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  • Living with Waterby Paul Pechan; Gert E. de Vries

    Springer 2013; US$ 99.99

    The factors affecting water quality are many: The increasing buying power and health concerns of the world population contribute to the creation of new products whose production and disposal lead to the release of chemicals harmful to the environment; the ever-growing world population requires a steady food supply, which increases the pressure to use... more...

  • Mazes in Videogamesby Alison Gazzard

    McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2013; US$ 35.00

    From the text adventures of Zork, to the arcade game of Pac-Man, to the corridors of Doom, and on to the city streets of Grand Theft Auto IV, the maze has often been used as a space to trap and confuse players in their navigation of gameworlds. However, the maze as a construction on the landscape has a long history before the invention of the videogame.... more...

  • Androids in the Enlightenmentby Adelheid Voskuhl

    University of Chicago Press 2013; US$ 36.00

    The eighteenth century saw the creation of a number of remarkable mechanical androids: at least ten prominent automata were built between 1735 and 1810 by clockmakers, court mechanics, and other artisans from France, Switzerland, Austria, and the German lands. Designed to perform sophisticated activities such as writing, drawing, or music making,... more...

  • Using Computers Games across the Curriculumby Karen Anderson

    Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 15.99

    Everyone learns best when they are enjoying an activity - even adults prefer to learn through play! This book gives a wide range of ideas and practical activities to use computer games as learning tools with students aged 11+. You don't need to be a computer whiz to use this book. From the practical aspects of purchasing and setting up equipment... more...

  • Urban Transport XIXby C. A. BREBBIA

    WIT Press 2013; US$ 714.00

    This book contains the papers presented at the nineteenth annual International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment. The papers cover research on how to minimise ecological and environmental impacts from urban transportation systems, make them sustainable, and use them to improve the socio-economic fabric of the city. Papers also address... more...

  • Winning Uglyby Brad Gilbert; Steve Jamison

    Touchstone 2013; US$ 15.99

    He's been called the best in the world at the mental game of tennis. Brad Gilbert's strokes may not be pretty, but looks aren't everything. He has beaten the Tour's biggest names -- all by playing his "ugly" game. Now, in Winning Ugly Gilbert teaches recreational players how to win more often without necessarily even changing their strokes. The... more...

  • The Ashgate Research Companion to International Criminal Lawby William A. Schabas; Yvonne McDermott; Niamh Hayes

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 165.00

    This unique research companion takes a critical approach to a wide variety of theoretical, practical, legal and policy issues surrounding and underpinning the operation of international criminal law as applied by international criminal tribunals. The authors raise issues which are likely to provide the most significant challenges and most promising... more...

  • Operational Decision-making in High-hazard Organizationsby Jan Hayes

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95

    This book describes research on safety-related decision-making by operations supervisory personnel in three different high-hazard industries, and features a case study illustrating each: a chemical plant, a nuclear power station and an air-navigation service provider. The focus of this research is unique: those who supervise the frontline personnel... more...

  • Constitutions in the Global Financial Crisisby Xenophon Contiades

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 124.95

    The book includes contributions from prominent experts on Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Portugal, Spain, the UK, and the USA providing a critical analysis of the effects of the financial crisis on the constitution. The volume’s extensive comparative chapter pins down distinct constitutional reactions towards the financial crisis,... more...

  • Misunderstandings in ATC Communicationby Immanuel Barshi; Candace Farris

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 104.95

    Misunderstandings in ATC Communication offers an in-depth report of a seminal study in aviation communication, which until now has only been available in the form of an unpublished dissertation. In addition, it offers a recent extension of that work, the authors’ reflections on the research process, and a thorough review of the aviation communication... more...