In 1963, a frustrated President Kennedy turned to the Pentagon for help in carrying out subversive operations against North Vietnam- a job the CIA had not managed to handle effectively. Thus was born the Pentagon's Special Operations Group(SOG). Under the cover name"Studies and Observation Group," S[...]

This first book in "McGraw-Hill's Basic Concepts Series" pioneered a method of presenting hard-to-grasp topics in a readily understandable manner, thereby helping students survive the rigors of medical school. The second edition continues to innovatively review the toughest concepts in biochemistry [...]

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LPIC-1/CompTIA Linux+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Exams LPIC-1/LXO-101 & LXO-102 Get complete coverage of all the objectives included on the LPIC-1 and CompTIA LXO-101 and LXO-102 exams inside this comprehensive resource. Written by a Linux expert and technology trainer, LPIC-1/CompTIA Linu[...]

Offers a research-based text designed to provide an introduction to multicultural education and diversity in society. This title prepares future teachers for the wide diversity of students that they are certain to meet in their classrooms, schools, and communities. It provides a broad treatment of t[...]

Gene regulatory networks are the most complex, extensive control systems found in nature. The interaction between biology and evolution has been the subject of great interest in recent years. The author, Eric Davidson, has been instrumental in elucidating this relationship. He is a world renowned sc[...]

Bringing together the work of cognitive psychologists and neuroscientists, this text identifies how excitory and inhibitory messages in the human nervous system combine and co-ordinate to affect attention, cognition, memory and language.[...]

An important challenge brought to chemical engineering by new emerging technologies, in particular by nano- and biotechnologies, is to deal with complex systems that cannot be dealt with and cannot be fully understood on a single scale. This volume provides a framework for thermodynamic and kinetic [...]

"Statistics in Medicine, Third Edition" makes medical statistics easy to understand by students, practicing physicians, and researchers. The book begins with databases from clinical medicine and uses such data to give multiple worked-out illustrations of every method. The text opens with how to plan[...]

What are the effects of aging on classical and operant conditioning? How does age affect memory capacity/transfer of learning skill acquisition? This work addresses these issues in a review of major research findings. It provides coverage of the effects of age on various aspects of learning and memo[...]

This practical methods book provides future middle and high school English teachers with the direction they'll need to choose adolescent literature and to develop ideas for teaching it. Using a highly effective conversational tone, the book provides the latest information about young adult literatur[...]

The academic standard for texts on motivation in educational settings. Clear and engaging, Motivation in Education: Theory, Research, and Applications, Fourth Edition presents the major motivation theories, principles, and research findings in sufficient detail to help students understand the comple[...]