Author: Seth Mnookin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743286820
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Presents a comprehensive history of the Boston Red Sox baseball league describing the players, coaches, management, and politics that contributed to their 2004 World Series championship.
Feeding the Monster
Author: Seth Mnookin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743286820
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Presents a comprehensive history of the Boston Red Sox baseball league describing the players, coaches, management, and politics that contributed to their 2004 World Series championship.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743286820
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Presents a comprehensive history of the Boston Red Sox baseball league describing the players, coaches, management, and politics that contributed to their 2004 World Series championship.
The Language Instinct
Author: Steven Pinker
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062032526
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
"A brilliant, witty, and altogether satisfying book." — New York Times Book Review The classic work on the development of human language by the world’s leading expert on language and the mind In The Language Instinct, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling story: language is a human instinct, wired into our brains by evolution. The Language Instinct received the William James Book Prize from the American Psychological Association and the Public Interest Award from the Linguistics Society of America. This edition includes an update on advances in the science of language since The Language Instinct was first published.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062032526
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
"A brilliant, witty, and altogether satisfying book." — New York Times Book Review The classic work on the development of human language by the world’s leading expert on language and the mind In The Language Instinct, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling story: language is a human instinct, wired into our brains by evolution. The Language Instinct received the William James Book Prize from the American Psychological Association and the Public Interest Award from the Linguistics Society of America. This edition includes an update on advances in the science of language since The Language Instinct was first published.
Purlie
Author:
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573694790
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
An African American preacher returns to his hometown to open a church, outwitting a segregationist plantation owner to make it happen.
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573694790
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
An African American preacher returns to his hometown to open a church, outwitting a segregationist plantation owner to make it happen.
Smoking and Hormone-related Disorders
Author: Nicholas J. Wald
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The subject of the hormone disorders associated with smoking are of relatively recent interest. This book provides summaries of the present status of research into the effects of smoking, the apparent protection offered against certain diseases, and suggested ways of predicting trends of disease patterns. Not all the disorders discussed are adverse effects of smoking, providing impetus for developing non-tobacco methods of disease prevention.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The subject of the hormone disorders associated with smoking are of relatively recent interest. This book provides summaries of the present status of research into the effects of smoking, the apparent protection offered against certain diseases, and suggested ways of predicting trends of disease patterns. Not all the disorders discussed are adverse effects of smoking, providing impetus for developing non-tobacco methods of disease prevention.
Encyclopedia of Cloud Computing
Author: San Murugesan
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118821963
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Cloud Computing provides IT professionals, educators, researchers and students with a compendium of cloud computing knowledge. Authored by a spectrum of subject matter experts in industry and academia, this unique publication, in a single volume, covers a wide range of cloud computing topics, including technological trends and developments, research opportunities, best practices, standards, and cloud adoption. Providing multiple perspectives, it also addresses questions that stakeholders might have in the context of development, operation, management, and use of clouds. Furthermore, it examines cloud computing's impact now and in the future. The encyclopedia presents 56 chapters logically organized into 10 sections. Each chapter covers a major topic/area with cross-references to other chapters and contains tables, illustrations, side-bars as appropriate. Furthermore, each chapter presents its summary at the beginning and backend material, references and additional resources for further information.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118821963
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Cloud Computing provides IT professionals, educators, researchers and students with a compendium of cloud computing knowledge. Authored by a spectrum of subject matter experts in industry and academia, this unique publication, in a single volume, covers a wide range of cloud computing topics, including technological trends and developments, research opportunities, best practices, standards, and cloud adoption. Providing multiple perspectives, it also addresses questions that stakeholders might have in the context of development, operation, management, and use of clouds. Furthermore, it examines cloud computing's impact now and in the future. The encyclopedia presents 56 chapters logically organized into 10 sections. Each chapter covers a major topic/area with cross-references to other chapters and contains tables, illustrations, side-bars as appropriate. Furthermore, each chapter presents its summary at the beginning and backend material, references and additional resources for further information.
Tortitude
Author: Ingrid King
Publisher: Mango Media Inc.
ISBN: 1633532933
Category : Calico cats
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Explore the wonderful world of tortoiseshell cats and tortoiseshell cat behavior Tortie cat behavior: With about 2 million tortoiseshell cats in the United States, these special felines tend to be strong-willed, a bit hot-tempered, and often very possessive of their humans. Other words used to describe torties are fiercely independent, feisty and unpredictable. In Tortitude: The BIG Book About Cats With a BIG Attitude, cat expert Ingrid King (The Conscious Cat) brings her professional and personal experience to explore why these cats are so special. With expert insights combined with stunning photography and passages dedicated to the cats and their passionate guardians, King offers a new perspective on these exceptional cats.
Publisher: Mango Media Inc.
ISBN: 1633532933
Category : Calico cats
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Explore the wonderful world of tortoiseshell cats and tortoiseshell cat behavior Tortie cat behavior: With about 2 million tortoiseshell cats in the United States, these special felines tend to be strong-willed, a bit hot-tempered, and often very possessive of their humans. Other words used to describe torties are fiercely independent, feisty and unpredictable. In Tortitude: The BIG Book About Cats With a BIG Attitude, cat expert Ingrid King (The Conscious Cat) brings her professional and personal experience to explore why these cats are so special. With expert insights combined with stunning photography and passages dedicated to the cats and their passionate guardians, King offers a new perspective on these exceptional cats.
Gods of the Hammer
Author: Geoff Pevere
Publisher: Coach House Books
ISBN: 1770563636
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, no Canadian band rocked harder, louder or to more hardcore fans than Teenage Head. This high-energy quartet – consisting of four guys who'd known each other since high school – were a balls-to-the-walls sonic assault. And they almost became world-famous. Almost. This is their story, told for the first time.
Publisher: Coach House Books
ISBN: 1770563636
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, no Canadian band rocked harder, louder or to more hardcore fans than Teenage Head. This high-energy quartet – consisting of four guys who'd known each other since high school – were a balls-to-the-walls sonic assault. And they almost became world-famous. Almost. This is their story, told for the first time.
Dames at Sea
Author: Jim Wise
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573680106
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
A spoof of 1930s movie musicals.
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573680106
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
A spoof of 1930s movie musicals.
The Heinemann English Wordbuilder
Author: Guy Wellman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
DICOM Structured Reporting
Author: David A. Clunie
Publisher: PixelMed Publishing
ISBN: 0970136900
Category : Communication in medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Publisher: PixelMed Publishing
ISBN: 0970136900
Category : Communication in medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description