Join the crew of space shuttle Enterprise as they prepare to take the first step into the twenty-first century. Step aboard the world’s first reusable space vehicle with science writer Robert M. Powers for a cockpit view of a launch, orbit, re-entry, and return to earth. Preview the scheduled NASA shuttle missions in hundreds of line drawings and photographs of the crew at work in orbit. The shuttle system is the key to unlocking the next era of technology and the forerunner of space trans...

The riveting firsthand account of World War II pilot Robert Morgan, his crew, and the legendary Memphis Belle—written with Ron Powers, cowriter of the #1 New York Times bestseller Flags of Our Fathers.A powerful chronicle of loyalty, love, and heroism under fire, this is the unforgettable memoir of a member of the Greatest Generation who fought in America’s greatest battles—and of the war one man waged both in and out of the skies. High-spirited, ...

Two insiders explain why the Israeli–Palestinian peace process failed, and anticipate what lies ahead.On October 7, 2023, Hamas fighters killed more than eleven hundred Israelis and took more than two hundred hostages, prompting an Israeli response that has in turn taken tens of thousands of lives and devastated the Gaza Strip. Why did this happen, and can anything be done to grant peace and justice to Israelis and Palestinians alike?In

The Art of Seduction is an indispensable primer of persuasion that reveals one of history's greatest weapons and the ultimate form of power.

You know how it is when you go into a restaurant or a food store in a foreign country and try to figure out what's on the menu or decipher the food packages or signs. It can be frustrating and confusing. What are all these dishes in this little café? What do those signs on the bakery products mean? What's in this can? What kind of meat is this?By the same token, employees of restaurants, cafes, bars, and food companies in the country often have a tough time finding the correct word...

An essential companion for anyone in the military serving in Afghanistan, this phrasebook provides the Dari (in red font) and Pashto (in blue font) equivalents of 3512 English phrases, 2083 terms and 3031 individual words applicable to military operations, training, logistics, equipment, basic social conversation and everyday necessities. The material in the phrasebook is organized in dictionary fashion, rather than categories, with phrases and terms listed under the main words (alphabetiz...

Get ready to read the most-sought after book on the shelf. This manual features world-class content on HVAC, hvac fundamentals, hvac maintenance, hvac study guide, hvac systems, hvac supplies and jobs.

Call it a daily meditation on the world around us for nature-lovers and nature newbies alike, An Irish Nature Year gleefully explores the small mysteries of the seasons as they unfold – Who’s cutting perfect circles in your roses? Which birds wear feathery trousers? And what, exactly, is an amethyst deceiver?An Irish Nature Year is an illustrated day book filled with plants, animals, birds and creepy-crawlies from all over the island of Ireland. With one short entr...

Rivers of the Asian Highlands introduces readers to the intersecting headwaters of Asia’s eight largest rivers, focusing on the upper reaches of two river systems: the Brahmaputra’s highland tributaries in the eastern Himalayan Mountains and the Dri Chu (upper Yangzi), which descends from the Tibetan Plateau’s east through the Hengduan Mountains.This book guides its readers through these two rivers’ physical, environmental, cultural, social, and political histories before ...

Designed for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses, this book goes beyond the simple analysis of naming a drug or toxin, taking a mechanistic approach to their effects on the body. It provides an understanding of the mechanisms of action of drugs and toxins as well as their physiologic and pathologic consequences on the affected organ system. Case histories, photographs of gross pathology, and photomicrographs further illustrate the processes and effects of toxic substances on the bo...

You remember Norman Bates, the shy motel manager with the fatal mother fixation. Now, years after his horrific bout of butchery, Norman is at large again. Breaking free from the psycho ward, he cuts a shocking swath of blood all the way to Hollywood—where, it so happens, they are making a movie about Norman’s life and crimes. A movie that suddenly and terrifyingly becomes a lot like real life.

Tell it to the Dog. is an exquisitely written memoir that is at once playful, heartbreaking and affirming. From a Dublin childhood to London, then on to Europe, to Asia and Australia, there is a deep engagement with the world in this book about growing up, about human and animal connectedness, about friendship, love and loss. Power understands the uncanniness and endurance of memory. He can make us laugh, and then stop us in our tracks at the profundity of this business of meeting...