Derek: 1655 books
Conversations with Casanova
A Fictional Dialogue Based on Biographical Facts
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2019
Imagined by one of the world's leading experts on Casanova, this fictionalised conversation presents the essential biography of history's most famous lover.
A quiet chat with Casanova turns into a catalogue of racy encounters set in 18th-century Venice and other cities ... and we can even ask...
Relationships
Would You want to Date You?
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
What is the key piece of advice that most books and experts fail to tell you about relationships? In RELATIONSHIPS: Would You Want To Date You? you’ll learn that your relationship to everything in your life – your family, your co-workers, and even your pets! - sets the stage for successful romantic...
Fear
A Powerful Illusion
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Is fear keeping you from living your life to its fullest? This little book delivers some big answers to help you understand and recognize fear, along with offering easy-to-follow techniques to stop it from standing in your way.
FEAR: A Powerful Illusion, part of the GET A GRIP series, guides...
China’s Ethical Revolution and Regaining Legitimacy
Reforming the Communist Party through Its Public Servants
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
This book examines the many ways in which the Communist Party in China is still revolutionary by focusing on how, in recent years, it has attempted to mobilize Party members to become ethical subjects. In the context of the Party’s history of the military revolution, Cultural Revolution and Economic...
by D. J. Bacon, Derek Hull, Emeritus Goldsmith's Professor
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2011
In materials science, dislocations are irregularities within the crystal structure or atomic scale of engineering materials, such as metals, semi-conductors, polymers, and composites. Discussing this specific aspect of materials science and engineering, Introduction to Dislocations is a key resource...
by Derek Lewis, Ulrike Zitzlsperger
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Germanyprovides a comprehensive overview of most aspects of life and institutions in contemporary Germany. It also introduces the reader to the historical development of both East and West Germany between 1949 and 1990, and addresses the...
Terahertz Imaging for Biomedical Applications
Pattern Recognition and Tomographic Reconstruction
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Terahertz biomedical imaging has become an area of interest due to its ability to simultaneously acquire both image and spectral information. Terahertz imaging systems are being commercialized, with increasing trials performed in a biomedical setting. As a result, advanced digital image processing...
The New Southbound Policy
Deepening Taiwan’s Regional Integration
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
In a concerted effort to expand Taiwan’s presence across the Indo-Pacific, President Tsai Ing-wen has introduced the New Southbound Policy (NSP) to strengthen Taipei’s relationships with the 10 countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), six states in South Asia (India, Pakistan,...
Black Holes
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2009
This introduction to the fascinating subject of black holes fills a significant gap in the literature which exists between popular, non-mathematical expositions and advanced textbooks at the research level. It is designed for advanced undergraduates and first year postgraduates as a useful stepping-stone...
The Metallogeny of Lode Gold Deposits
A Syngenetic Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
The Metallogeny of Lode Gold Deposits: A Syngenetic Perspective is a synthesis of lode gold vein forming processes, addressing the commonality in similar worldwide deposits. The book’s empirical model incorporates widely known and accepted principles of ore deposition and shows how it applies in...
by Derek Ford, Paul D. Williams
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2013
Originally published in 1989, Karst Geomorphology and Hydrology became the leading textbook on karst studies. This new textbook has been substantially revised and updated.
The first half of the book is a systematic presentation of the dissolution kinetics, chemical equilibria and physical flow...
Vegetation Dynamics
A Synthesis of Plant Ecophysiology, Remote Sensing and Modelling
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Understanding ecosystem structure and function requires familiarity with the techniques, knowledge and concepts of the three disciplines of plant physiology, remote sensing and modelling. This is the first textbook to provide the fundamentals of these three domains in a single volume. It then applies...
Ghost on the Wall
The Authorised Biography of Roy Evans
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
Ghost on the Wall is the official biography of one of Liverpool Football Club's greatest ever servants: Roy Evans. Born in Bootle in 1948, Evans attracted the attention of many First Division club managers while playing for England's schoolboys team in the early 1960s. In 1964, legendary Liverpool...
Notes From The Road Vol III
Notes From The Road, #3
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
NOTES FROM THE ROAD VOL. III
This book, the prequel to Vol IV, is a retrospective of Mansfield’s journey to Mongolia from London and return.
It takes place in 2012 before Russia invaded Ukraine.
The Russian Federation and Siberia were joyful, the people still happy and not fearful;...