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Whether addressing the smothered desire of suburban housewives, the white-collar despair of Manhattan office workers, the grim humour that attends life on a tuberculosis ward, or the moments of terrified peace experienced by American soldiers in World War II, the author examines every frayed corner of the American Dream.

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This invaluable book provides a readable, introductory text to the fascinating subject of drug discovery from the medicinal plants of Asia-Pacific. A carefully designed layout presents more than 400 medicinal plants, and includes description of compound structure, molecular properties, pharmacology and clinical uses. With its broad scope and extensive compound listings, this is a premier reference source for natural products research using a p...

Explores the multiplicity of green space developments in the modern city, ranging over parks and commons, garden suburbs and allotment gardens, green belts and national urban parks. This book is concerned about the influences shaping the green space's evolution, from international planning ideas to the effects of the transport revolution.

This collection of essays provides indispensable studies of the monumental 1973 album from a variety of musical, cultural, literary and social perspectives. The development and change of the songs is considered closely, from the earliest recordings through live filmed performance at London's Earls Court in 1994.

Spelons is a fast paced novel including murder, romance, mystery, and some science fiction. This is a story about a community of people that live in caves in Middle Tennessee. They are only ten inches tall, yet live a happy existance in their subterranean community. One day, while walking through the woods, Sebastian, their leader, finds Steve Mason, a normal size man, lying in a pool of blood near death. He has been shot by an unknown assaila...

This book uses a comparative approach to examine and explain the contemporary nature and meaning of federalism and federation. The author provides both a detailed theoretical study and empirical case studies on contemporary federations. The study of federalism can be problematic and this book seeks to overcome some of the obstacles by distinguishing between federation, a particular kind of state, and federalism, the recommendation and promotio...

Acceptable words' comprises a series of highly individual essays covering the whole of Geoffrey Hill's poetry to date, including the remarkable late flowering of the years since 1996. The essays offer detailed readings of many poems whilst making many - often surprising - associations with history, philosophy, religion, art and music.

Tragically ignored during his lifetime, Richard Yates was the great man of American letters, despite producing some of the most bewitching fiction of the late twentieth century, and inspiring writers like Richard Ford, Andre Dubus, and Richard Russo. This biography is the story of an unlikely triumph salvaged from the wreckage of an unruly life.

The song "I Will Bless the Lord With All My Soul, " reflects the writings of the author Verna S. Murray. Life has it's ups, downs, and many curves. How we move through them depends deeply on our ability to recognize who we are and our faith in the creator. His strength helps us determine, "I can do all things." The reflections in Concepts Golden speak of the joys, pains and great loss. It's mission is to inspire and encourage no matter what th...

From science to politics, the era of the the Enlightenment is widely recognized as a crucible for modern Western culture. It has shaped vast portions of the Western world view, including our conceptions and experiences of happiness, family life, the nation-state, and religious and ethnic identities. However, in recent years, scholars from both the sciences and the humanities have debated the question of how we should understand, and to what ex...

This book presents logical approaches to monitoring, modelling and optimization of fed-batch fermentation processes based on artificial intelligence methods, in particular, neural networks and genetic algorithms. Both computer simulation and experimental validation are demonstrated in this book. The approaches proposed in this book can be readily adopted for different processes and control schemes to achieve maximum productivity with minimum d...

This guide will use photographs, diagrams and sketches made by the author and some provided by various manufacturers to teach how to clean, condition, adjust the action and properly intonate your acoustic guitar, as well as: John's trade secrets on hand-carving bone nuts and bridge saddles, wiring and fretwork. John has also included a chapter on identifying and diagnosing problem guitars. It even includes a forward written by Bob Taylor of Ta...

This book is dedicated to the progressive training methods of the best Russian coaches, who launched a number of bright stars into the world of professional tennis. Step by step, from beginners to advanced players it helps the motivated tennis player reach the top of their game. You'll find composition and style of the book thrilling, witty and highly professional at the same time. Numerous illustrations: photos, drawings, even comics make the...

This first full-length study of Romantic writers' obsession with Napoleon focuses on the writings of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey, Byron and Hazlitt.

How do you explain autism to a child? What do you say to a little girl or little boy when they don't understand why their sister acts different, or why their cousin doesn't talk? With so many children being diagnosed with autism, soon every child will know someone who is affected by this condition. This book speaks to children on their level, with friendly words to explain how autism makes a child different, and how they themselves can deal wi...

Carbon is chemically versatile and is thus the body and soul of biological, geological, ecological and economic systems. Its appropriation by humans through diversion of its biogeochemical cycle has been a mainstay of development. This domestication is characterized by a number of thresholds: control of fire, development of agriculture, expansion of Europe, fossil-fuel use and biotechnology. All have exacted an environmental toll, not least be...

Carbon is chemically versatile and is thus the body and soul of biological, geological, ecological and economic systems. Its appropriation by humans through diversion of its biogeochemical cycle has been a mainstay of development. This domestication is characterized by a number of thresholds: control of fire, development of agriculture, expansion of Europe, fossil-fuel use and biotechnology. All have exacted an environmental toll, not least be...

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This book offers a theory about the origin and evolution of the Latin American narrative, and about the emergence of the modern novel.