Author: Maxine Anderso
Publisher: Nomad Pre
Keywords: build, yourself, series, inventions, leonardo, vinci, amazing
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2006-01-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0974934429
ISBN-13: 9780974934426

From armored tanks and gliders to "plastic glass" and drawing machines, this interactive book explores the incredible mind of Leonardo da Vinci through hands-on building projects and activities. Most of Leonardo’s inventions were never made in his lifetime and remained sketches in his famous notebooks; kids examine some of these original sketches and learn about the models he made of his inventions. From there they delve into detailed step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and templates for each project, which are interspersed with historical facts, biographical anecdotes, and trivia. Most

Author: Maxine Berg
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: britain, century, eighteenth, pleasure, luxury
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 2007-05-31
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0199215286
ISBN-13: 9780199215287

Luxury and Pleasure in Eighteenth-Century Britain explores the invention, making, and buying of new, semi-luxury, and fashionable consumer goods during the eighteenth century. It follows these goods, from china tea ware to all sorts of metal ornaments such as candlesticks, cutlery, buckles, and buttons, as they were made and shopped for, then displayed in the private domestic settings of Britain’s urban middling classes. It tells the stories and analyses the developments that led from a global trade in Eastern luxuries beginning in the sixteenth century to the new global trade in British

Author: Maxine Eichner
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: political, ideals, america, government, state, families, supportive
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2010-10-15
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0195343212
ISBN-13: 9780195343212

Broad agreement exists among politicians and policymakers that the family is a critical institution of American life. Yet the role that the state should play with respect to family ties among citizens remains deeply contested. This controversy over the state’s role undergirds a broad range of public policy debates: Does the state have a responsibility to help resolve conflicts between work and family? Should same-sex marriage be permitted? Should parents who receive welfare benefits be required to work? Yet while these individual policy issues are endlessly debated, the underlying theore

Author: Maxine Morrin
Publisher: Research & Education Association
Keywords: guides, literature, maxnotes, sun, raisin
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 1994-11-15
List price: $3.95
ISBN-10: 0878919457
ISBN-13: 9780878919451

MAXnotes offer a fresh look at masterpieces of literature, presented in a lively and interesting fashion. Written by literary experts who currently teach the subject, MAXnotes will enhance your understanding and enjoyment of the work. MAXnotes are designed to stimulate independ ent thought about the literary work by raising various issues and thought-provoking ideas and questions. MAXnotes cover the essentials of what one should know about each work, including an overall summary, character lists, an explanation and discussion of the plot, the work’s historical context, illus

Author: Maxine Gowen
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: metabolism, cytokines
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 1991-12-18
List price: $404.95
ISBN-10: 0849362687
ISBN-13: 9780849362682

Cytokines and Bone Metabolism presents a comprehensive review of the research done to date on the role of cytokines in bone metabolism. All of the major groups of cytokines and growth factors are covered, and more than 2,000 references are included. In each chapter, the biochemistry and wider cellular actions of individual factors are reviewed before data detailing the in vitro and in vivo actions in bone are presented. Extensive reviews of the cell biology of bone, the potential role of cytokines in bone diseases, and the theoretical and practical possibilities for pharmacological interventio

Author: Maxine A. Goldman
Publisher: F A Davis Co
Keywords: room, operating, guide, pocket
Number of Pages: 1252
Published: 2007-11-30
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0803612265
ISBN-13: 9780803612266

The third edition is an invaluable reference book for the novice perioperative nurse or surgical technologist. For someone studying for the CNOR, this is a tremendous resource book and study guide. The AORN Journal, December 2008This pocket guide presents more than 500 surgical procedures! State-of-the-art revisions familiarize the reader with new standards of excellence for care of the surgical patient in the perioperative environment. For each procedure, you ll find a definition discussion description of the surgery preparation of the patient skin preparation draping technique instrumentatio

Author: Maxine Rosenthal
Publisher: C&T Publishing
Keywords: multiple, fabrics, world, quilts, shapes, new, block, wonders, encore, one
Number of Pages: 80
Published: 2008-06-25
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1571204644
ISBN-13: 9781571204646

This bold new spin on one-block quilts offers 6 new projects, more fabrics, and dramatic new design effects.