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Exploring the ''morphogenesis'' of the city in Western civilization, this new edition contains updated material, a new introduction, and additional illustrations.
Jameson W. Doig and Erwin C. Hargrove outline a perspective on leadership in government that emphasizes entrepreneurship. They show how government executives' ability to set goals, generate support inside and outside the bureaucracy, and implement innovative ideas-- even at risk to their own careers-- can have a significant impact on their ......
A Parent-to-Parent Guide for Care of the Disabled Child
They called him Owen. Born on January 3, 1960, he was fair and blue-eyed, and he seemed as healthy as his four brothers and sisters. Today Owen lives in a school for the severely disabled near Frankfort, Kentucky. For his parents, Charles and Mary Callanan, the years ''since Owen'' have brought a continuing struggle to cope and an unending search ......
Now that the front page belongs to George Bush, what are analysts saying about Ronald Reagan? And how will the Reagan legacy shape policy and politics into the next century? ''Looking Back on the Reagan Presidency'' offers the latest thinking of nineteen leading president-watchers. Edited by Larry Berman, the volume appraises the administration's ......
One of Americas greatest landscape designers and conservationists, Jensen used native plants to introduce the influential Prairie style of landscape architecture. In Siftings, Jensen shares his memories of 'wandering in many lands' and his life in the heart of Middle America. His recollections -- like his designs -- express a love of natural ......
This is the first thorough review and analysis of the extensive research literature on nonverbal sex differences among infants, children, and adults. Judith A. Hall summarizes and explores data on nonverbal skill and style differences, including the sending and judging of nonverbal cues of emotion, facial expression, gaze, interpersonal distance, ......
In 1961 Jean Gottmann published his pioneering study of urban sprawl along the Boston-Washington corridor. The book's title soon became a household word, and its author gained worldwide acclaim for his insights into the dimensions of urbanism. Since writing ''Megalopolis,'' Gottmann has published more than eighty articles on the urban scene. Now, ......
