"This resource presents accessible coverage for designers of equipment that focuses on the basics through advanced design techniques for thermal stresses. Various numerical and analytical design approaches are introduced for thermal stresses, and example problems are included to illustrate the appli[...]

A Five-Part Plan to Build Happiness and Alleviate Stress
For the past three decades, wife-and-husband physicians Carrie and Alton Barron have channeled creativity to improve their own lives and the lives of their patients. Their approaches were different--Carrie utilized writing and meditation, [...]

Judy Barron and her now-grown son relate their understandings of events that each experienced while Sean was growing up with austism.[...]

Between the end of World War I and the Nazi assumption of power, Germany's Weimar Republic (1919-1933) functioned as a thriving laboratory of art and culture. As the country experienced unprecedented and often tumultuous social, economic and political upheaval, many artists rejected Expressionism in[...]

"What I propose to do in this book is to take you on a guided exploration of the Catholic world, but not in the manner of a docent, for I am not interested in showing you the artifacts of Catholicism as though they were dusty "objets d'art" in a museum of culture. I want to function rather as a myst[...]

Thoroughly updated and revised, a practical handbook designed to help readers find a career that suits their individual personality type includes workbook exercises, specific job search strategies, and information on today's hottest career tracks in growth areas such as e-commerce, biotechnology, ne[...]

From T.A. Barron, the" New York Times "bestselling author of the Merlin Saga, comes a new fantasy world about the origins of Atlantis, perfect for fans of "The Lord of the Rings, Eragon, The Beyonders" and "Percy Jackson and the Olympians. "
In a magical land called Ellegandia, a young boy name[...]

As planners and designers have turned their attentions to the blighted, vacant areas of the city, the concept of "terrain vague," has become increasingly important. Terrain Vague seeks to explore the ambiguous spaces of the city -- the places that exist outside the cultural, social, and economic cir[...]

Modern concert halls and opera houses are now very specialized buildings with special acoustical characteristics. With new contemporary case-studies, this updated book explores these characteristics as an important resource for architects, engineers and auditorium technicians. Supported by over 40 d[...]