"Principles of Laser Spectroscopy and Quantum Optics" is an essential textbook for graduate students studying the interaction of optical fields with atoms. It also serves as an ideal reference text for researchers working in the fields of laser spectroscopy and quantum optics. The book provides a ri[...]

Written by a recognized authority on the subject, "Kinetics of Human Motion" is the sequel and companion to the 1998 text "Kinematics of Human Motion". Biomechanics expert Vladimir Zatsiorsky has written this book to be an indispensable reference for human movement professionals. Although biomechani[...]

"Biomechanics of Skeletal Muscles" is an essential resource for those seeking advanced knowledge of muscle biomechanics, particularly as it is one of the few books to look at the biomechanics of the whole muscle. This text is advanced and assumes some knowledge of algebra and calculus, however the e[...]

Packed with photographs, illustrations and a free pull-out city map, "Eyewitness Travel Guide: Prague" explores all the unforgettable sights from Prague Castle to St Vitus' Cathedral. You'll find detailed listings of the best hotels, restaurants, bars and shops for all budgets in this fully updated [...]

This book presents for the first time a complete and accurate picture of their development, organization and operational use before and during the war.[...]

After passing through deism, pantheism, and sundry atheistic visions of life, Vladimir Solovyov emerged as a Christian thinker of irrepressible conviction and uncommon genius. The Justification of the Good, one of Solovyov's last and most mature works, presents a profound argument for human morality[...]

The second graphic novel in the series of adaptations of Heather Brewer's "New York Times "best-selling series.
Freshman year stinks for Vlad Tod. Bullies still harass him. The photographer from the school newspaper is tailing him. And failing his studies could be deadly. A trip to Siberia give[...]

This hilarious novel following the continuing adventures of Ivan Chonkin, a simple peasant who has been arrested as a traitor after spending World War II happily tending a garden. In this sequel to "The Extraordinary Life and Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, " Vladimir Voinovich ridicules everyth[...]

Written in the 1930s, more than two decades after Leo Tolstoy's death in 1910, this unusual work -- equal parts biography, memoir, and literary study -- examines the dialogue of two great writers on the proklyatye voprosy, or "damned questions", of life.Though Tolstoy was Ivan Bunin's senior by more[...]