“What do you see when you look at your face in the mirror?” asks J. David Velleman in introducing his philosophical theory of action. He takes this simple act of self-scrutiny as a model for the ref
The field of the history of medicine and health has expanded spectacularly in recent times. In What is Medical History? John C. Burnham explores the reasons for this expansion, introducing medical his
Introducing a basis for design that transcends fixed notions of style and emerging technologies, this book emphasizes feeling, moving and the experiential. Since the book's initial publication in 2000
Introducing a basis for design that transcends fixed notions of style and emerging technologies, this book emphasizes feeling, moving and the experiential. Since the book's initial publication in 2000
This book starts off by giving you a panoramic view of the web and introducing you to the tools you have at your disposal. Next, it takes you through every aspect of creating your own web site.--[book
Hippies and Bolsheviks and Other Plays collects three works by Amiel Gladstone, introducing a wide range of fascinating characters and a formidable new voice in Canadian drama.In The Wedding Pool, thr
In The Winning Horseplayer, Andrew Beyer builds on the strategy of speed handicapping that he detailed brilliantly in Picking Winners by introducing the concept of trip handicapping. Through an unbeat
Presents an introductory field guide to observing and appreciating the night sky, introducing celestial phenomena and providing practical advice for using binoculars and telescopes for observation.
While introducing Western ideas, manners, and institutions into the town and villages, contends Cameroun native Mokosso (history, Southern U., New Orleans), Presbyterian missionaries concomitantly tri
Introducing a promising, young and exciting British voice?Fleeing from the tedium of his everyday life and the painful memory of a dying father, the narrator of Last Stop: Salina Cruz embarks on a lon
Colgren (aerospace engineering, U. of Kansas) presents a textbook for a 40-hour course introducing the language for technical computing in a computer laboratory environment where students work with th
Introducing the amiable Otter in four funny new stories for first-time readers.When a tree rains down apples, resourceful Otter makes apple pies in just one of these humorous stories tailored to brand
Introducing Life Drawing introduces the art of drawing the human figure from observation, a skill as relevant for today's media-driven visual artists as for traditional fine artists. Written by an exp
Evangelism has nothing to do with church size but everything to do with making disciples. Evangelism is about introducing people to Jesus but also helping them to grow in Christ. Evangelism has nothin
Introducing the ingenious, addictive tool for judging everything under the sun: ENLIGHTENED BRACKETOLOGY, the new science that makes opinion a sport.Political battles are won and lost by popular vote
In introducing 22 chapters by circus scholars and enthusiasts, Sugarman (whose credits include being author of Circus for Everyone: Circus Learning Around the World; a contributing editor of Spectacle
In this era of media convergence, the second edition of Editing Today continues the evolutionary transformation of Martin L. Gibson's classic Editing in the Electronic Era, introducing prospective jou
In the first major work on the subject for over 30 years, Nancy Edwards provides a critical survey of the archaeological evidence in Ireland (c. 400-1200), introducing material from many recently disc
Each title in this series of alphabet books looks at a different country, introducing armchair travelers to facts about the country's language, people, geography, history, cities of interest, and more
Get on the fast track to creating computer games Ever want to develop your own computer game? Learn the practical concepts of object-oriented programming for game design using Python(r) in this easy
The youngest readers will love this interactive book with doors to slide and colorful trucks on every page! Introducing different concepts from colors to occupations, this book is full of hidden surpr
Introducing the life you’d gladly stand in line for You don’t stand in line at StarbucksR just to buy a cup of coffee. You stop for the experience surrounding the cup of coffee.Too many of us line up
What is the meaning of life? It is a question that has intrigued the great philosophers--and has been hilariously lampooned by Monty Python. Indeed, the whole idea strikes many of us as vaguely pompou
'Night, night baby!' is a bedtime book that uses photographs of other babies - introducing children to the concept of facial recognition. It also features strong graphics of familiar objects that chil
Introducing the first automotive technology textbook designed for NATEF?s General Service Technician Program! This new text provides a foundation of general theory and operation for the tasks specif
The PhraseBook for Writing Papers and Research contains over 5000 words and phrases to help you write and present at university and research level in English.From Introducing your Work, Arguing for an
An indispensable resource for all defense industry professionals—governmental and commercial! Introducing the only book on the market offering valuable best practices and lessons learned for U.S. mil
This is a new edition of a textbook introducing undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers from fields like human genetics, to the science of population genetics. Hartl (Harvard U.) a
The Mexican Revolution succeeded in liberating women in many ways as well as the country from Spanish rule. In introducing nine chapters based on a Yale U.-sponsored conference held in 2001, Mitchell
Adventures in Chemistry engages non-science majors in learning about compelling applications such as forensics, infectious diseases, and the chemistry of art, while also introducing them to the fundam
Rhyming text introducing eggs, their location, and the behavior of their parents invites the readers to guess what sort of animal is inside, and provides information about the baby animals on the next
'Yum, Yum, Baby!' celebrates a baby's love of food. It uses photographs of other babies - introducing children to the concept of facial recognition and also features strong graphics of familiar object
Introducing the first definitive guide to pain management in the cancer patientA Doody's Core Title for 2011!"This book is comprehensive in scope and multidisciplinary in its approach. It is an excell
Groovy Programming is an introduction to the Java-based scripting language Groovy. Groovy has much in common with popular scripting languages such as Perl, Python, and Ruby, but is written in a Java-l
William Woodruff had the sort of childhood satirized in the famous Monty Python Yorkshireman sketch. The son of a weaver, he was born on a pallet of straw at the back of the mill and two days later h
Citing declining coverage of classic English and American literature in today's schools, a "politically incorrect" primer challenges popular misconceptions while introducing the works of such core mas
Introducing the most complete collection of supercritical COYsubscript 2‥ solubility data currently available, Solubility in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide features experimental data on more than 780 so
This book proposes two goals: to analyze the innovations that the twenty-first century is introducing to the world of design, to the passage from the strong and concentrated modernity of the twentieth
