Author: Society for Military History
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Keywords: history, military, companion, reader
Number of Pages: 573
Published: 1996-11
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0395669693
ISBN-13: 9780395669693

How did war originate? What makes a war popular or unpopular at home? How common is desertion or mutiny? What makes a successful guerrilla insurgency? How have armies been fed throughout history? The Reader’s Companion to Military History addresses these and other intriguing aspects of the most destructive, fascinating, and relentless of human enterprises -- war. Filled with surprising anecdotes, little-known facts, and rare illustrations, The Reader’s Companion to Military History covers major events and battles, commanders and theorists, weaponry and technological advances, and s

Author: Eric Schlosser
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Keywords: nation, food, fast
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2001-01-17
List price: $26.00
ISBN-10: 0395977894
ISBN-13: 9780395977897

On any given day, one out of four Americans opts for a quick and cheap meal at a fast-food restaurant, without giving either its speed or its thriftiness a second thought. Fast food is so ubiquitous that it now seems as American, and harmless, as apple pie. But the industry’s drive for consolidation, homogenization, and speed has radically transformed America’s diet, landscape, economy, and workforce, often in insidiously destructive ways. Eric Schlosser, an award-winning journalist, opens his ambitious and ultimately devastating exposé with an introduction to the iconoclasts and

Authors:Ron Larson, Robert Hostetler,
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Keywords: precalculus
Published: 2010-06-17
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0618803408
ISBN-13: 9780618803408

810 Pages, including appendix.

Authors:Cheryl Benz, Myra M. Medina,
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Keywords: academic, success, english, mifflin, reading, houghton, college
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2006-12-22
List price: $43.95
ISBN-10: 0618230203
ISBN-13: 9780618230204

The Reading strand focuses on the development of the reading skills students need to be successful in college. Authentic academic readings and carefully selected topics help students build general background knowledge which will be valuable in their future college studies.

Authors:Jack Gantos,  Nicole Rubel,
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Keywords: treat, trick, ralph, rotten
Number of Pages: 30
Published: 1986-09-29
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0395389437
ISBN-13: 9780395389430

Sarah’s rotten cat, Ralph, goes to a Halloween costume party disguised as Sarah and creates horrible mischief. "Ralph’s unpenitent devilry has great appeal for children, and this story’s use of role reversal provides a thought-provoking twist." -- Publishers Weekly

Authors:Jeanie Trusty Stiles, David Stiles,
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Keywords: book, project, weekend, david, series, stiles, houses, tree, actually, build
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1998-05-26
List price: $18.00
ISBN-10: 0395892732
ISBN-13: 9780395892732

Tree houses capture the imagination of the child in all of us, and they have never been more popular than they are today. This inspirational yet thoroughly practical guide shows even the most inexperienced weekend carpenter how to design and build a lifetime of memories for the entire family. With more than 200,000 copies of their popular Weekend Project Books sold, David and Jeanie Stiles have become America’s First Couple of do-it-yourself woodworking. In Tree Houses You Can Actually Build, they explain basic building procedures through clear, simple instructions and non-technical line

Authors:Barry Reece, Rhonda Brandt,
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Keywords: organizational, applications, personal, relations, human, effective
Number of Pages: 496
Published: 2006-12-27
List price: $178.95
ISBN-10: 061878327X
ISBN-13: 9780618783274

This comprehensive text covers the key human relation skills students need to be successful managers in the workplace. Ideal for both two- and four-year programs, Effective Human Relations uses an organizational perspective to help students understand the disparate factors that influence employee behavior. The Tenth Edition focuses more directly on chapter objectives, establishing them around the seven themes of the text--communication, self-awareness, self-acceptance, motivation, trust, self-disclosure, and conflict resolution--so that the students absorb and connect the concepts. New areas o