Reference works

The most famous sports book in the world, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack has been published every year since 1864.

This book examines the process and purpose of sentencing in the criminal justice system, beyond the confines of its legalistic aspects.

On January 24, 1897, an event took place that would change Cuban culture forever: the first moving pictures were shown in Havana.

To generate opportunities for transformative learning, educators must create learning environments that help students feel safe and encourage them to grapple with potentially difficult material.

Film Music in the Sound Era: A Research and Information Guide offers a comprehensive bibliography of scholarship on music in sound film (1927-2017).

Saul Kripke's work has had a tremendous impact on philosophy in the last thirty years and continues to dominate key debates in the field.

"e;This dictionary is clear, concise and easy to use My advice to anyone wishing to purchase a nursing dictionary would be to buy this one"e; Journal of Advanced Nursing (on the first edition) All the information you ll ever need - in one dictionary!

Today's educators are aware of the need for social emotional learning in their classroom and can share the tenets of a culturally responsive pedagogy.

Nail art has exploded onto the scene, giving girls and women a virtually limitless outlet for their creativity.

Not so long ago hardly anything was said of the Lesbian Liberation Movement and the Gay Liberation Movement, indeed, the terms gay and lesbian were not even used if some other expression could be found.

Native Americans are disproportionately represented as offenders in the U.

This book is probably one of the first on the subject of Technology Governance.

In the last 20 years, the related phenomena of honour-based violence and forced marriages have received increasing attention at the international and European level.

Humans have always used their senses to assess the quality of products at the personal level or in the industry.

Plastics Materials and Processes: A Concise Encyclopedia is a resource for anyone with an interest in plastic materials and processes, from seasoned professionals to laypeople.

A thoroughly revised and updated new edition of the world's leading comprehensive bibliography of American and international politics.

This edited collection offers multi-disciplinary reflections and analysis on a variety of themes centred on nineteenth century executions in the UK, many specifically related to the fundamental change in capital punishment culture as the execution moved from the public arena to behind the prison wall.

This is the most comprehensive dictionary of maintenance and reliability terms ever compiled, covering the process, manufacturing, and other related industries, every major area of engineering used in industry, and more.

Methodism is growing, both in numbers and influence, according to the World Methodist Council there are 78 Methodist, Wesleyan, and related Uniting and United churches representing over 80 million people in more than 130 nations.

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.

Petr Il'ich Tchaikovsky: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography of substantial, relevant published resources relating to the Russian composer.

This fascinating reference offers a unique take on recycling and trash, tracing the role of waste in public health, climate change, and sustainability around the world.

This book is written in a simple, straightforward manner without complicated mathematical derivatives.

The many published volumes of the writings of Harold Adams Innis testify to his extraordinary grasp of the ordering principles of human history.

This fully revised 2nd edition of the Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Taiwan provides a comprehensive overview of both contemporary Taiwan and the Taiwan studies field.

State Violence, Torture, and Political Prisoners discusses the activities of Amnesty International during the period of Brazil's dictatorship (1964-1985).

Since its first appearance in 1925, Elizabethan Life in Town and Country (1961) has securely established itself both for the general reader and the student as an accepted authority for the social history of the age.

In this absorbing new collection, Short and Hughes and their distinguished coauthors investigate why and how we study youth gangs.

The largest film industry in the world after Hollywood is celebrated in this updated and expanded edition of a now classic work of reference.

The latest critical data for making superior investing decisions--from the world's most respected financial indexThe Standard & Poor's 500 Index is the most watched index in America--if not the world.

This edited collection brings together essays that explore personal debts to government.

Ever since the end of World War II, and even more so since 1960, when 17 African colonies became independent of colonial rule, the African continent has been ravaged by a series of wars.

This book traces the history of liquid crystal display (LCD) development from simple laboratory samples to the flat, thin LCDs that have become an important part of everyday life, appearing in television screens, computers, cellular phones, as well as numerous other consumer and industrial products.

Breaking new ground in criminology, this book reflects on the expansion of outer space endeavours, the new pathways this presents for crime, challenges to Earth-based conceptions of justice, and the ethical issues raised.

Since its inception, the United States has defined itself as a nation of immigrants and a land of religious freedom.

This comprehensive A-to-Z reference is "e;an impressive contribution to jazz history and surprisingly good reading"e; (Michael Ullman, author of Jazz Lives).

THE ESSENTIAL WORK IN TRAVEL MEDICINE -- NOW COMPLETELY UPDATED FOR 2018As unprecedented numbers of travelers cross international borders each day, the need for up-to-date, practical information about the health challenges posed by travel has never been greater.

Turn your living space into an indoor oasis with the RHS's definitive guide to more than 330 house plant varieties.

Soccer is the world's most popular sport and one of the globe's best known cultural practices.

This book, first published in 1985, examines the professional librarians' needs for cataloging computer software.

This book discusses the under-researched relationship between sentencing and the legitimacy of punishment.

The two-volume Encyclopedia of Monasticism describes the monastic traditions of both Christianity and Buddhism with more than 600 entries on important monastic figures of all periods and places, surveys of countries and localities, and topical essays covering a wide range of issues (e.

This new title presents key information on the oil industry world-wide, and will be of interest to anyone involved in or studying the politics of oil production, processing and selling.

An essential tool for digital services for every campus libraryThe Twelfth Off-Campus Library Services Proceedings is a selection of superb presentations from the twelfth annual conference on library services held in Savannah, Georgia in April 2006.

A prolific writer of fiction and nonfiction and winner of the National Book Award for Europe Central, William T.

Digital marketing changes the dynamics of traditional routes to market, augments conversations and facilitates the measurement of activities by organisations and consumers alike.

Created by and for a specific American Indian community and offering special materials related to the tribe itself, a tribal library may also serve as homework center, a reading room, a tribal archive or a community center.

This bibliography is a record of British relations with Tibet in the period from 1765 to 1947.