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For a construction business to function properly, architects, engineers, and contractors need to understand how the various state and federal laws affect their business and how to avoid disputes and exposure to liability. This book offers a comprehen…

Build an intuitive understanding of the principles behind quantum mechanics through practical construction and replication of original experiments With easy-to-acquire, low-cost materials and basic knowledge of algebra and trigonometry, Exploring Qua…

The stepping-stone text for students with a preliminary knowledge of organic chemistry looking to move into organic synthesis research and graduate-level coursework Organic synthesis is an advanced but important field of organic chemistry, however re…

This book explores chemical bonds, their intrinsic energies, and the corresponding dissociation energies which are relevant in reactivity problems. It offers the first book on conceptual quantum chemistry, a key area for understanding chemical princi…

A whole is worth the sum of its parts. Even the most complex structured bond, credit arbitrage strategy or hedge trade can be broken down into its component parts, and if we understand the elemental components, we can then value the whole as the sum …

The definitive work on the philosophical nature and impact of the theories of Charles Darwin, written by a well-known authority on the history and philosophy of Darwinism. Broadly explores the theories of Charles Darwin and Darwin studies Incorporate…

Учебное пособие предназначено для студентов 4 курса, обучающихся по юридическим специальностям, в частности по направлению подготовки «Правовое обеспечение национальной безопасности», а также для студентов языковых и неязыковых вузов, обучающихся по …

Эта книга уникальна тем, что для приготовления 99% рецептов не нужна плита. Шикарные торты сделаны без сахара, муки, яиц и выпечки. Оригинальные салаты, соусы удивят своим необычным составом. Автор считает для того, чтобы похудеть не надо ограничиват…

Пособие разбито на 18 уроков, которые содержат базовые грамматические сведения, небольшие тексты и диалоги, а также упражнения на закрепление материала. Курс рассчитан на 3 месяца. На какие-то уроки уйдет больше времени, на какие-то меньше, но общий …

Сборник рассказов, притч, новелл, эссе о природе, о Родине, для того. чтобы доказать свою любовь к которой нет нужды много говорить про то, но надо совершать поступки. Ребята с разных концов планеты читали эту книгу и рисовали её персонажей, так как …

This guide will help the contractor’s staff overcome some of the difficulties encountered on a typical international contract using FIDIC forms. The majority of FIDIC-based contracts use the Red Book (Conditions of Contract for Construction), so this…

The European Union is in crisis. Crippled by economic problems, political brinkmanship, and institutional rigidity, the EU faces an increasingly uncertain future. In this compelling essay, leading scholar of European politics, Jan Zielonka argues tha…

Few doubt that China wants to be a major economic and military power on the world stage. To achieve this ambitious goal, however, the PRC leadership knows that China must first become an advanced information-based society. But does China have what it…

Самогоноварение давно превратилось из бутлегерства в хобби успешных людей. Домашний самогон, ром, джин, виски, кальвадос прочно заняли место на столах ценителей крепких напитков, уверенно вытеснив с них магазинный алкоголь. Причина тому – высокое кач…

Most people would be surprised at how ceramics are used, from creating cellular phones, radio, television, and lasers to its role in medicine for cancer treatments and restoring hearing. The Magic of Ceramics introduces the nontechnical reader to the…

The accessible introduction to biomaterials and their applications in tissue replacement, medical devices, and more Molecular and cell biology is being increasingly integrated into the search for high-performance biomaterials and biomedical devices, …

Structural dynamics is a subset of structural analysis which covers the behavior of structures subjected to dynamic loading. The subject has seen rapid growth and also change in how the basic concepts can be interpreted. For instance, the classical n…

Interfaces are back, or perhaps they never left. The familiar Socratic conceit from the Phaedrus, of communication as the process of writing directly on the soul of the other, has returned to center stage in today's discussions of culture and media. …

A practical overview of clinical issues related to end-of-life care, including grief and bereavement The needs of individuals with life-limiting or terminal illness and those caring for them are well documented. However, meeting these needs can be ch…

Praise for On Being Presidential «This is the best book I've ever read on being a college president.»—Arthur Levine, president, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, and president emeritus, Teachers College, Columbia University «A must-read …