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Money, finance and credit are literally the lifeblood of the modern economy. The distribution of money and credit are essential to productive investment in trade and industry, to the maintenance of consumer purchasing power and demand, to individuals' social status and standard of living, and ultimately to public order. This importnat new volume provides a wide-ranging discussion of both the potential and the problems arising from the applicat...

Ten years ago, the United States contracted with a private American and European research institute to develop a biochemical artificial intelligence system for use in a very unique computer. That research was subcontracted to a firm in China. This year the early prototype was completed and released by that institute to the United States, while the Chinese firm covertly shared the information with their political and business allies, thus start...

Ten years ago, the United States contracted with a private American and European research institute to develop a biochemical artificial intelligence system for use in a very unique computer. That research was subcontracted to a firm in China. This year the early prototype was completed and released by that institute to the United States, while the Chinese firm covertly shared the information with their political and business allies, thus start...

Nahum prophecies the destruction of Nineveh. Habakkuk questions the Lord of Israel. Zephaniah warns the last great king of Jerusalem. David W. Baker examines the authorship, composition, structure and historical context of each book and highlights the authors' major themes.

Distinguished volume. Notes-- Historical, theoretical and analytical studies of principally nineteenth- and twentieth-century topics, reflecting current musical research.

Between Nationsargues for a cross-cultural, cross-national approach to the history of the British Isles, making its case by tracing the heterogeneous influences on texts of three early modern English authors -- Shakespeare, Spenser, and Marvell.

First published in 1963, Advances in Parasitology contains comprehensive and up-to-date reviews in all areas of interest in contemporary parasitology.Now edited by J.R. Baker (Royal School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, UK), R. Muller (International Institute of Parasitology, UK) and D. Rollinso

A fascinating insight into the NASA shuttle which will have flown 140 missions by the time of it's retirement in late 2010. Designed between 1969-1972, and first flown into space in 1981, the reusable vehicle is an engineering masterpiece, Baker looks at its construction, operation and internal layout, as well as explaining the systems, including the life support, electrical power production, cooling, propulsion, flight control, communications...

In this 2002 volume, scholars examine the role of literature in the construction of 'Britishness'.

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Regional in the best sense, Baker's poems capture the universal human commerce of love and conflict enduring under the water towers and storefronts of America's heartland. Working in syllabics, sonnets, couplets, and free verse, Baker can write unflinchingly about love, illness, madness, and perseverance.

-- Author, 1995 Mary Carolyn Davies Award from Poetry Society of America

-- Author, 1995 Mary Carolyn Davies Award from Poetry Society of America

-- 1991 Ohio Poet of the Year-- 1991 Society of Midland Authors Award in Poetry

Ranging from the sixteenth through the mid-nineteenth century, these essays provide an empirical analysis of migration in Latin America.

Renowned poets and experts in metrics respond to Robert Wallace's pivotal essay which clarifies and simplifies methods of studying poetry. Former United States Poet Laureate Robert Hass has called Wallace's essay a paradigm shift in our understanding of English prosody.

Renowned poets and experts in metrics respond to Robert Wallace's pivotal essay, "Meter in English, " which clarifies and simplifies methods of studying poetry.

Heresy and the Ideal is a powerful collection of essays and essay-reviews which David Baker wrote and published throughout the 1990s. He thoroughly discusses the work of more than fifty contemporary poets, including T. R. Hummer, Miller Williams, Albert Goldbarth, Jane Kenyon, Galway Kinnell, Charles Simic, Ted Kooser, David Wojahn, Alice Fulton, Louise Gluck, and Charles Wright. He takes as his models some of the great critical books of the p...

Heresy and the Ideal is a powerful collection of essays and essay-reviews which David Baker wrote and published throughout the 1990s. He thoroughly discusses the work of more than fifty contemporary poets, including T. R. Hummer, Miller Williams, Albert Goldbarth, Jane Kenyon, Galway Kinnell, Charles Simic, Ted Kooser, David Wojahn, Alice Fulton, Louise Gluck, and Charles Wright. He takes as his models some of the great critical books of the p...

This book is a user's guide to our planet. How did we begin and how shall we end? Can we predict major catastrophes, and, if so, how? What have their frequencies been in the past and what is their likelihood of recurrence and magnitude in the future? We cannot prevent them happening but what can we do to minimise loss of life and economic damage? Are the activities of man having a detrimental effect on our planet or is global warming, by chanc...