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American Catholics in Transition reports on five surveys carried out at six year intervals over a period of 25 years, from 1987 to 2011. The surveys are national probability samples of American Catholics, age 18 and older, now including four generations of Catholics. Over these twenty five years,...

Have you ever wondered about the missing years of Jesus' life story, the years not chronicled by the Gospels? How did the future Messiah transform from a young man into the leader of one of the most powerful religious movements in human history? In this fictional story, the author, Bernard F. Barcio,...

En un país asiático, una cadena de extraños acontecimientos deja su amarga huella de desolación en cientos de personas. Se cuentan por decenas los desaparecidos sin ninguna explicación. Un misterio insólito e insospechado, del que solo muchos años después comienzan a aparecer pistas fiables. Paralelamente,...

Wheat is the most widely cultivated cereal in the world and a staple food for around 3 billion people. It has been estimated that demand for wheat could increase by up to 560% by 2050. There is an urgent need to increase yields in the face of such challenges as climate change, threats from pests and...

Pattern recognition and other chemometrical techniques are important tools in interpreting environmental data. This volume presents authoritatively state-of-the-art applications of measuring and handling environmental data. The chapters are written by leading experts.

Written by a cardiologist with 40+ years of experience treating heart disease and finding that helping patients make healthy lifestyle changes was more effective than pills and procedures. 

Transformative Student Experiences in Higher Education: Meeting the Needs of the 21st Century Student and Modern Workplace presents a thorough consideration of the role, use, and implications of transformative and active instructional strategies in higher education. It examines the changing landscape...

The Bible took shape over the course of centuries, and today Christian groups continue to disagree over details of its contents. The differences among these groups typically involve the Old Testament, as they mostly accept the same 27-book New Testament. An essential avenue for understanding the development...

The Byzantine Empire capitulated to invading Crusaders on another mission to free the Holy Land from its enemies, but not without forcing a retired spy to join them.

Kendall Brooks has an impossible decision: Tell the truth or protect the lie? She has buried herself in years of undergrad, medical school, and now her residency–hoping to leave behind what she is unable to face. Her world is rocked to the core when she returns to her small hometown and runs smack...

Understanding Regression Analysis: An Introductory Guide by Larry D. Schroeder, David L. Sjoquist, and Paula E. Stephan presents the fundamentals of regression analysis, from its meaning to uses, in a concise, easy-to-read, and non-technical style. It illustrates how regression coefficients are estimated,...

La pérdida de un ser querido es, quizás, una de las mayores adversidades que se pueda experimentar. El duelo y la recuperación son procesos individuales, personales, únicos en cada quien. No se puede establecer un manual de instrucciones para hallar una salida al dolor cuando este es tan íntimo...

Segunda edición, aumentada y corregida, del libro: "Quiero Publicar Mi Libro". En esta edición se incluyen las explicaciones detalladas de cómo maquetar un libro en formato digital, a las que se acompañan de imágenes gráficas de cada paso concreto. Desde cómo realizar la depuración...

Reviews key advances and best practice in cultivation techniques across the value chain of organic farming  Discusses ways of monitoring and improving the environmental impact of organic crop production  Particular focus on ways of supporting organic farming in the developing world