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Carlos Aguirre is Professor of History at the University of Oregon and the author of The Criminals of Lima and Their Worlds: The Prison Experience, 1850–1935, also published by Duke University Press.¿¿Charles F. Walker is Professor of History, Director of the Hemispheric Institute on the Americas, and MacArthur Foundation Endowed Chair in International Human Rights at the University of California, Davis, and the author of Shaky Colonialism: Th...

Carlos Aguirre is Professor of History at the University of Oregon and the author of The Criminals of Lima and Their Worlds: The Prison Experience, 1850–1935, also published by Duke University Press.¿¿Charles F. Walker is Professor of History, Director of the Hemispheric Institute on the Americas, and MacArthur Foundation Endowed Chair in International Human Rights at the University of California, Davis, and the author of Shaky Colonialism: Th...

Sara R. Farris is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London, and the author of Max Weber's Theory of Personality: Individuation, Politics, and Orientalism in the Sociology of Religion.

Sara R. Farris examines the calls for gender equality from an unlikely collection of European right-wing nationalist political parties, neoliberals, and some feminist theorists and policymakers, showing how their exploitation of feminist ideals justifies anti-Islam and anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies.

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A practical, illustrated, and scientifically grounded guide to improving your running technique and preventing injury, written by a kinesiologistIn North America alone, thirty-seven million people run regularly, and most suffer at least one running-related injury a year. Run Better sets out to help runners of all abilities run smarter and injury-free by reviewing the proper mechanics of running and the role of shoes, providing training program...

Joined by Grace introduces engaged and newly married couples to the rich traditions of Catholic prayer. They will learn how Catholics pray, texts of most commonly used prayers, a primer on devotions, and meditations on the seven sacraments.

Lift Up Your Heart is an unique introduction to the writings of St. Francis de Sales, offering readers a personal, ten-day mini-retreat based on ten famous meditations from de Sales spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life.

Providing new knowledge on risk analysis and simulation for megaprojects, this book is essential reading for both academics and practitioners. Its focus is on technical descriptions of a newly developed dynamic systems approach to megaproject risk analysis and simulation.

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Jake is in Year 6. He is worried about the transition to secondary school because he has heard many rumours, including one about the older pupils flushing first years' heads down the toilets. Jake's behaviour illustrates his initial negative coping strategies as his worry grows.

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Do you long to make beautiful quilts but have such a busy life you can never find the time? Imagine creating a quilt - maybe even your first - in just a weekend! This jelly roll quilt pattern collection from bestselling authors Pam and Nicky Lintott includes 15 contemporary quilts, which are easy enough to piece in a weekend.

An in-depth examination into the future of humanity in the face of climate change.

A vivid report of the refugee crisis, from one of Europe's leading intellectuals, translated from the German by Tony Crawford. Kermani accompanied refugees on their 'Balkan route' in the autumn of 2015. Includes photography by Moises Saman.

By foot, in buses, prison vans and trains, a steady stream of refugees traveled from the Greek island of Lesbos into Europe. In the autumn of 2015, award-winning writer Navid Kermani decided to accompany them on the "Balkan route." In this perceptive account from the front line of the "refugee crisis, " Kermani shows how a seemingly distant world in which war and conflict rage has suddenly collided with our own. Kermani describes the situation...

This book aims to explore and make visible the intersection of subject matter knowledge and teacher knowledge in the narratives of teachers. This complicated interaction between these two bodies of knowledge is often studied and little understood.

James Thurber's Columbus was not today's Columbus-or even yesterday's. It was a Columbus he both knew and created, a place perched on the fringe of reality and the fringe of his imagination. It is the place Bob Hunter revisits in Thurberville, a book where the author separates truth from fiction and identifies what parts of the famous humorist's hometown of 180, 000 exist in the burgeoning metro area of more than two million today. Thurber's C...

Over the last two decades, military and authoritarian regimes in Latin America have receded as indigenous social movements and popular protests have demanded and won peaceful transitions to democratically-elected governments. Across the entire Southern hemisphere, democracy arose with a radical flourish, bringing dramatic changes in politics, education, civil society, and the media. Historically, revolution in Latin America has been depicted a...