British Member of Parliament Jesse Norman (Conservative Party) promotes Prime Minister David Cameron's conservative idea of the "Big Society," with a particular focus on its economic elements. His ana
For readers new to the Microsoft operating system, Richardson describes the use of Microsoft Office for both Windows and Mac in a project-driven approach that balances understanding with ability. Afte
Richardson explains Microsoft's presentation software for both Windows and Mac using a project-driven approach that emphasizes both understanding and ability. Each chapter begins with an overview of o
This is a masterly, immensely readable and totally convincing narrative of 500 years of this great and mightily important British industryIn fact, this new book describes with great insight and clarit
Laurie Brown has long been fascinated with what happens at the edge of cities. In her pioneering, photographic work on Los Angeles, her focus was on the terraforming activities in that quintessential
Richard Boggs first came to Sudan as a volunteer in 1986. He has very much lived among the Sudanese. His is not a life lived with expats and diplomats the warriors of the White Nile; the Nubian wrestl
Al Venter has been free-diving (without cages) with sharks for 40 years and has had three of his friends killed by them. The international author known for his war writing now turns his efforts on hig
Haworth parsonage and village will forever be linked inextricably with one nineteenth-century literary family. For it was here, in 1821, that Patrick Bront, an Irish Anglican clergyman, came from Thor
This volume documents the phase of white contact with the Transgariep region in Africa from 1819 to 1840 through written accounts left by the first white travelers. White hunters from the Cape Colony
When a young, naively confident Jurgen Schadeberg first arrived at The Star news offices in Johannesburg with a Leica strung over his shoulder, he was informed by the paper's chief photographer that h
Head of the Zoology Department at the U. of Pretoria for 31 years (1954-1985) and chairman of the National Parks Board of South Africa for 15 years (1979-1994), Eloff sites his involvement with the pe
Most of the literature on slavery during the first 60 years in the colony that is now South Africa, is Dutch or Afrikaans, says Schoeman, and his purpose with this volume is to translate that material
Noticing that students came to class with both Microsoft and Apple products, Richardson (director, online information technology, at a private university) and Thies (Tulane U.) developed a textbook th
A cave hacked out of the rock, lit by flickering torches - two young boys appeal to the famed Roman oracle for a glimpse into their future. The Sybil draws a blood-red shape of an eagle with wings out
Gray Hill was a distinguished Liverpool solicitor who, along with his wife, made a number of annual trips to Jordan, Palestine and Syria. This work is the record of three of these trips, made in 1888,
Detective Chief Superintendent Fran Harman has never been happier. Her relationship with Assistant Chief Constable Mark Turner is going well and they are buying a house together. At work, a former pro
Escaping to America from the turmoil of her life in Edinburgh, DI Jim Meldrum's daughter, Betty, is lonely and vulnerable. When she meets a witty, charming stranger with an accent that reminds her of
Guy Piran wrote 2,000 letters over a period of three years. It became an obsession, to say the least. When he completed the 2,000th letter he set out across East Sussex with two friends and a van, a
Using a question and answer format, practical examples, and numerous illustrations, this book explains child obesity concepts and related issues. It first offers easy-to-understand definitions of the
This is a fully revised edition of the Stuart's best-selling field guide to southern Africa's extraordinary wealth of mammal species – from tiny shrews to the iconic Big Five, and including those that
In the follow-up to Tissues Salts for Health Living, the author focuses on using tissue salts to enhance the development and well-being of children, from infancy to the teenage years.
1916. As thousands of Brits are fighting on the Front Line, a new breed of women emerges to hold the Home Front together. Fiercely independent and fiery-spirited, the munitionettes, or 'canaries', are
VanGuilder defines environmental audits, explains why to conduct them, and provides detailed guidance on how to conduct them. He also breaks down the environmental regulatory programs into more easily
The book presents 50 of the most recognizable and geologically interesting sites around South Africa, including some of paleontological or historical renown and some of mining interest. The diverse se
"My past was behind a curtain. I had to go to Feruzeh. I had to see her so I could open the curtain of both the future and the past.” Two young people from foreign lands meet in a shop in Cam
Namibia is a vast and mostly desolate country found on the west coast of southern Africa. Bisected by the Tropic of Capricorn, the country is bounded in the west by the icy Atlantic Ocean and in the e
The Magaliesberg mountains are more than two billion years old - one of the oldest mountain ranges on the planet – and the book traces their creation and the changes in the landscape over this vast pa
Maddy's husband, the poet Michael Donaghy, died suddenly at the age of fifty, leaving her to bring up their young son alone. After the shock of his unexpected death, the funeral and public mourning of
Jack Parsons has been investigating the incredible landscapes, amazing light, and diverse cultures of the American Southwest for more than thirty-five years, in turn becoming a master of photographic
In the Hindu world-view, threshold is a profoundly important concept that represents a passage between one space and place and another, creating a visual bridge between the secular and the sacred. Acc
Targeting amateur naturalists, filmmakers, journalists, authors, and tour guides, Apps goes beyond identifying animals, concentrating on their behavior, specifically the most ubiquitous southern Afric
The Reef Guide documents some 800 reef fish and invertebrates found along the east and south coasts of southern Africa. Following on the success of Dennis King’s earlier two titles, this impressive ne
Botros provides the fundamental knowledge necessary to understand how to design and analyze basic digital logic systems and to know how to simulate these systems using hardware description languages (
Set against the stark beauty of contemporary Paris, Invisible Others is a story about loss, intimacy, and the inability to communicate despite best intentions.Provocative, sensual and fiercely honest,
Richardson combines the research of many different scholars and researchers on the life and work of Edward Thring (1821-1887), proclaimed “the most original educationalist” and schoolmaster during his
Being a Hollywood star isn’t everything when there’s still a lot of kid in you. For 40 years film and TV’s big names were kids again playing baseball in the annual L.A. Dodgers Hollywood Stars Night
A cross between memoir, biography, and coffee-table photographic history book, this volume covers the author's visits to, and photographs of, WWI battlefield sites and the American Battle Monuments Co
