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A guide for pre-school teachers on how to deal with the emotions of their students and help them heal.

The healthcare industry in the United States consumes roughly 20% of the gross national product per year. This huge expenditure not only represents a large portion of the country's collective interests, but also an enormous amount of medical information. Information intensive healthcare enterprises have unique issues related to the collection, disbursement, and integration of various data within the healthcare system. Information Systems and H...

But when he finds himself as landlord to four voluptuous young female students the opportunities for peeping are far too good to resist.

From Alistair Horne's grand trilogy on French history-two magisterial works now back in print In 1870, Paris was the center of Europe, the font of culture, fashion, and invention. Ten months later Paris had been broken by a long Prussian siege, its starving citizens reduced to eating dogs, cats, and rats, and France had been forced to accept the humiliating surrender terms dictated by the Iron Chancellor Bismarck. To many, the fall of Paris se...

Stephen Lawhead's first novel for younger readers is an extraordinary retelling of the Robin Hood legend.

* A brand new series from the author of the bestselling Women of the Otherworld series * 'Kelley Armstrong is one of my favourite writers' Karin Slaughter

Explores the fundamental concepts, basic theory, and key principles of 802.11 networks with roaming capabilities. This book details the theory behind various 802.11 extensions to permit roaming and describes how these extensions can be successfully implemented in 802.11 WLANs.

A comprehensive guide to Dante's life and literature, with an emphasis on his "Commedia." This text looks at the influences that shaped Dante's writing, and the reception of his work by later readers, from the 14th century to the present. Introduces Dante through four main approaches: the context of his life and career, his literary and cultural traditions, key themes, episodes and passages in his own work, especially the "Commedia", and the r...

Hardy's biographer Claire Tomalin has put together this new selection of his poetry, and both this and "The Time-Torn Man" are published in paperback this month.

South African author Beverley Naidoo was exiled from her home country when she was a student in 1965, for campaigning against apartheid. Her first children's novel, JOURNEY TO JO'BURG, was banned in South Africa when it was published in 1985 and only available there after the release of Nelson Mandela from jail in 1991. It was however published in many other countries around the world and widely praised for its eloquent, moving and accessible ...

A new detective mystery novel by the bestselling author of the "Artemis Fowl" series. Featuring a schoolboy private investigator in a Raymond Chandler style story, it is an exciting and engaging adventure. Ages: 9+. 'Repartee, irreverence, a zippy pace and suspense will leave the readers wanting more.' "Irish Times

The Little Princess wants to play camping, but she can't even get started. Every time she builds a tent, a grown-up steps in to spoil her fun. Again and again, the Little Princess and her toys are forced to search for a new hideout. There must be a special tent somewhere in the kingdom that's truly fit for a princess...

Life is the strangest thing. One minute, Mrs Elner Shimfissle is up a tree, picking figs to make jam, and the next thing she knows, she is off on a strange adventure, running into people, in the unlikeliest of places. Meanwhile, a dark secret emerges from the past - and the entire town is left wondering, 'What's life all about anyway?

Walking the streets of Moscow, indistinguishable from the rest of its population, are the Others. Possessors of supernatural powers and capable of entering the Twilight, a shadowy parallel world existing in parallel to our own, each Other owes allegiance either to the Dark or the Light.The Night Watch, first book in the Night Watch series, follows Anton, a young Other owing allegiance to the Light. As a Night Watch agent he must patrol the str...

This concise book is a complete and contemporary introduction to Homer and his two master-works, the Iliad and the Odyssey. It explains the "Homeric Question, " illuminating its current status, and critiques the literary qualities of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey, " analyzing and contrasting their plotting, narrative technique, and characterization. Provides historical background and literary readings of "The" "Iliad" and "The Odyssey" New to t...

Robert Byron was born in 1905, and educated at Eton and Merton College, Oxford. He died in 1941, during the Second World War, when the ship he was serving on was torpedoed by a U-Boat off Cape Wrath. Byron's The Road to Oxiana is considered by many modern travel writers to be the first example of great travel writing.Award-winning travel writer and novelist Colin Thubron was born in London on 14 June 1939. Among his books are Mirror to Damascu...

Providing an account of the role of informal institutions in Chinese rural development, this book, based on a decade of fieldwork of village life in the Chinese countryside, puts forth a distinctive argument on the topic Chinese economic and social affairs.

Tony Hawks lives in London. He leads a diverse life and has various 'jobs', such as performing stand-up comedy, appearing as a panellist on TV and radio (Have I Got News For You, Just A Minute, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue), acting, writing, playing tennis, and making music.

With a ballet career spanning well over eight decades, legendary dancer Frederic Franklin remains one of the twentieth centurys great ballet stars. This biography, rich with original interviews, covers his entire career from young dance student in the early 1920s to his most recent position as choreographer with Britains Royal Ballet in November 2004. Each chapter covers a different period of Franklins life, including the peak of his performin...

It's the day of the royal picnic! The Little Princess has been looking forward to it for ages. When she wakes up that morning with a nasty, snuffly cold, she is determined not to let it spoil her fun - even if it means bending the rules a little!