Reference works

The Annual Spink Maury catalogue of French stamps

In landmass and population, Scotland is a fairly small country but in terms of making an impact on the world throughout history, she has regularly punched above her weight.

Cutting-edge reference for nutrition and nursing professionals working in all healthcare settings.

An Index forming a study guide to "e;The Collected Works of Eugene Halliday"e;.

A definitive guide to the science and history of constipation across the nation.

Reconnect with the seasons in Britain and Ireland with this month-by-month guide to the world around us - including key dates, tide tables and garden tasks; constellations and moon phases; sunrises, folk songs, seasonal recipes plus a 'bun of the month'; and - because 2023 will be a good year for planet spotting - the solar system and the zodiac.

This is the first comprehensive encyclopedia on the history of the vast and varied ways human beings have used the world's waterways for business, protection, and recreation.

This thoroughly revised second edition is an examination of domestic violence from social, legal, and historical perspectives.

A comprehensive two-volume overview and analysis of all facets of espionage in the American historical experience, focusing on key individuals and technologies.

This work is a comprehensive survey of one of the oldest-and hottest-debates in American history: the role of religion in the public discourse.

This three-volume work is a cornerstone resource on the evolution and dynamics of the Jewish Diaspora as it played out around the world-from its beginnings to the present.

This encyclopedia provides the most complete treatment to date of the accomplishments of African American scientists-and the struggles of African Americans to find their place in the scientific community.

This engaging work uses key discoveries, events, people, techniques, and controversies to give the general reader a rich history of archaeology from its beginnings in the 16th century to the present.

Jamestown Colony is an authoritative and thorough treatment of all aspects of life in Jamestown, the first successful British colony in the New World.

A comprehensive, contextual presentation of all aspects-social, political, and economic-of slavery in the United States, from the first colonization through Reconstruction.

A complete history of human endeavors in space, this book also moves beyond the traditional topics of human spaceflight, space technology, and space science to include political, social, cultural, and economic issues, and also commercial, civilian, and military applications.

This dictionary provides a synthesis of information currently available but only in a diverse array of sources.

This comprehensive new dictionary comprises over 1300 definitions and brief articles to provide an extremely useful ready-reference work on solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, including information on the scenes of production of many fuels, such as major coal reserves and large oil and gas fields.

This fascinating book contains information on over 2,300 ancient Western philosophers, from Abammon to Zoticus.

This fascinating book contains information on over 2,300 ancient Western philosophers, from Abammon to Zoticus.

"e;Advances in Hospitality and Leisure"e;, a new peer-review serial, delivers refreshing insights from a host of scientific studies in the domains of hospitality, leisure, and tourism.

The Irish Yearbook of International Law (IYIL) supports research into Ireland's practice in international affairs and foreign policy, filling a gap in existing legal scholarship and assisting in the dissemination of Irish thinking and practice on matters of international law.

This volume contains papers presented at the 17th Annual EU Competition Law and Policy Workshop, organized by Philip Lowe and Mel Marquis and held at the European University Institute on 13-14 July 2012.

Acting: Cut the Crap, Cue the Truth fills a gap in the drama school curriculum, tackling many areas which are unaddressed during training and discussing issues that are more often than not hushed up afterwards.

The Well Read Play, deepens our appreciation and enjoyment of drama.

QFINANCE: The Ultimate Resource (4th edition) offers both practical and thought-provoking articles for the finance practitioner, written by leading experts from the markets and academia.

What's the difference between an anarchist and an anarcho-syndicalist, a Platonist and a Neo-Platonist?

Science 1001 provides clear and concise explanations of the most fundamental and fascinating scientific concepts.

This book fills important gaps in understanding the experiences and outcomes of college and the professional lives of successful Black women and the role of institutional context.

From zero to infinity, The Book of Numbers is a handy-sized volume which opens up a new realm of knowledge.

A vast country spanning an entire continent, Canada is a land of many secrets.

A collection of quotes by the famous and not so famous on all aspects of money.

You can fall into it and out of it.

Here is a sympathetic compilation of quotes from those who have felt the pain, loss, and gain of life after marriage.

A concise but comprehensive collection of famous Scottish quotes.

Here is a sympathetic compilation of quotes from those who have felt the pain, loss, and gain of life after marriage.

‘Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter’ - Nigerian proverb ‘This proverb undermines the idea of “objective” history.

During the Second World War navies developed low visibility camouflage for their ships, on both vertical and horizontal surfaces, in order reduce visibility by blending in with the sea, or confuse the identity of a ship by applying more obtrusive patters.

During the Second World War navies developed low visibility camouflage for their ships, on both vertical and horizontal surfaces, in order reduce visibility by blending in with the sea, or confuse the identity of a ship by applying more obtrusive patters.

Although Easter is the most significant event in the Christian year, we rarely take time to explore what it means in detail.

Tony Seed, Gilbert Thompson, Jackie Downs and John MacDermot at the book's launch in LondonThis book brings together in one volume fifteen Nobel Prize-winning discoveries that have had the greatest impact upon medical science and the practice of medicine during the 20th century and up to the present time.

If you would like to celebrate the arrival of a new baby with friends and family, but are looking for an alternative to a traditional christening, this is the book for you.

- What is an earthquake gown?

Implementing Change in Health Systems brings fresh thinking and evidence to the continuing debate about market reforms of health care and other public services.

In this illuminating companion to Dan Brown's Inferno, historian Michael Haag sets out the truth behind the novel's myths, mysteries and locations.

Rogerson's Book of Numbers tells the stories behind our iconic numbers.

In Perfumes, Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez reviewed nearly 1,500 fragrances in their witty, irreverent and innovative handbook - separating the divine from the good from the monumentally awful.

Entries include: Absurdism, Altruism, Antidisestablishmentarianism, Atheism, Bohemianism, Bonapartism, Buddhism, Capitalism, Careerism, Chauvinism, Colonialism, Cubism, Darwinism, Defeatism, Deism, Determinism, Eclecticism, Epicureanism, Eurocentrism, Expressionism, Fanaticism, Feminism, Freeganism, Freudianism, Futurism, Germanism, Globalism, Gnosticism, Hedonism, Heightism, Historicism, Hitlerism, Humanitarianism, Idealism, Imperialism, Institutionalism, Islamism, Isolationism, Jacksonianism, Jingoism, Judaism, Keynesianism, Lancastrianism, Leninism, Libertarianism, Localism, Maoism, Masculism, Mazdaism, Militarism, Modernism, Multiculturalism, Nazism, Neoconservatism, Nihilism, Nudism, Optimism, Orientalism, Paganism, Pan-Africanism, Phallocentrism, Poststructuralism, Quietism, Racism, Rastafarianism, Realism, Republicanism, Romanticism, Sikhism, Stoicism, Structuralism, Surrealism, Symbolism, Teaism, Taoism, Thatcherism, Unionism, Utilitarianism, Veganism, Vegetarianism, White Nationalism, Zionism, Zoroastrianism.

Just My Type is not just a font book, but a book of stories.

Can you write a novel in a year?