Superalloys are unique high-temperature materials used in gas turbine engines, which display excellent resistance to mechanical and chemical degradation. This book presents the underlying metallurgical principles which have guided their development and practical aspects of component design and fabri[...]

This book provides a systematic analysis of many common argumentation schemes and a compendium of 96 schemes. The study of these schemes, or forms of argument that capture stereotypical patterns of human reasoning, is at the core of argumentation research. Surveying all aspects of argumentation sche[...]

A guide to the use of acupressure to treat emotional ailments shows how to use the basic techniques of acupressure to activate the body's natural healing processes and suggests specific treatments for depression, anxiety, addiction, obsession, and other forms of emotional distress. Original.[...]

This work provides students with easy-to-read guidance on fieldwork, sampling, laboratory studies, project work, and computing and communication skills. Text is supported by numerous illustrations and tables, and there is coverage of the necessary information technology.[...]

Designed for the two-semester Applied Calculus course, this graphing calculator-dependent text uses an innovative approach that includes real-life applications and technology such as graphing utilities and Excel spreadsheets to help students learn mathematical skills that they will draw on in their [...]

In a story that symbolizes Germany's fall into Nazism, a talented German musician, Adrian, sells his soul to the devil in exchange for recognition as the greatest living composer.[...]

In "The Reed Cutter", the narrator meets a strange man who tells him a story of obsession; and a tenth-century Kyoto minister demands and receives his rival's wife during a drunken party in "Captain Shigemoto's Mother"[...]

The Classic Freewheeling Look at Race Relations Through the Ages

"Mumbo Jumbo" is Ishmael Reed's brilliantly satiric deconstruction of Western civilization, a racy and uproarious commentary on our society. In it, Reed, one of our preeminent African-American authors, mixes portraits of h[...]

Virgil's "Aeneid" invites its reader to identify with the Roman nation whose origins and destiny it celebrates. But, as J. D. Reed argues in "Virgil's Gaze", the great Roman epic satisfies this identification only indirectly - if at all. In retelling the story of Aeneas' foundational journey from Tr[...]

This detailed and comprehensive identification guide follows in the mould of Sylvia Warblers and Pipits and Wagtails. It primarily covers the genera Acrocephalus, Locustella, Cettia and Bradypterus, together with a few smaller related genera. To the uninitiated, these are the archetypal 'little brow[...]