With the Framework Convention on Climate Change, action to prevent possible global warming is on the agenda. But the obtacles appear daunting. Peter Read argues that the problem can be tackled, howeve
Hailed by Guitar Player magazine as "perhaps the finest book on guitars ever produced," and by Booklist as "a Rolls Royce of construction guidebooks," this impressive volume is the first book of its k
Escaping the life of a pirate's slave, Sassinak eventually becomes a Fleet ship captain, and with the help of her grandmother, Lunzie Mespil, just unfrozen from cryogenic sleep, saves the confederatio
About This Book Praise for Enterprise Architecture Planning-- ". the book has given me a wealth of good, fresh ideas about every facet of the architecture process . makes a substantive contribution to
In this book, Martin Binkin addresses current issues and provides a better understanding of the composition of America's fighting forces, to prompt an assessment of attitudes toward who should fight i
A comprehensive analysis and evaluation of all the factors and entities involved in the complex process of shaping the future of land-mobile communications systems, deriving particularly new and inter
This volume describes art therapy interventions for particularly dysfunctional families and explains the connections between the process of creating art and the curative process in meeting these famil
This timely anthology helps students examine the normative and conceptual issues raised by recent innovations in human reproduction, including in vitro fertilization, embryo transfer, and surrogate mo
The changing global economy is forcing a shift in focus on organizational financial operations. The tools needed to transform and ultimately increase a company's bottom line are given. Shows you how t
Based on reports done for the State of Illinois, identifies the composition of plastics in municipal solid waste and in recycling programs, the post-consumer plastics contributions to recycling progra
When maritime transport and communication depended on muscle and wind-power, the Mediterranean Sea functioned as a symbiotic force between the civilisations which surrounded it, at once the major divi
Eddie Condon (19051973) pioneered a kind of jazz popularly known as Chicago-Dixieland, though musicians refer to it simply as Condon style. Played by small ensembles with driving beat, it was an
The data for this annual almanac is from various agencies of the federal government and consists of information on 249 countries and territories. Included for each country: geography (e.g. area, land
A fundamental understanding of polymers has evolved in recent years concurrent with advances in analytical instrumentation. The theories and methodologies developed for the galacturonan biopolymers (c
In this fascinating portrait of Jewish immigrant wage earners, Susan A. Glenn weaves together several strands of social history to show the emergence of an ethnic version of what early twentieth-centu
Introduces handling techniques, as well as quality assessment, processing, regulations, nutrition, and marketing. Other factors that impact the industry are also discussed, including pollution, marine
This collection of papers was written for a NATO Advanced Research Workshop held at Harvard University in March 1990. The title, "The Changing University and the Education of Scientists and Engineers:
"Of interest to environmentalists, scientists, teachers and students everywhere." ASLIB Book List A compendium of information on the sources and uses of energy. Provides the scientific groundwork for
First-person narratives based on interviews with 34 women, men, and children who describe life and work in the textile mills. Two introductory sections present the historic and economic setting and ex
Concentrating on the Industrial Revolution as experienced in Great Britain (and, within that sphere, mainly on the early development of the engineering and chemical industries), the authors develop th
Looks at past predictions of the future, discusses how x-rays, radio, nuclear energy, and plastic were expected to change the future, and considers the impact of skyscrapers, computers, and electricit
Italo Calvino, one of the world's best storytellers, died on the eve of his departure for Harvard, where he was to deliver the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures in 1985-86. Reticent by nature, he was alwa
Peter H. Wolff, a world-renowned authority on infant behavior, helped lay the foundation for the field in the 1960s with his innovative studies of behavioral studies, motor coordination, smiling, and
