Drawing on his considerable experience as a neuroscientist and clinical neurologist, Ira Black systematically disentangles the labyrinth of brain and mind in a new concept of mind that relates environment, brain genes, molecular symbols, behavior and mentation. He describes the unity of brain, mind,[...]
Are you responsible for getting results? Do you need to get things to change and then make sure that change sticks? Do you want to know the most effective ways to really get things to change for the better? Project Managing Changegives you practical, sensible solutions to real business change[...]
Known as the "Prince of Bummers," Leonard Cohen is a multi-talented poet, singer-songwriter, novelist, and Zen Buddhist whose career has spanned more than forty years and inspired countless other artists. In this critically acclaimed biography originally published in 1996 by Pantheon Books, Ira Nade[...]
Now fully updated with a new chapter: The classic introduction to the bebop era and the legendary performers who created it. Back in the early 1940s, late at night in the clubs of Harlem, a handful of jazz musicians began to experiment with a style that no one had ever heard before. The music was f[...]
Presents ten years' of in-depth research into the lives of IRA members, exploring the roots of the conflict in Northern Ireland and the personal tolls it has taken on its citizens[...]
This updated edition of the best-selling history of the IRA now includes behind-the-scenes information on the recent advances made in the peace process. With clarity and objectivity, Coogan examines the IRA's origins, its foreign links, bombing campaigns, hunger strikes and sectarian violence and it[...]
The H Block protest is one of the strangest and most controversial issues in the tragic history of Northern Ireland. Republican prisoners, convicted of grave crimes through special courts and ruthless interrogation procedures, campaigned for political status by refusing to wear prison clothes and da[...]
The IRA: The Irish Republican Army begins by examining the historical background to the development of the IRA, the group's basic ideology, and its aims and objectives. The second part of the book concentrates on the IRA-- specifically the Provisional IRA--as a contemporary phenomenon, explaining it[...]
Known for its solid presentation of mathematics, this bestseller is a rigorous but accessible introduction to both quantum chemistry and the math needed to master it. Quantum Chemistry, Seventh Edition covers quantum mechanics, atomic structure, and molecular electronic structure, and provides a tho[...]
Widespread immunization has many different kinds of effects in individuals and populations, including in the unvaccinated individuals. The challenge is in understanding and estimating all of these effects. This book presents a unified conceptual framework of the different effects of vaccination at t[...]
An updated account of the accident at the nuclear power plant at Three Mile Island, based on interviews with key personnel, details the disastrous combination of mechanical failure and human error that nearly led to a reactor meltdown and offers a new introduction and epilogue that explores the curr[...]
Filled with disclosures and based on the author's unprecedented access to the Irish Republican Army, this explosive book sparked controversy when it was first published in hardcover. Delving deeply into the inner workings, furtive plots, and deadly rivalries of the Irish Republican Army, Ed Moloney,[...]
In this "penetrating new analysis" (The "New York Times Book Review") Ira Katznelson fundamentally recasts our understanding of twentieth-century American history and demonstrates that all the key programmes passed during the New Deal and Fair Deal era of the 1930s and 1940s were created in a deeply[...]
Editors Ira Katznelson and Helen V. Milner of Columbia University sought to "reflect the vibrant, often contested, diversity of political science while chronicling the past decade's scholarship and prompting thought about future directions." Breaking away from a traditional organization around the f[...]
Ira and Reggie, best friends and nearly inseparable for as long as they can remember, will soon be separated when Reggie moves to Greendale, and Ira is hurt when Reggie seems excited about the move[...]
Digital Marketing: Integrating Strategy and Tactics with Values is an easy-to-understand guidebook that draws on the latest digital tactics and strategic insights to help organizations generate sustainable growth through digital integration. It provides a roadmap to adopt a digital mindset, incorpor[...]
She is a housewife--young, healthy, blissfully happy. He is an actor--charismatic and ambitious. The spacious, sun-filled apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side is their dream home--a dream that turns into an unspeakable nightmare. . . . Enter the chilling world of Ira Levin--where terror is as n[...]