Miekka ja magia -fantasian kirkkain klassikko on esihistoriallinen miekkamies Conan, joka on tunnettu myös sarjakuvista ja elokuvista. Parhaat Conan-novellit on koottu Kustannus Oy Jalavan vuosina 1990-1991 julkaisemista kokoelmista.[...]
Kauhua ja fantasiaa Conanin luojalta. Tämä on uusi valikoima Robert E. Howardin vetäviä tarinoita. Mukaan mahtuu viisi jännittävää novellia ja pienoisromaani Pääkallomies, jonka nimihenkilö on kuin Osama bin Ladenin arkkityyppi Nostradamuksen ennustuksissa.[...]
Over the last 20 years, developments in climatology have provided an amazing array of explanations for the pattern of world climates. This textbook, first published in 2006, examines the earth's climate systems in light of this incredible growth in data availability, data retrieval systems, and sate[...]
Legendary investor Warren Buffett posed this challenge to his son in 2006, when he announced he was leaving the bulk of his fortune to philanthropy. Howard G. Buffett set out to help the most vulnerable people on earth-nearly a billion individuals who lack basic food security. And Howard has given h[...]
With a foreword by Warren Buffett, "40 Chances "is an "inspiring manifesto...both an informative guidebook and a catalyst for igniting real changes" ("Booklist") in the struggle against world hunger.
If someone granted you $3 billion to accomplish something great in the world, what would you do?[...]
The purpose, level, and style of this new edition conform to the tenets set forth in the original preface. The authors continue with their tack of developing simultaneously theory and applications, intertwined so that they refurbish and elucidate each other.
The authors have made three main kinds[...]
This "Second Course" continues the development of the theory and applications of stochastic processes as promised in the preface of
A First Course. We emphasize a careful treatment of basic structures in stochastic processes in symbiosis with the analysis of natural classes of stochastic process[...]
In "Leading Minds," Gardner and his research associate at Harvard Project Zero, Emma Laskin, apply a cognitive lens to leadership, drawing on Gardner's groundbreaking work on intelligence and creativity to offer fascinating revelations about the minds of leaders and those who follow them. This reiss[...]
Since it was first published in 1993, "Creating Minds" has served as a peerless guide to the creative self. Now available as a paperback reissue with a new introduction by the author, the book uses portraits of seven extraordinary individuals to reveal the patterns that drive the creative process--a[...]
REVISED AND UPDAT ED WITH NEW RESEARCH INTO EQ AND PERSONAL AND CAREER SUCCESS What is the formula for success at your job? As a spouse? A parent? A Little League baseball coach or behind the bench of a minor hockey team?What does it take to get ahead? To separate yourself from the competition? To l[...]
FOR YOUNG READERS--A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE BESTSELLER, "SEAL TEAM SIX"
When the Navy sends their elite, they send the SEALs. When the SEALs send their elite, they send SEAL Team Six--a secret unit made up of the finest soldiers in the country, if not the world. "I Am a SEAL Team Six Warrior" is [...]
Using a communicative approach to reading, this title prepares students for survival in US college programs and in American culture. It provides varied academic readings arranged in increasing grammatical complexity that cover such topics as contemporary issues, social sciences, and science and tech[...]
Using a communicative approach to reading, this title prepares students for survival in US college programs and in American culture. It provides varied academic readings arranged in increasing grammatical complexity that cover such topics as contemporary issues, social sciences, and science and tech[...]
Relied on by over 90,000 readers as the text on how to design, implement, and appraise the utility of social programs through the use of evaluation methods, Evaluation, 7th Edition has been completely revised to include the latest techniques and approaches to evaluation as well as guidelines for how[...]
Applying scriptural insight to contemporary issues is one of the most important, yet most difficult, tasks that the church faces. The Bible, though written long ago, can speak authoritatively to contemporary ethical, doctrinal, and practical issues. Respected author I. Howard Marshall offers guidanc[...]
This much-needed book draws together Howard Aldrich's key contribution to entrepreneurship research over recent decades. In an original introduction, the author first lays out the evolutionary approach, examining the assumptions and principles of 'selection logic' that drive evolutionary explanatio[...]
For more than three decades Southern California artist Eleanor Antin has been an acclaimed figure on the American art scene. During that time she has created a body of work that is remarkable for its inventiveness, its wit and its poignancy. This is the first comprehensive survey of this pioneer in [...]
The Student EQ Edge provides a thorough grounding in what emotional intelligence is, why it is different from one's intelligence quotient, and how emotional intelligence skills can make a student a 'star performer. ' Grounded in the classic work of Dr.[...]