The author asks, "Can you answer these questions? If you cannot - you should read this book "1. Where do bacteria, fungi, and viruses come from? 2. Do they cause disease or are they the result of disease? 3. Where do "superbugs" come from and why?4. What are the basic reasons for the increase of epi[...]
In this important new biography, Ronald C. White, Jr. offers a fresh and fascinating definition of Lincoln as a man of integrity ? what today's commentators are calling ?authenticity? ? whose internal moral compass is the key to understanding his life. Through meticulous research, utilizing recently[...]
John Maxwell cree que las mayores lecciones que aprendemos en la vida son de nuestras perdidas. Todo el mundo experimenta perdida, pero no todos aprenden de la misma. En veces se gana - A veces se aprende, el Dr. Maxwell explora las lecciones mas comunes que aprendemos cuando experimentamos la perdi[...]
A colourful and revealing look at more than 500 years of commerce conducted at the renowned Frankfurt Book Fair, from its beginnings in the Middle Ages. Even then, in spite of internal strife and religious upheaval, books were becoming increasingly accessible to those who found their way to Frankfur[...]
"A detailed and extensively illustrated handbook." The colors, shapes and properties of minerals vary from the bland to the magnificent. Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Fossils is a practical and authoritative handbook that is both comprehensive and easy to use. Each of the 600 specimens is shown in [...]
A portrait of an intellectually rigorous German household opposed to the Nazis and how its members suffered for their political stanceFew writers have deepened our understanding of the Third Reich as much as German historian, biographer, journalist, and critic Joachim Fest. His biography of Adolf Hi[...]
The photographs and written profiles in this captivating book put faces and names to the tragedy of global poverty that is too often anonymous. The stories show us that we all have similar hopes and dreams for ourselves and our children but for so many, circumstances outside of their control - chang[...]
Derek Brown shows how by taking one step at a time the computer can soon be turned into a versatile drawing tool with many advantages over traditional drawing methods. In this book he seeks to strip away the mystique surrounding CAD by avoiding jargon and provides advice on how to choose and progres[...]
World War II was the largest armed conflict in the history of mankind. The Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944 was the turning point of the war in Europe; it established a foothold through which men and supplies could move inexorably towards Berlin. Intact: A First-Hand Account of t[...]