Robert Francis: 60 books

The filmmakers who defy convention and validate the legitimacy of the auteur theory are revealed in probing, wide-ranging and provocative interviews that first appeared in Playboy magazine. From foreign masters of direction and style Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini to champions of independent film...

Explore significant-but often-overlooked-aspects of aging policy! This unique addition to the literature on aging policy will help you understand devolution-the decentralizing of service provision-and the roles that state/local government and private organizations now play in addressing the...

How does Southern food look from the outside? The form is caught in constantly dueling stereotypes: It’s so often imagined as either the touchingly down-home feast or the heartstopping health scourge of a nation. But as any Southern transplant will tell you once they’ve spent time in the region,...

With over half of the global human population living in urban regions, urban ecosystems may now represent the contemporary and future human environment. Consisting of green space and the built environment, they harbour a wide range of species, yet are not well understood.  This book aims...

Over a decade ago, the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology. Since its introduction, bioethics has become established as an academic discipline with journals and professional...

Over a decade ago the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology. Since its introduction, bioethics has become established as an academic discipline with journals and professional societies,...

This book is the outcome of a decade of research on the neu­ roanatomical mechanisms of learning in the young laboratory rat. It is essentially a discourse on the functional organization of the brain in relation to problem-solving ability and intelli­ gence. During the period between 1980 and 1989,...

Authoritative, Up-to-Date Coverage of Airport Planning and Design Fully updated to reflect the significant changes that have occurred in the aviation industry, the new edition of this classic text offers definitive guidance on every aspect of planning, design, engineering, and renovating airports...

This book focuses on the role of individual and group psychotherapy supervision in clinical practice. Specific examples of the utility of supervision are given in chapters by psychiatrists in private practice, hospital and community centers, and administration. A psychoanalyst discusses his supervision...

Das Jahr 2166: Die Erde ist das Zentrum eines kleinen Sternenreiches, des Solaren Imperiums. Mitten im Frieden überfallen mörderische Aandroiden eine Konferenz in Terrania-City, der Hauptstadt der Erde. Perry Rhodan muss persönlich handeln: Mit dem Raumschiff JUNO fliegt er in den Demetria-Sternhaufen...

This clearly written thesis discusses the development of a highly innovative single-photon source that uses active optical switching, known as multiplexing, to increase the probability of delivering photons into a single mode. Improving single-photon sources is critical in advancing the state of the art in photonic quantum technologies for information processing and communications.

One truth will change everything.The Third Q dared to push the limits of science and understanding to at last unveil the minds astonishing ability to create a new reality.In this uniquely crafted book linked to the authors novel The Third Q, you will discover a rare combination of ancient revelations...

The Far Northeast, a peninsula incorporating the six New England states, New York east of the Hudson, Quebec south of the St. Lawrence River and Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the Maritime Provinces, provided the setting for a distinct chapter in the peopling of North America. Late Pleistocene Archaeology...

Cette nouvelle édition des Maladies des plantes maraîchères (dernière édition Messiaen et Lafon, 1970) a été entièrement remise à jour, pour tenir compte de l'évolution de la situation phytosanitaire et de celle de nos connaissances durant ces 20 dernières années : maladies nouvelles ou...