Wednesday, April 15, 2009

New and Forthcoming eBooks

Featured Titles





Britannica Illustrated Science Library
Publication: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2009


2009 Teachers' Choice Award Winner! The Britannica Illustrated Science Library is a visually compelling set that covers earth science, life science, and physical science in 16 volumes. Created for grades 5-9, each volume provides an overview on the subject and thoroughly explains it through detailed and powerful graphics, turning complex subjects into visual information that students can quickly grasp.


Early Spring: An Ecologist and Her Children Wake to a Warming World
By Amy Seidl
Publication: Beacon Press, 2009

In Early Spring, ecologist and mother Amy Seidl examines climate change at a personal level through her own family's walks in the woods, work in their garden, and observations of local wildlife in the quintessential America of small-town New England.



Unofficial Guide to Building Your Business in the Second Life Virtual World
By Sue Martin Mahar and Jay Mahar
Publication: AMACOM, 2009


A comprehensive, in-depth guide to conducting business in this new marketplace, Unofficial Guide to Building Your Business in the Second Life Virtual World will ensure you make best use of the site .


Superheroes!
By Roz Kaveney
Publication: I. B.Tauris, 2008

Modern myths, cheap trash or the objects of fetishist desire? In Superheroes!, acclaimed cultural commentator Roz Kaveney argues that at their best, superhero comics are a form in which some writers and artists are doing fascinating work, not in spite of their chosen form, but because of it



Handbook of Research on Digital Libraries: Design, Development, and Impact
By Yin-Leng Theng
Publication: IGI Global, 2009

Through predictions of future trends, examinations of techniques and technologies, and focuses on users, interactions, and experiences, this in-depth collection provides developers and scholars with an extensive collection of research articles from the expanding field of digital libraries.


Textbook of Epilepsy Surgery
By Hans Luders
Publication: Informa Healthcare, 2008

Textbook of Epilepsy Surgery covers all of the latest advances in the surgical management of epilepsy and is an invaluable tool and reference source for Neurologists, Neurosurgeons, Epilepsy Specialists and those interested in epilepsy and its surgical treatment


The Green Building Revolution
By Jerry Yudelson,
Publication: Island Press, 2008


In a clear, highly readable style, Jerry Yudelson outlines the broader journey to sustainability influenced by the green building revolution and provides a solid business case for accelerating this trend. Illustrated with more than 50 photos, tables and charts, and filled with timely information, The Green Building Revolution is the definitive description of a major movement that's poised to transform our world.


Beyond Red and Blue: How Twelve Political Philosophies Shape American Debates
By Peter S. Wenz
Publication: MIT Press, 2009


On any given night cable TV news will tell us how polarized American politics is: Republicans are from Mars, Democrats are from Canada. But in fact, writes Peter Wenz in Beyond Red and Blue, Americans do not divide neatly into two ideological camps of red/blue, Republican/Democrat, right/left.


Stockley's Drug Interactions 2009 Pocket Companion
By Karen Baxter
Publication: Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 2009

Stockley's Drug Interactions Pocket Companion 2009 draws on the wealth of clinically evaluated, evidence-based information on drug-drug, drug-herb and drug-food interactions that is presented in the full reference work, Stockley's Drug Interactions.


No Child Left Behind and the Public Schools
By Scott Franklin Abernathy
Publication: University of Michigan Press, 2008


Why NCLB will fail to close the achievement gap—and what we can do about it. No Child Left Behind is five years old. Has it succeeded? How would we know? This far-reaching new study looks at the successes and failures of one of the most ambitious and controversial educational initiatives since desegregation.




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