African American cooks were not strangers in the kitchens of the Old South, but white southerners often failed to acknowledge their contributions. One of the first exceptions was Kentucky socialite Minnie C. Fox, who recognized the significant influence and importance of the African American cooks a[...]

A Race Against TimeLittle Willy's grandfather is sick, and it's up to Willy to save their farm from tax collectors. Their only hope is the prize money from the National Dogsled Race. But a lot of other people want to win the race, too, including Stone Fox, who has never lost a race in his life. Do W[...]

Written with uncanny precision and wild humor, this is the story of Billy Connors, high school student in the Bronx, member of the swim team, and all-around regular guy, who in his sixteenth year has to face the fact that he's a little different from everyone else, a little "weird."

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The new Second Edition will extend coverage to regression models such as: generalized linear models; limited-dependent-variable-models; mixed models and Cox regression among other methods.[...]

Powerful and exciting, Poetic Medicine illustrates the unique role that poem-making can have in addressing the situations that lead us to renewal in our lives. John Fox's book is designed for readers wanting to tap their creative energy in order to make a difference in the world, including educators[...]

This is a broad introduction to the R statistical computing environment in the context of applied regression analysis. It is a thoroughly updated edition of John Fox's bestselling text An R and S-Plus Companion to Applied Regression (SAGE, 2002). The Second Edition is intended as a companion to any [...]

The classic Silver Age titles are collected in softcover for the first time, including "Secret Origins" numbered 1, "More Secret Origins" numbered 1, "Even More Secret Origins" numbered 1, and "Weird Secret Origins" numbered 1! Don't miss the origins of "Wonder Woman", the Superman/Batman team, "The[...]

Provides teachers with a knowledge base to prepare students for lifelong learning.

Describes how to apply common electrotherapy modalities to a patient in the clinical setting. This title guides the student through the process from start to finish, covering various safety issues, contraindications and precautions. It also features step by step instructions accompanied by photograp[...]

John Fox here offers a fresh and persuasive view of the crucial Classic-Postclassic transition that determined the shape of the later Maya state. Drawing this data from ethnographic analogy and native chronicles as well as archaeology, he identifies segmentary lineage organisation as the key to unde[...]