Fire and the Earth: Interactions in the Biosphere and Atmosphere transcends individual subfields to bring together our current understanding of this significant topic. This book will go beyond a summary of existing data to provide a foundation for an interdisciplinary field of Fire Research.[...]
This title reveals how a group of thieves broke into an allegedly airtight vault and made off with over $108 million dollars worth of diamonds. This real-life "Ocean's Eleven" provides a thrilling in-depth study. On February 15, 2003, a group of thieves broke into an allegedly airtight vault in the [...]
This timely handbook represents the latest thinking in the field of technology and innovation management, with an up-to-date overview of the key developments in the field. The editor provides with a critical, introductory essay that establishes the theoretical framework for studying technology and i[...]
With the Scooby gang on the skids, Buffy finds herself increasingly alone. When faced with some tough decisions grounded in "real world" problems (i.e., not the slaying of pesky demons), Buffy is determined to make her own choices, but that doesn't mean she won't need a little handholding along the [...]
This new edition of the critically-acclaimed biography of Alexander Trocchi has been revised, extended and updated since its first publication in 1991 when it helped to create new interest in the celebrated - and notorious - author of Young Adam and Cain's Book. It was highly influential, led to the[...]
A team of researchers drift on the ocean, lost, in their quest for an enigmatic island that's never been explored. Washing on its shores, they find a dense, terrifying jungle populated with animal and plant life that has evolved along a completely different path. What secret does this isle hold? Why[...]