As a writer in "Wired" magazine puts it, Neil Young is a "folk-country-grunge dinosaur [who has been] reborn (again) as an Internet-friendly, biodiesel-driven, multimedia machine." In "Neil Young and the Poetics of Energy", William Echard stages an encounter between Young's challenging and ever-chan[...]
This book is an invaluable handbook for young economists working on their dissertations, preparing their first articles for submission to professional journals, getting ready for their first presentations at conferences and job seminars, or undertaking their first refereeing assignments. In clear, c[...]
Have the 1950s been overly romanticized? Beneath the calm, conformist exterior, new ideas and attitudes were percolating. This was the decade of McCarthyism, Levittowns, and men in gray flannel suits, but the 1950s also saw bold architectural styles, the rise of paperback novels and the Beat writers[...]
The aim of this book is to develop the combinatorics of Young tableaux and to show them in action in the algebra of symmetric functions, representations of the symmetric and general linear groups, and the geometry of flag varieties. The first part of the book is a self-contained presentation of the [...]
The authoritative development guide to strength training for 7-18 year olds. Covers staring age recommendations, exercises, frequency, rate progression and more.[...]
For nearly 700 years debate has raged over the true nature of William Wallace and his role in Scotland's turbulent history. Was he the 'Braveheart' of Blind Harry's legendary account, the bold, but savage hero of the Scottish wars? Or, as some contemporary chroniclers attested, nothing but a villain[...]
A timeless selection of brilliant short stories that won William Saroyan a position among the foremost, most widely popular writers of America when it first appeared in 1934.With the greatest of ease William Saroyan flew across the literary skies in 1934 with the publication of "The Daring Young Man[...]
Introduces conversational Spanish by guiding children through a typical day, providing both the Spanish and English words for common items and activities performed in the morning, at home, in the kitchen, outside, in school, and at night.[...]
The Handbook of Clinical Interventions with Young People who Sexually Abuse provides authoritative, critical and up-to-date reviews of the growing body of empirical and theoretical knowledge in this field and clearly demonstrates how this knowledge can be used to guide and develop evidence-based pra[...]
A comprehensive guide to the effective behavior management of youngest children. It emphasizes the establishment phase of a teacher's relationship with a new class. The essential skills are explored in detail through a wide range of case studies. It includes topics such as challenging student behavi[...]
Anthony Spencer is egotistical, proud of being a self-made business success at the peak of his game, even though the cost of winning was painfully high. A cerebral hemorrhage leaves Tony comatose in a hospital ICU. He 'awakens' to find himself in a surreal world, a 'living' landscape that mirrors di[...]
Anthony Spencer is egotistical, proud of being a self-made business success at the peak of his game, even though the cost of winning was painfully high. A cerebral hemorrhage leaves Tony comatose in a hospital ICU. He 'awakens' to find himself in a surreal world, a 'living' landscape that mirrors di[...]
Macks yngste datter, Missy, bliver bortført på en familieferie, og politiet finder tydelige tegn på, at hun er blevet brutalt myrdet i en forladt hytte i vildmarken. Fire år senere modtager den stadig sørgende far et besynderligt brev, måske fra Gud, der inviterer ham op til netop denne hytte.[...]
Grounded firmly in real-world practice, Forensic Accounting provides the most comprehensive view of fraud investigation on the market. Where other books focus almost entirely on auditing and financial reporting, Hopwood includes a vast range of civil and criminal accounting fraud and related activit[...]
Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later, still trapped in his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, app[...]
This is the new edition of "Wheater's Basic Histopathology"! "Wheater's Basic Pathology" is a pathology resource that offers a comprehensive introduction to the subject first by covering fundamental pathological processes and then addressing the common diseases encountered in systems pathology. Hund[...]
iCon takes a look at the most astounding figure in a business era noted for its mavericks, oddballs, and iconoclasts. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Jeffrey Young and William Simon provide new perspectives on the legendary creation of Apple, detail Jobs's meteoric rise, and the devastating plun[...]
"A well-researched biographical introduction...26 works, many of which reflect the mystery and beauty of Yeats' native Ireland. A dramatic painting of a rocky Sligo coast accompanies 'The Meditation of the Old Fisherman.'"--"Publishers Weekly. "Beautiful paintings, many full page, show landscapes, p[...]
Mackenzie Allen Philips's youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation, and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later, in this midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, a[...]