Speeches and columns Michael Clayton wrote for the mayor of New Orleans, scripts for television shows, interviews and profiles of celebrities, book and film reviews, news stories written for newspapers in Las Vegas, New Orleans and Los Angeles, as well as material Clayton wrote for stand-up comedians, and social commentary Clayton published throughout the United States...THE WORKS!!!
The handicapper's wallet keeps score very well. What remains in it when you leave the track is the final say in whether or not you won. Dean C. Arnold has tested his wits against fellow handicappers since the day he was old enough to approach a parimutuel window. His approach to building a sensible methodology will help you tackle the sometimes overwhelming task of winning money betting on thoroughbred races. Find out how to better manage mone...
Preschool and beginning readers will meet the animals ON THE FARM including Pigsty Pig, Billy the Kid, and a very scary rooster named "Cock-a-doodle-do" who will sneak up on you! This fun book of poetry has delightful color illustrations on every page by wildlife artist, Linda Walker.
A bold and original study, this is the first book to examine in detail a new genre which evolved since the 1980s in tandem with shifts in the culture of sexuality and the rise of video - the erotic thriller.
A bold and original study, this is the first book to examine in detail a new genre which evolved since the 1980s in tandem with shifts in the culture of sexuality and the rise of video - the erotic thriller.
With more than half of drug targets based on GPCRs, translating into billions in worldwide sales, there is great interest in finding high-resolution structures for recombinantly expressed GPCRs, discovering novel drug interactions, and designing tailor-made, structure-based drug therapies that display improved efficacy and selectivity with lesser side effects. This book describes the physiological role of GPCRs and their involvement in various...
My Ghost in the Bush of Lies starts with the arrest and detention of Paulus Nomad, a providential idler, drug addict, whore, terrorist, madman, philosopher and writer. This sets off a train of events incorporating poetry, drama, philosophy, memoir, cut-u
Eleanor Harz Jorden and Mari Noda, authors of the widely used language textbook Japanese: The Spoken Language, now offer the first volume of the much anticipated companion to it, Japanese: The Written Language.
Conducting "business as usual" is out of step with today's rapid-fire global economy. Alerting commerce to the new reality that it must be more flexible, this comprehensive resource explains how to successfully migrate towards velocity management, a paradigm based on the highly successful example set by the U.S. Army as a world-class supply chain network.
A wide-ranging analysis of one of the world's most important contemporary film industries, New Korean Cinema adopts a cross-cultural and multi-dimensional perspective and provides a comprehensive overview of the production, circulation and reception of modern South Korean cinema
Augusto Fraschetti describes the legends surrounding the origins, foundation and early history of Rome, the significance the Romans attached to the legends of their origins, and the uses to which they put them.Between 1000 BC and 650 BC a cluster of small, isolated groups of thatched huts on the Roman hills became an extensive and complex city, its monumental buildings and large public spaces evidence of power and wealth. Two competing foundat...
Review of the hardback edition:"This is a fascinating volume, full of surprises, challenges and confirmations... Gillian Hughes's editorial activities are exemplary: the textual decisions and apparatus inspire confidence and assent, and the genesis of the Tales is pieced together from manuscript evidence in an introduction which is a serious piece of scholarly detective work in its own right... [S]he offers finely-observed, stimulating exegesi...
The years between 1700 and 1900 witnessed a fundamental transition in attitudes towards science, as earlier concepts of natural philosophy were replaced with a more modern conception of science. Approaching its subject from a number of cultural angles, the essays in this volume explore the relationship between science and belief during this crucial period and help trace the development of science as an independent field of study that did not l...
A much-anticipated text written by a renowned author, professor, and researcher in food flavors, Flavor Chemistry and Technology reflects the latest information and novel research developments in the field over the last 20 years. New chapters discuss food/flavor interactions and why low calorie foods do not taste as good as their full calorie counterparts. The author provides a compelling explanation of how flavors interact with basic food com...
