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You can learn how to charm worms out of the ground, make your own magnifying glass, hear and evening primrose unfold, or find out what the spider had for lunch!

This investigation by one of the leading authorities on commodity trading examines the failed commodity market in developing countries and current trading arrangements. Peter Robbins looks into the possible solutions being proffered--from ideas to exploit new niche markets and improve quality--to more radical notions like fair trade, and shows how they all fail to measure up to the scale of the disaster facing the Third World. Instead, he argu...

Amanda Pimbottom is a single, klutzy schoolteacher with a quiet, boring life. She goes on a Caribbean cruise during winter break hoping to liven things up a bit. Suddenly, she is mugged, pursued by members of a cartel, protected by a handsome DEA agent and presented with an enigma. As she tries to solve it her life becomes increasingly more harrowing, dangerous and amusing as she crashes, and bangs her way through the cruise.

Demonstrates the importance of countertransference reactions as sources of information and understanding of patient/therapist interactions, through analysis of transcriptions of group supervision sessions. Lacks a subject index.

Set in France in the flowering of the Middle Ages, Medieval Summer takes the reader back to a time of castles, monasteries, knighthood and chivalry. This is story telling in an old tradition. Born into serfdom, a young boy, Robert suffers a freak accident, which takes him away from his village near the Castle of Muriac and places him in the care of the Abbot of St. Michel. Growing up in the monastery, Robert shows unusual aptitude for learning...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

In recent years there have been major advances in areas of clinical neuroscience including neurogenetics, neuroimaging and the scientific study of consciousness. Disorders of Brain and Mind II brings together the most important findings since the previous volume was published in 1998. Imaging of the normal and abnormal mind figures prominently, and there is coverage of genes and behavior, brain development, consciousness and aggression. New di...

In this thoughtful, comprehensive guide you will find ideas for encouraging spiritual growth in young people by one of the most authoritative voices in youth ministry today.

Post-World War II Oregon was a place of optimism and growth, a spectacular natural region from ocean to high desert that seemingly provided opportunity in abundance. This title addresses efforts by individuals and groups within and outside the state to resolve these conflicts.

Throughout the history of the United States, the concepts of "land" and "the West" have fired the American imagination and fueled controversy. The essays in Land in the American West deal with complex, troublesome, and interrelated questions regarding land: Who owns it? Who has access to it? What happens when private rights infringe upon the public good, or when one ethnic group is pitted against another, or when there is a conflict between ec...

This book is the most comprehensive history and description of an English county ever attempted in a single volume. Its first part describes the county's natural situation and its earliest history and surveys its economic life, in particular its almost vanished agriculture and its modern industrial development. There are chapters on particular aspects of Middlesex's history, inhabitants and buildings. The second part - virtually a book in itse...

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A round-Robbins on the themes of scent, so-called "floral consciousness, " and immortality - skipping through time and space, but offering a little old-fashioned storytelling charm along with the usual cute/hip doodling. In one of the two parallel plot-lines here, Robbins juggles the separate attempts of various parfumiers around the world to come up with a perfume (upon a jasmine base) that will outenchant any previous concoction: Madame Deva...

Drawing from his personal experience hiking major trails throughout North America, Robbins offers an overview of the hiking experience in various terrains. Illustrations.

More than 23 million people suffer from chronic headaches, which force them to miss more than 157 million workdays a year. However, more than half of all sufferers never see a doctor, mistakenly believing that there is no treatment. In this fully revised and updated guide, an internationally known physician specializing in headaches describes the full range of remedies available, from prescription drugs to herbal and other natural treatments. ...

For the inhabitants of the Great Plains, the month of December is thirty-one days of progressively receding sunlight, unremittingly low temperatures, and the ever-present threat--if not the reality--of knee-high snow. Arriving at the peak of this blustery weather, Christmas is extended as far as possible on both sides of December 25. On the Great Plains, December needs a Christmas season, not just a single day. Featuring stories and essays by ...

Written by a well-known industry insider, this title addresses the coming-of-age of biotech products and companies and traces the history of biotechnology from its early inception in the '70s to today's heyday of new solutions and breakthrough treatments.

In simple everyday language and with unique clarity and a refreshing sense of humor, James Robbins confidently guides readers through the sometimes bewildering crossroads of Eastern and Western spirituality, psychology, philosophy, and science in search of new paths to self improvement. A careful and detailed work of scholarship, Build a Better Buddha communicates traditional and non-traditional spiritual teachings in simple everyday language....

B format edition of Robbins' most recent novel, which is being released alongside reissues of "Still Life With A Woodpecker" and "Jitterbug Perfume".

In this collection of 52 poem, Minnesota writer Richard Robbins introduces the famous persons promised in the title: Lon Chaney, Jr., buying eggs and bananas at a Capistrano Beach supermarket, Elvis "slipping out/with raccoons and owls to buy pink/Cadillacs for anyone that moved him, " Marshal Dillon, his head split by a surfing mishap, even Geronimo, galloping back toward nature, "ruined for love." But this book is about more than famous peop...