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  • THE SILENT SERVICE’S FIRST HERO
    RYAN C WALKER
    “…concentrates on the social fabric of the interwar era, including submarine service and Navy life in general, civilian attitudes, and speculations about Breault's reaction to receiving the medal.” -Historical Miniatures Gaming Society Celebrating 100 years since the first submariner received the Congressional Medal of Honor, dive into pre-World War II submarine history through...

    $319.99

  • THE COHERENCE THEORY OF TRUTH
    RALPH C.S. WALKER
    First published in 1988. Clarifies the coherence theory and critically discusses the standard objections to it as well as those who can be interpreted as advocating it. This book should be of interest to students of philosophy and epistemology and professional philosophers. In the view of the author, contemporary philosophy the coherence theory of truth occupies rather an odd p...

    $1,480.00

  • THE NORTH AMERICAN FORESTS
    LAURENCE C. WALKER
    The North American Forests: Geography, Ecology, and Silviculture describes where, why, and how the many kinds of trees found on this continent grow in silvical associations - called forest cover types. Thirteen chapters describe more than 100 forest cover types, involving several times that many species. Diverse woodlands discussed include:o The Arctic tundrao Florida's tropics...

    $5,300.00

  • THE LONG CASE OSCE
    BETH C. WALKER / MARSHA MORGAN
    A solid knowledge base and good clinical skills don’t necessarily guarantee examination success in the long case OSCE. This book is the ultimate guide for medical students needing to combine their knowledge and skills with an ability to interpret the clinical findings, the proficiency to present them clearly and the confidence to deal with the examiners questions. Adopting a pr...

    $1,340.00

  • GOLF COURSE MANAGEMENT & CONSTRUCTION
    JAMES C. BALOGH / WILLIAM J. WALKER
    Golf Course Management & Construction presents a comprehensive summary and assessment of technical and scientific research on the environmental effects of turfgrass system construction and maintenance. Although the book focuses on golf courses, it also discusses turfgrass systems for residential and commercial lawns, parks, and greenways. The book is an excellent introduction t...

    $1,800.00

  • LOUTS AND LEGENDS
    J. C. WALKER
    For five years, Jim Walker followed the stories of four groups of young men, from their last years at an inner-city high school to their early twenties. Louts and Legends is a rich portrayal of their ways of life, their responses to school and teachers, and their experience of job-seeking, employment, unemployment, further education and training. Louts and Legends presents a un...

    $780.00

  • THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND STATE BANS ON TEACHERS' RELIGIOUS GARB
    NATHAN C. WALKER
    Examining the twelve-decade legal conflict of government bans on religious garb worn by teachers in U.S. public schools, this book provides comprehensive documentation and analysis of the historical origins and subsequent development of teachers’ religious garb in relation to contemporary legal challenges within the United Nations and the European Union. By identifying and corr...

    $1,200.00

  • PERSPECTIVES ON MENTAL REPRESENTATION
    JACQUES MEHLER, EDWARD C. T. WALKER AND MERRILL GARRETT
    Originally published in 1982, the editors felt that their field was clearly in need of explanatory accounts for many different areas. This volume presents statements of the status of research in several areas by scholars at the forefront of the discipline. It tries at the same time to juxtapose theoretical and experimental perspectives in order to display some of the major line...

    $980.00

  • PRINCIPLES OF ECOTOXICOLOGY
    C.H. WALKER / R.M. SIBLY / S.P. HOPKIN / D.B. PEAKALL
    Cutting across traditional subject boundaries, Principles of Ecotoxicology, Fourth Edition gives readers an integrated view of ecotoxicology, from molecules to ecosystems. This new edition of a bestselling textbook continues to emphasize principles rather than practice, providing the interdisciplinary perspective and grounding required for research ...

    $3,000.00

  • PRINCIPLES OF ECOTOXICOLOGY
    C.H. WALKER / R.M. SIBLY / S.P. HOPKIN / D.B. PEAKALL
    Cutting across traditional subject boundaries, Principles of Ecotoxicology, Fourth Edition gives readers an integrated view of ecotoxicology, from molecules to ecosystems. This new edition of a bestselling textbook continues to emphasize principles rather than practice, providing the interdisciplinary perspective and grounding required for research ...

    $3,000.00

  • LATE QUATERNARY ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
    MARTIN BELL / M.J.C. WALKER
    Late Quaternary Environmental Change addresses the interaction between human agency and other environmental factors in the landscapes, particularly of the temperate zone. Taking an ecological approach, the authors cover the last 20,000 years during which the climate has shifted from arctic severity to the conditions of the present interglacial environment. ...

    $2,320.00

  • RECONSTRUCTING QUATERNARY ENVIRONMENTS
    J.J. LOWE / M.J.C. WALKER
    Examines the various forms of evidence used to establish the history and scale of environmenal changes during the Quaternary. The evidence is extremely diverse, ranging from landforms and sediments to fossil assemblages and isotope ratios, bringing the book fully up to date since its last publication. ...

    $2,320.00

  • FOOD AS A DRUG
    WALKER S C POSTON / C KEITH HADDOCK
    Food as a Drug provides psychologists, psychiatrists, and counselors with a unique discussion about possible addictive qualities of some foods to assist clients who are struggling with obesity or eating disorders. Examining the pros and cons of treating eating disorders with an addictions model, this book also explores the tremendous societal and personal costs of eating disord...

    $820.00

  • DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF OFFSHORE STRUCTURES
    C.A. BREBBIA / S. WALKER
    Dynamic Analysis of Offshore Structures appraises offshore structures, particularly the major sources of uncertainty in the design process. The book explains the fundamentals of probabilistic processes, the theory or analysis of sea states, and the random-vibration approach to structural response. The text describes the hydrodynamics of water waves, wave forecasting, and the st...

    $970.00

  • FUNDAMENTAL QSARS FOR METAL IONS
    JOHN D. WALKER / MICHAEL C. NEWMAN / MONICA ENACHE
    Fundamental QSARs for Metal Ions describes the basic and essential applications of quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs) for regulatory or industrial scientists who need to predict metal ion bioactivity. It includes 194 QSARs that have been used to predict metal ion toxicity and 86 QSARs that have been used to predict metal ion bioc ...

    $1,800.00

  • MASS NOTIFICATION AND CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
    DENISE C. WALKER
    Mass communication in the midst of a crisis must be done in a targeted and timely manner to mitigate the impact and ultimately save lives. Based on sound research, real-world case studies, and the author‘s own experiences, Mass Notification and Crisis Communications: Planning, Preparedness, and Systems helps emergency planning professionals create ...

    $4,000.00

  • ORGANIC POLLUTANTS
    C. H. WALKER
    Difficult to measure accurately and deal with effectively, organic pollutants continue to be a major hazard in the environment. Significantly expanded, the second edition of Organic Pollutants: An Ecotoxicological Perspective describes the mechanistic basis of ecotoxicology, using major groups of pollutants as illustrative examples, and explores th ...

    $1,900.00

  • HANDBOOK OF MOIRE MEASUREMENT
    C. WALKER
    Since its development in the late 1970s, the Moire Fringe method has become a standard technique for the measurement of the behavior of materials and structures. Edited by one of the co-inventors of the technique, the Handbook of Moire Measurement brings together a series of extended case studies from recognized experts in the field. The emphasis i ...

    $1,800.00

  • THE SOUTHERN FOREST
    LAURENCE C. WALKER / BRIAN P. OSWALD
    The Southern Forest: Geography, Ecology, and Silviculture examines the forests of the South, providing a comprehensive description of the region from which most of the nation's wood for housing and paper will be grown and harvested in the future. It gives special attention the four factors of site - edaphic, biotic, climatic, and physiographic. It also includes over 200 photogr...

    $5,100.00

  • MINE WINDING AND TRANSPORT
    WALKER, S.C.
    Changes in size and power of available mining transport equipment, combined with improved means of control involving leaky feeder radio and computers, demands a new look at the problem of mine winding and transport. Such changes require the traditional mining engineer to have a much greater engineering application. This book is intended to satisfy that requirement.All the imp...

    $928.00

  • BOUNDARY ELEMENT TECHNIQUES IN ENGINEERING
    C. A. BREBBIA / S. WALKER
    Boundary Element Techniques in Engineering deals with solutions of two- and three-dimensional problems in elasticity and the potential theory where finite elements are inefficient. The book discusses approximate methods, higher-order elements, elastostatics, time-dependent problems, non-linear problems, and combination of regions. Approximate methods include weighted residual t...

    $970.00