All the titles in the Meeow series are now available as sturdy board books, making them suitable for even the youngest readers. Like every child, Meeow loves to draw, paint and make things. Today Meeow's friends have come round to play. Watch as they all work together to turn their little chairs int[...]
When novelist Celia Hagen steps away from her train compartment, her seven-year-old adopted son, Benny, vanishes. Police search the train and Saint-Corbenay, the village in the South of France that mother and son were passing through. But there is no sign of Benny. After days of waiting at home for [...]
Most of us, young or old, have dreams of grand things, but it is the rare souls that sees their dreams standing before them, taller than the Statue of Liberty, with enough raw power to launch men to the moon. Wernher von Braun was such a dreamer. From a young age, he knew that rockets and space trav[...]
This successful textbook introduces beginning university students of English to the study of English linguistics. Now updated and expanded, the second edition features a more detailed discussion of the differences between British and North American English, and explains the differences in the two tr[...]
Sir Joseph Rotblat (1908 2005), British physicist and one of the most prominent critics of the nuclear arms race, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995. This work is dedicated to the life of this scientist and humanist. It also provides five articles on Rotblat's biography, the impact of his work o[...]
Also the 3rd edition of "Dermatology" covers all the classical and related fields of dermatology, providing a wealth of information on diagnostic methods, clinical features, pathophysiology, and differential diagnosis. About 950 excellent photos and diagrams help the reader become acquainted with th[...]
"On Jewish Music", partly a retrospective, is a collection of articles on the history of Jewish music that covers aspects of Jewish musical culture from the earliest days of musical activities in ancient Israel/Palestine through the centuries of the Diaspora to modern Israel. Especially stressed is [...]
Emphasis is on a broad description of the general methods and processes for the synthesis, modification and characterization of macromolecules. These more fundamental chapters will be supplemented by selected and detailed experiments. In addition to the preparative aspects the book also gives the re[...]
Hel Braun (1914-1986) ist eine der wenigen, international bekannten Mathematikerinnen. Sie studierte in Frankfurt und Marburg von 1933 bis 1937 zusammen mit C. L. Siegel, wohl einem der bedeutendsten Mathematiker dieses Jahrhunderts. 1938 ging sie nach Gottingen. Siegel verliess bekanntlich 1940 Got[...]
Braun-Falcos Dermatologie und Venerologie bundelt alle wichtigen Informationen zum Fachgebiet und bietet somit eine aktuelle und praxisnahe Ubersicht: zu relevanten Krankheitsbildern, neuesten wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen, aktuellen Leitlinien und Standards. Die Kapitel sind jeweils nach Pathoge[...]