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Gives you the scoop on how the Court reaches its decisions Get involved and track a case through the system This fun and easyguide demystifies the federal court system by describing what kinds of cases the justices hear, outlining how cases reach the Supreme Court, clarifying legal terms, and explaining how the Court arrives at its decisions. Youll discover how to get inside the Court yourself and investigate both the key issues and the player...

This book is the first comprehensive account of the changing role of men and the construction of masculinity in contemporary Japan. It makes a significant contribution to our understanding of contemporary Japanese society and identity.

This is the story of the growing up of Martin Brennan, a troubled boy in troubled times, a boy who knows all the questions but none of the answers.

The contributions to this volume by a team of international experts illustrate how the linguistic study of Greek comedy can deepen our knowledge of the intricate connections between the dramatic texts and their literary and socio-cultural environment. While the main focus is on comedy, the diversity of the approaches adopted ensures that much of the work applies to different genres and is relevant also to linguists and literary scholars.

Charles Nicholl has written two travel books, The Fruit Palace and Borderlines, a study of Elizabethan alchemy, The Chemical Theatre, and a biography of the pamphleteer Thomas Nashe, A Cup of News. He has also written a reconstruction of Sir Walter Ralegh's search for El Dorado, The Creature in the Map, and Somebody Else, which won the 1998 Hawthornden Prize. His work has appeared in Granta, Rolling Stone and the Independent.

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This is the first comprehensive and comparative study of compositional and stylistic techniques in medieval Arabic and Persian lyric poetry. It also examines works by the indigenous critics of poetry in both Arabic and Persian.

Two levels of fun, active English conversation for adultsOn the Go andOn the Move provide learners with practical skills they need to communicate effectively in English and to deal with a wide variety of travel survival situations. On the Go and On the Move are ideal for students interested in overseas destinations for travel, work or homestay. The series is practical and functional - ideal for general English courses.

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Help your students prepare for the newest version of this test with the most recent edition of Scoring High on the TerraNova CTBS. Student editions contain expanded practice opportunities with more than 80 added pages to help students with all areas of the test, including reading, language arts, mathematics, and listening skills. Each student book also presents a model of the TerraNova that the students will be taking, helping them to become c...

Help your students prepare for the newest version of this test with the most recent edition of Scoring High on the TerraNova CTBS. Student editions contain expanded practice opportunities with more than 80 added pages to help students with all areas of the test, including reading, language arts, mathematics, and listening skills. Each student book also presents a model of the TerraNova CTBS that the students will be taking, helping them to bec...

This book represents the first attempt by a single author to place the great Spanish Jewish Hebrew bible exegete, philosopher, poet, astronomer, astrologer and scientist Abraham ibn Ezra (1089-1164) in his complete contextual environment

One meaning of "kam" in the Kam language is to cover and conceal', and the name Kam perhaps refers to people who hide', removing themselves to remote areas in the interests of self-preservation. The Kam are still essentially a hidden people' - very little has been published in English about them. This book aims to fill a gap in the English literature, by providing a comprehensive introduction to Kam culture. The Kam, also known as the Dong, ar...

The goal of this book is to re-define the ways in which common sense and professional understandings about children re-construct, re-accomplish and sustain childhood as an experience for young people. The book extends contemporary research and theory by exploring their currency among a highly significant sector of the adult population, school teachers. For it is the school, as a key social location, that actively constructs consensual, cultura...

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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This volume presents surveys and research papers on various aspects of modern stability theory, including discussions on modern applications of the theory, all contributed by experts in the field. The volume consists of four sections that explore the following directions in the development of stability theory: progress in stability theory by first approximation, contemporary developments in Lyapunov's idea of the direct method, the stability o...

This is an essential tribute to the vitality and breadth of shamanic tradition both amongst the most distant tribes of America and Asia, and within seemingly ordinary aspects of modern western culture.

This unique book offers clear definitions of Gurdjieff's teaching terms, placing him within the political, geographical and cultural context of his time.