This study of T. G. Masaryk deals with his pre-1914 career as a professor and persistent dissenter. For three decades he was a constant and unrelenting critic of conventional wisdom, established insti
The classic best-seller is now available in a condensed, more affordable, compact edition. With graphic illustrations and explicit advice about sexual techniques and positions, combined with a tender
'AN OLD-FASHIONED, BIG-HEARTED NOVEL . . . with its epic yearning caught in the 19th century, somewhere between Trollope and Twain . . . The rich detail makes for vintage Irving.' --The Boston Sunday
An Emma Lord mystery by the author of "The Alpine Christmas." When a beautiful young African-American nurse with a shady past takes a job in Alpine, some locals show their true bigot
What do economists know that business executives find useful? Economics ought to be indispensable for business decision-makers because it deals with the issues executives face daily: what to pro duce,
Postmodernism and Popular Culture brings together eleven recent essays by Angela McRobbie in a collection which deals with the issues which have dominated cultural studies over the last ten years.A ke
International contributors present papers concerned with the structural, theoretical and synthetic properties of enamines which act as important intermediates in many syntheses of organic compounds co
A thorough and up-to-date review of how different types of stars interact with their immediate surroundings, including the latest results on the media around supernovae 1987A and 1993J.
Provides a comprehensive insight into recent achievements in the field of neuroepidemiology, with a clinical emphasis on neuroepidemiological research. The first part of the volume is an overview of s
Examines current industry standards concerned with the use of wood and wood products. Features detailed studies of joists, special beams, residential trusses and arches. Contains accessible tables in
In this interdisciplinary text, Lewis R Aiken examines the elements that influence people in the later stages of life.Beginning with an historical overview of gerontology, the author discusses both pr
Offers 115 simple, easy and quick recipes--complemented by the author's trademark encomia to love--along with all the necessary accoutrements for romantic meals for two, or loving meals for the whole
The WISC is the most widely used children's IQ test in the world. This superlative text--replacing the author's earlier volume dealing with the WISC-R-- provides examiners with a sensible, systematic
With an Introduction and Notes by Pat Righelato, University of Reading.Daisy Miller is one of Henry James's most attractive heroines: she represents youth and frivolity. As a tourist in Italy, her Ame
For many practitioners, sifting through the diverse and complex methods available for treating substance abusers can be just as daunting as working with the addict. Drawing on over 30 years of experi
Providing an introduction to the way health policies are made and who influences them, this book combines a comparative analytical framework for understanding health policy with a wide range of exampl
Rather than return to the circus, an elephant attempts to hide himself using a variety of disguises, such as butterfly and dinosaur costumes, with hilarious results for him and the boy he has found, u
Lowly Worm, Huckle Cat, and the rest of the Busytown bunch help preschoolers ease into school with this bind-up of four Richard Scarry's Best Workbooks Ever! With over 128 pages of fun-filled reading,
VOYAGES THROUGH SPACE AND TIME is a lab manual that accompanies the Macintosh software program VOYAGER II, the Interactive Desktop Planetarium. With a celestial database of many thousands of objects,
With growing international competition, American firms have been gaced with increasing pressures to produce better products, cut costs, and improve efficiency. As a result, American employers have cha
This powerful and breathtakingly beautiful Book of Hours was designed in the fifteenth century by one of the greatest masters of expressionism in France at the time, and executed by him (together with
As she describes the youth culture of Japan, Merry White draws comparisons with the interests and activities pursued by teenagers in the United States and the contrasting attitudes of adults in Japan
This book is intended to provide an introduction to the basic structure and function of the brain and nervous system, emphasizing relationships with behaviour. The first chapter introduces the field,
Politics and passion are spiked with humor and searching in this compelling tale of a modern woman's journey to mid-life. From shooting deer in Texas to shooting pictures in the Himalayas, from boyfri
Each book in this series contains six favorite Christmas carols arranged for four part ensembles. Part 1 is the solo version of the carol from Merry Christmas! with parts 2, 3 and 4 written using the
Providing an introduction to the way health policies are made and who influences them, this book combines a comparative analytical framework for understanding health policy with a wide range of exampl
Russian contributors provide a synthesis of ideas drawn from dielectric, magnetic and elastic relaxation. Divided into three sections, the book commences with dielectric and related processes in simpl
Share with your Spanish-speaking friends the powerful message of Christ's death on the cross and how His sacrifice can change your life forever. Translated into Spanish and covered with Thomas Kinkad
With an Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. This anthology of tales by Rudyard Kipling contains some of the most memorable and popular examples of the ge
This volume contains nine essays dealing with historical issues of mathematics. The topics covered span three different approaches to the history of mathematics that may be considered both representat
For some, Tahiti, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna are idyllic tropical islands with a French flavour, while for others they represent continuing French colonialism, thwarted independence movements
When young artist Bart Adams goes into the high country with fearless trappers Abe Rawlins, Ezra Early, and Lucien Chardonnais, Early and Chardonnais are wounded and Adams and Rawlins must take a stan
Veteran rivals for an exclusive academic chair (recently endowed with $100,000 a year) do scholarly battle with each other in what the Washington Post Book World called a "delectable comedy of ba
The impetus of this book began with a personal search of mine for support groups for families of those with mental illness. I had a brother with Schizophrenia. I was also finishing up my graduate degr
What was Britain's reaction to the death of Stalin? How has Britain reconciled a modern nuclear strategy with its traditional imperial defence commitments around the world? How has secret intelligence
Despite enduring limitations and flaws, public health in the United States today enjoys impressive successes compared with both earlier eras and less developed countries. Yet a recurrent, often harrow
This is a timely book. The question of how to help people with challenging behaviour -and how to design and manage services so that staff, families and users feel that what should be done is being don
This book contains the Russian text of Pushkin's Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin. The text is accompanied with English language introduction and notes on the text.
This edited collection of articles addresses aspects of medical care in which human error is associated with unanticipated adverse outcomes. For the purposes of this book, human error encompasses mism
