Jake Winroy had no looks, no education, and little else before he'd worked his way to the top of a million-dollar-a-month horse-betting ring. But when the state's latched onto his game, the feds take a bite and the lawyer fees eat away at the rest, all Jake's got left is the bottle and a beautiful w[...]

Presents the military history of First World War that gave birth to fascism. This book shows how some of the greatest modernist writers in Italian and German - Ungaretti, Gadda, Musil, Hemingway fought in these trenches.[...]

You deserve to be valued, respected, and admired for what matters to you. Here are twenty-one ways to make it happen.
In this book, you'll find 21 simple and powerful strategies that will help you become more valued in a crowded and competitive world--not in a superficial way or just for its own[...]

Modern Land Law offers fresh and contemporary coverage of all the major topics covered on the LLB. It moves away from the traditionally dense, black-letter approach to offer a more engaging look at the social context within which land law operates. The author guides students through the various deba[...]

Aims to provide the formula for a successful life, based on interviews with 200 of the world's extraordinary people.[...]

The phenomenal follow-up to the bestselling "Built to Last"
Imagine discovering what successful people have in common, distilling it into a set of simple practices, and using them to transform your career and your life. That's what Jerry Porras, Stewart Emery, and Mark Thompson?leading thinkers[...]

Already considered the preeminent text in MR physics, this new edition explains the physical principles of magnetic resonance imaging design and implementation using consistent nomenclature and notation. This book provides the most comprehensive yet approachable introduction to the physics and appli[...]

To the beginner, the star-filled night sky can seem mysterious and unfathomable. But with this book as a guide the awesome nature of the Cosmos is brought down to Earth. Over the course of twelve chapters Mark Thompson, one of the presenters on BBC One's Stargazing Live and the resident astronomer o[...]

In a series of step-by-step photo sessions and to-the-point chapters, this thorough guide covers the basic tasks of maintenance, modification, and setup that confront all dirt bike riders and owners, whatever the model. From changing a tire on a 4-stroke, replacing a chain, set up suspension compone[...]

Danilo Kis (1935-89) was a Yugoslav novelist, essayist, poet, and translator whose work generated storms of controversy in his homeland but today holds classic status. Kis was championed by prominent literary figures around the world, including Joseph Brodsky, Susan Sontag, Milan Kundera, Philip Rot[...]

In the first major examination of the diverse European efforts to colonize the Delaware Valley, Mark L. Thompson offers a bold new interpretation of ethnic and national identities in colonial America. For most of the seventeenth century, the lower Delaware Valley remained a marginal area under no st[...]

By almost any measure, a bold and confident use of the Bible is a hallmark of Christianity. Underlying such use are a number of assumptions about the origin, nature and form of the biblical literature, concerning its authority, diversity and message.However, a lack of confidence in the clarity or pe[...]