A satirical novel of alcohol, politics, Soviet society, and love. The story of a cable fitter who is fired from his job for charting his co-workers' jobs against the amount of alcohol they have consum...
An exhaustive look at the epic sea battles that constituted the first truly world war. Mostert (Frontiers: The Epic of South Africa's Creation and the Tragedy of the Xhosa Peo, 1992, etc.) provides a ...
Du Bois (1868-1963) is known today mostly for his theory of the race concept and the problem of the color line, but here scholars of literature and African American studies show how gender and sexuali...
Newly available in paperback, "Richard Long - Walking the Line" centres mainly on the artist's work from the last dozen years. Majestic museum sculptures made from tons of rock are juxtaposed with dra...
With jaunty rhyming text, young readers are invited to find different shapes on each busy, vibrant page. The perfect book for little ones beginning to distinguish shapes. "A well-conceived, bouncy and...
The essays in Globalization on the Line criticize the almost exclusive emphasis on the ethnically constituted trans-nation, whose function as an instrument of de-nationalization has become signified i...
Growth is at the top of every company's agenda, and managers are expected to deliver regardless of external factors like the economy or the competition. This guide addresses pressing growth challenges...
The definitive guide to the disassembly line The Disassembly Line: Balancing and Modeling provides in-depth information on this complex process essential to remanufacturing, recycling, and environm...
In Inspector Montalbano's coastal town of Vigata, a surge of migrants have been coming in by boat, and all the town's hands are on deck to help the arrivals. At the heart of the scene are the police -...
The concept of the 'triple bottom line' (TBL) - the idea that business activity can simultaneously deliver financial, social and environmental benefits - was introduced in the early 1990s. A decade o...
The Encyclopedia of Communities of Practice in Information and Knowledge Management is the leading reference source for dynamic and innovative research in the field of communities of practice (CoPs) i...
Napoleon's line infantry was founded upon that of the Ancien RĂŠgime. A total re-organisation began on 1 January 1791 with the abolition of the old regimental titles, and over the next two years an in...
An outstanding and practical book focusing on women's health...Serves as a ready diagrammatic for discussions with patients in the office setting as well as a well-organized and succinct review of the...
There's a lot to be said for going back to basics. Not only does this Bible give you a quick refresher on the structure of open-source Linux software, it also shows you how to bypass the hefty graphic...
New global cases and candid comment from top executives
A deceptively simple adventure into the unknown using only paper, a pencil and a single line. Wreck This Journal had a simple premise: destroy the book in all the ways you can imagine. The Line is eve...
The first book in an original mystery series featuring twenty-eight-year-old Veronica Mars, back in action after the events of "Veronica Mars: The Movie." With the help of old friends--Logan Echolls, ...
The systems described in this text have a profound effect on the behaviour of managers throughout financial depositories in areas such as: origination; servicing and brokerage; product-line operating ...
Kenneth Olden (ed). Describes the analysis & conclusions of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) regarding possible health effects from ELF-EMF (magnetic field) exposures. T...
In this unprecedented event, the president of one of the world's most crucial nations offers his candid thoughts on Pakistan's confrontations with India, 9/11 and its aftermath, on Israel, on bin La...
The Merck/Merial Manual for Pet Health delivers animal health expertise in everyday language that all pet owners can understand. This in-depth new resource, authored by over 200 veterinary experts, co...