Examines the debate between the 'Out of Africa' model and the 'Multiregional' hypothesis, through the functional and developmental processes associated with the evolution of the human skull and face. This book provides an interpretation of the fossil, archaeological and the molecular evidence, as it[...]

Increasingly, designers need to present information in ways that aid their audience's thinking process. Fortunately, results from the relatively new science of human visual perception provide valuable guidance. In "Visual Thinking for Design", Colin Ware takes what we now know about perception, cogn[...]

Provides information on various aspects of the practice of modern gas chromatography. This title includes comprehensive coverage of modern gas chromatography including theory, instrumentation, columns, and applications addressing the needs of advanced students and professional scientists in industry[...]

As the embedded world expands, developers must have a strong grasp of many complex topics in order to make faster, more efficient and more powerful microprocessors to meet the public's growing demand. "Embedded Software: The Works" covers all the key subjects embedded engineers need to understand in[...]

Providing an introduction to where, how and why the fundamental building blocks of electronic circuits are used, the objective of this book is to develop confidence in the using, designing and interpreting of electronic circuits. Wherever possible design equations are developed with 'rule-of-thumb' [...]

In the early 80s Colin Thubron wrote a bestselling book about his travels around the Soviet Union in an old Morris Minor. In the late 90s, post Soviet Union, he decided to explore Siberia - this time by truck, by bus, by boat. The result is a wonderfully readable and evocative account of an extraord[...]

This is a revised edition of "The Penguin Atlas of Medieval History".

Here is an excellent introductory text to the major events of European history from 1815 to 2000, complemented with over 50 two-colour maps. The new material takes us from 1980 to 2000 and covers a range of issues from population growth to the conflict in the former Yugoslavia. The highly successful[...]

Colin Tudge's "The Secret Life of Trees: How they Live and Why they Matter" explores the hidden role of trees in our everyday lives - and how our future survival depends on them. What is a tree? As this celebration of the trees shows, they are our countryside; our ancestors descended from them; they[...]

This is a brilliant detective story for readers of 10+, from the screenwriters of X Men First Class and Thor. It is a must-read for anyone who loved The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. "Fans of John Green and Sarah Dessen will like this book very much". (Publishers Weekly). Colin Fisc[...]

For more than four hundred years the people of coastal Maine have clung to their rocky, wind-swept lands, resisting outsiders' attempts to control them while harvesting the astonishing bounty of the Gulf of Maine. Today's independent, self-sufficient lobstermen belong to the communities imbued with [...]

With the courage and resilience embodied by their legendary leader Tecumseh, the Shawnees waged a war of territorial and cultural resistance for half a century. Noted historian Colin G. Calloway details the political and legal battles and the bloody fighting on both sides for possession of the Shawn[...]