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I would like to thank Eric Keller, whose work on previous editions has built a foundation for
this current edition. A big thanks to Keith Reicher, our technical editor, who worked above and
beyond the call of duty.

Thanks are due to Judith Myers, David M. Brown, Donald Booth, Joe Cobb,
and Jim Chesher for editorial help. Dave and Judy Thresher, who endowed the
R. C Hoiles Chair I hold at Chapman University, are responsible for some of
the financial support…

Coal mining adversely affects the eco-system as a whole. On the unstable earth; the unresting
mankind constantly uses a variety of resources for their daily lives. Coal is recognized to
have been the main source of energy in India for many decades…

Although reading is popularly considered to be a solitary experience, in linguistics
and literature studies the social nature of reading has been widely recognized.
Accordingly, it is posited here that due to their inherently interactive and…

The paper examines why Western culture achieved a position of hegemony in
global development in the 1800s and why non-Western cultures, particularly
Arabic, Indian, and Chinese cultures, did not achieve the same despite earlier
supremacy in…

People often need to work with sheets of figures. For example, where you want to create a
basic balance sheet for a business plan, record your expenditures, create time sheets or
expense applications.

Social science research suggests that using a red pen for essay marking evokes a
negative student response. Beyond the choice of marking color, ELL students are
often overwhelmed by the assorted scribbles, circles and slashes that teachers apply…

SHELLEY'S FAMOUS sonnet 'Ozymandias' was written after a visit to the British Museum in 1817, where he
saw the massive granite torso of Ramesses II recently taken by Belzoni from the Ramesseum at Thebes in Egypt. Belzoni had been prevented from…