"Engineering Materials 2" is one of the leading self-contained texts for more advanced students of materials science and mechanical engineering. The book provides a concise introduction to the microstructures and processing of materials and shows how these are related to the properties required in e[...]

Reginald Jones was nothing less than a genius. And his appointment to the Intelligence Section of Britain's Air Ministry in 1939 led to some of the most astonishing scientific and technological breakthroughs of the Second World War. In "Most Secret War" he details how Britain stealthily stole the wa[...]

On any given day, policymakers are required to address a multitude of problems and make decisions about a variety of issues, from the economy and education to health care and defense. This has been true for years, but until now no studies have been conducted on how politicians manage the flood of in[...]

Have you ever wondered how athletes learn and make use of the feedback they are given by their coach, or how a coach could make his or her feedback more effective for athletes? Psychology in Sports Coaching has been written specifically for students studying coaching who want to improve their unders[...]

Rev. ed. of: Lecture notes. Haematology / N.C. Hughes-Jones, S.N. Wickramasinghe, C.S.R. Hatton. 8th ed. 2009.[...]

Provides information on the American foreign policy by placing various issues, debates, challenges, and opportunities in their historic context. This book facilitates analysis through five sources, international, societal, governmental, role, and individual, which collectively influence decisions ab[...]

This concise textbook of dermatology is aimed at medical students, those preparing for the MRCP and MRCGP examinations and specialist nurses. The information is presented in a highly accessible format, using double page spreads for each topic. Extensive use of colour for both clinical photographs an[...]

Gives an introduction to the properties of materials used in engineering applications. This book provides a complete introductory course in engineering materials for students with no previous background in the subject.[...]

Traditionally, city museums have been keepers of city history. Many have been exercises in nostalgia, reflecting city pride. However, a new generation of museums focuses increasingly on the city's present and future as well as its past, and on the city in all of its diversity, challenges, and possib[...]

An introductory managerial accounting journey. It helps students to learn the basic accounting concepts through consistently-formatted Cornerstones Examples and Exercises. It lets students to see the relationships between the numbers & concepts and how variables impact each other.[...]

Over the last decade, the notion of counter-insurgency (COIN) has risen to prominence as the dominant paradigm in American and British thinking about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Despite the high level of attention paid to the subject by military analysts, the broader theoretical and historical[...]

The Focus workshop presents an engaging and inspirational learning experience and will change your life in ways you never thought possible. With this audiobook, you will begin a process and journey to a new way of thinking about personal and professional focus and accomplishment. You'll learn how to[...]