This efficient and exceedingly effective guide to Contracts will help you see the big picture. The authors focus on making the key concepts of contract... law, and the relationship among those concepts, easier to understand and retain. The authors have also infused the book with humor, believing there is nothing inconsistent between a rigorous academic experience and having a little fun. Each of the authors is nationally-renowned law teacher who has taught Contracts for decades. Based on that experience, in this book they have set forth understandable techniques for mastering the law governing each critical aspect of the contract relationship, including, contract formation (offer and acceptance), enforcement (consideration and defenses), interpretation, performance, breach, and remedies.

Covers essential parts of cloud and precipitation physics and has been extensively rewritten with over 60 new illustrations and many new and up to date... references. The early chapters review atmospheric thermodynamics, providing a background for a new chapter on observed cloud properties, and revised chapters on the nucleation of water droplets and ice crystals, their growth and the development of precipitation. Many current topics are covered such as mesoscale meteorology, radar cloud studies and numerical cloud modelling, and topics from the second edition, such as severe storms, precipitation processes and large scale aspects of cloud physics, have been revised. Problems are included as examples and to supplement the text.

Covers essential parts of cloud and precipitation physics and has been extensively rewritten with over 60 new illustrations and many new and up to date... references. Many current topics are covered such as mesoscale meteorology, radar cloud studies and numerical cloud modelling, and topics from the second edition, such as severe storms, precipitation processes and large scale aspects of cloud physics, have been revised. Problems are included as examples and to supplement the text.

This is a new book, modeled after the long-running and widely used Short Course in Photography, which presents the medium entirely in its current,... electronic form. In additional to covering the basic techniques of photography, this text covers the impact of computers on this important art form. Including information on how to transfer your pictures to a computer and make sure they are organized and safe from loss and how to best use computer software to make your photographs look their best.

What sort of mathematics do I need for computer science? In response, a pair of professors at the University of California at San Diego created this... text. Explores Boolean functions and computer arithmetic; logic; number theory and cryptography; sets and functions; equivalence and order; and induction, sequences, and series. Assumes some familiarity with calculus. Original 2005 edition. 

Suitable for a one-semester course in general relativity for senior undergraduates or beginning graduate students, this text clarifies the mathematical... aspects of Einstein's theory of relativity without sacrificing physical understanding.

New for grammar courses, A Short Course in Grammar offers a streamlined, thorough presentation in an easy to use format.Recognizing that the goal of... the grammar course is to improve students’ grasp of American English grammar, and not to make students into linguists, Paul Hopper has written a streamlined, concise textbook. He avoids getting caught up in details that are interesting to linguists but confusing to students, keeping his steady focus on presenting material as briefly and as clearly as possible.

What is the relationship between democracy and critical thinking? What must a citizen in a democracy know to make the word democracy meaningful? In A... Short Course in Intellectual Self-Defense, historian and educator Normand Baillargeon provides readers with the tools to see through the spin and jargon of everyday politics and news reporting in order to decide for themselves what is at stake and how to ask the necessary questions to protect themselves from the manipulations of the government and the media. Whether the issue be the call to what we’re told will be a bloodless war, the "debate" around Intelligent Design, or the meaning of a military expenditure, Baillargeon teaches readers to evaluate information and sort fact from official and media spin.

As the number and volume of international transactions has increased, the need for more formality in defining agreements has grown as well. Contracts... provide the formal written understanding between parties to a transaction. A short course in international contracts is for non-attorney businesspeople as well as attorneys. The books contains chapters on: - Role of contracts in international trade - Parties to the transaction - Trade terms and incoterms 2000 - Drafting the contract for sale of goods - Validity of contracts locally - Contract fundamentals in international legal systems - 10 sample contracts, including offer to sell, memorandum of sale, Purchase order, conditional sales contract, consulting contract, franchise agreement, distribution agreement, licensing contract, sales representative contract and consignment agreement. - Extensive legal glossary - Bibliography

As the number and volume of international transactions has increased, the need for more formality in defining agreements has grown as well. Contracts... provide the formal written understanding between parties to a transaction. A short course in international contracts is for non-attorney businesspeople as well as attorneys. The books contains chapters on: - Role of contracts in international trade - Parties to the transaction - Trade terms and incoterms 2000 - Drafting the contract for sale of goods - Validity of contracts locally - Contract fundamentals in international legal systems - 10 sample contracts, including offer to sell, memorandum of sale, Purchase order, conditional sales contract, consulting contract, franchise agreement, distribution agreement, licensing contract, sales representative contract and consignment agreement. - Extensive legal glossary - Bibliography

This textbook presents a quick and easy approach to learning medical terminology. The consistently formatted chapter and word tables focus on memorizing... word parts and learning medical terminology from word building. Students are introduced to terminology related to structure and function, diseases and disorders, abbreviations, medical specialties, and health professions. A multitude of exercises including medical record, image labeling, spelling, and others are included to ensure mastery of the language. This updated and completely redesigned Second Edition features enhancements in the art program and chapter exercises, expanded content on pathologies and pharmacology, and new appendices on abbreviations, medical word parts, and error-prone abbreviations. The all-new Student Resource suite includes a question bank with a variety of exercise types, games and puzzles, flashcards (including build-your-own), a glossary, animations, chapter quizzes, and final exam. A customized online course, compatible with WebCT and Blackboard, with chapter overviews, flash cards, interactive review exercises, and chapter quizzes is also available.

  The London, Upton, Stone series has helped over 1,000,000 photography students capture their potential. The new 8th edition of A Short Course in... Photography introduces students to the fundamentals of photography and suggests ways in which they might create photographs that have meaning. With a special focus on black and white photography, the book also explores digital techniques and web photography resources, equipment, cameras and camera accessories, the exposure and development of film, and the making and finishing of prints. All aspects of the process are explained and illustrated clearly in two-page spreads, each of which addresses a self-contained topic.

This easy-to-use text introduces photography students to the fundamentals of photography and suggests ways in which they might create photographs that... have meaning. With a special focus on black and white photography, the book also explores digital techniques and web photography resources, equipment, cameras and camera accessories, the exposure and development of film, and the making and finishing of prints. All aspects of the process are explained and illustrated clearly in two-page spreads, each of which addresses a self-contained topic.