Offers a communicative-humanistic approach to second language acquisition. This book emphasises particular aspects of the history, literature, art, society, geography, language, and culture of Spain and Latin America through a series of readings and related activities specifically designed to enhance linguistic proficiency.
Over 4 editions, "Simon's Emergency Orthopedics: The Extremities" has established itself as the clinical reference of choice for emergency physicians and residents seeking a comprehensive review of fractures, soft tissue injuries, rheumatologic disorders, and other acute problems of the extremities.
Four novels by popular author Daniel Pinkwater bound into one book--BORGEL, THE SNARKOUT BOYS AND THE BACONBURG HORROR, THE WORMS OF KUKUMLIMA, and YOBGORGLE: MYSTERY MONSTER OF LAKE ONTARIO.
"Windy City" is funny and tender . . . full of boisterous love for the sport of politics and Chicago. The best political novel in years--Christopher Buckley, author of "Thank You for Smoking."
Whether it's a big-bore, high-end custom sports bike you are after or a naked, bare-knuckle street-fighting racer, this is the book to get you there. With three different projects, top motorcycle builders give blow-by-blow instructions for completely rebuilding three popular street bikes, from performance modifications, exhaust systems, to ...
Anna Politkovskaya, one of Russia's most fearless journalists, was gunned down in a contract killing in Moscow in the fall of 2006. Just before her death, Politkovskaya completed this searing, intimate record of life in Russia from the parliamentary elections of December 2003 to the grim summer of 2005, when the nation was still reeling from the ...
Where once the chiropractor simply adjusted the back, he now has a much-enlarged arsenal of techniques including: rehabilitation, diet and exercise counseling, acupuncture and acupressure, and physical modalities. The book will cover all the traditional chiropractic techniques including low amplitude high velocity thrust, mobilization, low force ...
What is this book about? It is no exaggeration to describe the C language and its associated environment, the .NET Framework, as the most important new technology for developers in many years. .NET provides a new environment within which you can develop almost any Windows-based or web-based application, while C is a new programming language ...
Introduction to Group Therapy continues the clinically relevant and highly readable work of the original, demonstrating the therapeutic power group therapy has in conflict resolution and personality change. This unique book combines theory and practice in a reader-friendly format, presenting practical suggestions in areas rarely covered in ...
After being raped and seeing her grandmother killed, a Serbian high-school basketball player named Irina Zaric is recruited as a sniper during the war in Bosnia in the 1990s. Ambivalent at first about possibly killing innocent people, she overcomes her scruples and becomes as good at shooting as she was at shooting baskets in more normal times. ...
This memoir is the "Los Angeles Times" bestseller from the host of NPR's "Weekend Edition". A narrative that runs from childhood to adulthood, and through times of war and peace, as Scott Simon traces his life as a fan of sports, theater, politics, people and things he holds dear.
This volume will provide students with an introduction to the poetry and life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, one of the most popular poets of her day in Britain and America and who has become one of the great icons of Victorianism for the modern age. The authors present a biographical survey, study of her poetry, its critical reception and an ...
Tanners of Taiwan examines what it means to be Chinese - or alternatively Taiwanese - in the leather-tanning communities of Southern Taiwan Under forty years of martial law from 1947 to 1987, the Chinese Nationalist Party tried to create a Chinese identity in Taiwan through ideological campaigns that reached deep into families, schools and ...
An exploration of the experiences of women entrepreneurs amidst the contradictions of a free-wheeling commercial culture set within the patriarchal constraints of contemporary Taiwan. To what extent are Taiwanese women empowered by entrepreneurship? What challenges do they face as women in their families and in the marketplace? How do they ...
An introductory textbook for advanced undergraduates in the design of hydraulic structures and systems, including pipe networks, pumping stations, channels, weirs, spillways, and culverts. Equally useful in technology as well as civil engineering training, it is packed with worked examples, computer programs, design charts and tables, chapter ...
This publication provides the first assessment of Scott's work since his death - or rather reassessment, because Simon Morley's important new study looks afresh at Scott's work outside the framework of modernist theory, within which it has always been contained. It publishes for the first time many previously unseen works, including drawings, ...
Optic flow provides all the information necessary to guide a walking human or a mobile robot to its target. Over the past 50 years, a body of research on optic flow spanning the disciplines of neurophysiology, psychophysics, experimental psychology, brain imaging and computational modelling has accumulated. Today, when we survey the field, we find ...
Ten of the world's leading news researchers share their hard-earned tips, techniques, and strategies for using the Internet and online services to get the scoop, check the facts, and nail the story. Interviews with these researchers probe the evolving structure of the newsroom, showcase various strategies for organising and sharing information, ...
"Fair winds and fine cruising" is author Chris Doyle's wish for readers of this popular, newly updated guide to the 10 island nations of this enchanting Caribbean chain. Doyle's background in research makes this volume rich in practical details; yet its tone is conversational. His is also an intimate knowledge, gathered from more than 20 years of ...
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