S Peter: 321 books

This book offers a comprehensive overview of clinical, research and personal perspectives on Asperger Syndrome, including contributions from parents and experts in the fields of psychology, social work, psychiatry, genetics, sexology and vocational counselling. It includes first-hand accounts...

How destructive or beneficial are forest fires to wildlife? Should we be trying to reduce or increase the amount of fire in forests? How are forest fires controlled, and why does this sometimes fail? What effect will climate change have? These and many other questions are answered in this richly illustrated...

Due to the unprecedented interest which the announcement of the topic of epistemology evoked from contributors, two annual volumes will be devoted to it. This volume accordingly is entitled Epistemology I, and the next volume will be entitled Epistemology II. The Editor KNOWING IN THE STRONG SENSE...

Kerzenschein, Plätzchenduft – und eine stimmungsvolle Weihnachtsgeschichte Leise deckt der Schnee die Wiesen und Wälder, die Städte und die Dörfer zu. Die Sterne funkeln, der Mond gießt sein helles Licht über das Land. Drinnen leuchten die Kerzen. Die Kinder sitzen schon vor dem Tannenbaum...

This comprehensive and practical reference is the perfect resource for the medical specialist treating persons with spinal cord injuries.  The book provides detail about all aspects of spinal cord injury and disease.  The initial seven chapters present the history, anatomy, imaging, epidemiology, and...

This issue, edited by Drs. Peter Liu and Richard Abramson, will comprehensively review imaging of the hepatobiliary system. Articles will include: Hepatic MRI Techniques, Optimization, and Artifacts, MR Contrast Agents for Liver Imaging, Focal Liver Lesion Characterization in Noncirrhotic Patients:...

In recent years a powerful grassroots movement has emerged calling for the papal definition of a fifth Marian dogma declaring the Blessed Virgin Mary to be Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix of all graces, and Advocate. There has also been strong opposition to any such definition for various reasons. In The...

Recent explorations in the neurosciences have been progressing towards an understanding of the relationship between brain struc­ ture and brain function. Having passed through an era which may be described as one of a localisationist philosophy, in which discrete brain areas were seen to subserve...

Beinahe täglich fliegen unbemannte, schwer bewaffnete Drohnen ihre von der Öffentlichkeit weitgehend unbemerkten Einsätze. Vor Bildschirmen sitzende Krieger in US-amerikanischen Militärbasen, britischen und demnächst vielleicht auch deutschen Kasernen töten per Mausklick nach politischen Vorgaben....

"An important book…[R]ichly rewarding. It is full of fascinating insights about Jefferson." —Gordon S. Wood, New York Review of Books Hailed by critics and embraced by readers, "Most Blessed of the Patriarchs" is one of the richest and most insightful accounts of Thomas...

Unicorns, with their single ivory horn, are elusive and magical creatures of myth. Yet even more elusive are the purple unicorns. First sighted at the Superstars Writing Seminar, their legend has grown year after year until it could only be contained in this anthology. Nineteen storytellers,...

In ancient Persia, magical beasts are nearly extinct. But the unicorns are not yet gone—not when the terrifying karkadann wields its deadly horn. It will be up to Heydari, tenderhearted son of an elephant driver, to discover more than a monster in a badly-injured beast. Lisa passes her days...

Peter S. Rush brings the ‘70s to vivid life in his award-winning debut novel. Set against the backdrop of the protest era of the early 1970s, Wild World is a gripping novel about one tenacious young man whose fervor for justice brings unexpected consequences for his own life. In the...

Three-time Caldecott Honoree Peter Sis rides the rising tide of soccer enthusiasm to score another winner. Madlenka -- that cosmopolitan little girl whose city block is a world of its own -- is back and ready to play! When she dribbles her brand new soccer ball out the door and around the corner,...