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The evolution of Loneliness, Creativity and Love is in essence a recreation of the major themes of a father-daughter relationship, from the first beginnings of a shared life in infancy, and into childhood, adolescence and the adult years. We have lived this book in an everyday sense: the ideas, values, feelings and thoughts of loneliness, creativity and love. In regularly scheduled meetings over the period of a year, we met to shape and develo...

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In clear steps, with helpful photos and easy-to-follow training deadlines, Dr. Dunbar, who pioneered puppy classes and a loving style of dog training in the 1970s, presents a structured yet playful and humorous plan for raising a wonderful dog.

This book is a specialized monograph on the development of the mathematical and computational metatheory of reductive logic and proof-search including proof-theoretic, semantic/model-theoretic and algorithmic aspects. The scope ranges from the conceptual background to reductive logic, through its mathematical metatheory, to its modern applications in the computational sciences.

This is a substantially expanded and completely revised edition of a book originally published in 1988 as Maenads, Martyrs, Matrons, Monastics. The book is a collection of translations of primary texts relevant to women's religion in Western antiquity, from the fourth century BCE to the fifth century CE. The selections are taken from the plethora of ancient religions, including Judaism and Christianity, and are translated from the six major la...

This book considers themes such as race, class, gender, power, sexuality and authority and presents innovative and challenging analyses of texts from the post-war period. Key questions are raised about the significance of youth within American culture.

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A study of Edward III's astute use of patronage to reposition the monarchy after the vicissitudes of his father's reign and his own problematic minority.

Features nine essays, exploring how Asian North Americans are no longer caught between worlds of the old and the new, the east and the west, and the south and the north. This book illustrates how Asian North Americans are developing different ways of seeing and thinking about themselves.

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Q TIP is about one Correctional Officer's personal experience of working at San Quentin State Prison. Being an African-American female C.O. working in a men's institution, Officer K. is candid and for real when talking about the things she went through. As Officer K. puts it, she went through seven years of bad luck, and had to get out of The Q by any means necessary! You will find this book exciting and exhilarating, and written in such a way...

Mark Glassman looks for enlightenment in bars, night clubs, and coffee shops, but he gets more than he bargains for when he finds it: the residual wisdom of the street. (Semi-Finalist, Peter Taylor Prize for the Novel)

Knowledge and the Social Sciences takes as its point of departure the claims that all forms of knowledge, the social sciences included, must be seen and understood in their social context. It argues that the social sciences both describe and transform their object of study, though rarely in ways that social scientists intend, and introduces students to the key epistemological and philosophical terms and issues essential for further study in th...

Nehru's vision of India, its roots in Indian politics, society and religion, as well as its validity have been central to historical and present-day views of India. This study provides a insight into Nehru, his times and his legacy.

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Roger Bannister and the Four Minute Mile "does more than detail the history of a sporting giant. It invites the reader to reconsider the very words often used to describe Bannister, notably hero and gentleman amateur. Informed by contemporary sport science, the text also questions the significance of the four-minute mile per se. Thoroughly researched, the text gives fascinating insights into the history of track racing as well as athletic trai...

Presenting an overview of important topics and original researches, this book both analyzes and evaluates the nature of unionization to permit employers and workers to weigh up the costs and benefits of unionization. The books have profound implications for both the institutions, processes, and outcomes of public policy, pushing the boundaries of academic research on unions.

Research is increasingly important in health and social care, and is becoming central to evidence-based and best practice. This edited volume brings together innovative contributions from a range of health and social care professionals and research scientists who are interested in introducing new approaches to qualitative research into the world of health and social care. The book covers a range of methodologies including discourse analysis, i...