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Handbook of the Biology of Aging, Ninth Edition, provides a comprehensive synthesis and review of the latest and most important advances and themes in modern biogerontology. The book focuses on the trend of \'big data\' approaches in the biological sciences, presenting new strategies to analyze, interpret and understand the enormous amounts of information being generated through DNA sequencing, transcriptomic,

In this Newbery Honor-winning novel, Gary D. Schmidt tells the witty and compelling story of a teenage boy who feels that fate has it in for him, during the school year 1968-68. Seventh grader Holling Hoodhood isn\'t happy. He is sure his new teacher, Mrs. Baker, hates his guts. Holling\'s domineering father is obsessed with his business image and disregards his family. Throughout the school year,

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One of the best early explorations of Japanese culture and samurai ethics written in the English language Inazo Nitobe\'s book, the most influential ever written on Bushido, or the samurai Way of the Warrior, argues that the philosophy of Bushido is the true key to understanding \"the soul of Japan.\" Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves

From the creator of Heavenly Delusion comes a strangely twisted mystery story The temptations of three hormone-fueled boys, space detectives, robots, fairies, and a series of mysterious murders--though seemingly unconnected, the common thread between them is the maze-like apartment complex known as the Skygrazer. To unravel this enigma, a spunky rookie detective named Saeko Sakuraba is on the case,

Witty, gripping and urbane, Fritz Leiber?s Lankhmar books are among the best loved of all modern

An ecosystem\'s complexity develops from the vast numbers of species interacting in ecological communities. The nature of these interactions, in turn, depends on environmental context. How do these components together influence an ecosystem\'s behavior as a whole? Can ecologists resolve an ecosystem\'s complexity in order to predict its response to disturbances? Resolving Ecosystem Complexity develops

Originally published in four volumes, Practical Blacksmithing remains as relevant now as it was at the turn of the twentieth century. Featuring an abundance of information and over 1,000 illustrations, this guide provides everything you need to understand the techniques and craftsmanship of blacksmithing. Processes covered include soldering, welding, brazing, forging, tempering, cutting, bending, setting,

This special volume contributes to the rapidly growing body of eHealth research, presenting a selection of multidisciplinary studies on the role and impacts of technology and the Internet in health communication, healthcare delivery, and patient

Here is a fun and unusual way to learn the letters of the alphabet ! Letters don\'t always appear at the beginning of a word, so ABC WORD BOOK shows how a letter works with its neighbours within a word. Don\'t miss the fun pages devoted to \'Th\'! It\'s loads of fun to read aloud and act-out,and will give your thongue

Exorcists Rokuro and Benio unleash serious supernatural action while purifying the world of monsters. The \"Twin Star Exorcists\" are fated to produce the child prophesied to end the war with the monstrous Kegare... But can Rokuro and Benio get along for five minutes, let alone save the world? Benio and Rokuro are locked in a life-and-death battle with Benio\'s evil brother Yuto. Will the Twin Star

From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 comes a chilling novel about a worldwide pandemic of spontaneous combustion. One pregnant woman is determined to survive and see her baby born - and only the enigmatic man known as the Fireman can help

Kawaii and cool fashion illustrations showcased in the artist\'s first art collection book. Tanaka is an illustrator who\'s getting attention on social media with pop and cute (kawaii) fashion illustrations of young boys and girls. With 90K followers on Twitter and 120K followers on Instagram, Tanaka\'s posts of kawaii illustrated fashion combinations using a range of cute items are creating buzz on

In the four decades since his first book appeared in print, Terry Pratchett has become one of the world\'s best-selling and best-loved authors. A Blink of the Screen charts the course of Pratchett\'s long writing career: from his schooldays through to his first writing job on the Bucks Free

A fascinating investigation of our ability to navigate: from the earliest humans, to cutting-edge spatial neuroscience, and the increasing loss, in today\'s world, of our ability to find our