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Dr Ravi Kapoor has reached the end of his tether. He is over-worked and exhausted; his South London hospital is out of funds; and reporters are hounding him about a...

Liquid crystals in the last two decades have become part of a technological explosion, leading to advances in areas as diverse as oil recovery, the production of temperature sensors--from medical...

These two narrative cycles, both written during a highpoint of Goethe's career, address various social issues and reveal his experimentation with narrative and perspective. A traditional cycle of novellas, "Conversations...

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, a novel of self-realization greatly admired by the Romantics, has been called the first Bildungsroman and has had a tremendous influence on the history of the German...

Through a set of lively anecdotes and essays, Nathaniel Borenstein traces the divergence between the fields of software engineering and user-centered software design, and attempts to reconcile the needs of...

glamour. access. scandal. Ever wonder what your favorite pop divas are like AFTER the cameras stop rolling? What do they do behind closed doors? What are their parties like? What...

For over half a century, at almost any hour of the day, mathematicians the world over might answer a knock at the front door to find a short, frail man...

First book to link children's technology use to important new findings about stages of child development and brain maturation. Through concrete examples and guidelines, Jane Healy clearly illustrates how computers...

Shows how to communicate with kids using a dialogue technique, and looks at the motivational and school behavioral problems that interfere with education.

Imagine attending a lecture at the turn of the twentieth century in which Orville Wright speculates about the future of transportation, or one in which Alexander Graham Bell envisages satellite...

This work provides a look at the individuals and companies that have sought to develop and market the technology known as artificial intelligence. The driving force behind AI is to...

From Simon & Schuster, This Book Needs No Title is Raymond Smullyan's budget of living paradoxes--the author of What is the Name of This Book? Including eighty paradoxes, logical labyrinths,...

"Welcome to Mac" - with those words, a new era was born. January 1994 marks the tenth anniversary of this personal-computer breakthrough. A household word now, the Mac phenomenon marked...

This is the book for everyone who wants to know everything about keeping house - including the best way to organise kitchen drawers, the best way to store shoes, how...

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me a partridge in a pear tree. Learn to count as you read this children's Christmas classic.

Born in Africa, at the age of twelve Fiori Giovanni's marriage was already arranged. By fourteen, she was recruited into the Eritrean army. Her destiny, like that of so many...

If your hope is to raise strong, brave, reflective and empowered young women, then this book is a must-have. The Tween Mother's Tool Book: Raising Strong Daughters is a practical,...

At seventeen, most teenagers are looking forward to finishing school and deciding who to take to the school formal. Nova Wilson thought she was like everyone else until ... the...

This work is a contribution to the philosophy and psychology of language. The first part develops the author's theory of congruence of meaning which is a generalization of the standard...

Simple, seasonal, real-time vegetarian recipes for everyday and every occasion. As a busy husband, father of two young children, and full-time writer, Jack Bishop demands a lot from the meals...

Award-winning duo Catherine Thimmesh and Melissa Sweet inspire a new generation of innovators in this fascinating celebration of women inventors from diverse backgrounds. For fans of Women Who Dared and...

The Food Network star is back with an all-new, all-American book in his #1 New York Times bestselling series In its seventeenth season, Guy Fieri's Diners, Drive-ins and Dives continues...

From the growing number of Wi-Fi hotspots to the escalating sales of laptops and other portable wireless-enabled devices, it's clear that wireless technology is here and poised to play an...

Cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse is having a streak of bad luck. First her co-worker is killed and no one seems to care. Then she comes face-to-face with a beastly creature...

John Truck was to outward appearances just another lowlife spaceship captain. But he was also the last of the Centaurans, or at least half of him was, which meant that...

'Be warned. This book has no literary merit whatsoever. It is a lurid piece of nonsense, convoluted, implausible, peopled by unconvincing characters, written in drearily pedestrian prose, frequently ridiculous and...

When Gideon Turner is booted out of the bloodstock agency to which he has devoted twenty years, his first thought is to hope that the business collapses around the unspeakable...

What I'm asking is, is she a sympathetic heroine? Are we going to be on her side?Elaine, a once-famous actress who disappeared thirty years ago in mysterious circumstances, is ready...

Two sisters, four nights, one city. April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war - so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from...

From the master of rhyme comes a sweet tale of an alpaca who turns into a unicorn! Now here's a tall tale (in fact it's a cracker) all about Frank,...

Jack Sutherland, the narrator and protagonist of this memoir has, you might say, led a charmed life in the face of seeming damnation. A confirmed alcoholic in his early teens,...

The response of one writer to the work of another can be doubly illuminating. In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past whom they...

The third and concluding book in the Hawthorn trilogy - an atmospheric Young Adult series, full of magic, mystery and heartache. Every story needs a hero. Every hero needs a...

The passionate, heart-rending sequel to Time Between Us- the story of a time traveller desperate to stay in the past with his true love. Calling Anna and Bennett's romance long...

Hundreds ofnbsp; ships carrying thousands of Viking warriors are attacking medieval Paris. The Parisians are fighting back, but they can only last so long. And that's bad news - especially...

The best-selling annual edition is back! The fascinating files of Robert Ripley prove there's nothing stranger than the truth. Turn the pages, if you dare. But watch out! There are...

National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Penelope Fitzgerald's The Bookshop is "a marvelously piercing fiction" ( Times Literary Supplement ), short-listed for the Booker Prize. With an Introduction by David...