Authors:E A Brandes, G B Brook,
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinema
Keywords: book, reference, metals, smithell, smithells
Number of Pages: 1800
Published: 1997-12-06
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0750636246
ISBN-13: 9780750636247

Reviews of previous editions:’A publication of no equal that has become an essential reference during its 35 years of publication’ ASLIB Book List’All metallurgists will covet a copy of Smithells’ Chemistry and Industry’(It) provides an invaluable reference source for all workers, libraries and research laboratories in the field of engineering and metallurgy’ BNF Abstract Smithells is the only single volume that provides all the data and references needed by those practicing metallurgy. The seventh edition of this standard reference work for metallurgists in

Author: Donna Brandes
Publisher: Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
Keywords: handbook, gamesters
Number of Pages: 145
Published: 1995-06-10
List price: $49.50
ISBN-10: 0748703225
ISBN-13: 9780748703227

"Gamester’s Handbook 2" is a collection of 89 tried-and-tested games for developing self-awareness, confidence, decision-making skills, trust, assertiveness, and just for fun. These games can help social inadequacy by developing co-operation within groups. Each activity promotes effective communication, particularly important with shy people who need additional encouragement. The ’role playing’ aspects of many games provide the security which enables group members to develop their ideas and express themselves.

Author: Stanley Brandes
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: dead, day, mexico, bread, living, skulls
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2007-01-16
List price: $97.95
ISBN-10: 1405152478
ISBN-13: 9781405152471

Each October, as the Day of the Dead draws near, Mexican markets overflow with decorated breads, fanciful paper cutouts, and whimsical toy skulls and skeletons. To honor deceased relatives, Mexicans decorate graves and erect home altars. Drawing on a rich array of historical and ethnographic evidence, this volume reveals the origin and changing character of this celebrated holiday. It explores the emergence of the Day of the Dead as a symbol of Mexican and Mexican-American national identity. Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead poses a serious challenge to the widespread stereotype o

Author: Stanley Brandes
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: dead, day, mexico, bread, living, skulls
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2007-01-16
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1405152486
ISBN-13: 9781405152488

Each October, as the Day of the Dead draws near, Mexican markets overflow with decorated breads, fanciful paper cutouts, and whimsical toy skulls and skeletons. To honor deceased relatives, Mexicans decorate graves and erect home altars. Drawing on a rich array of historical and ethnographic evidence, this volume reveals the origin and changing character of this celebrated holiday. It explores the emergence of the Day of the Dead as a symbol of Mexican and Mexican-American national identity. Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead poses a serious challenge to the widespread stereotype o

Author: Michael V. Brandes
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: bare, essentials, stripped, need, guide, bonds, naked
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2003-09-19
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0471462217
ISBN-13: 9780471462217

"A delightful instruction to the wonderful world of bonds for the non-professional investor, written in terms that you could explain to your mother-in-law; or that she could explain to you!" –Paul McCulley Managing Director and Fund Manager PIMCO, one of the world’s leading fixed-income managers "Michael Brandes has written a thorough, useful, and highly readable treatise on bonds. Investors seeking a balanced, diversified portfolio are advised to read it." –Tom Gardner Co-founder, The Motley Fool "This book cuts through the jargon and gets right to the

Authors:Steven B. Brandes, Steven B. Brandes,
Publisher: Humana Press
Keywords: clinical, urology, current, surgery, reconstructive, urethral
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 2008-08-12
List price: $169.00
ISBN-10: 1588298264
ISBN-13: 9781588298263

Urethral reconstructive surgery can often be complex, time consuming and demanding. Enlightening urologists in a practical manner, Urethral Reconstructive Surgery evaluates and manages complex urethral problems. Written by a panel of experts in the field, Urethral Reconstructive Surgery offers the anatomy of the urethra and the aspects of wound healing and applicable plastic surgical techniques. A practical and comprehensive review, Dr. Brandes and his contributors focus on the methods for evaluating the extent and degree of urethral stricture and the decision making process.

Author: Stanley Brandes
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Keywords: city, mexico, sober, staying
Number of Pages: 259
Published: 2002-05-15
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0292709080
ISBN-13: 9780292709089

"This is an impeccably crafted work by one of the most widely respected anthropologists of his generation. . . . I am quite confident that it will become not only the standard reference on the cultural study of alcoholism in Mexico, but also one of the very best overall social science contributions to the study of Mexican culture produced in the last fifty years." --Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, Victor S. Thomas Professor and Codirector of the Harvard Immigration Project, Harvard University Staying sober is a daily struggle for many men living in Mexico City, one of the world’s largest, gri