Product Description: One of the bestselling titles in the world famous ABC series with contributions from internationally respected experts. This is an authoritative guide to the epidemiology, incidence and most up to date management of HIV/AIDS.

Product Description: These are not love poems. These are almost-love poems. Jittery, plaintive, and fresh, Personals is voiced through a startling variety of speakers who continually rev themselves up to the challenge of connecting with others, often to no avail...read more

Provides the basic education in the XSLT processing model that developers have requestedThe growth of XML content management applications is boosting the demand for XSLT and XPath skills. This beginning Wrox book provides a firm foundation in the XSLT processing model, giving developers an important skillset.If, like many developers, you've had trouble grasping the XSLT processing model, you'll appreciate how this book focuses specifically on what you need to know. XSLT examples address the often-requested processing steps for typical XML document and data vocabularies. You will see exactly how XSLT relies on XPath, and how the processing model differs from most programming languages. A case study demonstrates how to build a static Web site using XSLT 2.0 elements and XPath 2.0 functions.Explains XSLT and XPath, covering both version 1.0 and 2.0Covers using templates, control and branching, variable and parameters, sorting and grouping, and using modular stylesheetsAlso examines strings, dates, and numbers; working with multiple documents and text; generating identifiers; and testing and documentationAll topics contain incremental code examplesAddresses the much-requested processing steps for typical XML document and data vocabularies, including how the processing model differs from most programming languagesBeginning XSLT and XPath: Transforming XML Documents and Data is the essential guide you need to thoroughly understand the important XSLT processing model.Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Product Description: Ian Williams writes challenging poetry. His poems address the crisis of young, black masculinity in cities, paint starkly urban portraits of live and break open stereotypes. Sly humour laces through this collection, and Williams is adept at playing with language to change meanings in unexpected ways...read more

Product Description: This is an exciting glimpse of how much (and how little) the town of Dorking and the villages of the Mole Valley have changed over the past 100 years. The book is beautifully illustrated with old postcards from the extensive collection of Ian Williams, which are carefully matched with modern images of the same scene taken by a local photographic club...read more

Product Description: In Tudor times, paupers who complained about their treatment would be whipped. In modern times, charities that campaign too vigorously on behalf of their beneficiaries are accused of "political activity," and risk their legal status and government funding being withdrawn...read more

Product Description: Ian Williams describes in captivating detail how Rum and the molasses that it was made from was to the 18th century what oil is today. Rum was used by the colonists to clear Native American tribes and to buy slaves. To make it, they regularly traded with the enemy French during the Seven Years' War, angering their British masters and setting themselves on the road to Revolution...read more

Product Description: Palliative care affirms the value of holistic support for persons facing death from advanced disease. This handbook aims to provide succinct and practical advice on the management of major neurological disorders in both their supportive and terminal phases, recognizing that these conditions are increasing in prevalence in virtually every society as the proportion of elderly persons grows...read more

Product Description: Riding in Africa captures the escapades of more than twelve journeys to Africa. Author Ian Williams offers sage—if somewhat tongue-in-cheek—advice on how to get from one end of an African horse safari to the other without killing yourself...read more

A fascinating cultural history of rum explores the role of this distilled spirit in the economic and social structures of the eighteenth century, from the Puritans, who were known to imbibe now and then, to the slave plantations of Barbados.

Product Description: Deserter looks objectively at the military record of George W. Bush, his role in the armed forces, and his treatment of them. Over the past year, Bush’s military poses have been contrived to convince the American public that he is a National Security President...read more

Product Description: Provides a comprehensive, balanced introduction to this multi-disciplinary area of chemistry. Intended not only for chemists, but also for environmental and other science students, this text carefully introduces the chemistry needed to fully appreciate this subject, placing it in an applied and practical setting...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This publication illustrates the variety and unpredictability of conditions encountered by primary care physicians. Some of the topics covered include cardiovascular disease symptoms, nail disorders, skin conditions, infectious diseases, carcinoms and orthopaedics.

Traces the origins and achievements of the United Nations, explains its goals and structure, and offers profiles of its leaders