Reference works

In this engaging and accessibly written book, Population Health in America weaves demographic data with social theory and research to help students understand health patterns and trends in the U.

This Biographical Dictionary seeks to put the world of technology in the context of those who have made the most important contribution to it.

This book is one of a series of more than 20 volumes resulting from the World Archaeological Congress, September 1986, attempting to bring together not only archaeologists and anthropologists from many parts of the world, as well as academics from contingent disciplines, but also non-academics from a wide range of cultural backgrounds.

Geography as a subject covers a very wide range of topics, and the concepts are constantly being updated and revised.

Jane Lamb has been a major contributor of gardening articles to Down East magazine for nearly 20 years.

This volume interrogates global perspectives and issues that constitute and characterize survivor-centred justice, exploring both conceptual and theoretical issues surrounding the definition of a 'survivor', practical considerations of what constitutes a survivor-centred approach to justice and available avenues of justice for survivors of mass atrocities.

Industrial archaeology is the study of early industrial buildings and machinery, particularly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

The Reeds Western Almanac covers the coastline from Cape Wrath to Padstow as well as the whole of Ireland, and is ideal for any boater lucky enough to cruise and race in the superb waters off the coast of Western Scotland, Ireland or Western England.

Through violent incursions by the Vikings and the spread of Christianity, medieval Ireland maintained a distinctive Gaelic identity.

A concise and authoritative introduction to Islamic political ideasIn sixteen concise chapters on key topics, this book provides a rich, authoritative, and up-to-date introduction to Islamic political thought from the birth of Islam to today, presenting essential background and context for understanding contemporary politics in the Islamic world and beyond.

Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry provides timely and critical reviews of important topics in medicinal chemistry together with an emphasis on emerging topics in the biological sciences, which are expected to provide the basis for entirely new future therapies.

With new entries and sensitive edits, this fifth edition places J.

The period from 1913 to 1933 is not often seen as a coherent entity in the history of the United States.

This edited collection explores a subject of great potential for both art historians and museologists - that of the nature of the specimen and how it might be reinterpreted.

Men Out of Focus charts conversations and polemics about masculinity in Soviet cinema and popular media during the liberal period - often described as "e;The Thaw"e; - between the death of Stalin in 1953 and the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.

What was sex like in China, from imperial times through the post-Mao era?

This volume serves as an invaluable study guide covering all of the key political, social, and cultural concepts of the turbulent 1960s.

Cutting-edge, user-friendly, and comprehensive: the revolutionary guide to the brain, now fully revised and updatedAt birth each of us is given the most powerful and complex tool of all time: the human brain.

This volume of Advances in Gender Research gives space and voice to trans peoples' experiences and interactions with various social institutions, including but not limited to, social media, healthcare and medicalization, the criminal justice system, and the family.

Modeled on the brilliant approach first formulated by distinguished professor of music and master clarinetist Michele Gingras in Clarinet Secrets and More Clarinet Secrets (both available from Scarecrow Press), the Music Secrets for the Advanced Musician series is designed for instrumentalists, singers, conductors, composers, and other instructors and professionals seeking quick pointers to improve their work as performers and producers of music.

Praise for Crime Classification Manual "e;The very first book by and for criminal justice professionals in the major case fields.

From the Emmy-nominated host of Top Chef, an A-to-Z compendium of spices, herbs, salts, peppers, and blends, including beautiful photography.

Cosmetic surgery (CS) has become popular and common in Hong Kong, especially with the emergence of beauty salons, to which clients have easy access.

Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West is the first fully illustrated field guide to all 348 species of dragonflies and damselflies in western North America.

Latest volume in a series which is "e;a monumental achievement"e; (Review of English Studies)This volume provides detailed descriptions of Middle English prose materials found in the important manuscript collections of seven Cambridge Colleges: Christ's, Emmanuel, Jesus, Selwyn and Sidney Sussex Colleges, Peterhouse and Trinity Hall.

The 67 chapters of this book describe and analyse the development of Western science from 1500 to the present day.

Management: The Basics provides an easy, jargon-free introduction to the fundamental principles and practices of modern management.

Barron's two-book Regents Algebra II Power Packprovides comprehensive review, actual administered exams, and practice questions to help students prepare for the Algebra II Regents exam.

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If you are looking for the definitive short guide to the theory and practice of health promotion, then you need look no further.

Systems thinking is a powerful tool that helps school system leaders guide and sustain school improvement.

This volume of Who's Who in Research series offers a useful guide for current researchers in Intellect's subject area of Media Studies.

Located at the very heart of the Balkans, the Republic of Macedonia has a rich and turbulent history, which reflects all the complexities of the region's past and present-day politics.

The collection of reliable and comprehensive data on the magnitude, composition and distribution of a country's population is essential in order for governments to provide services, administer effectively and guide a country's development.

This book covers how to begin a strengthening program and how to progress in it, and includes clear instructions on how to strengthen every major muscle group in the body.

Shortly after Chopin's death in 1849, Franz Liszt wrote the first full-length biography of his fellow composer.

This Dictionary provides an impartial and valuable background to the Latin American region, vital for anyone interested in the current affairs, recent history and economy of this vast area.

Television Writing from the Inside Out is a how-to book with a difference: Larry Brody is a television writer-producer who has helped shape the medium.

Librarians who work with readers will find this well-loved guide to be a treasure trove of information.

A detailed work of reference and scholarship, this one volume Encyclopedia includes discussions of all the fundamental issues in Tolkien scholarship written by the leading scholars in the field.

The second and final volume of the most authoritative English-language edition of Spinoza's writingsThe Collected Works of Spinoza provides, for the first time in English, a truly satisfactory edition of all of Spinoza's writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the original-language texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the philosopher's work.

An Historical Sketch Of Bookbinding is a part of 'The History of Bookbinding Technique and Design'-A series of reprint volumes, original monographs, and translations relating to the history of bookbinding.

This book presents a comprehensive history of the seven Apache tribes, tracing them from their genetic origins in Asia and their migration through the continent to the Southwest.