"Environmental Science: A Global Concern, Twelfth Edition", is a comprehensive presentation of environmental science for non-science majors which emphasizes critical thinking, environmental responsibility, and global awareness. This book is intended for use in a one or two-semester course in environ[...]
Environmental Science: A Global Concern, Twelfth Edition, is a comprehensive presentation of environmental science for non-science majors which emphasizes critical thinking, environmental responsibility, and global awareness. This book is intended for use in a one or two-semester course in environme[...]
Master gardener Sally Jean Cunningham reveals her secrets of companion planting and gardening organically for bumper crops of produce and herbs, plus armfuls of beautiful flowers for cutting. "Great Garden Companions" includes an A-Z growing guide for more than 30 vegetables, dozens of garden-tested[...]
The third volume of Thomas Merton's journals chronicles Merton's attempts to reconcile his desire for solitude and contemplation with the demands of his new-found celebrity status within the strictures of conventional monastic life.[...]
Today's most easy-to-understand introduction to value investing - how it works, and how to make it work for you. Value investing is one of today's most talked-about investing strategies, with everyone from "The Wall Street Journal" to TheStreet.com weighing in on its proven track record of success. [...]
Berkshire Hathaway, the $300 billion conglomerate that Warren Buffett built, is among the world's largest and most famous corporations. Yet, for all its power and celebrity, few people understand Berkshire, and many assume it cannot survive without Buffett. This book proves that assumption wrong. In[...]
'It was the start of my second new life, in a city that had a spin of its own - a wilder orbit inside the earth's calm blue-green whirl. New York wasn't open to the hopelessness and lost purpose that drifted around lesser places ...' Meet Bobby, Jonathan and Clare. Three friends, three lovers, three[...]
Michael Cunningham's celebrated novel is the story of two boyhood friends: Jonathan, lonely, introspective, and unsure of himself; and Bobby, hip, dark, and inarticulate. In New York after college, Bobby moves in with Jonathan and his roommate, Clare, a veteran of the city's erotic wars. Bobby and C[...]
Density reduction of cellular materials can be directly converted into cost savings and consequently commercially produced foams are being driven towards their lowest possible density for a given application. However, as densities become even lower, the control and optimization of the cellular struc[...]
Experienced readers of Warren Buffett's letters to the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. have gained an enormously valuable informal education. The letters distill in plain words all the basic principles of sound business practices.[...]
Christ Jesus and the Jewish People Today explores the historical, biblical, christological, trinitarian, and ecclesiological dimensions of this crucial question: How might we Christians in our time reaffirm our faith claim that Jesus Christ is the Savior of all humanity, even as we affirm the Jewish[...]
Contracts, the foundation of economic activity, are both vital and misunderstood. This book corrects the misunderstandings through a series of engaging stories involving such diverse individuals as Martin Luther King, Maya Angelou, Clive Cussler, Lady Gaga and Donald Trump. Capturing the essentials [...]
"Cunningham's short book is a haunting, beautiful piece of work. . . . A magnificent work of art." --"The Washington Post""Easily read on a plane-and-ferry journey from here to the sandy, tide-washed tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, "Land's End" is that most perfect of companions: slender, eloquent, [...]