This new authoritative dictionary covers all aspects of Hinduism,including practices, festivals, beliefs, gods, sacred sites, languages, and religious texts. Almost 2,800 entries cover everything from Tantra to temples, from bhakti to Divali. The most wide-ranging dictionary of its kind, this brand ..
"A true story more incredible than fiction." Kevin Baker, author of Striver's RowIn George Appo's world, child pickpockets swarmed the crowded streets, addicts drifted in furtive opium dens, and expert swindlers worked the lucrative green-goods game. On a good night Appo made as much as a skilled l..
New for grammar courses, A Short Course in Grammar offers a streamlined, thorough presentation in an easy to use format. Recognizing that the goal of the grammar course is to improve students’ grasp of American English grammar, and not to make students into linguists, Paul Hopper has written a strea..
An examination of adults who have been manipulated by divorcing parents.Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) occurs when divorcing parents use children as pawns, trying to turn the child against the other parent. This book examines the impact of PAS on adults and offers strategies and hope for dealing..
More than anything else, this book is a tribute to Edsger W. Dijkstra, on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday, by just a few of those fortunate enough to be influenced by him and his work and to be called his friend or relation, his master, colleague, or pupil. This book contains fifty-four techni..
The subject of Yeats’s politics is one that his various biographers have failed to examine. This fascinating and original look at the complex political life of one of the world’s most renowned poets attempts to redress the balance. Author: McCormack, W.J. Publisher: Random House UK Binding: Paperbac..
The past 10 years have seen an explosion in the use of brain imaging technologies to aid treatment of medical as well as mental health conditions. MRI, CT ("CAT") scans, and PET scans are now common. This will be the first quick reference to these technologies, rich in illustrations and including di..
"This is not another how-to book, although it is practical and applied. Instead, it is a book that addresses the tough situations and quandries facing therapists working with clients who differ from them in culture, ethnicity, lifestyle, or beliefs." --Contemporary Psychology Author: Aponte, Harry J..
Titles in Barron's Business Review series are widely used as classroom supplements to college textbooks, and often serve as a main textbook in business brush-up programs. Business Law focuses on the importance of legal theory in the everyday business world, explaining such subjects as tort responsib..
Cache Lake Country, a book of life in the north woods. This is the wilderness edition of your search for your personal Cache Lake Country. The author found his special paradise, but he isnt telling you where it is. You must find your own. Author: John J. Rowlands Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co Binding:..
This clearly written, class-tested manual has long given students hands-on experience covering all the essential topics in general chemistry. Stand alone experiments provide all the background introduction necessary to work with any general chemistry text. This revised edition offers new experiments..
This text is a supplement to "Chemistry: Molecules, Matter, and Change, 4th edition with CD-ROM". This manual gives students hands-on training with key experiments. All experiments available as lab separates. Author: Hollenberg, J. Leland Publisher: W. H. Freeman Binding: Paperback Language: English..
Photographs from the Magnum archives reveal diverse aspects of China during the past fifty years, including landscapes and peoples, years of war and strife, the turbulent years under Mao, and today's new phenomena Author: Jenner, W.J.F. Publisher: Pantheon Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-1..
In this extensively updated second edition, including an up-dated index and bibliography, J. W. Roberts explores the main features of Athenian life in the latter half of the fifth century BC. Author: Roberts, J.W. Publisher: Routledge Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0415167787 ISBN-13:..
It is a feature of the history of the subject that the study of atomic physics was accompanied by a partial neglect of that of classical mechanics. This led to the unsatisfactory situation in which the physicist was expected to assimilate the elements of quantum and statistical mechanics without und..
Book is in good shape. No markings or writings and moderate wear to cover and binding. Former library book with usual markings. Ships immediately. Author: Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume Publisher: Crown Publishers Inc. Binding: hardcover Language: english ISBN-10: 0047890029 ISBN-13: 9780047890024..
compared to what covers all the basics of algorithm analysis but it does not just supply algorithms to memorize - it lets you guide your students through the process of breaking down and solving aigolithmic problems. The invaluable analytic skills developed through this innovative approach will app..
Product Details Hardcover: 342 pages Publisher: Houghton Mifflin School (August 1983) Language: English Author: Patterson, J. W. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin School Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0395331641 ISBN-13: 9780395331644..
"Contemporary World Regional Geography" provides a geographical study of world issues through analysis of nine world regions and the countries in each. It integrates the themes of "global connections" and "local voices" and is structured so that within each chapter the global and local tensions are ..
Communications, philosophy, film and video, digital culture: media studies straddles an astounding array of fields and disciplines and produces a vocabulary that is in equal parts rigorous and intuitive. Critical Terms for Media Studies defines, and at times, redefines, what this new and hybrid area..
Steven J. Heine, a leading figure in cultural psychology, offers the first contemporary, broad-based global treatment of this exciting field. Writing in a clear and engaging voice, Professor Heine builds his text around many of psychology's most enduring questions about our identities, motivations, ..
Dairy Cattle Feeding and Nutrition was designed to provide information needed by those interested in the feeding and nutrition of dairy cattle. It contains basic information for students in courses on feeds and feeding, dairy cattle production, and animal nutrition. Author: Miller, W. J. Publisher: ..
Discovering The Universe Author: Comins, Neil F.; William J., III Kaufmann Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0716767961 ISBN-13: 9780716767961..
The world's first mountain-top observatory and America's first big-science research center, Lick Observatory exemplifies astronomy's dramatic development in the past century. A dedicated Confederate naval officer and his jack-of-all-trades foreman used the bequest of a miserly California eccentric t..