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Metal forming plasticity is an advanced subject of intensive current research relevant to both materials science and mechanical engineering. It is used for the analysis and modelling of fabrication processes such as forging, extrusion, rolling, wire, and tube drawing. The fundamentals of flow mechanics are explained here before they are applied in a variety of machine-tool design engineering situations. These fundamentals form the basis of all...

This book describes the principles and practice of clinical mycology. It is a comprehensive review of clinical fungal infections--organized by system rather than taxonomically.

The software industry is in transition from craft work to engineering practice, but development, operational and maintenance overheads are still unpredictable and expensive. Cleanroom Software engineering is the first practical development and certification to use statistical quality control to reduce software defects and costs. It has already distinguished itself as a complete software life cycle process with sound foundations in theory and d...

The author's research and therapy is concerned with questions of how we create meaning and communicate with each other. She is also author of "Depression: the Way Out of Your Prison", "Living with the Bomb: Can We Live Without Enemies?" and "Beyond Fear".

Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever written. Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father--famous for his vigor, charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections--battles with the brain tumor that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety, and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordeal, and, as he does so, discloses the survivalist tenacity that has...

A sun-drenched California town. A beautiful young woman who has jilted her fiance to take up with a mysterious Frenchman. A poor little rich boy who wants her back. Enter private detective Lew Archer to investigate an entangled web of crime.

In The Chill a distraught young man hires private investigator Lew Archer to track down his runaway bride. But no sooner has he found Dolly Kincaid than Archer finds himself entangled in two murders, one twenty years old, the other so recent that the blood is still wet. What ensues is a detective novel of nerve-racking suspense, desperately believable characters, and one of the most intricate plots ever spun by an American crime writer.

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Here are collected many of his responses to those letters, in which he share his feelings about writing, school, animals, and of course, Narnia. With understanding and respect, proving why he remains one of the best loved children's authors of all time.

This volume provides health care professionals with a comprehensive but readable guide to the design, conduct and interpretation of health services research. It strips the research process of its technical jargon, illuminating the methods of research by an extensive use of real examples. The common pitfalls of the design and interpretation of studies are reviewed, together with guidance on how to avoid them. The result is a user-friendly text ...

The investigation of the properties of condensed matter using experimental nuclear methods is becoming increasingly important. An extremely broad range of techniques is used, including the use of particles, such as positrons and neutrons, ion beams, and the detection of radiation from nuclear decays or nuclear reactions. Nuclear Condensed Matter Physics: Nuclear Methods and Applications is the only book to provide a comprehensive coverage of t...

In-depth interviews are used extensively across the social sciences by qualitative researchers and professionals. The traditional, empirical interview does not develop a relationship between the interviewer and interviewee and minimizes the interviewer's personal reaction to the interviewee. In many cases, this interviewing style is appropriate and sufficient for gathering data. However, what if the interviewer seeks a more profound exploratio...

Für alle Lerner, die die Arbeit mit dem Lehrwerk der Mittelstufe abgeschlossen haben. Die Grundgrammatik behandelt auf 191 Seiten systematisch alle wichtigen grammatischen Erscheinungen der russischen Sprache. Die ideale lehrwerkunabhängige Grammatik zum Nachschlagen, Wiederholen und Lernen. Die Erklärungen sind in einfachem Deutsch gehalten und werden durch treffende Beispiele belegt. Die einprägsame Zuordnung von Regeln und Beispielen, die k...

Culled from some of C.S. Lewis's finest fiction and poetry, this collection of writings explores the eternal truths of Christianity in the accessible language of allegory, fairy tales, dream visions, and science fiction. From his children's classic "The Chronicles of Narnia" to the wisdom of Screwtape on marriage, democracy, and heaven, Lewis's literary imagination and extraordinary insight into the universe and God remain vivid and relevant f...

A reprint of the third edition, originally published in 1939, this grammar offers an introduction to the Tibetan language, as well as to a culture and way of life - which have changed dramatically in the last 50 years. The grammar uses a typeset Tibetan script.

From mayors and mummers to tap dancers and gamblers, South Philly has it all. This book provides an historical examination that spans 300 years, from Thomas Jefferson living in South Philadelphia in 1793 to the burning of Palumbo's in 1994.

Paperback edition of Lovell's enthralling biography of Jane Digby. The diaries document her aristocratic life, an unsuccessful marriage at the age of seventeen, and a succession of lovers. Digby finally found happiness with a Bedouin nobleman in Syria, twenty years her junior. "A compelling narrative...Jane Digby's sins make a wonderfully good read." "Sunday Telegraph".

Brief articles from 94 international contributors cover the entire scope of Christian doctrine, including important topics such as creation, God, Jesus Christ, humanity, new life in Christ, the church and more. Each belief is explained simply and clearly with emphasis on how it is rooted in Scripture and what it means for Christians today.