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Columbia University Press
Columbia University Press was founded in 1893 and is the fourth-oldest university press in the United States. The purpose of the press expressed in its Certificate of Incorporation is to "promote the study of economic, historical, literary, scientific and other subjects and to promote and encourage the publication of literary works embodying original research in such subjects." Signers of the certificate included Seth Low, then president of Columbia, Henry Fairfield Osborne, and Nicholas Murray Butler, succeeded Low in 1902 as president of the university and of the Press. . .
Now in its second century of scholarly publishing, Columbia University Press seeks to enhance Columbia University's educational mission by acquiring and publishing outstanding original works by scholars and others that contribute to an understanding of global human concerns. Through the agency of book, reference, and electronic publishing and distribution services, the Press endeavors to broaden the university’s international reputation in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
In June 2011, Columbia University Press acquired of Wallflower Press books. (For a listing of Wallflower books).
Columbia University Press has acquired worldwide rights to publish nearly 170 backlist titles from UK publisher Wallflower Press and continue to publish approximately 15 new titles a year under the imprint named Wallflower Press beginning in September 2011 as a wholly owned imprint of Columbia University Press.
Introducing selected titles:
Empires of MUD: Wars and Warlords in Afghanistan by Antonio Giustozzi published by Columbia University PRESS in 2012. Warlords are characteristic leaders who exploit weak authorities to gain control of sub national areas. Author of this book believes that the chances of success of the international community’s attempts to re-establish the Afghan state are diminished by in inability to understand and analyse Afghan politics. This account follow the path of Afghanistan main warlords from the outset to 2008. The purpose is to show how Afghan warlords came into being. Giustozzi studies the similarities and differences between the administrations and compares them against the ascendancy of a third warlords. Antonio Guistozzi is the author, he spent many years visiting, researching, and writing on Afghanistan.
Readings of the Platform Sutra by Morten Schlutter and Stephen F. Teiser (editors) published by Columbia University Press in 2012. The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch is a central text of Zen, a school of Buddhism based on the claim that enlightenment can only be attained through a flash of direct, intuitive understanding. This book is intended to open up the original text to new audience, to advance scholarship in the field. It is the first study in English that offers essays by leading specialists on Buddhism that introduce the history and ideas of the sutra to a general reader and discuss the text‘s historical background and its legacy in Chinese culture. Morten Schlutter is the author and associate professor at the University of Iowa. Stephen F. Teiser is the author and professor in Buddhism t Princeton University.
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch: The Text of the Tun-Huang Manuscript with translation, instruction, and notes by Philip B. Yampolsky with a new foreword by Morten Schlutter published by Columbia University Press in 2012. The origins of the text of the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch can be traced back to the beginning of Chan itself in 17th century China. But for centuries the only known editions of the Platform Sutra dated to 1290 or later. Philip B. Yampolskyy was a leading scholar of Chinese and Japanese Buddhism. The publication in 1967 of Yampolsky's analysis and translation of the Dunhuang manuscript of the Platform Sutra was a monumental event. This book is one of the Translations from the Asian Classics by which the Committee on Asian Studies has sought to transmit to Western readers representative works of the major Asian traditions in thought and literature.
March 2012
NSTA
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), founded in 1944 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, is the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. NSTA's current membership of 60,000 includes science teachers, science supervisors, administrators, scientists, business and industry representatives, and others involved in and committed to science education.
Launched during the spring of 2007, the NSTA New Science Teacher Academy is a year long program established to help reduce the high attrition rate in the science teaching profession by providing professional development and mentoring support to early-career science teachers. Intended for science educators entering their second or third year of teaching, the Academy is designed to help promote quality science teaching, enhance teacher confidence and classroom excellence, and improve teacher content knowledge.
Introducing selected titles:
Stop Faking It! Force & Motion by William C. Robertson, PhD published by NSTA in 2011. The activities and readings in this beautifully illustrated book are written using the learning cycle. There are three basic phases of the learning cycle - Explore, Explain, and Elaborate. The middle three sections of 5 Es are the learning cycle. There are sets of multiple-choice items interspersed between activities in this account. Each activity has suggested group sized, but these are only suggestions. Award-winning author William C. Robertson launched his bestselling Stop Faking It! series is 2002. Science the “Write” Way by Jodi Wheeler-Toppen (editor) published by NSTA in 2011. You don’t have to be trained as an English teacher to integrate writing into your curriculum. However, you may need to practice with students the aspects of their writing that are most important in a science classroom. This book collects articles originally published in the award-winning journals Science and Children and Science Scope. It highlights the importance of science writing and attempts to help elementary and middle school teachers of science tackle topic with confidence and ease. Jodi Wheeler-Toppen is well-versed in the art of combining writing an science instruction.
Science Stories: Using Case Studies to Teach Critical Thinking by Clyde Freeman Herried, Nancy A. Schiller, and Ky F. Herried published by NSTA in 2012. Most teachers can not define critical thinking. Teachers are fascinated by facts, esoteric minutiae that beguile, tantalize, and titillate their fancies. They spend time in classroom convincing students to appreciate the same ideas. This book contains the historical cases, science and the media, and ethics and the scientific process. Each case study comprises a story, classroom discussion questions, teaching notes and background information, objectives, and common misconceptions about the topic, as well as helpful references. High school teachers and college educators will find that this compilation of case studies will allow students to make connections between the classroom and everyday life.
Take-Home Chemistry: Low-Cost Activities to Extend Classroom Learning by Michel Hrton published NSTA in 2011.Written by expert, this account is a collaboration of chemistry labs. This is one piece of a complete chemistry curriculum, and it is assumed that traditional learning and hands-on- activities in the classroom will fill in where take-home labs are not practical. It is written for high school students, many of the activities in the book are well suited for home schooled children as well as those who take online courses. This title includes a collection of 50 inquiry-based labs, it provides hands-on ways to learn science at home and is a useful tool for improving how students learn chemistry, it includes both a student page and a teacher page.
Beyond the Numbers: Making Sense of Statistics by Edwin P. Christmann published by NSTA in 2011. This book presents a nonthreatening, practical approach to statistics with the template for applications of the graphing calculator. It includes an overview of the development and current purposes of statistics and some of the individuals who have played significant roles in the movement that spans more the 2,000 years. This account's each chapter includes key terms, chapter review questions, reading lists, and internet resources, including a website and updated by author that provide chapter summaries, tutorials, and PowerPoint presentations to assist in the organization and presentation of the material.
February 2012
CRC Press
Through the years, CRC Press has gone through a number of acquisitions and mergers, but its name and its mission remain intact. Currently CRC Press functions as the principal science and technology book division of the Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa Company. In getting to this notable position, more changes have occurred than we can list.
The acquisition of Lewis Publishers in 1990 made CRC the leading publisher of environmental science books and the subsequent additions of St. Lucie Press and Auerbach Publishing extended our reach into business management and information technology. The acquisition of Chapman & Hall's mathematics and statistics titles in 1998 took us to the head of the class in these two fields.
In 2003 CRC Press became a member of the Taylor & Francis publishing group. No scientific publisher has a more illustrious history than Taylor & Francis. Established in 1783, Taylor & Francis launched the world leading physics and material science journal, the Philosophical Magazine, which was the first of the more than 1000 journals it now publishes covering nearly every facet of human endeavor.
As if marrying into that lineage wasn't impressive enough, CRC Press also benefitted from the independent 2004 merger of Taylor and Francis with Informa. While the corporate name Informa came into being only as of 1998, the organization can trace its roots back to 1734 when the first issue of the maritime publication Lloyd's List was pinned to the wall of Edward Lloyd's City of London coffee shop. With over 150 offices across the world, Informa plc is the leading international provider of specialist information and services for the academic and scientific, professional, and commercial business communities. Operating in over 40 countries, it produces 10,000 events annually. Strong organic growth bolstered by thoughtful acquisitions has made CRC Press / Taylor and Francis Group a leader in science and technical publishing. Many renowned publishers have come under the CRC banner, including Marcel Dekker Publishing, the book division of the Institute of Physics, Productivity Press, and A K Peters LTD. Already an international leader in chemistry, life sciences, engineering, mathematics, statistics, information technology, and computer science, we've strengthened our collection of cutting-edge resources with the addition of lean manufacturing, computer game development, and computer graphics titles. Introducing selected titles: Biomaterials for Mems by M. Chiao and JC Chiao (editors) published by
CRC in 2011. Biomaterials have been used in biomedical industry to provide implantable devices for the last several decades. Most of such devices have utilized conventional manufacturing processes. MEMs (Microelectromechanical systems) uses micromachining techniques to build miniature devices and cab enable novel applications. This account gives up-to-date coverage of biomaterials and their use in MEMS for biomedical applications, including drug delivery, anti-biofouling and implantable devices. It serves as a guide for practicing engineers, students and researchers. JC Chiao is a Professor of Electrical Engineering University of Texas at Arlington. He has received 4 awarded patents, his research include MEMS RF and optical devices, micro/ nanofabrication and applications, wireless sensors, medical micro devices and systems. M. Chiao's current research interests include design and fabrication of MEMS and nanodevices for biomedical applications. He is recipient of the Young Innovator Award in 2006.
An Introduction to Biomaterials by Jeffrey O. Hollinger (editors) published by CRC in 2011. The 2n edition of this book consists of 33 chapter that have been conceived and organized as a practical educational road map to provide a fundamental understanding of key families of biomaterials and underscore their potential applications in clinical therapeutics. A unique feature of this edition is the emphasis on biological principles. This emphasis is purposeful. This account highlights new biocompatibility issues, metrics, statistics, and new legislation for intellectual property. It has 9 completely new chapters and 24 chapters updated and revised with new contemporary data. Jeffrey O. Hollinger is the author, he has several patterns and has licensed technology developed in his lab. He received Clemson Award in biomaterials in 2008.
January 2012
Osprey
Osprey Publishing has been providing books for enthusiasts since 1968 and since then it has grown, evolved and taken on new challenges until it stands today as one of the most successful examples of niche publishing around. It was originally owned by Berkshire Printing, part of Brooke Bond, the tea company. The company was formed to publish Aircam Aviation, its first series, the brainchild of Dick Ward, the leading aviation illustrator. The series grew out of his work on the collectible cards which were then packaged with Brooke Bond tea. The first Osprey book was published in 1969: Aircam Aviation Series.1: North American P-51D Mustang in USAAF-USAF Service. This set the Osprey style of illustrated information books combining detailed and authoritative text, colour and black & white artwork, and photographs in uniform series formats. Martin Windrow remembers that in 1974 he 'was wondering if Men-at-Arms might last another year'. Three decades later, well over 400 titles have been published in that series, and the whole Osprey list now totals nearly 1,500. The central mission is unchanged. Osprey will continue to bring together expert authors and illustrators and military-history enthusiasts by delivering the information readers need to increase their knowledge and to enrich their leisure or professional pursuits. Osprey's enthusiasm for military history is balanced by an equal enthusiasm for excellent publishing. Introducing selected titles:
Hitler’s Armies: A History of the German War Machine 1939-45 by Chris McNab published by Osprey in 2012. Hitler believed that his political skills were matched by unique ability as a strategic commander. His increasing influence on the Wehrmacht’s conduct of WWII eventually proved to be disastrous. This account is about the development of Hitler’s land forces from their days of victory in 1039 and 1940 to their final devastation in 1945. This book shows how the German Army and related groups earned their reputation, and the extent to which it was justified. Chris McNab is an author and editor who has also written extensively for major encyclopedias.
SAS in World War II: An Illustrated History by Gavin Mortimer published by Osprey in 2011. This deluxe account recreates the days during the summer of 1941. Then, a young Scots Guard officer called David Stirling persuaded MEHQ to give its backing to a small band of 60 men christened ‘L. Detachment’. Beautifully illustrated, this book captures the danger and excitement of the initial SAS raids against Axis airfields during the Desert War, the battles in Italy and more. Gavin Mortimer is the author and contributor to many newspapers and magazines.
Knight: The Warrior and World of Chivalry by Robert Jones published by Osprey in 2011. The knight had rich and vibrant culture, he was literate and intellectual. Many knights were writers, and have left us with tales of great deeds or chronicles of the events they had witnessed and people the knew. Others produced legal and religious discourses which show a contemplative and sensitive nature that belies the brutality of their vocation. This beautifully illustrated account explores the milieu of the medieval warrior. Robert Jones is the author and Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds, and more.
The Road to Victory: From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa by Robert O'Nell with foreword by Dale Dye published by Osprey in 2011. This book examines the complex series of events leading up to the attack of December 7, 1941. On December 7, 147, Japanese fight-planes appeared above Pearl Harbor and fundamentally changed the course of history. With this one surprise attack, the previously isolated America was irrevocably thrown into the fray and WWII had began. You will study and evaluate the expert views set forth in the book's chapters that reveal the horror of battle and the Allien's grim, yet historic determination to wrest victory from what often seemed to be certain defeat.
Always Faithful: U.S. Marines in World War II Combat: The 100 Best Photos by Eric Hammel published by Osprey in 2011. The concept of combat photographer - the worldview, the name, and the training to go with it - did not really emerge in the field until November and December 1943, at Bougainville, Cape Gloucester, and Tarawa. This beautiful account includes 100 photos from the Pacific Theater of operations during WWII. Each image was carefully selected and shown with explanation, describing time and place. Eric Hammel is a professional military historian who appeared in numerous TV documentaries on Marine Corps operations in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and Beirut.
December 2011
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Sixty million students in 120 countries depend on HMH for their education. The world's largest provider of pre-K-12 solutions, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt collaborates with school districts, administrators, teachers, parents and students, providing interactive, results-driven learning. With origins dating back to 1832, the Company also publishes an extensive line of reference works and award-winning literature for adults and young readers. HMH Trade and Reference Publishers is responsible for nearly two centuries' worth of award-winning adult and children’s books, reference materials, eBooks and mobile apps. Their distinguished author list includes eight Nobel Prize winners, 47 Pulitzer Prize winners, 13 National Book Award winners, and more than 100 Caldecott, Newbery, Printz, and Silbert Medal and Honor recipients.
Introducing selected titles:
The Exegesis of Philip K Dick by Pamela Jackson and Jonathan Lethem (Editors) published by HMH in 2011.The terrible law of the universe is that the beautiful and imperishable comes into existence due to the suffering of individual perishable creatures who themselves are not beautiful, and must be reshaped to form a template from which the beautiful is printed. This book is the imaginative final work of an author who dedicated his life to questioning the nature of reality and perception, the malleability of space and time, and the relationship between the human and divine. This account documents Dick’s eight-year attempt to fathom what he called “2-2-74”, a postmodern visionary experience of the entire universe “transformed into information.” This book is the culmination of many years of transcription and archival research. Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) wrote 121 short stories and 45 novels. He is considered one of the most visionary writers of the 20 century.
Inside Scientology: The Story of America’s Most Secretive Religion by Janet Reitman published by HMH in 2011. The limestone and granite Church of Scientology in midtown Manhattan is located northwest of Time Square. On nearby street corners, young men and women offering free “stress tests”. They dresses as conservatively as bank executives. Scientology is a faith that is both mainstream and marginal. Known for its Hollywood members, it is run by uniformed set of believers who rarely appear in the public eye It is an insular society-one that exists as something of a parallel universe to the secular world, with its own nomenclature, ethical code, and its own enforced justice system. This book is a nonfiction work on an elusive faith, it is based on 5 years of research, confidential documents, and extensive interviews with current and former Scientologists. Janet Reitman is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, her work also appeared in GQ, Men’s Journal and other major publications.
Essential Pepin: More Than 700 All-Time Favorites From My Life in Food by Jaques Pepin published by HMH in 2011.Author of this book created thousands of recipes, each remarkable and worthy in its way. This new book demonstrates the ways Jaques has changed through his many books, his many moods, styles, from elaborate classic French cooking to fast food done his way. It shows how he has changed and learned. Today the food world is fundamentally different than it was when he published his first book. In this book, reader will find different recipes. While trends change, basic techniques do not. There’s a 3-hour DVD to accompany this book, demonstrating all the techniques that are essential for the novice as well as the seasoned cook. J. Pepin is the author of many cookbooks, he is cooking teacher.
The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter by Ian O’Connor published by HMH in 2011. Yet Jeter survived an age of steroid-fueled frauds who dominated with their artificial moon shots, and of saber metric snipers who used their forensics to shoot holes through his standing in the game. The point of this book is to provide a simple answer to the question: how did number 2 get to be number 1? In this book, best-selling author draws on extensive reporting and unique access to Jeter that has spanned some 15 years to reveal how a biracial kid from Michigan became New York’s most beloved sports figure and the enduring symbol of the steroid-free athlete. Ian O-Connor is the author and sports columnist, three times named the number-one columnist in America.
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It futures the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide.
Oxford University Press has an incredibly diverse publishing programme, which often surprises people who are expecting a traditional university press offering.
It publishes in many countries, in more than 40 languages, and in a variety of formats–print and digital.
Its products cover an extremely broad academic and educational spectrum, and we aim to make our content available to our users in whichever format suits them best.
Oxford University Press publishes for all audiences–from pre-school to secondary level schoolchildren; students to academics; general readers to researchers; individuals to institutions.
As a department of the University of Oxford its worldwide publishing furthers the University's objectives of excellence in scholarship, research, and education. Their main criteria when evaluating a new title for publication are its quality and whether it supports those aims of furthering education and disseminating knowledge.
Introducing selected titles:
The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations by John Baylis, Steve Smith & Patricia Owens published by Oxford University Press in 2011. This book is the leading introduction to International Relations. Written by experts, it provides insights into the history, theory, structures, and issues important in the world of politics today. In this edition reader will find new chapters on post colonialism and post-structuralism; increased emphasis on the global financial crisis, diplomacy, forced migration, and religion; interactive library of links to journal articles, blogs, and video content; additional case studies for lecturers. Authors tried to follow much the same format. The aim of this account is to provide an overview of world politics in a global era. The focus of this book is how to think about globalization. A globalized world is one in which economic, political, cultural, and social events become more interconnected, and also in which they have more impact. This book answers many questions and is fully up to date, with the most recent global events and remains the essential account for everyone interested in international relations today. John Baylis was Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Wales, Swansea. Steve Smith is Vice-Chancellor and Professor of International Politics at the University of Exeter. Patricia Owens is Senior Lecturer in International Politics at Queen Mary, University of London. Immunology (The Fundamentals of 
Biomedical Science series) by Angela Hall & Christine Yates (editors) published by Oxford University Press in 2011. Immunology is the branch of biomedicine concerned with the structure and function of the immune system. The complexity of immunology can be quite daunting. Traditionally in teaching, immunology is broken down into a description of its cellular and humoral components, then an explanation of the innate and the adaptive immune responses. This account is written to reflect the challenges of practicing biomedical science today, it draw together essential basic science and is one in a series which aims to fulfil this need and to provide detailed information. This book is ideal for those seeking the knowledge and skills to become proficient Biomedical Scientists. Its content carefully developed and helps demonstrate the competence required during the study of biomedical science; case studies and examples enrich the text, rooting it in the context of clinical and biomedical practice. The Fundamentals of Biomedical Science series titles supported by Online Resource Centre, which features additional materials.
Marketing (2nd ed.) by Paul Baines, Chris Fill, and Kelly Page published by OUP in 2011. Second edition of this book provides powerful learning insights into marketing theory and practice. It starts with the basics concepts from classical perspectives and contrasts these with newer views from the relational and service-based schools of marketing.You will find there information on how to get your first job in marketing and what skills employers look for; coverage of advances in new technology and the social web and how to take advantage of these in a marketing context; a chapter dedicated to not for profit and social marketing; and much more. This account is your essential guide with tips and advice from marketing professionals with downloadable author podcasts to help you learn on the go. With this account you will learn what really goes on in the world of marketing. Paul Baines is Reader in Marketing at Cranfield School of Management. Chris Fill is the Founder and Manager Director of Fill Associates. Kelly Page is a lecturer in Digital Media Marketing at Cardiff Business School.
A Brief Introduction to the New Testament (2nd ed) by Bart D. Ehrman published by OUP in 2011. Several changes have made this edition much better than the first. This is a four-color edition, which improves the appearance and readability of the text. Author has moved the discussion of the Johannine epistles out of the chapter on the Fourth Gospel and placed it in its more natural place, among the other general epistles. This account incorporates a wealth of pedagogical resources including an extensive text box program, study questions, maps, timelines, and more than 70 photos. Bart D. Ehrman is author and James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Continuum
Continuum is a leading independent academic publisher, unconstrained by the interests of any global media group or academic institution, and based in London and New York. Continuum publishes around 600 books each year, focusing on the Humanities, Education, and Religion. Their backlist comprises some 7,000 titles. Their output includes textbooks, supplementary course books, research monographs, reference works and professional books, as well as related general non-fiction. Academic proposals are peer-reviewed before they commit to publication, to help ensure quality and to support the career progression of the authors.
Introducing selected titles:
God’s Final Victory: A Comprehensive Philosophical Case for Universalism by John Kronen and Eric Reitan published by Continuum in 2011. Many theists believe that some sins call not only for divine displeasure or judgment, but for retribution, punishment imposed by God as a just and proportionate penalty for sin. There’s the doctrine that the wicked suffer eternal torment. Authors’ aim in this book is to critique not only the intuitions underlying Berger’s views, but any soteriology which holds that some rational creatures will be forever separated from God. Their aim is to systematically challenge the doctrine of eternal hell in any form and to show that, granted certain core Christian principles, no form of DH (eternal hell) is as plausible as some form of DU (universal salvation). Because authors use traditional Christian starting points, some may think this is more a work of theology than philosophy. Nevertheless, John Kronen and Eric Reitan regard this project as ultimately philosophical because their primary objective is to show that a Christian belief system that includes DU is more rationally coherent than one that includes DH. This book is best classified as a work of Christian philosophical theology. Authors also show that even apart distinctively Christian arguments, a powerful comparative case for DU can be made on the basis of premises that are widely shared among theistic fait traditions. An argument does not thereby rule out the belief that universal salvation is achieved through the Incarnation of Christ and His atoning work. Many contemporary Christian thinkers who embrace DH also hold that all will be given an adequate revelation of Christ, at least at death, if not before it. This book presents scholarly monographs offering cutting-edge research and debate. John Kronen is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas, USA. Eric Reitan is Professor of Philosophy at Oklahoma State University, USA and author.
Exiles, Outcasts, Strangers: Icons of Marginalization in Post World War II Narrative by Mary Jo Muratore published by Continuum in 2011. As we trace the history of Western literature, we confront a matrix of recurring themes and refrains, in some contexts residual or secondary, in others primordial or obtrusive by their stirring presence. In this book, author seize the broad paradigm of alienation and apply to it specific parameters and conditions so as to bring coherence to a topic innately resistant to order. After WWII, formerly colonized nations clamored earnestly for independence. Liberation from the
legacy of colonization, proved much more difficult. The racism, class rivalry and linguistic domination imposed by the colonizers remained, creating a host of identity problems for the indigenous population. Trough this account, the reader will engage in a journey encountering newly cast rereading from an internationally diverse of writers such as Camus, Sabato, Wiesel, Gener, Naipaul, Langevin, and others.
Empire and Exile: Postcolonial Readings of the Book of Jeremiah by Steed Vernyl Davidson published by T & T Clark International/Continuum in 2011. The ideas in this book have percolated within the author most of the lifetime and are still undergoing further refinement. This book reflects the outcome of author’s doctoral dissertation. This account differs from the dissertation in several years. The dissertation contains full translations in the interest of staying away from complex arguments, valid in themselves, that can take away the focus from the more germane point being made in this work. The postcolonial approach to the book of Jeremiah is in its infancy. Much more will be written in the future that will both complement and contradict what lies in this book. The most notable revision occurs in Chapter 7, which reflects Steed Vernyl Davidson’s continued thinking on the topic of postcolonial biblical hermeneutics.
Philosophy and The Burden of Theological Honesty: A Donald MacKinnon Reader by John McDowell (editor) published by T & T Clark/Continuum in 2011. MacKinnon’s writing is frequently dense, always involves complex reasoning, and is usually arranged in some quite unpredictable patterns. There’s a sense of messiness that attends to the suitable pressure exerted by a sense of proper dense texture of the ‘ordinary’. More attention needs to be paid by readers to MacKinnon’s responsibility to the Gospel, and the vocation of offering appropriate forms of therapy to the churches that strain towards saccharine resolution, trade complacency in sentimentality. MacKinnon’s intellectual engagements takes him into some dark places, enabling him to expose sharply as improper any and all refusals of discontinuities. MacKinnon has been one of the most important and influential of-post-war British theologians and religious philosophers. He had a significant impact on the development and subsequent theological work of the likes of Nicolas Lash, David Ford, Rowan Williams and John Milbank. In this collection several of MacKinnon’s most outstanding papers not yet published in book format are collected together with an Editorial Introduction by MacKinnon’s own students. Here is another reminder of MacKinnon’s intellectual brilliance. John McDowell is Morpeth Professor of Theology, university of Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
September 2011
Purdue University Press
Dedicated to the dissemination of scholarly and professional information, Purdue University Press provides quality resources in several key subject areas including business, technology, health, veterinary medicine, and other selected disciplines in the humanities and sciences. As the scholarly publishing arm of Purdue University and a unit of Purdue Libraries, the Press is also a partner for university faculty and staff, centers and departments, wishing to disseminate the results of their research.
Today the Press publishes around 30 books a year, and over 10 journals, a number of them in electronic-only, Open Access, format in collaboration with Purdue University Libraries. In 2009, under Interim Director Bryan Shaffer, the Press moved from South Campus Court, on the edge of Purdue’s West Lafayette facility, to Stewart Center, the location of the Libraries Administration. This move reflects a recognition of the converging paths of librarians and publishers in the digital age, and the exciting potential of an integrated approach to scholarly communication. In its location at the center of campus, the Press can also better fulfil the part of its mission that focuses on efficiently supporting the dissemination of scholarly research conducted at Purdue, and enhancing the university's global reputation.
Introducing selected titles:
A Jesuit Garden in Beijing and Early Modern Chinese Culture by Hui Zou published in 2011. In this book, author analyses aspects of garden architecture from the view of the emperors, who have had them built. Readers gain access to their motivations and intentions as well as the cultural contexts of the time. This account gives careful consideration to Western ideas ranging from treatises on perspective to philosophy and theology. Author proposes a convincing diagnosis for the seemingly surprising success of the Jesuit project in China. Hui Zou teaches architectural history, theory, and design at the University of Florida.
The Complete Plant Selection Guide for Landscape Design (2nd ed) by Marc C. Stoecklein published in 2011. This book is a quick and easy-to-use reference guide for choosing plant material for landscape designs. It includes comprehensive lists with search criteria for each of the major plant groups, including shrubs, ground-covers, trees, perennials, vines, ferns, and grasses. Any one from landscape architects to contractors or those who designs with plants can easily choose plants that will work on their site. Both botanical and common names are used and extensive amount of cultural and environmental information is presented. Marc C. Stockelein has over 30 years of practical working knowledge in the landscape industry.
Just Call me Orville: The Story of Orville Redenbacher by Robert W. Topping published in 2011. This book is based on extensive interviews and archival research. It traces the career of Orville Redenbacher, the "popcorn king", from his agricultural studies at Purdue University to his emergence as an American advertising icon. He was born in Brazil, Indiana, in 1907 and began his lifelong obsession with the development of new strains of seed at Purdue where he earned a degree in agronomy while also playing in the All-American Marching Band... Robert W. Topping is the author, he was a Purdue staff member and alumnus.
Disaster Recovery Project Management: Brinning Order from Chaos by Randy Rapp published in 2011. In this book, author explains pertinent requirements and methods for the contractors and other professionals who bring order from chaos. The first section of the book surveys the managerial skills required to confront the range of disasters that might be encountered and the different project environments involved. This is the first systematic presentation of the tools and skills needed for disaster recovery project management. It is designed primary for contractors, although it will also be of value for those who hire them, the communities they serve, and others. Randy R. Rapp is Associate Professor of Building Construction Management Technology at Purdue University. He coordinates the Disaster Restoration and Reconstruction Management concentration.
August, 2011
Frances Lincoln
Frances Lincoln company was founded by Frances Lincoln in 1977. They published their first books two years later, and have been creating illustrated books of the highest quality ever since, with special emphasis on gardening, walking and the outdoors, art, architecture, design and landscape.
In 1983 Frances Lincoln company started to publish illustrated books for children. Since then they have won many awards and prizes with both fiction and non-fiction children's books including the Independent Publishers' Guild Cultural Diversity Award in 2007. In 2008 they established the Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children's Book Award to further our mission for publishing children's titles that celebrate cultural diversity in the widest possible sense.
Both lists have a strong multicultural element and a high reputation internationally. Their many publishing partners include Oxfam, The Royal Horticultural Society, The Victoria and Albert Museum and Amnesty International; Frances Lincoln company wants all their books to reflect the richness and diversity of the world we live in today.
Introducing selected titles:
How to Understand a Painting: Decoding Symbols in Art by Francoise Barbe-Gall published by Frances Lincoln in 2011. Man, bewildered by the world around him, seeks to interpret the shapes he sees and to reassure himself by finding some coherence with them. The history of painting clearly makes use of the visual vocabulary. In this book author illuminates our understanding of how symbols have been used and developed in art from 15 to 21st century. He offers 68 vivid examples. Painting has always made abundant use of forms and objects to convey abstract ideas: hope, love, loyalty and betrayal. Today art lovers learn to look out for all the small things that can easily seem like unimportant details, or simply decoration. But a flower, a reflection in a mirror or a bird in flight nearly always mean more than they first appear to. Francoise Barbe-Gall is the author, she runs Coreta in which capacity she has lectured extensively.
The Universe in the Landscape: Landforms by Charles Jencks published by Frances Lincoln in 2011. This beautiful edition This is an imaginative act to see the universe in a landscape. It doesn't require special qualification and a natural way of viewing things and is common to all ages. Every culture has made gardens. The landforms shown in this book are part of a larger project that author will touch on time to time. Every design has some concept of nature or the cosmos behind it, motivating the patterns and rhythms. Author seeks to define a new landscape iconography based on forms and themes that may be eternal, in the sense that they crystallise natures' laws, some of which have been recently discovered. Charles Jencks is the author and a landscape designer, writer and historian of contemporary architecture.
When in Rome: 2000 Years of Roman Sightseeing by Matthew Sturgis published by Frances Lincoln in 2011. There's no place like Rome. Rome has always been a tourist centre. In every age - from Classical to Modern - people have flocked to see its wonders.This book is a story of what Rome's visitors have looked at over the past two thousand years: the statues, the buildings, the artifacts. This account is the history of how Rome has changed with the centuries and of how the taste of those who have visited the city has changed with it. Matthew Sturgis is the author. He is a historian and biographer as well.
July, 2011
WROX
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Professional Scrum with Team Foundation Server 2010 by Steve Resnick, Aaron Bjork, Michael de la Maza published by Wrox in 2011. This book promises to elucidate for the reader the ways and means of conducting the prevailing best practices using the prevailing technology.It offers an in-depth focus on the process element and serves as a road map for using Scrum to organize teams and activities and show you how to use Visual Studio Team Foundation Server to execute a Scrum project. This book examines the roles and responsibilities of an effective team; introduces you roles and tracking and reporting functions of TFS; demonstrates how to create product backing items and define them for release, and much more. Steve Resnick is a founder and managing director of BlueMetal Architects. Aaron Bjork is a senior program manager at Microsoft. Michael de la Maza is an Agile coach and trainer.
Discovering SQL: A Hands-On Guide for Beginners by Alex Kriegel published by Wrox in 2011. The relational databases and SQL have evolved since the 70s when they made their first appearance, and the concept embeded into the database SQL might appear counterinterintuitive to the uninitiated. This book covers the most important SQL dialects along with the current release of SQL Standard; highlights the differences between particular implementations and the power and limitations of SQL; demonstrates how SQL deals with all types of data; looks at dynamic SQL, procedural extensions and latest developments in the field, much more. Alex Kriegel is an enterprise systems architect for the Oregon Health Authority.
Joomla!: 24-hour Trainer by Jen Kramer published by Wrox in 2011. In 2011, you need a background in HTML and FTP to build a website, with a healthy dose of graphic design and Photoshop skills.. This account demonstrates how to install Joomla! using "one-click" interfaces; explains how to organize content in Joomla!; Instructs you on adding extensions to Joomla!; provides pointers for search engine optimization; creates a password-protected portion of the website for selected visitors, and more. Jen Kramer is the president of 4Web, Inc, where she builds highly customized Joomla! websites and offers training.
Professional Unified Communications: Development with Microsoft Lync Server 2010 by George Durzi, Michael Greenlee published by Wrox in 2011. This book will show you how to integrate the right functionality into your applications. This book explores the classes and operations in the UCMA API that can be used to control presence, audio, and IM sessions, conferences; explains the SIP messaging that UCMA uses behind the scenes to perform various operations; walks you through several useful throubleshooting techniques and solutions to specific common issues; covers how to build interactive voice or IM applications using communication workflows and custom communicationworkflow activities, and more. George Durzi is a Principal Consultant at Clarity Consulting. Michael Greenlee is an implementation manager for Clarity Connect.
June 2011
Elsevier
As the world’s leading publisher of science and health information, Elsevier serves more than 30 million scientists, students and health and information professionals worldwide.Elsevier helps customers by providing world-class information and innovative tools that help them make critical decisions, enhance productivity and improve outcomes. A global company headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier is employing more than 7,000 people in 24 countries.
Introducing selected titles:
Computer Networks: A System Approach (5th Edition) by Larry L. Peterson and Bruce S. Davie published by Elsevier/ Morgan Kaufmann in 2011. This now-classic book, written by experts, has been revised to keep it up-to-date with the evolving field. The previous edition dealt with switching and routing in two chapters, but a presentation based on layers is not always the best way to convey the essentials of the material. This timely book looks at the important protocols in use today - especially the internet protocols. This account reflects not just the theoretical issues in protocol design, but the real factors that matter in practice. It looks at some protocols that are just emerging now. The discussion of basic issues is presented in a way that derives from the fundamental nature of the problem, not the constants of the layered reference model or the details of today’s protocols. What this book presents is both timely and timeless; the current examples and explanation of fundamentals make this book unique. This best-selling and classic account teaches reader the key principles of computer networks, the authors explain various protocols and networking technologies. Their system-oriented approach encourages reader to think about how individual network components fit into a larger, complex system of interactions.
Pervasive Information Architecture: Designing Cross-Channel User Experiences by Andrea Resmini & Luca Rosati published by Elsevier/ Morgan Kaufmann in 2011. This book is about the design of ecosystems for way finding and understanding promotes a holistic approach to information architecture and user experience that draws insights from multiple disciplines and historical contexts. It leads to the future with an ingenious collection of medium- independent heuristics to guide the complex decisions that lie ahead.This account provides examples showing why and how one would model and shape information to adapt itself to users' needs, goals, and searching strategies; reduce disorientation and increase legibility and way-finding in digital and physical spaces; alleviate the frustration associated with choosing from an ever-growing set of information, services, and goods; suggest relevant connections between pieces of information, services, and goods to help users achieve their goals. Andrea Resmini, PhD Researcher at University of Boras. Luca Rosati, Freelance Information Architect, Adjunct Professor at University for Foreigners of Perugia, Italy.
Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques (3rd Edition) by Ian H. Witten, Eibe Frank and Mark A. Hall published by Elsevier/ Morgan Kaufmann in 2011. Data Mining is the extraction of implicit, previously unknown, and potentially useful information from data. The idea is to build computer programs that sift through databases automatically, seeking regularities or patterns. Strong patterns will likely generalize to make accurate predictions on future data. But many problems will be banal and uninteresting. This edition offers a throughout grounding in machine learning concepts as well as practical advice on applying machine learning tools and techniques in real -world data mining situations. This book will teach you everything you need to know about preparing inputs, interpreting outputs, evaluating results, and the algorithmic methods at the heart of successful data mining. Ian H. Written is Assistant Professor at the University of Waikato in New Zealand and recipient of the 2004 IFIP Namur Award. Eibe Frank is Senior Lecturer at the University of Waikato in New Zealand and member of the Editorial Board of the Machine Leading Journal. Mark A. Hall is Honorary Research Associate, Department of Computer Science at the University of Waikato in New Zealand and Corecipient of 2005 SIGKDD Service Award.
GPU Computing Gems, Emerald Edition by Wen-Mei W. Hwu (Editor-in-Chief) published by Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann in 2011.Since the introduction of CUDA in 2007, more than 100 million computers with CUDA-capable GPUs have been shipped to users. GPUs are designed to be parallel - having hundreds of cores versus traditional GPUs. Different application domains often pose similar algorithm problems, and researchers from diverse application domains often develop similar algorithm strategies. This book features a snapshot of the state of GPU computing in ten critical domains, edited by Wen-mei W. Hwu with experts from NVIDIA Corporation and instructors from leading GPU programs worldwide; many examples leverage NVIDIA's CUDA parallel computing architecture, the most widely-adopted massively parallel programing solution,and more. Wen-mei W. Hwu is the co-author of Programming Massively Parallel Processor and Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Coordinated Science Laboratory of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
May 2011
Focal Press: Celebrating 70 Years!
Focal Press has been a leading publisher of Media Technology books for 70 years. Focal provides essential resources for professionals and students in many areas including: film and digital video production, photography, digital imaging, graphics, animation and new media, broadcast and media distribution technologies, music recording and production, mass communications, and theatre technology. Focal Press is committed to publishing high quality books filled with practical hands-on information, dealing with cutting-edge and converging technologies from the experts in the field. You will find practical solutions to problems, examples you can apply to your work, and valuable insights that will help you keep up-to-date in these highly competitive fields.
Focal delivers to you the techniques that have proved successful for professionals, and inspire you to go further with your craft. Their books demystify ever-changing technologies and help you gain success.
Focal Press - learn, master, create.
Introducing selected titles:
Light - Science & Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting by Fil hunter, Steven Biver, and Paul Fuqua published by Focal Press in 2011. Styles of photographic lighting changing and will continue to do so. This book is based on the behavior of light, and its principles will not change until fundamental physics does. This is book to deal adequately with how light behaves when it reflects from a surface and how the material making the subject determines the appearance of that reflection. This fundamental understanding is not intended to simply enable photographers to shoot pictures like those in this title but rather to transfer those pictures to any subject matter, using any equipment they might have. Fil Hunter is the award-winning photographer who has worked for US News & World Report, Time Life Books, and National Geographic. Steven Biver is the award-winning commercial photographer, his client list includes DuPont, IBM, Mobil and more. Paul Fuqua is an author, his photography takes him all over the world.
The Photoshop Darkroom: Creative Digital Post-Processing by Harold Davis and Phyllis Davis published by Focal Press in 2011. A digital photographer who misses the opportunity that come after the photo is taken loses much of the power of the new medium. The goal of this book is to provide a framework of fundamental techniques you can use to enrich your creative work. Photoshop is a tool, just like the enlarger and chemicals in an old-fashion darkroom. With this book you will learn how to work with RAW image files; understand the Photoshop darkroom workflow; multi-process Raw files; extend the dynamic range of your photographs, create High Dynamic Range images by hand, and much more. This book offers limitless possibilities for photographers looking for jaw-dropping results. Harold Davis is an author and award-winning photographer. Phyllis Davis is an author. She is well known for her ability to explain complex in simple visual steps.
Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 For Photographers: The creative Use of Photoshop Elements On Mac and PC by Philip Andrews published by Focal Press in 2010. Discussing the whole range of tools and features and their optimum use in an easy-going manner requires a three dimensional understanding -- of the product itself, of the digital imaging environment and, most importantly, of the user. In this book, Philip uses a very simple and easy-to-understand style to illustrate the basic functionalities and then moves onto the more advanced techniques. He winds it up with illustrations and pictures which are completed by the video tutorials and resources download section of the associated website. There are many general digital imaging concepts and expert’s tips which make package extremely contextual with respect to current imaging technology. Philip Andrews is Adobe Australia’s official Photoshop and Elements Ambassador. He is an author, editor, and online course creator.
The Photoshop Darkroom 2: Creative Digital Transformations by Harold Davis and Philis Davis published by Focal Press in 2011. In film darkroom, the recipes changed, but the idea of how to develop film and paper stayed the same. For the most part techniques shown in this book can be done using the core features of Photoshop. The goal of the title is to inspire with techniques to try, the emphasis is on creative transformations. This involve a wide range of challenges from cleanig up an image to creating new fantastic digital images. With this book you will learn how to take advantage of the possibilities available in RAW image files; use Adobe Lightroom to multi-RAW process your photo; correct flaws and improve the tonality of your images; extend the dynamic range of your photos; improve and enhance portraits and glamour shots; create high dynamic range images by hand, and much more. Harold Davis is an author and award-winning photographer. Phyllis Davis is an author, well known for her ability to explain complex in simple steps.
April 2011
Westview Press
Westview Press was founded in 1975 in Boulder, Colorado, by notable publisher and intellectual Fred Praeger. Now more than 35 years later, Westview Press continues to publish scholarly titles and high-quality undergraduate and graduate level textbooks in core social science disciplines. With books developed, written, and edited with the needs of serious nonfiction readers, professors, and students in mind, Westview Press honors its long history of publishing “books that matter.”
Westview Press is a proud member of The Perseus Books Group.
March 2011
The New Press
Established in 1990 as a major alternative to the large, commercial publishers, The New Press is a not-for-profit publishing house operated editorially in the public interest. It is committed to publishing in innovative ways works of educational, cultural, and community value that, despite their intellectual merits, may be deemed insufficiently profitable by commercial publishers. Like the Public Broadcasting System and National Public Radio as they were originally conceived, The New Press aims to provide ideas and viewpoints under-represented in the mass media.
An Army of Phantoms: American Movies And The Making Of The Cold War by J. Hoberman published by The New Press in 2011. This book initiates a three-part chronicle of American politics from 1945 through 1990. The middle part has already been published as The Dream Life. The movies discussed in this book are not necessary the most critically prized or very popular. Author analyzed Hollywood’s cavalry Westerns, apocalyptic sci-fi flicks, biblical spectaculars, media events, political campaigns, congressional hearings, and drawing on FBI files and studio records. It is a major work of cultural criticism and film history from one of the foremost film critics writing today. J. Hoberman is author and co-author, and the senior film critic for the Village Voice.
Saving State U: Why We Must Fix Public Education by Nancy Forbre published by The New Press in 2010. State universities cannot be saved in isolation. They sink or swim with a revitalized vision of social democracy, an economic system based on commitments to the development of human capabilities. Public education produces more than just diplomas, it develops broader capabilities that students deploy as friends, citizens, partners, parents. Education nurtures hope and curiosity, confidence and diligence, and care. This important book is account of the national debates raging through public campuses, it argues for support for public higher education. Nancy Folbre is author and professor of economics.
Styin' Alive: The 1970s and Last Days Of The Working Class by Jefferson Cowie published by The New Press in 2010. This book is wide ranging political and cultural history, it takes reader from the factory floors connecting culture and politics. It shows the big screen, helping understand how the United States turned away from the radicalism of the 60s. This account also captures the defining characteristics of a new era. Prizewinning historian, Jefferson Cowie is an author and an associate professor of history at Cornell University.
Dr. Seuss & Co. Go to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of America’s Leading Comic Artists by Andre Schiffrin published by The New Press in 2009. This book is a companion and a sequel to Dr. Seuss Goes to war, by Richard H. Minear. The cartoons in this book organized by subject and then chronologically within the categories. Each section is preceded by a short text, explaining the more difficult references, some of which may seem incomprehensible to today’s reader. The cartoons offer a totally different picture of the war, both at home and abroad. Andre Schiffrin is an author of a few books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Embracing Defeat.
The Lost Soul Of Higher Education; Corporatization, the Assault on Academic Freedom and the End of American University by Ellen Schrecker published by The New Press in 2010. Yet in just about every case in which the faculty members lost their jobs because they were too politically unpopular or too outspoken, the institutions that dismissed them justified that action by invoking the hallowed norms of academe. In this book, author traces the development of academic freedom over the years and looking at how the challenges to that freedom evolved. This book probes one of the urgent issues of our time, it argues that the American university is under attack. Ellen Schrecker is an author and professor of history at Yeshiva University, she is the former editor of the American Association of University Professors‘ magazine, Academe.
February 2011
Wiley: Jossey-Bass
Publishing nearly 250 new titles each year, Jossey-Bass seeks to honor and affirm the values, purpose, and mission that inform their publishing decisions and professional relationships.
The Online Teaching Survival Guide: Simple and Practical Pedagogical Tips by Judith V. Boettcher and Rita-Marie Conrad published by Jossey-Bass in 2010.in a world, where innovative communication technologies often drive pedagogical change, we find it refreshing to see online instructional practices rooted in sound pedagogical theory. Whether you seek to strengthen your own online teaching practice or to support a local community of online teachers, you will find much value in this book. This important account focusing on the life of a course and the tips for each phase of it seemed a natural choice as a next step to supporting the higher education community. It offers faculty a wide array of theory-based techniques designed for online teaching and technology-enhanced courses. Written by two pioneers in distance education, this guide presents practical instructional strategies spread out over a 4-phase timeline that covers the lifespan of a course. Judith V. Boettcher is a consultant and author in online and distance learning at the University of Florida. Rita-Marie Conrad is an online faculty member at various institutions, including Florida State University.
Radicalizing Learning: Adult Education for a Just World by Stephen D. Brookfield and John D. Holst published by Jossey-Bass in 2011. This book is intended to serve as an overview of the theory and practice of adult education interpreted from one particular perspective that we call radical. It is designed to be a contemporary and comprehensive treatment of practices and ideas that comprise the understanding and facilitation of adult learning. Nothing that the traditional project of adult education is creating and extending a genuinely participatory democracy, the authors focus the book on the purposeful learning adults undertake in pursuit of political and economic democracy. This account outlines the functions of radical teaching and identifies elements of a radical curriculum. Stephen D. Brookfield is Distinguished Unicersity Professor at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota. John D. Holst is an associate professor in the department of Leadership, Policy and Administration at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis. The 
Handbook of Race and Adult Education by Vanessa Sheared, Juanita Johnson-Bailey, Scipio A. J. Colin, III, Elizabeth Peterson, Stephen D. Brookfield, and Associates published by Jossey Bass in 2010. This account is not limited to adult education or even to education, it shows how racism’s location within the social structures causes us to become internally racist as well as entrapped in structural racism without being explicitly conscious of the situation. While much attention has been given to diversity, inclusion, and multiculturalism within adult education, this book is the comprehensive work to engage in a dialogue specifically about race and racism and the effect these factors have on the marginalization or oppression of groups and individuals. This volume is a timely addition to the intense racial debate occurring in the USA today.
Virtual Teamwork: Mastering the Art and Practice of Online Learning and Corporate Collaboration by Robert Ubell (editor) published by Willey in 2010. Online learning is a new phenomenon, originating in rudimentary form less than two decades ago and gradually building in scale and improving in quality and cost. This account by Robert Ubell and his team of collaborators adds an important dimension to effective teaching and learning in online environments. It explores cases derived from practice, encompassing virtual teams in specific fields, leadership, and team effectiveness, coupled with the technologies required for smooth interaction. Here explored ideas and practices that should be of equal interest to many outside of academe. Reader will find in this book a wealth of tips and techniques for building and managing successful virtual teams, including guidance. Robert Ubell is Vice President, Enterprise Learning, NYU Polytechnic Institute.
January 2011
Hay House Publishing
Hay House was founded in 1984 by Louise L.Hay as a way to self-publish her first two books, Heal Your Body and You Can Heal Your Life, both of which became international bestsellers (You Can Heal Your Life has sold more than 35 million copies worldwide) and established Louise as a leader in the transformational movement. Today, Hay House is committed to publishing products that have a positive self-help slant and are conducive to healing planet Earth.
In 1987, Hay House was incorporated, expanding into a full-scale publishing company. They now publish books, CDs, DVDs, and the well-known card decks that are part of our beautifully illustrated and conceived Lifestyles line.
The subjects that have been covered by Hay House products reflect an eclectic assortment of interests: astrology, alternative health, angels, pet care, finance, nutrition, parenting, psychology, sociology, meditation, spirituality, numerology, color therapy, feng shui, business, autobiographies, social commentary, memoirs, and much more.
Hay House is one of the fastest-growing self-help and transformational publishers in the world, selling our products to more than 35 countries around the world. The company currently publishes approximately 300 books and 350 audio programs by more than 130 authors, and employs a full-time staff of 100-plus. Hay House is a medium-sized publishing house bringing in big-name authors who are attracted to Hay House innovative approach to 21st century publishing.
New Beginnings Press, Princess Books, and Smiley Books are imprints of Hay House.
Hay House is located in Carlsbad, California, with international divisions in Australia, the United Kingdom, India, and South Africa.
Hay House launched its own radio station in early 2005. It broadcasts worldwide via the Internet.
Hay House loves to stay in touch with its readers.
A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever by Marianne Williamson published by Hay House in 2010. When our heart is fully open and vulnerable, we can experience profound levels of intimacy that are healing, joyful, powerful, creative and ecstatic… What is the connection between spirituality and weight loss? The author answers that question bringing you 21 spiritual lessons. These lessons form a holistic paradigm foe weight loss, addressing the emotional, spiritual, and psychological elements involved in what Williamson refers to as “conscious weight loss”. Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed lecturer and the best-selling author.
December 2010
Information Today, Inc.
Information Today, Inc (ITI) is the publisher of Information Today, as well as other periodicals, books, directories, and online products; and is the organizer of Computers in Libraries, Streaming Media, Enterprise Search Summit, and other prestigious conferences and exhibitions for the library, information & knowledge management communities. Their goal is to provide users and producers of information, knowledge and content management products and services with the information they need to do their jobs as effectively as possible. They welcome your suggestions for new products and services as well as comments on existing ones.
The Accidental Health Sciences Librarian by Lisa A. Ennis and Nicole Mitchell published by Information today in 2010. The authors of this book are to be congratulated for presenting not just a terrific overview of the field and the infrastructure that support it, but also for their inclusion of others' stories and journeys. This book encapsulates within its covers numerous personal reflections that provide valuable guidance to those considering a career in health librarianship. (Website resource - ahslbook.wordpress.com/).
The Accidental Taxonomist by Heather Hedde published by Information Today in 2010. With the arrival of affordable computing in 1980s, simple economics pushed information into digital formats. The blossoming of the internet in the 1990s began a much more universal information availability cascade, and this made problems of information navigation and retrieval both more wide-spread and more acute. This book is the most comprehensive guide to the art and science of building information taxonomies. Heather Hedden is one of today's leading writers, instructors and consultants on indexing and taxonomy topics.
The Accidental Library Marketer by Kathy Dempsey published by Information Today in 2009. What most library employees do not realize is that there's a way to practically guarantee success in their promotional endeavors. This book fills a need for library professionals and paraprofessionals who find themselves in an awkward position - they need to promote their libraries and services in the age of the internet, but they are never been taught how to do so effectively. It is a result-oriented guide by long-time editor of the Marketing Library Services newsletter - Kathy Demsey. This important account combines real-life examples and expert advice.
Accidental Librarian by Pamela H. MacKellar published by Information Today in 2008. Accidental Librarians share two characteristics: and overwhelming eagerness to learn everything they can about library science, and a dedication to providing exceptional library services to their communities. If you become a librarian without planning then this book is for you. The traditional route to become a librarian is to attend n American Library Association school of library science and earn a master’s degree. Pamela H. MacKellar, a 25-year library veteran covers library principles, practices, and tools of the trade. She offers examples and tips to increase your understanding.
November 2010
Black Dog Publishing
Black Dog Publishing Limited London specialises in beautifully produced illustrated books that represent a fresh, eclectic take on contemporary culture. Starting from a base in art and architecture, Black Dog Publishing has grown to embrace subjects as varied as design, fashion, music and environmental concerns. As its remit broadens and the list grows, company is expanding into new territories and gaining a broader audience around the world. Through this company stays true to its founding principals; to take a daring, innovative approach to the titles, to maintain high production values and authoritative content and to produce books that challenge, provoke and entertain.
Colonial Moodern: Aestetics off the Past Rebellions for the Future by Tom Avermaete, Serhat Karakayali, and Marion von Osten (editors) published in 2010. This book has its roots in a project entitled In the Desert of Modernity, organised by the Haus der Kulturen der Welt tegether with the book's editors. The project has links to the Haus der Kulturen der Welt's history in two ways. The Haus was a central modernist symbol and the project title references the history of modernity. The US government presented the Haus to Berlin in the 1950s during the first international building exhibition, which attracted Western modernist architects. This account reflects how era of decolonisation had a asting and unsettling effect on the practices and discourses of mass-housing.
The Secret Self As A Stranger: Simon Lewty published in 2010. Lewty's eventual abandonment of figuration as such in the 1990s shows his distance from those artists committed to it as a faith, and also perhaps served to distance him from the reactions to the work that assimilated it to outsider status. Simon Lewty came to prominence in the early 1980s as a significant figure in the short-lived revival of New Image Painting that took place at that time, partly in reaction to 2 decades of conceptual and ideas-based art. Fully-illustrated, this book brings together a group of critical essays and texts by Cathy Courtney, Jessica Dublow, Paul Hills, Ian Hunt, Peter Larkin, Susan Michie, Stuart Morgan and the artist himself.
Alphabets: A Miscellany Of Letters, introduction by David Sacks published in 2010. The alphabet began as a string of pictured objects. But they were carefully chosen objects, whose names collectively held a special quality. And in their shapes and denoted sounds, these picture letters were the direct ancestors of ABC's. Later, those letters become our letters. The tale begins historically arond 2000 BC. But the explanation might start with the present day and some general principles. This title is a playful take on the alphabets relationship with design, art, typography, children's books, learning aides, commercial singage, comtemporary culture and everything and anything is between.
Mapping America: Exploring the
Continent published in 2010. This greatly illustrated book traces the formation of the United States of America from its origins as a colonial backwater, through periods of ever-changing country and state borders. Two extended introductions provide very different perspectives on the mapping of America. Featuring over 120 detailed images, this book offers new details and points of interest with every viewing. Reader will find the transport maps, both practical and abstract - from Abraham Bradley's seminal late eighteenth/early nineteenth century postal road maps, through to Cameron Booth's Eisenhower Interstate System, and much more. With introduction by Frank Jacobs and Fritz Kessler this book is divided into thematic chapters that cover the issues of "Discovering", "Navigating" and "Imaging" the continent.
October 2010
CRC Press
Today CRC Press functions as the principal science and technology book division of the Taylor & Francis Group. The acquisition of Lewis Publishers in 1990, made CRC the leading publisher of environmental science books. The subsequent additions of St. Lucie Press and Auerbach Publishing extended CRC reach into business management and information technology. The acquisition of Chapman & Hall's mathematics and statistics titles took CRC to the head of the class in these two fields.
The most important change occurred when in 2003, CRC Press became a member of the Taylor & Francis publishing group. No scientific publisher has a more illustrious history than Taylor & Francis. Established in 1783, Taylor & Francis was truly the voice of the European enlightenment. With little more than the power of conviction of a young printer’s apprentice named Richard Taylor, it launched the world leading physics and material science journal, the Philosophical Magazine, which was the first of the more than 1000 journals it now publishes covering nearly every facet of human endeavor.
As if marrying into that lineage wasn’t impressive enough, CRC Press also benefitted from the independent 2004 merger of Taylor and Francis with Informa. While the corporate name Informa came into being only as of 1998, the organization can trace its bloodline back to 1734 when the first issue of the maritime publication Lloyd's List was pinned to the wall of Edward Lloyd's City of London coffee shop. With over 150 offices across the world, Informa plc is the leading international provider of specialist information and services for the academic and scientific, professional, and commercial business communities. Operating in over 40 countries, it produces 10,000 events annually.
Merging the path of CRC Press with that Taylor & Francis and Informa, has expanded the company’s depth as well as its reach. A host of other renowned publishers has come under the CRC banner in recent years. These include Dekker Publishing, the book division of the Institute of Physics, Garland Press, Lawrence Erlbaum, and Haworth.
Evolved Cellular Network: Planning and Optimization for UMTS and LTE by Lingyang Song and Jia Shen (editors) in 2010. A key aim of modern cellular communication networks is to provide high-capacity coverage over a wide area. The cellular concept was first deployed in the U.S. in 1947. By breaking the coverage area down into many small cells, the total system capacity could be substantially increased, enabling more users to be served simultaneously. The use of different frequencies in cells that are close to each other continued as the predominant cellular technique for the next 4 decades, up to and including the Global System for Mobile Communications, which was the first cellular system to achieve worldwide penetration, with billions of users… This important account presents an accessible introduction to all stages of planning and optimizing UMTS, HSPA, and LTE cellular networks. It starts with overview of each type of network, with channel models and basic techniques; explains the challenges operators and vendors are likely to face and explains the critical role network planning and optimization play in addressing these challenges. It also analyzes techniques for major mechanisms, troubleshooting, trending, and conducting radio performance analysis. This book provides the practical understanding that meet the ever-growing demands for mobile data solutions.
September 2010
Princeton University Press
...In 1965, the Princeton University Press built a new 55,000 square foot printing plant in Lawrenceville, modernized its offices, and launched a paperback publication program that has since become one of the largest among university presses. In 1969, the Bollingen Foundation gave the world- renowned Bollingen Series, established in 1941 by Paul Mellon and Mary Conover Mellon, to the Press with the responsibility for carrying forward its work in archaeology, ethnology, literary criticism, mythology, philosophy, psychology, religion, and related fields. The 100 numbered works in this series include The Collected Works of C.G. Jung (to date, the Press has sold more than one million copies of books by Jung, including paperbacks and excerpts from this series), The Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Collected Works of Paul Valery, and Works by St.-John Perse, the 1960 Nobel Laureate in poetry. Some of the individual titles include Kenneth Clark's The Nude; E.H. Gombrich's Art and Illusion; Aleksandr Pushkin's Eugene Onegin, translated and with commentary by Vladimir Nabokov; The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell (which has sold more than 750,000 copies to date); and the Wilhelm/Baynes translation of The I Ching, Or Book of Changes (which remains the Press's single bestselling book with more than 900,000 copies in print).
In 1986, Walter Lippincott succeeded Bailey as director of the Press. Since then, the Press has continued to expand its publication program and in 1993, sold its printing plant in order to focus exclusively on acquiring and publishing scholarly books. The Alumni Weekly also became an independent entity in 1990. The Complete Works of W.H. Auden, edited by Edward Mendelson, was launched in 1989. Other notable books during this period include Brian Boyd's two-volume biography of Vladimir Nabokov; Robert Putnam's Making Democracy Work; D.M. Kreps's A Course in Microeconomic Theory; Joseph Frank's monumental multi-volume biography of Dostoevsky; and The Nature of Space and Time by Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose.
Over the years, Princeton University Press has won many honors. In 1950, the Press received The Carey-Thomas Award of Publishers' Weekly for the initiation of The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. The Press received another Carey- Thomas Award in 1973 in recognition of the accomplishments of Bollingen Series and a third one in 1976 recognizing the Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation. Six Princeton University Press books have won Pulitzer Prizes: Russia Leaves the War (1957) by George F. Kennan, Banks and Politics in America From the Revolution to the Civil War (1958) by Bray Hammond, Between War and Peace (1961) by Herbert Feis, Washington, Village and Capital (1963) by Constance McLaughlin Green, The Greenback Era (1965) by Irwin Unger, and Machiavelli in Hell (1989) by Sebastian de Grazia. The Press won a National Book Award for Kennan's book, as well as for Anthony Kerrigan's translation of The Agony of Christianity and Essays on Faith by Miguel de Unamuno and Jackson Mathews's translation of Monsieur Teste by Paul Valery. Joseph Frank's Dostoevsky: The Years of Ordeal, 1850-1859 won a National Book Critics Circle Award in 1985. The History and Geography of Human Genes by Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Paola Menozzi, and Alberto Piazza won the American Association of Publishers' R.R. Hawking Award in 1995 for the best scientific, technical, and medical book published in the United States. In addition, the Press has won five Bancroft Prizes for books by Kennan, Arthur S. Link, R.R. Palmer, and Felix S. Gilbert. The Press has also received many awards for excellence in design and printing, including 48 honors from the American Institute of Graphic Arts for books designed by P.J. Conkwright, the Press's chief designer and typographer from 1939 to 1970.
Playing Gods: Ovid’s Metamorphoses and the Politics of Fiction by Andrew Feldherr published by Princeton University Press in 2010. In this book, the author’s goal is to expand the understanding of the modes by which the work facilitates the audience’s reflection on and redefinition of the hierarchies operative within Roman society. The “politics” of Metamorphoses it addresses does not mean the same thing as Ovid’s politics, and readers will find no explicit discussion of the attitudes of the poet toward emperor. This book offers a novel interpretation of politics and identity in Ovid’s epic poem of transformations, the Metamorphoses. Playig Gods argues that Ovid uses the problem of fiction in the text to redefine the power of poetry in Augustine Rome. The book provides the range of cultural phenomena that defined and projected Augustan authority, including theater, visual arts, and spectacle. Andrew Feldherr is author and professor of classics at Princeton University. He is also editor of The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Historians.
The Axe and the Oath: Ordinary Life in the Middle Ages by Robert Fossier published by Princeton University Press in 2010. In this book, Robert Fossier presents a compelling picture of daily life of ordinary people in the Middle Ages. He describes how they confronted life, from birth to death; how medieval men and women encountered, coped with, and understood the basic material facts of the life. Reader will find out how ordinary people experienced the cultural, intellectual, social, and spiritual aspects of medieval life. In attempting to shake up “certitudes,” author’s hope is to lead the reader to raise questions about them, naturally leaving open the possibility of returning to them if they prove the better choice. Robert Fossier is author of many books, he is professor emeritus of medieval history at the Sorbonne and editor of The Cambridge History of the Middle Ages.
August 2010
Wiley: For Dummies
With more than 200 million books in print and more than 1,600 titles, For Dummies is the most widely recognized and highly regarded reference series in the world. Since 1991, For Dummies has helped millions make everything easier.
US Constitution for Dummies by Dr. Michael Arnheim published by Wiley in 2009. With this book reader will learn to trace the evolution of the Constitution, discern what each of the seven articles means, understand Constitutional amendments, and recognize the power of the US Supreme Court. Maybe you are afraid the Constitution isn’t really that interesting. It is a never-ending source of interesting debates and arguments! This book explains the Constitution simply and thoroughly, including the controversy it evokes, it covers the entire Constitution. This guide will walk you through this revered document, explaining how articles and amendments came to be and how they have guided legislators. Dr. Michael Arnheim is a practicing barrister, mediator, and academic. He is the author of a text on British constitutional law and consults with various US firms.
Home Buying for Dummies (4th Ed.) by Eric Tyson, MBA and Ray Brown published by Wiley in 2009. With this book you will learn to find the right home in today’s market, obtain a mortgage, negotiate your best deal, and improve your credit score. If you want to buy a house but concerned about market or have a fear, this guide will help you with time-tested advice and updated strategies. This new edition included expanded coverage to help homebuyers take advantage of low home prices, understand the subprime mortgage crisis, obtain a mortgage, and much more Eric Tyson, MBA, is a financial counselor and the author of bestselling books on finance. Ray Brown is a real estate professional for more than 30 years.
QuickBooks 2009 for Dummies by Stephen L Nelson, MBA, CPA, published by Wiley in 2009. With this book, reader will learn to succeed in setting up and using QuickBooks; create invoices and credit memos, record sales receipts, and set up inventory items; record and pay bills, print checks, and process payroll; balance accounts and generate financial reports. This book will help you to make business of bookkeeping a breeze, and gives you just what you need to get going. Running a small business is one of the great things a person can do. Sometimes an environment is dangerous, but sometimes it gives you an opportunity to make tons of money… The purpose of this book is to make it easier for you to run or work in a small business. Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA provides accounting, business advisory, tax planning, and tax preparation services to small businesses.
July 2010
Bellevue Literary Press
Bellevue Literary Press (BLP), founded in 2005, publishes literary and authoritative fiction and nonfiction at the nexus of the arts and the sciences, with a special focus on medicine. As their authors explore cultural and historical representations of the human body, illness, and health, they address the impact of scientific and medical practice on the individual and society.Their books target a general, educated readership, including medical and scientific professionals and academics interested in literate, jargon-free approaches to issues engaged by their practice. By bridging the gap between the arts and the sciences in original and artful ways, BLR promotes science literacy to our nonprofessional readership and humane and ethical practice to medical and scientific professionals. Bellevue Literary Press is a project of the New York University School of Medicine.
The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray’s Anatomy by Bill Hayes published by Bellevue Literary Press in 2009. This book is about anatomy and about the education of an anatomist. In this illustrated with drawings and photographs work of creative nonfiction, Bill Hayes uncovers the extraordinary lives of the seminal volume’s author and illustrator who produced the most famous medical text of all time. He provides an astonishing view into the ingenuity of the human body. Bill Hayes I the author, he has been featured on many NPR programs, and other. He lives in New York City.
Beyond Uncertainty: Heisenberg, Quantum Physics, and the Bomb by David C. Cassidy published by Bellevue Literary Press in 2009. This book draws upon, yet in many ways transcends, the detailed account provided in its now-out-of-print predecessor, Uncertainty: The Life and Science of Werner Heisenberg. Heisenberg was one member of the small band of young people and their mentors who helped bring about the quantum revolution during the 1920s and who helped push it forward during the decades to follow. This book is a deep insight into Heisenberg’s role as a principle founder of quantum mechanics and the leading German physicist during WWII. David C. Cassidy is the award-winning author and professor of Natural Science at Hofstra University.
Thinkers, a novel by Paul Harding published by Bellevue Literary Press in 2009. George Washington Crosby began to hallucinate few days before he died. He travels into memory deep into his past where he is reunited with his father. This heartbreaking novel - the Winner of the Pulitzer Prize - is meditation on loss and love. It shows the miraculous ticking of the natural world and the human soul and achieves a unique fusion of perception and language. Paul Harding has taught writing at Harvard and The University of Iowa. This is his first novel.
June 2010
Hachette Book Group
Hachette Book Group is a leading US trade publisher headquartered in New York, and owned by Hachette Livre, the second largest publisher in the world. In one year, HBG publishes approximately 650 adult books, 150 young adult and children’s books, and 100 audio book titles. In 2009, the company had a record 130 books on the New York Times bestseller list, with 24 of them ranked #1. HBG also provides a wide range of custom distribution, fulfillment and sales services to third party publishers including Harry N. Abrams, Amazing People Club, Chronicle Books, Filipacchi Publishing, Gildan Media, Guinness World Records, Hachette UK, InnovativeKids, Marvel, Octopus Books, Oxmoor House, Peterson’s, Phaidon Press, Time Inc. Home Entertainment, an Windblown Media.
God Never Blinks: 50 Lessons for Life’s Little Detours by Regina Brett published by Hachette / GC in 2010. While some of the lessons speak of God, people found in them universal truth. At her 45, Regina Brett wrote 45 lessons life taught her. The Plain Dealer’s readers in Cleveland loved it. Cancer made her bold enough to speak up to the bosses. Then, she added five more lessons. And it was the most popular column she has written in her 24 years of journalist’s career. In this book, Brett expands these 50 lessons - from “Do not take yourself too seriously - nobody else does” to “ Life is too short to waste time hating anyone”. Regina Brett is an award-winning writing-columnist and radio host on WCPN 90.3FM.
The Bride Collector by Ted Dekker published by Hachette / CS in 2010. He loves them because they are beautiful, he kills them because he loves them. Special agent Brad Raines has hunted the Bride Collector but each time he finds himself one step behind. A virtuoso killer is carving a path of death across the west, intent on killing only the most beautiful women, in the name of love. He slipped through the FBI’s fingers, every time leaving a handwritten note and bridal veil. Raines is drawn to a young woman who struggle with psychosis and he begins to see the world through her eyes. Together they enter the killer’s game, but Bride Collector is supremely gifted. Ted Dekker is a New York Times bestselling author and known for stories that combine adrenaline-laced plots with confrontation between good and evil.
May 2010
hf ullmann
hf ullmann develops lavishly illustrated books and published in up to 15 languages and distributed into more than 60 countries. In addition to their headquarters in Potsdam, they have offices in Madrid and Paris, and represented internationally.
The titles include the following subjects: knowledge and enjoyment, nature and environment, the eating and drinking, lifestyle, architecture, art and photography. Their books offer fascinating world of images, great content.
Neoclassicism and Romanticism: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting by Rolf Toman (Editor) and M. Bassler A. Bednorz, M. Bollen and F. Monheim (Photographs) published by ullmann & konemann in 2006. In the Neoclassical and Romantic periods, the fine arts were deeply rooted in the traditions of thought of the Modern Age. Since the end of Middle Ages, the accent on the relationship between the human ego and the world outside it had been shifting away from the objective to the subjective standpoint - the Renaissance to Romantic movement - outline of ideas. In the 2nd half of the 18th century, Britain rose to become a leading world power. The Industrial Revolution and the social changes associated with it affected the history of architecture in many ways. In this greatly illustrated book, reader will learn about Neoclassical and Romantic architecture in Britain, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal, Holland and Belgium, Germany, Austria and Hungary, Neoclassical architecture in USA and Russia. Photographs are accompanied with text that give a detailed explanation of buildings and movements, their history and important facts. Also, reader will enjoy the photographs of Neoclassical sculptures and paintings with detailed information on sculptors and artists created them. Over 500 pages of this deluxe, over-sized book contain great presentation of Neoclassical and Romanticism movements and will be great addition to every sophisticated reader’s library shell or a demanding coffee table collection.
Baroque: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting by Rolf Toman (Editor) and Achim Bednorz (Photos) published by ullmann & konemann in 2004. The metaphor of “the world as a stage” was prevalent throughout the baroque period. The fine arts and performing arts have served two clear functions: they were designed to impress, dazzle, while communicating a specific ideology. Baroque art trends to make a sensual appeal to the viewer with its illusionist devices, theatrical pathos, the interplay of different forms. This greatly illustrated book offers historical details and information on architecture in Italy from the early Baroque to the Early Neo-Classical Period, Baroque architecture in Spain and Portugal, France and England, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Eastern Europe… Also, reader will enjoy color photographs of Baroque sculpture and painting with text that will guide you through its history. Book includes the Glossary and Bibliography sections. Approximately 450 illustration with easy-t-read text offers a wonderful and unforgettable journey through the history of Baroque period - from the end of the sixteen to the late eighteen century.
Gothic: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting by Rolf Toman (editor) and Achim Bednorz (photographer) published by ullmann & konemann in 2007. A work of the highest artistic achievement, the choir harmoniously integrated the elements and motifs we now consider as Gothic. But the building of the choir should not be seen in isolation, it was part of social, political, and philosophical developments that had began earlier. In Gothic architecture something solid is being removed from its natural surrounding... The affinity between conservative cultural criticism and an inflated reverence for Gothic has a long tradition in Germany. But art history, which was just emerging as a discipline, quickly established that Gothic especially cathedral, was one of the original achievements of Germany’s arch-enemy of the time, France. Gothic is a high point of European art. This beautifully illustrated with stunning color photographs and drawings edition explores the history of Gothic in all fascinating details. In this book, reader will find historical information on Gothic’s political and architectural background, Gothic as a French export, Gothic in Italy and England, Netherlands and Germany, Spain and Portugal... Contributors offer their analysis and characteristics of Gothic painting and sculpture and discuss its formal aspects.
April 2010
Brookings Books
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to conduct high-quality, independent research and, based on that research, to provide innovative, practical recommendations that advance three broad goals:
strengthen American democracy;
foster the economic and social welfare, security and opportunity of all Americans and secure a more open, safe, prosperous and cooperative international system.
Brookings is proud to be consistently ranked as the most influential, most quoted and most trusted think tank..
Power Play: The Bush Presidency and the Constitution by James P. Pfiffner published by Brookings Institution Press in 2009. President Obama had criticized the Bush administration for its interrogation policies and secrecy, also Obama began his administration with several actions intended to create “a clean break from business as usual.” In this book, Pfiffner has examines and analyzes the legal arguments offered by the Bush administration, and offers a powerful counterpoise to the current defenses of presidential powers. James. P. Pfiffner is an author, and professor of public policy at George Mason University
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Covering by Network: The New Shape of the Public Sector by Stephen Goldsmith and William D. Eggers published by Brookings in 2004. This book is a singularly important contribution to thinking about governance in 21st century. The biggest insight that authors bring to the debate is the need to reconcile traditional top-down hierarchy, built along vertical lines of authority, with emerging networks. Stephen Goldsmith, Mayor of Indianapolis from 1992 to 1999, is an author and the Daniel Paul Professor of Government and faculty chair of the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. William D. Eggers is coauthor and the global director at Deloitte Research, Public Sector, and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.
America Unbound: The Bush Revolution Foreign Policy by Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay published by Brookings in 2003. Bush has redefined how USA engages the world, shedding the constraints . Authors of this book dismiss the claims that neoconservatives have captured the heart and mind of the (now former) president Bush. They caution that the Bush revolution comes with significant risk… Ivo H. Daalder is an author and was director for European affairs on the National Security Council staff, and more. James M. Lindsey is an author and was deputy director and senior fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution and more.
The Idea of Pakistan by Stephen Philip Cohen published by Brookings in 2004. It has taken to author 44 years to write this book - these years he has been studying Pakistan. His first interest was the role of military when he visited Pakistan first time in 1978. This book focuses primarily on internal dynamics, not strategic policy. Pakistan has more perilous geographic position than India, and the dominant Pakistan army looks inward and outward. Author studies the subjects of political parties, civilian elite, various ethnic, linguistic and sectarian minorities, and explains Pakistan analyzing its complexity. Stephen P. Cohen is an author and senior fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies program at the Brookings Institution.
March 2010
Michelin: Atlas
Michelin publishes maps, guides and atlases, which are perfect for holiday planning, and guarantee Michelin's clear and accurate mapping. Also, Michelin welcomes comments or suggestions on Pubs, Hotels and Restaurants that are or that you think should be included in the Mi
Columbia University Press was founded in 1893 and is the fourth-oldest university press in the United States. The purpose of the press expressed in its Certificate of Incorporation is to "promote the study of economic, historical, literary, scientific and other subjects and to promote and encourage the publication of literary works embodying original research in such subjects." Signers of the certificate included Seth Low, then president of Columbia, Henry Fairfield Osborne, and Nicholas Murray Butler, succeeded Low in 1902 as president of the university and of the Press. . .
Now in its second century of scholarly publishing, Columbia University Press seeks to enhance Columbia University's educational mission by acquiring and publishing outstanding original works by scholars and others that contribute to an understanding of global human concerns. Through the agency of book, reference, and electronic publishing and distribution services, the Press endeavors to broaden the university’s international reputation in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
In June 2011, Columbia University Press acquired of Wallflower Press books. (For a listing of Wallflower books).
Columbia University Press has acquired worldwide rights to publish nearly 170 backlist titles from UK publisher Wallflower Press and continue to publish approximately 15 new titles a year under the imprint named Wallflower Press beginning in September 2011 as a wholly owned imprint of Columbia University Press.
Introducing selected titles:
Empires of MUD: Wars and Warlords in Afghanistan by Antonio Giustozzi published by Columbia University PRESS in 2012. Warlords are characteristic leaders who exploit weak authorities to gain control of sub national areas. Author of this book believes that the chances of success of the international community’s attempts to re-establish the Afghan state are diminished by in inability to understand and analyse Afghan politics. This account follow the path of Afghanistan main warlords from the outset to 2008. The purpose is to show how Afghan warlords came into being. Giustozzi studies the similarities and differences between the administrations and compares them against the ascendancy of a third warlords. Antonio Guistozzi is the author, he spent many years visiting, researching, and writing on Afghanistan.Readings of the Platform Sutra by Morten Schlutter and Stephen F. Teiser (editors) published by Columbia University Press in 2012. The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch is a central text of Zen, a school of Buddhism based on the claim that enlightenment can only be attained through a flash of direct, intuitive understanding. This book is intended to open up the original text to new audience, to advance scholarship in the field. It is the first study in English that offers essays by leading specialists on Buddhism that introduce the history and ideas of the sutra to a general reader and discuss the text‘s historical background and its legacy in Chinese culture. Morten Schlutter is the author and associate professor at the University of Iowa. Stephen F. Teiser is the author and professor in Buddhism t Princeton University.The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch: The Text of the Tun-Huang Manuscript with translation, instruction, and notes by Philip B. Yampolsky with a new foreword by Morten Schlutter published by Columbia University Press in 2012. The origins of the text of the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch can be traced back to the beginning of Chan itself in 17th century China. But for centuries the only known editions of the Platform Sutra dated to 1290 or later. Philip B. Yampolskyy was a leading scholar of Chinese and Japanese Buddhism. The publication in 1967 of Yampolsky's analysis and translation of the Dunhuang manuscript of the Platform Sutra was a monumental event. This book is one of the Translations from the Asian Classics by which the Committee on Asian Studies has sought to transmit to Western readers representative works of the major Asian traditions in thought and literature. March 2012
NSTA
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), founded in 1944 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, is the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. NSTA's current membership of 60,000 includes science teachers, science supervisors, administrators, scientists, business and industry representatives, and others involved in and committed to science education.
Launched during the spring of 2007, the NSTA New Science Teacher Academy is a year long program established to help reduce the high attrition rate in the science teaching profession by providing professional development and mentoring support to early-career science teachers. Intended for science educators entering their second or third year of teaching, the Academy is designed to help promote quality science teaching, enhance teacher confidence and classroom excellence, and improve teacher content knowledge.
Introducing selected titles:
Stop Faking It! Force & Motion by William C. Robertson, PhD published by NSTA in 2011. The activities and readings in this beautifully illustrated book are written using the learning cycle. There are three basic phases of the learning cycle - Explore, Explain, and Elaborate. The middle three sections of 5 Es are the learning cycle. There are sets of multiple-choice items interspersed between activities in this account. Each activity has suggested group sized, but these are only suggestions. Award-winning author William C. Robertson launched his bestselling Stop Faking It! series is 2002. Science the “Write” Way by Jodi Wheeler-Toppen (editor) published by NSTA in 2011. You don’t have to be trained as an English teacher to integrate writing into your curriculum. However, you may need to practice with students the aspects of their writing that are most important in a science classroom. This book collects articles originally published in the award-winning journals Science and Children and Science Scope. It highlights the importance of science writing and attempts to help elementary and middle school teachers of science tackle topic with confidence and ease. Jodi Wheeler-Toppen is well-versed in the art of combining writing an science instruction.Science Stories: Using Case Studies to Teach Critical Thinking by Clyde Freeman Herried, Nancy A. Schiller, and Ky F. Herried published by NSTA in 2012. Most teachers can not define critical thinking. Teachers are fascinated by facts, esoteric minutiae that beguile, tantalize, and titillate their fancies. They spend time in classroom convincing students to appreciate the same ideas. This book contains the historical cases, science and the media, and ethics and the scientific process. Each case study comprises a story, classroom discussion questions, teaching notes and background information, objectives, and common misconceptions about the topic, as well as helpful references. High school teachers and college educators will find that this compilation of case studies will allow students to make connections between the classroom and everyday life. Take-Home Chemistry: Low-Cost Activities to Extend Classroom Learning by Michel Hrton published NSTA in 2011.Written by expert, this account is a collaboration of chemistry labs. This is one piece of a complete chemistry curriculum, and it is assumed that traditional learning and hands-on- activities in the classroom will fill in where take-home labs are not practical. It is written for high school students, many of the activities in the book are well suited for home schooled children as well as those who take online courses. This title includes a collection of 50 inquiry-based labs, it provides hands-on ways to learn science at home and is a useful tool for improving how students learn chemistry, it includes both a student page and a teacher page.Beyond the Numbers: Making Sense of Statistics by Edwin P. Christmann published by NSTA in 2011. This book presents a nonthreatening, practical approach to statistics with the template for applications of the graphing calculator. It includes an overview of the development and current purposes of statistics and some of the individuals who have played significant roles in the movement that spans more the 2,000 years. This account's each chapter includes key terms, chapter review questions, reading lists, and internet resources, including a website and updated by author that provide chapter summaries, tutorials, and PowerPoint presentations to assist in the organization and presentation of the material.February 2012
CRC Press
Through the years, CRC Press has gone through a number of acquisitions and mergers, but its name and its mission remain intact. Currently CRC Press functions as the principal science and technology book division of the Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa Company. In getting to this notable position, more changes have occurred than we can list.
The acquisition of Lewis Publishers in 1990 made CRC the leading publisher of environmental science books and the subsequent additions of St. Lucie Press and Auerbach Publishing extended our reach into business management and information technology. The acquisition of Chapman & Hall's mathematics and statistics titles in 1998 took us to the head of the class in these two fields.
In 2003 CRC Press became a member of the Taylor & Francis publishing group. No scientific publisher has a more illustrious history than Taylor & Francis. Established in 1783, Taylor & Francis launched the world leading physics and material science journal, the Philosophical Magazine, which was the first of the more than 1000 journals it now publishes covering nearly every facet of human endeavor.
As if marrying into that lineage wasn't impressive enough, CRC Press also benefitted from the independent 2004 merger of Taylor and Francis with Informa. While the corporate name Informa came into being only as of 1998, the organization can trace its roots back to 1734 when the first issue of the maritime publication Lloyd's List was pinned to the wall of Edward Lloyd's City of London coffee shop. With over 150 offices across the world, Informa plc is the leading international provider of specialist information and services for the academic and scientific, professional, and commercial business communities. Operating in over 40 countries, it produces 10,000 events annually. Strong organic growth bolstered by thoughtful acquisitions has made CRC Press / Taylor and Francis Group a leader in science and technical publishing. Many renowned publishers have come under the CRC banner, including Marcel Dekker Publishing, the book division of the Institute of Physics, Productivity Press, and A K Peters LTD. Already an international leader in chemistry, life sciences, engineering, mathematics, statistics, information technology, and computer science, we've strengthened our collection of cutting-edge resources with the addition of lean manufacturing, computer game development, and computer graphics titles. Introducing selected titles: Biomaterials for Mems by M. Chiao and JC Chiao (editors) published by
CRC in 2011. Biomaterials have been used in biomedical industry to provide implantable devices for the last several decades. Most of such devices have utilized conventional manufacturing processes. MEMs (Microelectromechanical systems) uses micromachining techniques to build miniature devices and cab enable novel applications. This account gives up-to-date coverage of biomaterials and their use in MEMS for biomedical applications, including drug delivery, anti-biofouling and implantable devices. It serves as a guide for practicing engineers, students and researchers. JC Chiao is a Professor of Electrical Engineering University of Texas at Arlington. He has received 4 awarded patents, his research include MEMS RF and optical devices, micro/ nanofabrication and applications, wireless sensors, medical micro devices and systems. M. Chiao's current research interests include design and fabrication of MEMS and nanodevices for biomedical applications. He is recipient of the Young Innovator Award in 2006. An Introduction to Biomaterials by Jeffrey O. Hollinger (editors) published by CRC in 2011. The 2n edition of this book consists of 33 chapter that have been conceived and organized as a practical educational road map to provide a fundamental understanding of key families of biomaterials and underscore their potential applications in clinical therapeutics. A unique feature of this edition is the emphasis on biological principles. This emphasis is purposeful. This account highlights new biocompatibility issues, metrics, statistics, and new legislation for intellectual property. It has 9 completely new chapters and 24 chapters updated and revised with new contemporary data. Jeffrey O. Hollinger is the author, he has several patterns and has licensed technology developed in his lab. He received Clemson Award in biomaterials in 2008.January 2012
Osprey
Osprey Publishing has been providing books for enthusiasts since 1968 and since then it has grown, evolved and taken on new challenges until it stands today as one of the most successful examples of niche publishing around. It was originally owned by Berkshire Printing, part of Brooke Bond, the tea company. The company was formed to publish Aircam Aviation, its first series, the brainchild of Dick Ward, the leading aviation illustrator. The series grew out of his work on the collectible cards which were then packaged with Brooke Bond tea. The first Osprey book was published in 1969: Aircam Aviation Series.1: North American P-51D Mustang in USAAF-USAF Service. This set the Osprey style of illustrated information books combining detailed and authoritative text, colour and black & white artwork, and photographs in uniform series formats. Martin Windrow remembers that in 1974 he 'was wondering if Men-at-Arms might last another year'. Three decades later, well over 400 titles have been published in that series, and the whole Osprey list now totals nearly 1,500. The central mission is unchanged. Osprey will continue to bring together expert authors and illustrators and military-history enthusiasts by delivering the information readers need to increase their knowledge and to enrich their leisure or professional pursuits. Osprey's enthusiasm for military history is balanced by an equal enthusiasm for excellent publishing. Introducing selected titles:
Hitler’s Armies: A History of the German War Machine 1939-45 by Chris McNab published by Osprey in 2012. Hitler believed that his political skills were matched by unique ability as a strategic commander. His increasing influence on the Wehrmacht’s conduct of WWII eventually proved to be disastrous. This account is about the development of Hitler’s land forces from their days of victory in 1039 and 1940 to their final devastation in 1945. This book shows how the German Army and related groups earned their reputation, and the extent to which it was justified. Chris McNab is an author and editor who has also written extensively for major encyclopedias. SAS in World War II: An Illustrated History by Gavin Mortimer published by Osprey in 2011. This deluxe account recreates the days during the summer of 1941. Then, a young Scots Guard officer called David Stirling persuaded MEHQ to give its backing to a small band of 60 men christened ‘L. Detachment’. Beautifully illustrated, this book captures the danger and excitement of the initial SAS raids against Axis airfields during the Desert War, the battles in Italy and more. Gavin Mortimer is the author and contributor to many newspapers and magazines.Knight: The Warrior and World of Chivalry by Robert Jones published by Osprey in 2011. The knight had rich and vibrant culture, he was literate and intellectual. Many knights were writers, and have left us with tales of great deeds or chronicles of the events they had witnessed and people the knew. Others produced legal and religious discourses which show a contemplative and sensitive nature that belies the brutality of their vocation. This beautifully illustrated account explores the milieu of the medieval warrior. Robert Jones is the author and Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds, and more.The Road to Victory: From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa by Robert O'Nell with foreword by Dale Dye published by Osprey in 2011. This book examines the complex series of events leading up to the attack of December 7, 1941. On December 7, 147, Japanese fight-planes appeared above Pearl Harbor and fundamentally changed the course of history. With this one surprise attack, the previously isolated America was irrevocably thrown into the fray and WWII had began. You will study and evaluate the expert views set forth in the book's chapters that reveal the horror of battle and the Allien's grim, yet historic determination to wrest victory from what often seemed to be certain defeat.Always Faithful: U.S. Marines in World War II Combat: The 100 Best Photos by Eric Hammel published by Osprey in 2011. The concept of combat photographer - the worldview, the name, and the training to go with it - did not really emerge in the field until November and December 1943, at Bougainville, Cape Gloucester, and Tarawa. This beautiful account includes 100 photos from the Pacific Theater of operations during WWII. Each image was carefully selected and shown with explanation, describing time and place. Eric Hammel is a professional military historian who appeared in numerous TV documentaries on Marine Corps operations in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and Beirut. December 2011
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Sixty million students in 120 countries depend on HMH for their education. The world's largest provider of pre-K-12 solutions, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt collaborates with school districts, administrators, teachers, parents and students, providing interactive, results-driven learning. With origins dating back to 1832, the Company also publishes an extensive line of reference works and award-winning literature for adults and young readers. HMH Trade and Reference Publishers is responsible for nearly two centuries' worth of award-winning adult and children’s books, reference materials, eBooks and mobile apps. Their distinguished author list includes eight Nobel Prize winners, 47 Pulitzer Prize winners, 13 National Book Award winners, and more than 100 Caldecott, Newbery, Printz, and Silbert Medal and Honor recipients.
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The Exegesis of Philip K Dick by Pamela Jackson and Jonathan Lethem (Editors) published by HMH in 2011.The terrible law of the universe is that the beautiful and imperishable comes into existence due to the suffering of individual perishable creatures who themselves are not beautiful, and must be reshaped to form a template from which the beautiful is printed. This book is the imaginative final work of an author who dedicated his life to questioning the nature of reality and perception, the malleability of space and time, and the relationship between the human and divine. This account documents Dick’s eight-year attempt to fathom what he called “2-2-74”, a postmodern visionary experience of the entire universe “transformed into information.” This book is the culmination of many years of transcription and archival research. Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) wrote 121 short stories and 45 novels. He is considered one of the most visionary writers of the 20 century.Inside Scientology: The Story of America’s Most Secretive Religion by Janet Reitman published by HMH in 2011. The limestone and granite Church of Scientology in midtown Manhattan is located northwest of Time Square. On nearby street corners, young men and women offering free “stress tests”. They dresses as conservatively as bank executives. Scientology is a faith that is both mainstream and marginal. Known for its Hollywood members, it is run by uniformed set of believers who rarely appear in the public eye It is an insular society-one that exists as something of a parallel universe to the secular world, with its own nomenclature, ethical code, and its own enforced justice system. This book is a nonfiction work on an elusive faith, it is based on 5 years of research, confidential documents, and extensive interviews with current and former Scientologists. Janet Reitman is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, her work also appeared in GQ, Men’s Journal and other major publications. Essential Pepin: More Than 700 All-Time Favorites From My Life in Food by Jaques Pepin published by HMH in 2011.Author of this book created thousands of recipes, each remarkable and worthy in its way. This new book demonstrates the ways Jaques has changed through his many books, his many moods, styles, from elaborate classic French cooking to fast food done his way. It shows how he has changed and learned. Today the food world is fundamentally different than it was when he published his first book. In this book, reader will find different recipes. While trends change, basic techniques do not. There’s a 3-hour DVD to accompany this book, demonstrating all the techniques that are essential for the novice as well as the seasoned cook. J. Pepin is the author of many cookbooks, he is cooking teacher.The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter by Ian O’Connor published by HMH in 2011. Yet Jeter survived an age of steroid-fueled frauds who dominated with their artificial moon shots, and of saber metric snipers who used their forensics to shoot holes through his standing in the game. The point of this book is to provide a simple answer to the question: how did number 2 get to be number 1? In this book, best-selling author draws on extensive reporting and unique access to Jeter that has spanned some 15 years to reveal how a biracial kid from Michigan became New York’s most beloved sports figure and the enduring symbol of the steroid-free athlete. Ian O-Connor is the author and sports columnist, three times named the number-one columnist in America.Oxford University Press
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The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations by John Baylis, Steve Smith & Patricia Owens published by Oxford University Press in 2011. This book is the leading introduction to International Relations. Written by experts, it provides insights into the history, theory, structures, and issues important in the world of politics today. In this edition reader will find new chapters on post colonialism and post-structuralism; increased emphasis on the global financial crisis, diplomacy, forced migration, and religion; interactive library of links to journal articles, blogs, and video content; additional case studies for lecturers. Authors tried to follow much the same format. The aim of this account is to provide an overview of world politics in a global era. The focus of this book is how to think about globalization. A globalized world is one in which economic, political, cultural, and social events become more interconnected, and also in which they have more impact. This book answers many questions and is fully up to date, with the most recent global events and remains the essential account for everyone interested in international relations today. John Baylis was Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Wales, Swansea. Steve Smith is Vice-Chancellor and Professor of International Politics at the University of Exeter. Patricia Owens is Senior Lecturer in International Politics at Queen Mary, University of London. Immunology (The Fundamentals of Biomedical Science series) by Angela Hall & Christine Yates (editors) published by Oxford University Press in 2011. Immunology is the branch of biomedicine concerned with the structure and function of the immune system. The complexity of immunology can be quite daunting. Traditionally in teaching, immunology is broken down into a description of its cellular and humoral components, then an explanation of the innate and the adaptive immune responses. This account is written to reflect the challenges of practicing biomedical science today, it draw together essential basic science and is one in a series which aims to fulfil this need and to provide detailed information. This book is ideal for those seeking the knowledge and skills to become proficient Biomedical Scientists. Its content carefully developed and helps demonstrate the competence required during the study of biomedical science; case studies and examples enrich the text, rooting it in the context of clinical and biomedical practice. The Fundamentals of Biomedical Science series titles supported by Online Resource Centre, which features additional materials.Marketing (2nd ed.) by Paul Baines, Chris Fill, and Kelly Page published by OUP in 2011. Second edition of this book provides powerful learning insights into marketing theory and practice. It starts with the basics concepts from classical perspectives and contrasts these with newer views from the relational and service-based schools of marketing.You will find there information on how to get your first job in marketing and what skills employers look for; coverage of advances in new technology and the social web and how to take advantage of these in a marketing context; a chapter dedicated to not for profit and social marketing; and much more. This account is your essential guide with tips and advice from marketing professionals with downloadable author podcasts to help you learn on the go. With this account you will learn what really goes on in the world of marketing. Paul Baines is Reader in Marketing at Cranfield School of Management. Chris Fill is the Founder and Manager Director of Fill Associates. Kelly Page is a lecturer in Digital Media Marketing at Cardiff Business School.A Brief Introduction to the New Testament (2nd ed) by Bart D. Ehrman published by OUP in 2011. Several changes have made this edition much better than the first. This is a four-color edition, which improves the appearance and readability of the text. Author has moved the discussion of the Johannine epistles out of the chapter on the Fourth Gospel and placed it in its more natural place, among the other general epistles. This account incorporates a wealth of pedagogical resources including an extensive text box program, study questions, maps, timelines, and more than 70 photos. Bart D. Ehrman is author and James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill.Continuum
Continuum is a leading independent academic publisher, unconstrained by the interests of any global media group or academic institution, and based in London and New York. Continuum publishes around 600 books each year, focusing on the Humanities, Education, and Religion. Their backlist comprises some 7,000 titles. Their output includes textbooks, supplementary course books, research monographs, reference works and professional books, as well as related general non-fiction. Academic proposals are peer-reviewed before they commit to publication, to help ensure quality and to support the career progression of the authors.
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God’s Final Victory: A Comprehensive Philosophical Case for Universalism by John Kronen and Eric Reitan published by Continuum in 2011. Many theists believe that some sins call not only for divine displeasure or judgment, but for retribution, punishment imposed by God as a just and proportionate penalty for sin. There’s the doctrine that the wicked suffer eternal torment. Authors’ aim in this book is to critique not only the intuitions underlying Berger’s views, but any soteriology which holds that some rational creatures will be forever separated from God. Their aim is to systematically challenge the doctrine of eternal hell in any form and to show that, granted certain core Christian principles, no form of DH (eternal hell) is as plausible as some form of DU (universal salvation). Because authors use traditional Christian starting points, some may think this is more a work of theology than philosophy. Nevertheless, John Kronen and Eric Reitan regard this project as ultimately philosophical because their primary objective is to show that a Christian belief system that includes DU is more rationally coherent than one that includes DH. This book is best classified as a work of Christian philosophical theology. Authors also show that even apart distinctively Christian arguments, a powerful comparative case for DU can be made on the basis of premises that are widely shared among theistic fait traditions. An argument does not thereby rule out the belief that universal salvation is achieved through the Incarnation of Christ and His atoning work. Many contemporary Christian thinkers who embrace DH also hold that all will be given an adequate revelation of Christ, at least at death, if not before it. This book presents scholarly monographs offering cutting-edge research and debate. John Kronen is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas, USA. Eric Reitan is Professor of Philosophy at Oklahoma State University, USA and author.Exiles, Outcasts, Strangers: Icons of Marginalization in Post World War II Narrative by Mary Jo Muratore published by Continuum in 2011. As we trace the history of Western literature, we confront a matrix of recurring themes and refrains, in some contexts residual or secondary, in others primordial or obtrusive by their stirring presence. In this book, author seize the broad paradigm of alienation and apply to it specific parameters and conditions so as to bring coherence to a topic innately resistant to order. After WWII, formerly colonized nations clamored earnestly for independence. Liberation from the legacy of colonization, proved much more difficult. The racism, class rivalry and linguistic domination imposed by the colonizers remained, creating a host of identity problems for the indigenous population. Trough this account, the reader will engage in a journey encountering newly cast rereading from an internationally diverse of writers such as Camus, Sabato, Wiesel, Gener, Naipaul, Langevin, and others.
Empire and Exile: Postcolonial Readings of the Book of Jeremiah by Steed Vernyl Davidson published by T & T Clark International/Continuum in 2011. The ideas in this book have percolated within the author most of the lifetime and are still undergoing further refinement. This book reflects the outcome of author’s doctoral dissertation. This account differs from the dissertation in several years. The dissertation contains full translations in the interest of staying away from complex arguments, valid in themselves, that can take away the focus from the more germane point being made in this work. The postcolonial approach to the book of Jeremiah is in its infancy. Much more will be written in the future that will both complement and contradict what lies in this book. The most notable revision occurs in Chapter 7, which reflects Steed Vernyl Davidson’s continued thinking on the topic of postcolonial biblical hermeneutics. Philosophy and The Burden of Theological Honesty: A Donald MacKinnon Reader by John McDowell (editor) published by T & T Clark/Continuum in 2011. MacKinnon’s writing is frequently dense, always involves complex reasoning, and is usually arranged in some quite unpredictable patterns. There’s a sense of messiness that attends to the suitable pressure exerted by a sense of proper dense texture of the ‘ordinary’. More attention needs to be paid by readers to MacKinnon’s responsibility to the Gospel, and the vocation of offering appropriate forms of therapy to the churches that strain towards saccharine resolution, trade complacency in sentimentality. MacKinnon’s intellectual engagements takes him into some dark places, enabling him to expose sharply as improper any and all refusals of discontinuities. MacKinnon has been one of the most important and influential of-post-war British theologians and religious philosophers. He had a significant impact on the development and subsequent theological work of the likes of Nicolas Lash, David Ford, Rowan Williams and John Milbank. In this collection several of MacKinnon’s most outstanding papers not yet published in book format are collected together with an Editorial Introduction by MacKinnon’s own students. Here is another reminder of MacKinnon’s intellectual brilliance. John McDowell is Morpeth Professor of Theology, university of Newcastle, NSW, Australia.September 2011
Purdue University Press
Dedicated to the dissemination of scholarly and professional information, Purdue University Press provides quality resources in several key subject areas including business, technology, health, veterinary medicine, and other selected disciplines in the humanities and sciences. As the scholarly publishing arm of Purdue University and a unit of Purdue Libraries, the Press is also a partner for university faculty and staff, centers and departments, wishing to disseminate the results of their research.
Today the Press publishes around 30 books a year, and over 10 journals, a number of them in electronic-only, Open Access, format in collaboration with Purdue University Libraries. In 2009, under Interim Director Bryan Shaffer, the Press moved from South Campus Court, on the edge of Purdue’s West Lafayette facility, to Stewart Center, the location of the Libraries Administration. This move reflects a recognition of the converging paths of librarians and publishers in the digital age, and the exciting potential of an integrated approach to scholarly communication. In its location at the center of campus, the Press can also better fulfil the part of its mission that focuses on efficiently supporting the dissemination of scholarly research conducted at Purdue, and enhancing the university's global reputation.
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A Jesuit Garden in Beijing and Early Modern Chinese Culture by Hui Zou published in 2011. In this book, author analyses aspects of garden architecture from the view of the emperors, who have had them built. Readers gain access to their motivations and intentions as well as the cultural contexts of the time. This account gives careful consideration to Western ideas ranging from treatises on perspective to philosophy and theology. Author proposes a convincing diagnosis for the seemingly surprising success of the Jesuit project in China. Hui Zou teaches architectural history, theory, and design at the University of Florida.The Complete Plant Selection Guide for Landscape Design (2nd ed) by Marc C. Stoecklein published in 2011. This book is a quick and easy-to-use reference guide for choosing plant material for landscape designs. It includes comprehensive lists with search criteria for each of the major plant groups, including shrubs, ground-covers, trees, perennials, vines, ferns, and grasses. Any one from landscape architects to contractors or those who designs with plants can easily choose plants that will work on their site. Both botanical and common names are used and extensive amount of cultural and environmental information is presented. Marc C. Stockelein has over 30 years of practical working knowledge in the landscape industry.
Just Call me Orville: The Story of Orville Redenbacher by Robert W. Topping published in 2011. This book is based on extensive interviews and archival research. It traces the career of Orville Redenbacher, the "popcorn king", from his agricultural studies at Purdue University to his emergence as an American advertising icon. He was born in Brazil, Indiana, in 1907 and began his lifelong obsession with the development of new strains of seed at Purdue where he earned a degree in agronomy while also playing in the All-American Marching Band... Robert W. Topping is the author, he was a Purdue staff member and alumnus.Disaster Recovery Project Management: Brinning Order from Chaos by Randy Rapp published in 2011. In this book, author explains pertinent requirements and methods for the contractors and other professionals who bring order from chaos. The first section of the book surveys the managerial skills required to confront the range of disasters that might be encountered and the different project environments involved. This is the first systematic presentation of the tools and skills needed for disaster recovery project management. It is designed primary for contractors, although it will also be of value for those who hire them, the communities they serve, and others. Randy R. Rapp is Associate Professor of Building Construction Management Technology at Purdue University. He coordinates the Disaster Restoration and Reconstruction Management concentration.August, 2011
Frances Lincoln
Frances Lincoln company was founded by Frances Lincoln in 1977. They published their first books two years later, and have been creating illustrated books of the highest quality ever since, with special emphasis on gardening, walking and the outdoors, art, architecture, design and landscape.
In 1983 Frances Lincoln company started to publish illustrated books for children. Since then they have won many awards and prizes with both fiction and non-fiction children's books including the Independent Publishers' Guild Cultural Diversity Award in 2007. In 2008 they established the Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children's Book Award to further our mission for publishing children's titles that celebrate cultural diversity in the widest possible sense.
Both lists have a strong multicultural element and a high reputation internationally. Their many publishing partners include Oxfam, The Royal Horticultural Society, The Victoria and Albert Museum and Amnesty International; Frances Lincoln company wants all their books to reflect the richness and diversity of the world we live in today.
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How to Understand a Painting: Decoding Symbols in Art by Francoise Barbe-Gall published by Frances Lincoln in 2011. Man, bewildered by the world around him, seeks to interpret the shapes he sees and to reassure himself by finding some coherence with them. The history of painting clearly makes use of the visual vocabulary. In this book author illuminates our understanding of how symbols have been used and developed in art from 15 to 21st century. He offers 68 vivid examples. Painting has always made abundant use of forms and objects to convey abstract ideas: hope, love, loyalty and betrayal. Today art lovers learn to look out for all the small things that can easily seem like unimportant details, or simply decoration. But a flower, a reflection in a mirror or a bird in flight nearly always mean more than they first appear to. Francoise Barbe-Gall is the author, she runs Coreta in which capacity she has lectured extensively.The Universe in the Landscape: Landforms by Charles Jencks published by Frances Lincoln in 2011. This beautiful edition This is an imaginative act to see the universe in a landscape. It doesn't require special qualification and a natural way of viewing things and is common to all ages. Every culture has made gardens. The landforms shown in this book are part of a larger project that author will touch on time to time. Every design has some concept of nature or the cosmos behind it, motivating the patterns and rhythms. Author seeks to define a new landscape iconography based on forms and themes that may be eternal, in the sense that they crystallise natures' laws, some of which have been recently discovered. Charles Jencks is the author and a landscape designer, writer and historian of contemporary architecture. When in Rome: 2000 Years of Roman Sightseeing by Matthew Sturgis published by Frances Lincoln in 2011. There's no place like Rome. Rome has always been a tourist centre. In every age - from Classical to Modern - people have flocked to see its wonders.This book is a story of what Rome's visitors have looked at over the past two thousand years: the statues, the buildings, the artifacts. This account is the history of how Rome has changed with the centuries and of how the taste of those who have visited the city has changed with it. Matthew Sturgis is the author. He is a historian and biographer as well.July, 2011
WROX
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Professional Scrum with Team Foundation Server 2010 by Steve Resnick, Aaron Bjork, Michael de la Maza published by Wrox in 2011. This book promises to elucidate for the reader the ways and means of conducting the prevailing best practices using the prevailing technology.It offers an in-depth focus on the process element and serves as a road map for using Scrum to organize teams and activities and show you how to use Visual Studio Team Foundation Server to execute a Scrum project. This book examines the roles and responsibilities of an effective team; introduces you roles and tracking and reporting functions of TFS; demonstrates how to create product backing items and define them for release, and much more. Steve Resnick is a founder and managing director of BlueMetal Architects. Aaron Bjork is a senior program manager at Microsoft. Michael de la Maza is an Agile coach and trainer.Discovering SQL: A Hands-On Guide for Beginners by Alex Kriegel published by Wrox in 2011. The relational databases and SQL have evolved since the 70s when they made their first appearance, and the concept embeded into the database SQL might appear counterinterintuitive to the uninitiated. This book covers the most important SQL dialects along with the current release of SQL Standard; highlights the differences between particular implementations and the power and limitations of SQL; demonstrates how SQL deals with all types of data; looks at dynamic SQL, procedural extensions and latest developments in the field, much more. Alex Kriegel is an enterprise systems architect for the Oregon Health Authority. Joomla!: 24-hour Trainer by Jen Kramer published by Wrox in 2011. In 2011, you need a background in HTML and FTP to build a website, with a healthy dose of graphic design and Photoshop skills.. This account demonstrates how to install Joomla! using "one-click" interfaces; explains how to organize content in Joomla!; Instructs you on adding extensions to Joomla!; provides pointers for search engine optimization; creates a password-protected portion of the website for selected visitors, and more. Jen Kramer is the president of 4Web, Inc, where she builds highly customized Joomla! websites and offers training. Professional Unified Communications: Development with Microsoft Lync Server 2010 by George Durzi, Michael Greenlee published by Wrox in 2011. This book will show you how to integrate the right functionality into your applications. This book explores the classes and operations in the UCMA API that can be used to control presence, audio, and IM sessions, conferences; explains the SIP messaging that UCMA uses behind the scenes to perform various operations; walks you through several useful throubleshooting techniques and solutions to specific common issues; covers how to build interactive voice or IM applications using communication workflows and custom communicationworkflow activities, and more. George Durzi is a Principal Consultant at Clarity Consulting. Michael Greenlee is an implementation manager for Clarity Connect.June 2011
Elsevier
As the world’s leading publisher of science and health information, Elsevier serves more than 30 million scientists, students and health and information professionals worldwide.Elsevier helps customers by providing world-class information and innovative tools that help them make critical decisions, enhance productivity and improve outcomes. A global company headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier is employing more than 7,000 people in 24 countries.
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Computer Networks: A System Approach (5th Edition) by Larry L. Peterson and Bruce S. Davie published by Elsevier/ Morgan Kaufmann in 2011. This now-classic book, written by experts, has been revised to keep it up-to-date with the evolving field. The previous edition dealt with switching and routing in two chapters, but a presentation based on layers is not always the best way to convey the essentials of the material. This timely book looks at the important protocols in use today - especially the internet protocols. This account reflects not just the theoretical issues in protocol design, but the real factors that matter in practice. It looks at some protocols that are just emerging now. The discussion of basic issues is presented in a way that derives from the fundamental nature of the problem, not the constants of the layered reference model or the details of today’s protocols. What this book presents is both timely and timeless; the current examples and explanation of fundamentals make this book unique. This best-selling and classic account teaches reader the key principles of computer networks, the authors explain various protocols and networking technologies. Their system-oriented approach encourages reader to think about how individual network components fit into a larger, complex system of interactions.Pervasive Information Architecture: Designing Cross-Channel User Experiences by Andrea Resmini & Luca Rosati published by Elsevier/ Morgan Kaufmann in 2011. This book is about the design of ecosystems for way finding and understanding promotes a holistic approach to information architecture and user experience that draws insights from multiple disciplines and historical contexts. It leads to the future with an ingenious collection of medium- independent heuristics to guide the complex decisions that lie ahead.This account provides examples showing why and how one would model and shape information to adapt itself to users' needs, goals, and searching strategies; reduce disorientation and increase legibility and way-finding in digital and physical spaces; alleviate the frustration associated with choosing from an ever-growing set of information, services, and goods; suggest relevant connections between pieces of information, services, and goods to help users achieve their goals. Andrea Resmini, PhD Researcher at University of Boras. Luca Rosati, Freelance Information Architect, Adjunct Professor at University for Foreigners of Perugia, Italy.Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques (3rd Edition) by Ian H. Witten, Eibe Frank and Mark A. Hall published by Elsevier/ Morgan Kaufmann in 2011. Data Mining is the extraction of implicit, previously unknown, and potentially useful information from data. The idea is to build computer programs that sift through databases automatically, seeking regularities or patterns. Strong patterns will likely generalize to make accurate predictions on future data. But many problems will be banal and uninteresting. This edition offers a throughout grounding in machine learning concepts as well as practical advice on applying machine learning tools and techniques in real -world data mining situations. This book will teach you everything you need to know about preparing inputs, interpreting outputs, evaluating results, and the algorithmic methods at the heart of successful data mining. Ian H. Written is Assistant Professor at the University of Waikato in New Zealand and recipient of the 2004 IFIP Namur Award. Eibe Frank is Senior Lecturer at the University of Waikato in New Zealand and member of the Editorial Board of the Machine Leading Journal. Mark A. Hall is Honorary Research Associate, Department of Computer Science at the University of Waikato in New Zealand and Corecipient of 2005 SIGKDD Service Award.GPU Computing Gems, Emerald Edition by Wen-Mei W. Hwu (Editor-in-Chief) published by Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann in 2011.Since the introduction of CUDA in 2007, more than 100 million computers with CUDA-capable GPUs have been shipped to users. GPUs are designed to be parallel - having hundreds of cores versus traditional GPUs. Different application domains often pose similar algorithm problems, and researchers from diverse application domains often develop similar algorithm strategies. This book features a snapshot of the state of GPU computing in ten critical domains, edited by Wen-mei W. Hwu with experts from NVIDIA Corporation and instructors from leading GPU programs worldwide; many examples leverage NVIDIA's CUDA parallel computing architecture, the most widely-adopted massively parallel programing solution,and more. Wen-mei W. Hwu is the co-author of Programming Massively Parallel Processor and Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Coordinated Science Laboratory of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.May 2011
Focal Press: Celebrating 70 Years!
Focal Press has been a leading publisher of Media Technology books for 70 years. Focal provides essential resources for professionals and students in many areas including: film and digital video production, photography, digital imaging, graphics, animation and new media, broadcast and media distribution technologies, music recording and production, mass communications, and theatre technology. Focal Press is committed to publishing high quality books filled with practical hands-on information, dealing with cutting-edge and converging technologies from the experts in the field. You will find practical solutions to problems, examples you can apply to your work, and valuable insights that will help you keep up-to-date in these highly competitive fields.
Focal delivers to you the techniques that have proved successful for professionals, and inspire you to go further with your craft. Their books demystify ever-changing technologies and help you gain success.
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Light - Science & Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting by Fil hunter, Steven Biver, and Paul Fuqua published by Focal Press in 2011. Styles of photographic lighting changing and will continue to do so. This book is based on the behavior of light, and its principles will not change until fundamental physics does. This is book to deal adequately with how light behaves when it reflects from a surface and how the material making the subject determines the appearance of that reflection. This fundamental understanding is not intended to simply enable photographers to shoot pictures like those in this title but rather to transfer those pictures to any subject matter, using any equipment they might have. Fil Hunter is the award-winning photographer who has worked for US News & World Report, Time Life Books, and National Geographic. Steven Biver is the award-winning commercial photographer, his client list includes DuPont, IBM, Mobil and more. Paul Fuqua is an author, his photography takes him all over the world. The Photoshop Darkroom: Creative Digital Post-Processing by Harold Davis and Phyllis Davis published by Focal Press in 2011. A digital photographer who misses the opportunity that come after the photo is taken loses much of the power of the new medium. The goal of this book is to provide a framework of fundamental techniques you can use to enrich your creative work. Photoshop is a tool, just like the enlarger and chemicals in an old-fashion darkroom. With this book you will learn how to work with RAW image files; understand the Photoshop darkroom workflow; multi-process Raw files; extend the dynamic range of your photographs, create High Dynamic Range images by hand, and much more. This book offers limitless possibilities for photographers looking for jaw-dropping results. Harold Davis is an author and award-winning photographer. Phyllis Davis is an author. She is well known for her ability to explain complex in simple visual steps.Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 For Photographers: The creative Use of Photoshop Elements On Mac and PC by Philip Andrews published by Focal Press in 2010. Discussing the whole range of tools and features and their optimum use in an easy-going manner requires a three dimensional understanding -- of the product itself, of the digital imaging environment and, most importantly, of the user. In this book, Philip uses a very simple and easy-to-understand style to illustrate the basic functionalities and then moves onto the more advanced techniques. He winds it up with illustrations and pictures which are completed by the video tutorials and resources download section of the associated website. There are many general digital imaging concepts and expert’s tips which make package extremely contextual with respect to current imaging technology. Philip Andrews is Adobe Australia’s official Photoshop and Elements Ambassador. He is an author, editor, and online course creator.The Photoshop Darkroom 2: Creative Digital Transformations by Harold Davis and Philis Davis published by Focal Press in 2011. In film darkroom, the recipes changed, but the idea of how to develop film and paper stayed the same. For the most part techniques shown in this book can be done using the core features of Photoshop. The goal of the title is to inspire with techniques to try, the emphasis is on creative transformations. This involve a wide range of challenges from cleanig up an image to creating new fantastic digital images. With this book you will learn how to take advantage of the possibilities available in RAW image files; use Adobe Lightroom to multi-RAW process your photo; correct flaws and improve the tonality of your images; extend the dynamic range of your photos; improve and enhance portraits and glamour shots; create high dynamic range images by hand, and much more. Harold Davis is an author and award-winning photographer. Phyllis Davis is an author, well known for her ability to explain complex in simple steps.April 2011
Westview Press
Westview Press was founded in 1975 in Boulder, Colorado, by notable publisher and intellectual Fred Praeger. Now more than 35 years later, Westview Press continues to publish scholarly titles and high-quality undergraduate and graduate level textbooks in core social science disciplines. With books developed, written, and edited with the needs of serious nonfiction readers, professors, and students in mind, Westview Press honors its long history of publishing “books that matter.”
Westview Press is a proud member of The Perseus Books Group.
March 2011
The New Press
Established in 1990 as a major alternative to the large, commercial publishers, The New Press is a not-for-profit publishing house operated editorially in the public interest. It is committed to publishing in innovative ways works of educational, cultural, and community value that, despite their intellectual merits, may be deemed insufficiently profitable by commercial publishers. Like the Public Broadcasting System and National Public Radio as they were originally conceived, The New Press aims to provide ideas and viewpoints under-represented in the mass media.
An Army of Phantoms: American Movies And The Making Of The Cold War by J. Hoberman published by The New Press in 2011. This book initiates a three-part chronicle of American politics from 1945 through 1990. The middle part has already been published as The Dream Life. The movies discussed in this book are not necessary the most critically prized or very popular. Author analyzed Hollywood’s cavalry Westerns, apocalyptic sci-fi flicks, biblical spectaculars, media events, political campaigns, congressional hearings, and drawing on FBI files and studio records. It is a major work of cultural criticism and film history from one of the foremost film critics writing today. J. Hoberman is author and co-author, and the senior film critic for the Village Voice. Saving State U: Why We Must Fix Public Education by Nancy Forbre published by The New Press in 2010. State universities cannot be saved in isolation. They sink or swim with a revitalized vision of social democracy, an economic system based on commitments to the development of human capabilities. Public education produces more than just diplomas, it develops broader capabilities that students deploy as friends, citizens, partners, parents. Education nurtures hope and curiosity, confidence and diligence, and care. This important book is account of the national debates raging through public campuses, it argues for support for public higher education. Nancy Folbre is author and professor of economics.Styin' Alive: The 1970s and Last Days Of The Working Class by Jefferson Cowie published by The New Press in 2010. This book is wide ranging political and cultural history, it takes reader from the factory floors connecting culture and politics. It shows the big screen, helping understand how the United States turned away from the radicalism of the 60s. This account also captures the defining characteristics of a new era. Prizewinning historian, Jefferson Cowie is an author and an associate professor of history at Cornell University. Dr. Seuss & Co. Go to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of America’s Leading Comic Artists by Andre Schiffrin published by The New Press in 2009. This book is a companion and a sequel to Dr. Seuss Goes to war, by Richard H. Minear. The cartoons in this book organized by subject and then chronologically within the categories. Each section is preceded by a short text, explaining the more difficult references, some of which may seem incomprehensible to today’s reader. The cartoons offer a totally different picture of the war, both at home and abroad. Andre Schiffrin is an author of a few books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Embracing Defeat.The Lost Soul Of Higher Education; Corporatization, the Assault on Academic Freedom and the End of American University by Ellen Schrecker published by The New Press in 2010. Yet in just about every case in which the faculty members lost their jobs because they were too politically unpopular or too outspoken, the institutions that dismissed them justified that action by invoking the hallowed norms of academe. In this book, author traces the development of academic freedom over the years and looking at how the challenges to that freedom evolved. This book probes one of the urgent issues of our time, it argues that the American university is under attack. Ellen Schrecker is an author and professor of history at Yeshiva University, she is the former editor of the American Association of University Professors‘ magazine, Academe. February 2011
Wiley: Jossey-Bass
Publishing nearly 250 new titles each year, Jossey-Bass seeks to honor and affirm the values, purpose, and mission that inform their publishing decisions and professional relationships.
The Online Teaching Survival Guide: Simple and Practical Pedagogical Tips by Judith V. Boettcher and Rita-Marie Conrad published by Jossey-Bass in 2010.in a world, where innovative communication technologies often drive pedagogical change, we find it refreshing to see online instructional practices rooted in sound pedagogical theory. Whether you seek to strengthen your own online teaching practice or to support a local community of online teachers, you will find much value in this book. This important account focusing on the life of a course and the tips for each phase of it seemed a natural choice as a next step to supporting the higher education community. It offers faculty a wide array of theory-based techniques designed for online teaching and technology-enhanced courses. Written by two pioneers in distance education, this guide presents practical instructional strategies spread out over a 4-phase timeline that covers the lifespan of a course. Judith V. Boettcher is a consultant and author in online and distance learning at the University of Florida. Rita-Marie Conrad is an online faculty member at various institutions, including Florida State University. Radicalizing Learning: Adult Education for a Just World by Stephen D. Brookfield and John D. Holst published by Jossey-Bass in 2011. This book is intended to serve as an overview of the theory and practice of adult education interpreted from one particular perspective that we call radical. It is designed to be a contemporary and comprehensive treatment of practices and ideas that comprise the understanding and facilitation of adult learning. Nothing that the traditional project of adult education is creating and extending a genuinely participatory democracy, the authors focus the book on the purposeful learning adults undertake in pursuit of political and economic democracy. This account outlines the functions of radical teaching and identifies elements of a radical curriculum. Stephen D. Brookfield is Distinguished Unicersity Professor at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota. John D. Holst is an associate professor in the department of Leadership, Policy and Administration at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis. The Handbook of Race and Adult Education by Vanessa Sheared, Juanita Johnson-Bailey, Scipio A. J. Colin, III, Elizabeth Peterson, Stephen D. Brookfield, and Associates published by Jossey Bass in 2010. This account is not limited to adult education or even to education, it shows how racism’s location within the social structures causes us to become internally racist as well as entrapped in structural racism without being explicitly conscious of the situation. While much attention has been given to diversity, inclusion, and multiculturalism within adult education, this book is the comprehensive work to engage in a dialogue specifically about race and racism and the effect these factors have on the marginalization or oppression of groups and individuals. This volume is a timely addition to the intense racial debate occurring in the USA today. Virtual Teamwork: Mastering the Art and Practice of Online Learning and Corporate Collaboration by Robert Ubell (editor) published by Willey in 2010. Online learning is a new phenomenon, originating in rudimentary form less than two decades ago and gradually building in scale and improving in quality and cost. This account by Robert Ubell and his team of collaborators adds an important dimension to effective teaching and learning in online environments. It explores cases derived from practice, encompassing virtual teams in specific fields, leadership, and team effectiveness, coupled with the technologies required for smooth interaction. Here explored ideas and practices that should be of equal interest to many outside of academe. Reader will find in this book a wealth of tips and techniques for building and managing successful virtual teams, including guidance. Robert Ubell is Vice President, Enterprise Learning, NYU Polytechnic Institute.January 2011
Hay House Publishing
Hay House was founded in 1984 by Louise L.Hay as a way to self-publish her first two books, Heal Your Body and You Can Heal Your Life, both of which became international bestsellers (You Can Heal Your Life has sold more than 35 million copies worldwide) and established Louise as a leader in the transformational movement. Today, Hay House is committed to publishing products that have a positive self-help slant and are conducive to healing planet Earth.
In 1987, Hay House was incorporated, expanding into a full-scale publishing company. They now publish books, CDs, DVDs, and the well-known card decks that are part of our beautifully illustrated and conceived Lifestyles line.
The subjects that have been covered by Hay House products reflect an eclectic assortment of interests: astrology, alternative health, angels, pet care, finance, nutrition, parenting, psychology, sociology, meditation, spirituality, numerology, color therapy, feng shui, business, autobiographies, social commentary, memoirs, and much more.
Hay House is one of the fastest-growing self-help and transformational publishers in the world, selling our products to more than 35 countries around the world. The company currently publishes approximately 300 books and 350 audio programs by more than 130 authors, and employs a full-time staff of 100-plus. Hay House is a medium-sized publishing house bringing in big-name authors who are attracted to Hay House innovative approach to 21st century publishing.
New Beginnings Press, Princess Books, and Smiley Books are imprints of Hay House.
Hay House is located in Carlsbad, California, with international divisions in Australia, the United Kingdom, India, and South Africa.
Hay House launched its own radio station in early 2005. It broadcasts worldwide via the Internet.
Hay House loves to stay in touch with its readers.
A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever by Marianne Williamson published by Hay House in 2010. When our heart is fully open and vulnerable, we can experience profound levels of intimacy that are healing, joyful, powerful, creative and ecstatic… What is the connection between spirituality and weight loss? The author answers that question bringing you 21 spiritual lessons. These lessons form a holistic paradigm foe weight loss, addressing the emotional, spiritual, and psychological elements involved in what Williamson refers to as “conscious weight loss”. Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed lecturer and the best-selling author. December 2010
Information Today, Inc.
Information Today, Inc (ITI) is the publisher of Information Today, as well as other periodicals, books, directories, and online products; and is the organizer of Computers in Libraries, Streaming Media, Enterprise Search Summit, and other prestigious conferences and exhibitions for the library, information & knowledge management communities. Their goal is to provide users and producers of information, knowledge and content management products and services with the information they need to do their jobs as effectively as possible. They welcome your suggestions for new products and services as well as comments on existing ones.
The Accidental Health Sciences Librarian by Lisa A. Ennis and Nicole Mitchell published by Information today in 2010. The authors of this book are to be congratulated for presenting not just a terrific overview of the field and the infrastructure that support it, but also for their inclusion of others' stories and journeys. This book encapsulates within its covers numerous personal reflections that provide valuable guidance to those considering a career in health librarianship. (Website resource - ahslbook.wordpress.com/).The Accidental Taxonomist by Heather Hedde published by Information Today in 2010. With the arrival of affordable computing in 1980s, simple economics pushed information into digital formats. The blossoming of the internet in the 1990s began a much more universal information availability cascade, and this made problems of information navigation and retrieval both more wide-spread and more acute. This book is the most comprehensive guide to the art and science of building information taxonomies. Heather Hedden is one of today's leading writers, instructors and consultants on indexing and taxonomy topics.The Accidental Library Marketer by Kathy Dempsey published by Information Today in 2009. What most library employees do not realize is that there's a way to practically guarantee success in their promotional endeavors. This book fills a need for library professionals and paraprofessionals who find themselves in an awkward position - they need to promote their libraries and services in the age of the internet, but they are never been taught how to do so effectively. It is a result-oriented guide by long-time editor of the Marketing Library Services newsletter - Kathy Demsey. This important account combines real-life examples and expert advice.Accidental Librarian by Pamela H. MacKellar published by Information Today in 2008. Accidental Librarians share two characteristics: and overwhelming eagerness to learn everything they can about library science, and a dedication to providing exceptional library services to their communities. If you become a librarian without planning then this book is for you. The traditional route to become a librarian is to attend n American Library Association school of library science and earn a master’s degree. Pamela H. MacKellar, a 25-year library veteran covers library principles, practices, and tools of the trade. She offers examples and tips to increase your understanding. November 2010
Black Dog Publishing
Black Dog Publishing Limited London specialises in beautifully produced illustrated books that represent a fresh, eclectic take on contemporary culture. Starting from a base in art and architecture, Black Dog Publishing has grown to embrace subjects as varied as design, fashion, music and environmental concerns. As its remit broadens and the list grows, company is expanding into new territories and gaining a broader audience around the world. Through this company stays true to its founding principals; to take a daring, innovative approach to the titles, to maintain high production values and authoritative content and to produce books that challenge, provoke and entertain.
Colonial Moodern: Aestetics off the Past Rebellions for the Future by Tom Avermaete, Serhat Karakayali, and Marion von Osten (editors) published in 2010. This book has its roots in a project entitled In the Desert of Modernity, organised by the Haus der Kulturen der Welt tegether with the book's editors. The project has links to the Haus der Kulturen der Welt's history in two ways. The Haus was a central modernist symbol and the project title references the history of modernity. The US government presented the Haus to Berlin in the 1950s during the first international building exhibition, which attracted Western modernist architects. This account reflects how era of decolonisation had a asting and unsettling effect on the practices and discourses of mass-housing. The Secret Self As A Stranger: Simon Lewty published in 2010. Lewty's eventual abandonment of figuration as such in the 1990s shows his distance from those artists committed to it as a faith, and also perhaps served to distance him from the reactions to the work that assimilated it to outsider status. Simon Lewty came to prominence in the early 1980s as a significant figure in the short-lived revival of New Image Painting that took place at that time, partly in reaction to 2 decades of conceptual and ideas-based art. Fully-illustrated, this book brings together a group of critical essays and texts by Cathy Courtney, Jessica Dublow, Paul Hills, Ian Hunt, Peter Larkin, Susan Michie, Stuart Morgan and the artist himself.Alphabets: A Miscellany Of Letters, introduction by David Sacks published in 2010. The alphabet began as a string of pictured objects. But they were carefully chosen objects, whose names collectively held a special quality. And in their shapes and denoted sounds, these picture letters were the direct ancestors of ABC's. Later, those letters become our letters. The tale begins historically arond 2000 BC. But the explanation might start with the present day and some general principles. This title is a playful take on the alphabets relationship with design, art, typography, children's books, learning aides, commercial singage, comtemporary culture and everything and anything is between.Mapping America: Exploring the
Continent published in 2010. This greatly illustrated book traces the formation of the United States of America from its origins as a colonial backwater, through periods of ever-changing country and state borders. Two extended introductions provide very different perspectives on the mapping of America. Featuring over 120 detailed images, this book offers new details and points of interest with every viewing. Reader will find the transport maps, both practical and abstract - from Abraham Bradley's seminal late eighteenth/early nineteenth century postal road maps, through to Cameron Booth's Eisenhower Interstate System, and much more. With introduction by Frank Jacobs and Fritz Kessler this book is divided into thematic chapters that cover the issues of "Discovering", "Navigating" and "Imaging" the continent.October 2010
CRC Press
Today CRC Press functions as the principal science and technology book division of the Taylor & Francis Group. The acquisition of Lewis Publishers in 1990, made CRC the leading publisher of environmental science books. The subsequent additions of St. Lucie Press and Auerbach Publishing extended CRC reach into business management and information technology. The acquisition of Chapman & Hall's mathematics and statistics titles took CRC to the head of the class in these two fields.
The most important change occurred when in 2003, CRC Press became a member of the Taylor & Francis publishing group. No scientific publisher has a more illustrious history than Taylor & Francis. Established in 1783, Taylor & Francis was truly the voice of the European enlightenment. With little more than the power of conviction of a young printer’s apprentice named Richard Taylor, it launched the world leading physics and material science journal, the Philosophical Magazine, which was the first of the more than 1000 journals it now publishes covering nearly every facet of human endeavor.
As if marrying into that lineage wasn’t impressive enough, CRC Press also benefitted from the independent 2004 merger of Taylor and Francis with Informa. While the corporate name Informa came into being only as of 1998, the organization can trace its bloodline back to 1734 when the first issue of the maritime publication Lloyd's List was pinned to the wall of Edward Lloyd's City of London coffee shop. With over 150 offices across the world, Informa plc is the leading international provider of specialist information and services for the academic and scientific, professional, and commercial business communities. Operating in over 40 countries, it produces 10,000 events annually.
Merging the path of CRC Press with that Taylor & Francis and Informa, has expanded the company’s depth as well as its reach. A host of other renowned publishers has come under the CRC banner in recent years. These include Dekker Publishing, the book division of the Institute of Physics, Garland Press, Lawrence Erlbaum, and Haworth.
Evolved Cellular Network: Planning and Optimization for UMTS and LTE by Lingyang Song and Jia Shen (editors) in 2010. A key aim of modern cellular communication networks is to provide high-capacity coverage over a wide area. The cellular concept was first deployed in the U.S. in 1947. By breaking the coverage area down into many small cells, the total system capacity could be substantially increased, enabling more users to be served simultaneously. The use of different frequencies in cells that are close to each other continued as the predominant cellular technique for the next 4 decades, up to and including the Global System for Mobile Communications, which was the first cellular system to achieve worldwide penetration, with billions of users… This important account presents an accessible introduction to all stages of planning and optimizing UMTS, HSPA, and LTE cellular networks. It starts with overview of each type of network, with channel models and basic techniques; explains the challenges operators and vendors are likely to face and explains the critical role network planning and optimization play in addressing these challenges. It also analyzes techniques for major mechanisms, troubleshooting, trending, and conducting radio performance analysis. This book provides the practical understanding that meet the ever-growing demands for mobile data solutions.September 2010
Princeton University Press
...In 1965, the Princeton University Press built a new 55,000 square foot printing plant in Lawrenceville, modernized its offices, and launched a paperback publication program that has since become one of the largest among university presses. In 1969, the Bollingen Foundation gave the world- renowned Bollingen Series, established in 1941 by Paul Mellon and Mary Conover Mellon, to the Press with the responsibility for carrying forward its work in archaeology, ethnology, literary criticism, mythology, philosophy, psychology, religion, and related fields. The 100 numbered works in this series include The Collected Works of C.G. Jung (to date, the Press has sold more than one million copies of books by Jung, including paperbacks and excerpts from this series), The Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Collected Works of Paul Valery, and Works by St.-John Perse, the 1960 Nobel Laureate in poetry. Some of the individual titles include Kenneth Clark's The Nude; E.H. Gombrich's Art and Illusion; Aleksandr Pushkin's Eugene Onegin, translated and with commentary by Vladimir Nabokov; The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell (which has sold more than 750,000 copies to date); and the Wilhelm/Baynes translation of The I Ching, Or Book of Changes (which remains the Press's single bestselling book with more than 900,000 copies in print).
In 1986, Walter Lippincott succeeded Bailey as director of the Press. Since then, the Press has continued to expand its publication program and in 1993, sold its printing plant in order to focus exclusively on acquiring and publishing scholarly books. The Alumni Weekly also became an independent entity in 1990. The Complete Works of W.H. Auden, edited by Edward Mendelson, was launched in 1989. Other notable books during this period include Brian Boyd's two-volume biography of Vladimir Nabokov; Robert Putnam's Making Democracy Work; D.M. Kreps's A Course in Microeconomic Theory; Joseph Frank's monumental multi-volume biography of Dostoevsky; and The Nature of Space and Time by Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose.
Over the years, Princeton University Press has won many honors. In 1950, the Press received The Carey-Thomas Award of Publishers' Weekly for the initiation of The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. The Press received another Carey- Thomas Award in 1973 in recognition of the accomplishments of Bollingen Series and a third one in 1976 recognizing the Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation. Six Princeton University Press books have won Pulitzer Prizes: Russia Leaves the War (1957) by George F. Kennan, Banks and Politics in America From the Revolution to the Civil War (1958) by Bray Hammond, Between War and Peace (1961) by Herbert Feis, Washington, Village and Capital (1963) by Constance McLaughlin Green, The Greenback Era (1965) by Irwin Unger, and Machiavelli in Hell (1989) by Sebastian de Grazia. The Press won a National Book Award for Kennan's book, as well as for Anthony Kerrigan's translation of The Agony of Christianity and Essays on Faith by Miguel de Unamuno and Jackson Mathews's translation of Monsieur Teste by Paul Valery. Joseph Frank's Dostoevsky: The Years of Ordeal, 1850-1859 won a National Book Critics Circle Award in 1985. The History and Geography of Human Genes by Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Paola Menozzi, and Alberto Piazza won the American Association of Publishers' R.R. Hawking Award in 1995 for the best scientific, technical, and medical book published in the United States. In addition, the Press has won five Bancroft Prizes for books by Kennan, Arthur S. Link, R.R. Palmer, and Felix S. Gilbert. The Press has also received many awards for excellence in design and printing, including 48 honors from the American Institute of Graphic Arts for books designed by P.J. Conkwright, the Press's chief designer and typographer from 1939 to 1970.
Playing Gods: Ovid’s Metamorphoses and the Politics of Fiction by Andrew Feldherr published by Princeton University Press in 2010. In this book, the author’s goal is to expand the understanding of the modes by which the work facilitates the audience’s reflection on and redefinition of the hierarchies operative within Roman society. The “politics” of Metamorphoses it addresses does not mean the same thing as Ovid’s politics, and readers will find no explicit discussion of the attitudes of the poet toward emperor. This book offers a novel interpretation of politics and identity in Ovid’s epic poem of transformations, the Metamorphoses. Playig Gods argues that Ovid uses the problem of fiction in the text to redefine the power of poetry in Augustine Rome. The book provides the range of cultural phenomena that defined and projected Augustan authority, including theater, visual arts, and spectacle. Andrew Feldherr is author and professor of classics at Princeton University. He is also editor of The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Historians.The Axe and the Oath: Ordinary Life in the Middle Ages by Robert Fossier published by Princeton University Press in 2010. In this book, Robert Fossier presents a compelling picture of daily life of ordinary people in the Middle Ages. He describes how they confronted life, from birth to death; how medieval men and women encountered, coped with, and understood the basic material facts of the life. Reader will find out how ordinary people experienced the cultural, intellectual, social, and spiritual aspects of medieval life. In attempting to shake up “certitudes,” author’s hope is to lead the reader to raise questions about them, naturally leaving open the possibility of returning to them if they prove the better choice. Robert Fossier is author of many books, he is professor emeritus of medieval history at the Sorbonne and editor of The Cambridge History of the Middle Ages.August 2010
Wiley: For Dummies
With more than 200 million books in print and more than 1,600 titles, For Dummies is the most widely recognized and highly regarded reference series in the world. Since 1991, For Dummies has helped millions make everything easier.
US Constitution for Dummies by Dr. Michael Arnheim published by Wiley in 2009. With this book reader will learn to trace the evolution of the Constitution, discern what each of the seven articles means, understand Constitutional amendments, and recognize the power of the US Supreme Court. Maybe you are afraid the Constitution isn’t really that interesting. It is a never-ending source of interesting debates and arguments! This book explains the Constitution simply and thoroughly, including the controversy it evokes, it covers the entire Constitution. This guide will walk you through this revered document, explaining how articles and amendments came to be and how they have guided legislators. Dr. Michael Arnheim is a practicing barrister, mediator, and academic. He is the author of a text on British constitutional law and consults with various US firms.Home Buying for Dummies (4th Ed.) by Eric Tyson, MBA and Ray Brown published by Wiley in 2009. With this book you will learn to find the right home in today’s market, obtain a mortgage, negotiate your best deal, and improve your credit score. If you want to buy a house but concerned about market or have a fear, this guide will help you with time-tested advice and updated strategies. This new edition included expanded coverage to help homebuyers take advantage of low home prices, understand the subprime mortgage crisis, obtain a mortgage, and much more Eric Tyson, MBA, is a financial counselor and the author of bestselling books on finance. Ray Brown is a real estate professional for more than 30 years.QuickBooks 2009 for Dummies by Stephen L Nelson, MBA, CPA, published by Wiley in 2009. With this book, reader will learn to succeed in setting up and using QuickBooks; create invoices and credit memos, record sales receipts, and set up inventory items; record and pay bills, print checks, and process payroll; balance accounts and generate financial reports. This book will help you to make business of bookkeeping a breeze, and gives you just what you need to get going. Running a small business is one of the great things a person can do. Sometimes an environment is dangerous, but sometimes it gives you an opportunity to make tons of money… The purpose of this book is to make it easier for you to run or work in a small business. Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA provides accounting, business advisory, tax planning, and tax preparation services to small businesses.July 2010
Bellevue Literary Press
Bellevue Literary Press (BLP), founded in 2005, publishes literary and authoritative fiction and nonfiction at the nexus of the arts and the sciences, with a special focus on medicine. As their authors explore cultural and historical representations of the human body, illness, and health, they address the impact of scientific and medical practice on the individual and society.Their books target a general, educated readership, including medical and scientific professionals and academics interested in literate, jargon-free approaches to issues engaged by their practice. By bridging the gap between the arts and the sciences in original and artful ways, BLR promotes science literacy to our nonprofessional readership and humane and ethical practice to medical and scientific professionals. Bellevue Literary Press is a project of the New York University School of Medicine.
The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray’s Anatomy by Bill Hayes published by Bellevue Literary Press in 2009. This book is about anatomy and about the education of an anatomist. In this illustrated with drawings and photographs work of creative nonfiction, Bill Hayes uncovers the extraordinary lives of the seminal volume’s author and illustrator who produced the most famous medical text of all time. He provides an astonishing view into the ingenuity of the human body. Bill Hayes I the author, he has been featured on many NPR programs, and other. He lives in New York City.Beyond Uncertainty: Heisenberg, Quantum Physics, and the Bomb by David C. Cassidy published by Bellevue Literary Press in 2009. This book draws upon, yet in many ways transcends, the detailed account provided in its now-out-of-print predecessor, Uncertainty: The Life and Science of Werner Heisenberg. Heisenberg was one member of the small band of young people and their mentors who helped bring about the quantum revolution during the 1920s and who helped push it forward during the decades to follow. This book is a deep insight into Heisenberg’s role as a principle founder of quantum mechanics and the leading German physicist during WWII. David C. Cassidy is the award-winning author and professor of Natural Science at Hofstra University. Thinkers, a novel by Paul Harding published by Bellevue Literary Press in 2009. George Washington Crosby began to hallucinate few days before he died. He travels into memory deep into his past where he is reunited with his father. This heartbreaking novel - the Winner of the Pulitzer Prize - is meditation on loss and love. It shows the miraculous ticking of the natural world and the human soul and achieves a unique fusion of perception and language. Paul Harding has taught writing at Harvard and The University of Iowa. This is his first novel. June 2010
Hachette Book Group
Hachette Book Group is a leading US trade publisher headquartered in New York, and owned by Hachette Livre, the second largest publisher in the world. In one year, HBG publishes approximately 650 adult books, 150 young adult and children’s books, and 100 audio book titles. In 2009, the company had a record 130 books on the New York Times bestseller list, with 24 of them ranked #1. HBG also provides a wide range of custom distribution, fulfillment and sales services to third party publishers including Harry N. Abrams, Amazing People Club, Chronicle Books, Filipacchi Publishing, Gildan Media, Guinness World Records, Hachette UK, InnovativeKids, Marvel, Octopus Books, Oxmoor House, Peterson’s, Phaidon Press, Time Inc. Home Entertainment, an Windblown Media.
God Never Blinks: 50 Lessons for Life’s Little Detours by Regina Brett published by Hachette / GC in 2010. While some of the lessons speak of God, people found in them universal truth. At her 45, Regina Brett wrote 45 lessons life taught her. The Plain Dealer’s readers in Cleveland loved it. Cancer made her bold enough to speak up to the bosses. Then, she added five more lessons. And it was the most popular column she has written in her 24 years of journalist’s career. In this book, Brett expands these 50 lessons - from “Do not take yourself too seriously - nobody else does” to “ Life is too short to waste time hating anyone”. Regina Brett is an award-winning writing-columnist and radio host on WCPN 90.3FM.The Bride Collector by Ted Dekker published by Hachette / CS in 2010. He loves them because they are beautiful, he kills them because he loves them. Special agent Brad Raines has hunted the Bride Collector but each time he finds himself one step behind. A virtuoso killer is carving a path of death across the west, intent on killing only the most beautiful women, in the name of love. He slipped through the FBI’s fingers, every time leaving a handwritten note and bridal veil. Raines is drawn to a young woman who struggle with psychosis and he begins to see the world through her eyes. Together they enter the killer’s game, but Bride Collector is supremely gifted. Ted Dekker is a New York Times bestselling author and known for stories that combine adrenaline-laced plots with confrontation between good and evil. May 2010
hf ullmann
hf ullmann develops lavishly illustrated books and published in up to 15 languages and distributed into more than 60 countries. In addition to their headquarters in Potsdam, they have offices in Madrid and Paris, and represented internationally.
The titles include the following subjects: knowledge and enjoyment, nature and environment, the eating and drinking, lifestyle, architecture, art and photography. Their books offer fascinating world of images, great content.
Neoclassicism and Romanticism: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting by Rolf Toman (Editor) and M. Bassler A. Bednorz, M. Bollen and F. Monheim (Photographs) published by ullmann & konemann in 2006. In the Neoclassical and Romantic periods, the fine arts were deeply rooted in the traditions of thought of the Modern Age. Since the end of Middle Ages, the accent on the relationship between the human ego and the world outside it had been shifting away from the objective to the subjective standpoint - the Renaissance to Romantic movement - outline of ideas. In the 2nd half of the 18th century, Britain rose to become a leading world power. The Industrial Revolution and the social changes associated with it affected the history of architecture in many ways. In this greatly illustrated book, reader will learn about Neoclassical and Romantic architecture in Britain, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal, Holland and Belgium, Germany, Austria and Hungary, Neoclassical architecture in USA and Russia. Photographs are accompanied with text that give a detailed explanation of buildings and movements, their history and important facts. Also, reader will enjoy the photographs of Neoclassical sculptures and paintings with detailed information on sculptors and artists created them. Over 500 pages of this deluxe, over-sized book contain great presentation of Neoclassical and Romanticism movements and will be great addition to every sophisticated reader’s library shell or a demanding coffee table collection.Baroque: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting by Rolf Toman (Editor) and Achim Bednorz (Photos) published by ullmann & konemann in 2004. The metaphor of “the world as a stage” was prevalent throughout the baroque period. The fine arts and performing arts have served two clear functions: they were designed to impress, dazzle, while communicating a specific ideology. Baroque art trends to make a sensual appeal to the viewer with its illusionist devices, theatrical pathos, the interplay of different forms. This greatly illustrated book offers historical details and information on architecture in Italy from the early Baroque to the Early Neo-Classical Period, Baroque architecture in Spain and Portugal, France and England, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Eastern Europe… Also, reader will enjoy color photographs of Baroque sculpture and painting with text that will guide you through its history. Book includes the Glossary and Bibliography sections. Approximately 450 illustration with easy-t-read text offers a wonderful and unforgettable journey through the history of Baroque period - from the end of the sixteen to the late eighteen century. Gothic: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting by Rolf Toman (editor) and Achim Bednorz (photographer) published by ullmann & konemann in 2007. A work of the highest artistic achievement, the choir harmoniously integrated the elements and motifs we now consider as Gothic. But the building of the choir should not be seen in isolation, it was part of social, political, and philosophical developments that had began earlier. In Gothic architecture something solid is being removed from its natural surrounding... The affinity between conservative cultural criticism and an inflated reverence for Gothic has a long tradition in Germany. But art history, which was just emerging as a discipline, quickly established that Gothic especially cathedral, was one of the original achievements of Germany’s arch-enemy of the time, France. Gothic is a high point of European art. This beautifully illustrated with stunning color photographs and drawings edition explores the history of Gothic in all fascinating details. In this book, reader will find historical information on Gothic’s political and architectural background, Gothic as a French export, Gothic in Italy and England, Netherlands and Germany, Spain and Portugal... Contributors offer their analysis and characteristics of Gothic painting and sculpture and discuss its formal aspects.April 2010
Brookings Books
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to conduct high-quality, independent research and, based on that research, to provide innovative, practical recommendations that advance three broad goals:
strengthen American democracy;
foster the economic and social welfare, security and opportunity of all Americans and secure a more open, safe, prosperous and cooperative international system.
Brookings is proud to be consistently ranked as the most influential, most quoted and most trusted think tank..
Power Play: The Bush Presidency and the Constitution by James P. Pfiffner published by Brookings Institution Press in 2009. President Obama had criticized the Bush administration for its interrogation policies and secrecy, also Obama began his administration with several actions intended to create “a clean break from business as usual.” In this book, Pfiffner has examines and analyzes the legal arguments offered by the Bush administration, and offers a powerful counterpoise to the current defenses of presidential powers. James. P. Pfiffner is an author, and professor of public policy at George Mason University.
Covering by Network: The New Shape of the Public Sector by Stephen Goldsmith and William D. Eggers published by Brookings in 2004. This book is a singularly important contribution to thinking about governance in 21st century. The biggest insight that authors bring to the debate is the need to reconcile traditional top-down hierarchy, built along vertical lines of authority, with emerging networks. Stephen Goldsmith, Mayor of Indianapolis from 1992 to 1999, is an author and the Daniel Paul Professor of Government and faculty chair of the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. William D. Eggers is coauthor and the global director at Deloitte Research, Public Sector, and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.America Unbound: The Bush Revolution Foreign Policy by Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay published by Brookings in 2003. Bush has redefined how USA engages the world, shedding the constraints . Authors of this book dismiss the claims that neoconservatives have captured the heart and mind of the (now former) president Bush. They caution that the Bush revolution comes with significant risk… Ivo H. Daalder is an author and was director for European affairs on the National Security Council staff, and more. James M. Lindsey is an author and was deputy director and senior fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution and more. The Idea of Pakistan by Stephen Philip Cohen published by Brookings in 2004. It has taken to author 44 years to write this book - these years he has been studying Pakistan. His first interest was the role of military when he visited Pakistan first time in 1978. This book focuses primarily on internal dynamics, not strategic policy. Pakistan has more perilous geographic position than India, and the dominant Pakistan army looks inward and outward. Author studies the subjects of political parties, civilian elite, various ethnic, linguistic and sectarian minorities, and explains Pakistan analyzing its complexity. Stephen P. Cohen is an author and senior fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies program at the Brookings Institution. March 2010
Michelin: Atlas
Michelin publishes maps, guides and atlases, which are perfect for holiday planning, and guarantee Michelin's clear and accurate mapping. Also, Michelin welcomes comments or suggestions on Pubs, Hotels and Restaurants that are or that you think should be included in the Mi
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