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Most of the following chapters were presented as plenary lectures or symposium talks at the 1986 XXXth Congress of the International Union of Physiological Sciences in Vancouver, B.C. A distinguished international group of endocrinologists and physiologists have contributed up-to-date reviews of their particular fields. The early chapters are largely concerned with the brain and neuroendocrine mechanisms controlling the secretion of gonadotrop...

This volume contains a sequence of reviews presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on 'Low Dimensional Structures in Semiconductors ... from Basic Physics to Applications.' This was part of the International School of Materials Science and 1990 at the Ettore Majorana Centre in Sicily. Technology held in July Only a few years ago, Low Dimensional Structures was an esoteric concept, but now it is apparent they are likely to playa major ro...

There are many conferences, workshops and meetings annually around the world, each emphasizing a specialty area for scientific exploration and research. Yet in very few instances, if at all, do the multidisciplinary aspects of science get presented so one may see the diversity of dependencies these seemingly disparate disciplines actually have. The Explorers Club and the U. S. National Park Service collaborated to make a first attempt at what ...

What Karl Lagerfeld is to fashion, Edward Vilga is to yoga. He has poured his years of experience into this sexy, charming and well-written escapade." -Simon Doonan, author of BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE A study in love, loss, and sexual misadventures in New York City, DOWNWARD DOG tells the tale of a handsome Bad Boy who becomes a yoga instructor while trying to redeem his womanizing ways and win the forgiveness of the only woman he's ever really lo...

In this collection of essays, M. Dane (`Duke') Picard takes the reader on journeys across deserts, mountains, canyons, and rivers from the American Southwest to Italy and France. His blend of vivid description and humor evokes the rugged days of field petroleum geology in the Great Plains and pastel Badlands of Utah and Wyoming in the 1950s and later days unlocking the geological secrets of sandstone in the Rockies. Along the way, he pokes g...

Everyday Memory and Aging is a comprehensive handbook which touches virtually every aspect of current everyday memory research and methodology as they relate to aging. This book demonstrates that the results of divergent approaches to the study of everyday memory and aging frequently dovetail, and it widens significantly the scope of investigation and know- ledge in the field.

In 2007, what became known as "The Great Recession" began. But twenty-five-year-old Julie-Ann Crown never felt the pinch. Her father was the CEO of a major financial firm and thanks to the Wall Street bailouts, his company managed to weather the storm. Wrapped in a bubble of limousines, private jets, penthouses, and Monopoly money, Julie-Ann was isolated from the hardships the rest of the country had to endure. But after a personal incident, J...

You don't have to live your life like this, " he said. He put a wad of cash on the bed, handed me the key to the hotel room and walked out. I never saw the man again. ...He could see something in me that I couldn't see in myself. He could see someone better than who I had become... Angel Cortello was lost in a world of emotional problems, addiction, prostitution and the street life. This is the true story of how she chose recovery and freedom,...

To salvage his broken-down ranch, near-bankrupt Ben Pearce devises a hunting scheme, the consequences of which he cannot begin to imagine. The prey: three rare, fierce cats—a leopard and two mountain lions caught in the wild. The predators: an arrogant Texas millionaire, his beautiful but disturbed wife, and their near-psychopathic teenage son. Each of them will hunt one of the animals with only Ben as guide: first the wife, then the son, and ...

A searing look at the socioeconomic, technological, and political forces that have transformed our food into edible commodities.

Extreme business traveler Malcolm Teasdale details the case for relocating to Asia for several months and the challenges encountered while residing in the region trying to establish some credibility with the various cultures. Some repeat business trips to Asia enduring the long haul flights from North America are also documented. Jet lag, strange food, hygiene, massage parlors, traffic congestion, local drinking establishments, eccentric local...

Esmerelda is the smartest kid in the neighborhood. After she wins first place in the science contest, Mrs. Lovejoy and the other Children's Band kids ask her to give a speech on Sunday morning. However, Esmerelda is shy and afraid to speak in front of a crowd. Her friends give her the support she needs to overcome her nervousness.

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Johanna Lindsey, the #1 New York Times bestselling author, presents a passionate novel of hidden identities, family secrets, and love that transcends a fifty-year feud set in the 1880s in the majestic ranchland of the Montana territory. Some young ladies marry for money and social standing, a few lucky ones marry for love-but Tiffany Warren is marrying to end a feud. Honoring her mother's promise, Tiffany reluctantly travels west to meet her e...

Null Object is an intriguing publication exploring the project conceived by the collaborative arts practice London Fieldworks, founded by the artists Bruce Gilchrist and Jo Joelson, and the internationally acclaimed artist Gustav Metzger.The complex project plays with the idea of augmented mind by responding to the development of brain-machine interfaces, biometrics and the burgeoning role of databases across all conceivable sectors of society...

Freche und lustige Tiere. Meisterhaft mit ironischem Humor - klassisch in Bleistift und Tusche - zu Papier gebracht.

Meteora-KlösterDieses Wunderwerk der Natur besteht aus zahlreichen jeweils mehrere hundert Meter hohen Felsennadeln.Gegenwärtig sind noch sechs Klöster erhalten und bewohnt, davon vier mit Mönchen und zwei mit Nonnen. Die Mönche mußten auf Strickleitern den Berg hinaufklettern oder wurden in Körben mit Hilfe von Seilwinden nach oben gezogen.

Meteora-KlösterDieses Wunderwerk der Natur besteht aus zahlreichen jeweils mehrere hundert Meter hohen Felsennadeln.Gegenwärtig sind noch sechs Klöster erhalten und bewohnt, davon vier mit Mönchen und zwei mit Nonnen. Die Mönche mußten auf Strickleitern den Berg hinaufklettern oder wurden in Körben mit Hilfe von Seilwinden nach oben gezogen.

Freche und lustige Tiere. Meisterhaft mit ironischem Humor - klassisch in Bleistift und Tusche - zu Papier gebracht.