On the Road (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations)
Written in vivid detail, Kerouac's autobiographical novel describes the epic trek of his alter-ego Sal Paradise from the East coast to San Francisco; it continues today as the benchmark work of Beat fiction.
The title, Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on Jack Kerouac’s On the Road through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics.
Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays
Christmas is a time of seasonal cheer, family get-togethers, holiday parties, and-gift giving. Lots and lots--and lots--of gift giving. It's hard to imagine any Christmas without this time-honored custom. But let's stop to consider the gifts we receive--the rooster sweater from Grandma or the singing fish from Uncle Mike. How many of us get gifts we like? How many of us give gifts not knowing what recipients want? Did your cousin really look excited about that jumping alarm clock?
This volume presents a systematic and unified treatment of Leray-Schauder continuation theorems in nonlinear analysis. In particular, fixed point theory is established for many classes of maps, such as contractive, non-expansive, accretive, and compact maps, to name but a few. This book also presents coincidence and multiplicity results.
Written by a renowned statistician, this book presents the basic ideas behind the statistical methods commonly used in studies of human subjects. It is an ideal guide for advanced undergraduates who are beginning to do their own research. It presents the basic principles in a non-mathematical way and is accessible to a wide audience with little background in statistics.
