Vanguard follows their hit Frazetta: The Definitive Reference with Jeffrey Jones: The Definitive Reference. Legendary artist Frank Frazetta once called Hugo Award and World Fantasy Award winner Jones "the great living painter." Jones and Frazetta were the top two heroic fantasy book cover artists of[...]

Part of the popular "Secrets" series, this helpful reference presents basic physical therapy concepts and then introduces different healing modalities, specialties and orthopedic procedures typically prescribed for common injuries such as shoulders and extremities. Common diseases are included as we[...]

Self-described as 'a mystic, a transcendentalist, and a natural philosopher to boot', Henry David Thoreau dedicated his life to preserving his freedom as a man and as an artist. Nature was the fountainhead of his inspiration and his refuge from what he considered the follies of society. Heedless of [...]

It was his friend Ralph Waldo Emerson, another inveterate journal keeper, who urged Thoreau to keep a record of his thoughts and observations. Begun in 1837, "Thoreau's Journal" spans a period of twenty-five years and runs to more than two million words, coming to a halt only in 1861, shortly before[...]

Your hands-on guide to the secrets of Toyota's success! Jeffrey Liker first revealed the management principles Toyota's worldwide reputation for quality and reliability in the international bestseller "The Toyota Way". Now, he and Toyota veteran David Meier take those lessons a step further with "Th[...]

Building upon the international bestselling "Toyota Way" series of books by Jeffrey Liker, "The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement" looks critically at lean deployments and identifies the root causes of why most of them fail. The book is organized into three major sections outlining: why it is cri[...]

This text, written by a team of sociologists, introduces students to social psychology by focusing on the contributions of sociology to this field, and on the perspectives, theories, and issues that are of the greatest importance to sociology. This text emphasizes sociological work in the field, suc[...]

Engineering has been an essential collaborator in biological research and breakthroughs in biology are often enabled by technological advances. Decoding the double helix structure of DNA, for example, only became possible after significant advances in such technologies as X-ray diffraction and gel e[...]

Schema Therapy combines proven cognitive behavioral therapy techniques with elements of interpersonal, experiential, and psychodynamic therapies in order to help people with long-term mental health problems including personality disorders and chronic depression. Schema Therapy suggests that many neg[...]

Architecture/Interior DesignAn in-depth look at the most innovative aged care facilities todayWith the world's population aging at a rapid pace, there is a growing need for new ways to provide residential care for older people. "Design for Aging" explores some of the most successful examples of elde[...]

Introduce your students to management science techniques with the thorough, applications-oriented coverage you can trust from the definitive leader in traditional management science texts. The best-selling Anderson/Sweeney/Williams/Martin's INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT SCIENCE: A QUANTITATIVE APPROACH[...]