The Second Edition of Kaplan's Urban Geography text aims to uncover the excitement and richness found in cities, while tackling the wide variety of urban challenges. This text offers a comprehensive treatment of urban geography, covering the field both as it has evolved and as it exists today and fu[...]

An introductory program that allows students to communicate meaningfully in French while encouraging them to interact with and respond to French and francophone cultures and literatures. It emphasizes skills acquisition through progressive vocabulary and grammar activities, integrated culture, authe[...]

Packed full of real circuits to build and test, Hands-On Electronics is a unique introduction to analog and digital electronics theory and practice. Ideal both as a college textbook and for self-study, the friendly style, clear illustrations and construction details included in the book encourage ra[...]

In The Ends of the Earth, Robert D. Kaplan travels from the devastated countries of West Africa and the fundamentalist enclaves of Egypt and Iran to the culturally explosive lands of Central Asia, India, Pakistan, and Southeast Asia with hardly more than a notebook and a backpack. Kaplan's intention[...]

In "What's Eating You?" Eugene Kaplan recounts the true and harrowing tales of his adventures with parasites, and in the process introduces readers to the intimately interwoven lives of host and parasite. Kaplan has spent his life traveling the globe exploring oceans and jungles, and incidentally ac[...]

Dr. Gary Kaplan's Total Recovery is a radical rethink of how we get sick, why we stay sick and how we can recover. Millions of us suffer from chronic pain. It can return at the slightest provocation and its cause is often a mystery to doctors. In Total Recovery, Dr. Gary Kaplan argues that we've bee[...]

Studies the relationship between the personal lives of writers and the works they produce. In particular, this book reconsiders the place of John Middleton Murry (1889-1957) in the development of literary modernism in Britain. It rewrites standard assumptions about John Middleton Murry's relationshi[...]

Tells the story of an incredible leader and legend, John F. Kennedy. In this groundbreaking new series, DK brings together fresh voices and DK design values to give readers the most information-packed, visually exciting biographies on the market today. Full-color photographs of people, places, and a[...]