This is a thorough, informative and up-to-date reference on green, sustainable and energy-efficient home construction. Starting with clear explanations of the concepts and fundamentals of green, healthy and energy-efficient construction, this book walks readers through the entire construction proces[...]

A Vulcan, on Romulus? Absurd! Or is it? In the follow-up collection to the smash hit "Star Trek: Countdown" movie prequel, we discover what could drive a man to abandon all he knows and go to live with the Federation's sworn enemy, his real motivations, and how he looks back at what brought him to t[...]

This full-color resource which includes more than 320 histology images and micrographs is specifically written to provide medical students with what they truly must know in order to succeed in their histology course and on the USMLE. Readers will find key concepts, numerous tables, interactive ques[...]

Examines the potential hazards associated with snakes of the former family, Colubridae, which contained >65 per cent of living snake species (approximately 3,000 taxa) and has been split into multiple families.[...]

The book provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary account of the scholarship on religion, conflict, and peacebuilding. Extending the scope of inquiry beyond previous parameters, the volume engages deeply with the legacies of colonialism, missionary activism, secularism, orientalism, and libera[...]

Why do we divide our world into contraries? Why do we perceive and interpret so many of life's contraries as mutually exclusive, either/or dichotomies such as individual collective, self other, body mind, nature nurture, cooperation competition? Throughout history, many have recognized that truth ma[...]

This manual contains completely worked-out solutions for all the odd-numbered exercises in the text.

Tuned In argues that the key to business success lies in understanding and connecting with what consumers and markets want most. Being tuned in to the needs of buyers, whether those needs are expressed outwardly or not, is the ultimate secret to creating and marketing products and services that peop[...]

Stop pushing your message out and start pulling your customers in Traditional "outbound" marketing methods like cold-calling, email blasts, advertising, and direct mail are increasingly less effective. People are getting better at blocking these interruptions out using Caller ID, spam protection, Ti[...]

Written to convey an intuitive feeling for both theory and practice, Multivariate Density Estimation illustrates what a powerful tool density estimation can be when used not only with univariate and bivariate data but also in the higher dimensions of trivariate and quadrivariate information. Major c[...]

Lets chemistry students learn the principles with real-world uses of chemistry. This book features case studies, practice of chemistry essays, and ethics in chemistry questions reinforce the connection of chemistry topics to areas such as forensics, organic chemistry, biochemistry, and industry.[...]

Textbook on modeling, data analysis and numerical techniques for advanced students and researchers in chemical, biological, geological and physical oceanography.[...]