Green Chemistry is a vitally important subject area in a world where being as green and environmentally sound as possible is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Its applications include the design of chemical products and processes that help to reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous[...]
Their Heads are Green and their Hands are Blue is an engaging collection of eight travel essays. Except for one essay on Central America, all of these pieces are concerned with locations in the Hindu, Buddhist, or Islamic worlds. A superb and observant traveler, Paul Bowles was a born wanderer who f[...]
This book aims to introduce the reader to the design, development, and evaluation processes of new Green Chemistry methodologies. A comprehensive introductory text, it takes a broad view of the subject and integrates a wide variety of topics. Topics covered include: alternative feedstocks, environme[...]
The book presents the most important concepts and tools of green chemistry that can be used to make future products, processes, and technologies sustainable. The context of green chemistry within scientific discovery and global impact is addressed in order to provide understanding and appreciation o[...]
Paul Green and Richard Wright
Adapted from the classic novel by Richard Wright DramaCharacters: 15 male, 14 female (w/doubling)Multiple SetsThe story of Bigger Thomas, a black youth seeking his identity in the white world. This adpatation was originally produced by Orson Welles and John Houseman.[...]
Geometrical tolerancing is the standard technique that designers and engineers use to specify and control the form, location and orientation of the features of components and manufactured parts. This innovative book has been created to simplify and codify the use and understanding of geometrical tol[...]
When green parties emerged in the 1980s, not only did they question established ideas about nature and economic growth, they also challenged the 'iron law' of Roberto Michels that all parties inevitably follow a similar path towards informal concentration of power and oligarchy. Grass-roots democrac[...]
Actor Pete Duel, most widely known for his starring role as outlaw Hannibal Heyes in television's "Alias Smith and Jones", led an unpredictable and often tumultuous life, ending in a highly publicized 1971 suicide at the height of his television celebrity. This extensive biography delves beyond such[...]
Jeffrey Hunter is best remembered today for his roles as half-breed Martin Pawley in John Ford's classic western The Searchers (1956), as Jesus Christ in Nicholas Ray's King of Kings (1961) and as Christopher Pike, the first captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise, in the original Star Trek pilot. This w[...]
This title is written by Mike W. Barr, Len Wein, Paul Kupperberg, Robin Snyder, Kurt Busiek and Todd Klein. It features a cover by Brian Bolland. It includes art by Joe Staton, Dave Gibbons, Carmine Infantino, and others. A key piece of Green Lantern Corps history is collected for the first time in [...]
"Introduction to Community Development" provides students of community and economic development with a theoretical and practical introduction to the field of community development. Bringing together leading scholars in the field of community development, the book follows the curriculum needs in offe[...]
The "Wealth Matters" columnist of "The New York Times" reveals the habits, worldviews, and practices that lead to true wealth--and why it's more important to be "wealthy" than "rich."
For the better part of the past decade, Paul Sullivan has written about and lived among some of the wealthiest p[...]
Go for the gold standard: the definitive, bestselling reference on adult and pediatric fractures, Rockwood, Green, and Wilkins' Fractures is now in its 8th edition. Written by the top orthopaedic surgeons from around the world, the three revised and updated volumes offer full coverage of all fractur[...]
"Explosion Green" tells the twenty-year story of the global green building movement through the eyes of David Gottfried, the man who helped start it all. "Explosion Green" reveals the inner workings of the building industry as it comes to grips with the need for environmentally friendly practices. I[...]
Addresses the twin crises that the world is facing in the form of a simultaneous financial and environmental credit crunch. This book asks whether financial crunch-induced changes in consumer behaviour will be enough to avoid, or reduce, the environmental crunch many believe is just round the corner[...]