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Stereochemistry deals with the three-dimensional arrangement of atoms in molecules. All chemical reactions take place three…

This is a ground-breaking examination of the role and significance of the British House of Commons during the Tudor period.…

Featuring numerous updates and revisions, U.S. and Latin American Relations, 2nd Edition offers in-depth theoretical and…

This volume celebrates the work and influence of T. Berry Brazelton, one of the world's foremost pediatricians, by bringing…

This illuminating manifesto presents a succinct, carefully documented assessment of the current state and likely future of…

The philosophy of motion pictures has typically been explored in a top-down fashion. The essence of motion pictures is…

Presents a study of modernity that examines classical influences Incorporates political, economic, social, and psychological…

The first general introduction to Ovid written in English in over 20 years, this book provides a unique and accessible…

Written by leading experts in the field, Social Theories of Risk and Uncertainty is an introduction to mainstream theorizing…

The second edition of The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development continues its presentation of the most…

Virgil offers undergraduates, graduate students and general readers a comprehensive and carefully balanced introduction to…

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Explores the effects of political violence on children and young people in Northern Ireland. This title begins with a brief…

In a series of thought-provoking and original essays, eighteen leading philosophers engage in head-to-head debates of nine…

In An Introduction to Childhood , Heather Montgomery examines the role children have played within anthropology, how they…

This revised and updated second edition of The Globalization and Development Reader builds on the considerable success of a…

In spite of its professed liberalism, Hollywood has always been risk-adverse, and most feature films deal with controversial…

Rather than debating the existence of the problem, this book presupposes that a climate change issue exists and develops a…

This revised edition of Sir Anthony Kenny's classic work on Wittgenstein contains a new introduction which covers…

The difficulties that students face when tackling Joyce's works are addressed by focusing on plot, implying that the "real"…

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This book is based on a collaborative research project by an international team of journalism scholars. It provides insights…

The eighth edition of this successful textbook provides a student-friendly assessment of the key substantive areas of social…

The Media and the Public explores the ways a range of media have constructed and represented the public. The authors argue…

Argues that it is only at the turn of the 21st century that the powerful lessons of the avant-garde - an avant-garde cruelly…

The role of play in child development is a source of ongoing interest and debate. In this book, renowned expert Peter Smith…

Original essays by leading scholars in the field of popular music studies map the competing perspectives on the key terms of…

In this major contribution to debates about English identity, leading theorist Robert J.C. Young argues that Englishness was…

History and Philosophy of Psychology introduces students to the historical development of psychology and encourages them to…

A Guide to Old English is a detailed but accessible introduction to the Old English language for beginners. The language…

This book examines the impact of digital technologies on learners in formal and informal settings. Written by two experts,…

Zygmunt Baumana s powerful and persuasive study of the postmodern perspective on ethics is particularly welcome. For Bauman…

Written in clear, jargon-free prose, this introductory text charts the variety of novel writing in English in the second…

Tragedy in Transition is an innovative and exciting volume that explores the theory and practice of tragedy from the Greek…

This comprehensive introduction explores the theories and new information and communication technologies that we now take to…

The new edition of this best-selling text continues to provide a general, wide-ranging introduction to psychology which is…

The thoroughly revised Women in Culture 2/e explores the intersections of gender, race, sexuality, gender identity, and…

From Shane to Kill Bill: Rethinking the Western is an original and compelling critical history of the American Western film.…

An inspiring student guide, free of critical jargon, which challenges conventional ways of seeing Victorian novel. Provides…

This substantially revised edition of Wittgenstein's Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics contains one section, an…

In Chinese tradition Confucianism has been always both a philosophy of moral self-cultivation for the human individual and…

With the same intellectual goals as the first edition, this innovative introductory logic textbook explores the relationship…

Combining cutting-edge theories of culture and government with programming examples--including Todd TV, Survivor, and…

An Introduction to Philosophical Logic has been a popular mainstay among students taking courses in philosophical logic and…

The unique approach taken within The Ethics of Patriotism brings together the differing perspectives of three leading…

Shows how three notions of culture - as ethnicity, aesthetic, and marketing tool - reshape urban places and conflicts over…

This volume presents a dozen original essays by leading scholars in the fields of the ancient novel, Julio-Claudian culture,…