'I had one little mini workout. I couldn't believe how short the workout was and how good I felt afterward ...This technique is going to change your life' - Tony Robbins, author of "Awaken the Giant Within". Bodybuilding pioneer, John Little revolutionized the sport with his seminal books "Power Fac[...]

The third edition of this popular book is updated to include a completely revised discussion of reactor technology, an improved discussion of the reactor physics, and a more detailed discussion of basic nuclear physics and models. Introduces the basics of the shell model of the nucleus and a beginni[...]

Sir Anthony Kenny's engaging new history of Western philosophy now advances into the modern era. The Rise of Modern Philosophy is the fascinating story of the emergence, from the early sixteenth to the early nineteenth century, of great ideas and intellectual systems that shaped modern thought. Kenn[...]

Engineering the Next Revolution in Neuroscience presents a framework for accelerating discovery in neuroscience. Deriving principles directly from detailed case studies, the authors show how maps of research findings will enable researchers to see what their field has accomplished and where the unex[...]

They told him his uncle died in an accident. He wasn't wearing his seatbelt, they said. But when fourteen-year-old Alex finds his uncle's windshield riddled with bullet holes, he knows it was no accident. What he doesn't know yet is that his uncle was killed while on a top-secret mission. But he is [...]

How should we understand the personal and social impacts of complex mobility systems? Can lifestyles based around intensive travel, transport and tourism be maintained in the 21st century? What possibility post-carbon lifestyles? In this provocative study of 'life on the move', Anthony Elliott and J[...]

Textbook * Full-colour textbook with high quality photos and line drawings, designed to be visually stimulating for the type of learner taking the course. * Written specifically around the Foundation Degree framework to ensure that learners have both the theoretical and practical content they need. [...]

This book describes and illustrates in detail the 760 species of mosses currently known to occur in the British Isles and incorporates the most up-to-date information available on classification and nomenclature, together with recent synonyms. The species descriptions provide information on frequenc[...]

In the 1980s, the United Kingdom led the world in the emerging techniques for project management. In the first decade of the third millennium, the UK leads the world in programme management thinking and this is reflected in the "Gower Handbook of Programme Management". Programme management involves [...]

The Catalan province of Lleida in Northeast Spain is a rock climber's dream, offering everything from bouldering and single-pitch routes, to multi pitch classics. This guide describes 120 separate sectors spread across 22 zones, offering 2,800 routes of between grade III (S) and 9b+ (hard!), and ran[...]

The fire team concept was copied from the Chinese by Carlson and then adopted by Edson. "Gung Ho " closely follows the Marine Raider battalions and their infantry redesignations through WWII and Vietnam. Their thoroughly developed fire team maneuvers are still useful today (all that electronic parap[...]