This second edition reviews the new research findings and theoretical advances on fathers, families, child development, programs, and policies that have occurred in the past decade. Contributors from a range of disciplines and countries showcase contemporary findings within a new common chapter stru[...]

Provides an understanding of the physical phenomenon behind electrooptics. This text describes in detail modern electrooptic materials and operative physical mechanisms. It also reviews device applications in both bulk and waveguide technologies. It features tables and illustrations to facilitate un[...]

The world of the fashionista is brought to vivid life with 101 introductory lessons on such topics as how a designer anticipates cultural trends and 'sees' the fashion consumer, the workings of the fashion calendar, the ways a designer collection is conceived, the manufacture of fabric, fashion illu[...]

As much a storyteller as an ethnographer, Lydia Cabrera was captivated by a strange and magical new world revealed to her by her Afro-Cuban friends in early twentieth-century Havana. In Afro-Cuban Tales this world comes to teeming life, introducing English-speaking readers to a realm of tenuous boun[...]

The opening statement of Cabrera Infante's "Tres tristes tigres" is crucial to its reading. Pronounced by a feminine voice, it is the very embodiment of the negativity of language to tell, desire, as well as absence of being and of story. The first sentence of the text is the first detour the -show-[...]

This book explains some of the ways in which deteriorated socioeconomic conditions (inequality in particular) and institutional limitations (corruption, electoral exclusion, and a weak rule of law, among others) affect political stability in extremely unequal developing countries, like Mexico, where[...]

iPhone games are hot! Just look at the numbers. Games make up over 25 percent of total apps and over 70 percent of the most popular apps. Surprised? Of course not! Most of us have filled our iPhone or iPod touch with games, and many of us hope to develop the next best-selling, most talked-about game[...]

Cabrera Infante's masterpiece, Three Trapped Tigers is one of the most playful books to reach the U.S. from Cuba. Filled with puns, wordplay, lists upon lists, and Sternean typography--such as the section entitled "Some Revelations," which consists of several blank pages--this novel has been praised[...]

Better. Stronger. Faster. The original Six Million Dollar Man, Steve Austin, was a man barely alive - until the OSI transformed him into the world's first Bionic Man! Now, he and Oscar Goldman are the most effective team in National Security. But a rogue faction in the OSI is making a power play for[...]

Engstelse for å dumme seg ut i andres påsyn er noe alle opplever fra tid til annen. Mild sosial angst er derfor normalt og en naturlig del av de fleste menneskers liv. Hverdagen til en del personer preges imidlertid av en sterk, lammende angst for å bli vurdert negativt av andre. Angsten er inten[...]

Drömmer du om ett eget klädmärke? Eller bara att få jobba inom modevärlden? Modeindustrin har sedan tidernas begynnelse burit på en aura av mystik och de stora modeskaparnas kreationer är ouppnåliga konstverk som sprids i bloggar och magasin världen över. Men hur funkar det egentligen och [...]