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  • HOMEMADE CANDY - SWEET AND DANDY
    CPC INTERNATIONAL BEST FOODS DIVISION
    Excerpt: "Whether you take candymaking seriously or like to make it only for special occasions, you will find the recipes for the most popular homemade candy in this folder. They were developed in the Best Foods Karo Kitchens, where candymaking is taken seriously. Karo syrup in the candy mixture helps to give a smooth, creamy texture as in fudge, a soft chewy texture as in taff...

    $39.70

  • THE SECRET WAR AGAINST RED RUSSIA
    BRIAN BEST
    The Armistice of November 1918 ended four years of slaughter that left armies exhausted and populations weary of war – but the fighting was not over. In Russia, civil war and revolution had divided the nation and the Allies sought to intervene on behalf of the ‘White’ Russians against the Bolsheviks and this conflict continued long after the war had finished elsewhere in Europe...

    $383.99

  • DESCRIBING CONSTRUCTION
    RICK BEST
    This third book from editors Rick Best and Jim Meikle brings together and presents insights into a number of key concepts in the study of construction firms, projects and the group of activities that loosely define the construction industry. The value for readers comes from the collection of a variety of topics in a single volume, which provide a basic understanding of the comp...

    $1,339.00

  • WAR, ECONOMY AND THE MILITARY MIND
    GEOFFREY BEST / ANDREW WHEATCROFT
    Originally published in 1976, this book explores the relationship between European society and the military institutions it fostered from 1815–1918. In the period from the fall of Napoleonic imperialism to the outbreak of the First World War armies and navies grew in complexity, cost and size. The first half of this book investigates these institutions from within, and looks at...

    $859.00

  • THE POSTMODERN ADVENTURE
    STEVEN BEST / DOUGLAS KELLNER
    This compelling book explores the challenges to theory, politics, and human identity that we face on the threshold of the third millennium. It follows on the successor of Best and Kellner's two previous books, Postmodern Theory, acclaimed as the best critical introduction to the field - and The Postmodern Turn, which provides a powerful mapping of postmodern developments develo...

    $4,200.00

  • BRITISH ENGAGEMENT WITH JAPAN, 1854–1922
    ANTONY BEST
    This book by a leading authority on Anglo-Japanese relations reconsiders the circumstances which led to the unlikely alliance of 1902 to 1922 between Britain, the leading world power of the day and Japan, an Asian, non-European nation which had only recently emerged from self-imposed isolation. Based on extensive original research the book goes beyond existing accounts which co...

    $1,099.00

  • GOOD MOTHERS DON'T
    LAURA BEST
    It's 1960 and Elizabeth is slowly coming apart. Her reality is splintering and she wants to harm her children. Fifteen years later, Elizabeth is desperately trying to fill in the gaps electric shock therapy has left in her memory. She longs to find her children and explain that she never meant to leave for so long. A moving exploration of illness, memory, and how we fight for ...

    $229.00

  • THE TEXTBOOK OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
    DARREN EDWARDS / ‎STEPHANIE BEST
    A comprehensive textbook designed to get you through the entirety of your Health and Social Care BSc degree. Covering all the important topics and pressing issues relevant to Health and Social Care today. The book is split into three parts, starting with the essential areas and core knowledge you will need as you start your degree, these include the sociology and psychology of ...

    $729.87

  • THOMAS PAINE
    MARY AGNES BEST
    First published in 1927. This study explores Thomas Paine, an English-born American philosopher, activist, political theorist and revolutionary. The author examines Paine’s important aspects of Paine’s life, including his migration to the British Colonies, his participation in the American Revolution, and his imprisonment in Paris. This title will be of great interest to histor...

    $979.00

  • ZYGMUNT BAUMAN ON EDUCATION IN LIQUID MODERNITY
    SHAUN BEST
    Zygmunt Bauman on Education in Liquid Modernity evaluates the contribution that Bauman has made to education studies. It outlines the central themes within social analysis in Bauman’s writings, and examines how researchers have applied his key ideas to explore current theoretical issues. The book focuses on Bauman’s ideas in relation to the management and consumption of educati...

    $1,059.00

  • THE STRANGER
    SHAUN BEST
    This book explores the concept of the stranger as a ‘modern’ social form, identifying the differing conceptions of strangerhood presented in the literature since the publication of Georg Simmel’s influential essay ‘The Stranger’, questioning the assumptions around what it means to be regarded as ‘strange’, and identifying the consequences of being labelled a stranger. Organised...

    $999.00

  • BUILDING VALUE TO LAST
    CRYSTAL MAGGELET / SARAH RYTHER FRANCOM / LAURA BEST SMITH
    The life journey of the president and CEO of FJ Management, Inc.—from growing up as the daughter of two entrepreneurs to saving the family business. Discover the inspiring story of how Crystal Maggelet unexpectedly ended up as CEO of her father’s company, guiding Flying J back from bankruptcy and on to great success—all during the throes of the Great Recession of the late 2000s...

    $229.00

  • IMAGES OF ISSUES
    JOEL BEST
    Constructionist theory describes and analyzes social problems as emerging through the efforts of claimsmakers who bring issues to public attention. By typifying a problem and characterizing it as a particular sort, claimsmakers can shape policymaking and public response to the problem. Th is new edition of Images of Issues addresses claimsmaking in the 1990s, featuring such iss...

    $1,239.00

  • THE SATANISM SCARE
    JOEL BEST
    Although there is growing concern over Satanism as a threat to American life, the topic has received surprisingly little serious attention. Recognizing this, the editors of this volume have selected papers from a wide variety of disciplines, broadly covering contemporary aspects of Satanism from the vantage points of studies in folklore, cults, religion, deviance, rock music, r...

    $1,179.00

  • TROUBLING CHILDREN
    JOEL BEST
    Increasingly, sociologists have turned their attention to the social problems of children– in particular, of younger children. This collection reflects those recent interest. While most researchers have focused on social problems involving adolescents, this volume offers instead original case studies of problems concerning preadolescent children.The papers that Best has gathere...

    $1,139.00

  • QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING WITH COMPUTER PROGRAMS
    MICHAEL J. BEST
    Quadratic programming is a mathematical technique that allows for the optimization of a quadratic function in several variables. QP is a subset of Operations Research and is the next higher lever of sophistication than Linear Programming. It is a key mathematical tool in Portfolio Optimization and structural plasticity. This is useful in Civil Engineering as well as Statistics....

    $1,099.00

  • PEDDLING PANACEAS
    GARY BEST
    As the Great Depression dragged on without a recovery, Americans were avid for anything that would help them to understand its causes and possible solutions. During this period, orthodox economists were largely discredited, both in the White House and among the public. Three of the most popular and influential figures of the period - Edward A. Rumely, Stuart Chase, and David Cu...

    $799.00

  • ADDICTION, BEHAVIORAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL IDENTITY
    SARAH A. BUCKINGHAM AND DAVID BEST
    Changing health-related behavior is for many people a lonely and isolating experience. Individual willpower is often not enough, particularly in addressing addictive behavior, but research increasingly points to the potential of group identity to shape behavior change and support recovery. This important collection explores the social and cognitive processes that enable people ...

    $1,279.00

  • DYNEMICIN A, UNCIALAMYCIN AND ANALOGUES
    DANIEL BEST / MICKAEL JEAN / PIERRE VAN DE WEGHE
    Enediynes are natural products with highly active cytotoxicity and antibacterial activity, and thus have significant potential in the development of anti-cancer treatments. However, they are not readily available and can degrade rapidly during isolation; one solution is to produce them using total synthesis.Dynemicin A and uncialamycin are two such enediynes, with similar stru...

    $1,463.00

  • REPORTING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
    BRIAN BEST
    After a slow start, the Second World War produced an enormous number of war correspondents. Correspondents like Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos and George Orwell were all inspired to put their experiences on the printed page. Hemingway and his wife, Martha Gellhorn, went on to cover the D-Day Landings and the final victory in Germany.The British Broadcasting Corporation was t...

    $229.00

  • NUTRITION FOR BRAIN HEALTH AND COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE
    TALITHA BEST
    Public awareness of the role diet plays in brain function has been steadily increasing. This has led to significant development of new products, dietary supplements, functional foods, nutraceuticals and public health recommendations for maintaining brain function. Nutrition for Brain Health and Cognitive Performance presents a detailed and innovati ...

    $1,199.00

  • INTERNATIONAL HISTORY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND BEYOND
    ANTONY BEST / JUSSI M. HANHIMÄKI / JOSEPH A. MAIOLO / KIRSTEN E. SCHULZE
    This hugely successful global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international historians for first-year undergraduate level and upward. Using their thematic and regional expertise, the authors have produced an authoritative yet accessible and seamless account of the history of international relations in the last century, covering events in Europe, As...

    $1,399.00

  • REPORTING FROM THE FRONT
    BRIAN BEST
    When the war was declared in August 1914, one of the first acts to be implemented by the politicians and military was a strict censorship on the newspapers. As the poacher turned gamekeeper, Winston Churchill said: The war is going to be fought in a fog and the best place for correspondence about the war is London, The military sought to have one of their officers, dubbed “Eyew...

    $249.00

  • UNDERSTANDING AND DOING SUCCESSFUL RESEARCH
    SHAUN BEST
    Research Methods is an essential guide to carrying out a research project. Each of the focused chapters introduces and explains an aspect of social research to readers who may have no experience or knowledge of this subject. The emphasis is on how to do various different methods, how to decide which is the most appropriate, and how to analyse the data. The book also includes ex...

    $999.00

  • RADIATION ONCOLOGY PRIMER AND REVIEW
    LARA BEST, MD / GEORGE RODRIGUES, MD FRCPC MSC / VIKRAM VELKER, MD
    Radiation Oncology Primer and Review describes the fundamental concepts, nomenclature and definitions of the field of radiation oncology that every trainee or practitioner needs to know. Divided into three sections, Radiation Oncology Primer and Review covers basic science, clinical science, and technical and planning issues to give the trainee a full overview of the core knowl...

    $1,472.00

  • MEMORY DISTORTIONS AND THEIR PREVENTION
    BEST, DEBORAH L. / INTONS-PETERSON, MARGARET J.
    This volume explores the well-documented phenomena of memory distortion in a variety of settings, as well as how it can be ameliorated or prevented altogether. The editors have recruited some of the very best researchers in the applied cognitive field to address these issues. These authors examine distortion from several angles: fuzzy trace theory, face identification, memory d...

    $599.00

  • PROM NIGHT
    AMY L. BEST
    Best shows us that, while the prom is often trivialized, most kids take the prom seriously. The prom is a space where kids work through their understanding of authority, social class, gender norms, and multicultural schooling. Proms are more than just pictures and puffed sleeves--they are a mythic part of youth culture and, for better or worse, will always be a night to remembe...

    $1,039.00

  • THE BUGS BOOK
    DAVID LUNN / CHRIS JACKSON / NICKY BEST / ANDREW THOMAS / DAVID SPIEGELHALTER
    Bayesian statistical methods have become widely used for data analysis and modelling in recent years, and the BUGS software has become the most popular software for Bayesian analysis worldwide. Authored by the team that originally developed this software, The BUGS Book provides a practical introduction to this program and its use. The text presents ...

    $1,499.00

  • THE BUGS BOOK
    DAVID LUNN / CHRIS JACKSON / NICKY BEST / ANDREW THOMAS / DAVID SPIEGELHALTER
    Bayesian statistical methods have become widely used for data analysis and modelling in recent years, and the BUGS software has become the most popular software for Bayesian analysis worldwide. Authored by the team that originally developed this software, The BUGS Book provides a practical introduction to this program and its use. The text presents ...

    $1,499.00

  • THE RATIONALITY OF FEELING (RLE EDU K)
    DAVID BEST
    This volume emphasizes the necessity for arts teachers to nurture the personal development of their students by expanding their artistic understanding and creativity. In aiming to provide a broader understanding for the effective teaching of the arts, the author provides powerful reasons for seeing the arts as agents of learning, understanding and development. The volume also d...

    $1,299.00


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