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The most comprehensive and up-to-date optics resource available Prepared under the auspices of the Optical Society of America, the five carefully architected and cross-referenced volumes of the Handbook of Optics, Third Edition, contain everything a student, scientist, or engineer requires to actively...

What's your unique body type? And why is it important for muscle building? In this book you will learn the three-different body-types as once described by Dr. William Herbert Sheldon and how it relates to your genetic body type on building impressive muscle or losing weight. In knowing your somatotypes:Ectomorph...

This book pays tribute to the great men of bodybuilding that have dedicated their life to becoming some of the greatest physical specimens of muscle the world has ever seen. Earning the prestigious title of Mr. Olympia, an international bodybuilding event stating that you are the best built physical...

Every morning, more than 50 million Americans wake up to another day in pain. If you are one of them, you know the way chronic pain can take over your life: the lost work and missed pleasures, the harsh drugs or surgeries, the feelings of anger and frustration, the endless search from doctor to doctor....

This one-stop guide to getting published in anthropology gives graduate students and young professionals the crucial information and tools they need to tackle the all-important requirement to publish. Part I provides step-by-step guidance on key efforts that budding anthropologists can benefit from,...

Is sport good for kids? When answering this question, both critics and advocates of youth sports tend to fixate on matters of health, whether condemning contact sports for their concussion risk or prescribing athletics as a cure for the childhood obesity epidemic. Child’s Play presents a more nuanced...

In a world where magic walks and demons ride, you can't always play by the rules. Jayné Heller thinks of herself as a realist, until she discovers reality isn't quite what she thought it was. When her uncle Eric is murdered, Jayné travels to Denver to settle his estate, only to learn that...

Versteckt vor aller Augen tummeln sich die Wesen der Nacht unter uns. Selbst die geschulten Adleraugen der besten Ermittler erkennt die Gefahr nicht sofort. Die Hüter von Recht und Ordnung kratzen an der Oberfläche der Realität und legen das wahre Gesicht der Welt frei. Doch was sehen sie, wenn...

Some poems expressing pain and the battles that come from living with a mental illness. *A few pieces are explicit. Warning: If you can easily become depressed by reading sad poems or darker litearture, please DO NOT download this book. Your safety is more important. I completely understand and there will be no hard feelings at all.

First awarded in 1993, the Américas Award is given in recognition of books that authentically and engagingly portray Latino/as in Latin America, the Caribbean or the United States. By combining both and linking the Americas, the award reaches beyond geographic borders, as well as multicultural-international...

This collection of enlightening and stimulating articles, written by some of the most important figures in school librarianship, demonstrates how teacher-librarians, classroom teachers, and administrators can work together to create a 21st century school library media program. With topics that emphasize...

Anxious about apostrophes?   In a pickle over your pronouns and prepositions?   Fear not—Mr. Gwynne is here with his wonderfully concise and highly enjoyable book of grammar.   Within these pages, adults and children alike will find all they need to rediscover this lost science and sharpen up...

Ernest Renan was one of the leading lights of the Parisian intellectual scene in the second half of the nineteenth century. A philologist, historian, and biblical scholar, he was a prominent voice of French liberalism and secularism. Today most familiar in the English-speaking world for his 1882 lecture...

Chronic stress can make life miserable and it kills, the leading cause of illness in America today, with over three quarters of the population experiencing or suffering from symptoms related to stress. Don't be a victim to this syndrome, learn how to prevent, and recover from this debilitating illness. Do...