"Wernher von Braun, Revised Edition" examines the life and career of the famed rocket scientist who supervised the development of the powerful rockets used by Apollo astronauts to reach the moon. Controversy surrounds von Braun's work in Germany during World War II, and this revised edition examines some of the complex issues brought to light by the availability of formerly top-secret documents.
This nice little book by Volkovyskii et al (translated from Russian) is a collection of exercises, and it covers the central aspects of and themes in complex function theory, elementary geometry, harmonic and analytic functions. It contains graphics and illustrations, and the last third of the book consists of answers and solutions.
Mark Steyn - America Alone (The End Of The World As We Know It)
"America Alone is Mark Steyn at his best: funny and irreverent, even while assembling well-reasoned and complex arguments in support of serious insights." (Human Events)
The history of Poland is complex. More complex than you can imagine. The way this book adds the historical dimension to travel writing whilst using the principle of the gazetteer to describe history is a strategy that pays off - in spades. The book is beautifully illustrated and concise in its prose, with a very useful index. Whilst there may not yet be a 'beaten track' in the tourist's Poland, the tourist industry is certainly growing. The book covers both the honeypots of Warsaw and Krakow and many lesser known wonders.
Kellerman's psychologist/sleuth Alex Delaware nimbly executes tricky steps of his own when called in to consult on the mysterious ailments afflicting a baby being seen at his training hospital in Los Angeles. In his seventh appearance (after Private Eyes), Delaware is in top form, carefully pursuing the possibility that 21-month-old Cassie Jones may be the victim of Munchausen's Disease by Proxy, a complex syndrome in which a parent, usually the mother, secretly causes the symptoms that endanger the child.
