More than 30 experts have contributed to this comprehensive introduction to the methodology of protein design which explores new techniques and approaches used to analyze protein structure and its bio
The use of lanthanide shift reagents (LSR) in NMR spectroscopy has tremendously increased over the past 15 years. Today textbooks as well as laboratory manuals describe the applications of LSR to chem
(Southern Music). Compiled from the celebrated Victor Method and useful for both full ensembles and individual study, the 167 exercises in this book cover virtually every aspect of technical study f
The Dark is rising in its last and greatest bid to control the world.And Will Stanton -- last-born of the immortal Old Ones, dedicated to keeping the world free -- must join forces with his ageless ma
Dr. Paul Dudley White was the premier heart specialist of this century. He was recognized as an outstanding bedside doctor, a great teacher, and a widely respected investigator. By his optimism, his p
Based on extensive fieldwork at two well-known commercial publishers of scholarly books, Walter W. Powell details the different ways in which both internal politics and external networks influence dec
These contributions discuss a number of important developments over the past decade in a newly established and important field of economics that have led to notable changes in views on governmental c
Challenging the sentimentalized and moralized view of comedy that prevails in modern criticism, Christopher Herbert outlines a theory of comedy as a mode whose dominant motive and function is the glor
The essays in this collection provide an unusually intense portrait of a society and an age. They offer penetrating insights into past and present developments in Germany, shedding new light on that s
Spanning more than two thousand years of African history, from the African Iron Age to the collapse of colonialism and the beginnings of independence, Hosea Jaffe's magisterial work remains one of the
The largest English to Chinese dictionary ever produced in the People's Republic of China, with over 120,000 entries. It includes over 300,000 idioms, phrases, and examples, showing appropriate word u
This absorbing book explores the world of biophysics - the ingenious means plants and animals have devised to turn the principles of physics and engineering to their advantage in the struggle to adapt
This is the first book in English to analyze the Chinese literary scene during the post-Mao thaw in government control. The seven contributors originally presented their research at a 1982 internation
The first in over half a century to be devoted to a detailed analysis of the complete Beethoven sonatas for violin and piano, this book arose from the author's desire to pass on to a younger generatio
Cambridge, Massachusetts possesses a range of photographic documentation that is probably unparalleled for a city of its size. In 1980, The Photo Search Project, a community-sponsored effort led by th
The first book to examine the strategic and planning importance of the management of human resources. Prominent authors address current trends and business responses, the practices and methodology of
This study of the psychological impulse to "make pets" examines the interplay of pleasure, aesthetics, play, and power in the molding and domination of nature, animals, and human beings--by human bein
Both a survey and a remedial effort, this work focuses on pollution by smelters of the surrounding aquatic ecosystems. Contributors examine the chemical and biological effects of smelter pollutants --
(Southern Music). 27 original works for marimba ranging in very easy through intermediate levels. The pieces utilize a variety of keys, meters, styles and also include some 3 and 4 mallet solos. Inclu
A multi-component site containing a Terminal Late Woodland (Emergent Mississippian) linear hamlet that provided the type site for the Lindeman Phase (A.D. 950-1000) and the first excavated example of
Edited by Robert A. Rutland and Thomas A. MasonPresidential style is an important attribute for holders of the nation's highest office, but the first volume of James Madison's presidential papers indi
Compiled and edited by a board of distinguished educators, this single-volume encyclopedia contains vital information on the world's greatest literary masterpieces-and is an essential reference source
In wordless panoramas a lone traveler approaches the New World from the West in the present day and journeys the width of the country backward through time, departing the east coast as the Santa Maria
Communication activities for the classroom. In the Student's Book, students learn how to do things with English ? how to persuade a friend, how to apologize, how to complain, and so on. After each fun
The fourteen essays are by Russell Walden, Paul Turner, Patricia Sekler, Maurice Favre, Brian Taylor, Charles Jencks, Anthony Sutcliffe, Robert Fishman, Martin Purdy, John Winter, Maxwell Fry, Jane Dr
Ukrainian literature, reflecting a turbulent and often discontinuous political and social history, presents special problems to the historian of literature. In this book George Grabowicz approaches th
Aided by his friends, Cam has his mental camera click the clues in place when an imposter of Poochie, the famous television hero, gives paw-print autographs in the book store
Comic strips recreate five Disney feature cartoons, such as Cinderella, Bambi, and Pinocchio, as well as nine short cartoons, including the Three Little Pigs
A rarely seen collection of archival postcards, drawings, and photographs documenting London's great cemeteries.Since they were established in the 1830s, London's great cemeteries have inspired countl
Hutter's study explores the origins of classical conceptions of politics in the theory and practice of friendship in ancient Greece. It analyzes ancient Greek society as one in which political space w
This is the second book in a series of five vocabulary practice books, which are graded in difficulty for elementary to advanced students of English. Each book contains 50 exercises, which test and te
(Southern Music). This book, the first in the series of three, is the result of the need expressed by percussion educators for repertory for the student who is making the big step from the snare drum
Pierre Clastres (1934-1979) was one of the most respected political anthropologists of our time. Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians is an account of his first fieldwork in the early 1960s--an encounter
This text provides a model for integrating antipsychotic medication and psychotherapy into a coherent treatment. It discusses the importance of medication as a therapeutic issue and the problems of ed
Deals with ten basic techniques in contemporary biochemical and molecular biological studies. Examines the theoretical aspect of each technique and provides a section for its use in a carefully contro
