Everything you need to know to purchase, maintain, and ride a bike for recreation, commuting, competition, travel, and beyond From the bike world's most beloved and trusted advocate.
Eben Weiss, aka Bike Snob NYC, is the voice of cyclists everywhere. Through his popular blog he has been informi[...]

In this pioneering examination of the scientific principles behind success, a leading researcher reveals the surprising ways in which we can turn achievement into success. Too often, accomplishment does not equate to success. We did the work but didn't get the promotion; we played hard but weren't r[...]

Life in a small town takes a dark turn when mysterious footage begins appearing on VHS cassettes at the local Video HutJeremy works at the Video Hut in Nevada, Iowa a small town in the center of the state, the first a in Nevada pronounced ay. This is the late 1990s, and while the Hollywood Video in [...]

Computers are everywhere today--at work, in the bank, in artist's studios, sometimes even in our pockets--yet they remain to many of us objects of irreducible mystery. How can today's computers perform such a bewildering variety of tasks if computing is just glorified arithmetic? The answer, as Mart[...]

From the ancient Mediterranean world to the present day, our conceptions of what is universal in language have interacted with our experiences of language learning. This book tells two stories: the story of how scholars in the west have conceived of the fact that human languages share important prop[...]

Crossing the boundaries of time, religion, and culture, universal myths have provided inspiration and guidance for countless generations- laying a foundation for the religious, social, and political heritage of nations and peoples since the beginning of time. Here is a rich and absorbing survey o[...]

In "Universal Man," noted biographer and historian Richard Davenport-Hines revives our understanding of John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), the twentieth century s most charismatic and revolutionary economist. Keynes helped FDR launch the New Deal, saved Britain from financial crisis twice over the[...]

This third volume of the best-selling "Data Model Resource Book" series revolutionizes the data modeling discipline by answering the question "How can you save significant time while improving the quality of any type of data modeling effort?" In contrast to the first two volumes, this new volume foc[...]

Following up to author Anthony Campbell's successful 1983 book Intracellular Calcium: Its Universal Role as a Regulator , this new publication, Intracellular Calcium: Universal Switch in Life and Death describes 25 years of advances in the field.[...]

A walk through history’s most mind-boggling puzzles Ever since the Sphinx asked his legendary riddle of Oedipus, riddles, conundrums, and puzzles of all sizes have kept humankind perplexed and amused. The Liar Paradox and the Towers of Hanoi takes die-hard puzzle mavens on a tour of the world’s mo[...]

Industry experts raved about The Data Model Resource CD because it provided a simple, cost--effective way to design generic databases for business functions like marketing, sales, inventory control, billing, and human resources. This CD--ROM shows readers how to tailor these data models to meet thei[...]

The development of corporate database systems is complex, time--consuming, and expensive, causing developers to look for ways to cut costs. Len Silverston found a way to do this by identifying core data models that most companies share, standardizing them, and making them available on this CD--ROM.[...]