“c fraser smith”

Though he lived throughout much of the South -- and even worked his way into parts of the North for a time -- Jim Crow was conceived and buried in Maryland. From Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney's infamous decision in the Dred Scott case to Thurgood Marshall's eloquent and effective work on Brown v.... More

Len Bias, one of the most celebrated college basketball players of his time, died at the age of 21 of a cocaine overdose. Was it just drugs, or did a faulty system contribute to his death? Baltimore Sun reporter C. Fraser Smith presents a well-written and thoroughly investigated account of the Len B... More

Includes a complete lifestyle program designed to help families make healthier choices in life. Each chapter provides essential advice on diet, fitness, and stress reduction.... More

The aim of this textbook is to present an account of the theory of computation. After introducing the concept of a model of computation and presenting various examples, the author explores the limitations of effective computation via basic recursion theory. Self-reference and other methods are intro... More

The word "parent" is most often used to refer to a biological relationship with a child. But the word "parent," like "mother" and "father," can also invoke acts of caring, nurturing, and protecting. When we say, "That child needs a father," we imply that the child needs a relationship with a man cap... More

Gorky Park redux: Detective Arkady Renko returns to his Moscow base, in Martin Cruz Smith's latest entry in the internationally best-selling series about Russian crimes, broken hearts and the mysteries of the soul.... More