Product Description: Originally designed to intercept Soviet bombers striking from the east, the Panavia Tornado Air Defence Variant was conceived as a stop gap and derived from the hugely successful bomber type. It suffered in its early years from lack of agility and poor systems; nonetheless, while it was never going to be a dog fighter, the advent of more sophisticated missiles and on board systems giving it the option of when and how to fight turned this one-time lame duck into a high value asset capable of holding its own in the fast-moving air superiority environment...read more

Product Description: In Why We Bite the Invisible Hand, Peter Foster delves into a conundrum: How can we at once live in a world of expanding technological wonders and unprecedented well-being, and yet hear a constant drumbeat of condemnation of the system that created it? That system, capitalism, which is based on private property and voluntary dealings, is guided by the “Invisible Hand,” the metaphor for economic markets associated with the great Eighteenth Century Scottish philosopher Adam Smith...read more

Product Description: This book charts the history of this event from this first meeting through to the 1953 season. The formation of an Australian side in 1954 kept the series alive, which will be covered in a forthcoming second volume.

Product Description: Another classic in this popular series, this book tells of the Cradley Heath Heathens and all their glories. From the inspirational Bruce Penhall and the Knockout Cup victories of the early 80s, to the later arrivals of future World Champion Jan O...read more

Product Description: This is a concise history of what many regard as the Cinderella team of British speedway. Tracing its history from its first match in 1947 to forced closure 5 years later and resurrection in 1960, the book vividly evokes the highs and lows of a team perched on the precarious brink of financial collapse...read more

When Choko is in an accident that may leave him permanently paralyzed, Darrin and company set up a hoopathon to help raise money for his hospital expenses. (view table of contents)

Product Description: This is the most comprehensive guide to the current uses and importance of case study methods in social research. The editors bring together key contributions from the field which reflect different interpretations of the purpose and capacity of case study research...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Presents three science fiction stories that explore cloning.

Product Description: 'This relatively short book ... repays reading as a whole after which it will be a valuable reference for particular aspects of observational methodology' - EERA Bulletin Observing Schools discusses the nature and purposes of observational research in schools...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The issue of educational opportunity has long been of public concern and a major focus for eduational research. As a result, there is now a substantial body of research findings in this field, both quantitative and qualitative.; This work relates to various levels of the educational system and to different categories of student, but particularly social class, gender, ethnicity and race...read more

Product Description: Illustrated with colour photographs taken on the ground and in the air, this survey of the fighter squadrons who defended American air-space during the '60s and '70s, now reduced to a small, dedicated elite, describes the aircraft used by these units and their specifications.

Product Description: This book is a practical how-to, step-by-step guide to developing applications for speaker-independent and speaker-dependent speech recognition and speaker verification over dial-up normal telephone networks. This book discusses off the-shelf hardware and software you can buy to quickly get your favorite application running or to add voice recognition to your present voice processing applications...read more

Chronicles the careers of the famed real-estate developers, from the Reichmanns' escape from Nazi-occupied Europe to the tumble of their billion-dollar empire. By the author of Family Spirits. 35,000 first printing. National ad/promo.

This book should be of interest to students and Lecturers of Education and Sociology.