A unque muchas veces no nos damos cuenta, estamos rodeados por medicinas poderosas. Est?n en nuestros alimentos, las plantas, en aceites, y, sobre todo, en nuestras mentes. Han existido por miles de
This newest edition to the Best American Series--"A genuine salute to comics" (Houston Chronicle)--returns with a set of both established and up-and-coming contributors. Editor Lynda Barry and and bra
Presents excerpts from graphic novels, newspapers, webcomics, and other sources that feature the work of up-and-coming and established artists such as Charles Burns, Chester Brown, and Joyce Farmer.
Money is essential to the functioning of electoral politics, yet regulating its appropriate use raises complex and controversial challenges in countries around the world. Both long-established democra
Money is essential to the functioning of electoral politics, yet regulating its appropriate use raises complex and controversial challenges in countries around the world. Both long-established democra
Alternative forms of government and statehood exist in the Middle East and North African regions. The chapters in this volume demonstrate this and explore the notion of power from a non-statist perspe
Animals share the challenge of maintaining an internal environment that is restricted to fairly low ranges of temperature, pH, and water content within a well-protected envelope while engaged in cont
The main aim of this unique book is to introduce the student to spectroscopy in a clear manner which avoids, as far as possible, the mathematical aspects of the subject. It is thus intended for first
Implicit objects have gained increasing importance in geometric modeling, visualisation, animation, and computer graphics, because their geometric properties provide a good alternative to traditional
RAND researchers assessed U.S. Department of Defense efforts to determine whether any administrative activities paid for with funding that was not congressionally appropriated could be consolidated—an
Natural products are compounds that are produced by living systems and the secondary metabolites are those which give particular species their characteristic features. These natural products include p
Editor Ordonez de Pablos (business administration, The U. of Oviedo, Spain) unites international contributors in tourism, management, educational psychology, sustainable development, and computer scie
The Sounds of Early Cinema is devoted exclusively to a little-known, yet absolutely crucial phenomenon: the ubiquitous presence of sound in early cinema. "Silent cinema" may rarely have been silent, b
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, nation building and identity construction in the post-socialist region have been the subject of extensive academic research. The majority of these studies have
