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The Dust Of Empire
PublicAffairs 2008; US$ 15.00A "rattling good"* inquiry into the historical impact of Western involvement with Central Asia, spelling out the implications for the United States and its allies today *( New York Times Book Review ) more...
How to Write
Storm King Press 2002; US$ 5.00The New York Times ' William Safire calls How to Write 'The most helpful book the beginning writer can buy.' No wonder it's sold more than 200,000 copies worldwide! Whether you are a student, a professional - or an aspiring writer - this little handbook will teach you how to communicate your ideas and information clearly and concisely. It... more...
Civil Rights in the Gateway to the South
The University Press of Kentucky 2010; US$ 25.00The struggles of the civil rights movement were not limited to the Deep South. Although states like Alabama and Mississippi receive the most attention from historians, civil rights leaders were active across the country, challenging racial stereotypes and working to end discrimination in cities large and small. Louisville, Kentucky's unique status... more...
Nanoscience
World Scientific Publishing Company 1999; US$ 104.00Friction force microscopy is an important analytical tool in the field of tribology on the nanometer-scale. The contact area between the probing tip and the sample is reduced to some square nanometers, corresponding to the ideal of a single asperity contact. Traditional concepts, such as friction coefficients, adhesion and elasticity and stick-slip... more...
The Health of Sexual Minorities
Springer 2007; US$ 84.99Offers a multidimensional picture of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) health across clinical and social disciplines to give readers an understanding of these diverse populations. This book gives coverage of research methodology concerns, and critical insights into the sociopolitical context of LGBT individuals' health and lives. more...
Institutions and Ideology
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009; US$ 134.95This volume contributes to the literature on the sociology of organizations and management, especially to sociological institutionalism, by attempting to fill an important gap in institutional research. Our starting point is the conviction that organizational institutionalims is the conceptual and empirical venue to study ideology, both in its symbolic... more...
Microcharacterization of Proteins
Wiley 2008; US$ 180.00Proteomics - the analysis of the whole set of proteins and their functions in a cell - is based on the revolutionary developments which have been achieved in protein analysis during the last years. The number of finished genome projects is growing and in parallel there is a dramatically increasing need to identify the products of revealed genes. Acting... more...
Microcharacterization of Proteins
Wiley 2008; US$ 90.00Both a thorough introduction and laboratory guide! This book is based on the lectures and demonstrations presented at a successful workshop organized by the authors. Expert contributions and the support of more than a dozen companies engaged in bioanalysis and instrumentation enabled the participants to familiarize themselves with the most recent... more...
I Saw it Coming
Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 95.00In this book, workers displaced by plant closings in Louisville, Kentucky tell their stories, emphasizing their agency, demanding respect for their skill, casting judgment on business and government for not showing that respect, and revealing a sense of alienation resulting from violation of their values and trust. more...
Pax Ethnica
PublicAffairs 2012; US$ 28.99In a world replete with stories of sectarian violence, we are often left wondering: Are there places where people of different ethnicities, especially with significant Muslim minorities, live in peace? If so, why haven?t we heard more about them, and what explains their success? To answer these questions, Karl Meyer and Shareen Brysac undertook a... more...









