Science is not created in a vacuum, and no scientist creates an invention without influences from the past and an impact on the future. 10 Inventors Who Changed the World by Clive Gifford is look at 10 discoverers, beginning with Archimedes of Greece and ending with Sergey Korolyev, each scientist's..
Historian Ponting examines human history from an environmental perspective how nature has affected the growth of civilizations, and how humanity has altered the earth and concludes that if the current global civilization follows the pattern of earlier civilizations, it will outstrip its resource bas..
Clive Ponting s original and provocative history of human civilization now in a thoroughly revised, expanded, and updated editionYears ahead of its time, Clive Ponting captivated readers with A Green History of the World, his study of great civilizations and the causes of their fall. Using the Roman..
Photographs focus on the Okavango swamplands and northern Botswana Author: Walker, Clive Publisher: Bdd Promotional Book Co Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0792451090 ISBN-13: 9780792451099..
Covering a wide range of key topics, from reasoning and communication to sensation and complex problem-solving, this engagingly-written text presents a comprehensive survey of contemporary research on animal cognition. Written for anyone with an interest in animal cognition, but without a background..
Product Description"Clive James is in the tradition of Hazlitt, Bagehot, and Edmund Wilson, with a gusto to succeed theirs." John Bayley It is impossible not to be awed by the remarkable range and massive erudition of Clive James, one of the greatest literary critics of our age. In the tradition of ..
Through startling first-person narratives, a rare collection of photographs, and expert storytelling, a renowned authority traces the history of Auschwitz from World War II to the present day."In less than ten minutes all the fit men had been selected. . . .Of the more than 500 others, not one was l..
Kurt Austin and his NUMA (National Underwater Marine Agency) team must track down extortionists and rescue scientist Francesca Carval, whose plane has vanished over South America, along with her revolutionary formula to convert the world's salt water to fresh. Simultaneous. Author: Cussler, Clive Pu..
Rediscover the true meaning of fear in this collection of horror stories from New York Times bestselling author Clive Barker.“The most provocative tales of terror ever published.”-The Washington PostEverybody is a book of blood; wherever we're opened, we're red...With the publication of Books of Blo..
For more than two decades, Clive Barker has twisted the worlds of horrific and surrealistic fiction into a terrifying, transcendent genre all his own. With skillful prose, he enthralls even as he horrifies; with uncanny insight, he disturbs as profoundly as he reveals. Evoking revulsion and admirati..
An illustrated volume compiled from the BBC television miniseries offers a personal tour of the real stories and people who inspired Barker's work, from serial killers and rebel artists to legendary monsters and Hollywood stars. Author: Barker, Clive Publisher: Harper Prism Binding: Hardcover Langua..
A book about the music business, and its stars. Author: Clive Davis Publisher: W. Morrow Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0688028721 ISBN-13: 9780688028725..
"I can't remember when I've learned as much from something I've read or laughed as much while doing it." Jacob Weisberg, SlateThis international bestseller is an encyclopedic A-Z masterpiece the perfect introduction to the very core of Western humanism. Clive James rescues, or occasionally destroys..
A secret moon base called the Jersey Colony constructed by a group of powerful Americans and a secret American/Cuban pact between the president and Fidel Castro challenges all of Dirk Pitt's incomparable skills Author: Cussler, Clive Publisher: Simon & Schuster Binding: Hardcover Language: English I..
From Publishers WeeklyAnimal expert Wynne (Animal Cognition: The Mental Life of Animals), an associate professor of psychology at the University of Florida, delivers a detailed yet enjoyably written exploration of recent discoveries of modern animal behavior. In answering the question whether animal..
Engineers continue to turn to Engineering Design to learn the tools and techniques of formal design that will be useful in framing the design problems. Insights and tips on team dynamics are provided because design and research is increasingly done in teams. Readers are also introduced to conceptual..
Explorations in Theology and Film brings together theologians, biblical scholars, film and media specialists, and experts in language and literature to consider the potential of films contribution to contemporary Christian theological discussion. The main focus of the book is on the creative convers..
Kurt Austin races to Antarctica to stop a chilling plot that imperils the entire planet in the latest novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling Grand Master of Adventure.In the early days of World War II, the infamous German Luftwaffe embark upon an expedition to Antarctica, hoping to set up a mi..
"A skeptical Canadian's odyssey and modern-day search for the American Dream while walking the famous Mormon Trail. Chisholm's solo journey from the Missouri River to Salt Lake City is both a revealing and tongue-in-cheek account of the Mormon pioneers as well as a contemporary and compelling narrat..
This thoroughly revised second edition of an upper-level undergraduate/graduate text describes many major techniques of forecasting used in economics and business. This is the only time series book to concentrate on the forecasting of economic data and to cover such a broad range of topics. Its key ..
A biography that traces the long career of the innovative song-and-dance man whose routines in "Anchors Aweigh," "An American in Paris," and "Singin' in the Rain" made movie history Author: Hirschhorn, Clive Publisher: St Martins Pr Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0312318022 ISBN-13: 9..
Golf is booming - around the world, there are more than 56 million adult players, and millions more juniors. This colourful and exciting book is the essential guide to the game, offering easy-to-follow instruction that is sure to improve the all-round play of any young golfer, from tee shots and iro..