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1. The Physiology of Fishes, Fourth Edition

   Edited by David H. Evans, James B. Claiborne, Suzanne Currie

   Series: Marine Biology

   A must-have general reference in fish physiology, the fourth edition of The Physiology of Fishes presents chapters on the latest advancements in fish physiology written by leaders in these areas. Like its predecessors, this new edition provides a comprehensive review of current and classic topics...

   To Be Published November 24th 2013 by CRC Press
2. Evolution of Government Policy Towards Homosexuality in the US Military

   The Rise and Fall of DADT

   Edited by James Parco, David Levy

   Throughout history, homosexuality has been a complicating factor for men and women electing to serve in the armed forces of the United States. The right to serve became increasingly complicated when the Department of Defense responded to congressional legislation in 1993 by adopting a policy that...

   To Be Published August 11th 2013 by Routledge
3. Dryland Management: Economic Case Studies

   By John A. Dixon, David E. James, Paul B. Sherman

   Series: Environmental and Resource Economics Set

   Drylands are a sizeable part of the world's potentially arable land. They vary from the hyper-arid regions of the classic deserts of Africa and Asia to the more common semi-arid and sub-humid areas that support extensive agricultural systems dependent on rainfall or irrigation. Following their...

   Published February 28th 2013 by Routledge
4. Hollywood and the CIA

   Cinema, Defense and Subversion

   By Oliver Boyd Barrett, David Herrera, James Baumann

   Series: Media, War and Security

   This book investigates representations of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Hollywood films, and the synergies between Hollywood product, U.S. military/defense interests and U.S. foreign policy. As probably the best known of the many different intelligence agencies of the US, the CIA is an...

   Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge
5. Distributed Data Fusion for Network-Centric Operations

   Edited by David Hall, Chee-Yee Chong, James Llinas, Martin Liggins II

   With the recent proliferation of service-oriented architectures (SOA), cloud computing technologies, and distributed-interconnected systems, distributed fusion is taking on a larger role in a variety of applications—from environmental monitoring and crisis management to intelligent buildings and...

   Published November 13th 2012 by CRC Press
6. Politics and the Environment

   From Theory to Practice, 3rd Edition

   By James Connelly, Graham Smith, David Benson, Clare Saunders

   Politics and the Environment has established itself as one of the most comprehensive textbooks in this area. This new edition has been completely revised and updated whilst retaining the features and the theory-to-practice focus which made the first two editions so successful. This text is...

   Published March 11th 2012 by Routledge
7. A History of Early Al-Andalus

   The Akhbar Majmu'a

   By David James

   Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

   The Akhbar majmu‘a, or 'Collected Accounts', deal with the Muslim conquest of the Iberian peninsula in 711 and subsequent events in al-Andalus, down to and including the reign of ‘Abd al-Rahman III (912-961), founder of the Umayyad caliphate of al-Andalus . No Arabic text dealing with the early...

   Published July 26th 2011 by Routledge
8. Early Islamic Spain

   The History of Ibn al-Qutiyah

   By David James

   Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

   This book is the first published English-language translation of the significant History of Islamic Spain by Ibn al-Qutiya (d. Cordova 367 / 977). Including extensive notes and comments, a genealogical table and relevant maps, the text is preceded by a study of the author and his work, and is the...

   Published March 13th 2011 by Routledge
9. Corrosion Science and Technology

   By David E.J. Talbot, James D.R. Talbot

   Series: Materials Science & Technology

   Although they often appear to be permanent, metals are unstable in their service environments and are susceptible to degradation by corrosion. Corrosion occurs when protective mechanisms have been overlooked, break down, or have been exhausted, leaving the metal vulnerable to attack by hostile...

   Published December 11th 2010 by CRC Press
10. The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire

    By David James

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Japan

    This volume is a history of the Japanese drive for the conquest of Greater East Asia. It includes an account of the Malayan campaign and the Fall of Singapore, followed by an outline of the dominant features of the campaign in S E Asia and the Pacific and ending with the attack on Japan and the...

    Published September 7th 2010 by Routledge