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Annus Horribilis
The History Press 2010; US$ 13.11These are just a few of the topics covered in this book. As Mark Walker makes clear, present-day English is still steeped in its Roman and Latin origins. As a result English still has many thousands of Latin words in everyday use. more...
Nazi Science
Basic Books 2008; US$ 22.50In this book, Mark Walker - a historical scholar of Nazi science - brings to light the overwhelming impact of Hitler's regime on science and, ultimately, on the pursuit of the German atomic bomb. Walker meticulously draws on hundreds of original documents to examine the role of German scientists in the rise and fall of the Third Reich. He investigates... more...
German National Socialism and the Quest for Nuclear Power, 193949
Cambridge University Press 1989; US$ 44.00A fascinating account of how the Germans tried to develop nuclear fission before and during World War II. more...
SAP HANA Starter
Packt Publishing 2012; US$ 9.99Written as a practical guide, SAP Hana Starter will show you all you need to know to build your first reporting application utilizing SAPs new in-memory database technology. SAP HANA Starter is aimed at SAP consultants and users of competing database technologies, as well as anyone curious as to what all the fuss concerning SAP HANA is about.... more...
Happy-People-Pills For All
Wiley 2013; US$ 84.95Happy-People-Pills for All explores current theories of happiness while demonstrating the need to develop advanced pharmacological agents for the enhancement of our capacity for happiness and wellbeing. Presents the first detailed exploration of the enhancement of happiness A controversial yet rigorous argument that demonstrates the moral imperative... more...
The Strategic Use of Referendums
Palgrave Macmillan 2003; US$ 100.00The strategic use of referendums by leaders often confers legitimacy but it may also reflect the power struggle between leaders, groups, and institutions and in doing so not provide a democratic result for the citizenry of a country. more...
Kant, Schopenhauer and Morality: Recovering the Categorical Imperative
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 100.00Addressing the perennial question: why should we be moral? this book argues that we can only give a truly and morally satisfying answer to that question by radically reconfiguring our conception of the self and the way it relates to others. more...
Son of a Grifter
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 7.99In 1988 a troubled young man and his flamboyant mother were arrested for murdering a wealthy widow in her New York City mansion. Suddenly, America was transfixed by a pair of real-life film noir characters. The media couldn't get enough of the twisted relationship between Sante Kimes and her twenty-three-year-old son Kenny. But the most chilling... more...
Beliefs and Leadership in World Politics
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 95.00Focusing on how policy makers make decisions in foreign policy, this book examines how beliefs are causal mechanisms which steer decisions, shape leaders and perceptions of reality, and lead to cognitive and motivated biases that distort, block and recast incoming information from the environment. more...
Route Maps in Gene Technology
Wiley 2009; US$ 114.95Route Maps in Gene Technology is an exciting new introductory textbook for first-year undergraduates in molecular biology and molecular genetics. The subject is broken down into 140 to 150 key concepts or topics, each of which is dealt with in one doublepaged spread. These range from basic introductory principles to applied topics at the cutting... more...









