Joan A Moore

Astronomy in the Bible

Social Problems

The World of Cats: An Illustrated Guide to Your Best-Loved Breeds

Urban Ethnicity in the United States: New Immigrants and Old Minorities

Drugs in Hispanic Communities

Drugs in Hispanic Communities

Cat Lovers Companion

In the Barrios: Latinos and the Underclass Debate

P-i-c-k-l-e-s Spells Pickles

P-i-c-k-l-e-s Spells Pickles is the first in a series of Mama says…picture books dedicated to supporting child readers and strong family bonds. The book is a fun, easy to read story which captures children’s attention through the main character, Pickles, a gray tabby kitten who navigates adventures ...

Generations of Exclusion: Mexican-Americans, Assimilation, and Race

When boxes of original files from a 1965 survey of Mexican Americans were discovered behind a dusty bookshelf at UCLA, sociologists Edward Telles and Vilma Ortiz recognized a unique opportunity to examine how the Mexican American experience has evolved over the past four decades. Telles and Ortiz lo...

The Cat Lover's Companion: A Book of Cat Days and Cat Ways

A colorful, charming, entertaining, and informative daybook full of crazy cat capers, fascinating feline facts, anecdotes, stunning photographs, and beautiful watercolor illustrations of a variety of cats. Each double-page spread offers space for seven day entries, and there is a special astrologica...

Steam Tables : Thermodynamic Properties of Water Including Vapor, Liquid, and Solid Phases/With Charts (metric measurements)

This book presents the results of a new and independent correlation of all existing thermodynamic data as of 1992. It constitutes a complete revision of the Keenan and Keyes Tables of 1936 and an extension of range to 100 MPa and about 1300 degrees C. The tables in this book, given in SI Units, are ...

Going Down To The Barrio: Homeboys and Homegirls in Change

In this illuminating look at two Chicano gangs in East Los Angeles, Joan W. Moore examines the changes and continuities among three generations of barrio gangs. As a sequel to the author's award-winning study, "Homeboys" (Temple, 1979), this book returns to the same neighborhoods to chart the develo...

Steam Tables: Thermodynamic Properties of Water, Including Vapor, Liquid, and Solid Phases (English Units)

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1969. Hardbound, about 10.25 inches tall, 162 pages. Appendix, references. Mollier chart is found in a pocket at the rear.

In the Barrios: Latinos and the Underclass Debate

Pages are clean and binding is tight.