For all its concern with change in the present and future, science fiction is deeply rooted in the past and, surprisingly, engages especially deeply with the ancient world. Indeed, both as an area in which the meaning of "classics" is actively transformed and as an open-ended set of texts whose own [...]

"...a particularly well-wrought and intelligent book. It provides an extensive introduction to traditional psychological approaches, while acknowledging their weaknesses, and in a judicious and detailed review the authors take us through a fascinating survey of the constructionist and discursive mod[...]

Now available in paperback, this celebrated book has been prepared with readers? needs in mind, remaining a systematic guide to a large part of the modern theory of Probability, whilst retaining its vitality. The authors? aim is to present the subject of Brownian motion not as a dry part of mathemat[...]

An eye-opening account of the great black personalities of world history. In this first volume: outstanding blacks of Asia and Africa, and historical figures before Christ-- including Akhenaton, Aesop, Hannibal, Cleopatra, Zenobia, Askia the Great, the Mahdi, Samuel Adjai Crowther, and many more. "W[...]

This book combines a sweeping narrative of the Civil War with a bold new look at the war's significance for American society. Professor Hummel sees the Civil War as America's turning point: simultaneously the culmination and repudiation of the American revolution. Chapters tell the story of the Civ[...]

This new work clarifies Aquinas' concept of natural law through his biblical commentaries, and explores its applications to U.S. constitutional law. Whether one finds the use of extra-judicial sources in Supreme Court decisions advisable or alarming, it renders the medieval Catholic theologian Thoma[...]

How companies can stay competitive in a world of total transparency. With their first book, 1993's "The One-to-One Future", Don Peppers and Martha Rogers introduced the idea of managing interactive customer relationships, long before the Web and social networking made it standard business practice. [...]

Radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) are the building blocks that enable every device from cable television sets to mobile telephones to transmit and receive signals and data. This newly revised and expanded edition of the 2003 Artech House classic, "Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design"[...]

No touring holiday is complete without one of these essential guides. The driving guides series holds a range of 23 titles offering an extensive list of destinations for you to choose from.They contain everything the self-drive traveller needs en route, with exciting detours away from the main touri[...]

Join John Rogers as he ventures out into an uncharted London like a redbrick Indiana Jones in search of the lost meaning of our metropolitan existence. Nursing two reluctant knees and a can of Stella, he perambulates through the seasons in search of adventure in our city's remote and forgotten reach[...]