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The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers
Penguin Books Ltd 1997; Not AvailableWhy was the number of Hardy's taxi significant? Why does Graham's number need its own notation? How many grains of sand would fill the universe? What is the connection between the Golden Ratio and sunflowers? Why is 999 more than a distress call? All these questions and a host more are answered in this fascinating book, which has now been newly revised,... more...
Games and Mathematics
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 16.00A unique book providing a tour through the fascinating connections between mathematics and games. more...
Russian Views of Japan, 1792-1913
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95Before Japan was 'opened up' in the 1850s, contact with Russia as well as other western maritime nations was extremely limited. Yet from the early eighteenth century onwards, as a result of their expanding commercial interests in East Asia and the North Pacific, Russians had begun to encounter Japanese and were increasingly eager to establish diplomatic... more...
The Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Vol. 2
A&C Black 2009; US$ 84.50This well-illustrated volume covers the passerines of Singapore, peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand and the tip of Tenasserim (Burma) with their associated island archipelagos. David Wells' historically complete accounts draw on a full range of recent field and museum research. Over 380 species are described, including topics such as systematics,... more...
Enjoy Emotional Freedom
Exisle Publishing 2010; US$ 9.99By teaching a simple system of tapping on the body?s meridian points, this book enables you to ?tune? and ?tone? your body?s energy system for the immediate benefit of relaxation and a reduction of the body?s stress responses generally. The techniques can also be used to help resolve a number of emotional issues, typically fear, anxiety and hurt. ENJOY... more...
Kipps
Penguin Books Ltd 2005; Not AvailableOrphaned at an early age, raised by his aunt and uncle, and apprenticed for seven years to a draper, Artie Kipps is stunned to discover upon reading a newspaper advertisement that he is the grandson of a wealthy gentleman - and the inheritor of his fortune. Thrown dramatically into the upper classes, he struggles desperately to learn the etiquette... more...
The Russo-Japanese War in Cultural Perspective, 1904-05
Palgrave Macmillan 1999; US$ 155.00The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 has been widely seen as a historical turning-point. For the first time in modern history an Asian and a European country competed on equal terms, overturning the prevailing balance of power. Based on a wide range of original source material in Russian, Japanese and other languages, this book goes beyond the military... more...
American National Security and Civil Liberties in an Era of Terrorism
Palgrave Macmillan 2004; US$ 37.00In light of the ongoing war against terrorism, can the United States maintain its dedication to protecting civil liberties without compromising security? At stake is nothing less than the survival of ideas associated with the modern period of political philosophy: the freedom of conscience, the inviolable rights of the individual to privacy, the constitutionally... more...
Neglected Diseases and Drug Discovery
Royal Society of Chemistry 2011; US$ 213.00There are about 8 million deaths each year from neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the underdeveloped world, whilst drug discovery focus and practice is only recently taking on greater urgency and embracing the latest technologies. This unique book is a state of the art review of drug discovery in respect of NTDs and highlights best practice to... more...
Advances in protein chemistry
Elsevier Science 1998; US$ 166.00Our most complete understanding of hormone receptor signaling may be exemplified in a family of hormones and receptors known as the cytokine superfamily. This volume is devoted to describing members of this hormone/receptor family from their molecular structures to their physiological effects. These hormones are not only biologically fascinating, but... more...









