Julius: 489 books

From one of America’s most admired sociologists and urban policy advisers, There Goes the Neighborhood is a long-awaited look at how race, class, and ethnicity influence one of Americans’ most personal choices—where we choose to live. The result of a three-year study of four working- and lower-middle...

A novel of one man’s triumph and tragedy in the civil rights era—from an author who “belongs with writers like William Faulkner and Ralph Ellison” (The Washington Post). When John Calvin Marshall graduated from Harvard in 1956, he was prepared for a life of teaching and relative tranquility....

The second edition of this strong collection brings together classical statements on social stratification with current and original scholarship, providing a foundation for theoretical debate on the nature of race, class, and gender inequality. Designed for students in courses on social stratification,...

The Seagull (Russian:"Chayka"), written in 1895, is the first of what are generally considered to be Anton Chekhov's four major plays. It centres on the romantic and artistic conflicts between four theatrical characters: the ingenue Nina, the fading leading lady Irina Arkadina, her son the experimental...

Three Nigerian guys that want to get rich overnight, by carrying drugs to a country that have harsh penalty for drug trafficking, and when they were apprehended, they went through the due process, and at the end, the judge sentenced them to die by firing squad.

A brother and sister cope with loss and trauma—and fight to keep what’s left of their family together—in a “compelling” novel by a Newbery Honor Medal winner.   Jenna and Jeremy knew their parents’ marriage was in trouble. That was pretty obvious. But no one who knew the family could...

Radison Allison Davies is a celestial Messenger. Transformed into a twelve-year old orphan boy ("RAD"), he is on a Mission to seek his Earthly half-brother and deliver him an important message. Arriving on Earth, he's unable to find him, for the place is now under siege by the forces of...

Information systems science is rapidly advancing in many directions. Di­ versified ideas, methodologies, and techniques as well as applications have been conceived and developed. This series intends to discuss some of the recent advances in this field. In this volume, we cover four timely topics...

Information systems science embraces a broad spectrum of topics. It is vir­ tually impossible to provide comprehensive and in-depth discussion, other than simple recitals of recent results, of every important topic in each volume of this annual review series. Since we have chosen the former approach,...

This volume, the fifth of a continuing series on information systems science, covers four timely topics which are in the mainstream of this field. In each chapter, an attempt is made to familiarize the reader with basic background information on the advances discussed, so that this volume may be used...

Information systems science is advancing in many directions with rapid strides. Many diversified ideas, methodologies, and techniques have been conceived and developed for improving the design of information systems and for inventing new methods for solving complex information problems. This volume,...

The study of human body measurements on a comparative basis is known as anthropometrics. Its applicability to the design process is seen in the physical fit, or interface, between the human body and the various components of interior space. Human Dimension and Interior Space is the first major...

Painstakingly reproduced from a rare volume of German engravings, this splendid work comprises all of the Bible's best-loved, most-quoted stories. Imaginative illustrations depict 105 episodes from the Old Testament and 74 scenes from the New Testament, accompanied by a citation of chapter and verse and the King James Version of the text.

Few programming languages provide you with the flexibility and pure power of Python. If you're becoming a professional developer, or are early in your development career, adding the Python skill set isn't just a resume embellishment-- It's an empowering language that will allow you to write...