Hamad presents students, academics, and professionals working in a variety of contexts with a comprehensive guide to 2D Drafting using AutoCAD 2015 software. The author has organized the main body of
"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
Staddon analyzes science, policy, history, and current discourse around tobacco smoking, arguing that current social treatment of the issue does not line up with what the hard available data shows. He
Something of Myself and Others is a fascinating collection of articles and reflections on the public and private life of Mary Kenny, one of Ireland’s best known journalists. Detailing memorable events
This text introduces the computer environment and productivity software applications in Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office for Mac 2011, and the OpenOffice.org suite to students and beginners who
Richardson and Thies introduce the Microsoft Office suite to new users of computers and to people moving from another platform. They cover computing basics, word processing, presentation software, spr
Natal and the Zulu Country takes the reader through a breathtakingly beautiful ride through time, from the beginnings of mankind in Southern Africa, in a lush and fertile land called Natal. Natal is a
During apartheid, Jurgen Schadeberg worked for the leading black publications of the time. This way he had access to the likes of a young activists, like the lawyer, named Nelson Mandela. Iconic pictu
Appollon, a historian, presents a biography of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes within historical context and in relation to how he represented the age of increased colonialism in the late nineteenth
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
The science and stories behind the remarkable Polynesian settlement of the South Pacific and finally New Zealand, with plentiful illustrations and maps
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
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 (
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 retired educator who now writes autobiographical narratives and poetry introduces stories of 'conscious self-creation' of her life experiences in learning and teaching. Burke shares amusing and touc
Taking pages from books of nature, art, and architecture, Rachel Fletcher provides visual designers of all disciplines and art forms with geometric methods and techniques for composing spaces and plac
This is the second volume of two-volume work examining the concept of costless inputs to wealth creation. Costless inputs are scarce, create value, cannot be purchased, and, the author argues, must be
Social history has until now proven to be the most suitable point of departure to pursue the wider connections between sport, leisure and society or explore the interconnections between sport and leis
Where the Streets Have 2 Names: U2 and the Dublin Music Scene 1978-1981 features hundreds of previously unpublished photographs of U2 (by award-winning photographer Patrick Brocklebank) from the band'
Drawing on the folklore and mythology of India and Nepal and inspired by author John Jackson’s travels in those countries, Tales for Great Grandchildren is an enchanting collection of 13 illustrated s
There are a few landmark works and authors in the history of urban management and public health administration, from John Snow and his account of the Broad Street cholera epidemic onward. One of the l
Photographer Chuck Forsman used an old-fashioned Leica film camera to take these black and white photographs of his dog going for walks, mostly in the city streets, parks, and natural areas around Bou
The Great Plains is one of Earth's greatest ecosystems. Comprised of short- and tall-grass prairie, it extends from the Canadian Arctic south to Texas and from the Rocky Mountains in the dry west to t
Reflecting the methodological shift in the reading of biblical texts that has evolved over some years, the focus is on understanding the New Testament message and not on the origins and prehistory of
Relying mainly on a short booklet about the hanging of Jennet Preston for witchcraft published fifteen years after the fact, Lumby presents a modern interpretation the story of the Pendle Witches, sev
Hund (law, U. of South Africa) brings together 10 essays by political sociology, human rights and criminal justice, and anthropology scholars, a spiritual leader, and governmental officials from South
This is a slightly oversize (9.5x11"), attractively produced, abundantly illustrated presentation of all aspects of forest flora and fauna in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republ
For over 50 years one family dominated England's high offices of state. William and Robert Cecil, father and son, held unparalleled power as statesmen, diplomats, counsellors and spymasters throughout
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,
