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Novice and experienced technicians receive complete guidance on the basics of collision repair from this technically up-to-date handbook. Developed in cooperation with the Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair, it provides important coverage of hand and power tools, basic measurement s... More

Dog Bites Man is a witty, tongue-in-cheek saga detailing the House-That-Jack-Built downfall of Eldon Hoagland, an innocent Columbia University professor who has become New York City's good-government mayor. The hilarious spiral begins when Hoagland, after an evening of drinking with his old Princeto... More

University can be a psychologically distressing place for students. Empirical studies in Australia and the USA highlight that a large number of law students suffer from psychological distress, when compared to students from other disciplines and members of the general population. This book explores... More

Did you know that Jupiter is eleven times the size of Earth? The solar system is an incredible place that is still mostly unexplored. So, when Stella and her family move to a new town-where Stella has no friends except for her dog Steve-she goes exploring. In this educational book, travel across the... More

Far off into space--186 million miles to be precise--a fearless robot rover travels all by his lonesome. He is on a crucial mission from Earth, eagerly seeking to answer the much-anticipated question: Does life exist on Mars? But there is nothing to be seen on this planet except miles of rocks. He l... More

A harrowing account of an epic, yet nearly forgotten, battle of World War II--General Douglas MacArthur's four-year assault on the Pacific War's most hostile battleground: the mountainous, jungle-cloaked island of New Guinea.One American soldier called it "a green hell on earth." Monsoon-soaked wild... More

Deals with the operation, diagnosis, and service of the electrical, electronic, and computer control systems found on today's automobiles and light trucks.... More

Auto Engine Repair covers the design, construction, operation, diagnosis, service, and repair of gasoline engines. This comprehensive text prepares students to use factory service information and specifications to complete competent service and repair work on the gasoline engines found in today's c... More

Originally reviled as obscure and obscene, Joyce's masterpiece now stands as one of the great literary achievements of the twentieth century. Loosely based on Homer's Odyssey, the novel traces the paths of Leopold Bloom and other Dubliners through an ordinary summer day and night in 1904 — a typical... More

Was aviation pioneer and popular American hero Charles A. Lindbergh a Nazi sympathizer and anti-Semite? Or was he the target of a vicious personal vendetta by President Roosevelt? In Lindbergh vs. Roosevelt, author James Duffy tackles these questions head-on, by examining the conflicting personaliti... More

Provides an easy-to-understand, current text summarizing the operation and repair of all makes and models of vehicles. Text uses a building block approach that starts with the simple and progresses gradually to the more complex. DLC: Automobiles--Design and construction.... More

Modern Automotive Technology supports career readiness for those wishing to pursue a job in the automotive industry. Organized around the ASE automobile test areas, it details the construction, operation, diagnosis, service, and repair of late-model automobiles and light trucks. Student-focused cont... More

For students preparing for a career in automotive service and experienced technicians preparing for the ASE certification tests, this textbook devotes at least two chapters to each automotive system, the first explaining the construction and operation of a given system, the next detailing the troubl... More

This textbook for collision repair technicians summarizes accepted methods of performing minor dent, major body frame, mechanical, and electrical repairs on passenger vehicles. The fourth edition adds chapters on body fillers, glass service, passenger compartment service, and color matching.... More

General Douglas MacArthur's bloody campaign to defeat die-hard Japanese forces and liberate the Philippines &“I shall return,&” General Douglas MacArthur promised the Filipino people following the Japanese invasion and occupation of the Philippines in spring 1942. The people there believed MacArthur... More

Auto Engine Repair covers the design, construction, operation, diagnosis, service, and repair of gasoline engines. This comprehensive text prepares students to use factory service information and specifications to complete competent service and repair work on the gasoline engines found in today’s ca... More

Auto Electricity and Electronics teaches the design, operation, and diagnosis of starting, charging, ignition, lighting, and other major systems. The text stresses the use of on-board diagnostics, as well as conventional meter tests, to find electrical, electronic, and computer-related problems. A c... More

Modern Automotive Technology will take your students from class to career. Redesigned for today’s learner, students will encounter the latest technologies with revised content and visuals. Organized around the ASE automobile and light truck test areas, the content details the construction, operation... More

MODERN AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS was written and revised to provide an easy to understand, up-to-date book summarizing the OPERATION and REPAIR of all makes and models of cars. The text uses a "building block" approach that starts simple and gradually progresses to the more complex. Short sentences, conc... More

Modern Automotive Technology, updated for 2014, is a comprehensive textbook organized around the ASE automobile test areas that supports career readiness for those wishing to pursue a job in the automotive industry. It details the construction, operation, diagnosis, service, and repair of late-mode... More

Organized to follow the textbook on a chapter-by-chapter basis, providing questions to help the student review the material presented in the chapter. ... More

Some vehicle drive train parts have remained unchanged for many years. Most drive train systems, however, have undergone changes, and many new drive train parts have been introduced. Many manual transmissions now contain as many as six forward gears, compared to the three-speed units of years ago. ... More

How do you avoid the high cost of turnover and retain high-quality special education teachers in such a demanding field? Special education teachers are leaving the field at twice the rate of general education teachers. Why? Mentoring New Special Education Teachers will help administrators and othe... More

How do you avoid the high cost of turnover and retain high-quality special education teachers in such a demanding field? Special education teachers are leaving the field at twice the rate of general education teachers. Why? Mentoring New Special Education Teachers will help administrators and othe... More

Through violent incursions by the Vikings and the spread of Christianity, medieval Ireland maintained a distinctive Gaelic identity. From the sacred site of Tara to the manuscript illuminations in the Book of Kells, Anglo-Irish relations to the Connachta dynasty, Ireland during the middle ages was a... More