“adrian raine”

This book focuses on one of the world's major problems - violence and psychopathy. It presents some of the key contributions made at the Fourth International Meeting on the Biology and Sociology of Violence held in November 1999. A key thrust of this book, and a stance shared by all of its contribut... More

This book is devoted to examining schizotypal personality and provides a comprehensive overview of our current knowledge. It includes reviews of genetics, neurodevelopment, assessment, psychophysiology, neuropsychology, and brain imaging. Central themes are the exploration of categorical and dimensi... More

Describes the personal and political disaster resulting from excessive pride, ambition, and contempt for one's fellow man, suggests a fresh interpretation, and discusses Shakespeare's themes and techniques... More

The Definitive Guides to the X Window System Volume 0, X Protocol Reference Manual describes the X Network Protocol, which underlies all software for Version 11 of the X Window System. This fourth edition is updated for R6 and can be used with any release ... More

The Definitive Guides to the X Window System Volume 2, Xlib Reference Manual, is a complete programmer's reference for Xlib. Covers X11 Release 4 and Release 5. Contents Include:Reference pages for Xlib functions Reference pages for event types Permuted inde... More

This illustrated dictionary gives the stories behind more than 700 everyday trade names, some of them internationally famous, from home medicines to everyday foods and drinks and from fancy stores and shops to makes and models of cars, trucks and aircraft. The origins and backgrounds to the names ca... More

In NTC's Dictionary of Word Organic, Adrian Room shows, for example, that the word acorn has nothing to do with corn, as commonly supposed. The word is actually related to acre, which is derived from the Latin ager, meaning 'field'. Similarly, a blanket is not called that because it has no pattern-i... More

A major new text by a leading authority reassesses the nature, endurance and significance of apartheid in South Africa as well as the reasons for its dramatic collapse. Paying particular attention to the international dimension as well as the domestic, the author assesses the impact of anti-aparthei... More