Marie Antoinette, Anne Boleyn, and Mary, Queen of Scots. What did they have in common? For a while they were crowned in gold, cosseted in silk, and flattered by courtiers. But in the end, they spent long nights in dark prison towers and were marched to the scaffold where they surrendered their heads to the executioner. And they are hardly alone in their undignified demises. Throughout history, royal women have had a distressing way of meeting bad ends–dying of starvation, being burned at the stake, or expiring in childbirth while trying desperately to produce an heir.

What can a physicist gain by studying mathematics? By gathering together everything a physicist needs to know about mathematics in one comprehensive and accessible guide, this is the question Mathematics for Physics and Physicists successfully takes on. Mathematics for Physics and Physicists is the resource today's physicists must have to strengthen their math skills and to gain otherwise unattainable insights into their fields of study

Here in CITY OF SEDITION, a gallery of fascinating New Yorkers comes to life, the likes of Horace Greeley, Walt Whitman, Julia Ward Howe, Boss Tweed, Thomas Nast, Matthew Brady, and Herman Melville. This book follows the fortunes of these figures and chronicles how many New Yorkers seized the opportunities the conflict presented to amass capital, create new industries, and expand their markets, laying the foundation for the city's-and the nation's-growth.

Moon Oregon shows you what you need to know to plan the perfect trip for you. Whether you are looking to fill your adventure with night skiing, waterfall hikes, and sand-dune treks or experience a local’s perspective on Portland’s laid-back lifestyle, Moon Oregon has something for everyone. Along with trip ideas like “Day Trips from Portland” and “Touring the Taps”, Jewell and McRae share their advice on local craft breweries, eclectic art shows, and the best places to bike, hike, and raft, as well as suggestions for wine-tasting in the beautiful Willamette Valley.

Subject Link is a nine-level curriculum integration reading program for high-beginner to high-intermediate students. The series’ theme-based curriculum helps students to improve their language abilities and also acquire new knowledge from the interesting content presented in each of the passages. With multiple lessons for each theme, Subject Link allows students to develop a greater understanding of the curriculum and broaden the context of their learning beyond single subject areas.