Primatologist Jenny Lowe is studying bonobo chimpanzees deep in the Congo when she is caught in a deadly civil war that leaves a fellow researcher dead and his daughter, Lucy, orphaned. Realizing that the child has no living relatives, Jenny begins to care for Lucy as her own. But as she reads the l[...]
Learning to play the bass guitar is easy with the help of Laurence Canty's step-by-step instructions and clear advice-even if you've never played an instrument before. You'll learn how to:
read musical notation
correctly position your hands
under[...]
Principles of Biochemistry provides a concise introduction to fundamental concepts of biochemistry, striking the right balance of rigor and detail between the encyclopedic volumes and the cursory overview texts available today. Widely praised for accuracy, currency, and clarity of exposition, the Fi[...]
Crisis in Organizations is the most definitive and thorough work in the field of crisis management, providing detailed research and sound advice on preventing and managing crisis. Readers explore the array of incidents that face managers and organizations in crisis through a thoughtful blend of acad[...]
"Child Development, International Edition".
Aimed at increasing professional and public awareness of the importance of health promotion activities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, this book covers a range of health promotion activities including: family interventions; health promotion in schools; community health p[...]
The "Hoffman Process", founded by the late Bob Hoffman, is a highly respected and effective 8-day intensive course of emotional healing now practised in 14 countries around the world. The Process helps you face demons from your past - often rooted in your childhood and upbringing - and forgive, heal[...]
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work,[...]
Two classic stories of powerful men...wrapped around their babies' little fingers
HIS LOVER'S LITTLE SECRET
Sabine Hayes has kept her baby secret for two years, until a chance run-in forces her to confront the father of her little boy. Yet she refuses to give in to Gavin Brooks's demands. Hi[...]
Love, honor--and vow to keep the marriage a secret
Years ago, Heath Langston eloped with Julianne Eden. Their parents wouldn't have approved. So when the marriage remained unconsummated they went their separate ways without telling anyone what they'd done.
Now family turmoil forces Heath an[...]
This book is about modeling and solving multi-item, single/multi-machine, single/multi-level, production planning problems with time-varying demands by mixed integer programming. Sincethebeginningsofoperationsresearchandmanagementscience, m- els for production planning have been an important object [...]
On 19 July 1989, while United Airlines flight 232 wallowed drunkenly northwest of the airport at Sioux City, Iowa, hundreds of fire and rescue workers waited. The plane slammed onto the runway, broke into pieces and burst into a fireball. The rescue workers did not move: nobody could survive that cr[...]
An analysis of the science and psychology of wilderness survival examines case stories of people who have survived against the odds--or failed to survive despite comparatively better resources--in a volume that evaluates the conditions on a snowy mountaintop, in the ocean, in the jungle, and more. R[...]
In his new book, the author of "Deep Survival" (ISBN 978 0 393 32615 4), 'the best book on management, leadership and employment I have read this year' ("Financial Times"), shows how modern society has made us lazy and susceptible to previously unknown threats. Laurence Gonzales turns his talent for[...]
A shark attacked Micki Glenn while she was snorkelling, tearing through her breast and shredding her arm. Her husband, a surgeon, saved her life on the spot but afterwards she couldn't just get on with her life. She had entered a more profound survival journey: the aftermath. The survival experience[...]
No one description will fit this strange, eccentric, endlessly complex masterpiece. It is a fiction about fiction-writing in which the invented world is as much infused with wit and genius as the theme of inventing it. It is a joyful celebration of the infinite possibilities of the art of fiction, a[...]
The answers to these questions - and much, much more - are to be found in The Changing Room , which traces the origins and variations of theatrical cross-dressing through the ages and across cultures. It examines: * tribal rituals and shamanic practices in the Balkans and Chinese-Tibet * the gender-[...]
Throughout history, every culture has had its own ideas on what growing up and growing old means, with variations between chronological, biological and social ageing, and with different emphases on the critical stages and transitions from birth to death. This volume is the first to highlight the ro[...]
Putting the American model in perspective for academics around the world, this book establishes the historical, theoretical, analytical, practical and future foundations for the comparative study of public management. It combines topics of best practice, performance, accountability and rule of law t[...]
Illustrates the relation between myth, culture and literature with discussions of poetry, fiction, film and popular song; explores uses made of the term 'myth' within the fields of literary criticism, anthropology, cultural studies, feminism, Marxism and psychoanalysis.[...]