This book is intended to present an integrated approach to the geochemistry of the earth's surface, including topics ranging from environmental contamination of air, water, and soil to natural processes such as chemical weathering, carbonate equilibria and sediment diagenesis.[...]

Provides coverage of African birds. This book describes and illustrates the birds found in Africa south of the Sahara Desert (the Afrotropic Region), including Socotra, Pemba and islands in the Gulf of Guinea. Compact enough to use in the field, it features texts and range maps that appear opposite [...]

Winner of the 2011 Pure Belpre Award for fiction now in an elegant paperback edition
From the time he is a young boy, Neftali hears the call of a mysterious voice. He knows he must follow it--even when the neighborhood children taunt him, and when his harsh, authoritarian father ridicules him, [...]

Heat pipes are used in a wide range of applications, including electronics cooling, die-casting and injection moulding, heat recovery and energy conservation, de-icing and manufacturing process temperature control, and in domestic appliances. An essential guide for practicing engineers and an ideal [...]

You need to maintain clients, servers and networks, while acquiring new skills. Foundations of Cent OS Linux: Enterprise Linux On the Cheap covers a free, unencumbered Linux operating system within the Red Hat lineage, but it does not assume you have a Red Hat Enterprise Linux license. Now you can l[...]

With in-depth explorations of 17 studio albums spanning over 40 years of music history, "Springsteen" is the definitive book on "The Boss." Bruce Springsteen stands astride the rock 'n' roll stage like a colossus. Renowned for his passionate songwriting, galvanizing live shows, and political activis[...]

"He's going to need six weeks crate rest; just keep him quiet while he recovers." These words - which often form part of the treatment requirements for dogs undergoing surgery, or requiring long-term medical care - can strike fear and dread into a dog-owner's heart. Not a lot of advice is availa[...]