President Harry Truman was a disappointment to the Democrats, and a godsend to the Republicans. Every attempt to paint Truman with the grace, charm, and grandeur of Franklin Delano Roosevelt had been a dismal failure: Truman’s virtues were simpler, plainer, more direct. The challenges he faced—stirrings of civil rights and southern resentment at home, and communist aggression and brinkmanship abroad—could not have been more critical. By the summer of 1948 the prospects of a second term for...

This volume reports in detail how a particular portion of the American wilderness developed into a settled farming community. To fully comprehend the history of the American people in the early national period, an understanding of this transformation from forest to community—and the pattern of life within such communities where the vast majority of the people live—is essential.Three major conclusions emerge from Philip L. White's study of Beekmantown, New York. First, the economic ...

Neurointervention is a rapidly expanding medical specialty, propelled by the transformative success of mechanical thrombectomy in acute ischaemic stroke and embolisation techniques in the management of cerebral aneurysms. The handbook provides a modern, accessible, and comprehensive guide to the full breadth of neurointerventional practice. Beginning with essential foundational topics, including ethics and consent, neurovascular anatomy, pharmacology, and equipment, Neurointer...

First published in 1976, The Worker Directors: A Sociology of Participation offers an exploration of industrial democracy and the role of worker participation in corporate decision-making. Drawing on extensive research and case studies, the authors delve into the emergence and implementation of worker-director schemes, with a particular focus on the British steel industry during a period of significant economic and social change.The book examines the evolution of participa...

An understanding of the mineral nutrition of plants is of fundamental importance in both basic and applied plant sciences. The fourth edition of this book retains the aim of the first in presenting the principles of mineral nutrition in the light of current advances. Marschner's Mineral Nutrition of Plants, 4th Edition, is divided into two parts: Nutritional Physiology and Plant–Soil Relationships. In Part I, emphasis is put on uptake and transport of nutrients in plants, root–shoot intera...

Completely updated from the successful first edition, this book provides a timely update on the recent progress in our knowledge of all aspects of plant perception, signalling and adaptation to a variety of environmental stresses. It covers in detail areas such as drought, salinity, waterlogging, oxidative stress, pathogens, and extremes of temperature and pH. This second edition: Presents detailed and up-to-date research on plant responses to a wide range of stresses Includes new full-col...

Sometimes it feels impossible to believe that “it is good to remain single.” — 1 Corinthians 7:8In a world that glorifies romance and sex, many of us have fallen for the lie that singleness is second-best . . . or that even we are second-best compared to our married friends.So how can you learn to believe singleness is good and truly experience its blessings?How do you handle the loneliness, the desire for kids, or the heartache of breakups? How do ...

BROOKSI've made a name for myself as one of the best sports medicine doctors in the country. I have a thriving practice and a handful of awards that say I'm an excellent surgeon without getting attached to my patients.That all changed when a seventeen-year-old Olympic snowboarder walked into my office, brushing off injuries that would have put anyone else on their ass. I wanted to protect her, to fight for her, and for three years,...

Frank C. Brown organized the North Carolina Folklore Society in 1913. Both Dr. Brown and the Society collected stores from individuals—Brown through his classes at Duke University and through his summer expeditions in the North Carolina mountains, and the Society by interviewing its members—and also levied on the previous collections made by friends and members of the Society. The result was a large mass of texts and notes assembled over a period of nearly forty years and covering every as...

From Philip Caputo--the author of A Rumor of War, The Longest Road, and Some Rise By Sin--comes a captivating mosaic of stories set in a small town where no act is private and the past is never really past.Hunter’s Moon is set in Michigan’s wild, starkly beautiful Upper Peninsula, where a cast of recurring characters move into and out of each other’s lives, building friendships, facing loss, confronting violence, trying to bury t...

""The Romance of Modern Chemistry" is a fascinating glimpse into the state of chemistry a century ago. Written by James C. Philip, PhD, an assistant professor of chemistry at The Imperial College of Science and Technology, Kensington, this book provides a non-technical description of the diverse and wonderful ways in which chemical forces were at work and their manifold applications in modern life back in 191012. Imagine the scientific discoveries, the alchemical transformations, and the i...

How did social, cultural and political events concerning Britain during the 1940s reshape modern British fiction?During the Second World War and in its aftermath, British literature experienced and recorded drastic and decisive changes to old certainties. Moving from potential invasion and defeat to victory, the creation of the welfare state and a new Cold war threat, the pace of historical change seemed too rapid and monumental for writers to match. Consequently the 1940s were oft...