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BIOMEDICINE

Targeted Cancer Immune TherapyEDITORS: JOSEPH LUSTGARTEN, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale,

AZ, USA; YAN CUI, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, USA and SHULIN LI, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-0169-9PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 310 p., 30 illus., 7 in color, HardcoverPRICE: approx. $159.00AVAILABLE (US): September 2009

The principal of cancer immune therapy remains to be the stimulation of the immune system to control and destroy tumors, but the scope is expanded in steady and fast pace, the approach is modernized every few years, new molecules are revealed annually, and the understanding of the mechanisms is getting deeper and deeper. Targeted Cancer Immune Therapy covers cytokine immune therapy, cell-based immune therapy, and targeted immune therapy.

SELLING POINTS: Only the novel aspects of immune therapy were selectively described instead of

attempting to cover any historical achievement. real case applications in synthesis Some or all of these innovative approaches may ultimately become the future

effective immune therapy for treating malignancy

SUBJECTS: Cancer Research; Pharmacology/Toxicology

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Biomedicine

RELATED TITLES:Kaufman, General Principles of Tumor Immunotherapy: Basic and Clinical Applications of

Tumor Immunology (978-1-4020-6086-1, 2007, $159.00) Khleif, Tumor Immunology and Cancer Vaccines (978-1-4020-8119-4, 2005, $189.00)

COMPETITION:Prendergast, Cancer Immunotherapy: Immune Suppression and Tumor Growth

(Academic Press, 978-0123725516, 2007, $99.95)Orentas, Cancer Vaccines and Tumor Immunity (Wiley-Liss, 978-0470074749, 2008,

$125.00)

BIOMEDICINE

NeuroproteomicsMethods and Protocols

EDITORS: ANDREW K. OTTENS, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA and KEVIN K.W. WANG, McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; Banyan Biomarkers, Inc., Alachua, FL, USA

ISBN-13: 978-1-934115-84-8PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 320 p., 51 illus., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $110.00AVAILABLE (US): July 2009

With the development of polypeptide ionization processes for mass spectrometry and the rapid processing of large-scale datasets with bioinformatics, researchers now have the tools necessary to propel neuroproteomics research to new levels. In Neuroproteomics: Methods and Protocols, experts in the neurological and analytical sciences present experimental details for applying proteomics to the study of the central nervous system (CNS) and its dysfunction through trauma and disease. Divided into four convenient sections, this collection covers CNS animal models used for neuroproteomics research, methods for separating and analyzing discrete subcomponents of the neuroproteome, large-scale approaches for CNS proteome characterization and quantification, as well as methods that evaluate biofluids and translate neuroproteomic results into clinical platforms. As a volume in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series, chapters include brief introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and notes on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.

SELLING POINTS: Presents a modular approach to experimental design, covering neurodegenerative

models, subproteome selection technologies, quantitative and qualitative mass spectrometry, data analysis and clinical translation of results

Detailed guide to developing, running and analyzing broadly applicable neuroproteomic experiments

Provides specifics and insight to perform the latest quantitative and subproteome analyses, including key post-translational modifications

Expands beyond the lab bench in providing guidance on translating neuroproteomic results to the clinic

MARKET: Basic and clinical neuroscientists, mass spectrometrists, protein scientists, bioinformaticians, neurologists, molecular and cellular biologists

SUBJECTS: Neurosciences; Human Physiology; Cell Physiology

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Biomedicine

RELATED TITLES:Mathura, Bioinformatics (978-0-387-84869-3, 2009, $69.95)Sperschneider, Bioinformatics (978-3-540-78505-7, 2008, $59.95)

COMPETITION:Lindon, The Handbook of Metabonomics and Metabolomics (Elsevier, 978-0444528414,

2007, $215.00)Armati, The Biology of Schwann Cells: Development, Differentiation and

Immunomodulation (Cambridge University Press, 978-0521850209, 2007, $148.00)

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

Macroeconomic PolicyDemystifying Monetary and Fiscal Policy

Second Edition

AUTHOR: FARROKH K. LANGDANA, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA

ISBN-13: 978-0-387-77665-1 (Replaces ISBN: 978-1-4020-7146-1)

PAGES/ILLUS: 488 p., HardcoverPRICE: $69.95AVAILABLE (US): Available

Macroeconomic policy is an applications-oriented text designed for individuals who desire a hands-on approach to analyzing the effects of fiscal and monetary policies. MBA and Executive MBA students who appreciate the importance of monetary and fiscal analysis will find this text to be right on target. Financial analysts and individual investors who need to strip away economic myths and jargon and systematically examine and understand the effects of macro policies on variables such as inflation, output, employment and interest rates, will also find the book extremely useful.A unique feature of this book is the extensive use of specially written "newspaper" articles designed to simulate current macroeconomic news. Each chapter contains exercises that enable the reader to relate specific underlined passages in these articles to the theory presented in preceding chapters. This distinctive approach ensures real-world applicability, and supporting diagrams further enable the reader to relate current economic news to the theoretical material discussed.

SELLING POINTS: Second edition incorporates greater open-economy approach to macroeconomic

analysis and employs a much more global focus Readers can practice relating macroeconomic theory to real-world events using

specially written articles contained in the book designed to simulate current macroeconomic news

Existing cases and articles have been rewritten for the second edition, and new ones were added to reflect the current state of the major economies and their macropolicies

The "technology-driven new economy" and supply-side policy analyses for the US and the Eurozone are emphasized

MARKET: Students

SUBJECTS: Macroeconomics; Finance/Banking

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Business / Economics

RELATED TITLES:Vinhaus de Souza, Return to Growth in CIS Countries: Monetary Policy and

Macroeconomic Framework (978-3-540-34263-2, 2006, $135.00)Herbert, Observers and Macroeconomic Systems (978-0-7923-8239-3, 1998, $168.00)

COMPETITION:Baumol, Macroeconomics: Principles and Policy (South-Western College Pub, 978-

0324221145, 2005, $152.95)McConnell, Macroeconomics: Principles, Problems, and Policies (Mcgraw-Hill College,

978-0073342399, 2006, $169.00)

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

The Economics of Foreign Exchange and Global FinanceSecond Edition

AUTHOR: PEIJIE WANG, University of Hull, UKISBN-13: 978-3-642-00106-2

(Replaces ISBN: 978-3-540-21237-9) PAGES/ILLUS: XIV, 432 p., 110 illus., HardcoverPRICE: $169.00AVAILABLE (US): May 2009

This book covers all major subjects in international monetary theories, foreign exchange markets, international financial management and investment analysis. It is relevant to real world problems in that it helps solve policy issues as well as practical management problems, which in turn helps the reader to understand the theory and refines of the framework.

SELLING POINTS: Identifies the factors and players in foreign exchange markets and international

finance Examines theory and practice in a single volume in an integrated and systematic

way Improves understanding of international monetary and financial management in a

practical way Various exercises and internet links provide extra help

MARKET: Students, tutors, practitioners, scientists

SUBJECTS: Financial Economics; Finance/Banking; International Economics

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Business / Economics

RELATED TITLES:Gandolfo, International Finance and Open-Economy Macroeconomics (978-3-540-43459-

7, 2002, $44.95)Hansanti, International Finance in Emerging Markets: Issues, Welfare Economics

Analyses and Policy Implications (978-3790820430, 2008, $99.00)

COMPETITION:Isard, Exchange Rate Economics (Cambridge University Press, 978-0521466004, 2008,

$39.99)Sarno, The Economics of Exchange Rates (Cambridge University Press, 978-

0521485845, 2003, $53.00)

CHEMISTRY

Name ReactionsA Collection of Detailed Reaction Mechanisms

Fourth Edition

AUTHOR: JIE JACK LI, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Ann Arbor, MI, USA


PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 640 p., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $99.00AVAILABLE (US): August 2009

The fourth edition again contains improvements compared to the previous edition. The references are updated and the number of real case applications in synthesis is expanded. Most important: 15 new name reactions are included.Unlike other books on name reactions in organic chemistry, Name Reactions, A Collection of Detailed Reaction Mechanisms focuses on their mechanisms. It covers over 300 classical as well as contemporary name reactions. Each reaction is delineated by its detailed step-by-step, electron-pushing mechanism, supplemented with the original and the latest references, especially review articles. Thus, it is not only an indispensable resource for senior undergraduate and graduate students for learning and exams, but also a good reference book for all organic chemists interested in name reactions.

SELLING POINTS: Many chemists collect named and unnamed reactions and their mechanisms Will make this time-consuming effort redundant Gives the earliest and latest references to these name reactions Gives representative examples in synthesis The 4th edition contains more reactions as well as more real case applications in

synthesis.

MARKET: Graduate and senior undergraduate students, scientists in organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry and biochemistry working at institutes or in industry

SUBJECTS: Organic Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Biochemistry, general

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Chemistry

RELATED TITLES:Toda, Organic Solid State Reactions (978-3-540-22982-7, 2005, $369.00)Carey, Advanced Organic Chemistry: Part B: Reaction and Synthesis (978-0-387-68350-

8, 2007, $119.00)

COMPETITION:

Stumer, Organic Syntheses Based on Name Reactions (Pergamon Press, 978-008043259X, 2002, $47.95)

Mundy, Name Reactions and Reagents in Organic Synthesis (John Wiley & Sons, 978-0-471-22854-0, 2005, $89.95)

CHEMISTRY, FOOD SCIENCE / CHEMISTRY

Case Studies in Food EngineeringLearning from Experience

AUTHORS: J. PETER CLARK, Oak Park, IL, USAISBN-13: 978-1-4419-0419-5PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 155 p., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $89.95AVAILABLE (US): July 2009

One of the best ways for students or practitioners to learn is through real-life example. In this volume, Clark presents several case studies that can be used not only by those currently working in the industry, but as a means for sparking discussion in food engineering classes. The book is organized in three broad sections. The first concerns processes that are primarily physical, such as mixing. The second concerns processes that also involve biochemical changes, such as thermal sterilization. The third section addresses some broader issues that have not been discussed elsewhere, including how to tour a plant, how to choose among building a new plant, expanding or renovating; and how to develop processes.

SELLING POINTS: Serve as a source of information about a representative collection of food

processes Convey some practical lessons about process development and plant

design Serve educators as a resource for class problems and discussion

MARKET: Upper level undergrad and graduate food engineering students ; food engineers working in industry; libraries

SUBJECTS: Food Science; Chemistry/Food Science, general

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Chemistry, Food Science / Chemistry

RELATED TITLES:Toledo, Fundamentals of Food Process Engineering (978-0-387-29019-5, 2007, $79.95)McElhatton, Food Safety: A Practical and Case Study Approach (978-0-387-33509-4,

2007, $99.00)

COMPETITION:Pawsey, Case Studies in Food Micriobiology for Food Safety and Quality (Royal Society of

Chemistry, 978-0854046263, 2003, $62.95)Earle, Case studies in food product development (CRC, 978-1420072044, 2008, $269.00)

CHEMISTRY, FOOD SCIENCE / CHEMISTRY

Foods and Food Production EncyclopediaSecond Edition

AUTHOR: GLENN CONSIDINE, Considine Innovative Publications, Westfield, MA, USA

ISBN-13: 978-0-387-75130-6(Replaces ISBN: 978-0-442-21612-2)

PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 3000 p., in 3 volumes, not available separately, Hardcover

PRICE: $1350.00AVAILABLE (US): January 2010

The applications of science and technology in food production are more numerous and varied than ever before. As a result, growers, breeders, and other professionals in food and agricultural businesses - including scientists, researchers, economists, planners, and production and marketing personnel - seek all the authoritative technical information they can get on how to produce more and better foods.With over 1,500 entries, The Foods and Food Production Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition, answers a majority of their needs. It represents the most extensive data source published in recent years on this broad and highly interdisciplinary subject. This newly-updated edition expands upon the previous edition, and also includes many new topics, such as Agricultural Biotechnology, Sustainable Agriculture, and Organic Foods.

SELLING POINTS: Each entry first answers the most likely fundamental questions and then offers an in-

depth approach to the topic, which will serve the needs of most readers Includes generous reference lists along with internet references at the end of nearly

all entries Features new and expanded coverage

MARKET: Libraries and professionals in food and agriculture business

SUBJECTS: Food Science; Chemistry/Food Science, general; Nutrition

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Chemistry, Food Science / Chemistry

RELATED TITLES:Weidenbörner, Encyclopedia of Food Mycotoxins (978-3-540-67556-3, 2001, $299.00)Lawley, Food Safety Hazard Guidebook (978-0-85404-460-3, 2008, $169.00)

COMPETITION:Considine, Van Nostrand's Encyclopedia of Chemistry (Wiley, 978-0471615255, 2005,

$215.00) Considine, Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia (Wiley, 978-0471332305, 2002,

$445.00)

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Recommender Systems HandbookEDITORS: PAUL B. KANTOR, Rutgers University, New Brunswick,

NJ, USA; FRANCESCO RICCI, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy; LIOR ROKACH, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel and BRACHA SHAPIRA, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel

ISBN-13: 978-0-387-85819-7PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 800 p., 20 illus., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $199.00AVAILABLE (US): September 2009

The explosive growth of e-commerce and online environments has made the issue of information search and selection increasingly serious; users are overloaded by options to consider and they may not have the time or knowledge to personally evaluate these options. Recommender systems have proven to be a valuable way for online users to cope with the information overload and have become one of the most powerful and popular tools in electronic commerce. Correspondingly, various techniques for recommendation generation have been proposed. During the last decade, many of them have also been successfully deployed in commercial environments.Recommender Systems Handbook, an edited volume, is a multi-disciplinary effort that involves world-wide experts from diverse fields, such as artificial intelligence, human computer interaction, information technology, data mining, statistics, adaptive user interfaces, decision support systems, marketing, and consumer behavior. Theoreticians and practitioners from these fields continually seek techniques for more efficient, cost-effective and accurate recommender systems. This handbook aims to impose a degree of order on this diversity, by presenting a coherent and unified repository of recommender systems’ major concepts, theories, methodologies, trends, challenges and applications. Extensive artificial applications, a variety of real-world applications, and detailed case studies are included.

SELLING POINTS: Supports the user in decision-making, planning and purchasing processes who work

for well known corporations such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and AT&T IT professionals that provides services and products to the end-customers via the

Internet or other communication means will find this book very valuable because it contains detailed algorithms and provides a Java source for all algorithms

MARKET: Researchers and practitioners; secondary: graduate-level students in computer science

SUBJECTS: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Information Storage and Retrieval;

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Computer Science

RELATED TITLES:Maimon, The Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Handbook (978-0-387-69934-9,

2005, $249.00)Neumann, Recommender Systems for Information Providers (978-3-7908-2133-8, 2009,

$119.00)

COMPETITION:Ziegler, Towards Decentralized Recommender Systems (VDM Verlag, 978-3639011494,

2008, $76.00)Uchyigit, Personalization Techniques And Recommender Systems (World Scientific

Publishing Company, 978-9812797018, 2008, $86.00)

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Trust Management for Service-Oriented EnvironmentsAUTHORS: ZAKI MALIK, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State Univ.,

Blacksburg, VA, USA and ATHMAN BOUGUETTAYA, CSIRO ICT, Australian Nat'l Univ., Acton, ACT, Australia


Trust Managemen for Service Oriented Environments presents social network-based techniques for establishing trust in decentralized environments. This is one of the first book that provide an overview of trust management for open service-oriented environments.The book will focus on peer-to-peer computing (P2P) reputation techniques for establishing trust. This book also covers in-depth analysis of trust management issues in open service-oriented environments, trust models for ad-hoc service composition and evaluation of reputation-based trust models for service oriented environments.

SELLING POINTS: First book to provide an overview of trust management for open service-oriented

environments Covers trust models for ad-hoc service composition and evaluation of reputation-

based trust models for service oriented environments

MARKET: Researchers and practitioners; advanced-level students

SUBJECTS: Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet); Database Management


RELATED TITLES:Zimmermann, Perspectives on Web Services (978-3-540-00914-6, 2003, $74.95)Sahai, Web Services in the Enterprise: Concepts, Standards, Solutions, and Management

(978-0-387-23374-1, 2005, $169.00)

COMPETITION:Song, Trust in E-Services (IGI Global, 978-1599042077, 2007, $99.95)Mitrakas, Secure E-Government Web Services (IGI Global, 978-1599041384, 2007, $99.95)

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Foundations for Efficient Web Service SelectionAUTHORS: QI YU, RIT, Rochester, NY, USA and ATHMAN

BOUGUETTAYA, Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia


Foundations for Efficient Web Service Selection describes the foundational framework that lays out a theoretical underpinning of the efficient selection of web services. Foundations for Efficient Web Service Selection provides disciplined and systematic support for efficient access to web services based on their functional and non-functional attributes. The key components of the framework enter around a novel service model, that provides a formal abstraction of services. A formal service model, a service calculus, and a service algebra that support efficient access web services, are described and demonstrated.

SELLING POINTS: Among the pioneer efforts in developing a theoretical foundation for efficient service

selection Covers quality-based selection algorithms that can return the best user desired web

services based on their quality requirements and case studies

MARKET: Researchers and practitioners; advanced-level students

SUBJECTS: Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Database Management; Electronic Commerce/e-business


RELATED TITLES:Baresi, Test and Analysis of Web Services (978-3-540-72911-2 , 2007, $89.95) Zimmermann, Perspectives on Web Services (2003, 3088 copies sold @ $74.95 Bouguettaya, Access to Mobile Services ($125.00)

COMPETITION:Papazoglou, Web Services: Principles and Technology (Prentice Hall, 978-0321155559,

2007, $75.00)Cerami, Web Services Essentials (O'Reilly Media, Inc., 978-8173663390, 2002, $29.95)

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Ecosystem GeographySecond Edition

AUTHOR: ROBERT G. BAILEY, USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO, USA


PAGES/ILLUS: 113 illus., 67 in color, SoftcoverPRICE: approx. $49.95AVAILABLE (US): July 2009

This book outlines a system that subdivides the Earth into a hierarchy of increasingly finer-scale ecosystems that can sever as a consistent framework for ecological analysis and management. Delineating units involves identifying the environmental factors controlling the spatial geography of ecosystems at various levels and drawing boundaries where they change significantly. Macroscale units (ecoregions) are climatically controlled and delineated as Köppen-Trewartha climate zones. Nested within these are landscape mosaics, the mesoscale units, controlled by landform and delineated by Hammond’s landform regions. At the microscale are individual sites controlled by topographically determined topoclimate and soil moisture regimes.

SELLING POINTS: There are new sections on how ecoregion boundaries were determined, ecoregion

redistribution under climate change, ecosystem processes (such as fire regimes), empirical versus genetic approaches, and human modification (such as invasive species)

More examples drawn from outside the North American environment Discussion of recent, alternative mapping systems Richly illustrated with many new diagrams, photographs, and tables

MARKET: land managers, graduate students in ecology, landscape architecture, geography and regional planning.

SUBJECTS: Ecology; Geography (general); Geoecology/Natural Processes

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Environmental Sciences

RELATED TITLES:Bailey, Ecoregions (978-0-387-98311-0, 1998, $47.95)Bailey, Ecoregion-Based Design for Sustainability (978-0-387-95429-5, 2002, $129.00)

COMPETITION:Bhatti, Climate Change and Managed Ecosystems (CRC, 978-0849330971, 2002,

$169.95) Johnson, Ecological Stewardship (Elsevier Science, 978-0080428161, 1999,

$139.99

LIFE SCIENCES

The Algorithmic Beauty of Sea ShellsFourth Edition

AUTHORS: HANS MEINHARDT, Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, Tübingen, Germany


PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 295 p., With CD-ROM, HardcoverPRICE: $79.95AVAILABLE (US): July 2009

The patterns on the shells of tropical sea snails are not only compellingly beautiful but also tell a tale of biological development. The decorative patterns are records of their own genesis, which follows laws like those of dune formation or the spread of a flu epidemic. Hans Meinhardt has analyzed the dynamical processes that form these patterns and retraced them faithfully in computer simulations. His book is exciting not only for the astonishing scientific knowledge it reveals but also for its fascinating pictures.

SELLING POINTS: A fascinating reconstruction of the processes forming the patterns on the shells of

tropical sea snails. The corresponding algorithms are described in detail. An accompanying CD-ROM gives all the algorithms for simulating the natural pattern

formation and growth processes on a PC.

MARKET: Researchers and students in the fields of computer graphics, mathematics, developmental biology, artificial life; lay readers interested in dynamic systems and natural phenomena

SUBJECTS: Life Sciences, general; Computer Appl. in Life Sciences; Computer Graphics

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Life Sciences

RELATED TITLES:Deussen, (Digital Design of Nature, 978-3-540-40591-7, 2005, $69.95) Kaandorp, The Algorithmic Beauty of Seaweeds, Sponges and Corals, (978-3-540-67700-

0, 2001, $115.00)

COMPETITION:Flake, The Computational Beauty of Nature: Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos,

Complex Systems, and Adaptation (MIT Press, 978-0262561273, 2000, $42.00)Ball, The Self-Made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature (Oxford University Press, 978-

0198502432, 2001, $84.00)LIFE SCIENCES

A Primer of Ecology with RAUTHOR: M. HENRY H. STEVENS, Miami University, Oxford, OH,

USAISBN-13: 978-0-387-89881-0PAGES/ILLUS: XVI, 388 p., SoftcoverPRICE: approx. $64.95AVAILABLE (US):

July 2009

Ecology is more quantitative and theory-driven than ever before, and A Primer of Ecology with R combines an introduction to the major theoretical concepts in general ecology with the programming language R, a cutting edge Open Source tool. Starting with geometric growth and proceeding through stability of multispecies interactions and species-abundance distributions, this book demystifies and explains fundamental ideas in population and community ecology. Graduate students in ecology, along with upper division undergraduates and faculty, will all find this to be a useful overview of important topics.In addition to the most basic topics, this book includes construction and analysis of demographic matrix models, metapopulation and source-sink models, host-parasitoid and disease models, multiple basins of attraction, storage effects and the successional niche, neutral theory, and diversity partitioning. Several sections include examples of confronting models with data. R is rapidly becoming the lingua franca of quantitative sciences, and this text provides a straightforward introduction to using the R programming environment in ecology.

SELLING POINTS: Chapter summaries and problem sets at the end of each chapter provide

opportunities to evaluate and enrich one's understanding of the ecological ideas that each chapter introduces

An appendix provides a general introduction, and examples of code throughout each chapter give readers the option to develop their growing R skills

MARKET: Students, researchers

SUBJECTS: Ecology; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Life Sciences

RELATED TITLES:Zuur, Mixed Effects Models and Extensions in Ecology with R (978-0-387-87457-9, 2009, $84.95) Cowpertwait, Introductory Time Series with R (978-0-387-88697-8, 2009, $59.95)

COMPETITION:Bolker, Ecological Models and Data in R (Princeton University Press, 0978-0691125220,

2008, $55.00)Cohen, Statistics and Data with R (Wiley, 978-0470758052, 2008, $100.00)

MANAGEMENT / BUSINESS FOR PROFESSIONALS

Qualitative Development of Operations Research and Management Science

Volume 2: Classic Examples and Commentary

AUTHOR: HEINER MÜLLER-MERBACH, TU Kaiserslautern, GermanyISBN-13: 978-0-387-72158-3PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 300 p., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $119.95AVAILABLE (US): September 2009

Qualitative Development of Operations Research and Management Science will provide—for the first time—a historical context for the entire field of Operations Research/Management Science. This enables each researcher, student, and practitioner to put their own work (which is only part of the broader OR/MS domain in the Applied Sciences) into a historical perspective.The first volume provides a broad understanding including the OR/MS approach to problems, the scope of problem-solving methodologies across the specific methodologies in the field and the modeling advances with the appropriate mathematical tools illustrated. The third volume uses the classical work of the pioneers to better understand the current state-of-the-art in the quantitative school.

SELLING POINTS: Volume 2 outlines the development of the qualitative (non-mathematical) approach

to OR/MS in the historical context of the field The field brings a "special synergy" to problem-solving methodologies solving

queries

MARKET: Academics, students

SUBJECTS: Operations Research/Decision Theory; Operations Research, Mathematical Programming; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Management / Business for Professionals

RELATED TITLES:Gass, Encyclopedia of OR/MS-Centennial Ed. (978-0-7923-7827-X, 2001, $532.00) Gass, An Annotated Timeline of Operations Research(978-1-4020-8112-X, 2004, $89.95)

COMPETITION:Ravindran, Operations Research and Management Science Handbook (CRC, 978-

0849397219, 2007, $129.95)

Sarker, Optimization Modelling: A Practical Approach (CRC, 978-1420043105, 2007, $129.95)

MANAGEMENT / BUSINESS FOR PROFESSIONALS

Quantitative Development of Operations Research and Management Science

Volume 3: Classic Examples and Commentary

AUTHOR: HEINER MÜLLER-MERBACH, TU Kaiserslautern, GermanyISBN-13: 978-0-387-72161-3PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 300 p., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $119.95AVAILABLE (US): September 2009

Quantitative Development of Operations Research and Management Science will provide—for the first time—a historical context for the entire field of Operations Research/Management Science. This enables each researcher, student, and practitioner to put their own work (which is only part of the broader OR/MS domain in the Applied Sciences) into a historical perspective.The first volume provides a broad understanding including the OR/MS approach to problems, the scope of problem-solving methodologies across the specific methodologies in the field and the modeling advances with the appropriate mathematical tools illustrated. Volume 2 outlines the development of the qualitative (non-mathematical) approach to OR/MS in the historical context of the field. The third volume uses the classical work of the pioneers to better understand the current state-of-the-art in the quantitative school.

SELLING POINTS: New volume charts the development of the quantitative advances (progress) in

OR/MS The field brings a "special synergy" to problem-solving methodologies solving

queries

MARKET: Academics, students

SUBJECTS: Operations Research/Decision Theory; Operations Research, Mathematical Programming; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Management / Business for Professionals

RELATED TITLES:Gass, Encyclopedia of OR/MS-Centennial Ed. (978-0-7923-7827-X, 2001, $532.00) Gass, An Annotated Timeline of Operations Research(978-1-4020-8112-X, 2004, $89.95)

COMPETITION:Ravindran, Operations Research and Management Science Handbook (CRC, 978-

0849397219, 2007, $129.95)Sarker, Optimization Modelling: A Practical Approach (CRC, 978-1420043105, 2007,

$129.95)

MATHEMATICS

Fractional Differentiation InequalitiesAUTHOR: GEORGE A. ANASTASSIOU, University of Memphis, TN,

USAISBN-13: 978-0-387-98127-7PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 700 p., HardcoverPRICE: $129.00AVAILABLE (US): June 2009

In this book the author presents the Opial, Poincaré, Sobolev, Hilbert, and Ostrowski fractional differentiation inequalities. Results for the above are derived using three different types of fractional derivatives, namely by Canavati, Riemann-Liouville and Caputo. The univariate and multivariate cases are both examined. The application to information theory is also examined.This monograph is suitable for researchers and graduate students in pure mathematics. Applied mathematicians, engineers, and other applied scientists will also find this book useful.

SELLING POINTS: Presents various fractional differential

inequalities Applications are included along with the theory Each chapter is self-contained

MARKET: Researchers, instructors, and students in mathematics or theoretical physics

SUBJECTS: Ordinary Differential Equations; Functional Analysis; Partial Differential Equations

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Mathematics

RELATED TITLES:Taylor, Partial Differential Equations III: Nonlinear Equations (978-0-387-94652-8, 1997,

$99.00) do Carmo: Differential Forms and Applications, UTX (978-3-540-57618-1, 1998,

softcover, 118 pp, $52.95) Lieb, Inequalities (978-3-540-43021-6, 2003, $104.00)

COMPETITION:Rocha-Chavez, Integral Theorems for Functions and Differential Forms in C(m)

(Chapman Hall/CRC, 978-1584882466, 2001, $119.95) Pachpatte, Inequalities for Differential adn Integral Equationsa (Academic Press, 978-

0125434300, 1997, $104.00) Munkres, Analysis on Manifolds (Westview Press, 978-0201315967, 1997, $76.00)

MATHEMATICS

Mirrors and ReflectionsThe Geometry of Finite Reflection Groups

AUTHORS: ALEXANDER V. BOROVIK, UMIST, Manchester, UK and ANNA BOROVIK, Manchester, UK

ISBN-13: 978-0-387-79065-7PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 200 p., 50 illus., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $49.95AVAILABLE (US): September 2009

Mirrors and Reflections is a systematic and elementary treatment of finite groups generated by reflections. The approach is based on fundamental geometric considerations in Coxeter complexes, and emphasizes the intuitive geometric aspects of the theory of reflection groups. The exposition is directed at advanced undergraduates and first-year graduate students, and features a large number of exercises at various levels of difficulty.

SELLING POINTS: Many important concepts in the proofs are illustrated in simple drawings, which give

easy access to the theory A large number of exercises at various levels of difficulty Some Euclidean geometry is included along with the theory of convex polyhedra Few prerequisites are necessary beyond linear algebra and the basic notions of

group theory

MARKET: Graduate students, instructors, mathematicians, researchers, math physicists

SUBJECTS: Group Theory and Generalizations; Geometry; Topological Groups, Lie Groups


RELATED TITLES:Borovik, Coexter Matroids (978-0-8176-3764-8, 2003, $79.95) Kane, Reflection Groups and Invariant Theory (978-0-387-98979-X, 2001, $72.95) Krantz, The Geometry of Domains in Space (978-0-8176-4097-5, 1999, $74.95) Armstrong, Groups and Symmetry (978-0-387-96675-7, 1997, $54.95)

COMPETITION:Borovik, Computational and Experimental Group Theory (AMS, 978-0821834835, 2004, $69.00) Aschbacher, Finite Group Theory (Cambridge, 978-0521781450, 2000, $100.00) Yale, Geometry and Symmetry (Dover, 978-048643835X, 2004, $55.00)

MATHEMATICS

InequalitiesA Mathematical Olympiad Approach

AUTHORS: RADMILA BULAJICH MANFRINO, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Mexico; JOSÉ ANTONIO GÓMEZ ORTEGA, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico and ROGELIO VALDEZ DELGADO, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Mexico

ISBN-13: 978-3-0346-0049-1PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 250 p., SoftcoverPRICE: $39.95AVAILABLE (US): September 2009

This book presents classical inequalities and specific inequalities which are particularly useful for attacking and solving optimization problems. Most of the examples, exercises and problems that appear in the book originate from Mathematical Olympiad contests around the world. The material is divided into four chapters. In Chapter 1 algebraic inequalities are presented, starting with the basic ones and ending with more sophisticated techniques; Chapter 2 deals with geometric inequalities and Chapter 3 comprises a comprehensive list of recent problems that appeared in those contests during the last 14 years. Finally, hints and solutions to all exercises and problems are given in Chapter 4.

SELLING POINTS: Develops of the basic theory of inequalities Gradually increases the level of difficulty Introduces to a wide range of techniques used in Mathematical

Olympiads Quest for an equilibrium between algebraic and geometric

inequalities

MARKET: Students who intend to participate in national and international mathematical competitions; trainers for mathematical olympiads; teachers

SUBJECTS: Mathematics, general; Analysis


RELATED TITLES:Cloud, Inequalities With Applications (978-0-387-98404-9, 1998, $59.95)Herman, Equations and Inequalities (978-0-387-98942-6, 2000, $72.95)

COMPETITION:Xiong, Mathematical Olympiad in China: Problems and Solutions (World Scientific

Publishing Company, 978-9812707895, 2007, $29.00)Mercier, 1001 Problems in Classical Number Theory (American Mathematical Society,

978-0821842249, 2007, $49.00)

MATHEMATICS

Stochastic Models, Information Theory, and Lie Groups, Volume I

Classical Results and Geometric Methods

AUTHOR: GREGORY S. CHIRIKJIAN, The John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA


A wide variety of problems in engineering and applied science can be formulated as diffusion processes on motion groups. Often, underlying phenomena associated with diffusion processes on motion groups have been rediscovered in the context of each new application area studied, and ad-hoc solution techniques have been derived each time. This textbook takes the unique perspective of presenting underlying equations that are the same in a variety of fields to develop an elegant solution technique based on concepts from noncommutative harmonic analysis.Featuring extensive exercises and applications to optical communication systems, semi-flexible polymers, robotic manipulators, steerable needles, and bacterial chemotaxis, Stochastic Models, Information Theory, and Lie Groups will be of interest to graduate students and researchers working in applied mathematics, the sciences, and engineering.

SELLING POINTS: Unique perspective: author presents underlying equations that are the same in a

variety of fields to develop an elegant solution technique Concrete presentation makes it easy for readers to obtain numerical solutions

MARKET: Graduate students and researchers in mechanical and electrical engineering, applied mathematics, chemistry, physics, and biophysics

SUBJECTS: Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering; Group Theory and Generalizations


RELATED TITLES:Lefebvre, Applied Stochastic Processes (978-0-387-34171-2, 2007, $59.95) Stroock, Multidimensional Diffusion Processes, (978-3-540-28998-2, 2006, $49.95)

COMPETITION:

Chirikjian, Engineering Applications in Noncommutative Harmonic Analysis (CRC, 978-0849307485, 2000, $119.95)

Stirzaker, Stochastic Processes and Models, (Oxford, 978-0198568148, 2005, $59.50)

MATHEMATICS

Structural Analysis of Complex NetworksEDITOR: MATTHIAS DEHMER, University of Coimbra, PortugalISBN-13: 978-0-8176-4788-9PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 550 p., 50 illus., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $129.00AVAILABLE (US): July 2009

This self-contained book presents theoretical results and current applications of structural network analysis to synthetic and real-world networks. The individual chapters are a careful balance of classical and novel approaches, ranging in scope from determining the structural information of networks, partitions, and distances in graphs to applying structural graph analysis to biological networks.A major goal of the book is to highlight the need for theoretical and applied results to enhance knowledge and understanding of networks, in general, and to solve challenging practical problems. Another major theme of the work is to show that very large and complex data sets—for example, in biology or chemistry—require novel approaches to take into account the size and complexity of such networks under investigation.

SELLING POINTS: Each chapter is written comprehensively, focusing not only on the presentation of a

method or an algorithm, but also providing additional background information on graph theory, computer science, machine learning, statistics, or biology

Emphasis is not only on mathematical methods; the applications presented demonstrate the potential for each method examined

MARKET: researchers, practitioners, and graduate students in pure and applied discrete mathematics, statistical data analysis, computer science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, bioinformatics, computational biology, web or text mining, and related disciplines

SUBJECTS: Applications of Mathematics; Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science; Combinatorics


RELATED TITLES:Hromkovic, Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science (978-3-540-24132-9, 2005, $78.00) Jungnickel, Graphs, Networks and Algorithms (978-3-540-21905-6, 2005, $79.95)

COMPETITION:Cook, Mining Graph Data, (Wiley, 978-0471731900, 2007, $99.95)Chung, Complex Graphs and Networks, (978-0-8218-3657-6, 2006, $55.00)

MATHEMATICS

Partial Differential EquationsSecond Edition

AUTHOR: EMMANUELE DIBENEDETTO, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA


PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 340 p., 18 illus., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $59.95AVAILABLE (US): September 2009

This is self-contained elementary introduction to partial differential equations. It assumes only advanced differential calculus and some Lp theory. Taking some basic physical models as a starting point, the author uses a classical analysis approach and a non-linear point of view to introduce the basic aspects of the theory and provide a background for some current research directions.

SELLING POINTS: 2nd edition is rewritten to incorporate years of classroom feedback, correct errors,

and improve clarity Examples, problems and solutions enhance understanding and solidify

comprehension

MARKET: Advanced undergraduates, graduate students, researchers in mathematics, mathematical physics, engineering, and the natural sciences

SUBJECTS: Partial Differential Equations; Fourier Analysis; Difference and Functional Equations


RELATED TITLES:Arnold, Lectures on Partial Differential Equations (978-3-540-40448-1, 2004, $49.95) Renardy, An Introduction to Partial Differential Equations (978-0-387-00444-0, 2004,

$79.95) Hörmander, The Analysis of Linear Partial Differential Operators I (978-3-540-00662-1,

2003, $49.95)

COMPETITION:Treves, Basic Linear Partial Differential Equations (Dover, 978-0486453464, 2006, $25.95)Colton, Partial Differential Equations (Dover, 978-0486438341, 2005, $19.95) Pinchover, An Introduction to Partial Differential Equations (Cambridge, 978-

052161323X, 2005, $45.00)

MATHEMATICS

Symmetry, Representations, and InvariantsAUTHORS: ROE GOODMAN, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

and NOLAN R. WALLACH, University of California, San Diego, CA

ISBN-13: 978-0-387-79851-6PAGES/ILLUS: XX, 716 p. 10 illus., HardcoverPRICE: $89.95AVAILABLE (US): June 2009

Symmetry is a key ingredient in many mathematical, physical, and biological theories. Using representation theory and invariant theory to analyze the symmetries that arise from group actions, and with strong emphasis on the geometry and basic theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras, Symmetry, Representations, and Invariants is a significant reworking of an earlier highly-acclaimed work by the authors. The result is a comprehensive introduction to Lie theory, representation theory, invariant theory, and algebraic groups, in a new presentation that is more accessible to students and includes a broader range of applications.The philosophy of the earlier book is retained, i.e., presenting the principal theorems of representation theory for the classical matrix groups as motivation for the general theory of reductive groups. The wealth of examples and discussion prepares the reader for the complete arguments now given in the general case.

SELLING POINTS: Applications to geometry (curvature tensors), topology (Jones polynomial via

symmetry), and combinatorics (symmetric group and Young tableaux) More than 350 exercises (most with detailed hints for solutions) further explore main

concepts

MARKET: Mathematics students at the advanced undergrad and grad level, physicists, researchers in mathematics and physics, Lie theory, and representation theory.

SUBJECTS: Group Theory and Generalizations; Mathematical Methods in Physics; Topological Groups, Lie Groups


RELATED TITLES:Fulton, Representation Theory: A First Course (978-0-387-97495-8, 1991, $54.95) Procesi, Lie Groups (978-0-387-26040-2, 2007, $59.95)

COMPETITION:Santos, Actions and Invariants of Algebraic Groups (CRC, 978-0824758967, 2005, $99.95) Weyl, The Classical Groups (Princeton University Press, 978-0691057569, 1997, $52.50)

MATHEMATICS

An Intermediate Course in ProbabilitySecond Edition

AUTHOR: ALLAN GUT, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden


PAGES/ILLUS: XIV, 302 p., HardcoverPRICE: $89.95AVAILABLE (US): July 2009

The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with a solid background and understanding of the basic results and methods in probability theory before entering into more advanced courses. The first six chapters focus on some central areas of what might be called pure probability theory: multivariate random variables, conditioning, transforms, order variables, the multivariate normal distribution, and convergence. A final chapter is devoted to the Poisson process as a means both to introduce stochastic processes and to apply many of the techniques introduced earlier in the text. The main idea is that this chapter may serve as an appetizer to the more advanced theory.

SELLING POINTS: The present second edition offers updated content, one hundred additional problems

for solution, and a new chapter that provides an outlook into further areas and topics, such as stable distributions and domains of attraction, extreme value theory and records, and martingales

Presentation is thorough and includes many examples that are discussed in detail

SUBJECTS: Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes; Statistical Theory and Methods; Probability and Statistics in Computer Science


RELATED TITLES:Heiberger, Statistical Analysis and Data Display: An Intermediate Course with Examples

in S-PLUS, R, and SAS (978-0387402703, 2004, $109.00)Cocoullos, Exercises in Probability (978-0-387-96735-6, 1998, $74.95)

COMPETITION:Williams, Weighing the Odds: A Course in Probability and Statistics (Cambridge

University Press, 978-0521006187, 2001, $62.00)Paolella, Intermediate Probability: A Computational Approach (Wiley-Interscience, 978-

0470026373, 2007, $160.00)

MEDICINE

Handbook of Pediatric Chronic PainCurrent Science and Integrative Practice

EDITORS: BRENDA C. MCCLAIN, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT and SANTHANAM SURESH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-0349-5PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 470 p., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $159.95AVAILABLE (US): September 2009

The purpose of this text is to provide not only the science and current knowledge of pediatric pain management but a rationale for intervention. The book is ground-breaking in that it provides pearls for the recognition and management of multiple childhood chronic pain syndromes. Also, uncommon yet confounding issues such as pain management for epidermolysis bullosa are adequately addressed. Concerns unique to pediatric patients are reviewed. While there are no firm standards in pediatric chronic pain, a care plan is offered to help guide practitioners when possible. The book will consist of 24 chapters, many co-written by a physician and a psychologist.

SELLING POINTS: Science of chronic pain in children is balanced by practical care plans and algorithms Rationales for treatment are guided by up-to-date reviews and exhaustive references Highly comprehensive, including many "pearls" in the recognition and management

of childhood chronic pain syndromes

MARKET: Pediatric psychologists and psychiatrists; Pediatric oncologists, neurologists, and rheumatologists; medical/health psychologists in pediatric/adolescent settings; pediatric surgeons.

SUBJECTS: Pediatrics; Health Psychology; General Practice / Family Medicine

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine

RELATED TITLES:Leigh, Handbook of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (978-0-387-69253-1, 2007, $125.00) Brawer, Pain in Primary Care Settings (978-0-387-72652-6, 2007, $45.00) Reynolds, Handbook of Clinical Child Neuropsychology (978-0-387-70708-2, 2007, $150.00)

COMPETITION:Turk, Handbook of Pain Assessment (Guilford, 978-1572304888, 2001, $89.00) Schechter, Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents (LWW, 978-0781726443, 2002, $159.00)

MEDICINE

Amputation, Prosthesis, and Phantom Limb PainAn Interdisciplinary Perspective

EDITOR: CRAIG MURRAY, University of Manchester, UK

ISBN-13: 978-0-387-87461-6PAGES/ILLUS: 230 p., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $139.00AVAILABLE (US): September 2009

The book will contain contributions from the fields of anthropology, biomedical engineering, computer science, neuroscience, nursing, prosthetics and orthotics, psychology, and rehabilitative medicine. It will be comprised of three broad interrelated sections. Following an introductory chapter in which the topics and chapters of the book are overviewed, the first section ("Providing and Monitoring the Use of Prostheses") will concentrate on the work of prostheticians and will consist of three chapters. Together these chapters explicate the processes involved in prostheticians’ work with clients in a manner which will be of interest to students and professionals from a range of disciplines. Section 2 ("The Experience and Meaning of Prosthesis Use") focuses on the experiences and meanings of prosthesis users themselves. The final section (postoperative pain and new treatments of phantom limb pain) focuses on phantom limb pain and emerging therapies for this phenomenon.

SELLING POINTS: Offers a broad appeal to a varied readership through innovative exploration of the

entire process surrounding limb loss and eventual recovery Compiles the most recent research and knowledge of prosthetics, amputation, and

phantom limb into one accessible four-part volume

MARKET: Health psychologists, neuropsychologists, clinical psychologists, prostheticians, orthopedists, practitioners of rehabilitation medicine, biomedical engineers

SUBJECTS: Rehabilitation Medicine; Health Psychology; Biomedical Engineering

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine

RELATED TITLES:Gallagher, Psychoprosthetics (978-1-84628-979-8, 2008, $129.00)Lautenbacher, Pathophysiology of Pain Perception (978-0-306-48115-4, 2004, $99.00)

COMPETITION:Smith, Atlas of Amputations and Limb Deficiencies(American Academy of Orthopedic

Surgeons, 978-0-89203-313-3, 2004, $235.00) Lusardi, Orthotics and Prosthetics in Rehabilitation (Butterworth, 978-0-75067-479-9,

2006, $96.95 )

MEDICINE, CARDIOLOGY

Comprehensive ElectrocardiologySecond Edition

EDITORS: PETER W. MACFARLANE, University of Glasgow, UK; ADRIAAN VAN OOSTEROM, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland; OLLE PAHLM, University of Lund, Sweden; PAUL KLIGFIELD, Cornell University, New York, NY, USA; MICHIEL JANSE, Academisch Medisch Centrum, Nijmegen, The Netherlands and JOHN CAMM, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK

ISBN-13: 978-1-84882-045-6(Replaces ISBN: 978-0080355689)

PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 1790 p., 1100 illus., In 3 volumes, not available separately

PRICE: $899.00AVAILABLE (US): September 2009

New edition of the classic complete reference book for cardiologists and trainee cardiologists on the theory and practice of electrocardiography, one of the key modalities used for evaluating cardiology patients and deciding on appropriate management strategies.

SELLING POINTS: The only complete electrocardiography reference work Takes the reader from research and the laboratory bench through to the

management of patients at the bedside. All current available knowledge on the application, uses and value of ECG

MARKET: Residents and fellow cardiologists, medical students on cardio rotations

SUBJECTS: Cardiology; Human Physiology

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Cardiology

RELATED TITLES:Harald, Handbook of Contrast Echocardiography (978-3-540-67083-1, 2000, $54.00) Gussak, Electrical Diseases of the Heart (978-1-84628-853-1, 2008, $229.00)

COMPETITION:Surawicz, Chou's Electrocardiography in Clinical Practice (Saunders, 978-0721686974,

2001, $99.00)

Jospehson, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology (LWW, 978-0781777391 , 2001, $169.00)

MEDICINE, DERMATOLOGY

Atlas of Mohs and Frozen Section Cutaneous PathologyEDITORS: MICHAEL MORGAN, University of South Florida College

of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA; JOHN R. HAMILL, JR., Gulf Coast Dermatology, Tampa, FL, USA and JAMES M. SPENCER, Spencer Dermatology & Skin Surgery Center, Saint Petersburg, FL, USA

ISBN-13: 978-0-387-84799-3PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 240 p., 477 illus., 465 in color, HardcoverPRICE: approx. $129.00AVAILABLE (US): September 2009

Of all the techniques used to treat non melanoma skin cancer, the highest cure rates belong to the Mohs surgical procedure. Critical to this technique is optimal preparation and interpretation of frozen sections. With more than 400 high resolution figures, the Atlas of Mohs and Frozen Section Cutaneous Pathology is the premier textbook on the topic, serving as a highly practical guide to microscopic analysis, diagnosis, and discrimination of common and problematic cutaneous neoplasms. Highlights of the Atlas include diagnosis of basic and routine dermatologic entities, diagnosis and distinction of rare and/or deadly neoplasms such as dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans and merkel cell carcinoma, a troubleshooting guide dealing with quality control of the frozen section technique, and discussion of new techniques including immunohistochemistry.

SELLING POINTS: The most up-to-date and comprehensive text currently available on MOHS frozen

section histopathology Indispensable reference for anyone involved with the Mohs procedure, including

dermatologic surgeons, Mohs cutaneous surgeons, as well as pathologists and dermatopathologists who perform frozen section analysis of cutaneous specimens

SUBJECTS: Dermatology; Pathology; Oncology

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Dermatology

RELATED TITLES:Kempf, Dermatopathology (978-3798518391, 2008, $159.00)Morgan, Deadly Dermatologic Diseases (978-0-387-25442-5, 2007, $125.00)

COMPETITION:McKee, Diagnostic Atlas of Melanocytic Pathology: Expert Consult (Mosby, 978-

0323048132, 2009, $209.00)Snow, Atlas of Skin Cancers Processed by Frozen Sections and Mohs Surgery (UW Digital

Publishing & Printing Services, 978-1427623188, 2008, $125.00)

MEDICINE, GENERAL SURGERY

Congenital Thoracic Wall DeformitiesDiagnosis, Therapy and Future Developments

EDITOR: ANTON SCHWABEGGER, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Austria

ISBN-13: 978-3-211-99137-4PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 250 p., 50 illus. in color, HardcoverPRICE: $219.00AVAILABLE (US): August 2009

These congenital deformities, funnel or keel chest deformities, as well as Poland syndromes, affect a small group of patients who suffer from aesthetic rather than functional impairment. The wide variety of diagnoses and recommended therapies, mostly surgical procedures, can be very confusing for patients, their parents, physicians and surgeons. In recent years several techniques have been refined and developed to deal with these complex problems, and surgeons with different specialties have been operating on these deformities, mostly as lonely experts in their respective fields.This book should not be seen as an operation atlas but more as a compact survey of a small group of medical conditions and the need for flexible options for an individual therapeutic approach, based on the combined experience of different international specialists. Thus the book is designed for obstetricians, pediatricians, physicians and surgical specialists alike.

SELLING POINTS: Compact survey of diagnosis, treatment and future options of congenital thoracic

anomalies Combined experience of international experts Multidisciplinary approach

MARKET: Plastic surgeons, pediatrists, surgeons, orthopaedists

SUBJECTS: Surgery; Plastic Surgery; Thoracic Surgery

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, General Surgery

RELATED TITLES:Kearns-Jonker, Congenital Heart Disease (978-1-58829-375-6, 2006, $104.00)Kalter, Mortality and Maldevelopment (978-1-4020-5917-9, 2007, $139.00)

COMPETITION:Gatzoulis, Adult Congenital Heart Disease: A Practical Guide (BMJ Books, 978-

0727916686, 2005, $96.95)Perloff, Congenital Heart Disease in Adults (Saunders, 978-1416058946, 2008, $165.00)

MEDICINE, HEALTH INFORMATICS

Transforming Health Care Through Information: Case StudiesThird Edition

EDITORS: LAURA EINBINDER, Einbinder & Associates, Medfield, MA U.S.A.; NANCY M. LORENZI, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232; JOAN S. ASH, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR U.S.A.; CYNTHIA S. GADD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN U.S.A. and JONATHAN EINBINDER, Partners Healthcare System, Wellesley, MA U.S.A.


PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 280 p., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $79.95AVAILABLE (US): May 2009

With the growth of information and focus on Healthcare Informatics, there remains an interest in case studies. In the current field of Health Informatics there is no text that uses case studies to explain the difficulties that occur. Edited by specialists in the field of Health Informatics, the third edition of Transforming Healthcare Through Information: Case Studies builds upon the specific examples of case studies to exemplify the various phases of introducing technological advancements into healthcare institutions. The cases will be framed under new sections with discussion on new topics in the area of healthcare technology such as quality data management and knowledge management.

SELLING POINTS: The new edition includes a section on how to implement Link2care, a system that will

allow caregivers of ill patients, to seek reliable and informative online information and support

Case studies described in the third edition will benefit not only the practicing professional but also the instructor and student studying in the field of health informatics

MARKET: Instructors, students and practicing professionals in Health Informatics, Health care administrators

SUBJECT: Health Informatics

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Health Informatics

RELATED TITLES:Anderson, Evaluating the Organizational Impact of Health Care Information Systems

(987-0-387-24558-8, 2005, $69.95) Ball, Nursing Informatics: Where Caring and Technology Meet (978-0-387-98923-5,

2000, $89.95) Hannah, Introduction to Nursing Informatics (978- 0-387-26096-9, 2006, $59.95) Lorenzi, Managing Technological Change (978-387- 98548-4, 2004, $69.95)

COMPETITION:Brender, Handbook of Evaluation Methods for Health Informatics (Elsevier, 978-0-12-370464-1, 2005, $69.95) Lewis, Streamlining Health Care Operations: How Lean Logistics Can Transform Health Care Organizations (John Wiley & Sons, 978-0-787-9-5503-8, 2001, $50.00) Wager, Managing Health Care Information Systems: A Practical Approach for Health Care Executives (Wiley Jossey-Bass, 987-0-787-9-7468-8, 2005, $70.00)

MEDICINE, INTERNAL MEDICINE

Preventive NutritionThe Comprehensive Guide for Health Professionals

Fourth Edition

EDITORS: ADRIANNE BENDICH, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, Parsippany, NJ and RICHARD J. DECKELBAUM, Columbia University, Institute of Human Nutrition, New York, NY


PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 1000 p., 150 illus., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $165.00AVAILABLE (US): September 2009

In this major revision and expansion of a highly respected reference work, the authors have created the most comprehensive and up-to-date review of the nutritional strategies available for the prevention of disease and the promotion of health through nutrition. This new edition combines fully updated versions of the best chapters of the first three editions as well as new, topical chapters that emphasize the critical role of nutrition in a growing number of health arenas. Preventive Nutrition: A Comprehensive Guide for Health Professionals contains 35 chapters organized into 7 sections.The Fourth Edition includes a comprehensive index as well as helpful listings of relevant books, journals and websites. Chapter authors are the most authoritative leaders in their various fields of expertise. The volume contains cutting-edge chapters from world recognized authors who provide a truly global perspective to preventive nutrition opportunities. Preventive Nutrition: A Comprehensive Guide for Health Professionals, Fourth Edition will be of great value to practicing health professionals, including physicians, nutritionists, dentists, pharmacists, dieticians, health educators, policy makers, health economists, regulatory agencies and research investigators.

SELLING POINTS: Chapters that review the totality of the evidence Key Points are featured that define the chapter’s critical learning points for the

reader Fully updated and expanded reference work

MARKET: Nutritionists, family physicians, internists, preventive medicine specialists, health and nutrition educators, public health specialists, epidemiologists, immunologists, gerontologists, and medical, graduate, and advanced undergraduate students

SUBJECTS: Clinical Nutrition; Internal Medicine; Primary Care Medicine

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Internal Medicine

RELATED TITLES:Draper, Advances in Nutritional Research (978-0-306-44893-5, 1994, $199.00)Tougher-Decker, Nutrition and Oral Medicine (978-1-58829-192-9, 2005, $145.00)

COMPETITION:Shils, Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 978-

0781741330, 2005, $140.00)Mahan, Krause's Food & Nutrition Therapy (Saunders, 978-1416034018, 2007, $115.00)

MEDICINE, OPTHALMOLOGY

Ocular Blood FlowEDITORS: LEOPOLD SCHMETTERER, Medical University of Vienna,

Austria and JEFFREY KIEL, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, USA

ISBN-13: 978-3-540-69468-7PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 450 p., 250 illus., 125 in color, HardcoverPRICE: approx. $229.00AVAILABLE (US): November 2009

Adequate blood supply to the eye is an important prerequisite for normal visual function. Over the past 40 years our knowledge of ocular blood flow regulation has improved significantly. This reader-friendly textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the current knowledge of ocular blood flow. The book offers the reader not only an evidence-based summary on physiological and pharmacological properties of ocular blood flow regulation, but also demonstrated the ocular blood flow abnormalities in different vascular diseases. This book will enhance the understanding of all readers interested in the current knowledge on ocular blood flow in health and disease.

SELLING POINTS: Comprehensive up-to-date reference book on ocular blood flow Provides a unique state of the art review of the current knowledge in this field Lavishly illustrated, reader-friendly structured and written by international

experts and evaluates the wide array of methods for measuring ocular blood flow which have already been used

MARKET: Ophthalmologists and all other physicians interested in ocular blood flow, further: scientists involved in ocular perfusion research and cell biology, electrophysiology and clinical research, students in medicine and biomedical engineering, ocular pharmacologists and physiologists

SUBJECTS: Ophthalmology; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Human Physiology

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Opthalmology

RELATED TITLES:Joussen, Retinal Vascular Disease (978-3-540-29541-9, 2007, $169.95)Zamir, The Physics of Coronary Blood Flow (978-0387252971, 2005, $129.00)

COMPETITION:Harris, Atlas of Ocular Blood Flow (Butterworth-Heinemann, 978-0750673686, 2003

$110.00)Kaiser, Ocular Blood Flow: New Insights into the Pathogenesis of Ocular Diseases (S.

Karger AG, 978-3805562386, 1996, $145.25)

MEDICINE, PATHOLOGY

The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid CytopathologyDefinitions, Criteria and Explanatory Notes

EDITORS: SYED Z. ALI, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA and EDMUND S. CIBAS, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

ISBN-13: 978-0-387-87665-8PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 250 p., 235 illus., 200 in color, SoftcoverPRICE: approx. $39.95AVAILABLE (US): September 2009

Thyroid FNA is one of the most commonly performed cytologic procedures and is the standard diagnostic method for managing the patient with a thyroid nodule. In the past, ambiguous and inconsistent diagnostic criteria and terminology have hampered sample interpretation and patient management. It is hoped that, by bringing together national and international thyroid experts from diverse disciplines, the book will achieve its goal: to provide the reader with a generously illustrated and user-friendly reference on this unified approach to thyroid diagnostic criteria and reporting. The book will succinctly summarize and illustrate the salient points in the diagnosis of the non-neoplastic and neoplastic thyroid diseases. The chapters will be set up as follows: 1. Background, 2. Criteria, 3. Explanatory Notes, and 4. Sample reports.The development of the Bethesda System for Thyroid FNA parallels the development of the Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical Cytology, which was also the result of an NCI-sponsored multidisciplinary conference. Now in its 2nd edition (Solomon and Nayar, 2004, Springer), The Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical Cytology revolutionized the reporting of Pap test results. Virtually every cytopathology laboratory in the U.S. (and a large number overseas) uses the Bethesda System for reporting Pap test results and thus owns at least one copy of the book. The new terminology has already received much attention in the planning of upcoming national and international meetings. We expect that the Bethesda System for thyroid FNA will have the same effect in transforming, unifying, and improving the reporting of thyroid FNA results as its sister publication did for Pap testing.

SELLING POINTS: The terminology framework described in this book is an important advance in the

field of cytopathology Until now, there has been no uniform system for reporting the results of thyroid fine

needle aspiration (FNA) results Serves as a reference guide not just for pathologists, but also endocrinologists,

surgeons, and radiologists

MARKET: Cytopathologists, Anatomic/Clinical Pathologists, Cytopathology Fellows/Trainees, Cytotechnicians

SUBJECTS: Pathology; Endocrinology; Surgical Oncology

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine,

Pathology

RELATED TITLES:Ali, Breast Cytopathology (978-0-387-71594-0, 2008, $59.95) Baskin, Thyroid Ultrasound Guided FNA (978-0-387-77633-0, 2008, $59.95) Clark, Thyroid Cytopathology (0-387-23304-0, 2005, $59.95)

COMPETITION:Geisinger, Modern Cytopathology (Churchill Livingstone, 978-0443065989, 2003, $285.00) Kini, Thyroid Cytopathology: A Text and Atlas (LWW, 978-0-781768832, 2008, $259.00) Koss, Diagnostic Cytology, 5/e (LWW, 978-0-781768832, 2005, $329.00)

MEDICINE, PATHOLOGY

A Practical Guide to Frozen Section TechniqueEDITOR: STEPHEN R. PETERS, Hackensack University Hospital,

Anatomic Pathologist, Hackensack, NJ, USAISBN-13: 978-1-60327-556-9PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 250 p. 220 illus., 100 in color, HardcoverPRICE: approx. $79.50AVAILABLE (US): September 2009

A Practical Guide to Frozen Section Technique offers an easy to learn approach to frozen section technique in the form of a highly illustrated handbook intended for onsite use in the laboratory. The book begins with a novel, clearly delineated, step by step approach to learning continuous motion brush technique. Emphasis is placed on recognizing and correcting artifacts during the preparation process. The book addresses all of the steps in the preparation of slides from cutting through cover-slipping. The author’s unique, original techniques for tissue embedding including face down embedding in steel well bars, frozen block cryoembedding and paper cryoembedding are detailed. Variables key to the quality of the preparation including block temperature, tissue properties and section thickness are detailed. The book also covers understanding the cryostat and basic maintenance and care.Sections covering techniques used in Mohs dermatologic surgery, and techniques used in basic animal and human research are discussed by noted experts in their field.

SELLING POINTS: Detailed descriptions of techniques used in Mohs

surgery Original techniques garnered from experience and

teaching Highly illustrated handbook intended for onsite use

MARKET: Practicing surgical pathologists, pathology residents in training, histotechnologists, experimental pathology researchers

SUBJECTS: Pathology; Laboratory Medicine

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Pathology

RELATED TITLES:Skandalakis, Surgical Anatomy and Technique (978-0387987521, 2002, $64.95) Kempf, Dermatopathology (978-3798518391, 2008, $159.00)Morgan, Deadly Dermatologic Diseases (978-0-387-25442-5, 2007, $125.00)

COMPETITION:Snow, Atlas of Skin Cancers Processed by Frozen Sections and Mohs Surgery (UW Digital

Publishing & Printing Services, 978-1427623188, 2008, $125.00)

Lee, Introduction to MOHS Cryotomy (1st World Library, 978-1595408648, 2006, $29.95)

MEDICINE, PLASTIC SURGERY

Autologous Fat TransferArt, Science, and Clinical Practice

EDITOR: MELVIN A. SHIFFMAN, Tustin, CA, USAISBN-13: 978-3-642-00472-8PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 510 p., 337 illus., 302 in color,

HardcoverPRICE: approx. $379.00AVAILABLE (US): September 2009

The book covers all aspects of autologous fat transfer including the history of fat transfer, the history of autologous fat survival, a variety of aesthetic and plastic procedures of the face and body, noncosmetic applications of fat transfer, preoperative care, complications, and medical-legal aspects. The book is intended for residents and fellows, practicing and highly experienced cosmetic surgeons, and surgeons in the fields of plastic surgery, general surgery, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, oral-maxillofacial surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, and other surgical subspecialties.

SELLING POINTS: Presents in one book all aspects of autologous fat transfer to all areas of

the body Abundantly illustrated The contributors are international experts in the field of autologous fat

transfer

MARKET: Plastic surgeons, general surgeons, otolaryngologists, facial plastic surgeons, oral maxillofacial surgeons, ophthalmologic surgeons, neurosurgeons and cosmetic surgeons (beginners, residents, fellows, and experienced surgeons)

SUBJECTS: Plastic Surgery; Otorhinolaryngology; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Plastic Surgery

RELATED TITLES:Shiffman, Simplified Facial Rejuvenation (978-3-540-71096-7, 2007, $329.00) Shiffman, Liposuction: Principles and Practice (978-3-540-28042-2, 2006, $199.00)

COMPETITION:Narins, Safe Liposuction and Fat Transfer (Marcel Dekker, 978-0824708528, 2003, $249.95)

Lam, Complementary Fat Grafting (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 978-0781764247, 2007, $249.00)

Coleman, Structural Fat Grafting (Quality Medical Publishing, 978-1576261330, 2004, $365.00)

MEDICINE, PUBLIC HEALTH

HIV/AIDS in South Africa 25 Years OnA Psychosocial Perspective

EDITORS: POUL ROHLEDER; LESLIE SWARTZ; SETH C. KALICHMAN, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT and LEICKNESS CHISAMU SIMBAYI, Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa

ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-0305-1PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 300 p., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $59.95AVAILABLE (US): August 2009

Much has happened since the first appearance of AIDS in 1981: it has been identified, studied, and occasionally denied. The virus has shifted host populations and spread globally. Medicine, the social sciences, and world governments have joined forces to combat and prevent the disease. And South Africa has emerged as ground zero for the pandemic. The editors of HIV/AIDS in South Africa 25 Years On present the South African crisis as a template for addressing the myriad issues surrounding the epidemic worldwide, as the book brings together a widely scattered body of literature, analyzes psychosocial and sexual aspects contributing to HIV transmission and prevention, and delves into complex intersections of race, gender, class, and politics.

SELLING POINTS: Including largely overlooked populations and issues as well as challenges shaping

future research and policy, the contributors approach their topics with depth and preciseness

The urgent lessons in this book apply both globally and locally, making it uniquely instructive and useful for professionals and researchers in HIV/AIDS, public health, and social science research

MARKET: Researchers and professionals in HIV/AIDS, public health, social science research.

SUBJECT: Public Health

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Public Health

RELATED TITLES:Carael, HIV (978-1-4020-6172-1, 2007, $129.00) Celentano, Public Health Aspects of HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries (978-0-387-72710-

3, 2008, $149.00)

COMPETITION:Kalipeni, HIV and AIDS in Africa (Wiley, 978-0631223573, 2003, $41.95) Fan, AIDS: Science and Society (Jones & Bartlett, 978-0763742638, 2007, $56.95)

MEDICINE, RADIOLOGY

Image-Guided Spine InterventionsSecond Edition

EDITORS: JOHN M. MATHIS, Center for Advanced Imaging, Roanoke, VA, USA and STANLEY GOLOVAC, Golovac Consulting, Space Coast Pain Institute, Merritt Island, FL, USA


PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 450 p., 225 illus., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $189.00AVAILABLE (US): March 2009

This second, completely revised and updated edition of the successful practical guide to image-guided spine intervention contains revised text and images as well as new sections and chapters including intradiscal pharmacological injections, balloon assisted vertebroplasty, selective nerve blocks, radiofrequency neurolysis and RF therapy. The updated text thoroughly discusses both well-established and new interventions that are applied to the spine for the purpose of pain relief. Traditionally, pain procedures were in the limited purview of the pain anesthesiologist. Only a portion of these procedures were image-guided. The continued growth in utilization of spine intervention and resultant improvement in outcomes and safety have inspired this comprehensive and reader friendly updated edition.

SELLING POINTS: Completely revised edition contains updated text including new sections and

chapters. Ideal aid for radiologists and other physicians who deal with back pain.

MARKET: Radiologists, interventional radiologists, pain medicine specialists, orthopedists, neurosurgeons, anesthesiologists

SUBJECTS: Imaging / Radiology; Anesthesiology; Interventional Radiology

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Radiology

RELATED TITLES:Mathis, Image-Guided Spine Interventions (978-0387403205, 2004, $189.00) Mathis, Percutaneous Vertebroplasty (978-0387953069, 2002, $149.00)Weyruther, MRI Atlas: Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery the Spine (978-3540335337,

2007, $159.00)

COMPETITION:Fenton, Image-Guided Spine Intervention (WB Saunders, 978-0721600215, 2002,

$179.00)Freedman, Minimally Invasive Musculoskeletal Pain Medicine (Informa Healthcare, 978-

0849372568, 2007, $199.95)

MEDICINE, RADIOLOGY

Essential Radiology for Sports MedicineEDITOR: PHILLIP ROBINSON, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, UKISBN-13: 978-1-60327-966-6PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 300 p., 700 illus., 200 in color, HardcoverPRICE: approx. $149.00AVAILABLE (US): September 2009

This highly illustrated, practical book provides a systematic approach to all significant sports injuries. Imaging features are presented along with discussion of the influence of these findings on treatment and image-guided interventions. For each anatomical area, the underlying biomechanical features that produce injury are explored. All imaging modalities are featured with emphasis on MRI, MR arthrography, CT, and ultrasound. A concise guide to sports injuries, this book will help clinicians identify the appropriate imaging techniques and treatments to best serve their patients.

SELLING POINTS: Identifies appropriate imaging techniques and treatments International experts provide guidance as to how sports injuries occur and how to

recognize relevant imaging findings Excellent, up to date high-yield resource

MARKET: Emergency Radiologists, Radiologists, Orthopedists, Sports Medicine Specialists

SUBJECTS: Imaging / Radiology; Diagnostic Radiology; Interventional Radiology

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Radiology

RELATED TITLES:Baert, Imaging of Orthopedic Sports Injuries (978-3540260141, 2006, $299.00) Pedowitz, Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Orthopedic Sports Medicine (978-

0387488974, 2008, $189.00)

COMPETITION:Anderson, Atlas of Imaging in Sports Medicine (McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing, 978-

0074715840, 2007, $250.00)Greenspan, Orthopedic Imaging: A Practical Approach (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,

978-0781750066, 2004, $249.00) Stoller, Diagnostic Imaging: Orthopaedics (AMIRSYS, 978-0721629209, 2003, $240.93)Stoller, Stoller's Atlas of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine (Lippincott Williams &

Wilkins, 978-0781783897, 2007, $299.00)

PHILOSOPHY

Handbook of Phenomenological AestheticsEDITORS: HANS RAINER SEPP, Charles University, Prague, Czech

and LESTER EMBREE, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA

ISBN-13: 978-90-481-2470-1PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 650 p., HardcoverPRICE: $269.00AVAILABLE (US): August 2009

The potentiality of phenomenological aesthetics is enormous, many figures have contributed to it during a time span of over a century, but this is the first work thoroughly to show its breadth, depth, and continuing fecundity. There are over two dozen entries on such topics such as dream, empathy, enjoyment, imagination, sensation, imagination, on style, ecology, gender, and interculturality, and then on areas including architecture, film, and theater. The introduction includes an extensive sketch of the history of phenomenological investigation in this sub-discipline of philosophy. All entries are written by the best relevant specialists, all the entries have bibliographies, and a selected bibliography for the whole is appended. This handbook will be the foundation for many more decades of investigation.

SELLING POINTS: This is the first and only comprehensive and thorough referee work on

phenomenological aestetics This handbook explains the clear relation between phenomenology and aesthetics,

two major sub-diciplines of philosophy It combines philosophical reflections on beauty, art and sensation with views on

aesthetics from great thinkers such as Sartre, Heidegger and Derrida

MARKET: Faculty and students in philosophy and at least curious about phenomenology.

SUBJECTS: Aesthetics; Phenomenology; Philosophy

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Philosophy

RELATED TITLES:Distaso, The Paradox of Existence: Philosophy and Aesthetics in the Young Schelling

(978-1-4020-2490-0, 2004, $109.00)Kronegger, Phenomenology and Aesthetics (978-0-7923-0738-9, 1990, $199.00)

COMPETITION:Gosetti-Ferencei, The Ecstatic Quotidian: Phenomenological Sightings in Modern Art and

Literature (PSU Press, 978-0271032276, 2007, $55.00)Berleant, Re-thinking Aesthetics (Ashgate Publishing, 978-0754650133, 2004, $120.00)

PHYSICS/ASTRONOMY

Experimental Techniques in Nuclear and Particle PhysicsAUTHOR: STEFAAN TAVERNIER, University of BrusselS, BelgiumISBN-13: 978-3-642-00828-3PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 300 p., 150 illus., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $189.00AVAILABLE (US): June 2009

The book is based on a course in nuclear and particle physics that the author has taught over many years to physics students, students in nuclear engineering and students in biomedical engineering. It provides the basic understanding that any student or researcher using such instruments and techniques should have about the subject.After an introduction to the structure of matter at the subatomic scale, it covers the experimental aspects of nuclear and particle physics. Ideally complementing a theoretically-oriented textbook on nuclear physics and/or particle physics, it introduces the reader to the different techniques used in nuclear and particle physics to accelerate particles and to measurement techniques (detectors) in nuclear and particle physics. The main subjects treated are: interactions of subatomic particles in matter; particle accelerators; basics of different types of detectors; and nuclear electronics.

SELLING POINTS: Concise, modern and class-tested presentation of all techniques, detectors, and

electronics Interdisciplnary approach to particle techniques and accelerators, suitable for all

fields (nuclear and particle physics, and nuclear and biomedical engineering) Numerous teaching/learning aids for students and lecturers (plus solutions)

MARKET: Students: advanced undergraduate in Physics (3rd BA) / post graduate in Nuclear Engineering / 1st MA in Biomedical Engineering

SUBJECTS: Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics; Nuclear Engineering; Biomedical Engineering

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Physics/Astronomy

RELATED TITLES:Tavernier, Radiation Detectors for Medical Applications (978-1402050916, 2006,

$169.00)Povh, Particles and Nuclei (978-3540793670, 2008, $59.95)

COMPETITION:Shultis, Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering (CRC, 978-1420051353,

2007, $104.95)Enderle, Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (Academic Press, 978-0122386626,

2005, $102.00)

PHYSICS/ASTRONOMY

Entropy and InformationAUTHORS: MIKHAIL V. VOLKENSTEINISBN-13: 978-3-0346-0077-4PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 230 p., HardcoverPRICE: $99.00AVAILABLE (US): November 2009

The book Entropy and Information deals with the thermodynamical concept of entropy and its relationship to information theory. It is successful in explaining the universality of the term "Entropy" not only as a physical phenomenon, but reveals its existence also in other domains. E.g., Volkenstein discusses the "meaning" of entropy in a biological context and shows how entropy is related to artistic activities. Written by the renowned Russian bio-physicist Mikhail V. Volkenstein, this book on Entropy and Information surely serves as a timely introduction to understand entropy from a thermodynamic perspective and is definitely an inspiring and thought-provoking book that should be read by every physicist, information-theorist, biologist, and even artist.

SELLING POINTS: For more than 20 years only available in Russian and now for the first time published

in English Volkenstein presents highly complex issues in an enjoyable readable style Timely introduction to entropy from a thermodynamic perspective

MARKET: Researchers

SUBJECTS: Physics, general; Quantum Computing, Information and Physics; Mechanics, Fluids, Thermodynamics

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Physics/Astronomy

RELATED TITLES:Muller, Asymmetry: The Foundation of Information (978-3-540-69883-8, 2007, $109.00)Csiszár, Entropy, Search, Complexity (978-3-540-32573-4, 2007, $99.00)

COMPETITION:Ben-Naim, A Farewell to Entropy (World Scientific Publishing Company, 978-

9812707062, 2008, $98.00)Yockey, Information Theory, Evolution, and The Origin of Life (Cambridge University

Press, 978-0521802932, 2005, $77.00)

POPULAR SCIENCE, ASTRONOMY

Lunar Meteoroid Impacts and How to Observe ThemAUTHOR: BRIAN CUDNIK, Houston, TX, USAISBN-13: 978-1-4419-0323-5PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 250 p., 75 illus.,

SoftcoverPRICE: approx. $34.95AVAILABLE (US): July 2009

The face of the Moon we see today has been substantially etched by the effects of meteor impacts. Craters on the Moon are the result of ancient impacts with large meteorites - or small asteroid-like bodies - which produced both primary craters (where the meteorites hit) and secondary craters (where material hurled high above the surface crashed back down). Even some of the vast lunar "seas" - actually basalt plains from ancient volcanic eruptions - may have been the result of impacts that triggered lava outflows. The era of major impacts on the Moon may have passed, but lunar meteorites may well be the cause of what are known as Lunar Transient Phonomena ("LTP" or sometimes "TLP") flashes and puffs of gas or vaporized rock or dust that are observed on the Moon's surface. This book looks at the way the Moon has been shaped by meteorites, proposes lunar meteorites as the most likely cause of most LTPs and describes in practical detail how amateur astronomers can observe impacts on the Moon, past and current.

SELLING POINTS: Describes how amateur and practical astronomers can support (and even compete

with) professional astronomers in this field Equips readers with the resources to observe "geology in the making" on a Moon

once assumed to be geologically dead Highlights the risk of asteroid impacts here on Earth, and the impact risk to

astronauts on the lunar surface

MARKET: Amateur and practical astronomers. Armchair astronomers and students as well.

SUBJECTS: Astronomy; Popular Science in Astronomy

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Popular Science, Astronomy

RELATED TITLES:Bone, Observing Meteors, Comets, Supernovae and other Transient Phenomena (978-1-

85233-017-0, 1999, $39.95) Grego, The Moon and How to Observe It (978-1-85233-748-3, 2005, $29.95)

COMPETITION:North, Observing the Moon (Cambridge University Press, 978-0521874076, 2007, $45.00)

Corliss, The Moon and the Planets (Sourcebook Project, 978-0915554195, 1985, $18.95)

POPULAR SCIENCE, ASTRONOMY

The Caldwell Objects and How to Observe ThemAUTHOR: MARTIN MOBBERLEY, Suffolk, UKISBN-13: 978-1-4419-0325-9PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 240 p. 180 illus., 40 in color,

SoftcoverPRICE: approx. $39.95AVAILABLE (US): September 2009

The Messier's catalog of 109 'non-stellar' objects is still used by amateur astronomers as a guide to interesting objects to view and image. In 1995 the notable English astronomer and broadcaster Sir Patrick Moore published his own catalog of a further 109 objects, to complement the Messier catalog and provide an extended list of fascinating targets for amateur astronomers. He called it the Caldwell Catalog (Sir Patrick's full name is Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore), the 'M' designation having already been used by Messier. Along with Messier's list and Herschel's list of mostly faint 'non-stellar' objects, the Caldwell objects are now programmed into many automated telescope controllers. This allows all of these objects to be located easily even by newcomer astronomers. The Caldwell objects are just as spectacular as the 'M' objects, especially when using the large telescopes and the sensitive CCD cameras readily available today.The Caldwell Objects and How to Observe Them comprehensively describes all of the 109 Caldwell objects, with specific advice on how to find them (if necessary with a 'Go-To' telescope), how to visually observe or image them, and how to image-process the results. There is information about the optimum astronomical equipment to use for each object and, for those who prefer to make sketches, there is advice on drawing these extended objects at the eyepiece.

SELLING POINTS: Presents an extensive selection of celestial objects to view complementing the

popular Messier objects Enables deep-sky imagers to get the most out of each Caldwell object by using the

most suitable equipment and providing imaging hints and tips The Caldwell Catalog objects are now included in all Meade Autostar controllers Provides easy-to-follow instructions on finding each object without a 'Go-To'

telescope Contains useful tips to help cope with light pollution Explains the use of many filters for imaging and visual work on the Caldwell objects

MARKET: Amateur and practical astronomers.

SUBJECTS: Astronomy; Popular Science in Astronomy

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Popular Science, Astronomy

RELATED TITLES:Mobberley, Supernovae and How to Observe Them (978-0-378-35257-2, 2007, $29.95) Ratledge, Observing the Caldwell Objects (978-1-85233-628-8, 2000, $39.95) Privett, Creating and Enhancing Digital Astro Images (978-1-84628-580-6, 2007, $39.95)

COMPETITION:O'Meara, Deep-Sky Companions: The Caldwell Objects (Cambridge University Press, 978-

0521827966, 2003, $47.00) Houston, Deep-Sky Wonders (Sky Publishing Corporation, 978-1931559232, 2005,

$19.95)

PSYCHOLOGY

Lifespan Perspectives on Natural DisastersCoping with Katrina, Rita, and Other Storms

EDITOR: KATIE E. CHERRY, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-0392-1PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 285 p., HardcoverPRICE: $59.95AVAILABLE (US): July 2009

Some of our most disturbing images of Hurricane Katrina involve the very old, trapped in flooded nursing homes, and the very young, sick in toxic trailers. Using the Katrina-Rita nexus as its reference point, Lifespan Perspectives on Natural Disasters takes the developmental long view on human strengths and vulnerabilities during large-scale devastation and crisis. An expert panel of behavioral scientists and first responders analyzes the psychological impact of natural disasters on—and coping faculties associated with—children, adolescents, and young, middle-aged, older, young-old and late-life oldest-old adults. This timely information is invaluable both to mental health service providers and to those tasked with developing age-appropriate disaster preparedness, intervention, and recovery programs.

SELLING POINTS: Includes evidence-based findings that may stimulate future research and/or inform

public policy on natural disaster effects from a developmental perspective Serves as a research reference and idea book for professionals and graduate-level

students in psychology, social work, and disaster preparedness and services

MARKET: Psychologists, social workers, graduate students of psychology, sociology, human ecology, education, disaster science, social work, and religion

SUBJECTS: Clinical Psychology; Social Work; Psychotherapy

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Psychology

RELATED TITLES:Haque, Mitigation of Natural Hazards and Disasters (978-1-4020-3112-0, 2005, $129.00)Frater, Natural Disasters: Cause, Course, Effect, Simulation (978-3-540-14609-4, 1998, $79.95)

COMPETITION:Brinkley, The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf

Coast. (Harper Collins, 978-0061148491, 2007, $17.95)Piazza, Why New Orleans Matters (Harper Collins, 978-0061124839, 2005, $14.95)

PSYCHOLOGY

Encyclopedia of Psychology and ReligionEDITORS: DAVID A. LEEMING, Blanton-Peale Institute, New York,

NY, USA; KATHRYN MADDEN, Private Practice, New York, NY, USA and STANTON MARLAN, Pittsburgh Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

ISBN-13: 978-0-387-71801-9PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 1000 p., HardcoverPRICE: $549.00AVAILABLE (US): September 2009

Integrating psychology and religion, this encyclopedia offers a rich contribution to the development of human self-understanding. It collects psychological interpretations of the stories, rituals, motifs, symbols, doctrines, dogmas, and experiences of the world’s religious traditions. It draws from 40 different religions, including modern world religions and older religious movements.

SELLING POINTS: A crucial new resource for the collaboration and mutual illumination of the fields of

psychology and religion and their intersections A comprehensive reference work that includes that broad spectrum of psychological

approaches to understanding the form and content of religious experience Provides the technical and phenomenological vocabulary that will enable researchers

in the fields of psychology and religion to pursue collaboration and dialogue

MARKET: Researchers in psychology and religion; clinicians; therapists; university and public libraries; clergy, pastoral agents and spiritual directors interested in the psychological aspects of faith and religious practice

SUBJECTS: History of Psychology; Religious Studies; Philosophy of Religion

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Psychology

RELATED TITLES:Selin, Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-

Western Cultures (978-1-4020-4960-6, 2008, $749.00)Richardson, Regulating Religion: Case Studies from Around the Globe (978-0-306-47887-

1, 2004, $119.00)

COMPETITION:Koenig, Handbook of Religion and Health (Oxford, 978-0195118669, 2000, $75.00) Spilka, The Psychology of Religion: An Empirical Approach (Guilford, 978-1572309016,

2003, $75.00)

SOCIAL SCIENCES, ARCHAELOGY

Statistics for Archaeologists, 2nd EditionA Common Sense Approach

Second Edition

AUTHOR: ROBERT D. DRENNAN, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USAISBN-13: 978-1-4419-0412-6

(Replaces ISBN: 978-0-306-45327-4) PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 335 p., 30 illus., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $159.95AVAILABLE (US): July 2009

Taking a jargon-free approach, this guidebook introduces the basic principles of statistics to archaeologists. The author covers the necessary techniques for analyzing data collected in the field and laboratory as well as for evaluating the significance of the relationships between variables. In addition, chapters discuss the special concerns of working with samples. This well-illustrated guide features several practice problems making it an ideal text for students in archaeology and anthropology.

SELLING POINTS: Three brand new sections: resampling approaches, point sampling, multivariate

analysis Same clear and easy-to-use format that made the first edition so successful

MARKET: Researchers and Libraries

SUBJECTS: Archaeology; Statistics, general

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Social Sciences, Archaelogy

RELATED TITLES:Buck, Tools for Constructing Chronologies: Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries (978-1-

85233-763-6, 2001, $104.00)Trueblood, Data Mining and Statistical Analysis Using SQL (978-1-893115-54-5, 2001, $49.95)

COMPETITION:Shennan, Quantifying Archaeology (Edinburgh University Press, 978-0947816698, 2005,

$32.00)Baxter, Statistics in Archaeology (Hodder Arnold Publishers, 978-0340762998, 2003,

$111.00)

STATISTICS

R Through ExcelA Spreadsheet Interface for Statistics, Data Analysis, and Graphics

AUTHORS: RICHARD M. HEIBERGER, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA and ERICH NEUWIRTH, University of Vienna, Austria

ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-0051-7PAGES/ILLUS: XXIV, 338 p., SoftcoverPRICE: $64.95AVAILABLE (US): July 2009

R, a free and open source program, is one of the most powerful and the fastest-growing statistics program. Microsoft Excel is the most widely used spreadsheet program, but many statisticians consider its statistical tools too limited.In this book, the authors build on RExcel, a free add-in for Excel that can be downloaded from the R distribution network. RExcel seamlessly integrates the entire set of R's statistical and graphical methods into Excel, allowing students to focus on statistical methods and concepts and minimizing the distraction of learning a new programming language.Data can be transferred between R and Excel "the Excel way" by selecting worksheet ranges and using Excel menus. R's basic statistical functions and selected advanced methods are available from an Excel menu. Results of the computations and statistical graphics can be returned back into Excel worksheet ranges. RExcel allows the use of Excel scroll bars and check boxes to create and animate R graphics as an interactive analysis tool.

SELLING POINTS: Connects R dataframes and Excel data lists or allows creation of standalone RExcel

app The book is designed as a computational supplement to introductory statistics texts

and the authors provide RExcel examples covering the topics of the introductory course

MARKET: Grad students, researchers

SUBJECT: Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Statistics

RELATED TITLES:Dalgaard, Introductory Statistics with R (978-0-387-95475-2, 2002, $52.95)Spector, Data Manipulation with R (Use R) (978-0387747309, 2008, $54.95)

COMPETITION:Crawley, Statistics: An Introduction using R (Wiley, 978-0470022986, 2005, $50.00)Verzani, Using R for Introductory Statistics (CRC, 978-1584884507, 2004, $52.95)

STATISTICS

Functional Data Analysis with R and MATLABAUTHORS: J.O. RAMSAY, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec,

Canada; GILES HOOKER, Cornell University,New York, USA and SPENCER GRAVES, Productive Systems Engineering, CA, USA

ISBN-13: 978-0-387-98184-0PAGES/ILLUS: X, 202 p., SoftcoverPRICE: $59.95AVAILABLE (US): July 2009

Scientists often collect samples of curves and other functional observations, and develop models where parameters are also functions. This volume in the UseR! Series is aimed at a wide range of readers, and especially those who would like apply these techniques to their research problems. It complements Functional Data Analysis, Second Edition and Applied Functional Data Analysis: Methods and Case Studies by providing computer code in both the R and Matlab languages for a set of data analyses that showcase the functional data analysis. The authors make it easy to get up and running in new applications by adapting the code for the examples, and by being able to access the details of key functions within these pages. This book is accompanied by additional web-based support at http://www.functionaldata.org for applying existing functions and developing new ones in either language.

SELLING POINTS: The book provides an application-oriented overview of functional analysis, with

extended and accessible presentations of key concepts such as spline basis functions, data smoothing, curve registration, functional linear models and dynamic systems

Functional data analysis is put to work in a wide a range of applications, so that new problems are likely to find close analogues in this book

The code in R and Matlab in the book has been designed to permit easy modification to adapt to new data structures and research problems

SUBJECTS: Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs; ; Marketing


RELATED TITLES:Ramsay, Functional Data Analysis (978-0-387-40080-8, 2005, $89.95) Ramsay, Applied Functional Data Analysis Methods and Case Studies (978-0-387-95414-

1, 2002, $74.95)

COMPETITION:Martinez, Exploratory Data Analysis with MATLAB (CRC, 978-1584883661, 2004, $83.95)Claycomb, Applied Electromagnetics Using QuickField & MATLAB (Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 978-1934015124, 2008, $69.95)

STATISTICS

ggplot2Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis

AUTHOR: HADLEY WICKHAM, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA

ISBN-13: 978-0-387-98140-6PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 210 p., SoftcoverPRICE: $59.95AVAILABLE (US): July 2009

This book describes ggplot2, a new data visualization package for R that uses the insights from Leland Wilkison's Grammar of Graphics to create a powerful and flexible system for creating data graphics. This book will be useful to everyone who has struggled with displaying their data in an informative and attractive way. You will need some basic knowledge of R (i.e. you should be able to get your data into R), but ggplot2 is a mini-language specifically tailored for producing graphics, and you'll learn everything you need in the book. After reading this book you'll be able to produce graphics customized precisely for your problems, to and you'll find it easy to get graphics out of your head and on to the screen or page.

SELLING POINTS: Teaches how to create graphics in R using ggplot Discusses the theoretical framework that underlies

ggplot

MARKET: Students, researchers

SUBJECTS: Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs; Visualization; Computer Graphics


RELATED TITLES:Sarkar, Lattice: Trellis Graphics with R (978-0-387-75968-5, 2008, $54.95) Wilkinson, Grammar of Graphics (978-0-387-24544-7, 2005, $89.95)

COMPETITION:Murrell, R Graphics (Chapman & Hall, 9781584884866, 2005, $74.95)Maindonald, Data Analysis and Graphics Using R: An Example-based Approach

(Cambridge University Press, 978-0521861168, 2006, $86.00)

STATISTICS

A Beginner's Guide to RAUTHORS: ALAIN F. ZUUR, Highland Statistics, Newburgh, UK;

ELENA N. IENO, Highland Statistics, Newburgh, UK and ERIK H.W.G. MEESTERS, Institute for Marine Resources & Ecosystem Studies, Den Burg, The Netherlands

ISBN-13: 978-0-387-93836-3PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 215 p., SoftcoverPRICE: $59.95AVAILABLE (US): June 2009

Based on their extensive experience with teaching R and statistics to applied scientists, the authors provide a beginner's guide to R. To avoid the difficulty of teaching R and statistics at the same time, statistical methods are kept to a minimum. This book contains everything you need to know to get started with R.

SELLING POINTS: This book takes a different approach to explaining R, namely without the need to

know/learn statistics at the same time The text covers how to download and install R, import and manage data, elementary

plotting, an introduction to functions, advanced plotting, and common beginner mistakes

MARKET: Scientists, students

SUBJECT: Statistical Theory and Methods


RELATED TITLES:Dalgaard, Introductory Statistics with R, (978-0-387-95475-2, 2002, $59.95)Cowpertwait, Introductory Time Series with R (978-0-387-88697-8, 2009, $59.95)

COMPETITION:Crawley, The R Book (Wiley, 978-0470510247, 2007, $110.00)Maindonald, Data Analysis and Graphics Using R (Cambridge University Press, 978-

0521861168, 2006, $86.00)

STATISTICS FOR LIFE SCIENCES, MEDICINE, HEALTH SCIENCES

A Guide to QTL Mapping with R/qtlAUTHORS: KARL W. BROMAN, University of Wisconsin, Madison,

WI, USA and SAUNAK SEN, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

ISBN-13: 978-0-387-92124-2PAGES/ILLUS: XII, 400 p., HardcoverPRICE: $89.95AVAILABLE (US): July 2009

This book gives an overview of the practical aspects of the analysis of QTL mapping experiments based on inbred line crosses, with explicit instructions on the use of the R/qtl software.

SELLING POINTS: Includes a detailed description of a number of statistical approaches and the step-by-

step demonstration of live-example analyses designed to explain the utilization and usefulness of statistical methods

Provides statistical models and analytical procedures for detecting specific genes, enabling readers to use the book as a practical tool using R/qtl software to do so

MARKET: Scientists, practitioners

SUBJECT: Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Statistics, for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences

RELATED TITLES:Wu, Statistical Genetics of Quantitative Traits: Linkage, Maps and QTL (978-0-387-

20334-8, 2007, $84.95)Sorensen, Likelihood, Bayesian and MCMC Methods in Quantitative Genetics (978-0-387-

95440-0, 2007, $104.00)

COMPETITION:Lynch, Genetics and Analysis of Quantitative Traits, Sinauer Associates, 978-

0878934812, 1998, $91.95)Falconer, Introduction to Quantitative Genetics (Benjamin Cummings, 978-0582243026,

1996, $112.60)

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