Welcome to The Club -- Golf's Valhalla -- where all that's necessary for admission is an intense love of the game. Here you'll watch the greatest players replay their victories...and their defeats...as they search for golf's hidden and seemingly inaccessible meaning. Like W.P. Kinsella's "Shoeless [...]
The first authoritative collection of drawings by legendary modern architect Lina Bo BardiLina Bo Bardi (1914-92) was one of the most prolific and visionary architects of the twentieth century. Raised in Italy under Mussolini's Fascist regime and emigrating to Brazil after World War II, she champion[...]
Bridging the gap between evidence-based research and clinical practice, Physical Therapy for the Pelvic Floor has become an invaluable resource to practitioners treating patients with disorders of the pelvic floor. The second edition is now presented in a full colour, hardback format, encompassing t[...]
Explore the effects of acute and chronic exercise training as this book will take you on a journey through each component of the cardiovascular system. Readers will gain a comprehensive understanding of the cardiovascular system and learn how to apply this knowledge to their work with athletes, acti[...]
This new companion to Bo Bertilsson's well-received 1999 release Classic Hot Rods (0 7603 0721 0) features the most influential and recognizable customs and sedan-based hot rods (aka, "lead sleds") to come out of the West Coast customizing scene in the last 15 years. Bertilsson's remarkable color ph[...]
'This book skillfully navigates the shoals of place and space to explain the intricacies of globalization. For those interested in the changing geography of global capitalism, Peck and Yeung is a "must read"' - James H Mittelman, American University Remaking the Global Economy offers a state -of-the[...]
In this bestselling novel, three pastors learn the necessity of relying on God's grace. They fall short of their pastoral duties through public humiliation, self-doubt, inability to accept God's promises in their own lives, and divisions and quarreling among their parishioners. Ultimately each man r[...]
Gathers poems written by the eighth-century Chinese poet, and briefly discusses his life and influence on Asian poetry[...]
Specifically focusing on fluid film, hydrodynamic, and elastohydrodynamic lubrication, "Fundamentals of Fluid Film Lubrication, Second Edition" studies the most important principles of fluid film lubrication for the correct design of bearings, gears, and rolling operations, and the prevention of fri[...]
The first book to tackle the application of smart polymers in bioseparation and bioprocessing, Smart Polymers: Applications in Biotechnology and Biomedicine broke new ground in this challenging field. Completely revised, updated, and following in the footsteps of its predecessor, the second edition [...]
In all societies, the quality of government institutions is of the utmost importance for the well-being of its citizens. Problems like high infant mortality, lack of access to safe water, unhappiness and poverty are not primarily caused by a lack of technical equipment, effective medicines or other [...]
In this book the authors tackle the concept of 'quality of government' (QoG) both conceptually and empirically and apply their focus to EU countries and regions. In a pioneering empirical effort, they map out regional QoG for the first time for 172 NUTS 1 and 2 regions throughout 18 countries in the[...]
Suitable for engineers and researchers in power system, lightning protection, and grounding, this title covers various topics related to power system grounding. It presents fundaments and theories of grounding systems and balances technology and methodology related to grounding system design.[...]