Beginning Still Life teaches aspiring artists everything they need to know to get started in drawing with graphite pencil. From choosing paper and pencils to basic pencil techniques to composition and
Accelerationism is the bastard offspring of a furtive liaison between Marxism and science fiction. Its basic premise is that the only way out is the way through: to get beyond capitalism, we need to p
Contemporary philosophers of mind tend to assume that the world of nature can be reduced to basic physics. Yet there are features of the mind consciousness, intentionality, normativity that do not see
Sex? Social standing? Social justice? With this breakthrough study of the motivational forces behind human behavior, and grounded in the most up-to-date psychological research available, Dr. Steven R
Green roofs offer many aesthetic benefits as well as environmental ones. Landscape architect Steven Cantor gives the basic terminology of green roof design, defines the green roof types, reviews mat
This text comprises Chapters 1?15 of Zumdahl, Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation, 5/e. For a full description, see catalog entry for Zumdahl, Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation, 5/e.
Covers every topic on the ABSITE, from basic science to clinical knowledge in general surgery and surgical subspecialties.Uses a streamlined outline and list format, full-color illustrations, tables,
Visual Basic .NET is a radically new version of Microsoft Visual Basic, the world's most widely used rapid application development (RAD) package. Whether you are just beginning application development
The acclaimed introductory text to geometrical and visual optics --- now in full colorGeometrical and Visual Optics, Third Edition is a rigorous, yet approachable text that expertly combines basic opt
Buckminster Fuller, the brilliant and eccentric futurist philosopher best known as the inventor of the Geodesic Dome, was one of the most creative contributors to innovative thought and technology in
Updated to define over 3000 basic legal terms that apply to civil procedure, commercial law and contracts, constitutional law, criminal law, property law and torts. Terms are defined clearly and simpl
Thermal Energy Systems: Design and Analysis, Second Edition presents basic concepts for simulation and optimization, and introduces simulation and optimization techniques for system modeling. This tex
Accessible and succinct, this book has given thousands of clinicians and students the basic understanding of neuroscience that is essential in contemporary mental health practice. Steven R. Pliszka sy
Accessible and succinct, this book has given thousands of clinicians and students the basic understanding of neuroscience that is essential in contemporary mental health practice. Steven R. Pliszka sy
This text provides a practical approach for senior/fourth-year students in mechanical engineering who have taken basic courses in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, engineering heat transfer, and the en
Intended for law students, this compact dictionary defines 3000 basic legal terms used in the regular course of civil procedure, commercial law and contracts, constitutional law, criminal law, propert
A guide for undergraduate pharmacy students that gives bullet points of basic information on therapeutics. It focuses on what pharmacy students need to know in order to pass exams, providing bulleted
This is the fourth volume in an influential series that presents a basic revaluation of the nature of mysticism. Each provides a collection of solicited papers by noted experts in the study of religio
This book explores image processing from several perspectives: the creative, thetheoretical (mainly mathematical), and the programmatical. It explains the basic principles of imageprocessing, drawing
A scientific and legal exploration into animal rights today considers the cognitive abilities of animals along the evolutionary spectrum, identifies where the line for rights is currently drawn and wh
The definitive history of the Kerner Commission, whose report on urban unrest reshaped American debates about race and inequalityIn Separate and Unequal, historian Steven M. Gillon offers a revelatory
This text provides a masterful and systematic treatment of all the basic analytic and geometric aspects of Bergman's classic theory of the kernel and its invariance properties. These include calculati
A noble profession is facing its defining moment. From law schools to the prestigious firms that represent the pinnacle of a legal career, a crisis is unfolding. News headlines tell part of the storyt
Data-driven Design of Fault Diagnosis and Fault-tolerant Control Systems presents basic statistical process monitoring, fault diagnosis, and control methods and introduces advanced data-driven schemes
This text provides a masterful and systematic treatment of all the basic analytic and geometric aspects of Bergman's classic theory of the kernel and its invariance properties. These include calculati
A noble profession is facing its defining moment. From law schools to the prestigious firms that represent the pinnacle of a legal career, a crisis is unfolding. News headlines tell part of the story?
This is the beginning of a series of workbooks on various math problems. Others to be published in the coming months will range from sports to movies to holidays to games. The purpose is to develop
Foundations, Second Edition, by Steven J. Molinsky and Bill Bliss, is an all-skills, standards-based program for low-beginning learners of English. Its simple format, easy-to-use photo dictionary less
Franklin D. Roosevelt famously called December 7, 1941, ?a date which will live in infamy.” History would prove him correct; the events of that day?when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor?ended the Grea
Analyzes three plays by the nineteenth-century Norwegian writer that some believe prophesied Hitler's rule over the Third Reich, in a historical investigation that considers such topics as the literar
An introduction to the game of disc golf covers the rules and history of the game; stance, grips, and throws; equipment and supplies, courses, and variations of the basic game.
This book provides a new look at dynamic psychotherapy, re-examining its basic theory and challenging the limits of current models. Making use of emotion theory, attachment theory, and memory theory,
Contemporary philosophers of mind tend to assume that the world of nature can be reduced to basic physics. Yet there are features of the mind consciousness, intentionality, normativity that do not s
Connections and Symbols provides the first systematic analysis of the explosive newfield of Connectionism that is challenging the basic tenets of cognitive science.
A history of violence in New York traces the vulnerabilities of residents from different time periods while exploring how today's New Yorkers face a higher risk of terrorism, arguing that the city has
In The End of Negotiable Instruments: Bringing Payment Systems Law Out of the Past, author James Rogers challenges the basic assumptions of the law of checks and notes and its history, and provides a
On November 22, 1963, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson faced one of the most painful and tragic events in American history?the assassination of John F. Kennedy. In that moment of chaos, with a nation
Design School is a richly illustrated, unprecedented anthology of over 50 of the most challenging class projects from design schools around the world. The projects range from basic typography to socia
The guide that takes the guesswork out of Fair Housing Act Accessibility Guidelines conformanceThe Federal government is stepping up its enforcement of the Fair Housing Act Accessibility Guidelines, a
In this collection of 18 articles contributors describe the history, debates, evidence and proposals inherent in a basic income guarantee, including such topics as the shadow of the old Poor Law, earl
