Doctor Thome

Doctor Thome Author: Anthony Trollope
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Summary: Frank has but one duty before him. He must marry money.' The squire of Greshamsbury has fallen on hard times, and it is incumbent on his son Frank to make a good marriage. But Frank loves the doctor's niece, Mary Thorne, a girl with no money and mysterious parentage. He faces a terrible dilemma: sho...

Agrarian Landscapes in Transition

Agrarian Landscapes in Transition Author: Charles Redman,David R. Foster
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Summary: Agrarian Landscapes in Transition researches human interaction with the earth. With hundreds of acres of agricultural land going out of production every day, the introduction, spread, and abandonment of agriculture represents the most pervasive alteration of the Earth's environment for several thous...

Perspectives in Environmental Management

Perspectives in Environmental Management Author: Ralf Buckley
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Summary: The author, experienced in industry and academia, presents a set of 15 recent review essays which identify and examine critical current issues of environmental management. Topics covered include environmental accounting, economics and taxation, environmental audit and insurance, institutional and ad...

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle Author: Hugh Lofting
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
Summary: When his colleague Long Arrow disappears, Dr. Dolittle sets off with his assistant, Tommy Stubbins, his dog, Jip, and Polynesia the parrot on an adventurous voyage over tropical seas to floating Spidermonkey Island....

Death Plays Poker

Death Plays Poker Author: Robin Spano
Publisher: ECW Press
Summary: "World class poker players are being strangled in their hotel rooms, and undercover cop Clare is given her second big assignment: to pose as a poker player in a major televised tournament, befriend the suspects, and find the killer in their midst."--P. 4] of jacket....

Agrarian Landscapes in Transition

Agrarian Landscapes in Transition Author: Charles Redman,David R. Foster
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Summary: Agrarian Landscapes in Transition researches human interaction with the earth. With hundreds of acres of agricultural land going out of production every day, the introduction, spread, and abandonment of agriculture represents the most pervasive alteration of the Earth's environment for several thous...

How Financial Slack Affects Corporate Performance

How Financial Slack Affects Corporate Performance Author: Bernadette Gral
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Summary: Bernadette Gral examines the relationship between financial slack and corporate performance in the European pharmaceutical industry during the financial crisis of 2007 to 2010. Her investigation includes correlational and regression analyses as well as the qualitative content analysis of newspaper a...

Doctor Thome

Doctor Thome Author: Anthony Trollope
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Summary: Frank has but one duty before him. He must marry money.' The squire of Greshamsbury has fallen on hard times, and it is incumbent on his son Frank to make a good marriage. But Frank loves the doctor's niece, Mary Thorne, a girl with no money and mysterious parentage. He faces a terrible dilemma: sho...

The Roger Kahn Reader

The Roger Kahn Reader Author: Roger Kahn
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Summary: Most famous for his classic work The Boys of Summer, Roger Kahn is widely regarded as one of the greatest sportswriters of our time. The Roger Kahn Reader is a rich collection of his stories and articles that originally appeared in publications such as Sports Illustrated, theNew York Times, Esquire,...

The Scattering of Light and Other Electromagnetic Radiation

The Scattering of Light and Other Electromagnetic Radiation Author: Milton Kerker
Publisher: Elsevier
Summary: The Scattering of Light and other Electromagnetic Radiation covers the theory of electromagnetic scattering and its practical applications to light scattering. This book is divided into 10 chapters that particularly present examples of practical applications to light scattering from colloidal and ma...