Francis Thomas: 59 books

In celebration of its 100th anniversary, a brief history of Walnut Creek, California, is told in The Corners. How the city got its name and followed its fated location from a country crossroads in the 1880s to a thriving city of today is related with a fact-filled narrative and archival photographs adapted from the well known chronicle Old Times in Contra Costa by Robert Daras Tatam.

The southern and eastern parts of Yucatan, from Tuluum in the north to the Rio Hondo in the south, are occupied to-day by two tribes of Maya Indians, the Santa Cruz and Icaichè or Chichanha. The number of Santa Cruz was estimated by Sapper in 1895 at about 8,000 to 10,000, but at the present day...

For half a century René Girard’s theories of mimetic desire and scapegoating have captivated the imagination of thinkers and doers in many fields as an incisive look into the human condition, particularly the roots of violence. In a 1993 interview with Rebecca Adams, he highlighted the positive...

From the preface: "History has dealt the juvenile court (and, more broadly, the juvenile justice system) a cruel blow. What began as a promising social experiment has disappointed nearly everyone... Inevitably, disillusionment has weakened the mandate of the juvenile justice system. Conflicts...

Qu’est-ce que l’anarchie et que veulent les anarchistes ? Un humaniste curieux et désireux de comprendre interroge son fils, un militant anarchiste qui s’est penché sur le sujet. Au fil de leur dialogue, les deux hommes remontent aux racines des notions d’anarchie et de démocratie....

Voltammetric methods are among the most sensitive and versatile available to the analytical chemist. They can identify and quantify substances from simple metal ions, through to complex organic molecules. The concentration range spans 9 orders of magnitude and, in many cases, trace level analyses of...

The field of nanoscience continues to grow at an impressive rate and, with such a vast landscape of material, careful distillation of the most important discoveries will help researchers find the key information they require. Nanoscience Volume 4 provides a critical and comprehensive assessment of...

Faith, hope, and love, traditionally called theological virtues, are central to Christianity. This book renews faith, hope, and love in the context of the many contemporary challenges in many unique ways. It is an ecumenical collection of papers, equally divided between Catholic and Protestant positions,...

The human cost of the recent global crisis is reflected in its impact on the labor market. Explaining why economies with similar downturns had very different employment trends can help design policies to reduce such costs and improve labor markets. This paper analyzes the recent employment experiences...

This edited volume presents thirteen contributions that reflect upon the practical, ethical, theoretical and methodological challenges that researchers face when conducting fieldwork in settings that are characterized with deteriorating security situations, increasing state control and conflicting...

Each year, Advances in Anesthesia brings you the best current thinking from the preeminent practitioners in your field. A distinguished editorial board identifies current areas of major progress and controversy and invites specialists to contribute original articles on these topics. These insightful...

Advances in Anesthesia highlights the year's signifucant medical advances, providing one source to review the essential information updates for the Anesthesiologist in that year. Topics often covered include: advances in trauma anesthesia, cardiac arrest management, regional anesthesia, analgesia...

Créatures fabuleuses, parfois bienveillantes, souvent impitoyables, les dragons ont essaimé la quasi-totalité des mythologies humaines, comme destructeurs de mondes ou gardiens de trésors immémoriaux. Traversant les siècles, on les retrouve aujourd’hui au cœur des littératures de l’imaginaire,...

The Jataka as we possess tells about the life of Buddha during some incarnation in one of his previous existences as a Bodhisatta (one being destined to enlightenment). Each separate story is embedded in a framework, which forms the story of the present. The present selection brings together the Jataka stories of the most widespread interest.