Uses a theoretical and pragmatic approach to modelling mechanical systems and to analysing the responses of these systems. This book presents a study of fluid-structure interactions that covers the coupled dynamics of solids and fluids, restricted to the case of oscillatory motions about a state of [...]
Bobbers are the hottest style in the custom bike market, and now you can afford one without paying a fortune! All you need to make a killer custom bike is a set of tools, a little know-how, and imagination and creative vision. Despite the rise of high-priced Gucci cycles, the true custom bike is sti[...]
The latest cookbook from French chef Stephane Reynaud tackles the barbecue and who better to fire up the grill than the man who is an expert on meat and the author of bestsellers Pork & Sons, Ripailles, and Rotis. Here he presents barbecuing as an art. Beautiful full-color photographs of skewered sa[...]
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Open this book and youall have fun using your imagination as you write a story in English! It isnat hard at allaas long as you take it step by step. First, you learn how to write and punctuate a sentence that clearly expresses what you are thinking. Then you write another, and yet [...]
This atlas details the vascular anatomy seen on angiographic images and in the new imaging modalities. The book presents the complete anatomy of the arteries, veins, and lymphatic system by body region. Full-color drawings are correlated with angiographic images to guide evaluation and management of[...]
This book includes 150 unique recipes as well as a memoir of growing up in a culture where eating is taken quite seriously. The recipes presented in this book are easy to make and, although some of the ingredients are not readily available, the author provides substitutions to achieve similar resul[...]
Bullets Flames Acid Bombs Wolverine's healing factor has gotten him through it all. But now his desiccated body is locked away in a quarantine capsule on Utopia, on the verge of death. Wolverine has become a breeding ground for an alien virus that is slowly turning him into a walking hive of int[...]
This is the definitive biography of Jose Raul Capablanca, one of the greatest players in the history of chess. Beginning with his family background, birth, childhood and introduction to the game in Cuba, it examines his life and play as a young man; follows his evolution as a player and rise to prom[...]
This is a new title in the "Facets" series. It explores intelligent design - the notion that individual species are too complex to have developed through evolution and therefore must be the work of God. It outlines what the theory of evolution claims. It differentiates the roles of science and theol[...]
The Muslim slave uprising in Bahia in 1835, though unsuccessful in winning freedom for the rebels, had national repercussions, making it the most important urban slave rebellion in the Americas and the only one in which Islam played a major role. Joao Jose Reis draws on hundreds of police and trial [...]
At the height of the World Series in 1958, the gambling empire of Meyer Lansky enjoys unprecedented profits much to the chagrin of rival mafia boss Joe Bonanno, who plots to hijack Lansky's winnings with deadly consequences, a situation that prompts Lansky to take Bonanno out of the Cuban racket for[...]
Liberty to the Captives is a book for any Christians who want to learn how to bring hope and redemption to their communities -- for those who are ready to step beyond their comfort zone, leave the status quo behind, and take up Christ's call to minister within a world crying out for the freedom only[...]
Why were the Iroquois unrelentingly hostile toward the French colonists and their Native allies? The longstanding "Beaver War" interpretation of seventeenth-century Iroquois-French hostilities holds that the Iroquois' motives were primarily economic, aimed at controlling the profitable fur trade. Jo[...]
Through the tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs, generations of readers have thrilled to the adventures of Lord Greystoke (aka John Clayton, but better known as Tarzan of the Apes). In this biography, Philip Jose Farmer pieces together the life of this fantastic man, correcting Burroughs' errors and delib[...]
Bringing a critical lens to the study of multiculturalism in children's literature, this book prepares teachers, teacher educators, and researchers of children's literature to analyze the ideological dimensions of reading and studying literature. It provides chapters that include recommendations for[...]
Lieutenant Jose Cortes of the Spanish Royal Corps of Engineers was a keen observer of the native peoples of the Northern Borderlands of New Spain. Especially fascinated by the Apaches whom he observed at frontier presidios in the 1790s, he gleaned all possible information from veterans of the fronti[...]
Retold in both Spanish and English, the universally loved stories "Puss in Boots and "Thumbelina will delight early readers and older learners alike. The striking illustrations give a new look to these classic tales, and the bilingual text makes them perfect for both home and classroom libraries.[...]