Product Description: The Times (Obituaries, 4 August 2008) reported that “John Thornes was one of the most eminent and influential physical geographers of his generation.” John’s keen interest in understanding landform processes and evolution was furthered through a variety of methods and informed across a range of disciplinary boundaries...read more

Product Description: Simulation models are an established method used to investigate processes and solve practical problems in a wide variety of disciplines. Central to the concept of this second edition is the idea that environmental systems are complex, open systems...read more

Product Description: Learning good map design techniques for BizTalk Server will make a huge difference to the processing speed of your implementation, as well as to the scalability and maintainability of your code. Regardless of your experience, expert authors Jim Dawson and John Wainwright ensure you make the right choices to reap the rewards and avoid the potential penalties of poor design...read more

Product Description: The Mediterranean has been subject to changing human settlement and land use patterns for millennia, and has a history of human exploitation in an inherently unstable landscape. Environmental Issues in the Mediterranean reviews both physical and social aspects of this region, in relation to its environment...read more

Product Description: Simulation models are increasingly used to investigate processes and solve practical problems in a wide variety of disciplines eg. climatology, ecology, hydrology, geomorphology, engineering. Environmental Modelling: A Practical Approach addresses the development, testing and application of such models, which apply across traditional boundaries, and demonstrate how interactions across these boundaries can be beneficial...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Complemented by hundreds of full-color, captioned illustrations and photographs, this detailed history of costume jewelry ranges from ancient times to the present day, documenting the influence of changing fashion, social developments, and materials on jewelry design, offering a catalog of more than 1,500 collectible pieces, and featuring tips on purchasing costume jewelry.

Product Description: A novel. Large Print Version.

Product Description: In this autobiography the author describes the life of an ordinary beat copper from recruitment and training school via walking the beat, rescuing dogs, taking part in murder hunts and lecturing on Civil Defence.