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Expert Oracle Application Express
Springer Fachmedien 2011; US$ 59.99Expert Oracle Application Express brings you groundbreaking insights into developing with Oracle's enterprise-level, rapid-development tool from some of the best practitioners in the field today. Oracle Application Express (APEX) is an entirely web-based development framework that is built into every edition of Oracle Database. The framework rests... more...
The Seagull
The Floating Press 2008; US$ 5.99The Seagull is the first of Anton Checkov's four full-length plays. It explores the romantic and artistic tension in the relationships between a young woman, a fading older lady, her playwright son and a popular story writer. The play references Shakespeare's Hamlet both in text and content. It has a cast of eclectic characters whose principle... more...
Uncle Vanya
The Floating Press 2008; US$ 3.95Uncle Vanya is one of Anton Checkov's four major plays. It was first performed in 1900, the year after its publication, under direction by the celebrated Konstantin Stanislavski. The text reworks an earlier play by Checkov, The Wood Demon . Critics have attempted to follow Checkov's method and artistic development by tracking the changes he... more...
The Seagull
Faber and Faber 2013; US$ 13.11- Idea for a story. A beautiful young girl lives by a lake all her life. She loves this lake. She's happy and free, like that bird was once. Then a man comes along and for no reason at all... what do you think he does? - He destroys her. A story about how we make stories, a story about unrequited love, The Seagull is one of the great... more...
Volatile Biomarkers
Elsevier Science 2013; US$ 199.95Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhaled breath, sweat or urine carry much information on the state of human health. The role of VOCs in clinical diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring is expected to become increasingly significant due to recent advances in the field. Volatile Biomarkers: Non-Invasive Diagnosis in Physiology and Medicine includes... more...
The Cherry Orchard, and Other Plays
The Floating Press 1916; US$ 4.95The Cherry Orchard was written by Chekhov as a comedy, but directed by Stanislavski as a tragedy on its premier. The play has maintained the dual nature of these intentions ever since. An aristocratic family return to their estate on the eve of auction. Though alternatives present themselves, the family is apathetic and their property is sold. The... more...
The Wife
The Floating Press 2011; US$ 3.99Fans of short fiction will love this collection from Anton Chekhov, the Russian author and physician whom many critics regard as one of the masters of the short story. The pieces brought together in this volume span a wide range of themes and highlight the subtle genius that sets Chekhov's work apart from his peers. more...
Make Your Own Soda
Crown Publishing Group 2013; US$ 14.99Sweet-tart lime. Bright cherry. Creamy vanilla. Natural sodas are vibrantly flavored with the zing of just-squeezed citrus juice, the sweetness of ripe berries, or the subtle perfume of fresh herbs. And with the popularity of countertop appliances that turn tap water into sparkling water, it?s easier than ever to make the real thing in your own... more...
The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls Free Preview
Penguin Group US 2013; US$ 0.00A free preview of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls by Anton DiSclafani including a special essay by the author A lush, sexy, evocative debut novel of family secrets and girls?-school rituals, set in the 1930s South. It is 1930, the midst of the Great Depression. After her mysterious role in a family tragedy, passionate, strong-willed... more...
Athens and Sparta
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 41.95Athens and Sparta is an essential handbook to the study of fifth century Greek history and society. It encourages the reader to engage critically with the evidence, presenting a wide selection of ancient source material along with clear analysis and narrative. This fully revised and updated second edition contains a new appendix on the controversy... more...









