Encyclopaedias and reference works

This book, first published in 1992, examines the reference librarian's role as a connecting link between information seekers and the resources they need.

This book explores the profound impact of peer support within the bleak landscape of incarceration.

The Handbook introduces, contextualises, critiques, and discusses a range of perspectives associated with the concept of the circular economy.

The COVID-19 pandemic provides stark evidence of the importance of medicine on a global scale.

The death penalty has inspired controversy for centuries.

First published in 1976, this book examines the practical workings of the English criminal court system, focusing on the defendant's experiences of the system and the decisions he takes as he passes through it.

Life is characterised by movement, change and development, including transitions, losses and grief.

In the winter of 1972, the first issue of Ms.

Decolonizing Medicine examines Bolivian state-led efforts to decolonize health services during the administration of Evo Morales, Bolivia's first Indigenous president.

The Routledge Handbook of Religions in Asia provides a contemporary and comprehensive overview of religion in contemporary Asia.

This is the gripping true story of 4 intense years in the life of a US Army Special Forces soldier, who joins the UN and then goes on to an assignment in Iraq at the time of the deadly jihadist bombing attack of the UN headquarters.

This book, first published in 1989, examines the problems and benefits of installing a ready-made computer system in a sci-tech library.

Bridge Is a Conversation is a guide to bridge fundamentals for players who already have an understanding of the basics of the game and the desire to improve their competitiveness at the bridge table.

This field guide at last provides an authoritative and handy source for identifying amphibians and reptiles of Costa Rica's renowned Atlantic lowland tropical forests.

Das Schutz-Jahrbuch 2017 enthalt in seinem Hauptteil die Texte der Referate des Internationalen Heinrich-Schutz-Festes Den Haag 2016, die sich in das Themenfeld "e;Explicatio Textus - Heinrich Schutz, Max Reger, Siegfried Reda"e; einordnen.

This Dictionary gives a comprehensive survey of the whole range of ancient Near Eastern architecture from the Neolithic round huts in Palestine to the giant temples of Ptolemaic Egypt.

"e;The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people todo what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with themwhile they do it.

The aim of the present bibliography is to provide the student of metaphor with an up-to-date and comprehensive (albeit not exhaustive) overview of recent publications dealing with various aspects of metaphor in a variety of disciplines.

This book presents a feminist historical materialist analysis of the ways in which the law, policing and penal regimes have overlapped with social policies to coercively discipline the poor and marginalized sectors of the population throughout the history of capitalism.

A space common to all peoples, the kitchen embodies the cultural history of domestic life: how people around the world acquire, prepare, cook, serve, eat, preserve, and store food; what foods we eat and why and when; what utensils, cutlery, decorations, furnishings, and appliances we create and use; what work, play, chores, services, and celebrations we perform.

Reading the Fire engages Americas first literatures, traditional Native American tales and legends, as literary art and part of our collective imaginative heritage.

The Talmud chronicles the early development of rabbinic Judaism through the writings and commentaries of the rabbis whose teachings form its foundation.

This book provides an avenue for students to explore the Nile-the world's longest river-and better understand its larger role in society in the past, present, and future.

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This directory includes over 500 African American performers and theater people who have made a significant contribution to the American stage from the early 19th century to the beginning of the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

A fun and fact-filled AZ treasury for the insect lover in all of usInsectpedia introduces you to the wonders of the insect world while inviting you to make discoveries of your own.

When Bob Dylan professed in a Rolling Stone interview to be the guy who "e;owned the Sixties,"e; he was not overstating.

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Each year, Advances in Surgery reviews the most current practices in general surgery.

Compiled in this volume is the most significant accumulation of works on the subject of African American leadership to date.

For the first time, American Indian leadership theory is connected with practice.

There are many books and articles about how to improve your play, but there are few that focus on being a better partner, having fun and playing bridge the right way.

Originally published in 1976, this substantial study of wartime education,shows how the framework of the present educational system came to be established in the 1944 Education Act.

This ambitious and innovative volume stretches over time and space, over the history of modernity in relation to antiquity, between East and West, to offer insights into what the author terms the 'geographical unconscious.

Veteran gardener Judy Barrett offers readers more than a hundred simple recipes for using, enjoying, and enhancing the bounty of their gardens.

This extensively illustrated work catalogs all known U.

Through contributions of money and time, many individuals made a variety of philanthropic enterprises possible.

First Published in 1990.

'Being strength-aware has brought many moments of joy to our family life.

After decades of denying racism and underplaying cultural diversity, Latin American states began adopting transformative ethno-racial legislation in the late 1980s.

All human beings encounter loss and death, as well as the grief associated with these experiences.

By its very nature, management is a multidisciplinary enterprise.

The Witt Library of the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, is one of the world's greatest art history libraries.

This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture addresses the cultural, social, and intellectual terrain of myth, manners, and historical memory in the American South.