Oxford University Press

A Modern Statistical Guide Using RHurricane Climatology explains how to analyze and model hurricane data to better understand and predict present and future hurricane activity...

The first guide to the burgeoning case law in this area, this book provides expert analysis of all relevant decisions, alongside incisive summaries of the legal framework and general principles. Covering over 60 specific issues in an easy-to-use A-Z format, it is the indispensable companion for all regulatory and disciplinary practitioners....

Translation and the Making of Modern Chinese CultureLin Shu, Inc. explores the dynamic interactions between literary translation, commercial publishing, and the politics of "e;traditional"e; Chinese culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as it traces how Lin Shu and a team of translators brought classic Western novels...

1939-1955The first study of the underground economy in austerity Britain. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including recently declassified material, it reveals the nature and extent of black marketeering in rationed and price controlled goods during the 1940s and early 1950s....

Understanding Families in the Digital AgeNew technologies offer new ways for families to connect, access ideas and entertainment, and manage the risks faced by children and teens, but they also bring more responsibilities, choices, and challenges. Clark argues that families experience digital and mobile technologies in their children's lives,...

Hydrogen, Protons, and Hydration in Bio-macromoleculesOne of the first books dedicated to the emerging field of neutron protein crystallography (NPC). It covers all of the practical aspects of NPC and demonstrates how NPC can explore protein features such as hydrogen bonds, protonation and deprotonation of amino acid residues, and hydration...