Applying his controversial theory of evolution to the origins of the human species, Charles Darwin's "The Descent of Man" was the culmination of his life's work. This "Penguin Classics" edition is edited with an introduction by James Moore and Adrian Desmond. In "The Origin of Species", Charles Darw[...]

This book has been a classic in the field, due in part to the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI). Their involvement in this project has helped to bring prominent authors on board. Last published in 1991 this stellar text has been significantly revised by Dr. Charles Judd an[...]

Presenting a compelling alternative to the traditional medical approach, The Strengths Model demonstrates an evidence-based approach to helping people with a psychiatric disability identify and achieve meaningful and important life goals. Since the first edition of this classic textbook appeared, th[...]

How did rodent outbreaks in Germany help to end World War I? What caused the destructive outbreak of rodents in Oregon and California in the late 1950s, the large population outbreak of lemmings in Scandinavia in 2010, and the great abundance of field mice in Scotland in the spring of 2011? Populati[...]

"Shortly after noon on Tuesday, July 16, 2009, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., MacArthur Fellow and Harvard professor, was mistakenly arrested by Cambridge police sergeant James Crowley for attempting to break into his own home. The ensuing media firestorm ignited debate across the country. The Crowley-Gate[...]

..". an imaginative and dispassionate re-examination of the significance of the Mongol Conquest and its aftermath for Russia's historical development." --Slavic Review"On all counts Russia and the Golden Horde infuses the subject with fresh insights and interpretations." --History"Combining rigorous[...]

Traces the significance of the human body in architecture from its early place as the divine organizing principle to its present near elimination[...]

Using the poignant insights of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang, a best-selling author outlines a practical program for coping with life's problems by overcoming low self-esteem, building confidence, and getting rid of guilt. Reprint.[...]

More than just a guide, "The Business Writer's Handbook" places writing in a real-world context with quick and easy access to hundreds of business writing topics and scores of sample documents. Its dedicated author team - with decades of combined academic and professional experience - has crafted th[...]

This coherent text translates the methods of statisticians into "ecological English" so that students may readily apply these methods to the real world. Ecological Methodology, Second Edition provides a balance of material on animal and plant populations. It teaches students of ecology how to design[...]

Charles Krebs' best-selling majors-level text approaches ecology as a series of problemsthat are best understood by evaluating empirical evidence through data analysis and application of quantitative reasoning. No other text presents analytical, quantitative, and statistical ecological information i[...]

This classic work has been revised and completely rethought for a new generation. With the Elsevier e-dition, this work will never go out of date! A free DVD with over 50 video clips of key procedures provides a fellowship-style experience you can explore at home or at the office. This new edition r[...]

The far side of the Moon, also called the "dark side of the Moon" was unknown to humanity until the Luna and Lunar Orbiter pictures were returned to Earth. This wonderful book contains beautiful photographs and newly-assembled mosaic images of the far side of the Moon, cleaned of transmission, imagi[...]