This expanded second edition of Tilly's widely acclaimed 2004 book brings this analytical history of social movements fully up to date. Tilly and Wood cover such recent topics as immigrants' rights, new media technologies, anti-Olympic organizing in China, new mobilizations against the Iraq War, and[...]

'Oceanology' purports to be the true account of the incredible voyage under the sea undertaken by a certain Captain Nemo in his submarine the Nautilus in 1863. This notebook was compiled by the ship's 16-year-old research assistant, Zoticus de Lesseps, and records his findings - from the wonders of [...]

This book has a similar subject content to the author's previous Flow in Wood but with substantial updating due to the abundance of research in the wood science field since 1971. Several different concepts have been introduced, particularly in regard to wood-moisture relation- ships. The role of wat[...]

Pörröturkkinen koiranpentu Pumpuli on leikkinyt ja kujeillut koko pitkän päivän, ja nyt se on hyvin väsynyt. Lempeäsävyinen kuvitus ja hurmaavat näyttämökuvat elävöittävät suloista tarinaa.Suomentanut Annukka Ahola.[...]

This simple-to-use, exceptionally complete reference work has been updated, expanded and redesigned to meet the needs of today's most demanding wordsmiths. Included here are over 10,000 new entries--over 60,000 in all, sight, vowel, consonant, and one-, two-, and three-syllable rhymes.[...]

Demonstrates the power that campus culture has in developing students' conservative political styles and shows that young conservatives are made, not born. This title explores who conservative students are, and how their beliefs and political activism relate to their university experiences.[...]

If you're a tech company, the most dramatic effect of megatrends like cloud computing, managed services, and the rise of consumer technology won't be felt in your company's product line. The true disruption will be to your business model. Future customers won't want to pay you high prices out of big[...]

Many processes in materials science and engineering, such as the load deformation behaviour of certain structures, exhibit nonlinear characteristics. The computer simulation of such processes therefore requires a deep understanding of both the theoretical aspects of nonlinearity and the associated c[...]

Dr. Coppes and his co-Editors have created a comprehensive table of contents that addresses the full spectrum of food allergies in children. Articles are presented to be most useful to pediatricians, as the issue begins with the clinical presentation and epidemiology of food allergy, and then progre[...]