A simple errand that turns into a car accident, and Clifton bangs his head and blacks out. An unfortunate if not uncommon occurrence, even for the dashing colonel - until he wakes up to realise that his passenger, Jade, has vanished! When, the next morning, a mysterious 'doctor' calls at his house[...]
Plants possess the ability to biosynthesize a large variety of steroids. Brassinosteroids demonstrate various kinds of regulatory activities in the growth and development of plants. This book is based on a 1990 Russian monograph, and covers: structures and classification; biosynthesis and metabolism[...]
Anarchism and Moral Philosophy is a timely collection of original essays, covering the chronological and ideological spectrum of anarchist thought. Reflections of anarchism's classical thinkers, such as Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and Peter Kropotkin, are found alongside discussions of Aristotelian virtu[...]
Macrame has re-emerged in the jewellery scene with a beautiful new twist. Micro-Macrame (or mini-macrame) is made using finer cords and when combined with crystal beads, creates gorgeous jewellery that resembles stained glass. Micro-macrame is simply a return to the type of knotting work done a cent[...]
This work aims to explain World War I in a manner the lay person can understand, and more advanced readers will still find intriguing. It covers a broad canvas, but does so with great economy. The origins of the war, both diplomatic and social, are discussed and the reader is then taken through the [...]
Non-academic history - 'public history' - is a complex, dynamic entity which impacts on the popular understanding of the past at all levels. In "Consuming History", Jerome de Groot examines how society consumes history and how a reading of this consumption can help us understand popular culture and [...]
The historical novel is an enduringly popular genre that raises crucial questions about key literary concepts, fact and fiction, identity, history, reading, and writing. In this comprehensive, focused guide, Jerome de Groot offers an accessible introduction to the genre and critical debates that sur[...]
Environmental Psychology: An Introduction offers a research-based introduction to the psychological relationship between humans and their built and natural environments and discusses how sustainable environments can be created to the benefit of both people and nature * Explores the environment's eff[...]
Presents the theoretical calculations, experimental data, and underlying physics of x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS), x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD), and resonant x-ray emission spectroscopy (RXES). This book explains the many-body effects in XPS [...]
The dissection of surgical specimens from the upper aero digestive tract is often difficult due to the anatomically complicated nature of this area. Local environ- ment dictates routes of tumour spread and surgical margins at risk and these features differ for various subsites within this part of th[...]
Contains 30 gorgeous designs for micro macrame jewellery, incorporating crystals, beads and cords. This book includes a comprehensive introduction and the five basic knots you need in order to get started. It contains detailed step-by-step photographs which guide you through every project. It is sui[...]
Psycholinguistics - the field of science that examines the mental processes and knowledge structures involved in the acquisition, comprehension, and production of language - had a strong monolingual orientation during the first four decades following its emergence around 1950. The awareness that a l[...]
Brothers Adolph and Arthur Caille are mechanical geniuses. They've just created one of the first slot machines and have presented it to their local senator, a notorious gambler. Much taken with the device, he agrees to send them on a tour of American cities to test the machine's popularity. And, to [...]
This is a new and original interpretation of the social history of religion in Iran from the 1870s to the 1970s. Iranians have always had an ambivalent attitude to religion. Throughout its history over the last thirteen hundred years, the avowedly secular has grappled with the religious within Iran.[...]
Ex-agent of the secret service and colonel to Her most gracious Majesty, Sir Harold Wilberforce Clifton, has become an amateur detective. Scotland Yard consider this excellent old hand insightful as the illustrious Sherlock Holmes! Without ever losing an ounce of his British touch, he resolves compl[...]
The British Secret Service has just learnt that the North Korean authorities are investigating the apparently unmotivated murder of a British citizen who was passing through their capital. The news is all the more shocking as the victim is none other than Sir Harold Wilberforce Clifton, one pf Her M[...]
Although he wants to take his Cub Scouts to Wales, Heron Melomane (aka Colonel Clifton) is forced to take them to Devonshire. The reason for this change of plan: a note in his letterbox stating that WWII isn't finished yet - signed AKC 666! Decrypted by his faithful housekeeper, Miss Partridge, the [...]
Scoutmaster Musical Heron (aka top spy Colonel Clifton) and his troop must investigate when one of them is abducted while collecting kindling in the woods. The abductors are demanding a ransom, with which their leader plans to complete his collection of Ming vases. After a huge commotion, the Boy Sc[...]
Developed from the authors' vast teaching and clinical experience, here is the first book in nearly two decades to fully cover the functional reconstructive aspects of nasal surgery. You will find step-by-step details on a wide range of surgical procedures, highlighted by more than 800 detail-reveal[...]