Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, and endangered situation of China's national animal treasure

Secret agent Joyce must investigate an international conspiracy led by Killian, an ex-priest turned terrorist, who is out to destroy some of Europe's most important national leaders

Product Description: A compilation of riddles from ancient times to the present. Includes instructions on making up your own riddles.

When the King of Elfhame discovers that his mortal wife, Amanda Taylor, and their son, Prince Cassiodoron are hiding in Godwin's Corners, Connecticut, he is determined to use his magic to make them return

Surveys the U.S. economy, discusses issues, concepts, and trends, and includes information on American business, labor, taxes, productivity, debt, and the deficit

The author recounts his battle with alcoholism, focusing on his treatment at the drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, describing the day-to-day care, the preparation of patients for the outside world, and the important after-care program

Looks at the history, location, election, and rules of the Congress, and reviews its handling of issues dealing with the economy, environment, and foreign policy

When the corpse of a thousand-year-old virgin saint is stolen in Venice, American expatriate writer Urbino Macintyre investigates, uncovering mystery and sinister goings-on in the city's ancient streets. Reprint. K. NYT. PW.

Product Description: This volume provides coverage of the diagnosis and classification of soft tissue tumours, their aetiology and epidemiology, and an introduction to some of the work being undertaken on lesions using molecular biological and cytogenetic techniques...read more

Product Description: A remarkable monograph illustrating the broad range of studies on strained molecules, it describes experimental elucidation of structures of substituted cyclopropanes, cyclopropenes, cyclobutanes and bicyclobutanes. It also discusses the sudde disconstinuities observed in exceedingly-crowded molecules...read more

Product Description: On these pages we meet adventurous princes, romantic princesses, wily peasants, tricky animals-and an abundance of monsters, djinns, gods, goddesses, and powerful magicians. In colorful, exotic settings reminiscent of The Arabian Nights, brave heroes and virtuous heroines triumph over the forces of evil, often with fantastical or comic results...read more

Product Description: Describes the homes, culture, and way of life of the Anasazi, the Ancient Ones of the southwestern United States whose descendants became the Pueblos.

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Product Description: A chronological history of American history which has been revised to emphasize immigration and its impact on the evolution of American society and culture. Biographical details of major political figures have been included, as well as a chapter on the Reagan and Bush presidencies...read more

In this book the author presents a method for implementing delay learning in artificial neural networks. She shows that such a system bears some behavioural (and possibly, at a deeper level, conceptual) similarities to the bilogical methods by which living creatures accomplish the same tasks. The book begins with an overview of the existing neural network paradigms which address some features of delay learning. The attention-driven buffering approach is described; this allows a system of finite size to learn about action-reinforcement associations, even in situations where reinforcements are delayed indefinitely and may be interleaved with others. This approach is shown to be applicable to an operant conditioning task - which is also an example of delay learning in animals. the biological relevance of the attention-driving buffering approach is discussed in later chapters where it is compared in detail with the learning system in one specific animal - the octopus - and with higher animals such as mammals.

Product Description: One of a series, this Spanish language guide combines the traditional reference grammar with a section on contemporary usage and a third part on vocabulary. Each third concentrates on demystifying areas of common error and confusion for the English speaker and on developing in the user an appreciation of key structures along with a sensitivity to nuance and authentic expression...read more

A collection of charming childhood stories featuring such fairy tale characters as Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, and Puss in Boots takes on a darker, more sinister edge at the hands of such writers as Gahan Wilson, Tanith Lee, and Jane Yolen.

Product Description: This classic introductory social work text provides a comprehensive and historical view of social work to help students better understand and appreciate the profession. In its Tenth Edition, this classic text continues to blend historical and contemporary perspectives on social work, offering historical context for the development of social work while utilizing the latest theoretical constructs...read more

Product Description: Jan Palmer has everything—except happiness. He wishes to escape to another world. But be careful what you wish for.. . . Waking out of a deep sleep, he escapes—into a living nightmare. In a realm of deadly secrets and dangerous dancing girls, he discovers that humankind’s fate lies in his hands...read more