Author: Iain M. Banks
Publisher: Orbit
Keywords: background
Number of Pages: 640
Published: 2009-07-01
List price: $12.99
ISBN-10: 0316036374
ISBN-13: 9780316036375

Sharrow was once the leader of a personality-attuned combat team in one of the sporadic little commercial wars in the civilization based around the planet Golter. Now she is hunted by the Huhsz, a religious cult which believes that she is the last obstacle before the faith’s apotheosis, and her only hope of escape is to find the last of the apocalyptically powerful Lazy Guns before the Huhsz find her.Her journey through the exotic Golterian system is a destructive and savage odyssey into her past, and that of her family and of the system itself.

Author: Ken Ramchand
Publisher: Ian Randle Publishers
Keywords: background, novel, indian, west
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2004-07
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 9766371512
ISBN-13: 9789766371517

First published in 1970, this pioneering account of the emergence of the West Indian Novel in English has been at the centre of the development of West Indian Literature as an academic discipline. In an intimate and firm introduction, Professor Ramchand writes about the putting together of The West Indian Novel and its Background and makes a challenging survey of West Indian writing and criticism since 1970. Wearing his scholarship lightly, the author provides valuable insights into the social, cultural and political background, offering concise and focused accounts of the growth o

Authors:Xavier Barcons, Andrew C. Fabia,
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: background, ray
Number of Pages: 324
Published: 1992-07-31
List price: $130.00
ISBN-10: 0521416515
ISBN-13: 9780521416511

The book reviews our current observational knowledge of the background radiation of the X-ray in the universe. The most relevant features of the X-ray background, discovered thirty years ago, are covered in detail. The contributions of the most recent space missions, including Ginga, Rosat, and the Astro-1 Shuttle flight are included. The topics covered embrace the spectrum of the radiation, isotropy on all angular scales and possible sources, such as active galactic nuclei and clusters of galaxies.Book DescriptionThis book presents a review of the current observational knowledge and understan

Author: S. N. Colamery
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Keywords: background, issues, current, medicare
Number of Pages: 263
Published: 2003-04
List price: $69.00
ISBN-10: 1590336763
ISBN-13: 9781590336762

Medicare is an American health insurance programme for the aged and certain disabled persons. Over its nearly 35-year history, it has provided important protections for millions of Americans. However, the programme is facing a number of problems. One concern is that Medicare’s financing mechanisms will cease to function in the long run. Many are also concerned that the programmes structure, which in large measure reflects both the health care delivery system as well as political considerations in effect at the time of enactment, has failed to keep pace with the changes in the health care

Author: Katharina Volk
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: background, intellectual, manilius
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2009-04-15
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 0199265224
ISBN-13: 9780199265220

This is the first English-language monograph on Marcus Manilius, a Roman poet of the first century AD, whose Astronomica is our earliest extant comprehensive treatment of astrology. Katharina Volk brings Manilius and his world alive for modern readers by exploring the manifold intellectual traditions that have gone into shaping the Astronomica: ancient astronomy and cosmology, the history and practice of astrology, the historical and political situation at the poem’s composition, the poetic and generic conventions that inform it, and the philosophical underpinnings of Manilius’ wo

Author: Barry J. Nadell
Publisher: Barry J. Nadell
Keywords: law, checks, background, sleuthing
Number of Pages: 163
Published: 2004-10
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0975937200
ISBN-13: 9780975937204

"Sleuthing 101, Background Checks and The Law" is the only book of its kind devoted solely to background screening. In today’s society, background screening has become one of the hottest topics and this is the book every employer in the U.S. must have in order to protect themselves from the pitfalls of making a bad hire. Sleuthing 101, Background Checks and the Law… • Answers the question "Why should we conduct employment background checks?" • Explains the risks of negligent hiring liability • Provides explanations of various background checks • Recommends tips for creating

Author: Ruth Durrer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: background, microwave, cosmic
Number of Pages: 424
Published: 2008-09-15
List price: $73.00
ISBN-10: 0521847044
ISBN-13: 9780521847049

The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is the radiation left over from the Big Bang. Recent analysis of the fluctuations in this radiation has given us valuable insights into our Universe and its parameters. Examining the theory of CMB and recent developments, this textbook starts with a brief introduction to modern cosmology and its main successes, followed by a thorough derivation of cosmological perturbation theory. It then explores the generation of initial fluctuations by inflation. The Boltzmann equation governs the evolution of CMB anisotropies and polarization is derived using the total