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How to step into an inherited leadership role and guide your team through a polished transition process. Starting something from the ground up is challenging. But how about transitioning into...

Most people who take up a musical instrument have dropped it by the time they leave school. With the onset of maturity they start to regret giving it up. But...

Nowadays, computers are no longer given commands; instead we enter into dialogues with them and create virtual realities. This one-to-one person/machine relationship has blossomed into a global communication network, the...

Does the crooked gene give rise to the crooked thought? Satirical aphorisms apart, the revolution in molecular genetics has indeed given rise to the heady optimism that biology will soon...

Richard Butler, the retiring head of UNSCOM, the organisation set up by the UN after the Gulf War to monitor, identify and isolate Saddam Hussein's military capacity, on how he...

A detailed study of the mechanical, physiological, and technical aspects of bicycle design, construction, and use, describing and picturing past, present, and experimental models.

The world of computation according to Turing, an interactive tutoring program, as told to star-crossed lovers- a novel.Our hero is Turing, an interactive tutoring program and namesake (or virtual emanation?)...

This book is the companion volume to Rethinking Innateness- A Connectionist Perspective on Development (The MIT Press, 1996), which proposed a new theoretical framework to answer the question "What does...

Taking a stand midway between Piaget's constructivism and Fodor's nativism, Annette Karmiloff-Smith offers an exciting new theory of developmental change that embraces both approaches. She shows how each can enrich...

The core of John Forester's concept of effective cycling is that bicyclists fare best when they act, and are treated in return, as drivers of vehicles, with the same rights...

"Sociomedia" continues the assessment of hypertext and hypermedia systems begun in "Text, Context, and HyperText" and "The Society of Text". It examines the use of integrated multimedia to support social...

A guide to today's urban cycling renaissance, with information on cycling's health benefits, safety, bikes and bike equipment, bike lanes, bike sharing, and other topics. Bicycling in cities is booming,...

An updated edition of a classic handbook for cyclists from beginner to expert. Effective Cycling is an essential handbook for cyclists from beginner to expert, whether daily commuters or weekend...

How does the brain work? How do billions of neurons bring about ideas, sensations, emotions, and actions? Why do children learn faster than elderly people? What can go wrong in...

Connectionist approaches, Andy Clark argues, are driving cognitive science toward a radical reconception of its explanatory endeavour. At the heart of this reconception lies a shift toward a new and...

People today have more romantic options than at any point in human history, and thanks to social media, smartphones and online dating, our abilities to connect with these options are...

In a novel of international intrigue, an American lawyer, Damon Pierce, attempts to save Bobby Okari, the West African leader of a protest movement, from execution by the country's corrupt...

This book is a balanced and up-to-date introduction to the philosophy of science. It covers all the main topics in the area, as well as introducing the student to the...

What is it that allows human beings to think the way we do? What enables us to communicate with one another through the use of speech? Is the difference between...

Rabbi Milton Steinberg's Basic Judaism is "one of the best presentations of essential Judaism" ( Christian Century ). Concise and elegant, this is a book about the faith, ideals, and...

This magical novel about three daughters struggling with divorce, dislocation, and the radical new lifestyle their mother adopts introduces an exceptional new author. Bold and wonderfully written, Bright Angel Time...

Do dogs dream? Does tail-wagging always show that a dog is happy? Is a pug really related to a wolf? Can a dog be trained to ride a horse? For...

I Can Jump Puddles is Alan Marshall's story of his childhood - a happy world in which, despite his crippling poliomyelitis, he plays, climbs, fights, swims, rides and laughs. I...

This sequel to the acclaimed A Time for Dancing finds Samantha Russell mourning her best friend, Juliana. Sammie soon meets Mona, a Jules-lookalike, and the girls must face the most...

Set partly in the United States, this novel includes a searing satire on mid-nineteenth-century America. Martin Chuzzlewit is the story of two Chuzzlewits, Martin and Jonas, who have inherited the...

Hosftadter and his colleagues at The Fluid Analogies Research Group have developed computer models that help describe and explain human discovery, creation and analogical thought. The key issue of perception...

The magnum opus of infamous French libertine, aristocrat, erotic author and extremist politician, the Marquis de Sade. The ultimate exploration of sexual deviation including sado-masochism and violent sexual abuse, this...

The Portobello area of West London has a rich personality vibrant, brilliant in colour, noisy, with graffiti that approach art, bizarre and splendid. An indefinable edge to it adds a...

Whether you are an entry-level or seasoned designer or programmer, learn all about data structures in this easy-to-understand, self-teaching guide that can be directly applied to any programming language. From...

Profiting with Forex introduces investors to all the advantages of the global foreign exchange market and shows them how to capitalize on it. Readers will learn why forex is the...

In his next I Can Read adventure, Fox-the hilarious trickster character featured in Geisel Award winners Fox at Night and Fox the Tiger -learns to solve a problem in an...

A monstrously fun story that puts a wholesome twist on a familiar fear. Blossom loves jumping snake, swimming in the bog, and playing slime ball. She doesn't love the creepy...

A thrilling stand-alone adventure in Erin Hunter's #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series! In this Super Edition, discover the origins of the first leader of RiverClan-a mysterious cat whose desire for...

" Students who are learning to read will enjoy visiting a vibrant kindergarten classroom with Pinkalicious." -School Library Journal Pinkalicious gets a kindergarten buddy in this Level One I Can...

A BTS fan favorite! A WALL STREET JOURNAL STORIES THAT CAN TAKE YOU ANYWHERE PICK * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S STAY HOME AND READ PICK * SALON'S BEST AND BOLDEST * BUSTLE'S...

For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises-some of them good, some not so good. Today, though, is a good-surprise day. Bat's mom, a veterinarian,...

A manga adventure from the world of Erin Hunter's #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series! In the second book of the SkyClan and the Stranger manga arc, set after the events...

A disillusioned newspaper reporter turned private detective, Ray Dudgeon isn't trying to save the world. He just wants to do an honest job, and do it well. But when doing...

In "The Language Instinct," Steven Pinker, well-known for his revolutionary theory of how children acquire language, lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how...

The story of educated, principled, and brave Catholic women--nuns, newly ordained priests, lay preachers, and organizers--who have inspired a reform movement determined to restore women and lay Catholics to their...