This major survey of mathematics, featuring the work of 18 outstanding Russian mathematicians and including material on both elementary and advanced levels, encompasses 20 prime subject areas in mathematics in terms of their simple origins and their subsequent sophisticated development.[...]

This handsome book showcases the Metropolitan Museum's superb collection of 151 American quilts and coverlets. First published in 1990 and revised in 2007 to feature 32 new acquisitions and updated scholarship, this volume chronicles the development of quilt and coverlet production in the United Sta[...]

Basics of Biblical Hebrew Video Lectures provides 36 easy-to-follow lessons (6 DVDs) introducing the grammar and language of the Hebrew Bible. Integrated for use with today s bestselling Hebrew text, it is an ideal resource for traditional students in need of additional instruction; for professors, [...]

"This is an excellent book. It contains the 'in the trenches' coverage that the enterprise administrator needs to know to deploy wireless networks securely." --Robert Haskins, Chief Technology Officer, ZipLink Wi-Foo: The Secrets of Wireless Hacking is the first practical and realistic book about 80[...]

THE THIRD BOOK IN V.S. NAIPAUL'S ACCLAIMED INDIAN TRILOGY -- WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR Much has changed since V. S. Naipaul's first trip to India and this fascinating account of his return journey focuses on India's development since independence. Taking an anti-clockwise journey around the m[...]

"A work of great comic power qualified with firm and unsentimental compassion". (Anthony Burgess). "A House for Mr Biswas" is V. S. Naipaul's unforgettable fourth book and the early masterpiece of his brilliant career. Born the wrong way' and thrust into a world that greeted him with little more tha[...]

'Brilliant and terrifying' Observer Set in an unnamed African country, the book is narrated by Salim, a young man from an Indian family of traders long resident on the coast. He believes The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it. So he [...]

With over 1000 questions, MCQs and EMQs in Surgery is the ideal self-assessment companion guide to Bailey & Love's Short Practice in Surgery. The book assists readers in their preparation for examinations and to test their knowledge of the principles and practice of surgery as outlined within Bailey[...]

"Therese has been such a presence in my adult life--it is as if I have known her personally; she is as real and alive to me as my lifelong friends... I've identified three gifts that Therese has given me, which I would like to offer in this book to everyone seeking to find more meaning in their fait[...]

The eighth edition of A History of Western Music is a vivid, accessible and richly contextual view of music in western culture. Building on his monumental revision of the seventh edition, Peter Burkholder has refined an inspired narrative for a new generation of students, placing people at the centr[...]

With a gift for visionary fiction that "would make Robert A. Heinlein proud" ("Entertainment Weekly") three-time Hugo Award-winning author Allen Steele now imagines an alternate history rooted in an actual historical possibility: what if the race to space had occurred in the early days of WWII?
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