A sketch of new financial revolutionaries reveals how an influential group of private investors has outmaneuvered the world's most powerful nations in the burgeoning global financial markets.
In the Middle East, not only were the 12th and 13th centuries punctuated by European Crusades but, even more significantly, the mid-11th century saw the invasion of the Saljuq Turks and the mid-13th c
In David Sedaris's world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred. Sedaris's collection of essays and stories is a rollicking tour through the national Zeitgeist: a do-it-yourself suburban dad saves money
The American Heritage(R) High School Dictionary features more than 200,000 clear, understandable definitions enhnaced by 2,500 photographs and illustrations. Unparalleled in design and ease of use, it
Of all American-English dictionaries, American Heritage dictionaries have most closely hewn to an ideal that dictionaries should not only answer questions about individual words, but should engage the
Local telephone companies have long been extensively regulated as natural monopolies. Technological innovation and the prospect for lifting regulatory barriers to entry, however, now expose at least s
Volume 5 of the Revolutionary War Series covers the preliminary phase of the New York campaign, the period from mid-June to mid-August 1776 when the stage was set for Washington's greatest challenge
Gem of the Adriatic, Trieste sparkled and beckoned through the pages of poets and novelists. Drawn there in search of literary ghosts, of the poet Umberto Saba and the novelists Italo Svevo and James
A spoof of the Men's Movement includes the five phases of the path to manhood, descriptions of "I'm Not a Wimp, Goldang It!" weekends, and essays on love, marriage, phone sex, feminism, and aerobics a
This book brings together the work of pioneering scholars in the field- critics who are exploring the psychosexual tensions within Bishop's vision and the uncanny way her poetics of dislocation challe
Sports injuries are very common and their incidence is rising. Prevention will play an increasingly important role in sports medicine.Sports Injuries: Basic Principles of Prevention and Care covers bo
Provides the history of the use and interpretation of time. Suitable for students and researchers in social and cultural history, this title examines the various ways that time has been calculated by
Ross Chambers, an eminent critic of French literature, proposes an original theory of the development of French modernism. His bold rereading of mid-nineteenth-century texts, from Madame Bovary to Les
A literate businessperson's guide to the language of business. Drawing from the writing and speeches of some of the most influential business leaders of the past two hundred years. Clancy demostrates
This ground-breaking study from The Conference Board identifies the key elements of successful quality programs and defines a radical new approach to business management. Through the unprecedented coo
Focuses on the progress made in deciphering the complicated Maya hieroglyphic code, effectively penetrating the world and minds of the creators of Maya art.
This introductory program for self-instruction covers the entire spectrum of organic chemistry ranging from chemical bonds and equilibria to hydrocarbons and synthetic polymers. It offers the user t
This, the 21st volume in the Library of Living Philosophers, is more than Sir Alfred Ayer's final word on the philosophical issues that preoccupied him for more than sixty years; the list of contribut
(Southern Music). The 28 chorales in this collection are suitable for concert band/wind ensemble as well as woodwind/brass choir, saxophone quartet, trombone quartet, or mixed woodwind/brass groups. T
(Southern Music). The 28 chorales in this collection are suitable for concert band/wind ensemble as well as woodwind/brass choir, saxophone quartet, trombone quartet, or mixed woodwind/brass groups. T
We've taken some of the world's best stories from dark, musty anthologies and brought them into the light, giving them the individual attention they deserve. Each book in the series has been designed
This ADVANTAGE SERIES edition of Swokowski's text is a truly valuable selection. Groundbreaking in every way when first published, this book is a simple, straightforward, direct calculus text. Its pop
Paul Goldberger Calls Michael Graves "the most truly original voice that American architecture has produced in some time."Graves's monograph, Buildings and Projects, documents more than 100 works, inc
For two decades the German edition of this book has been a standard reference point for students of the philosophy of the social sciences in Germany. Today it still stands as a unique and masterful gu
KEYNOTE ADDRESS.Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis: Twenty Years of Search and Findings (A. Merzhanov).SOLID-STATE COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS.Recent Progress in Combustion Synthesis of High-Perform
A classic work of military history, follows the enigmatic commander in chief of the Union forces through the last year and a half of the Civil War. It is both a revelatory portrait of Ulysses S. Grant
Details one of the greatest Gothic buildings in the world, the Cathedral of Notre Dame at Chartres, France, exploring its history, its structure, and its glass artistry
Yours for the Union stands as a landmark history of the making of the black working class in South Africa. Drawing on a wide range of sources, it covers the crucial period of 1930–47, when South Afric
