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The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. Working with Texts: A Core Introduction to Language Analysis (second edition 2001) is the foundation text, which is complemented by a range of 'satellite titles. These provide students with hands-on practical experience of textual analysis through special topics, and can be used individually or in conjunction with Working with Texts....

This book is a celebration of Betty Joseph's work, and the work of a group of analysts who have joined her to think about particular kinds of difficulties encountered in the analytic situation, and to think about technical issues.

they can no longer ignore the need for banking and insurance. There is no prohibition in Islamic law against banking, nor insurance, similarly, Muslims can create insurance schemes that use their faith as the immutable basis for a working model. Aly Khorshid demonstrates how initial clerical apprehensions were overcome to create pioneering Muslim-friendly banking systems, and applies the lessons learnt to a workable insurance framework by whic...

In recent decades, environmental issues have increasingly been incorporated into liberal democratic thought and political practice. Environmentalism and ecologism have become fashionable, even respectable schools of political thought. This apparently successful integration of environmental movements, issues and ideas in mainstream politics raises the question of whether there is a future for what once was a counter-movement and counter-ideolog...

The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900a "2003 draws together entries on all aspects of literature including authors, critics, major works, magazines, genres, schools and movements in these regions from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day. With more than 200 entries written by a team of international contributors, this Encyclopedia successfully covers the popular to the esoteric...

This collection presents the major recent writings on the Russian Revolution and its context. It brings together key texts to illustrate new interpretive approaches and covers the central topics and themes. Together, the chapters in this volume form a coherent representation of both the events and the theories and debates that relate to them.

Worlds of Psychotic People brings a fresh twenty-first century voice to the lives of those with serious psychological disorders, focusing on the manner in which psychiatric patients experience their subjective worlds. Based on ethnographic research gathered at the psychiatric hospital of Saint Anthony's in the Netherlands over a period of five years, it seeks to describe from the perspective of the mental patient some of the fears and hopes th...

The institution of the family changed hugely during the course of the twentieth century. In this major new work, GAran Therborn provides a global history and sociology of the family as an institution and of politics within the family, focusing on three dimensions of family relations: on the rights and powers of fathers and husbands, on marriage, cohabitation and extra-marital sexuality, and on population policy. Therborn's empirical analysis u...

Through observations in three intensive care units, this book draws on the reality of practice to explore how nurses and doctors work in intensive care settings. It examines: the power held by the competing knowledge basesthe roles of the different professionsthe decision-making processthe sources of conflictthe need for change. Drawing together sociological theories and clinical practice, Power and Conflict Between Doctors and Nurses explores...

Professor Gerald W. Esch, one of the world's leading ecological parasitologists, presents a series of essays on classic examples of field parasitology. The essays focus on the significance of the work and its contribution to the field but also on the people and, particularly, the sites at which the work took place. Taken together, they represent a beautifully written account of the development of an entire field of scientific endeavor spanning...

Denis Berthier has spent thirty years observing the night sky from within a city and his practical guide will enable amateur astronomers to observe and photograph stars, planets and other celestial objects from their own town. It is becoming more and more difficult to find an observing site with clear, dark skies away from light and industrial pollution. However, by choosing the right targets to observe, with patience and simple equipment, ama...

This book is an exploration of interaction between humans, computers and automated machines and why they frequently go awry, sometimes with disastrous consequences. The book lays out a clear foundation for evaluating interactions between users and machines, showing the reader how to describe, analyze and quickly identify potential design problems. The insights and methodologies provided allow the reader to understand the root human-interaction...

This volume contains the proceedings of two recent conferences in the ?eld of electronic publishing and digital documents: - DDEP 2000, the 8th International Conference on Digital Documents and Electronic Publishing, the successor conference to the EP conference series, and - PODDP 2000, the 5th International Workshop on the Principles of Digital Document Processing. Both conferences were held at the Technische Universit¿ at Munc ¿ hen, Munich...

Paperback edition of this hilariously entertaining, if completely crazy, childhood memoir. The hardback sold over 10, 000 copies. "Bawdy, outrageous, often hilarious... so flippant and so insanely funny" "New York Times

A tale of intrigue and espionage based in SanFrancisco, California. Working undercover, a federal agent uses a law firm's own computer system to unmask a complicated and greedy conspiracy while juggling an unexpected love entanglement.

These emotionally charged poems by Vivian Little touch a chord in all of us who have experienced the triumphs and tragedies of young love. But hers is a new voice that is at once playful and passionate, energetic and earnest, bold but never banal, engaging and endearing but never disingenuous. We shall hear from her again."--Peter Hargitai, Author of Mother Tongue "Vivian Little has composed innocence's requiem. Through her poetry one can feel...

This is one of the most respected books on Marx's philosophical thought. Wood explains Marx's views from a philosophical standpoint and defends Marx against common misunderstandings and criticisms of his views. All the major philosophical topics in Marx's work are considered: the central concept of alienation, historical materialism and Marx's account of social classes, the nature and social function of morality, philosophical materialism and ...

This book gives all the information needed to understand the chemical, biochemical and sanitary principles underlying the preparation of fishery products. The sequences of operations and processing conditions are described in detail together with the technological equipment concerned. Standard yields are adduced, and the principles and methods of technological calculations explained. The authors defined the standards set for the quality of fin...