In September, 1939, George Lucius Salton's boyhood in Tyczyn, Poland, was shattered by escalating violence and terror under German occupation. His father, a lawyer, was forbidden to work, but eleven-year-old George dug potatoes, split wood, and resourcefully helped his family. They suffered hunger a[...]

This thematically structured text offers an introduction to the positive and negative effects of globalization on human welfare in industrial and developing societies. It documents the effects of globalization on economic growth, income distribution, poverty, education, health, social care and the e[...]

America has sold more than 1.8 million copies over the past eight editions because it's a book that students enjoy reading. Effective storytelling, colourful anecdotes and biographical sketches make the narrative absorbing and the material more memorable. The ninth edition includes refreshed and upd[...]

"Backgrounds and Sources" includes central passages from the letters of Tolstoy and his correspondents, S. A. Tolstoy s diaries, and contemporary accounts translated by George Gibian exclusively for this Norton Critical Edition. Together these materials document Tolstoy s writing process and chronic[...]

Recreates in detail the life of this advisor to the Plantagnets and knight extraordinaire.



"Georges Duby, one of this century's great medieval historians, has brought to life with exceptional brilliance and imagination William Marshal, adviser to the Planta[...]

Celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of V-E Day, a new edition of a military classic by General George S. Patton, Jr., draws on his vivid memories of battle and his detailed diaries to provide a firsthand chronicle of the war. Reprint.[...]

In 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. With over 100 black-and- white illustrations, the fascinating story of "the father of our country" comes to life in Spanish - revealing the real man, not just the face on the dollar bill[...]

Excellent treatment of the subject geared toward students with background in linear algebra, advanced calculus, physics and engineering. Text covers introduction to inner-product spaces, normed and metric spaces, and topological spaces; complete orthonormal sets, the Hahn-Banach theorem and its cons[...]

An enchanting early masterpiece of fantasy fiction, "Phantastes tells the story of a young man's journey to, and adventures in, a fairy tale nether world. Outstanding for its imaginative characters, vivid action, and subtle yet powerful moral messages, this is the book that earned MacDonald recognit[...]

This book builds theoretical statistics from the first principles of probability theory. Starting from the basics of probability, the authors develop the theory of statistical inference using techniques, definitions, and concepts that are statistical and are natural extensions and consequences of pr[...]