Classic of modern biology sets forth seminal "theory of transformation"--that evolution takes place in large-scale transformations of body as a whole. Over 500 photographs and drawings.
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D'Arcy Thompson's classic On Growth and Form looks at the way things grow and the shapes they take.
Amanda Grange continues her series of Jane Austen retellings. Frederick Wentworth, a brilliant young man with a flourishing career in the navy, is spending his shore leave in Somerset, where he falls in love with Anne Elliot. However, Anne eventually changes her mind about Wentworth, leaving him a b[...]
A lively Southern retelling of Jane Austen's "Persuasion," featuring Lucy Crawford, who is thrown back into the path of her first love while on a quest to save her beloved family home.
Lucy Crawford is part of a wealthy, well-respected Southern family with a long local history. But since Lucy's [...]
Witty, romantic and insightful, this novel retells the love affair at the heart of Jane Austen's Persuasion from the perspective of the suitor--Captain Wentworth. Written in the language of the era, Captain Wentworth's Persuasion re-creates the original style, themes and sardonic humor of Jane Auste[...]
This book explains the vocabulary of cost-volume-profit (breakeven) analysis (CVP), explores the breadth of applications of CVP, and illustrates the use of CVP concepts in a broad range of management and marketing scenarios. The book examines the proper i[...]
MillsBoon novels are as passionate as they always have been with a sensual style to suit the sophistication of the 21st century... but there is still a place for the nostalgic romance of yesteryear. This title features love, lust and desire in three classic tales of passion from the 60s, 70s and 80s[...]
Anton Alvarez has spent two years developing a machine that spins thousands of metres of brightly coloured thread around pieces of wood and metal to join them, producing solid benches, stools and lamps without traditional joints of any kind. The thread acts as an joining element, allowing the raw ma[...]