The definitive steam plant operator's guide--fully updated For more than 75 years, this book has been a trusted source of information on steam plant system design, installation, operation, maintenance, and repair. In-depth details on coal-fired, natural gas-fired, and nuclear power plants are includ[...]

This is a brand new edition of an essential work on Bayesian networks and decision graphs. It is an introduction to probabilistic graphical models including Bayesian networks and influence diagrams. The reader is guided through the two types of frameworks with examples and exercises, which also give[...]

Psychopharmacology and Child Psychiatry Review: With 1200 Board-Style Questions utilized the numerous topics in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychopharmacology as present in Pediatric Psychopharmacology: Principles and Practice, Second Edition (Martin et al), distilling the most relevant ques[...]

The Lasley/Matczynski/Rowley text is the first introduction to models of teaching that emphasizes the needs of a culturally diverse learner population. At the heart of the text are four categories of instructional models (reasoning, reorganizing, remembering, and relating) which deal with the range [...]

"Americana enthusiasts and lovers of adventure will be absorbed by the lively narrative of life on the frontier and by the picture of the varied relationships--sometimes bellicose, sometimes peaceful, that held between Indians and whites."--Kliatt Thomas H. Leforge was "born an Ohio American" and ch[...]

Introduces the reader to the field of compressible turbulence and compressible turbulent flows across a broad speed range, through a complimentary treatment of both the theoretical foundations and the measurement and analysis tools are used. This book features an introduction to the techniques in co[...]

This text contains over 1500 lexical items, divided into topic areas, with exercises to provide the practice students need to build their vocabulary in an interesting way. The material can be used in pairs or groups, as well as by students working individually, at elementary to advanced level.[...]

Vold's Theoretical Criminology, Sixth Edition, presents the most precise, up-to-date, and comprehensive overview of criminological theory available, building on the foundation of George B. Vold's Theoretical Criminology, which paved the way for a generation of criminological theorists. Coupled with [...]

'I shall do one thing in this life - one thing for certain - that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die.' Gabriel Oak is only one of three suitors for the hand of the beautiful and spirited Bathsheba Everdene. He must compete with the dashing young soldier Sergeant Troy an[...]

Hurricane Climatology explains how to analyze and model hurricane data to better understand and predict present and future hurricane activity[...]

Creative Cognition combines original experiments with existing work in cognitive psychology to provide the first explicit account of the cognitive processes and structures that contribute to creative thinking and discovery. In separate chapters, the authors take up visualization, concept formation, [...]