Introduction to Public Health, Second Edition covers the basic elements of public health as well as essential data and statistics. This thorough revision contains new chapters on bioterrorism and emergency preparedness. Further bioterrorism issues have been woven through relevant chapters. New addit[...]

Measurement of the shadow economy is notoriously difficult as it requires estimation of economic activity that is deliberately hidden from official transactions. Surveys typically understate the size of the shadow economy but econometric techniques can now be used to obtain a much better understandi[...]

Sponsored by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, a division of the American Psychological Association.Reveals how examining climate and culture together can advance understanding of the behavior of individuals within organizations, as well as overall organizational performance [...]

This beautifully designed and abundantly illustrated book is the first to focus on the career of Madame Paulette (1900-1994), Pariss queen of milliners and one of the most important figures in 20th-century fashion. Paulette's fame was international: her exquisite creations featured regularly on the [...]

This wonderful book has become the standard pocket guide in the field. It is just what collectors need for quick and easy reference...and its newly updated prices make it invaluable. Both handy and beautiful, it shows over 500 pens and pencils in nearly full-size color photos and provides short hist[...]

Written by journalist Howard Schneider and science writer Patricia Daniels, "Backyard Guide to the Night Sky" contains ten comprehensive chapters that will place readers on solid astronomical ground. Concise, approachable text covers everything a novice will need to know: from the layers of the Eart[...]

Break the seals of Hell and unleash ultimate evil upon your Pathfinder campaign with an unholy collection of devils, cultists, and worse. Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Hell Unleashed presents twelve diabolically detailed encounters featuring the slaves and masters of the infernal realm, including an [...]

Accounting for the astonishing developments in the field of Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology, this second edition has been updated and substantially expanded. Starting with the description of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, this cogently written textbook introduces the reader to the astronomy o[...]

The Universe May Be a Mystery,

But It's No SecretMichael Schneider leads us on a spectacular, lavishly illustrated journey along the numbers one through ten to explore the mathematical principles made visible in flowers, shells, crystals, plants, and the human body, expressed in the symbo[...]

John Green's The Fault in Our Stars meets Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park in this darkly funny novel from the critically acclaimed author of The Beginning of Everything.Up until his diagnosis, Lane lived a fairly predictable life. But when he finds himself at a tuberculosis sanatorium called Latham [...]

John Green's The Fault in Our Stars meets Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park in this darkly funny novel from the critically acclaimed author of The Beginning of Everything.Up until his diagnosis, Lane lived a fairly predictable life. But when he finds himself at a tuberculosis sanatorium called Latham [...]