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Latinos in the New Millennium
An Almanac of Opinion, Behavior, and Policy Preferences
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
Latinos in the New Millennium is a comprehensive profile of Latinos in the United States: looking at their social characteristics, group relations, policy positions and political orientations. The authors draw on information from the 2006 Latino National Survey (LNS), the largest and most detailed...
by Roger A. Horn, Charles R. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 1994
Building on the foundations of its predecessor volume, Matrix Analysis, this book treats in detail several topics in matrix theory not included in the previous volume, but with important applications and of special mathematical interest. As with the previous volume, the authors assume a background...
Teaching Young Adult Literature Today
Insights, Considerations, and Perspectives for the Classroom Teacher
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2016
Teaching Young Adult Literature Today introduces the reader to what is current and relevant in the plethora of good books available for adolescents. More importantly, literary experts illustrate how teachers everywhere can help their students become lifelong readers by simply introducing them to great...
The U.S.-China Military Scorecard
Forces, Geography, and the Evolving Balance of Power, 1996–2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2015
A RAND study analyzed Chinese and U.S. military capabilities in two scenarios (Taiwan and the Spratly Islands) from 1996 to 2017, finding that trends in most, but not all, areas run strongly against the United States. While U.S. aggregate power remains greater than China’s, distance and geography...
by W R Owens, N H Keeble, G A Starr
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Daniel Defoe is known as the father of the English novel. This is the modern critical edition of Defoe's novels. It brings together all three parts of "Robinson Crusoe" and examines their relationship. The editorial material includes an introduction to each novel, explanatory endnotes, textual notes, and a consolidated index in volume 10.
by R.A. Graves
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Hylies Wedge is a dying place, abandoned buildings line Main Street, a graveyard consumes the land and a dwindling population holds little hope for the future. But life as usual changes when young resident, Gina Sullivan, finds herself in harm’s way- her shoe stuck on a railroad tie. A mysterious...
by William A. "Pat" Biddle, Patricia Joan O. Horsey, R. Jerry Keiser
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2010
Kent County has retained its serenity and beauty in the face of the passage of time. Situated on a peninsula where the Chester and Sassafras Rivers amble gently into the Chesapeake Bay, Kent County boasts miles of picturesque shoreline that provide perfect frame for the miles of undeveloped farmland that makes up the heart of the county.
by L R A Narayan
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This compilation of articles provides a clear understanding of Remote Sensing, the amazing technology which is opening up new vistas for the mapping, management, and monitoring of our natural resources. Richly illustrated and easy to read, the book will be of interest to students, teachers, scientists and non-specialists.
by M. R. Islam, M. E. Hossain, A. O. Islam
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
Petroleum and natural gas still remain the single biggest resource for energy on earth. Even as alternative and renewable sources are developed, petroleum and natural gas continue to be, by far, the most used and, if engineered properly, the most cost-effective and efficient, source of energy on the...
by Dato' R. Palan Ph.D., A.P.T., FBILD(UK).
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
Creating Your Own Rainbow, features of a Rainbow, Life Management, Successful life, focus of life, Life satisfaction, Managing by Wandering about (MBWA)
Personal Accountability, Authentic Change, independent leadership, positive mindset, Self-Reflection, Clear Thinking
by Aaron R. Dinner, Stuart A. Rice
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Examines the intersection of quantum information and chemical physics
The Advances in Chemical Physics series is dedicated to reviewing new and emerging topics as well as the latest developments in traditional areas of study in the field of chemical physics. Each volume features detailed comprehensive...
History of the United States
Illustrated Edition: The Great Migration, The American Revolution, The Formation of the Constitution, Foundations of the Union, Civil War and Reconstruction, America as World Power (From the Colonial Period to World War I)
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2018
"History of the United States" is a monumental synthesis of American History subsequently produced by Charles A. Beard and his wife, Mary R. Beard. This book covers a period of more than 350 years, from the beginning of American Colonization to the establishment of The League of Nations...
Pragmatism with Purpose
Selected Writings
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Pragmatism with Purpose collects essays by the late Peter Hare, a leading proponent of the American philosophical tradition. The volume includes essays on “holistic pragmatism” that Hare developed in conversation with Morton White, as well as historical articles on William James and C. S. Peirce and commentaries on the profession.
by Stuart A. Rice, Aaron R. Dinner
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
This volume of Advances in Chemical Physics is dedicated, by the contributors, to Moshe Shapiro, formerly Canada Research Chair in Quantum Control in the Department of Chemistry at the University of British Columbia and Jacques Mimran Professor of Chemical Physics at the Weizmann Institute, who passed...