Product Description: Natural resources are the building blocks of human life. Conservation of natural resources requires a cumulative effort at the individual, societal and governmental level. The researches included in this book, present studies from all over the world, which operate at these three levels...read more

In the present scenario, with water scarcity being a fast approaching possibility, the relevance of hydrological studies has increased manifold. Water is essential for human life; thus understanding its properties, quality and other aspects has always been an important area of research. Through this book, we attempt to further enlighten the readers about the new concepts in the field.

Product Description: A Nameless Detective mystery story that starts with the theft of exotic animals from San Francisco's Fleishhacker Zoo…and ends with murder.Expensive and endangered animals are being stolen from the Felishhacker Zoo. At the behest of a previous client—who also happens to be an animal enthusiast—the Nameless Detective takes the case and finds himself patrolling the zoo after hours as a night watchman...read more

[Library Edition Audio CD in sturdy Vinyl case.] [*Hosted by Stacy Keach] -- Experience one of television's greatest science fiction series: The Twilight Zone. This collection of episodes is fully dramatized for audio and features a full cast, music, sound effects, and narration by some of today's biggest celebrities. Number 12 Looks Just Like You (starring Bonnie Somerville) -- In a future society where everyone must undergo an operation at the age of nineteen to make them look like everyone else, one young woman desperately tries to hang on to her own identity. The Trouble with Templeton (starring Michael York) -- Booth Templeton is a Broadway actor nostalgic for his youth and his late wife. During rehearsals for a new play he inexplicably finds himself back in time -- only, for some strange reason, no one seems to want him there. The Prime Mover (starring David Eigenberg) -- Ace Larsen discovers that his simpleminded coworker has telekinetic powers. Ace devises a plan to use these powers to win big in Vegas -- with unexpected results. The Four of Us Are Dying (starring Eric Bogosian) -- Archie Hammer is gifted with the ability to change his face to make it look like anyone he chooses. He uses this unique gift for his own amusement, without a thought to those who might get in his way. But when he tries to double-cross a gangster, Archie Hammer, the ''human chameleon,'' can't slither away. The Sixteen Millimeter Shrine (starring Kathy Garver and Charles Shaughnessy) -- Aging film star Barbara Jean Trenton secludes herself in her private screening room, where she reminisces on her past by watching her old films. Her friend and agent Danny Weiss tries to bring her out into the real world, but Barbara wants to escape into her old films -- and eventually gets her wish. The Shelter (starring Ernie Hudson) -- Radio warnings of attacking UFOs turn neighbors into a mob that jealously fight for the only bomb shelter on their block.

[MP3-CD audiobook format in Vinyl case. NOTE: The MP3-CD format requires a compatible audio CD player.] [*Hosted by Stacy Keach] -- Experience one of television's greatest science fiction series: The Twilight Zone. This collection of episodes is fully dramatized for audio and features a full cast, music, sound effects, and narration by some of today's biggest celebrities. There Goes the Neighborhood (starring Tim Kazurinsky) -- When a timid scientist builds a device that transports a grotesque beast from another dimension, he quickly learns the unsightly visitor has a kind, gentle nature. The scientist must thwart his greedy wife's efforts to exploit the creature. The Walkabouts (starring Mike Starr) -- A writer of conspiracy books claims to have concrete evidence that UFOs and aliens really do exist. His goal is to write a bestseller blowing the lid off the topic -- but in doing so, he may make an enemy or two. Once Upon a Time (starring John Rhys-Davies) -- Janitor Woodrow Mulligan escapes to the future thanks to his employer's time-helmet invention. Once there, though, he's not so sure the future is all that it's cracked up to be. Now You Hear It, Now You Don't(starring Dee Wallace) -- A powerful businesswoman reluctantly agrees to wear an experimental hearing aid when she begins to lose her hearing. With the aid of the hearing device, she believes she can now hear other people's thoughts -- and fears her husband is plotting to kill her. The Invaders (starring Kathy Garver) -- An elderly couple living on a remote farm is attacked by tiny alien invaders from another planet, and the pair is soon in a battle for their very lives. Beewinjapeedee (starring Sean Astin) -- A documentary filmmaker travels to the Everglades in search of his brother's killer and encounters a legendary Indian princess and shape-shifter with a ravenous appetite.

Product Description: The course of true love never did run smooth for PI Mike Hammer. His secretary and partner Velda has walked out on him without explanation, and Mike is just surfacing from a four-month bender. But then an old cop turns up murdered-a cop who once worked with Velda on the NYPD Vice Squad...read more

Product Description: Working from the plot for an unwritten novel found in the files of the late Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition) has fashioned a compelling noir thriller that is vintage Mike Hammer all the way. Mike Hammer, the toughest PI of all, draws a seemingly routine assignment--playing bodyguard to diva Rita Vance on the eve of her big Broadway comeback...read more

Translates and defines forty-five thousand words and phrases and includes a pronunciation guide, verb tables, and examples of correct usage

Translates and defines forty-five thousand words and phrases and includes a pronunciation guide, verb tables, and examples of correct usage

Product Description: Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award [*Read by Stacy Keach] The toughest private eye in fiction takes on the Swinging Sixties. Originally begun and outlined by Spillane in the mid-sixties, and expertly completed by his longtime collaborator Max Allan Collins, The Big Bang is vintage Mike Hammer on acid--literally...read more

[Read by Stacy Keach] The bestselling American mystery writer of all time brings back his world-famous private eye, Mike Hammer, for his biggest and most dangerous case yet. On an amateur archeology dig in Israel, two students discover what appears to be the femur of the Biblical giant Goliath. As the novel opens, the young couple head into a subway station with the carefully wrapped bone in the boy's arms, when a hit man attempts to kill them. Mike Hammer, seeing the situation develop, comes to their rescue. It is only the beginning of their trouble as various factions will stop at little to obtain the precious item, each for their own selfish reasons. But Hammer and his loyal secretary, Velda, assure once again that good triumphs over evil. Before he died, Mickey Spillane wrote the beginning and end of The Goliath Bone, as well as outlining the middle section, which was completed by his long-time friend and collaborator, the acclaimed mystery writer Max Allan Collins.