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  • Moisture Storage and Transport in Concrete

    Experimental Investigations and Computational Modeling

    by Lutz H. Franke ...
    Comprehensive insight on moisture transport in cement-based materials by means of experimental investigations and computer simulationsMoisture Storage and Transport in Concrete explores how moisture moves through cementitious materials, focusing on its absorption, storage, and distribution with the help of experimental investigations and computer simulations. The text discusses the different ways ... Read more

    $134.00 USD

  • La Patria del Criollo

    An Interpretation of Colonial Guatemala

    Translated by W. George Lovell, Susan M. Neve ...
    by Severo Martínez Peláez ...
    This translation of Severo Martínez Peláez’s La Patria del Criollo, first published in Guatemala in 1970, makes a classic, controversial work of Latin American history available to English-language readers. Martínez Peláez was one of Guatemala’s foremost historians and a political activist committed to revolutionary social change. La Patria del Criollo is his scathing assessment of Guatemala’s ... Read more

    $22.29 USD

  • The Twinless Twin

    A tale of bereavement and enlightenment for those who have lost their twin...

    by J. H. Lutz ...
    Many wonderful books have been written for children on the death of a family member, but this is the first of its kind to be written for twins who have lost their other half. Often, the surviving twin feels lonely and abandoned without understanding why. In some cases, the family isn't even aware of the trauma that the survivor faces. This precious story tells about one identical twin and what she ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Faces of Resistance

    Maya Heroes, Power, and Identity

    by S. Ashley Kistler, Fernando Armstrong-Fumero, Allen J. Christenson, Stephanie J. Litka, Christopher H. Lutz, Judith M. Maxwell, Betsy Konefal, Abigail E Adams, Ixnal Ambrocia Cuma Chávez, Kevin Young0, David Carey Jr.1, W. George Lovell Jr.2 ...
    Fosters a holistic understanding of the roles of Maya heroic figures as cornerstones of cultural identity and political resistance and powerIn the sixteenth century, Q’eqchi’ Maya leader Aj Poop B’atz’ changed the course of Q’eqchi’ history by welcoming Spanish invaders to his community in peace to protect his people from almost certain violence. Today, he is revered as a powerful symbol of Q ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Manual of Ultrasound

    Translated by T.C. Telger, W.E. Pohl ...
    by H. Lutz, R. Meudt ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Building upon scientific discoveries of past years, B-scan ultrasonography has become a widely accepted diagnostic procedure that has assumed particular importance in the areas of obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, and urology. The early and liberal use of the method, even for outpatients and in outlying hospitals, is in accordance with the safety and the relatively low costs of ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Strike Fear in the Land

    Pedro de Alvarado and the Conquest of Guatemala, 1520–1541

    by W. George Lovell, Christopher H. Lutz, Wendy Kramer ...
    Series series The Civilization of the American Indian Series
    The conquest of Guatemala was brutal, prolonged and complex, fraught with intrigue and deception, and not at all clear-cut. Yet views persist of it as an armed confrontation whose stakes were evident and whose outcomes were decisive, especially in favor of the Spaniards. A critical reappraisal is long overdue, one that calls for us to reconsider events and circumstances in the light of not only ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • “Strange Lands and Different Peoples”

    Spaniards and Indians in Colonial Guatemala

    by W. George Lovell, Christopher H. Lutz, Wendy Kramer, William R. Swezey ...
    Series series The Civilization of the American Indian Series
    Guatemala emerged from the clash between Spanish invaders and Maya cultures that began five centuries ago. The conquest of these “rich and strange lands,” as Hernán Cortés called them, and their “many different peoples” was brutal and prolonged. “Strange Lands and Different Peoples” examines the myriad ramifications of Spanish intrusion, especially Maya resistance to it and the changes that took ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • Molecular Catalysts

    Structure and Functional Design

    Edited by Lutz H. Gade, Peter Hofmann ...
    Highlighting the key aspects and latest advances in the rapidly developing field of molecular catalysis, this book covers new strategies to investigate reaction mechanisms, the enhancement of the catalysts' selectivity and efficiency, as well as the rational design of well-defined molecular catalysts. The interdisciplinary author team with an excellent reputation within the community discusses ... Read more

    $163.00 USD

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  • Vertical Empire

    The General Resettlement of Indians in the Colonial Andes

    by Jeremy Ravi Mumford ...
    In 1569 the Spanish viceroy Francisco de Toledo ordered more than one million native people of the central Andes to move to newly founded Spanish-style towns called reducciones. This campaign, known as the General Resettlement of Indians, represented a turning point in the history of European colonialism: a state forcing an entire conquered society to change its way of life overnight. But while ... Read more

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  • Multiphase Flow in Permeable Media

    A Pore-Scale Perspective

    by Martin J. Blunt ...
    Hydrocarbon production, gas recovery from shale, CO2 storage and water management have a common scientific underpinning: multiphase flow in porous media. This book provides a fundamental description of multiphase flow through porous rock, with emphasis on the understanding of displacement processes at the pore, or micron, scale. Fundamental equations and principal concepts using energy, momentum, ... Read more

    $91.09 USD

  • Capoeira

    The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art

    by Matthias Röhrig Assunção ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society
    Originally the preserve of Afro-Brazilian slaves, the marginalized and the underclasses in Brazilian society, capoeira is now a mainstream sport, taught in Brazilian schools and practised by a range of social classes around the world. Some advocates now seek Olympic recognition for Capoeira. This apparent change in the meaning and purpose of Capeoira has led to conflicts between traditionalists, ... Read more

    $126.99 USD

  • Fundamentals of Polymer Engineering, Third Edition

    by Anil Kumar, Rakesh K. Gupta ...
    Exploring the chemistry of synthesis, mechanisms of polymerization, reaction engineering of step-growth and chain-growth polymerization, polymer characterization, thermodynamics and structural, mechanical, thermal and transport behavior of polymers as melts, solutions and solids, Fundamentals of Polymer Engineering, Third Edition covers essential concepts and breakthroughs in reactor design and ... Read more

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