The essential herbal reference book, a complete compendium of practical and exotic herbal lore to help people live longer and more effective lives. HERBS & THINGS contains an extensive glossary of efficacious herbs (and some animal products and minerals), along with brief histories, medical properti[...]
An introduction to interval analysis for scientists and engineers interested in scientific computation, especially using INTLAB/MATLAB(R).[...]
Written by Alan Moore, Michael Moorcock and others Art by Chris Sprouse, Jerry Ordway, Ben Oliver and others Cover by Sprouse & Jose Villarrubia Alan Moore and Chris Sprouse return for one grand, final story in which Tom Strong and family are on hand for the apocalypse. All this and more awaits in t[...]
A book from Cengage Learning on "Game Development Essentials: Game Industry Career".
Covers the broad sweep of animal behavior from its neurological underpinnings to the importance of behavior in conservation. This title provides a background in the neurophysiological and endocrinological bases of animal behavior. It also covers behavior and homeostatic mechanisms, behavior and cons[...]
Basics of Game Design is for anyone wanting to become a professional game designer. Focusing on creating the game mechanics for data-driven games, it covers role-playing, real-time strategy, first-person shooter, simulation, and other games. Written by a 25-year veteran of the game industry, the gui[...]
From Argentina to Italy, the intense, metaphysical and poetic story of a gardener in love, by Italy's most prominent writer.
"A man's life lasts as long as three horses. You have already buried the first."
Somewhere along the coastline of Italy, a man passes his days in solitude and silenc[...]
"Moral Ground" brings together the testimony of over 80 visionaries -- theologians and religious leaders, scientists, elected officials, business leaders, naturists, activists, and writers -- to present a diverse and compelling call to honor our individual and collective moral responsibilities to ou[...]
Authors Robin Moore and Michael Lennon team up in this exciting new novel to tell the "fictionalized" stories of the men who have risked it all for the U.S.A.: the Green Berets. They take us from firefights on the Cambodian border during the Vietnam War to the streets and alleyways of Iraq today. Th[...]