A father's stunning secret sparks a life-transforming journey in this story of race, identity, and the American dream. Broyard tries to make sense of her father's choices and the impact of his revelation on her own life.
HIGHLIGHTThe expert authors of Flex 3 in Action have one goal-to help you get down tobusiness with Flex 3. Fast.DESCRIPTIONFlex 3 in Action is an easy-to-follow, hands-on Flex 3 tutorial. Chock-full ofexamples, this book goes beyond feature coverage and helps readers put Flex towork in real day-to-day tasks. This book helps Flex developers make their Flexapplications stand out from the crowd. How comprehensive is Flex 3 in Action?. Interesting...
After almost twenty-five years of experimenting with the neo-liberal economic reforms collectively known as "Washington Consensus" policies, Latin Americans are starting to re-assess the merits of these policies - at the voting booth. Many newly elected governments are beginning to scrutinize the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in particular, and some nations have gone so far as to nationalize foreign firms. Without endorsing or condon...
Helps you choose the right computational tools and techniques to meet your drug design goals
Computational Drug Design covers all of the major computational drug design techniques in use today, focusing on the process that pharmaceutical chemists employ to design a new drug molecule. The discussions of which computational tools to use and when and how to use them are all based on typical pharmaceutical industry drug design processes.
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Throughout his career as composer, conductor, and pianist, Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) was an intensely private individual. When Bertensson and Leyda's 1956 biography appeared, it lifted the veil of secrecy from several areas of Rachmaninoff's life, especially concerning the genesis of his compositions and how their critical reception affected him.The authors consulted many of Rachmaninoff's associates. Given full access to the Rachmaninof...
