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The patterns on the shells of tropical sea snails are not only compellingly beautiful but also tell a tale of biological development. The decorative patterns are records of their own genesis, which follows laws like those of dune formation or the spread of a flu epidemic. Hans Meinhardt has analyzed the dynamical processes that form these patterns and retraced them faithfully in computer simulations. His book is exciting not only for the aston...

The highly performative categories of 'Irish culture' and 'Irishness' are in need of critical address, prompted by recent changes in Irish society, the arts industry and modes of critical inquiry. This book broaches this task by considering Irish expressive culture through some of the paradigms and vocabularies offered by performance studies.

The Oxford Book of Flexible Carols is the perfect resource for choirs of all types and sizes. Each piece is presented with flexible scoring options, clearly explained throughout, enabling performance by various combinations of singers. With a fabulous range of accessible, quality material, this is a must for all choirs at Christmas.

Jazz on a Winter's Night is a Christmas piano album of stylish arrangements. Favourite Christmas classics receive the complete jazz treatment, with grooves, chords, and solos all fully notated. The expertise of the arranger - celebrated jazz pianist Nikki Iles - guarantees an authentic jazz sound and a wide range of styles.

Study into the foundations of human rights.

Das nicht sehr ereignisreiche Leben des 16-jährigen Miles Halter ändert sich, als er Schüler an der Culver Creek Boarding School wird. Er findet neue Freunde, mit denen er sich intellektuell messen kann. Und er begegnet der unvergleichlichen Alaska Young. Die gemeinsamen Pläne und Erlebnisse schweißen die Gruppe zusammen, bis zu dem Moment, nach dem nichts mehr so sein wird wie vorher. Der preisgekrönte Roman über Liebe, Lust und Verlust läs...

Medische zorgverlening begint altijd met een consult: het contact tussen arts en patiënt, waarbij de patiënt de arts raadpleegt en de arts op basis van het ziektebeeld, het patiëntverhaal en vakkennis tot een diagnose probeert te komen. Het consult vergt meer van de arts dan het verzamelen van gegevens: de arts moet vooral een balans proberen te vinden tussen empathie en professionele distantie. Consultvoering wordt door studenten geneeskunde ...

A practical illustrated guide to making scale model tug boats, offering information and guidance in line with the very latest developments in tug technology and design, and modern advances in model building.

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An album by multi-million selling pop superstar Robbie Williams that presents a collection which includes some of the greatest swing and big band hits, performed in Robbie's own charismatic style.

All individuals claim particular identities given their roles in society, groups they belong to, and characteristics that describe themselves. This book describes and illustrates identity theory, a social psychological theory that attempts to understand identities, their sources in interaction and society, their processes of operation, and their consequences for interaction and society from a sociological perspective. Identity Theory makes the...

This book is a concise and accessible introduction to development thinking, theory and practice and a critical analysis of the values that lie behind them. Hettne argues that schools of development thinking should be historically contextualized, not presented as evolving towards a universal theory. The book presents development as an essentially contested concept, that has meant a number of things at various times to different people in differ...

Robert Greenway is Crane's favorite hero. In this book he matures from a five-year-old disappointed in his father's ethics to a forty-five-year-old owner of a British inn, The Young Black Horse, in which he is "expected" to stage an annual pigeon race for his "regulars." These stories, some poignant, most hilarious, demonstrate that all of us undergo the same tests in becoming adults--disillusionment, loss of innocence, and summer jobs--learni...

This book offers a nuanced portrait of homelessness in St. Petersburg. Based on ethnographic work at railway stations, soup kitchens, and other places where the homeless gather, it describes the material and mental world of this marginalized population.

Jazz Age Barcelona focuses the lenses of cultural studies and urban studies on the avant-garde character of the city during the cosmopolitan Jazz Age, delving into the cultural forces that flourished in Europe between the late 1910s and early 1930s.

Salah M. Hassan is Goldwin Smith Professor and Director of the Africana Studies and Research Center and professor of African and African Diaspora art history and visual culture, Department of History of Art and Visual Culture, Cornell University. Carina E. Ray is Assistant Professor of African and Black Atlantic History, History Department, Fordham University, and a monthly columnist for New African magazine. Andreas Eshete is Professor of Law...

This book offers a nuanced portrait of homelessness in St. Petersburg. Based on ethnographic work at railway stations, soup kitchens, and other places where the homeless gather, it describes the material and mental world of this marginalized population.

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The Celtic Languages describes in depth all the Celtic languages from historical, structural and sociolinguistic perspectives with individual chapters on Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Breton and Cornish. This second edition has been thoroughly revised to provide a comprehensive and up to date account of the modern Celtic languages and their current sociolinguistic status along with complete descriptions of the historical languages. With...

Bereavement provides guidance on preparing for the loss of a loved one, and coping once they have gone. Long recognised as the most authoritative work of its kind, this new edition is revised to take into account recent findings in the US and UK.