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The Living Maya
North Atlantic Books 2012; US$ 12.95Author Robert Sitler?s immersion in Mayan culture began with a transformative spiritual experience more than three decades ago in the ruins of Palenque, Mexico. Led by a local to a nearby Mayan village, Sitler discovered firsthand what traditional Mayan life was like?a community of people living in peace with each other and their physical surroundings.... more...
Case Studies in Dementia
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 55.00Unique collection of dementia case studies from around the world, emphasizing clinical reasoning, integrative thinking and problem-solving skills. more...
Health Economics
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 72.95Research in Health Economics has developed into a separate discipline for the last 25 years. All this intense research activity, has translated in the inclusion of courses of health economics, mostly at graduate level. However, the Industrial Organization aspects of the health care market do not occupy a central place in those courses. We propose... more...
Spanish For Dummies
Wiley 2010; US$ 28.50Whether you want to take up Spanish from scratch or brush up on your existing skills, this practical, easy-to-follow guide is for you! Inside you'll find helpful lessons, cultural facts, handy references and much more, including a Spanish-English mini-dictionary and common verb lists. Learn how to use your skills in a variety of everyday contexts,... more...
Giving Reasons
Springer 2011; US$ 109.99This book provides a new, linguistic approach to Argumentation Theory. Its main goal is to integrate the logical, dialectical and rhetorical dimensions of argumentation in a model providing a unitary treatment of its justificatory and persuasive powers. This model takes as its basis Speech Acts Theory in order to characterize argumentation as a second-order... more...
Beyond Resistance! Youth Activism and Community Change
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 47.95The failure of current policy to address important quality of life issues for urban youth remains a substantial barrier to civic participation, educational equity, and healthy adulthood. This volume brings together the work of leading urban youth scholars to highlight the detrimental impact of zero tolerance policies on young people?s educational... more...
Renewable Hydrogen Technologies
Elsevier Science 2013; US$ 199.95Hydrogen is an ideal fuel for the future; it can greatly contribute to solve two of the big problems which the modern society faces: the security of the energy supply and the environmental impact and global warming caused by the pollutants emitted when using fossil fuels. However, in order that hydrogen is a real solution it has to be obtained through... more...
On Communicating
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 41.95Klaus Krippendorff is an influential figure in communication studies widely known for his award-winning book Content Analysis . Over the years, Krippendorff has made important contributions to the ongoing debates on fundamental issues concerning communication theory, epistemology, methods of research, critical scholarship, second-order cybernetics,... more...
The UN Gang
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2005; US$ 24.95On the day Pedro Sanjuan moved into his new office at the UN Secretariat in 1984, he had the foresight to unscrew his telephone receiver. Out fell a little packet of high-grade cocaine. When he confronted the undersecretary to the chief Soviet diplomat?really a KGB colonel and the top Russian spy?the agent laughed good-naturedly and congratulated him... more...
Modelling and Control of Mini-Flying Machines
Springer 2006; US$ 159.99Provides insights into two staple control problems: the rotary aircraft and the VTOL fixed wing aircraft. more...









