Offers an extraordinary look at race and policing in late nineteenth-century Baltimore. What makes this work so powerful is that many of the issues that the antipolice brutality movement faces…

Explores key conceptual, methodological and practical issues related to mental toughness in sport including: what mental toughness is and is not; how to measure mental toughness in sport; how to…

Father Ignacio Gordon, SJ, taught canon law from 1960 until 1985 at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, with a concentration on procedural law. Father Gordon's contribution to the question…

The East India Company’s merchants were called Adventurers because they ventured their money in the risky markets of the Spice Islands and the fabulously wealthy Mughal Empire. This title offers…

Clinical Evidence Made Easy, 2e will enable healthcare workers in all fields to understand and implement the results from clinical trials, clinical journals and other data sources with confidence.

In the period 1940-1965 the female prostitute featured in at least 10 per cent of Italian-made films. This book explains why she was so prevalent in Italian cinema of this…

Encyclopedia of World Religions explores the major religions of the world, emphasizing the living faiths and their background. Each illustrated volume provides access to the theological concepts, personalities, historical events…