Archives for May, 2008
The Designer Drugs 2007 cover the entire range of designer drugs up to December 2006. Carefully compiled by the mass spectral experts at the Regional Departments of Criminal Investigation in Kiel, Hamburg, and Wiesbaden, Germany, this database includes: 6029 chemical compounds and 7006 mass spectra Chemical warfare agents, added due to the recent interest in homeland security Data taken [...]
Antibase 2005 is a comprehensive database of 31,022 natural compounds from micro-organisms and higher fungi. The data in AntiBase have been collected from the primary and secondary literature and then carefully checked and validated. AntiBase includes descriptive data (molecular formula and mass, elemental composition, CAS registry number); physico-chemical data (melting point, optical rotation); spectroscopic data [...]
Air and Gas Drilling Manual .Be the one with the know-how in drilling’s hottest trend Air and Gas Drilling Manual Develop expertise in the technology that’s the fastest-growing in the drilling industry. By 2005, 30% of all wells will be drilled using gas and air, according to a U.S. Department of Energy estimate. This comprehensive [...]
Picasso and Minou . Kindergarten-Grade 3–Minou was the name of Pablo Picasso’s cat. An author’s note and photograph help to confirm this detail, while spelling out the fictional and factual elements of this slice-of-life story from the artist’s Blue and Rose Periods. The feline has finicky taste; he does not care for the somber, gaunt [...]
This classic set of three volumes in four books plus portfolio, edited from the original manuscripts, provides for the first time a complete, reliable and authoritative text of Cook’s account of his voyages of discovery. Published over many years, complete sets of previous edition shave been hard to come by. This reissue makes more widely [...]
If you are just starting out, or are moving over to new technology, this book will help you achieve the essential 2D computer animation techniques in the shortest possible time. Hedley Griffin writes in a way that is sympathetic to your needs and guides you though each technique in a simple step-by-step manner. The introductory chapter [...]
For years the history of interior design has focused mainly on architectural achievements, leaving crucial topics and figures of the profession unexplored. The Encyclopedia of Interior Design, however, is extremely comprehensive, including impressive entries on early interior decorators, styles, decorative arts, and the development of individual spaces (i.e. drawing room, staircases, etc.), all supported by [...]
Save time with topic-by-topic guide to building standards The only comprehensive reference to all building types, Time-Saver Standards for Building Types, Fourth Edition is loaded with all the essential design criteria and standards you need to prepare preliminary designs, execute programming requirements, and analyze the functions and uses of a building. Authors Joseph DeChiara and Michael [...]
It is the opinion of this publisher that this hypnosis audio CD contains extremely professional, high quality hypnotherapy. Straight and to the point, there is nothing sugar coated or flowery about the hypnotic process used on this audio product. This is what you would get if you were to walk into the private office of [...]
If exuberance is “the passion for life,” then Jamison’s enthusiasm and sense of wonder about the subject proves as fine an example as any examined in her newest work. Expert in the arena of mood and temperament, Jamison (An Unquiet Mind; Night Falls Fast; Touched with Fire) detours from her usual analysis of mood disorders [...]
The author of the popular the Random Acts of Kindness series reaches into her warm heart again to produce an inspirational treasure. Gabrielle de Cuir adds immeasurable value to these sentiments with her palpable understanding of the ideas, but it’s the author’s words that will touch people with their heartfelt advice that gratitude is a [...]
For 40 years, millions of fans have watched the ultimate celebration of the game of football: the Super Bowl. Super Bowl XL Opus, a massive, stunning new publication, is the ultimate tribute to this legendary sporting event. Chronicling Super Bowls I to XL, cinematic in style, Super Bowl XL Opus brings readers closer to the [...]
The HISTORICAL ATLAS OF INDONESIA is a very useful scholarly compendium of hundreds if not thousands of maps developed using a very extensive GIS. Most of the maps are based on modern era data. This would be an excellent reference for any library. Indeed, might say it’s a must purchase, given that Indonesia has [...]
Wired is a beautifully produced book from cover to cover. This extraordinary art form is depicted eloquently in text and photos and is the perfect addition to any art book collector’s library. This book documents a marvelously vital art form and is itself a beautiful work of art. It is obviously expensively produced and carefully [...]
The fifth edition of the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology builds upon the solid foundation of the previous editions, which have proven to be a mainstay for chemists, biochemists, and engineers at academic, industrial, and government institutions since publication of the first edition in 1949. The new edition includes necessary adjustments and modernization of the [...]
The eighteenth century in France saw the production of the world’s most spectacular furniture. Curiously, there has been no major illustrated reference book for the general reader on this subject in over twenty-five years. This important new book fills that gap. An extensive introduction explains the organization and historical background of furniture makers of the period, [...]
Three-Time Oscar-Winning Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro’s Stunning Book On His Work In Such Films As Apocalypse Now, Dick Tracy, and The Last Emperor Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro has worked with some of the most extraordinary film directors of our time—including Bernardo Bertolucci, Francis Ford Coppola, Warren Beatty, and Carlos Saura—to make some of the most breathtaking films of [...]
The Photographer’s Master Printing Course offers both the enthusiastic printer and the complete beginner the key to creating perfect prints that combine technical assurance with true self-expression. Ranging from the basics of equipping a darkroom to advanced skills such as lith printing, toning and multiple printing, this complete volume is on the recommended book list [...]
Robert Frank is one of the most influential of all post-war photographers. Pioneering a revolutionary approach to photography and filmmaking, he combines autobiographical and poetic elements to produce straight black-and-white images that transcend the specific. Speaking of universal experience, Frank has said, “I’m trying to forget easy photo, trying to make something from within.” He [...]
Russ Manning, one of the greatest Tarzan illustrators, adapted several of Edgar Rice Burroughs` Tarzan novels to comics over thirty years ago. Now, for the first time, these classic stories are presented in a high-quality format, completely re-colored using state-of-the-art digital techniques! This is the first in a series of books collecting Burroughs` most famous [...]
Here’s a great big fantasy that you can pull over your head like a comfy old sweater and disappear into for a whole weekend. Christopher Paolini began Eragon when he was just 15, and the book shows the influence of Tolkien, of course, but also Terry Brooks, Anne McCaffrey, and perhaps even Wagner in its [...]
