This title gives students of medicine, other health professions and science a coherent account of biochemistry and molecular biology. Over 500 two-colour line illustrations help the reader visualise biochemistry and understand difficult concepts. Gene structure and function are introduced early in t[...]

This book describes the effects of cold climates on the surface of the earth. Using scientific principles, the authors describe the evolution of ground thermal conditions and the origin of natural features such as frost heave, solifluction, slope instabilities, patterned ground, pingos and ice wedge[...]

This book explains the relationship between intelligence and environmental complexity, and in so doing links philosophy of mind to more general issues about the relations between organisms and environments, and to the general pattern of ?externalist? explanations. The author provides a biological ap[...]

This Handbook provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of research and theory about social development in children from pre-school age to the onset of adolescence.* Forms part of a series of four Blackwell Handbooks in Developmental Psychology spanning infancy to adolescence.* Contributors [...]

Guides readers through each of the four key life-cycle stages that lead to effective project management.[...]

Details on planes like the German Stuka, the American Dauntless, the Japanese Aichi D3A1 "Val," the Soviet PE-2, and numerous others Riveting accounts of aerial combat Includes maps, diagrams, tables, and photos For many, it is a dive bomber that conjures the most dramatic, quintessential image of W[...]

This work offers the first complete retelling of an important but little-known campaign. It features eyewitness accounts from a colourful cast of German SS troops, British commandos, partisans, spies, Greek pirates, and more. Both Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler wanted the Aegean Sea in 1943. The[...]

The second edition of The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development continues its presentation of the most thorough, authoritative, and up-to-date overview of research and theory concerning children's social development from pre-school age to the onset of adolescence.[...]

There are millions of children experiencing parental imprisonment worldwide, but up until recently very little attention has been given to this issue and the serious intergenerational effects of imprisonment. This book tells the story of prisoner's children - of their situation, problems and human r[...]

In "The Wisdom of the Shire"," " Noble Smith sheds a light on the life-changing ideas tucked away inside the classic works of J. R. R. Tolkien and his most beloved creation--the stouthearted Hobbits. How can simple pleasures such as gardening, taking long walks, and eating delicious meals with frien[...]