Published in 1962, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST can be seen as a battle between the conventions of mainstream society and the anarchy of the counterculture. As a satirical critique of repressive authority figures, it pointedly spoke to the concerns of the day. Found guilty of statutory rape, Randall Patrick McMurphy agrees to be committed to a ...
For majors courses in Introductory Microbiology in departments of biology and microbiology, and for upper-level non-majors courses in Microbiology.The authoritative text for introductory microbiology, Brock's Biology of Microorganisms continues its long tradition of impeccable scholarship, outstanding art, and accuracy. It balances the most ...
This reader is composed of 40 short articles on a broad range of subjects. The first section introduces basic concepts; subsequent chapters contain articles on international cultures, nondominant US cultures, and on contexts of intercultural communication such as negotiation, courtrooms and business. Further chapters develop basic ideas in verbal ...
This is a major revision of the leading text for the introduction to hearing and hearing disorders course required of all SLP/A majors. Known for its in-depth coverage of the physics of sound, anatomy and physiology of the auditory system, causes and treatment of hearing disorders, and the relevant diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, ...
SOS Help For Parents is a book and parent education program which helps children, ages two to twelve, to improve their behavior and emotional adjustment. Available in eight languages, SOS is internationally used by parents. The book teaches over 20 methods for managing 46 different problem behaviors. Please link this 3rd Edition ISBN to the 2nd ...
Mixed method research design, spearheaded by the author of the best-selling Research Design text (Second Edition, SAGE 2002), combines the latest thinking about mixed methods research designs with practical, step-by-step guidelines for the decisions that must be made in designing a mixed methods research study. The text: - offers a practical, how ...
Understanding Research: a Consumer's Guide is the first text that places its focus squarely on the needs of the research consumer. This text helps develop in readers the skills, knowledge and strategies needed to read and interpret research reports and to evaluate the quality of such reports.
An award-winning author, who also penned the book's Introduction, crafts this abridgement of the original journals kept by Captains Meriweather Lewis and William Clark. In the spring of 1805, Lewis and Clark set out with their Shoshone guide, Sacagawea, to explore the wilderness between the Missouri River and the Pacific coast. These journals ...
Whether it was a whirlwind romance or you've known each other for years, you are entering a new stage of life. Now that you're married, it's time to think about the new life and traditions you'd like to create. Often our fondest family memories are centered around the dinner table, with the fulfilling meals and companionship it offers. To create ...
For junior/graduate-level courses in Environmental Ethics, Environmental Policy, Environmental Issues, Conservation Biology, Environmental Geography. Edited by leading experts in contemporary environmental philosophy, this anthology features the best available selections that cover the full range of positions within this rapidly developing field. ...
When their mini hot air balloon lands in unfamiliar territory, Tom Little and Uncle Nick find themselves in a society of unknown tinies, among them a remarkable girl named Glory. The hidden community of tiny people and animals still lives in the style of the 18th century--and holds some very old-fashioned ideas.
Written by five scholars whose expertise extends across the disciplines of biblical, historical, systematic, and philosophical theology, this is a careful and full-orbed argument that the God known through Christ desires "responsive relationship" with his creatures.
Destined to be a classic work on the topic, "Enterprise Security Architecture" fills a real void in the knowledge base of our industry. In a comprehensive, detailed treatment, Sherwood, Clark and Lynas rightly emphasize the business approach and show how Security is too important to be left in the hands of just one department or employee - it's a ...
'To qualify as human, a hominid has, so to say, to justify himself by works: the criteria are no longer biological so much as cultural'. Professor Grahame Clark goes on to trace the origins and development of human culture, in all its diversity, throughout the world. He follows the intellectual, material and social progress of mankind in each ...
A collection of 16 songs from Gilbert and Sullivan operas accompanied by color and b&w illustrations. Selections are culled from such works as "The H.M.S. Pinafore" and "The Pirates of Penzance." Also included is the musical notation for both piano and guitar.
First published in 1923, Streets of Night has long been out of print. This edition, based on the first American printing, includes the autograph changes Dos Passos made in the manuscripts and provides supplementary material, textual notes, the substantive variants between the American and British first editions, and Dos Passos's diary entries ...
H. Beam Piper was a 20th century science fiction writer. He is best known for his Terro-Human Future History series and a series of Paratime alternate history tales. The theme in many of Piper's books is best seen in Uller Uprising. Piper wrote about the past repeating itself and past events having a direct effect on the future. Uller Uprising is ...
This title describes the principal architect of the Allied invasion of Europe during World War II and his relevance today. "The Palgrave Great Generals Series" consists of concise, appealing biographies that focus on the strategy and legacy of great military leaders. Wesley K. Clark is the series editor and writes forewords for all the books, and ...
How to cook up some Visual Basic magic. This book-and-software package gives intermediate VB programmers the recipes to build powerful, full-featured graphical applications for Windows 95 and Windows NT.
Encompassing every mathematical term and concept of interest, The Facts On File Dictionary of Mathematics, Fourth Edition conveys information to students and general readers in a proven, accessible format. This fourth edition contains approximately 320 new entries, dozens of new photographs, new pronuciation symbols, a list of websites, and a ...
The Afro-Brazilian religion Candomble has long been recognised as an extraordinary resource of African tradition, values, and identity among its adherents in Bahia, Brazil. Outlawed and persecuted in the late colonial and imperial period, Candomble nevertheless developed as one of the major religious expressions of the Afro-Atlantic diaspora. ...
When The New Encyclopedia of Science appeared in 1995, it answered a pressing need for an easy-to-understand and up-to-date introduction to the world of science. In the eight years since the first edition, an astonishing number of major scientific breakthroughs have occurred, from the mapping of the human genome to important new work on global ...
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