A biracial child abandoned shortly after birth is adopted into an African-American family and embarks upon a 40-year journey to discover the startling truth of his genetic origins.

The city of Denver was born during the great Pikes Peak or Bust gold rush of 1859 when flakes of placer gold were found where the South Platte River meets…

Determinations of the indentation hardness properties of crystals have expanded to cover the full characterizations of their important elastic, plastic and cracking behaviors, particularly as accomplished with the increased measuring…

Cognitive and Intellectual Disabilities: Historical Perspectives, Current Practices, and Future Directions provides thorough coverage of the causes and characteristics of cognitive and intellectual disabilities (formerly known as mental retardation) as…

Focusing on the vital aspects of forensic psychology, this book offers advanced undergraduate and graduate students with the theory, research, and practice in the field. It covers such important topics…

Offers information to confidently begin the design process and successfully complete a healthcare project, large or small, on time and within budget. This book covers clinics, emergency departments, ambulatory care…

Details an analysis of the use of Centralized Intermediate Repair Facilities (CIRFs) to provide off-equipment component repair for CONUS-based fighter aircraft, supporting both training and deployment scenarios. This monograph presents…

Labor and Global Justice combines conceptual and theoretical perspectives across a multiplicity of relevant differences, both geographical and disciplinary, to develop a transnational perspective on labor and justice and to…