"I have spent most of my life in New Jersey, but the blood of a geisha courses through me yet."If Kiki Takehashi's life is dramatically different from that of her reserved Japanese-American
The answer can kill you...From Bethany Campbell, the nationally bestselling author of Don't Talk to Strangers and Hear No Evil, comes a roller-coaster ride of relentless suspense in the tradition of J
Written to celebrate the Bicentenary of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, this beautifully illustrated book traces the history of surgery and the surgical profession from the days of the Worsh
CliffsNotesTM?Your Shortcut to success for over 40 years?Master the essentials. Gain confidence. Meet new challenges Fast. That's the reason for CliffsNotes. And that's just what you'll get from this
This is a collection of the best essays, stories and interviews from "Terra Nova", the cutting-edge literary journal of environmentalism. It explores the complex and multifarious ways humanity is loos
Cambridge English Readers is an exciting new series of original fiction, specially written for learners of English. Graded into six levels – from elementary to advanced – the stories in this series pr
Cambridge English Readers is an exciting new series of original fiction, specially written for learners of English. Graded into six levels – from elementary to advanced – the stories in this series pr
Grammar Works 2 provides contextualised grammar practice for young students (12 – 14 year olds). It will take learners from upper-elementary level up to pre-intermediate. It is designed to supplement
Exploring Grammar in Context draws on real spoken and written English from the most up-to-date research in the Cambridge International Corpus. Clearly structured units focus on main grammar areas with
How did Francis Bacon's painting materials differ from those used by Hogarth? How did Whistler achieve harmony in his paintings and what was the legacy for his pupils and followers? How many different
In this popular textbook for learners of classical Chinese, Chiang offers a systematic and clear analysis of classical Chinese (wenyan) grammar, using 20 readings from texts of the Spring and Autumn,
Collection of quirky papers from the second Society for Interdisciplinary Studies Catastrophists' Convention held in Cambridge in 1997. The papers bring together thoughts from a wide range of discipli
For students from 10-12 years upwards, Grammar Works is a series of three lively, colourful workbooks designed to supplement and consolidate the grammar content of a course book.
For students from 10-12 years upwards, Grammar Works is a series of three lively, colourful workbooks designed to supplement and consolidate the grammar content of a course book.
For students from 10-12 years upwards, Grammar Works is a series of three lively, colourful workbooks designed to supplement and consolidate the grammar content of a course book.
For students from 10-12 years upwards, Grammar Works is a series of three lively, colourful workbooks designed to supplement and consolidate the grammar content of a course book.
From the smallest gnat to the largest aircraft, all things that fly obey the same aerodynamic principles. "The Simple Science of Flight" offers an introduction to the mechanics of flight and, beyond t
Always packed with unrelieved tension and constant surprises, a new novel from Patricia Cornwell is cause for celebration. Virginia's chief medical examiner, Kay Scarpetta, is called in to examine the
Using the venerable literary device of the bedtime story, which links fictions as different as The Arabian Nights and Charlotte's Web, John Barth ingeniously interweaves stories from an ongoing, high-
From its beginnings in 1846 in a brick chapel on Park Row to its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s at 597 Fifth Avenue, the publishing firm of Charles Scribner's Sons reflected many of the dominant moveme
A reprint of Salaman's classic reference, out of print for ten years, describing and illustrating in b&w virtually every tool used in the leatherworking trades in Great Britain from about 1700 nea
Beginning with Darwin's work in the 1870s, Foundations of Animal Behavior selects the most important works from the discipline's first hundred years--forty-four classic papers--and presents them in fa
Economic Policy is written for all those with an informed interest in economic policy problems. All articles are submitted to rigorous scrutiny by a panel of distinguished economists from around the w
Ten stories provide jolting excursions through a world of desperation and fleeting transcendence, with protagonists ranging from a hard-luck fighter, to a drunken doctor in a remote African aid-statio
To describe our growing up in the lowcountry of South Carolina, I would have to take you to the marsh on a spring day, flush the great blue heron from its silent occupation, scatter marsh hens as we s
The president of a noted public relations agency shares her keys to success, including how to make a good first impression, maintain one's personal integrity and reputation, learn from mistakes, and g
This course for young students is a success story all over the world, winning praise from both teachers and students alike for its innovative approach that really does work. The Teacher's Book is clea
The twentieth century, with its bloody world wars, revolutions, and genocides accounting for hundreds of millions dead, would seem to prove that human beings are incredibly vicious predators and that
This report from English Heritage and London Planning Advisory Committee is the first strategic strategy of planning policy and conservation in London. The study offers six key conservation policy ini
Born into a noble French family, but cut off from his own class by an accident which left him with the stunted legs of a child, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec threw himself into the bohemian life of fin-de-si
The common fruit fly, Drosophila, has long been one of the most productive of all laboratory animals. From 1910 to 1940, the center of Drosophila culture in America was the school of Thomas Hunt Morga
foreword by Oliver Sacks Kurt Goldstein (1878-1965) was already an established neuropsychologist when he emigrated from Germany to the United States in the 1930s. This book, his magnum opus and widely
Leads to a new understanding and a new way to talk about research design, by providing novel approaches to familiar aspects of research.Prsents science and research from an epistemological position th
This catalogue focuses on numismatic gold jewelry, from pendants set with coins and medallions to stamped pseudo-medallions, or a combination of both. Special attention is given to the technical issue
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
