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Nothing is left to chance in the manual and it is written with a depth of understanding and perception that effectively demonstrates the authors' cumulative practice experience." -- Ageing and Society

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As featured in "The Best American Short Stories" and "Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards", these lively works depict people struggling within the constraints of history, society and the divisions of class.

For the married or soon-to-be-married couple-simple, effective techniques to strengthen the relationship

This textbook offers students practical experience of textual analysis focused on speech and writing. It combines practical activities with texts and analyzes the processes involved in writing and speaking as well as exploring written, spoken and mixed-mode texts.

This is a very personal book, about being alone and lost'.In 1975 Kapuscinski's employers sent him to Angola to cover the civil war that had broken out after independence. For months he watched as Luanda and then the rest of the country collapsed into a civil war that was in the author's words 'sloppy, dogged and cruel'. In his account, Kapuscinski demonstrates an extraordinary capacity to describe and to explain the individual meaning of gran...

--Elaine Biech, ebb associates inc., and author, "The Business of Consulting

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Dictionaries are among the most frequently consulted books, yet we know remarkably little about them. Who makes them? Where do they come from? What do they offer? How can we evaluate them?The Dictionary of Lexicography provides answers to all these questions and addresses a wide range of issues: * the traditions of dictionary-making* the different types of dictionaries and other reference works (such as thesaurus, encyclopedia, atlas and telep...

This book provides a useful overview of the latest research into the interaction between psychology and the courts. Leading scholars and practitioners review recent research and practice in a number of principal areas:* adolescents in the legal system* the role of juries* competency to stand trial* conditional release* eyewitness evidence and testimony* the role of the victims.

Hidden Hands focuses on a specific and neglected area of contemporary child welfare, that of children's paid work and labour. This book provides the first cross-cultural examination of children's productive activities, their relationship to children's broader social lives, and their implications for the child's education, welfare and well-being. The contributors look at the situation both here and overseas. They discuss issues including confli...

This book covers the emergence of the earliest English kingdoms to the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarchy in 1087. Professor Stenton examines the development of English society, describes the chief phases in the history of the Anglo-Saxon Church, and studies the unification of Britain begun by the kings of Mercia, and completed by the kings of Wessex. The result is a fascinating insight into this period of English history.

Wie funktionieren organische Reaktionen? Eine Frage, die sich jedem stellt, der mit Chemie zu tun hat. Grundlegendes Wissen über die Prinzipien organischer Reaktionsmechanismen ist unabdingbar, wenn man verstehen will, warum organische Moleküle so und nicht anders synthetisiert werden. Die 'Reaktionsmechanismen der Organischen Chemie' aus der Feder von Peter Sykes wurden weltweit über eine halbe Million mal verkauft. Sein neuestes erfolgreiche...

The eleventh bestselling novel featuring William Monk from acclaimed author Anne Perry

Mass market paperback edition of the latest title from the bestselling American crime writer of "Cimarron Rose" and "Sunset Limited". A chance encounter takes Detective Rovicheaux on a journey into the murky world of vice, politics and murder where he uncovers some disturbing secrets from his mother's past. A "Sunday Times" bestseller in hardback, this title should do extremely well in A format. "A superbly machined plot, brilliantly imagined ...

This history of New York's Grand Central Station incorporates the story of a city and an age, as reflected in the building aptly described as a secular cathedral. 11 line drawings, 82 halftones.

The Greatest Threat is the "brutally candid" inside story of the West's failure to stop Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein from building weapons of mass destruction (Booklist). The West may face no greater enemy than Saddam, and yet, as Butler makes so clear in this riveting and troubling book, the West would rather ignore his regime than face the problem.As the head of UNSCOM, the special United Nations Commission assigned to inspect Iraq for weap...