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A Brief History of Death (Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion)"The author reveals himself to be a sensitive and humane guide, in a book that ought to fascinate anyone interested in the existential conundrum of human morality." Times Higher Education Supplement
The act of death itself and the rituals surrounding it vary enormously and shed a fascinating light on the... | | Modern Antenna Handbook (v. 1)
Antennas and antenna systems are the eyes and ears of wireless communication systems,
which have experienced an unprecedented rapid expansion. Part of this advancement has
been attributed to contributions of antenna technology. These wireless systems, no matter
how simple or complex, cannot operate efficiently unless they utilize... | | Antenna Theory and Design
The first edition of Antenna Theory and Design was published in 1981 and the second in
1998. This three-decade span has seen major expansions of antenna application areas,
mainly in wireless communications. Along with technology advances has come public
awareness of the presence and importance of antennas. Base station antennas are... |
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Little Green Data Book 2004In its 3rd annual edition, The Little Green Data Book 2004 is a pocket-sized ready reference on key environmental data for over 200 countries. Key indicators are organized under the headings of agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, energy, emission and pollution, and water and sanitation.
Profiles of each country include 48 key development... | | e-Learning and Social Networking Handbook: Resources for Higher Education
Student engagement with digital learning resources and online social networking are strong forces in education today. How can these resources best be utilized by educators and course designers in higher education? This book aims to provide the reader with enough background information to appreciate the value of social networking, especially... | | The Encyclopedia of Rural America: The Land and People (2 Volume Set)The Encyclopedia of Rural America is dedicated to the land and its people. Rural America is characterized by its vast expansiveness and its diversity. Of the nation's 1.9 billion acres, 1.8 billion acres are in rural areas or federal lands. It is a land of crop and pasture land, forests and wetlands, mountains and deserts, sea coasts and inland... |
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Knowledge-Based Virtual Education: User-Centred ParadigmsVirtual learning plays an important role in providing academicians, educators and students alike, with advanced learning experiences. At the forefront of these current technologies are knowledge-based systems that assess the environment in which such learning will occur and are adaptive by nature to the individual needs of the user (Grossman et... | | Hillbilly: A Cultural History of an American Icon Harkins, assistant professor of history at Western Kentucky University, means to examine the "cultural and ideological construct `the hillbilly'... rather than the actual people of the southern mountains." To this end, he examines some obscure early American printed material, Paul Webb's Esquire magazine cartoons from... | | |
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