William Beckman is one of the leading realist artists working in the United States, renowned for the emotional power of his figurative drawings. This new volume is the first major retrospective of Beckman's work, featuring fifty significant drawings from both private and public collections, includin[...]

A history of the red dye cochineal cites its role in building the empires of monopoly holders in ancient Mexico and sixteenth-century Spain, tracing the efforts of European pirates, explorers, alchemists, scientists, and spies to discover the dye's origins. Reprint.[...]

A family of three: father, mother, son. A house that gives them shelter but shapes their nightmares.An illness that nearly arrested the past, and looms over the future.A second family--a copy family. Mirror bodies.Events on the horizon: a hole, a box, a light, a girl. Holes in houses. Holes in speak[...]

Diana Butler Bass, one of contemporary Christianity's leading trend-spotters, exposes how the failings of the church today are giving rise to a new "spiritual but not religious" movement. Using evidence from the latest national polls and from her own cutting-edge research, Bass, the visionary author[...]

Filled with more than 300 images, the official illustrated tie-in to the second chapter of the DreamWorks Animation critically acclaimed Academy Award(R) nominated How to Train Your Dragon trilogy is based on the characters in Cressida Cowell's bestselling series and features an introduction by the [...]

"Hole's Human Anatomy and Physiology" was created for the introductory level student and assumes no prior science knowledge by placing emphasis on the fundamentals. This new edition updates a great A&P classic while offering greater efficiencies to the user. The format of the 12th edition focuses on[...]

Learn. Practice. Assess. Hole's Human Anatomy and Physiology was created for the introductory level student and assumes no prior science knowledge by placing emphasis on the fundamentals. This new edition updates a great A&P classic while offering greater efficiencies to the user. The format for the[...]

Suitable for the introductory level students, this title places emphasis on the fundamentals of Human Anatomy and Physiology.[...]

It is a complete mystery why anyone would choose to murder the trusted old butler of Norton Manor. Barrister turned amateur detective, Frank Amberley, has reason to suspect that the shooting involves the nervy young lady discovered at the scene of the crime, a snooping gentleman in the halls of Grey[...]

John Butler, bestselling author of "Forensic DNA Typing", now applies his expertise on the subject of DNA analysis into an introductory textbook. "Fundamentals of Forensic DNA Typing" walks students step-by-step through the DNA analysis process beginning with collection of evidence at a crime scene [...]