Edited by Morgan (United States studies, U. of London, UK) and Davies (director of the British Library's Eccles Centre for American Studies, UK), this volume contains nine essays written by British scholars of US politics (and one American) assessing the legacy of George W. Bush. The essays assess whether Bush was 'the right man,' in one or more of three ways: whether he was 'the right man' for asserting his and his advisors' views on how presidential power should be wielded; whether he was 'the right man' in light of his own professed ideological identity; or whether he was 'the right man' in terms of promoting policies that were good for addressing the problems facing the United States. Specifically, they discuss Bush's style of leadership, his relations with Congress, his influence on the judiciary, the ethical record of his presidency, his foreign policy, his influence over the size of the government, his political-economic legacy, and his partisan legacy. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Knitwear designer Melissa Morgan-Oakes revolutionized the world of sock-making with 2-at-a-Time Socks. Her ingenious approach showed delighted knitters how to simultaneously create two socks on a single circular needle. With that book, yarn enthusiasts said goodbye forever to second sock syndrome, the frustration of completing one beautiful hand-knit sock, only to remember that another must be made. Now, Morgan-Oakes turns the approach on its head or rather, its toe with Toe-Up 2-at-a-Time Socks.

Knitters adore toe-up socks for both novelty and practicality. Knitters can try on the sock as they work, they never run out of yarn before the foot is complete, and they avoid needing the dreaded kitchener stitch to finish off the toe. Many swear that toe-up socks just plain feel more comfortable, too.

Morgan-Oakes combines the pleasures of toe-up knitting with the convenience of her 2-at-a-time approach in 15 original designs for men, women, children, and babies. From the delicate and graceful ballerina sock to the kaleidoscopic, nubby peppercorn pattern, there is a style here for every pair of feet. For each pattern, Morgan-Oakes provides row-by-row instructions, charts for both large and small feet, and captivating, four-color photographs of the finished product. Readers aren't limited to these patterns, however. Once mastered, the technique can be applied to any sock pattern.

With Toe-Up 2-at-a-Time Socks as their guide, knitters will rock the toe-up sock world, two-at-a-time, every time.

Increasingly boys and men are suffering with eating disorders and related body image problems. Some have full-blown conditions such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia, binge eating, compulsive exercising or bigorexia. Others are distressed by slightly lesser degrees of disordered eating or over-exercise and seek ways of overcoming their problems.

The Invisible Man applies the latest research to produce a practical, problem-focused self-help manual for men with eating disorders and body image problems. Divided into four sections, this evidence-based survival kit covers:

• the wider cultural context of male body image problems
• features unique to men
• science fact and science fiction
• a 7 stage approach to treatment.

By combining the science of cognitive behaviour therapy with motivational enhancement and problem-solving therapies, The Invisible Man provides help to all men with body image disorders, as well as families and professionals involved in their care.

Benjamin Justice was one of the most prominent and respected journalists in Los Angeles ... until everything collapsed. After Justice won the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism, it was discovered that he'd played fast and loose with the facts, and fabricated sources for the winning series of articles. In the uproar that followed, Justice lost everything that mattered to him - his job, his reputation, and many friends. Now, many years later, Justice has finally gone public with a controversial memoir, giving his version of his life's most dramatic events, including his high-profile fall from grace. To Justice, this book maybe his last chance to turn his life around, redeem himself, and once again make a living as a writer.
But his memoir brings out more than the truth - it draws out dangerous ghosts from his past: a former classmate with a twisted obsession with Justice, a troubled young man whose connection to Justice is shrouded in mystery, and a vengeful journalist determined to ruin him all over again. When a series of death threats, then attacks, threaten the people closest to him, Justice must uncover the remaining secrets of his own life if he's to learn the truth in time.

This medical reference offers primary care practitioners a step-by-step approach to the recognition and treatment of psychiatric disorders. Editors Helsley and Vanin (behavioral and family medicine, psychiatry, West Virginia U. Student Health Service) and contributors provide primary care physicians with background information to assist them in diagnosing adjustment disorder, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and substance-induced anxiety disorder. In addition to diagnostic and evaluation techniques, chapters also include pharmacology, psychopharmacotherapy, and age and medical condition-related disorders. Bulleted highlights and 'Pearls for the Practitioner' sections offer quick reference points throughout the text. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Inspired by Grigory Perelman's three preprints, although not slavishly devoted to Perelman's organization, Morgan and Tian provide full details of a complete proof of geometric arguments (particularly the Ricci flow as introduced and studied by Hamilton) that establish the Poincaré Conjecture in the affirmative. In this comprehensive and well-illustrated monograph they describe the background of Riemann geometry and Ricci flow, including manifolds of non-negative curvature, the maximum principle and convergence results for Ricci flow, Perelman's length function and its applications, including a comparative geometry approach to the Ricci flow, complete Ricci flows of bounded curvature, results and the standard solution, Ricci flow with surgery, and completion of the proof of the conjecture, including finite-time extinction. An appendix describes 3-manifolds covered by canonical neighborhoods. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

This collection for undergraduate and graduate students contains 35 essays on ethics in sport. Morgan (sport humanities, Ohio State U.) brings together essays from 1964 to the present on metaethical considerations, competition and fair play, doping and genetic enhancement, gender and sexual equality, and other issues such as violence, exploitation, race, spectatorship, and disability. This edition has been updated to include an introduction to ethics, and about half of the essays are new, three of which are previously unpublished. Sections on fair play and social ethics have been expanded, and the section on drug use and genetic technology has been redone. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

This is the first study to be entirely devoted to African literary drama in French, a major component of African theater. Beginning with a detailed analysis of its relationship to a variety of precolonial, but sometimes still contemporary, traditions of performance that constitute part of its roots, the author examines this drama in both its literary and theatrical dimensions. He discusses its development, themes and techniques up to and including contemporary theater. The book is divided into two sections: Part One offers a theoretical and historical background; Part Two analyzes key individual plays central to the repertoire, including two from the Caribbean. All quotations are translated into English.

This book offers updated communicative activities for teaching new words to language learners, including collocations, the mother tongue, and lexis as a system.

African Drama and Performance is a collection of innovative and wide-ranging essays that bring conceptually fresh perspectives, from both renowned and emerging voices, to the study of drama, theatre, and performance in Africa. Topics range from studies of major dramatic authors and formal literary dramas to improvisational theatre and popular video films. South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commissions are analyzed as a kind of social performance, and aspects of African performance in the diaspora are also considered. This dynamic volume underscores theatre's role in postcolonial society and politics and reexamines performance as a form of high art and everyday social ritual.

Contributors are Akin Adesokan, Daniel Avorgbedor, Karin Barber, Nicholas Brown, Catherine Cole, John Conteh-Morgan, Johannes Fabian, Joachim Fiebach, Marie-José Hourantier, Loren Kruger, Pius Ngandu Nkashama, Isidore Okpewho, Tejumola Olaniyan, Ato Quayson, Sandra L. Richards, Wole Soyinka, Dominic Thomas, and Bob W. White.

The Third Reich's last ditch efforts to sweep the massed Allied bomber formations from the skies of Germany centred around the new crop of jet 'wonder weapons' that were issued to the Jagdwaffe from mid-1944 onwards. Far in advance of anything the Allies had even in the experimental phase, types like the Me 262, He 162, Me 163 and the Ar 234 could perform their combat sorties with relative impunity. However, paucity in numbers and unreliable jet engines eventually cancelled out any technological edge that these aircraft offered.

Provides graduate students and research mathematicians working in algebraic geometry with a perspective on how four-manifold theory was studied before the discovery of the Weiberg-Witten theory in current use. Explains how the spectacular success of the theory was founded on a decade of constructing correct questions and basic strategies. The five lectures are from the 1994 meeting of an annual summer graduate program in Princeton, New Jersey. No index. Members of the Mathematical Association of America and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics receive a 20% discount from list price. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Text and photographs trace the life of the fearless pioneer who became known as the Mother of Texas.

Stories can provide a highly motivating, engaging and realistic source of genuine language interaction in the classroom. They are 'living language' in which the teacher (or student storyteller) becomes the source of language, and the listeners are actively involved in understanding. The authors argue from experience that almost everyone can tell stories convincingly, especially given an outline to work from. A very wide range of these outlines, from many cultures and sources, are provided. These can be used by the teacher as a resource for a variety of activities for students from beginner to advanced levels, including listening comprehension, grammar practice, oral production and fluency practice, but above all for exposure to real spoken language.