Information Structure and Syntactic Change in the History of English is the first book to apply information structure as it relates to language change to a corpus-based analysis of a wide range of features in the evolution of English syntax and grammars of prose in long diachrony. Its unifying topic[...]
* What does 'social structure' mean? * What are the principal ways in which societies are 'organized' or 'structured'? * How can structural ideas be used in sociological analysis? Despite the importance of the concept of social structure, sociologists have not agreed on how to define it and discussi[...]
This book focuses on the coupling of plastics and biocides, with particular concentration on natural biocides and the nanofabrication of biocides, and of their final properties and activity. Chapters address the key technologies employed to impart antimicrobial behavior to polymers, including chemic[...]
Written by MAX ALLAN COLLINS Art by JOSE LUIS GARCIA-LOPEZ, STEVE LIEBER and JOSEF RUBINSTEIN Cover by STEVE LIEBER and JOSEF RUBINSTEIN Set between the chapters of the original ROAD TO PERDITION, this new edition of the PERDITION sequel collects three stories. In "Oasis," Michael Jr. contracts a li[...]
DC's wide-eyed science fiction heroes, most of whom first appeared in the 1950s, are reimagined in this dark tale from writer Howard Chaykin and artist Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. Originally published in 1990, Twilight tells the story of how one of the Star Rovers, Karel Sorenson, became a living god wh[...]
As seen from the perspective of 1492, the medieval expansion of Latin Europe was nowhere as dramatic or enduring as in the Iberian Peninsula and the Atlantic. Its Christian kingdoms continued their advance against Al-Andalus up to 1492, whereas territorial expansion elsewhere against the Muslim worl[...]
Luis Lopez Ruiz is a renowned Spanish modeler, also well known to Steelmasters magazine s reader. The talented modeler spent the last years to develop and improve his own technique, inspire by the zenithal painting effect, to achieve a stunning color finish on his military scale models: the black an[...]
Directed at students between the ages of 12 and 15, the short stories in this book have been written to develop reading comprehension and writing skills. This collection is also meant to encourage personal initiative, foster active participation and creativity, collaborate with new technologies, and[...]