In the wake of the disintegrating empire of the Shaa, the tyrannical rulers of the universe, chaos threatens to erupt as various alien races struggle for power, and Gareth Martinez, a young Terran naval officer, stumbles upon an insidious plot by the Naxid, a warlike insectoid society, to replace th[...]

Offers information on extending or altering property. This book offers advice on how to make the project go smoothly from beginning to end. It also discusses developments in Computer Aided Design and structural calculations. It is intended for those trying to ensure that the processes involved are c[...]

This book is an historical survey of women's sport from 1850-1960. It looks at some of the more recent methodological approaches to writing sports history and raises questions about how the history of women's sport has so far been shaped by academic writers. Questions explored in this text include: [...]

From the archives of Analog Science Fiction and Face and Asimov's Science Fiction magazines comes this thought-provoking anthology of stories by a group of acclaimed, bestselling female writers who have changed the nature of visionary fiction. These ten classic stories, each featuring well-developed[...]

Men who do 'women's work' have consistently been the butt of jokes, derided for their lack of drive and masculinity. In this eye-opening study, Christine Williams provides a wholly new look at men who work in predominantly female jobs. Having conducted extensive interviews in four cities, Williams u[...]

Rousseau's 'Social Contract': An Introduction offers a thorough and systematic tour of this notoriously paradoxical and challenging text.[...]

Super Minds is a seven-level course for young learners.

Super Minds is a seven-level course for young learners.

A reading-skills book at the intermediate-level, this text provides insight into how to read academic text effectively.[...]

A dramatization, suitable for schools and amateur dramatic groups, of Golding's bestselling novel. The book contains notes and diagrams for staging, including lighting and sound cues and a full properties list.[...]

Animation is one of the hottest and most creative areas of film-making today. During his more than 40 years in the business, Richard Williams has been one of the true innovators, and serves as the link between the golden age of animation by hand and the new computer animation successes. In this book[...]

The most ineffective journey-filled with the most ineffective instructions and advice-in all the world of literature. How can you boil something in sawdust? How can you threaten a life with a railway-share? How can you rouse someone with mustard and cress? Why should a man's friends call him 'candle[...]

Through two previous editions, this landmark reference has established itself firmly as the definitive resource in colorectal surgery. The third edition continues to redefine the field, with its comprehensive coverage of common and rare colorectal conditions, advances in the molecular biology and ge[...]