Reference works

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Why Has Development Neglected Rural Women?

Originally published in 1988, this volume provides a broad and eclectic view of psychological theory, methods and practice, covering not only the main branches of academic psychology but also psychiatry, psychoanalysis and other psychotherapies.

The horror genre harbors a number of films too bold or bizarre to succeed with mainstream audiences, but offering unique, startling and often groundbreaking qualities that have won them an enduring following.

In 2017 Christians around the world will mark the five hundredth anniversary of the Reformation.

A beautiful and accessible seasonal guide to herbalism from the historic botanic garden.

Over half a century old and continuing to grow in strength and authority, the European Union consists of 25 member states-with more on the waiting list-and a population of 450 million people.

This book, first published in 1993, is a key resource in beginning the task of re-thinking traditional methods of collection development and maintenance.

The passage of time has not slowed the production of books and articles about World War I.

Both traditions recognize and draw theological and historical lessons from some of the same narrative sources, but this is the first comparative resource to provide interdisciplinary coverage of the history and textual sources associated with prophets and prophecy.

Today, government archivists and manuscript collectors are often in conflict over government-created documents that come up for sale out of private hands.

Theatre in London has celebrated a rich and influential history, and in 1976 the first volume of J.

For the uninitiated the author has obligingly supplied a definition for the slasher/splatter film: "e;Any motion picture which contains scenes of extreme violence in graphic and grisly detail.

Music has always been esteemed for its power to speak directly to our higher consciousness, a power founded in the purity of simple harmonic ratios.

The Police Misconduct Complaint Investigations Manual provides a timely and unique, step-by-step approach to conducting or reviewing police misconduct investigations, whether a complaint involves a lower-level allegation of discourtesy or more serious concerns such as excessive force or criminal behavior.

This book focuses on faculty members in a learning community in the College of Education at Florida International University.

The Routledge Handbook of International Human Rights Law provides the definitive global survey of the discipline of international human rights law.

As the UK and many other western societies face up to the consequences of a rapidly increasing prison population, so the search for alternative approaches to punishment and dealing with offenders has become an increasingly urgent priority for government policy and society as a whole.

In our modern age of rampant consumerism, we are losing touch with the traditional domestic activities that previous generations took for granted.

Originally published in 1972, this book is concerned with education as part of a larger social history.

The Reeds Eastern Almanac is the complete guide for North Sea mariners, offering ready access to essential navigation information covering the UK east coast from Ramsgate to Cape Wrath including the Shetland and Orkney Islands, and from Niewport to Delfzjil and Helgoland.

During the long period when the world was divided between East and West and the Cold War threatened to turn hot with devastating consequences, the Non-Aligned Movement was one of the few institutions that consistently sought other outcomes not in its own interest, but that of all humanity.

The working of the 1969 Children and Young Persons Act was the subject of much debate in the 1970s.

Bauer tells California history strictly through Native perspectives.

This title was originally published in 1951.

This book is the first in the series of the yearbooks of the Association of Mathematics Educators in Singapore.

In Praying Psalms Ian Stackhouse offers daily reflections on all 150 psalms.

The importance of the Civil War and Reconstruction in the history of the United States cannot be overstated.

This book spans three centuries of popular entertainment and everyday culture, showcasing both mainstream and submerged channels and voices to examine how once reviled business values gained supremacy and poisoned the American spirit.

This book provides a comparative analysis of the process of breach across ten different European jurisdictions by identifying and elaborating a number of key analytical themes through which the different systems can be compared and evaluated.

'The perfect companion to the seasons' - India KnightWelcome to The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2021.

Volume 2 of the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien's life and works ever published.

Despite the world-wide association of music and dance with religion, this is the first full-length study of the subject from a global perspective.

A Study in Creative History (1932) aims to present the main movements of thought as they emerge clearly into history.

One of the most devastating armed conflicts in history, World War I completely transformed the social and political landscape of the world in four short years.

This book brings together Foucault's writings on crime and delinquency, on the one hand, and sexuality, on the other, to argue for an anti-carceral feminist Foucauldian approach to sex crimes.

Using an easy-to-use checklist format, author Jeffrey Stull, an internationally recognized expert in the area of protective clothing, examines the types of industrial and fire hazards that warrant PPE protection.

Getting It Right: The Essential Elements of the Dissertation was written for graduate students writing their dissertations.

This book contains a classic guide to the game of curling, looking at its history, equipment, different styles and techniques, and much more.

Das Niedersächsische Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte ist allen Epochen und Teildisziplinen der Geschichtswissenschaft verpflichtet und begreift analog zur Historischen Kommission die heutigen Bundesländer Bremen und Niedersachsen als sein wissenschaftliches Tätigkeitsfeld.

The Antarctic is unique, geographically, politically, and scientifically.

Paleo-Indians lived more than 14,000 years ago in the land we now call Florida, and later came tribes of indigenous people known as the Ais, Calusa, Mayaimi, Tequesta, Timucua, and others.

This book provides an introduction to the topic of self-injury as it relates to teens and young adults.

When first published in 1926 this book aroused much controversy.

A newly revised edition of the standard reference for the field today updated with new terms, major discoveries, significant scientists, and illustrations Developmental biology is the study of the mechanisms of development, differentiation, and growth in animals and plants at the molecular, cellular, and genetic levels.