Richard Straub's Books

Natural States

"The Environmental Imagination in Maine, Oregon, and the Nation"

By: Richard W. Judd

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Natural States

"The Environmental Imagination in Maine, Oregon, and the Nation"

By: Richard W. Judd

Richard Judd and Christopher Beach define the environmental imagination as the attempt to secure 'a sense of freedom, permanence, and authenticity through communion with nature.' The desire for this connection is based on ideals about nature, wilderness, and the livable landscape that are personal, variable, and often contradictory. Judd and Beach are interested in the public expression of these ideals in post-World War II environmental politics. Arguing that the best way to study the relationship between popular values and politics is through local and regional records, they focus on Maine and Oregon, states both rich in natural beauty and environmentalist traditions, but distinct in their postwar economic growth. Natural States reconstructs the environmental imagination from public commentary, legislative records, and other documents. Judd and Beach trace important divisions within the environmental movement, noting that they were balanced by a consistent, civic-minded vision of environmental goods shared by all. They demonstrate how tensions from competing ideals sustained the movement, contributed to its successes, but also limited its achievements. In the process, they offer insight into the character of the broader environmental movement as it emerged from the interplay of local, state, and national politics. The study ends in the 1970s when spectacular legislative achievements at the national level were masking a decline in mainstream civic engagement in state politics. The authors note the rise of the private ecotopia and the increasing complexity in the way Americans viewed their connections with the natural world. Yet, today, despite wide variations in beliefs and lifestyles, a majority of Americans still consider themselves to be environmentalists. In Natural States, environmental politics emerges less as a conflict between people who do and do not value nature, and more as a debate about the way people define and then chose to live with nature. In their attempt to place the passion for nature within a changing political and cultural context, Judd and Beach shed light on the ways that ideals unify and divide the environmental movement and act as the source of its enduring popularity.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

338

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1136524592

ISBN 13

9781136524592

No Deed Unpunished

By: Richard Anders

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

No Deed Unpunished

By: Richard Anders

Good or evil, reward or punishment, justice or revenge, who decides? Today we have laws, people sworn to enforce those laws and a legal system which decides the guilt or innocence of an individual and the manner of punishment. But what if a crime is not punished? What if the evil act goes unnoticed? What then? Who decides what is evil? NO DEED UNPUNISHED explores such a quandary. Here a deed committed for all the right intentions is seen in the end as evil and must be punished. But what if the individual who makes this decision is the product of an evil act himself. Might he not be seen as a bad seed, and therefore unqualified to make these decisions? Unfortunately there is no one to counsel or stop this individual before embarking on a mission to punish the evildoer. Enter New York City Homicide Detective John Straub, assigned to solve a series of heinous crimes committed against seemingly innocent and unrelated women. The only thing these women seem to have in common is that they all have infant sons. So why have they been targeted? Detective Straub and his partner/lover, Detective Nancy Mooney will be called upon to use all their skills and experience to stop the killer before he strikes again. What neither of the detectives realize is that the killer is closer then they think.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

457

Publisher

AuthorHouse

Published Date

ISBN 10

1467043494

ISBN 13

9781467043496

The History of the Study of Landforms

Or, The Development of Geomorphology

By: Richard J. Chorley,Antony J. Dunn,Robert Percy Beckinsale

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The History of the Study of Landforms

Or, The Development of Geomorphology

By: Richard J. Chorley,Antony J. Dunn,Robert Percy Beckinsale

This book is the fourth volume in the definitive series, The History of the Study of Landforms or The Development of Geomorphology. Volume 1 (1964) dealt with contributions to the field up to 1890. Volume 2 (1973) dealt with the concepts and contributions of William Morris Davis. Volume 3 (1991) covered historical and regional themes during the 'classic' period of geomorphology, between 1980 and 1950. This volume concentrates on studies of geomorphological processes and Quaternary geomorphology, carrying on these themes into the second part of the twentieth century, since when process-based studies have become so dominant. It is divided into five sections. After chapters dealing with geological controls, there are three sections dealing with process and form: fluvial, glacial and other process domains. The final section covers the mid-century revolution, anticipating the onset of quantitative studies and dating techniques. The volume's objective is to describe and analyse many of the developments that provide a foundation for the rich and varied subject matter of contemporary geomorphology. The volume is in part a celebration of the late Professor Richard Chorley, who devised its structure and contributed a chapter.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1068

Publisher

Geological Society of London

Published Date

ISBN 10

1862392498

ISBN 13

9781862392496

Comparitive Pathobiology of Viral Diseases

2 Volume Set

By: Richard G. Olsen,Steven Krakowka,James R. Blakeslee

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Comparitive Pathobiology of Viral Diseases

2 Volume Set

By: Richard G. Olsen,Steven Krakowka,James R. Blakeslee

First Published in 1985, this book offers a full insight into the differences and similarities between varying diseases. Carefully compiled and filled with a vast repertoire of notes, diagrams, and references this book serves as a useful reference for students of medicine and other practitioners in their respective fields.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

540

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Published Date

ISBN 10

1000807584

ISBN 13

9781000807585

Pershing's Crusaders

The American Soldier in World War I

By: Richard S. Faulkner

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Pershing's Crusaders

The American Soldier in World War I

By: Richard S. Faulkner

The Great War caught a generation of American soldiers at a turning point in the nation's history. At the moment of the Republic's emergence as a key player on the world stage, these were the first Americans to endure mass machine warfare, and the first to come into close contact with foreign peoples and cultures in large numbers. What was it like, Richard S. Faulkner asks, to be one of these foot soldiers at the dawn of the American century? How did the doughboy experience the rigors of training and military life, interact with different cultures, and endure the shock and chaos of combat? The answer can be found in Pershing's Crusaders, the most comprehensive, and intimate, account ever given of the day-to-day lives and attitudes of the nearly 4.2 million American soldiers mobilized for service in World War I. Pershing’s Crusaders offers a clear, close-up picture of the doughboys in all of their vibrant diversity, shared purpose, and unmistakably American character. It encompasses an array of subjects from the food they ate, the clothes they wore, their view of the Allied and German soldiers and civilians they encountered, their sexual and spiritual lives, their reasons for serving, and how they lived and fought, to what they thought about their service along every step of the way. Faulkner's vast yet finely detailed portrait draws upon a wealth of sources—thousands of soldiers' letters and diaries, surveys and memoirs, and a host of period documents and reports generated by various staff agencies of the American Expeditionary Forces. Animated by the voices of soldiers and civilians in the midst of unprecedented events, these primary sources afford an immediacy rarely found in historical records. Pershing's Crusaders is, finally, a work that uniquely and vividly captures the reality of the American soldier in WWI for all time.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

778

Publisher

University Press of Kansas

Published Date

ISBN 10

0700623736

ISBN 13

9780700623730

Peripheral Vascular Stenting

By: Richard R. Heuser

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Peripheral Vascular Stenting

By: Richard R. Heuser

Peripheral vascular disease is a common and disabling malady, and patients seeking treatment may turn to their cardiologist, whom they are seeing for existing cardio-vascular disease, for advice and treatment. Conventional treatment has always been medical management and, inevitably, surgical bypass, even amputation. Because stents have had a significantly high impact on endoluminal treatment outcomes by preventing injury to the lumen, reducing the potential for hyperplasia and restenosis, as well as the likelihood of plaque disruption and embolization, the 20 or so available peripheral vascular stents must be considered an alternative to bypass surgery.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

290

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1135411123

ISBN 13

9781135411121

Health Psychology

A BioPsychoSocial Approach

By: Richard O. Straub

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Health Psychology

A BioPsychoSocial Approach

By: Richard O. Straub

In its first edition, Richard Straub's text was acclaimed for its solid scientific approach, emphasis on critical thinking, real-world applications, exquisite anatomical art, and complete media/supplements package. The thoroughly updated new edition builds on those strengths to provide an even more effective introduction to the psychology behind why we get sick, how we stay well, how we react to illness, and how we relate to the health care system and health care providers.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

584

Publisher

Macmillan

Published Date

ISBN 10

0716764504

ISBN 13

9780716764502

Everything Is Cinema

The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard

By: Richard Brody

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Everything Is Cinema

The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard

By: Richard Brody

From New Yorker film critic Richard Brody, Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard presents a "serious-minded and meticulously detailed . . . account of the lifelong artistic journey" of one of the most influential filmmakers of our age (The New York Times). When Jean-Luc Godard wed the ideals of filmmaking to the realities of autobiography and current events, he changed the nature of cinema. Unlike any earlier films, Godard's work shifts fluidly from fiction to documentary, from criticism to art. The man himself also projects shifting images—cultural hero, fierce loner, shrewd businessman. Hailed by filmmakers as a—if not the—key influence on cinema, Godard has entered the modern canon, a figure as mysterious as he is indispensable. In Everything Is Cinema, critic Richard Brody has amassed hundreds of interviews to demystify the elusive director and his work. Paying as much attention to Godard's technical inventions as to the political forces of the postwar world, Brody traces an arc from the director's early critical writing, through his popular success with Breathless, to the grand vision of his later years. He vividly depicts Godard's wealthy conservative family, his fluid politics, and his tumultuous dealings with women and fellow New Wave filmmakers. Everything Is Cinema confirms Godard's greatness and shows decisively that his films have left their mark on screens everywhere.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

721

Publisher

Macmillan + ORM

Published Date

ISBN 10

1429924314

ISBN 13

9781429924313

The Dominicans in the British Isles and Beyond

A New History of the English Province of the Friars Preachers

By: Richard Finn

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Dominicans in the British Isles and Beyond

A New History of the English Province of the Friars Preachers

By: Richard Finn

The history of the Dominicans in the British Isles is a rich and fascinating one. Eight centuries have passed since the Friars Preachers landed on England's shores. Yet no book charting the history of the English Province has appeared for close on a hundred years. Richard Finn now sets right this neglect. He guides the reader engagingly and authoritatively through the medieval, early modern and contemporary periods: from the arrival of the first Black Friars – and the Province's 1221 foundation by Gilbert de Fresnay – to Dominican missions to the Caribbean and Southern Africa and seismic changes in church and society after Vatican II. He discusses the Province's medieval resilience and sudden Reformation collapse; attempts in the 1650s to restore it; its Babylonian Exile in the Low Countries; its virtual disappearance in the nineteenth century; and its unlikely modern revival. This is an essential work for medievalists, theologians and historians alike.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

409

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1009193929

ISBN 13

9781009193924

Scorned

By: Richard Anders

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Scorned

By: Richard Anders

Lori Siegel has everything. Shes a young, attractive, blue eyed, blonde, with a lithe, athletic body most women would die for. Shes married to a wealthy, but older man who can give her everything except the passion she so desires. Enter Ray Ricci. He is young, handsome, well muscled and owns a small, but growing motorcycle dealership. A winning smile and boyish charm has given him entrance into the circle Lori operates in. He has a reputation as a heart breaker who leaves them satisfied, but, none the less leaves them. It is one thing to love em and leave em, but quite another if you feel youve been Scorned. Look for the next book by Richard Anders, No Deed Unpunished.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

450

Publisher

AuthorHouse

Published Date

ISBN 10

1452091102

ISBN 13

9781452091105

Projections of Memory

Romanticism, Modernism, and the Aesthetics of Film

By: Richard I. Suchenski

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Projections of Memory

Romanticism, Modernism, and the Aesthetics of Film

By: Richard I. Suchenski

Projections of Memory is an exploration of a body of innovative cinematic works that utilize their extraordinary scope to construct monuments to the imagination that promise profound transformations of vision, selfhood, and experience. This form of cinema acts as a nexus through which currents from the other arts can interpenetrate. By examining the strategies of these projects in relation to one another and to the larger historical forces that shape them--tracing the shifts and permutations of their forms and aspirations--Projections of Memory remaps film history around some of its most ambitious achievements and helps to clarify the stakes of cinema as a twentieth-century art form.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

337

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0190614080

ISBN 13

9780190614089

The Transgender Phenomenon

By: Richard Ekins,Dave King

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Transgender Phenomenon

By: Richard Ekins,Dave King

Dave King and Richard Ekins are the leading world sociologists in this field. The book brings together a brilliant synthesis of history, case studies, ideas and positions as they have emerged over the past thirty years, and brings together a rich but always grounded account of this field, providing a state of the art of critical concepts and ideas to take this field further during the twenty first century." - Ken Plummer, University of Essex "An outstanding survey of the evolution of trans phenomena, splendidly written, highly informative, scholarly at its best, yet easy to read even for those neither trans nor sociologist. Ekins and King, experts in the field, unroll the panoramas of sex, gender, and transgendering that have evloved during the last decades. For everyone wanting to understand the interaction of women and men and of those who cannot or will not identify with either of these two cataegories, reading this book is a must, and a real pleasure." - Friedmann Pfaefflin, University of ULM This groundbreaking study sets out a framework for exploring transgender diversity for the new millennium. It sets forth an original and comprehensive research and provides a wealth of vivid illustrative material. Based on two decades of fieldwork, life history work, qualitative analysis, archival work and contact with several thousand cross-dressers and sex-changers around the world, the authors distinguish a number of contemporary transgendering ′stories′ to illustrate: The binary male/female divide The interrelations betwen sex, sexuality and gender The interrelations between the main sub-processes of transgendering. Wonderfully insightful, The Transgender Phenomenon develops an original and innovative conceptual framkework for understanding the full range of the transgender experience.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

280

Publisher

SAGE

Published Date

ISBN 10

1847877265

ISBN 13

9781847877260

Computer Vision

Algorithms and Applications

By: Richard Szeliski

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Computer Vision

Algorithms and Applications

By: Richard Szeliski

Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications explores the variety of techniques used to analyze and interpret images. It also describes challenging real-world applications where vision is being successfully used, both in specialized applications such as image search and autonomous navigation, as well as for fun, consumer-level tasks that students can apply to their own personal photos and videos. More than just a source of “recipes,” this exceptionally authoritative and comprehensive textbook/reference takes a scientific approach to the formulation of computer vision problems. These problems are then analyzed using the latest classical and deep learning models and solved using rigorous engineering principles. Topics and features: Structured to support active curricula and project-oriented courses, with tips in the Introduction for using the book in a variety of customized courses Incorporates totally new material on deep learning and applications such as mobile computational photography, autonomous navigation, and augmented reality Presents exercises at the end of each chapter with a heavy emphasis on testing algorithms and containing numerous suggestions for small mid-term projects Includes 1,500 new citations and 200 new figures that cover the tremendous developments from the last decade Provides additional material and more detailed mathematical topics in the Appendices, which cover linear algebra, numerical techniques, estimation theory, datasets, and software Suitable for an upper-level undergraduate or graduate-level course in computer science or engineering, this textbook focuses on basic techniques that work under real-world conditions and encourages students to push their creative boundaries. Its design and exposition also make it eminently suitable as a unique reference to the fundamental techniques and current research literature in computer vision.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

925

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

3030343723

ISBN 13

9783030343729

Monetary Policy and Macroprudential Regulation with Financial Frictions

By: Pierre-Richard Agenor

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Monetary Policy and Macroprudential Regulation with Financial Frictions

By: Pierre-Richard Agenor

An integrated analysis of how financial frictions can be accounted for in macroeconomic models built to study monetary policy and macroprudential regulation. Since the global financial crisis, there has been a renewed effort to emphasize financial frictions in designing closed- and open-economy macroeconomic models for monetary and macroprudential policy analysis. Drawing on the extensive literature of the past decade as well as his own contributions, in this book Pierre-Richard Age&́nor provides a unified set of theoretical and quantitative macroeconomic models with financial frictions to explore issues that have emerged in the wake of the crisis. These include the need to understand better how the financial system amplifies and propagates shocks originating elsewhere in the economy; how it can itself be a source of aggregate fluctuations; the extent to which central banks should account for financial stability considerations in the conduct of monetary policy; whether national central banks and regulators should coordinate their policies to promote macroeconomic and financial stability; and how much countercyclical macroprudential policies should be coordinated at the international level to mitigate financial spillovers across countries.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

601

Publisher

MIT Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0262359421

ISBN 13

9780262359429

Rethinking Sport and Exercise Psychology Research

Past, Present and Future

By: Peter Hassmén,Richard Keegan,David Piggott

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Rethinking Sport and Exercise Psychology Research

Past, Present and Future

By: Peter Hassmén,Richard Keegan,David Piggott

This book provides a comprehensive historical account of the evolution of Sport and Exercise Psychology research, charting the progression of the field from the early days when well-controlled experimental research was the standard, to the subsequent paradigm war between positivism, post-positivism and constructivism. The book challenges current thinking and makes a plea for a move towards a future in which the accumulation of knowledge is at the core of Sport and Exercise research, rather than simply methods and measurements. The result is a critique not only of exercise and sport psychology, but of psychological research methods more broadly. It will be of great interest to researchers and students working in Sport Science, Research Methods, and Psychology.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

316

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

1137483385

ISBN 13

9781137483386

Electronic Structure

Basic Theory and Practical Methods

By: Richard M. Martin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Electronic Structure

Basic Theory and Practical Methods

By: Richard M. Martin

An important graduate textbook in condensed matter physics by highly regarded physicist.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

658

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521782856

ISBN 13

9780521782852

Werner Herzog

Filmmaker and Philosopher

By: Richard Eldridge

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Werner Herzog

Filmmaker and Philosopher

By: Richard Eldridge

Werner Herzog has produced some of the most powerful, haunting, and memorable images ever captured on film. Both his fiction films and his documentaries address fundamental issues about nature, selfhood, and history in ways that engage with but also criticize and qualify the best philosophical thinking about these topics. In focusing on figures from Aguirre, Kasper Hauser, and Stroszek to Timothy Treadwell, Graham Dorrington, Dieter Dengler, and Walter Steiner, among many others, Herzog investigates the nature of human life in time and the possibilities of meaning that might be available within it. His films demonstrate the importance of the image in coming to terms with the plights of contemporary industrial and commercial culture. Eldridge unpacks and develops Herzog's achievement by bringing his work into engagement with the thinking of Freud, Merleau-Ponty, Nietzsche, Hegel, Cavell, and Benjamin, but more importantly also by attending closely to the logic and development of the films themselves and to Herzog's own extensive writings about filmmaking.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

241

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1350091685

ISBN 13

9781350091689

Impossible Beginnings

A Love Story

By: Richard S Johnson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Impossible Beginnings

A Love Story

By: Richard S Johnson

When Merry Morehouse, a city girl carrying a life-crushing secret, crashes into Doc Adams in the remote Allegheny Mountains, it initiates an experience that dramatically changes their lives. Betrayed by a trusted friend who backed out of their planned trip, Merry decides to become her big girl self and begins her first-ever camping trip. Lost at night and panic-stricken in sparsely populated mountains, she decides to head home. Turning around on a remote road, Merry crashes into a man who recently lost his beloved wife to cancer. She's now alone with no protection, no car, and not place to stay. Doc Adams, a disabled combat vet in danger of being fired from his job, holds no romantic interest in another woman when he offers Merry an overnight stay at this isolated home. She fearfully accepts, and their personal beliefs become the foundation for initial arguments concerning God, guns, law enforcement, and news media reports. Discover how they quickly turn this into a warm, loving relationship.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

337

Publisher

Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

Published Date

ISBN 13

9798885408394

Mark O. Hatfield

Oregon Statesman

By: Richard W. Etulain

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Mark O. Hatfield

Oregon Statesman

By: Richard W. Etulain

In a career in public office spanning five decades, Mark Odom Hatfield (1922–2011) never lost an election. First elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 1950, he retired from political office in 1997 after serving as Oregon state senator, secretary of state, and governor and as United States senator for five terms. He was arguably the state’s most important politician, but his brand of liberal-to-moderate Republicanism has long since vanished from the political stage. Mark O. Hatfield: Oregon Statesman tells Hatfield’s story—as an Oregonian, a politician, and a man of practical vision, deep convictions, and far-reaching consequence in the civic life of the state and the nation. A lifelong evangelical Christian and Republican—per his mother’s fondest wishes—and politically inclined from a young age, Hatfield came to office after studying and teaching political science and observing firsthand the ravages of war in the Pacific and the cruelty of segregation at home. Historian Richard W. Etulain portrays Hatfield as an energetic young Republican legislator in a state becoming increasingly Democratic. He pushed civil rights legislation, supported laborers as well as business interests, and struck a balance that would align him with moderates even as the party’s conservative wing became ascendant. Elected in 1958 as Oregon’s youngest-ever governor, Hatfield went on to become the first in the twentieth century to hold that office for two terms, using his tenure to streamline the state’s executive branch and promote Oregon as a prime destination for business and tourism—efforts that quickly earned him a place on the national stage. Etulain focuses on Hatfield as a force in Oregon state politics but also examines his long tenure as a U.S. senator, garnering attention early for his stance against the Vietnam War and later for his antinuclear position. The private life, the public figure, the man of faith and family, of an older West and the new: this biography, while compact, captures Mark Hatfield in full, as a major western politician of the twentieth century.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

228

Publisher

University of Oklahoma Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0806178280

ISBN 13

9780806178288

The Regulators

By: Richard Bachman,Stephen King

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Regulators

By: Richard Bachman,Stephen King

On a perfect summer afternoon in Wentworth, Ohio, many of the citizens who live on Poplar street are killed mysteriously and, at the center of the mystery, is a young boy named Seth Garon whose supernatural powers are just awakening. Reissue.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

516

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

ISBN 10

0451191013

ISBN 13

9780451191014

Madcap May

Mistress of Myth, Men, and Hope

By: Richard Kurin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Madcap May

Mistress of Myth, Men, and Hope

By: Richard Kurin

May Yohe was a popular entertainer from humble American origins who married and then abandoned a wealthy English Lord who owned the fabled Hope diamond--one of the most valuable objects in the world and now exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. May was a romantic who had numerous lovers and at least three husbands--though the tabloids rumored twelve. One included the playboy son of the Mayor of New York. May separated from him--twice--and cared for her next husband, a South African war hero and invalid whom she later shot. Crossing the paths of Ethel Barrymore, Boris Karloff, Oscar Hammerstein, Teddy Roosevelt, Consuelo Vanderbilt, and the Prince of Wales, May Yohe was a foul-mouthed, sweet-voiced showgirl who drew both the praise and rebuke of Nobel laureate George Bernard Shaw. Nicknamed "Madcap May," she was a favorite of the press. In later years she faced several maternity claims and a law suit which she won. She was hospitalized in an insane asylum and escaped. She ran a rubber plantation in Singapore, a hotel in New Hampshire, and a chicken farm in Los Angeles. When all else failed, she washed floors in a Seattle shipyard, and during the Depression held a job as a government clerk. Shortly before her death, she fought, successfully, to regain her lost U.S. citizenship. How was this woman, May Yohe, able to charm her way to international repute, live an impossible life, and also find the strength to persevere in light of the losses she suffered--in wealth, citizenship, love, and sanity? Madcap May, assembled from her writings and historical interviews, archival records, newspaper stories, scrapbooks, photographs, playbills, theatrical reviews, souvenirs, and silent film, tells her heretofore lost story.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

294

Publisher

Smithsonian Institution

Published Date

ISBN 10

158834326X

ISBN 13

9781588343260

Blitzkrieg Unleashed

The German Invasion of Poland, 1939

By: Richard Hargreaves

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Blitzkrieg Unleashed

The German Invasion of Poland, 1939

By: Richard Hargreaves

On-the-ground account of the opening campaign of World War II Told from the perspective of the Germans who conquered Poland Based on letters, diaries, official documents, histories, and newspapers At dawn on September 1, 1939, the Germans launched their land, air, and sea assault on Poland, sparking the great conflagration of World War II and shocking the world with the speed and ferocity of their blitzkrieg. With thundering panzers and screaming dive-bombers, they crushed the vital port of Danzig into submission, drove the Polish Air Force from the skies, and took Warsaw amid great bloodshed. After six weeks of brave resistance, the Poles surrendered, no match for the Nazi war machine.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

370

Publisher

Stackpole Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

0811707245

ISBN 13

9780811707244

The Running Man

By: Stephen King,Richard Bachman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Running Man

By: Stephen King,Richard Bachman

Welcome to America in 2025 when the best men don't run for president. They run for thier lives--in the ultimate death game.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

340

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

ISBN 10

0451197968

ISBN 13

9780451197962

Writing the History of the British Stage

1660–1900

By: Richard Schoch

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Writing the History of the British Stage

1660–1900

By: Richard Schoch

This is the first book on British theatre historiography. It traces the practice of theatre history from its origins in the Restoration to its emergence as an academic discipline in the early twentieth century. In this compelling revisionist study, Richard Schoch reclaims the deep history of British theatre history, valorizing the usually overlooked scholarship undertaken by antiquarians, booksellers, bibliographers, journalists and theatrical insiders, none of whom considered themselves to be professional historians. Drawing together deep archival research, close readings of historical texts from the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and an awareness of contemporary debates about disciplinary practice, Schoch overturns received interpretations of British theatre historiography and shows that the practice - and the diverse practitioners - of theatre history were far more complicated and far more sophisticated than we had realised. His book is a landmark contribution to how theatre historians today can understand their own history.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

407

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1316739031

ISBN 13

9781316739037

Drug Delivery

Principles and Applications

By: Binghe Wang,Teruna J. Siahaan,Richard A. Soltero

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Drug Delivery

Principles and Applications

By: Binghe Wang,Teruna J. Siahaan,Richard A. Soltero

An indispensable tool for those working at the front lines of new drug development Written for busy professionals at the forefront of new drug development, Drug Delivery gets readers quickly up to speed on both the principles and latest applications in the increasingly important field of drug delivery. Recent developments in such areas as combinatorial chemistry, proteomics, and genomics have revolutionized researchers' ability to rapidly identify and synthesize new pharmacological compounds. However, delivery-related properties remain a significant reason for clinical trial failures. Bringing together contributions by leading international experts, Drug Delivery covers the entire field in a systematic but concise way. It begins with an in-depth review of key fundamentals, such as physiochemical and biological barriers; drug delivery pathways; metabolism; drug formulation; pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic issues; and more. The remainder of the book is devoted to the systematic examination-including overviews, timely examples, and extensive references-of a host of specific subjects, including: * Receptor-mediated drug delivery * Prodrug delivery approaches * Oral protein and peptide drug delivery * Gene therapy and gene delivery * Ultrasound-mediated drug delivery * Polycationic peptides and proteins in drug delivery * Pulmonary drug delivery * Antibody-directed drug delivery * Efflux transporters in drug excretion * Intellectual property issues in drug delivery

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

463

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

0471475718

ISBN 13

9780471475712

The Rough Guide to Film

By: Jessica Winter,Lloyd Hughes,Richard Armstrong,Tom Charity

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Rough Guide to Film

By: Jessica Winter,Lloyd Hughes,Richard Armstrong,Tom Charity

The Rough Guide to Film is a bold new guide to cinema. Arranged by director, it covers the top moguls, mavericks and studio stalwarts of every era, genre and region, in addition to lots of lesser-known names. With each film placed in the context of its director’s career, the guide reviews thousands of the greatest movies ever made, with lists highlighting where to start, arranged by genre and by region. You’ll find profiles of over eight hundred directors, from Hollywood legends Alfred Hitchcock and John Huston to contemporary favourites like Steven Soderbergh and Martin Scorsese and cult names such as David Lynch and Richard Linklater. The guide is packed with great cinema from around the globe, including French New Wave, German giants, Iranian innovators and the best of East Asia, from Akira Kurosawa to Wong Kar-Wai and John Woo. With overviews of all major movements and genres, feature boxes on partnerships between directors and key actors, and cinematographers and composers, this is your essential guide to a world of cinema.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

676

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

ISBN 10

1405384980

ISBN 13

9781405384988

Deep Marine Systems

Processes, Deposits, Environments, Tectonics and Sedimentation

By: Kevin T. Pickering,Richard N. Hiscott

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Deep Marine Systems

Processes, Deposits, Environments, Tectonics and Sedimentation

By: Kevin T. Pickering,Richard N. Hiscott

Deep-water (below wave base) processes, although generallyhidden from view, shape the sedimentary record of more than 65% ofthe Earth’s surface, including large parts of ancientmountain belts. This book aims to inform advanced-levelundergraduate and postgraduate students, and professional Earthscientists with interests in physical oceanography and hydrocarbonexploration and production, about many of the important physicalaspects of deep-water (mainly deep-marine) systems. The authorsconsider transport and deposition in the deep sea, trace-fossilassemblages, and facies stacking patterns as an archive of theunderlying controls on deposit architecture (e.g., seismicity,climate change, autocyclicity). Topics include modern and ancientdeep-water sedimentary environments, tectonic settings, and howbasinal and extra-basinal processes generate the typicalcharacteristics of basin slopes, submarine canyons, contouritemounds and drifts, submarine fans, basin floors and abyssalplains.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

672

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

1118865480

ISBN 13

9781118865484

Book's by Richard Straub

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email