Cranial neurosurgery is a term covering a vastrange of surgical procedures carried out on the brain or on nerves located in the skull. It includes potentially life-saving surgery to stop bleeding in the brain and remove tumours, as well as procedures to address debilitating pain caused by nerve damage. Cranial neurosurgeons also play a pivotalrole in monitoring patients who have suffered a head…
Long recognized as one of the main branches of political science, political theory has in recent years burgeoned in many different directions. Close textual analysis of historical texts sits alongside more analytical work on the nature and normative grounds of political values. Continental and post-modern influences jostle with ones from economics, history, sociology, and the law. Feminist conc…
True to its name, this Cancun and the Yucatan travel guide covers all the region's major sights and attractions in easy-to-use top 10 lists that help you plan the vacation that's right for you. This newly updated pocket travel guide for Cancun and the Yucatan will lead you straight to the best attractions these locations have to offer, from swimming with whale sharks to snorkeling with turtl…
Astonishingly exotic and utterly compelling, Vietnam is a country of breathtaking natural beauty with a unique heritage, where travel quickly becomes addictive. Eat, drink and shop til you drop in beautiful, ancient Hoi An; kite surf in Mui Ne; or visit the impressive pagodas and royal tombs of Hue; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Vietnam and begin your journey no…
Ascend to the realm of the gods, Angkor Wat. Descend into hell at Tuol Sleng Prison. With a history both inspiring and depressing, Cambodia delivers an intoxicating present. Stand under the glimmering spires of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, trek the lush rainforest of the Koh Kong Conservation Corridor, or explore the floating village of Kompong Luong; all with your trusted travel companio…
NASA engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center, along with their partners at other NASA centers and in private industry, are designing and building the next generation of rockets and spacecraft to transport cargo, equipment, and human explorers to space. Known collectively as Deep Space Exploration Systems, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, the Orion spacecraft, and ground systems at Kenned…
Written in simple and accessible language, this nontechnical introduction to cosmology, or the creation and development of the universe, explains the discipline, covers its history, details the latest developments, and explains what is known, what is believed, and what is purely speculative. In addition, the author discusses the development of the Big Bang theory, and more speculative modern is…
The best leaders know how to communicate clearly and persuasively. How do you stack up?If you read nothing else on communicating effectively, read these 10 articles. We’ve combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you express your ideas with clarity and impact?no matter what the situation.
The significance of Garranes lies partly in the date of Lisnacaheragh, believed to have been built in the fifth century AD. That is early in the history of the Irish ringfort, the origins of which remain unclear. The evidence of specialist craftworking in metal, glass and enamel from Lisnacaheragh testifies to the importance of the site. The dis…
ooking back upon the operations of 1916, and in anticipation of the battles to come, the French prime minister, Aristide Briand, remarked that military offensives had become ‘really like a great industrial undertaking. There were so many miles of front, so many troops, and so many guns required; all had to be calculated to a nicety, and all kinds of preparations made’.1 In the…
A relationship with technology is central to being human, but it is not well understood. Humans create technology and have done since the earliest times, and this is commonly taken as a sign of what distinguishes humanity from the sub-primates. Equally, though, our technologies create us, enabling the activities and experiences and forms of social organization that make us who we are. This in…
Though the guitar as we know it is only about a century and a half old, its roots as a plucked stringed instrument go back deep into history. Many ancient folk instruments have followed the basic strings-stretched-overfretboard-and-played-with-fingers design for thousands of years, and the guitar is in some ways the culmination of that legacy. It seems humans have always had something like the …
How does memory work? How do we understand language, and produce it so that others can understand? How do we perceive our environment? How do we infer from patterns of light or sound the presence of objects in our environment, and their properties? How do we reason, and solve problems? How do we think? These are some of the foundational questions that cognitive psychology examines. They are fou…
The focus of housing research is set by the apparent scaling of hous-ing problems: where problems congregate, so too does the research community. The collective gaze of that community has been on cities dur-ing recent decades. The urban processes that have caused inequalities – across housing, education, healthcare and other domains – are critically important and the …
This volume brings a sociologist of curriculum and history educators, from a range of contexts, into dialogue on questions of knowledge and knowing – questions about what school history should and could be, as an activity and mode of engaging with the world, and questions about what school history education should and could look like and be about. Like all tr…
ased on the words and experiences of the people involved, this book tells the story of the community arts movement in the UK, and, through a series of essays, assesses its influence on present day participatory arts practices. Part I offers the first comprehensive account of the movement, its history, rationale and modes of working in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales; Part II bring…
Terrestrial Mammal Conservation provides a thorough summary of the available scientific evidence of what is known, or not known, about the effectiveness of all of the conservation actions for wild terrestrial mammals across the world (excluding bats and primates, which are covered in separate synopses). Actions are organized into categories based on the International Union for Conservation of N…
Cara memperoleh dan mempertahankan kekuasaan Sang Pangeran, yang ditulis saat dia menjadi pengangguran dan terbuang di tanah pertanian keluarga sepuluh mil di luar Florentina, adalah buku yang membuat Niccolo Machiavelli tenar dan mengangkat reputasinya sebagai Bapak pemikir politik modern. Sang Pangeran seluruhnya berbicara mengenai hal-hal yang menyangkut cara memperoleh dan mempertahankan…
Nick telah merasakan penindasan dalam segala bentuknya karena dia “berbeda”. Namun, dia telah belajar bahwa dia tak perlu ikut serta dalam permainan itu, begitu juga engkau. Dalam Stand Strong dia memberikan berbagai strategi untuk membangun “sistem pertahanan terhadap penindasan” agar kau bisa mengatasi dan mengalahkan berbagai jenis penindasan dengan membangun kekuatan dari dalam diri…
Life Without Limits is an inspiring book by an extraordinary man. Born without arms or legs, Nick Vujicic overcame his disability to live not just independently but a rich, fulfilling life, becoming a model for anyone seeking true happiness. Now an internationally successful motivational speaker, his central message is that the most important goal for anyone is to find their life’s purpose de…
Nick Vujicic tahu tak ada harapan yang lebih besar daripada memercayakan diri pada rencana Allah untuk kehidupan kita. Nick yang terlahir tanpa kaki dan lengan telah mengalami puncak harapan dan lembah keputusasaan. Namun, dia berhasil mengatasi situasi dan keterbatasan fisiknya dengan berpegang pada iman serta memahami cinta dan kuasa Allah yang tanpa batas kepada setiap orang. Sekarang dia i…
Nick Vujicic berhasil memiliki “kehidupan yang luar biasa asyik”. Namun, setelah beberapa kali gagal menjalani hubungan, pada pertengahan usia dua puluhan dia merasa khawatir jangan-jangan dia tidak akan pernah menemukan perempuan yang mau mencintai dan berbagi hidup dengannya. Lalu Nick bertemu Kanae, dan segalanya berubah. Namun, walaupun memiliki kecocokan yang tak bisa disangkal, mereka…