In 2004 an international workshop was held in Istanbul to debate `one of the most important transitions in the history of mankind'. After three and a half million years as hunter-gatherers, clearly a
For centuries, medicine aimed to treat abnormalities. But today normality itself is open to medical modification. Equipped with a new molecular understanding of bodies and minds, and new techniques fo
747 is the thrilling story behind "the Queen of the Skies" -- the Boeing 747 -- as told by Joe Sutter, one of the most celebrated engineers of the twentieth century, who spearheaded its design and con
A Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War brings together interviews with fellow Marines and with men who fought with the 1st Viet Cong Regiment to provide a firsthand chronicle of Operation Starlite,
Drawing on a wealth of new material from military, ecclesiastical and secular civilian archives, Michael Snape presents a study of the experience of the officers and men of Britain’s vast citizen armi
From wagon trails to interstate highways, this book retraces how the leaders and employees of the Washington State Department of Transportation and their predecessors helped to shape Washington’s tran
Preaching pastors, ministers, and priests know how quickly Sundays come and go. The Lectionary Commentary will not slow the pace of the weekly calendar, but it will help assure that sermon p
This "completely off-the-wall" new trilogy from the author of A HOUSE CALLED AWFUL END is "steeped in black humor" and "destined to win the hearts and minds of eager young readers" (The Scotsman).In t
The popular Today show weatherman and other contributors share their observations and reflections on the special joys and surprises of being a grandparent, in a collection that features contributions
A female world-record-setting pilot, Jerrie Cobb was recruited in 1959 to take the astronaut tests. She excelled, so the doctor who supervised the selection of NASA's Mercury astronauts recruited addi
"The ability to reason and think in a logical manner forms the basis of learning for most mathematics, computer science, philosophy and logic students. Based on the author's teaching notes at the Univ
Fun and engaging graphic organizers invite beginning readers to develop reading strategies as they explore concepts of plot, setting, character and story sequence. Kids build skills in inferring, pred
Focusing on the work of the Center for Democracy and Technology, an organization that advocates privacy, this book introduces issues of online privacy and discusses legal ownership of personal data su
This Teaching Guide is packed with strategies, activities, assessment forms, write-and-learn practice pages, reproducible flashcards and mini-book versions of all 25 storybooks!
Wen Ho Lee, a patriotic American scientist born in Taiwan, devoted most of his life to science and to helping improve U.S. defense capabilities at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Then, in January
The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, in the hands of both states and terrorist networks, is considered by many to be the greatest threat to global security today. Contemporary Nuclear De
A wide-angle portrait of Texas in the 1880s is typically a difficult picture to capture. But a unique government document of more than three hundred pages does it as well as our imagination will allow
This volume addresses complications that arise from the linking of sets of partial differential equations when applied to physical situations. The authors study the interaction of simple waves and dis
Fun-to-play, pedagogically sound piano arrangements include themes from Beethoven's "Pathétique" Sonata and Haydn's "Surprise" Symphony, along with such favorites as Schumann's Träumerei, Brahms's Lul
"This book contains fifteen chapters written by world leaders in various research areas in radio science. Each chapter describes the most exciting and important scientific developments that have taken
In a new addition to a nature series which features interesting facts hidden under flaps, Jenny watches a pond through spring and summer and witnesses six stages in the life cycle of a Leopard Frog.
