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The heavens and hells as well as kingdoms "far, far away" are places we often hear descriptions and tales of but can never see or visit. This encyclopedia of concise entries, from al A'raf the limbo of Islam to Zulal, one of the many streams which run...

A bumper edition of John Peacock's renowned costume drawings, charting the development of women's and men's clothing from the 1920s onwards. This beautifully illustrated, easy-reference volume features over 2,100 meticulous illustrations that record in...

After collecting qualitative data from in-depth interviews, focus groups, or field observations, students and researchers often struggle to make sense of it. This step-by-step guide draws on the authors' many years of experience carrying out qualitative...

Ensure research is ethical with this Little Quick Fix, giving you a solid grasp of this tricky subject in an hour's read. Within the visually engaging, straightforward and interactive Little Quick Fix format, Cheryl Poth helps the reader to identify...

With this beautifully illustrated compendium, explore 100 diverse arcane tools and writings said to hold the key to the mysteries of the universe.Symbols carry weight and significance. Over time, they grow as different cultures attribute new meanings to...

Who's Who in Classical Mythology is the most complete and detailed reference book of its kind. It offers scholarly, yet accessible accounts of those mythological tales surrounding such gods as Apollo, Zeus, Athena and Dionysus, and mortals such as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812885361Author Eric PartridgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint Scarborough HousePublisher Scarborough HouseWeight(grams) 599g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781543403770Author Joy UsherFormat PaperbackPage Count 378Imprint Xlibris AuPublisher Xlibris AuWeight(grams) 553gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 21mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781475136531Author Arthur T BradleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 442Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 871gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788944007Author Manly P HallFormat HardbackPage Count 182Imprint Discovery PublisherPublisher Discovery PublisherWeight(grams) 440g

The events of 1939-1945 had such a dramatic impact on the world that it is easy to forget that Allied victory was far from certain, especially in the early part of the war when both the Nazis in Europe and the Japanese in the Pacific were sweeping all...

Long overshadowed by Greek mythology or treated peripherally in gernal texts on the ancient Roman world, Roman religion is finally accorded its due in this unique reference work. While perhaps most familiar in the context of Greek-influenced gods, Roman...

We currently live in a two dimensional world of tapping and sliding fingers on screens, but babies and young children need to touch, taste, smell, shake and bang three dimensional objects in order to develop thinking and learning skills.The Treasure...

Healing Victims of Sexual Assault Through Transformative Journaling"This is the most essential book on writing practice I know ... Every writing teacher, writing coach, writing workshop or group leader and every person with a history of any kind of...

HERE BE DRAGONS! Here you will find the things that once made the woods wild and the nights to be feared; that made ancient map-makers write, 'Here be Dragons'. The Impossible Zoo is a biology of the supernatural - a study of the life of things that...

The unvarying essential meanings of around 1,000 symbols and symbolic themes commonly found in the art, literature and thought of all cultures through the ages are clarified.Book InformationISBN 9780415036498Author J. C. CirlotFormat PaperbackPage Count...

Peacemaker had a long road to the spotlight and he's not alone. There are dozens of unique, sometimes absurd, and yet truly memorable characters waiting for their chance to shine. Strange and Unsung All-Stars of the DC Multiverse celebrates some of the...

David de Vaus' classic text Surveys in Social Research provides clear advice on how to plan, conduct and analyse social surveys. It emphasises the links between theory and research, the logic and interpretation of statistics and the practices of social...

This book explores the fertility and enigma of Erving Goffman's sociological reasoning and its capacity to shed fresh light on the fundamental features of human sociality. Thematically arranged, it brings together the work of leading scholars of...

An essential A-Z guide to the full range of sociological thought, Sociology: The Key Concepts is an important addition to the established and successful Key Concepts series.Fully cross-referenced with an extensive glossary, this accessible text also...

The fourth edition of Criminology: The Basics has been fully revised and updated to offer an engaging and concise introduction to the main themes and concerns of this compelling and complex subject and gives an overview of the main theoretical and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385073059Author Peter L. BergerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 210gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Global Urbanism is an experimental examination of how urban scholars and activists make sense of, and act upon, the foundational relationship between the 'global' and the 'urban'.What does it mean to say that we live in a global-urban moment, and what...

The definitive reference book on Ireland's cultural and religious heritage. Ireland has one of the finest cultural heritages and a standard reference book combining the related subjects of folklore, myth, legend and romance is long overdue. There are...

In 1937, the Scottish writer, Neil Gunn, gave up his job in the civil service, sold his house in Inverness, and bought a boat. With his wife and his brother John, he set off on a three-month voyage around Inner Hebrides. The boat had outlived its first...

The Companion focusses on the international intellectual movement of the Enlightenment, and the individuals who shaped it. A number of substantial essays survey the main topics of dictionaries, encyclopedias, art, music and theatre, while central...

This book is a hands-on resource for the amateur, student or volunteer as well as a reference for those interested in the world's greatest archaeological finds and the people who discovered them. The first part of the book explores the many fields of...

Home articulates a 'critical geography of home' in which home is understood as an emotive place and spatial imaginary that encompasses lived experiences of everyday, domestic life alongside a wider, and often contested, sense of being and belonging in...

This updated edition of a textbook universally hailed as an indispensable guide, is a complete introduction to the methods and means of forensic archaeology.Incorporating new advances in the field, new case studies, and charting the growth and...

A collection of the papers of Margaret S. Mahler, providing an exposition of the development of Mahler's essential concepts.Book InformationISBN 9781568212241Author Margaret S. MahlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Jason Aronson Inc...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140243277Author Lewis ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 129mm *...

If cultural theory is a minefield, this book is a route map through that field. Prepared by an international team of scholars, the entries in this book provide accessible introductions to the key cultural theorists of the nineteenth and twentieth...

This insightful Handbook scrutinizes alternative concepts and approaches to the dominant economic or industrial theories of innovation. Providing an assessment of these approaches, it questions the absence of these neglected types of innovation and...

The Dictionary of the Social Sciences is a comprehensive reference work with over 1700 entries ranging from fifty to five hundred words covering topics such as anthropology, sociology, economics, political science, cultural studies, human and cultural...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781610271394Author Neil J SmelserFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Quid Pro, LLCPublisher Quid Pro, LLCWeight(grams) 594gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Johnny Saldana outlines the basic elements of longitudinal qualitative data, focusing on micro-levels of change observed within individual cases and groups of participants. He draws upon his primary experience in theater education to examine time and...

The Oxford Illustrated Social Studies Dictionary explains academic vocabulary at a level appropriate for high-beginning and intermediate students, which accelerates their mastery of content and allows them to be successful in content-area classes and...

This invaluable one-stop reference source supplies students and general readers with historical and current information on the victims' rights revolution in the United States, providing analysis on everything from human rights reports to Supreme Court...

Museum theatre can be one of the most effective and rewarding programs your institution ever undertakes, and it can be one of the most challenging! Some institutions shy away from theatre because it seems too foreign to their mission, while others take...

The Sage Handbook of Data and Society provides a comprehensive exploration of the impact of data on society. Addressing urgent research questions in this rapidly evolving field and offering a balanced mix of introductory insights and advanced analyses,...