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Under what conditions can new technologies enhance the well-being of poor communities? The study designs an alternative evaluation framework (AEF) that applies Amartya Sen's capability approach to the study of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in order to place people's well-being, ... More

At the height of the Jazz Age, Ring Lardner was America's most beloved humorist, equally admired by a popular audience and by literary friends like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Edmund Wilson. A sports writer who became a sensation with his comic baseball bestseller, You Know Me Al, Lardner had a rare gif... More

It's time for Birdie's very first haircut, and the miniature fashionista yearns for more than just a simple trim. Should she choose an updo, a perm, or a ballerina bun? She looks through pictures, books, lots of magazines - even Mommy's yearbook - to find the best new look, and she and Mommy head to... More

Everyone's favorite fashionista is getting ready for her BIG first day of school!Includes Read-Aloud/Read-to-Me functionality, where available.Book Description:Tomorrow is Birdie's first day of school and she is just SO nervous. What will her teacher be like? What should she bring? What should she W... More

Designed to provide non-philosophy majors in a history of philosophy course with a simple background to the earliest Greek philosophers, this text includes a brief history of the region, followed by chapters on Greek cosmology, and the earliest rational philosophers, such as Miletus and Thales.... More

Breathtaking and haunting, Rin Chupeco's second novel is a chilling companion to her debut, The Girl from the Well. The darkness will find you. Seventeen-year-old Tark knows what it is to be powerless. But Okiku changed that. A restless spirit who ended life as a victim and started death as an av... More

An intricately crafted mystery set in the contemporary Middle East. Zan is a politician's daughter and an adrenaline junkie. Whether she's rock climbing or shoplifting, she loves to live on the edge. But she gets more of a rush than she bargained for on a forced mother-daughter bonding trip to Turke... More

From the years 2004 to 2008, Beijing and Shanghai witnessed the construction of an extraordinary number of new buildings, many of which were designed by architectural firms overseas. Combining ethnographic fieldwork, historical research, and network analysis, "Building Globalization" closely scruti... More

It was Thomas Jefferson who reputedly said that "every man has two countries, his own and France". The five authors of our Easy Guide to that country (each dealing with the area of their specialty) obviously share Mr. Jefferson's viewpoint, so heartfelt and positive is their reaction to the major ... More

Margie Rynn, author of our Easy Guide to Paris, came to Paris sixteen years ago for a short, touristic stay, never left, met and married a Frenchman, started a French family, and then, for most of those sixteen years, has been writing fascinating guidebook recommendations for other Americans attract... More

Narratives of Workers' Resistance... More

My First Book of Hindi Words is a beautifully illustrated book that introduces young children to Hindi language and Indian culture through everyday words. Organized as an ABC rhyming book,My First Book of Hindi Words incorporates common Hindi words into charming English-language rhymes, beginning ... More

Shock Pao is the best. In the virtual world the Slip there's nothing he can't steal for the right price. Outside the Slip, though, he's a Fail - no degree, no job. So when his ex offers him a job, breaking into a corporate databank, he accepts--it's either that, or find himself a nice bench to sleep... More

Sports journalist Melanie Foster has achieved most of her goals: Bomb.com job - check. Tomboy-to-smoking-hottie makeover - check. Convince her best friend, Damien Richards, to slide a ring on her finger and father her two-point-five kids - not so much. When she activates Operation: I'm Gonna Make Yo... More

This thesis addresses two important and also challenging issues in the research of chemical reaction dynamics of F+H2 system. One is to probe the reaction resonance and the other is to determine the extent of the breakdown of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation (BOA) experimentally. The author intr... More

"From the introduction: This is a design book about improving your house that doesn't contain a single photograph. I am not showing you my work and telling you to copy it or emulate it or be inspired by it. There are no before and after shots here, no big reveals, no secret tips, no eye candy. Th... More

The aim of this book is to present foundational research on the nano-crystallization, high-temperature modification, micro-structure evolution and plastic deformation induced by laser shock processing. In this regard, the focus is on heat-resistant steel, aluminum alloy, Ti alloys and Ni-based allo... More

Marketing manager Tiana Holliday just landed her dream job at an award-winning agency in New York City. There's just one problem: cocky playboy Nathaniel Lawson, her old grad school nemesis, is her new officemate.As the firm's rising star, Nathan never had to compete for prime clients until all-work... More

This volume discusses the general physics of debris flows and various approaches to modeling - including the SEGMENT-Landslide approach - as well as the pros and cons of these approaches and how other approaches are sub-sets of the SEGMENT-Landslide approach. In addition, this volume will systemati... More

Sports journalist Melanie Foster has achieved most of her goals: Bomb.com job--check. Tomboy-to-smoking-hottie makeover--check. Convince her best friend, Damien Richards, to slide a ring on her finger and father her two-point-five kids--not so much. When she activates Operation: I'm Gonna Make You L... More

Marketing manager Tiana Holliday just landed her dream job at an award-winning agency in New York City. There's just one problem: cocky playboy Nathaniel Lawson, her old grad school nemesis, is her new officemate.As the firm's rising star, Nathan never had to compete for prime clients until all-work... More

Sports journalist Melanie Foster has achieved most of her goals: Bomb.com job--check. Tomboy-to-smoking-hottie makeover--check. Convince her best friend, Damien Richards, to slide a ring on her finger and father her two-point-five kids--not so much. When she activates Operation: I'm Gonna Make You L... More

Marketing manager Tiana Holliday just landed her dream job at an award-winning agency in New York City. There's just one problem: cocky playboy Nathaniel Lawson, her old grad school nemesis, is her new officemate.As the firm's rising star, Nathan never had to compete for prime clients until all-work... More

Strategies for College Success introduces students to the language and culture of college. Designed primarily for near-native English speakers who are planning to attend or are just beginning their time at an American college, this textbook presents skills and strategies that will help students succ... More

London, 1898 John Fenririr can get anything, and anyone, he wants and he knows it. He’s rich and handsome, and loves to play with people, their minds and lives. But what if an intelligent man crosses John’s path? What if this man doesn’t mind playing as well? What if he’s willing to play on the edg... More