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Paperback edition of a prize-winning account of the reign of King James VI and I.

Frutto dell'esperienza decennale come supporto per la didattica di laboratori di fisica sia a livello di corsi triennali che di corsi di laurea magistrale, il libro si è concretizzato nella "responsabilità" di tali corsi di laboratorio per fornire un opera di utilizzo dei vari strumenti, che un approccio sperimentale alla fisica richiede. Si parte dalla descrizione delle problematiche delle incertezze in modo operativo e si introducono i conce...

This Companion provides a fresh and comprehensive account of this outstanding work, which remains among the most frequently read works of Greek philosophy, indeed of Classical antiquity in general. The sixteen essays, by authors who represent various academic disciplines, bring a spectrum of interpretive approaches to bear in order to aid the understanding of a wide-ranging audience, from first-time readers of the Republic who require guidance...

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Beatriz Caiuby Labate and Clancy Cavnar offer an in-depth exploration of the spread of indigenous shamanic rituals of the Amazon to Western societies, looking at how indigenous, mestizo, and cosmopolitan cultures have engaged with and transformed these forest traditions.

Paying particular attention to the representation of non-normative or alternative masculinities, the contributors to Pre-Raphaelite Masculinities examine the works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones, William Bell Scott, William Holman Hunt, among others.

This volume will refute No Excuses Reform ideology by proposing Social Context Reform, a term coined by Paul Thomas which argues for educational change within a larger plan to reform social inequity¿such as access to health care, food, higher employment, better wages and job security. Evidence that school-only reform does not work is combined with a bold argument to expand the discourse and policy surrounding education reform to include how so...

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This Companion engages with key debates surrounding the interpretation and reception of Elizabeth Bishop's published and unpublished writing.

Explains how animals use chemical communication, emphasising the evolutionary context and covering fields from ecology to neuroscience and chemistry.

An examination of how the employee can act as a Corporate Social Entrepreneur to encourage integrity in the workplace.

Plying the vast uncharted waters of the South Pacific, the Pacific Searcher, a state-of-the-art oil exploration vessel, comes across an island not on any of their charts. Jokingly named Skull Island by their devil-may-care captain, Hiram Yates, he leads a landing party ashore. Although they don't find a great ape, they do make their own startling discovery.The island is inhabited by a tribe of simple natives that time has forgotten. Ignorant t...

Despite the so-called Third Wave of Democratization, many autocracies have been resilient in the face of political change. Moreover, many of the transition processes that could be included in the Third Wave have reached a standstill, or, at the very least, have taken a turn for the worse, leading sometimes to new forms of non-democratic regimes. As a result of these developments, the research on autocracies has experienced a revival in recent ...

Sustainability is a global issue that urgently needs addressing, and for which the most serious consequences are for children and future generations. This insightful research text tackles one of the most significant contemporary issues of our times - the nexus between society and environment - and how early childhood education can contribute to sustainable living. By offering international and multidisciplinary research perspectives on Early C...

It is estimated that approximately one million people commit suicide worldwide each year. How many are likewise committing spiritual suicide daily around the globe? With the former leading to the loss of life and the latter leading to the loss of soul, how many Professing Christians are Playing Judas each and every day? Are you? Am I?

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Ce deuxième volume est le prolongement du premier. Il est une compilation d'un parcours professionnel débuté en 1979 à l'Autorité des Aménagements des Vallées des Volta. Cette structure avait été créée par les pouvoirs publics burkinabè pour aménager des zones et réinstaller les agriculteurs et les éleveurs meurtris par les grandes sécheresses des décennies 1970 et 1980. L'ouvrage est consacré à une analyse de la gestion publique de l'élevage ...

Design for the Forgotten: Eliminating the stigma of Affordable Housing conducts an architectural analysis of Pruitt-Igoe housing development in St. Louis, Missouri while comparing other affordable communities and their design strategies in an effort to eliminate the stigma of affordable housing. This book takes a look at the development of the affordable housing communities in the United States. The research explores the history of segregation...

When passions develop between Ina and the heir of firm friends the Brothaigh's, everyone is excited at the prospect of a marriage. But Alasdair Brothaigh is two years late in returning to Ina and she is no longer convinced of his affections. Working his hardest to secure her hand in marriage the wedding preperations start. However a terrible illness penetrates the Elliot clan killing many including the Laird. Uncertain of what they are dealing...

Love, Loss, and Remembrance is a collection of poems by Selma Wolkow. Many of her poems are centered around her marriage of 60 years and provide insight about building strong relationships and living with the loss of a loved one. Some of the poems will make you smile, while others will bring you to tears.