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Fundamentals of the Theory of Metals. By A. A. Abrikosov. (Amsterdam, Oxford, New York: North-Holland, 1988.) [Pp. x +614 +author and subject index.] Price Dfl. 110·00 soft cover. Spin Waves and Magnetic Excitations. Parts I and II. Edited by A. S. Borovik-Romanov and S. K. Sinha. (Amsterdam, Oxford, New York: North-Holland, 1988.) [Pp. Part I: xxviii + 478; Part II: xi +443 + subject, author, materials and cumulative indices.] Price Part I: Dfl.250·00; Part II: Dfl.212·00 hard cover. Photoacoustic, Photothermal and Photochemical Processes at Surfaces and in Thin Films. Edited by P. Hess. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1989.) [Pp. xiv + 365 + subject index.] Price DM 109·00 hard cover. A Random Walk Through Fractal Dimensions. By B. H. Kaye. (Weinheim, Basel, Cambridge and New York: VCH Verlagsgesellschaft, 1989.) [Pp. xxv +410 + subject and author index.] Price DM 108·00 soft cover. Universality in Chaos. Second edition. Compiled and introduced by P. Cvitanovic. (Bristol and New York: Adam Hilger, 1989.) [Pp. x + 631 + author index.] Price £45·00 hard cover, £15·00 soft cover. Ferromagnetic Materials. Volume 4. Edited by E. P. Wohlfarth and K. H. J. Buschow. (Amsterdam, Oxford and New York: North-Holland, 1988.) [Pp. xvii + 596 +author, subject and materials indices.] Price Dfl. 350·000 hard cover. Amorphous Silicon and Related Materials. Volumes A and B. Edited by H. Fritzsche (Singapore, New Jersey, London: World Scientific, 1989.) [Pp. A: xv + 717, B: ix + 697) Price £101·00/US$159 soft cover. High Temperature Superconductors and Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity. Parts I and II. (Volumes 153-155 of Physica C.) Edited by J. Muller and J. L. Olsen. (Amsterdam, Oxford, New York: North-Holland, 1988.) [Pp. Part I: 1x +1045, Part II: 695 +author and subject index.] Price Dfl. 326·00 per volume soft cover. (Proceedings of the International Conference on High Temperature Superconductors, Interlaken, Switzerland, February 28-March 4, 1988. 740 contributions.) High Temperature Superconductivity and Other Related Topics. Edited by B. E. Baaquie, C. K. Chew, C. H. Lai, C. H. Oh and K. K. Phua. (Singapore and London: World Scientific, 1989.) [Pp. xiii + 314.1 Price £50·00//US $78·00 hard cover. (Proceedings of the First Asia-Pacific Conference on Condensed Matter Physics held in Singapore, June 27-July 3, 1988. 67 contributions.) Towards the Theoretical Understanding of High Tc Superconductors. Edited by S. Lundqvist, E. Tosatti, M. P. Tosi and Yu Lu. (Singapore and London: World Scientific, 1988.) [Pp. xx + 783 + author index.] Price £56·00/US $86·00 hard cover. (Proceedings of the Adriatico Research Conference and Workshop held in Trieste, June 20-July 29, 1988·80 contributions.) Ultrafast Phenomena in Spectroscopy. Edited by A. Rudzikas, A. Piskarskas, and R. Baltramiejunas. (Singapore and London: World Scientific, 1988.) [Pp. xvi + 516+author index.] Price £56·00/US $86·00 hard cover. (Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium held in Vilnius, Lithuania, August 22-25, 1987. 72 contributions.) Plasma Etching. An Introduction. Edited by D. M. Manos and D. L. Flamm. (Boston, San Diego, New York, Academic Press. 1989.) [Pp. xii + 470 + subject index.] Price US $69·50 hard cover. Plasma Etching. An Introduction. Edited by D. M. Manos and D. L. Flamm. (Boston, San Diego, New York, Academic Press. 1989.) [Pp. xii + 470 + subject index.] Price US $69·50 hard cover. Biomineralization. Chemical and Biochemical I erspectives. Edited by S. Mann, J. Webb and R. J. P. williams. (Weinheim, Basel, Cambridge: VCH Verlagsgesell-schaft, 1989.) [Pp. xxiv +510 +subject index.] Price £98·00 hard cover. A Physicist's Desk Reference. Physics Vade Mecum. Second edition. Edited by H. L. Anderson. (London and New York, Adam Hilger, 1989.) [Pp. 347 +subject index] Price £49·00 hard cover, £22·40 soft cover. Progress in Optics. Volume XXVII. Edited by E. Wolf. (Amsterdam, Oxford, New York: North-Holland, 1989.) [Pp. xix + 397 + author and subject index.] Price Dfl. 235·00/US $114·50 hard cover.

Optical Effects in Liquid Crystals. Edited by I. Janossy. (Milan: Jaca, 1991.) [Pp. ix+232+author and subject index.] Price Dfl 190.0O/£64.00 hard cover. Angle-Resolved Photoemission. Theory and Current Applications. Edited by S. D. Kevan. (Amsterdam, London, New York: Elsevier, 1992.) [Pp. x+610+subject index.] Price US $283.00/Dfl.495.00 hard cover. Quantum Mechanics. By F. Schwabl. Translated by R. Kates. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1992.) [Pp. xiii + 400 + subject index.] Price £28.00 soft cover. Computer Simulation Methods in Theoretical Physics. Second Edition. By D. W. Heermann. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New Y ork: Springer-Verlag, 1990.) [Pp. xi + 145+subject index.] Price £14.00 soft cover. The Spectroscopy of Semiconductors. Edited by D. G. Seiler and C. L. Littler (Boston, San Diego, New York: Academic Press, 1992.) [Pp. xiii +428 +subject index.] Price US $99.50 hard cover.

Physics of Complex and Supermolecular Fluids. Edited by S. A. Safran and N. A. Clark. (New York, Chichester, Brisbane: J. Wiley & Sons, 1987.) [Pp. xv + 720.1 Price £48.85 hard cover. Electrodynamics of the Semiconductor Band Edge. By A. Stahl and I. Balslev. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1987.) [Pp. ix + 202 + subject index.] Price DM 92.50 hard cover. International Workshop on Aperiodic Crystals. Edited by D. Gratias and L. Michel. (Paris: Editions de Physique, 1986.) [Pp. xii + 498 + author index.] Price FF 250.00 soft cover. Progress in Low Temperature Physics. Volume XI. Edited by D. F. Brewer. (Amsterdam, Oxford, New York: North-Holland, 1987.) [Pp. xvi + 289 + subject and author index.] Price Dfl. 200.00 hard cover. High Magnetic Fields in Semiconductor Physics. Edited by G. Landwehr. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1987.) [Pp. xiv + 560 + author index.] Price DM 108.00/US $59.00 hard cover. Mathematical Physics. Edited by M. Mebkhout and R. Seneor. (Singapore: World Scientific, 1987.) [Pp. xvi + 872.1 Price £69.25 hard cover.

Solid State Chemistry and its Applications. By A. R. West. (Chichester, New York and Brisbane: J. Wiley & Sons, 1985.) [Pp. vii +713 +subject, author and materials index.] Price £37·00 hard cover Optical Orientation. Edited by F. Meier and B. P. Zakharchenya. (Amsterdam, Oxford, New York and Tokyo: North-Holland, 1984.) [Pp. xi + 508 + subject and author index.] Price Dfl.290·00/US$111·50 hard cover. The Principles and Practice of Electron Microscopy. By I. M. Watt. (Cambridge, London, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985.) [Pp. vi + 296 + subject and author index.] Price £40·00 hard cover. Nonlinear Phenomena in Solids-Modern Topics. Edited by M. Borissov. (Singapore: World Scientific, 1985.) [Pp. viii + 474.] Price US $54·00 hard cover. The Structure of Surfaces. Edited by M. A. Van Hove and S. Y. Tong. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer Verlag, 1985.) [Pp. xii + 428 + subject index.) Price £36·50 hard cover.

Excitation of Plasmons and Interband Transitions by Electrons. By H. Raether. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1980.) [Pp. 192+subject index.] Price DM 59, – –/US $32.50 hardback. Physics of Superionic Conductors. Edited by M. B. Salamon. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1979.) [Pp. xii+248+subject index.] Price DM 59, – –/US $32.50 hardback. Electronic and Vibrational Properties of Point Defects in Ionic Crystals. By Y. Farces and M. P. Fontana. (Amsterdam: North Holland, 1979.) [Pp. xix+247+author and subject index.] Price Dfl. 100.00/US $48.75 hardback. Defects and Diffusion in Solids. An Introduction. By S. Mrowec. (Amsterdam, Oxford, New York: Elsevier, 1980.) [Pp. 464+subject index.] Price Dfl. 170.00/US $83.00 hardback. Fluctuation Phenomena. Edited by E. W. Montroll and J. L. Lebowitz. (Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1979.) [Pp. 340+author and subject index.] Price Dfl. 120.00/US $58.50 hardback. Crystal Growth: A Tutorial Approach. Edited by W. Bardsley, D. T. J. Hurle and J. B. Mullin. (Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1979.) [Pp. vi+401+subject index.] Price Dfl. 110.00/US $53.75 hardback. Liquid Crystals. By S. Chandrasekhar. (Cambridge University Press, 1980.) [Pp. x+336+subject index.] Price £8.95 paperback. Light Scattering in Solids. Edited by J. L. Birman, H. Z. Cummins and K. K. Rebane. (New York: Plenum Press, 1979.) [Pp. xxi+523+author and subject index.] Price US $55.00 hardback (camera-ready typescript). Electrostatics 1979. Edited by J. Lowell. (London, Bristol: The Institute of Physics, 1979.) [Pp. 349+author index.] Price £32.00 hardback. Auger Electron Spectroscopy Reference Manual. By G. E. Mcguire. (New York: Plenum Press, 1979.) [Pp. ix+129.] Price US $39.50 paperback. Laser Handbook, Volume 3. Edited by M. L. Stitch. (Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1979.) [Pp. ix+846+author and subject index.] Price Dfl. 250.00/ US $122.00 hardback.

GAY TOURISM: CULTURE, IDENTITY AND SEX. Edited by Stephen Clift, Michael Luongo and Carry Callister. London and New York: Continuum, 1st Edition, ISBN: 0-8264-5480-1 (hardback), 2002, xvi + 280 pp. (20 figures, 7 tables, appendix, references, index), US $29.95. Reviewed by Kevin Markwell. THE INTERNET AND TRAVEL AND TOURISM EDUCATION, Edited by Gary Williams, William Chernish, and Bob McKercher. Binghamton: The Haworth Hospitality Press. ISBN: 0-7890-1651-6 (soft cover) and 0-7890-1650-8 (hard cover), 2001, xii + 193 pages (preface, figures, tables, index), $24.95 (soft cover) and $44.95 (hard cover). Reviewed by Stan McGahey. SPORT AND ADVENTURE TOURISM. Simon Hudson. Binghamton: The Haworth Hospitality Press, Inc., ISBN: 0-7890-1275-8, 2002, xxi + 324 pages (bibliographical references, appendix, index), $59.95 hard cover, $34.95 soft cover. Reviewed by Siu-Ian (Amy) So.

Lateritic bauxites. Developments in economic geology: 27. G. Bárdossy and G.J.J. Aleva. 624 pp plus 22 colour pages, hard cover. Elsevier Amsterdam, 1990. First edition. ISBN 0-444-98811-4 (Vol 27), ISBN 0-444-41250-6 (Series). Price Dfl. 295.00/US$168.50

LITERATURE ON THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT Get access BFMP Guide to the Industrial Relations Act 1971. [ London: British Federation of Master Printers . 1971 . 43 pp. Paper. 75p.] Industrial Relations Act—A Comprehensive Guide . By CYRIL CRABTREB [ London : Charles Knight & Co. Ltd . 1971 . 241 pp. Soft cover, £1–75; hard cover, £3–50.] “Current Law” Statutes Annotated, 1971, Part 8: Industrial Relations Act 1971 . [ London : Sweet & Maxwell Ltd. and Stevens & Sons Ltd. ; Edinburgh : W. Green & Son . 1971 . Unpaged. Paper. Available to subscribers.] Industrial Relations—The New Act . By ELLIOTT JOHN . [ London : Financial Tunes . 1971 . 43 pp. Paper. 25p.] Industrial Relations . By R. J. HARVEY . [ London : Butterworths . 1971 . xvi and 447 pp. Board. £5–75.] A Guide to the Industrial Relations Act 1971 . By C G. HEATH [ London : Sweet & Maxwell Ltd. ; Edinburgh : W. Green & Son . 1971 . xx and 256 pp. Paper. £3 net.] Industrial Relations—A Guide to the Industrial Relations Act 1971 . [ London : Department of Employment 1971 . 82 pp. Paper. Free.] The Industrial Relations Act at Work . By HENDERSON JOAN . [ London : The Industrial Society . 28 pp. Paper. 75p.] Industrial Relations Act 1971—Trade Unionist's Guide . [ London : Labour Research Department. 1971 . 40 pp. Paper. 12p.] The Times Guide to the Industrial Relations Act—Workers, managers and the law in Britain . By INNIS MACBEATH . [ London : Times Newspapers Ltd . 1971 . 146 pp. doth. £2–50.] An Employers' Guide to The Industrial Relations Act . By PETER PATERSON.[ London : Kogan Page (Associates) Ltd . 135 pp. Board. £1–80.] Guide to the Industrial Relations Act 1971 . By NORMAN M. SELWYN [ London : Butterworths . 1971 . xix and 153 pp. Soft cover. £1–50.] Industrial Law Journal, Volume 1, Issue 1, 1972, Pages 55, https://doi.org/10.1093/ilj/1.1.55 Published: 01 June 1972

Quaternary Coastlines and Maritime Archaeology: Towards the Prehistory of Land Bridges and Continental Shelves. P. M. Masters and N. C. Flemming, editors. Academic Press, New York, 1983. xv + 641 pp., figures, plates, references, subject index. $42.00 (cloth). - Volume 52 Issue 2

A.T. Clason, ed. Archaeozoological Studies. New York: American Elsevier (Amsterdam: North‐Holland), 1975. xvi + 477 pp. List of participants, index, figures, tables, and chapter references. English (29 articles), German (16 articles), and French (3 articles). $45.00 cloth. B.D. Smith. “Middle Mississippi Exploitation of Animal Populations.” Ann Arbor: University of Michigan (Museum of Anthropology) Anthropological Paper no. 57, 1975. xii + 233 pp. List of figures and tables, appendices, bibliography. $4.00 paper. R.W. Casteel. Fish Remains in Archaeology and Paleo‐environmental Studies. New York: Academic Press, 1976. x +180 pp. References, author and subject indices. $14.80 cloth. L.R. Binford, ed. For Theory Building in Archaeology: Essays on Faunal Remains, Aquatic Resources, Spatial Analysis, and Systemic Modeling. New York: Academic Press, 1977. xviii + 419 pp. List of contributors, figures, and tables, chapter references, author and subject indices. $24.50 cloth.

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Abstract Plant Stress From Air Pollution, by Michael Treshow and Franklin K. Anderson, University of Utah, U.S.A., 283 pages (including 18 figures, 17 tables, 31 pages of references (and suggested reading added to the chapters), two appendices on scientific names of plants and on conversion of concentration units, and a good index of 14 pages), format 236 × 157 mm, hard cover, ISBN 0-471-92374-5, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester New York Brisbane Toronto Singapore (1989), £39.00. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Volume 114, edited by George W. Ware, College of Agriculture, University of Arizona 85721, Tucson, U.S.A., 171 pages (including 1 figure, 33 tables, references added to the four contributions, and an index of 9 pages), hard cover, format 237-156 mm, ISBN 3-540-97207-2, Springer-Verlag New York Berlin Heidelberg London Paris Tokyo Hong Kong (1990), DM 90.00. Polychlorinated Dibenzo-Para-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans Icps/WHO, Environmental Health Criteria No. 88, by a Task Group under the Chairmanship of Prof. A. D. Dayan, St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, London, U.K., 409 pages (no figures, including 73 tables, 79 pages of references, a French summary, but no index), paper back, format 210 × 140 mm, ISBN 92-4-154288-8. World Health Organization Publications, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland (1989), SFr. 40.00, US$32.00. Advances in Soil Sciences, Volume 9, edited by B. A. Stewart, USDA Conservation and Production Research Laboratory, Bushland, Texas 79012, U.S.A., 219 pages (including 66 figures, 27 tables, references added to each contribution, and an index of five pages), hard cover, format 242 × 162 mm, ISBN 3-540-96781-8, Springer-Verlag New York Berlin Heidelberg London Paris Tokyo (1989), DM 154.00. Immunochemical Methods for Environmental Analysis, ACS Symposium Series No. 442, edited by Jeanette M. van Emon, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas and by Ralph O. Mumma, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 229 pages (including 65 figures, 36 tables, references added to the chapters, and a subject index of 8 pages), hard cover, format 234 × 159 mm, ISBN 0-8412-1875-7, American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C. 20037 (1990), US$ 49.95. Identifying and Regulating Carcinogens, by the Office of Technology Assessment Task Force, Congress of the United States, Washington, D.C., 249 pages (including 8 figures, 41 tables, four appendices on the Statutory Authority for Regulating Carcinogens, Chemicals Listed in Annual Reports on Carcinogens and NCI/NTP Test Results, Acknowledgements, and Acronyms, and 15 pages of references), hard-bound, format 268 × 211 mm, ISBN 0-87371-152-1, Lewis Publishers, Inc., Chelsea, Michigan, U.S.A. (1988), £29.65.

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Clinical pharmacology: Basic principles in therapeutics. Ed. 2: Edited by Kenneth L. Melmon and Howard F. Morrelli. 1146 pp., $25.00 (hard cover), $19.95 (soft cover). McMillan Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1978

Sizing Up the Environment in Asia BOOK REVIEW : Plundering Paradise: The Struggle for the Environment in the Philippines BY ROBIN BROAD WITH JOHN CAVANAUGH Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1993, 197 pp., $25.00 (soft cover) Asia's Environmental Crisis EDITED BY MICHAEL C. HOWARD Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993, 293 pp., $44.95 (hard cover