Thomas refuses to wear his new snowsuit despite the pleas of his mother, his teacher and even his principal. When everyone's best efforts lead only to comedic chaos, they all agree it's best to let Thomas suit himself. About the Annikin Series: "Annikins" are mini books made especially for childre[...]

Tackles race, wealth and family as a young black man finds the American Dream dissolving around him.

A unique how-to manual focusing on the clinical management of the critically ill pregnant patient Since the release of the first edition more than a decade ago, Obstetric Intensive Care Manual has become the go-to guide for obstetricians, intensivists, residents, and nurses seeking immediate, pract[...]

For people in the early Middle Ages, the earth, air, water and ether teemed with other beings. Some of these were sentient creatures that swam, flew, slithered or stalked through the same environments inhabited by their human contemporaries. Others were objects that a modern beholder would be unlike[...]

The world-famous masterpiece by Nobel laureate Thomas Mann -- here in a new translation by Michael Henry HeimPublished on the eve of World War I, a decade after Buddenbrooks had established Thomas Mann as a literary celebrity, Death in Venice tells the story of Gustav von Aschenbach, a successful bu[...]

Two Six Sigma Master Black Belts show how to create and implement a corporate sustainability strategy using Six Sigma Six Sigma for Sustainability explains how to get started with a corporate sustainability program or take existing sustainability programs to a higher level of systematic management a[...]

This book provides up-to-date coverage of fossil plants from Precambrian life to flowering plants, including fungi and algae. It begins with a discussion of geologic time, how organisms are preserved in the rock record, and how organisms are studied and interpreted and takes the student through all [...]

Focuses on intellectual property development, funding, and marketing/selling. This book provides a treatment of valuation, deal structuring, and equity preservation issues. It discusses technology management and continuous innovation as a competitive advantage. It addresses the issue of leading, man[...]

American Horizons, Second Edition, is the only U.S. History survey text that presents the traditional narrative in a global context. The authors use the frequent movement of people, goods, and ideas into, out of, and within America's borders as a framework. This unique approach provides a fully inte[...]