impassioned…fun to read” (The Boston Globe) account of traveling the length of the Oregon Trail the old-fashioned
From “a virtuoso storyteller in a very American vein” (Phillip Lopate), The Oregon Trail is an epic account of traveling the length of the Oregon Trail the old-fashioned way, in a covered wagon with a
On March 21, 2003, while leading a rifle platoon into combat, Marine Lieutenant Shane Childers became the first combat fatality of the Iraq War. In this gripping, beautifully written personal history,
The author describes how he and his brother, then teenagers, piloted a plane across the United States and how their landmark flight drew them closer to each other and to their father, a stunt flyer. R
Fundamentals of Optical Fibers, Second Edition offers readers a timely and consistent introduction to the fundamental principles of light propagation in fibers. In it, the author reviews, in depth, fu
The book outlines the major areas of listening research in an accessible manner and provides language teachers with guidelines to design and develop suitable listening tests for their students.
Surveys current understanding of the structure and constitution of mid-ocean ridge spreading centers the largest and most active volcanic and extensional tectonic regimes on earth. Twelve contributio
Statistics in Practice A new series of practical books outlining the use of statistical techniques in a wide range of application areas:* Human and Biological Sciences* Earth and Environmental Science
