Reference works

Johnny Salda-a outlines the basic elements of longitudinal qualitative data, focusing on micro-levels of change observed within individual cases and groups of participants.

Until recently, older men were not a social phenomenon commanding great attention.

This volume explores constitutional reform, and in particular expansions in the franchise.

This is the ultimate armchair companion to practically every sport ever invented, put together with sports fantatic Ray Stubbs.

Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Research and Information Guide presents the most extensive annotated bibliography of its subject yet produced.

Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing.

Kenya has a long and complex history that began thousands of years ago.

The first major work to identify the original generation of American geographers-teachers, writers, surveyors, cartographers, engravers, and others-who made significant contributions to the field of geography during the early years of the republic.

Analyzing what is known about violence against women, this book centers on the contrast between the U.

Hundreds of thousands of military members are making the transition to civilian life each year.

This history-rich volume details the sociopolitical, economic, and artistic aspects of African kingdoms from the earliest times to the second half of the 19th century.

This study was well-established as a pioneer work on archaeological methodology, the theoretical basis of all archaeological analysis whatever the period or era.

This four-volume historical resource provides new opportunities for investigating the relationship between religion, literature and society in Britain and its imperial territories by making accessible a diverse selection of harder-to-find primary sources.

This is history from the inside out.

The New Guide to North Carolina Beaches is an invaluable resource for every coastal traveler in the Tar Heel State.

An annual collection of studies of individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought.

You're no idiot, of course.

The Los Angeles area feels almost alive with movie history.

The harp is both the oldest and the newest of instruments.

This book is the first Indian publication on these branches of agricultural/biological sciences.

This reference work surveys the leaders of Russia and the Soviet Union- from Michael, the first Romanov tsar in 1613, through the creation and dissolution of the Soviet Union, to the present day President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin.

Originally published in 1967, this Companion is designed to help readers of the Qur'an by giving them necessary background information.

Learning, the Hardest Job You'll Ever Love is a collage of ideas designed for eighth through twelfth grade students and their parents to have better relationships with one another and with the entire school community, to help and support their communities in different ways, and to appreciate the value of the experiences offered within and outside their communities.

This antique book contains a detailed guide to owning and caring for parrots, including tips for housing, taming, breeding, and training.

Dating back to 1869 as an organized professional sport, the game of baseball is not only the oldest professional sport in North America, but also symbolizes much more.

This bestselling guide to all areas of publishing and the media is completely revised and updated every year.

Freedom in the World, the Freedom House flagship survey whose findings have been published annually since 1972, is the standard-setting comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties.

What underlying philosophy and mission should museums pursue in the first half of the twenty-first century?

While Iceland is the second largest inhabited island in Europe, with only 313,000 inhabitants in 2007, the Icelanders form one of the smallest independent nations in the world.

Originally published in 1916, this work provides a detailed study of the first century of the Ottoman Empire.

When the earliest filmgoers watched The Great Train Robbery in 1903, many of them shrieked in terror at the very last clip when one of the outlaws turns directly toward the camera and fires a gun, seemingly, directly at the audience.

Now in its third edition, this standard text meets the need for a single source of detailed information on the drugs in use in English-speaking countries.

In Participative Transformation, Roger Klev and Morten Levin insist that participative learning and developmental processes are essential in organizational change.

"e;[Continuity with Change] seeks to document and demonstrate that middle positions between Change and Continuity are possible and desirable.

William Weaks Morris was a writer defined in large measure by his Southern roots.

Enjoying locally grown fruits and vegetables year round is a pleasure that appeals to a large and growing audience worldwide.

Early childhood education is fundamental to a child's later educational achievements and future success.

After a brief historical survey, the doctrines of dharma and karma are discussed and key elements that appear in contrasting forms in the two religions are examined.

First published in 1989, this dictionary of the whole field of the physical sciences is an invaluable guide through the changing terminology and practices of scientific research.

Keep your muscles strong, flexible, and healthy with these 60 stretches to help you loosen up and improve your overall health wherever you are!

This book brings together an influential group of academics and researchers to review key areas of research, theory and methodology within criminology and criminal justice, and to identify the most important new challenges facing the discipline.

Most film buffs know that Citizen Kane was based on the life of publisher William Randolph Hearst.

Postcolonial African writers have made an enormous contribution to world literature.

The Routledge Handbook of Henri Lefebvre,The City and Urban Society is the first edited book to focus on Lefebvre's urban theories and ideas from a global perspective, making use of recent theoretical and empirical developments, with contributions from eminent as well as emergent global scholars.

Sexual violence, in all its forms, is a crime for which anecdotal accounts and scholarly reports suggest victims in their great majority do not receive adequate 'justice' or redress.

The World Today Series: Africa provides students with vital information on all countries on the African continent through a thorough and expert overview of political and economic histories, current events, and emerging trends.

Originally published 1867.

This comprehensive two-volume work provides an overview of an area of growing concern, offering readers a one-stop resource for researching the chronic conditions that increasingly plague our society.

The bare events of Dostoevsky's life - his father murdered by peasants, his own ordeal before a firing squad, then exile in Siberia, his epilepsy, gambling, poverty and debts - go far to account for his strange intensity of vision.