Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's remarkable chronicle of their Voyage of Discovery across the pristine, uncharted wilderness of the American West occupies a unique place in American literature. To a young republic barely a dozen years old, the "Journals" offered not only a pathbreaking work of n[...]

Contains questions and answers designed to prepare the reader for a college precalculus exam, including such topics as matrices, polynomial functions, and conic sections.[...]

This text explores the complex relations between "enlightened" values and the making of scientific knowledge. Here monsters and automata, barometers and botanical gardens, polite academies and boisterous clubs are all given their due place in the landscape of enlightened Europe. The contributors exa[...]

Take it step-by-step for math success! The quickest route to learning a subject is through a solid grounding in the basics. So what you won't find in Easy Mathematics Step-by-Step is a lot of endless drills. Instead, you get a clear explanation that breaks down complex concepts into easy-to-understa[...]

Expert instruction and plenty of practice to reinforce advanced math skills Presents concepts with application to natural sciences, engineering, economics, computer science, and other branches of mathematics Complementary to most linear algebra courses or as a refresher text More than 500 exercis[...]

The last of the Spanish Romantics, composer, conductor, and impresario Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982) left his mark on virtually every aspect of Spanish musical culture during a career which spanned six decades, and saw tremendous political and cultural upheavals. After Falla, he was the most i[...]

North America boasts a great and bewildering variety of eagles, vultures, true hawks, buteonine hawks and falcons. This book illustrates all 42 diurnal raptors found in North America at rest and in flight, in male, female, adult, juvenile and sub-adult plumages, with all usual colour morphs depicted[...]

Apartheid was an oppressive and brutal system of racial discrimination that captured and appalled world opinion during the latter half of the twentieth century. South Africa: The Rise and Fall of Apartheid examines the history of South Africa during this period of apartheid: from 1948 when the Natio[...]

this thoroughly revised second edition offers students an even better guide to cross-national comparison and why it matters.[...]