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This study was conceived of some years ago as a sequel to the metallographic examination of Early Bronze Age axes from the north alpine region of central Europe. The original impetus was to provide a long-term perspective on the development of methods of casting and forging by extending the data base to Eneolithic/Copper Age material. In addition, by a shift east to the Carpathian Basin an attempt was made to allow for the existence of differe...

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Living Our Story explores how good narrative work¿the retrieval, construction, and performance of valued stories¿takes place in ministry. Authors Larry A. Golemon, Lee Ramsey, N. Graham Standish, Tim Shapiro, Carol Johnson, Mike Mather, Niles Elliot Goldstein, and Diana Butler Bass examine this question from a variety of perspectives, including the role of the pastor or rabbi as narrative leader, the sacred and mundane stories that shape congr...

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This student textbook, originally published in 1991, tackles the traditional problems of the sociology of knowledge from a new perspective. Drawing on recent developments in social theory, Tim Dant explores crucial questions such as the roles of power and knowledge, the status of rational knowledge, and the empirical analysis of knowledge. He argues that, from a sociological perspective, knowledge, ideology and discourse are different aspects ...

The Ethnographic Imagination' explores how sociologists use literary and rhetorical conventions to convey their findings, and to persuade their colleagues and students of the legitimacy of of their accounts. The author analyses how arguments are constructed, and gives insight into the literary convention of realism and factual accounts.

First published in 1990, The World Television Industry uses economic analysis to examine recent changes in the television industry. It uses the theory of public good and a model of industrial organization to identify the major forces determining the nature of the television product in the late twentieth century. The forces of supply and demand for an unusual product - often requiring a 'double' sale, to a consumer and to an advertiser - are ex...

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Children's Centres represent a revolutionary shift in the way children's services are delivered to families. This book looks at the way in which Children's Centre development has built upon the research and experiences of initiatives such as the HeadStart programme in America and the SureStart programme.

This edition of St Augustine's City of God is the only one in English to provide a text and translation as well as a detailed commentary of this most influential document in the history of western Christianity.

Drawn from the western Christian tradition of the early to late Renaissance, paintings of salvation and damnation feature the works of Pieter Bruegel, Hieronymus Bosch, William Blake, Hans Memling, and others.

Anthology of 23 tales samples some of the best modern fantasy literature from the 19th and early 20th centuries, including stories by Andrew Lang, George MacDonald, Edith Nesbit, and William Morris.

Selfhood, Identity and Personality Styles is an interdisciplinary study that describes a new perspective on psychopathology based on the search for the source of personal meaning and identity.

Organized by the time frames that mirror the National Standards for world history for grades 6-12, this illustrated full-color set offers comprehensive biographies of history's most influential figures - both famous and infamous. Each volume includes 15-20 biographies, and also many full-color maps.

This study re-visits the Late Bronze Age stratigraphy, chronology and history of Tell Atchana (Alalakh) as recorded by Sir Leonard Woolley in the 1930s and 1940s. The author offers both a detailed analysis of the material culture of Late Bronze Age Alalakh and a political history of the region following the destruction of the Level IV palace. The author elucidates the way in which the plans of Tell Atchana that Woolley published are to be inte...

Updated for 2017 and following, this edition of Girlology's "There's Something New About You" is the most complete and current guide for girls growing up. Please don't settle for outdated editions. You're at that age when there is a lot going on. First bras…hair growing on your legs…changing friendships…and periods. Some of it makes you feel embarrassed, some of it makes you want to scream, and some if it makes you want to roll your eyes and c...

In this book, Keith Stanovich attempts to resolve the Great Rationality Debate in cognitive science-the debate about how much irrationality to ascribe to human cognition. Stanovich shows how the insights of dual-process theory and evolutionary psychology can be combined to explain why humans are sometimes irrational even though they possess cognitive machinery of remarkable adaptiveness. Using a unique individual differences approach, Stanovic...

Step-by-step instructions and two-color diagrams show beginning and experienced paperfolders how to create 33 variations on the geometric forms known as polyhedra. It also contains sections on pyramids, prisms, antiprisms, and dodecahedra.

Colorists can come face-to-face with 30 fascinating insects and spiders. Magnified images offer close-up looks at the Asian giant hornet, cicada, horsefly, rhinoceros beetle, and more. Captions offer intriguing facts about each creature.