Easy-to-follow experiments for building essential lab skills Yousef and Carlstroms Food Microbiology: A Laboratory Manual serves as a general laboratory manual for undergraduate and graduate students in food microbiology, as well as a training manual in analytical food microbiology. Focusing [...]
This text deals with the timely, and important topic of high-performance networks, providing broadband service, and quality of service to different types of network applications. In addition to the detailed description of the networks and their protocols, an analytical treatment of the subject will [...]
This 2001 book is a follow-on to John Braithwaite's best-selling and influential Crime, Shame and Reintegration. Shame management is becoming a central concept, in theoretical and practical terms. This book makes a major contribution to the advancement of shame in a theoretical sense. For criminolog[...]
Practical illustrated handbook of ultrasound anatomy, showing basic anatomy, where to place the probe, and how to interpret the scan.[...]
Dynamics of Multibody Systems, 3rd Edition, first published in 2005, introduces multibody dynamics, with an emphasis on flexible body dynamics. Many common mechanisms such as automobiles, space structures, robots and micromachines have mechanical and structural systems that consist of interconnected[...]
"A comprehensive new book for class use and independent study, Cambridge Chemistry for the IB Diploma prepares students with the skills to succeed at both Standard and Higher Levels, using accessible language and clearly stated learning objectives. Questions and worked examples throughout each chapt[...]
Differences That Matter challenges existing ways of theorising the relationship between feminism and postmodernism which ask âis or should feminism be modern or postmodern?â Sara Ahmed suggests that postmodernism has been allowed to dictate feminist debates and calls instead for feminist t[...]
Dynamics of Multibody Systems, 3rd Edition, first published in 2005, introduces multibody dynamics, with an emphasis on flexible body dynamics. Many common mechanisms such as automobiles, space structures, robots and micromachines have mechanical and structural systems that consist of interconnected[...]
The Crescent Moon Kingdoms, land of djenn and ghuls, holy warriors and heretics, Khalifs and killers, is at boiling point. A power struggle between the iron-fisted Khalif and the mysterious master thief known as the Falcon Prince is reaching its climax. In the midst of this brewing rebellion, [...]
Traditional swords & sorcery fantasy with an authentic middle-eastern spin The Crescent Moon Kingdoms, land of djenn and ghuls, holy warriors and heretics, Khalifs and killers, is at boiling point. A power struggle between the iron-fisted Khalif and the mysterious master thief known as the Falco[...]
The leading journalist on Pakistan lays out America's options with Pakistan and Afghanistan in the post-Bin Laden years. What are the possibilities-and hazards-facing America as it withdraws from Afghanistan and as it reviews its long engagement in Pakistan? Where is the Taliban now in both these co[...]
In The Three Rules, Michael Raynor and Mumtaz Ahmed deliver a clear recipe for superior performance over the long term. Pilots know the expression "takeoffs are optional; landings are mandatory." It means that no matter how high, fast, or far you fly, you are going to come back down. For the most pa[...]
What should be the place of Shari'a - Islamic religious law - in predominantly Muslim societies of the world? In this ambitious and topical book, a Muslim scholar and human rights activist envisions a positive and sustainable role for Shari'a, based on a profound rethinking of the relationship betwe[...]
A young Egyptian boy describes the city of Cairo as he goes about his daily work and waits for the evening to share a special surprise with his family[...]
An Arabic-English edition of the Holy Book of Islam is presented in a poetic and contemporary translation that seeks to conserve the original cadences of the Quranic language and is complemented by explanatory notes that identify the full meanings of various terms. Reprint.[...]
Under the intolerable mid-day sun a troupe of Bedouins set up camp on land previously ruled by desert creatures: long-legged rats, who bury themselves in tunnels to escape the heat, snakes who lurk in the shade, wise old tortoises, wolves, and armies of ants. As the humans begin to search for food, [...]