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Flammable Australia
CSIRO Publishing 2012; US$ 87.95Leading researchers give an overview of the field of fire ecology in Australia. more...
The Anxious City
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 52.95In the Western world, cities have arguably never been more anxious: practical anxieties about personal safety and metaphysical anxieties about the uncertain place of the city in culture are the small change of journalism and political debate. Cities have long been regarded as problems, in need of drastic solutions. In this context, the contemporary... more...
Brazil
Reaktion Books 2009; US$ 33.95Set against a backdrop of breathtaking natural beauty, Brazil’s striking modernist architecture has long garnered international acclaim. But these well-known works are not fully reflective of the built environment of Brazil, and with this volume, Richard Williams unearths the rich architectural heritage of Brazil. Spanning from 1945 through... more...
Theory and the Novel
Cambridge University Press 1998; US$ 29.00In Theory and the Novel Jeffrey Williams analyses a range of novels - Tristram Shandy, Joseph Andrews, The Turn of the Screw, Wuthering Heights, Lord Jim, and Heart of Darkness - and shows how narrative technique is never beyond or outside plot. He offers a striking and original contribution to readings of the English novel, as well as to current... more...
Ocean Dynamics and the Carbon Cycle
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 60.00Presents a multidisciplinary and observational approach to introduce the physical processes that drive ocean biogeochemistry and global climate change. more...
Predictive Approaches in Drug Discovery and Development
Wiley 2012; US$ 135.00Practical Utility of Biomarkers in Drug Discovery and Development covers all aspects of biomarker research applied to drug discovery and development and contains state-of-the-art appraisals on the practical utility of genomic, biochemical, and protein biomarkers. Case histories and lessons from successful and unsuccessful applications of biomarkers... more...
Lincoln's Enduring Legacy
Lexington Books 2010; US$ 74.99This collection of highly readable and accessible essays on Lincoln's legacy offers a wide array of perspectives on the enduring impact of the nation's greatest president on leaders, thinkers, and American history. The book explores how Lincoln's words and deeds have influenced the pursuit of justice and freedom and the practice of democracy in the... more...
Learning Culture through Sports
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2010; US$ 36.99Like the first edition, this second edition of Learning Culture Through Sports provides coaches, educators, parents, and others dealing with students and athletes with an engaging and critical venue by which to examine contemporary issues and controversies surrounding sport. This new edition includes a more global perspective, drawing upon recent... more...
Advancing Excellence and Public Trust in Government
Lexington Books 2011; US$ 49.99This book contains the academic presentations at a Symposium on Advancing Excellence and Public Trust in Government which focused on the role of transparency in restoring the public trust. There was certainly a very broad consensus at the Symposium that transparency in government is extremely desirable, needs to be improved, will bring reform and improvement... more...
Urbanism in the Preindustrial World
University of Alabama Press 2009; US$ 47.50A baseline study of the growth of preindustrial cities worldwide. This work employs a subset of preindustrial cities on many continents to answer questions archaeologists grapple with concerning the populating and growth of cities before industrialization. It further explores how scholars differently conceive and execute their research on the population... more...









