6,000 entries This invaluable dictionary provides comprehensive coverage of words and terms encountered in both human and physical geography. Each of the entries provides an initial brief definition followed by a more in-depth explanation. It covers a vast range of subjects, including cartography, surveying ... more »

On June 8, 1924, George Mallory was last seen climbing toward the summit of Mount Everest. Did he reach the summit twenty-nine years before Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay? On May 1, 1999, Conrad Anker discovered Mallory's body on Everest's north face, casting a new light on the mystery of the explorer ... more »

More than one hundred of the world's leading thinkers write about things they believe in, despite the absence of concrete proof Scientific theory, more often than not, is born of bold assumption, disparate bits of unconnected evidence, and educated leaps of faith. Some of the most potent beliefs among ... more »

Recent research in biology, chemistry, physics, and neuroscience contains clues about the ultimate nature of reality. Ponder the question of first causes -- where do the laws of nature come from? Consider the inseparability of mind and matter. Contemplate the philosophical problem of design. This book ... more »

In this book, prominent Russian scientist Yuriy I. Khavkin shows that the droplet sizes in swirl atomizers depend only on the specific energy of the liquid drops and on viscosity. The new theory based only on two parameters is shown to be far simpler and in better agreement with experimental data than ... more »

She says: There is something great about knowing that my only job is to be as happy as I can be about my life, and feel as good as I can about myself, and to lead as full and eventful a life as I can, so that it doesn't ever feel like I'm just waiting around for some guy to ask me out. And most importantly ... more »

Pocket guide - Guangzhou 2007 is a comprehensive city guide that gives you a full spectrum of Guangzhou, also called Canton, the starting point of Silk Road on the sea and the largest city in South China. Most updated information - up to newly opened MTR line in the beginning of 2007. Moreover, the updated ... more »

Anhand unserer Alltagsaktivitäten erklärt uns Len Fisher anschaulich die Welt der Naturwissenschaften: angefangen von der Chemie des morgendlichen Frühstückseis über die Physik der Heimwerkerei, die Statistik im Supermarkt bis hin zum Geheimnis eines gut gezapften Bieres am Abend. Nach der Lektüre sieht ... more »

Fans of David Sedaris and Bob Smith had better fasten their seat belts because Craig Chester is in the driver's seat. Thirteen hilarious all-true tales from his life growing up in the bible belt to starring in nine films prove that the average American life is anything but normal. more »

GETTING ANY SLEEP? It's an insidious myth that all new parents must give up not only their sleep but their entire lives for the first year of a baby's life. Codswallop, says British-born Tracy Hogg. Having worked with more than five thousand babies over the past twenty years, and dubbed The Baby Whisperer ... more »

The brutal lynching of two young black men in Marion, Indiana, on August 7, 1930, cast a shadow over the town that still lingers. It is only one event in the long and complicated history of race relations in Marion, a history much ignored and considered by many to be best forgotten. But the lynching ... more »

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Final Target, Iris Johansen raises the stakes and the heart rate with this relentless new thriller that follows the harrowing trail of a ruthless killer on the hunt--and the woman who is determined to hunt him down. He is the most terrifying of killers: ruthless ... more »