Debutante cotillions. Million-dollar homes. Summers in Martha's Vineyard. Membership in the Links, Jack & Jill, Deltas, Boule, and AKAs. An obsession with the right schools, families, social clubs, and skin complexion. This is the world of the black upper class and the focus of the first book written ... more »

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Whatever your type of business, this practical handbook will help you to manage your premises effectively. Whether you are a tenant or an owner-occupier, it will enable you to take an informed approach to commercial property, helping you to negotiate successful transactions, deal with ongoing management ... more »

This E. & F. N. Spon title is now distributed by Routledge in the US and Canada This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information. Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk. more »

This book describes how a number of different methods of analysis and modelling, including the boundary element method, the finite element method, and a range of classical methods, are used to answer some of the questions associated with soil-structure interaction. more »

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John Lechte surveys the major thinkers of the post-war era and illuminates the complex thought of each with remarkable clarity. The list of thinkers includes Chomsky, Foucault, Irigaray, Derrida, Bataille,Baudrillard, Adorno and Habermas more »

Katie Hafner and Matthew Lyon have captured the history of the Internet and explain the system's genesis as a device to link computer resources around the country. Where Wizards Stay Up Late is the exciting story of the pioneers responsible for creating the most talked about, most influential, and most ... more »

This TRN story bundle gives you an overview of today's communications research, and in-depth explanations of important advances. Communications research is about transmitting information faster and more efficiently, which boils down to making better light sources, working out better methods of encoding ... more »

Product Info A guide for builders, surveyors and clients on how to specify and describe minor building works. more »

Theory and Practice of Relational Databases presents a comprehensive explanation of the process of development of database application systems within the framework of a set processing paradigm. Written in a tutorial style and containing a great many examples and exercises as well as extensively using ... more »

Forty scientists working in 13 different countries detail in this work the most recent advances in seismic design and performance assessment of reinforced concrete buildings. It is a valuable contribution in the mitigation of natural disasters. more »