Davenport: 393 books

Understanding Alzheimer's is a comprehensive look at the most up-to-date research into this devastating disease. As well as the early symptoms and effects of Alzheimer's, it features some of the supplements and treatments thought to improve sufferers' symptoms - useful if you're worried about your own health or that of someone you know.

Although the environmental and physical effects of climate change have long been recognised, little attention has been given to the profound negative impact on mental health. Leslie Davenport presents comprehensive theory, strategies and resources for addressing key clinical themes specific to the...

In nine engaging and authoritative chapters, author Cyril Davenport tells the story of the book from its earliest incarnations—formation of words and palm-leaf books—to the evolution of the illustrated book as an art form. What emerges is an intriguing portrait of paper and printing, the art of bookbinding, and illustration styles such as engraving, mezzotints, and photography.

This multi-author new edition revises and updates the classic reference by William G. Davenport et al (winner of, among other awards, the 2003 AIME Mineral Industry Educator of the Year Award "for inspiring students in the pursuit of clarity"), providing fully updated coverage of the copper production...

By some measure the most widely produced chemical in the world today, sulfuric acid has an extraordinary range of modern uses, including phosphate fertilizer production, explosives, glue, wood preservative and lead-acid batteries. An exceptionally corrosive and dangerous acid, production of sulfuric...

A Short Story: When all of the evidence points at Dr. Watson being a murderer, can Sherlock prove him innocent or is it possible that Watson's own friendship has led him down a dark path? Or could Watson still have a dark path to tread?A Mystery with a little bit of Sci-fi.

Roxie Summers, wedding planner extraordinaire, is in a rut. Despite how many times she has managed to make other couples happy, she just cannot seem to find a man of her own. That is, until she finds a strange ring on the beach. That night, her life is changed forever when a genie appears in...

On waking in a room with no doors and only a scary fire to talk to, thirteen year old Henry begins to tell his story to a Stranger. He describes a terrible choice he was forced to make, and a nightmarish outcome. As the Fire shows him pictures of the world outside the room, Henry struggles to understand...

The Necronomicon was not the first book by H.P. Lovecraft to terrify readers with tales of dark and twisted horrors from beyond. No, the Al-Azif, or Book of the Insect, is the first work that told mankind of Cthulhu, Azathoth, and other terrors. Indeed, it was the book that inspired "The Mad...

The modern effort to locate American liberties, it turns out, began in the mud at the bottom of Baltimore harbor. John Barron Jr. and John Craig sued the city for damages after Baltimore’s rebuilt drainage system diverted water and sediment into the harbor, preventing large ships from tying up at...

At the time of his death, Charles Haddon Spurgeon (19 June 1834 31 January 1892) was quite possibly the best known preacher in the world, and even today he is known as a British Particular Baptist preacher who remains highly influential among Christians of different denominations. Known as the "Prince...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Quips and Quiddities - A Quintessence of Quirks Quaint, Quizzical and Quotable. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published...

We channel far more faith (concentrated willpower) into our fear of life than we do into our love of life. Faith in fear: False-Evidence-Appearing-Real is what’s keeping us from wearing the crown we were all created to wear. We’re afraid of almost everything. We’re afraid of not being loved,...

In the last two decades, interest in narrative conceptions of identity has grown exponentially, though there is little agreement about what a "life-narrative" might be. In connecting Kierkegaard with virtue ethics, several scholars have recently argued that narrative models of selves and MacIntyre's...