The twentieth century has been called, not inaccurately, a century of genocide. And the beginning of the twenty-first century has seen little change, with genocidal violence in Darfur, Congo, Sri Lank
As a writer who, beginning in the 1930s, gave voice to the ordinary man and woman, Steinbeck came to be the conscience of America. He witnessed and recorded with clarity much of the political and soci
Stranded in the 20th century, Astro Boy must save Earth from a voracious Martian fungus--and save the intelligent organism from the hydrogen bomb! Can Astro succeed while also beginning the fight for
Leonard James is on an extraordinary quest: to be a man of value. The outcast of a dysfunctional family, Leonard is perplexed and incensed by life's injustices, beginning with the untimely death of co
Leonard James is on an extraordinary quest: to be a man of value. The outcast of a dysfunctional family, Leonard is perplexed and incensed by life's injustices, beginning with the untimely death of co
In My Year 2009: Facing the Heat, the 8th volume to appear in Douglas Messerli’s on-going cultural memoirs, the author expresses that he suspected, what with the beginning of Barack Obama’s presidency
The final book in the bestselling Books of Beginning trilogy that began withThe Emerald Atlas, which the New York Times called “a new Narnia for the tween set.”The adventures of siblings Kate, Michael
Building on the tremendous success of Bird Songs (250,000 copies sold),The Backyard Birdsong Guides are regional, interactive handbooks of birds and their songs for beginning bird-watchers. With a tou
American cities entered a new phase when, beginning in the 1950s, artists and developers looked upon a decaying industrial zone in Lower Manhattan and saw, not blight, but opportunity: cheap rents, la
Today, architects and designers are beginning to look toward developments in new"smart" or "intelligent" materials and technologies for solutions to long-standing problemsin buildi
With Compelling, Colourful Photography, Javanese Antique And Folk Art Celebrates This Delightful Art Form That Is Just Beginning To Attract International Attention And, With Insight From The Field's F
This timely volume provides an overview to the causes, effects on systems and clinical approaches of metabolic acidosis. Beginning with a basic understanding of the physiology, pathophysiology a
There is a widespread notion that Russia is forever fated to be an authoritarian country where liberalism and democracy can never make real progress. However, at the beginning of the twentieth century
A close look at an England inhabited by Pepys, Evelyn, Dryden, Hobbes and the young Isaac Newton, with Charles II as king—a nation beginning to relax a little after the tough, joyless years of Cromwel
Ideal for avid DIY-ers looking to try something new, this in-depth guide turns beginning garment sewers into fashion designers! Thirteen-year-old clothing designer Angela Lan of Lovespunk.com teaches
This is the muscle car history to own--a richly illustrated chronicle of America's greatest high-performance cars, told from their 1960s beginning through the present day!In the 1960s, three incendiar
HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice s
Life has always been quiet in the small rural town of Tindale. But there is a hidden evil beginning to show its strength and malice. One secret is revealed and soon the death toll mounts. Matt Smit
The fight for a higher minimum wage has become the biggest national labor story in decades. Beginning in November 2012, strikes by fast food workers spread across the country, landing in Seattle in Ma
You build relationships to betray relationships. That is the motto for the FBI’s undercover program, and special agent Lexie Montgomery is just beginning to understand what that means. Lexie’s first a
Shelley Girdner’s first full-length poetry collection looks at the lifespan of a relationship – from the beginning of love until its end, and how different it can look with time and distance. Her poem
In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried fifty-eight shipping containers from Newark to Houston. From that modest beginning, container shipping developed into a huge industry that made the boom in
Veit Harlan (1899--1964) was one of Germany's most controversial and loathed directors. After studying with theatre and film pioneer Max Reinhardt and beginning a promising career, he became one of Jo
Max is finally home in Madison, but the magical mayhem is just beginning in this conclusion to the hilarious trilogy that started withBad Unicorn and Fluff Dragon, which Publishers Weekly called “devi
Lets STEP introduces a clever new format just right for babies and toddlers beginning to explore their ever-expanding surroundings. There are: Sturdy, die-cut board book pages, graduated in size for a
Shaper Nations provides illuminating perspectives on the national strategies of eight emerging and established countries that are shaping global politics at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
For beginning musicians, Alfred's Easy series is the fast track to developing a repertoire of well-known and fun-to-play songs, while more experienced players will find an excellent resource of favori
In this important work of deep learning and insight, David Brundage gives us the first full-scale history of Irish nationalists in the United States. Beginning with the brief exile of Theobald Wolfe T
This textbook is an accessible and concise introduction to numerical analysis for upper undergraduate and beginning graduate students from various backgrounds. It was developed from the lecture notes
The painter and sculptor Heinz Mack (b. 1931) made a name for himself in the international art world above all with his architectural and sculptural works and his paintings. From the very beginning, l
This publication is the outcome of a conference marking the beginning of South Africa’s third decade of democracy hosted in November 2014 by the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA)
The publication offers a selection of forty architectural projects carried out in eastern Slovakia at the beginning of the new Millennium. It represents a wide range of structures and offers a view of
This Conference Volume contains new and original research by genocide and holocaust scholars and commemorates a series of significant anniversaries, as well: 100 years since the beginning of the Armen
This book aims to provide a detailed introduction to the state-of-the-art covariant density functional theory, which follows the Lorentz invariance from the very beginning and is able to describe nucl
Transliteration, copy, and commentary of the earliest and previously unpublished economic tablets from ancient Mesopotamia around the beginning of the third millennium BCE
Fairies in Colored Pencil is the perfect resource for both beginning and advanced artists, inspiring detailed fairy artwork for the fantasy enthusiast in us all.Artists of all ages are mesmerized by t
Agent-Based Modeling (ABM) is a powerful tool for representing complex biological systems. Beginning with a biological core model of Anopheles gambiae (An. gambiae for short) for malaria epidemiology,
