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Routledge Library Editions: Commodities

Fiona Gordon-Ashworth, Michael Atkin, Edgar Graham, Walter C. Labys, Peter K. Pollak, Alasdair Macbean, D, Nguyen, William Robertson

Originally published between 1982 and 1989, the volumes in this set were written at a time of instability in the global commodity markets. Then, just as now, these volumes highlighted…

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Amnesia: An ‘ingenious’ and ‘twisting novel’, perfect for fans of Peter Lovesey and William Ryan

Michael Ridpath (Author)

What if you woke up to discover that you’d killed the only woman you had ever loved?

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James, ½ Peter, 1/2/3 John, Jude

Michael E. Williams

A fresh new look at the Bible, from beginning to end, and what it means in believers’ lives

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Imagine Nation: The American Counterculture of the 1960’s and 70’s

The counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s remains a highly controversial and divisive topic Amidst the recent flourishing of Sixties scholarship, Imagine Nation is the first collection to focus solely…

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C.S. Lewis at Poets’ Corner

An anthology of writings and addresses from the Fiftieth Anniversary commemorations of the death of C.S. Lewis, reflecting on his life and contributions to literature and theology.

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Imagine Nation: The American Counterculture of the 1960’s and 70’s

The counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s remains a highly controversial and divisive topic Amidst the recent flourishing of Sixties scholarship, Imagine Nation is the first collection to focus solely…

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Tradition and Pluralism: Essays in Honor of William M. Shea

This collection of essays reflects on the urgent theological questions of our day. They also present a commendation of the life and academic career of William M. Shea-_particularly his instinctive…

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Base Ball Pioneers, 1850-1870: The Clubs and Players Who Spread the Sport Nationwide

By 1871, the popularity of baseball had spread so thoroughly across America that one writer observed,
It is as much our national game as cricket is that of the English…

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English Focus Constructions and the Theory of Grammar

Michael Shaun Rochemont,Peter William Culicover

This book is concerned with certain constructions in English, referred to as ‘stylistic,’ a term restricted to particular contexts to discourse. The authors examine how these constructions fit with grammatical…

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The Frozen Earth: Fundamentals of Geocryology

Peter J. Williams,Michael W. Smith

This book describes the effects of cold climates on the surface of the earth. Using scientific principles, the authors describe the evolution of ground thermal conditions and the origin of…

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Purcell

William Hayman Cummings

Few other composers can boast the originality or the range which Henry Purcell displayed - from sacred music, to airs, to tavern songs and the first great English opera, Dido…

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Asian/American Scholars of Education: 21st Century Pedagogies, Perspectives, and Experiences, Second Edition

The second edition of Asian/American Scholars of Education updates the collection with essays and national data analyses, continuing to interrogate institutional barriers to promotion and recognition for Asian/American scholars in…

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The London Friends’ Meetings: Showing the Rise of the Society of Friends in London, Its Progress, and the Development of Its Discipline; with Accounts of the Various Meeting Houses and Burial Grounds, Their History [etc]

William Beck,T. Frederick Ball

Quaker architects Beck and Ball surveyed London Quaker history as part of a mid-19th century awakening of Friends to the significance of their own past. This facsimile reprint contains a…

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The London Friends’ Meetings: Showing the Rise of the Society of Friends in London, Its Progress, and the Development of Its Discipline; with Accounts of the Various Meeting Houses and Burial Grounds, Their History [etc]

William Beck,T. Frederick Ball

Quaker architects Beck and Ball surveyed London Quaker history as part of a mid-19th century awakening of Friends to the significance of their own past. This facsimile reprint contains a…

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The Routledge Handbook of Classics and Cognitive Theory

The Routledge Handbook of Classics and Cognitive Theory is an interdisciplinary volume that examines the application of cognitive theory to the study of the classical world, across several interrelated areas…

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The Routledge Handbook of Classics and Cognitive Theory

The Routledge Handbook of Classics and Cognitive Theory is an interdisciplinary volume that examines the application of cognitive theory to the study of the classical world, across several interrelated areas…

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C. S. Lewis at Poets’ Corner

On the 50th anniversary of his death, C.S. Lewis was memorialized in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey. In addition, Oxford and Cambridge Universities, where he taught, also held commemorations. This volumes…

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C. S. Lewis at Poets’ Corner

On the 50th anniversary of his death, C.S. Lewis was memorialized in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey. In addition, Oxford and Cambridge Universities, where he taught, also held commemorations. This volumes…

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Puspika: Tracing Ancient India Through Texts and Traditions: Contributions to Current Research in Indology

It is perhaps commonplace to say that India is one of the world’s richest and most enticing cultures. One thousand years have passed since Albiruni, arguably the first Indologist…

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Understanding Traffic Systems: Data Analysis and Presentation

Michael A.P. Taylor,Peter W. Bonsall,Professor William Young

This second edition of the highly successful Understanding Traffic Systems demonstrates techniques for examining traffic problems, through good information and processing. Issues addressed include: traffic flow, survey planning, data collection…

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Relations and Functions within and around Language

This work describes language as a network of functional relations. It presents essays on the theory of language as functional relations and essays which describe an oral text from a…

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Relations and Functions within and around Language

This work describes language as a network of functional relations. It presents essays on the theory of language as functional relations and essays which describe an oral text from a…

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Fundamentals of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Peter Lydyard,Peter Whelan,Michael Fanger

Brings together leading UK psychiatrists and psychopharmacologists to review and clarify essential information about the scientific background and clinical application of the drugs used in psychiatry.

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Sustainable Catalysis: Challenges and Practices for the Pharmaceutical and Fine Chemical Industries

Covering key areas that are particularly important for the fine chemical and pharmaceutical industries, this book highlights current challenges and encourages greater research into green organic synthesis and catalytic methodology.

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Sustainable Energy: Choosing Among Options

Jefferson W. Tester,Elisabeth M. Drake,Michael J. Driscoll,Michael W. Golay,William A. Peters

Evaluates trade-offs and uncertainties inherent in achieving sustainable energy, analyzes the major energy technologies, and provides a framework for assessing policy options.

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Unions and Globalisation: Governments, Management, and the State at Work

Peter Fairbrother (RMIT University, Australia),John O'Brien,Anne Junor,Michael O'Donnell,Glynne Williams

Innovative and offering a sociological analysis of trade unionism in the globalized era, this book provides a robust and coherent comparative analysis of the debate surrounding trade unions and their…

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Unions and Globalisation: Governments, Management, and the State at Work

Peter Fairbrother (RMIT University, Australia),John O'Brien,Anne Junor,Michael O'Donnell,Glynne Williams

Innovative and offering a sociological analysis of trade unionism in the globalized era, this book provides a robust and coherent comparative analysis of the debate surrounding trade unions and their…

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Urban Studies: Economy

This essential reference works maps how Urban Studies as a discipline is composed with perspectives from economics and perspectives from sociology.

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Gene Biotechnology

William Wu,Helen H. Zhang,Michael J. Welsh,Peter B. Kaufman

Offers a multidisciplinary approach to the methods essential to biotechnical development. Presenting information that researchers and students need to understand and apply biotechnology techniques, this work discusses a variety of…

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Harold Innis’s History of Communications: Paper and Printing-Antiquity to Early Modernity

Exploring how social order changes as the means of communication change, this volume makes widely accessible, for the first time, three extant chapters from Harold Innis’s History of Communications-a legendary…

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Relations and Functions within and around Language

Currently, there is a movement in linguistics towards careful use of corpora in linguistic and text analysis, which has involved both written and spoken corpora and those which combine spoken…

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Crisis Communications: Lessons from September 11

This text features a cast of top contributors exploring emergency communications during crisis. Together they evaluate the use, performance and effects of traditional mass media, newer media, conventional telecommunications and…

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Crisis Communications: Lessons from September 11

This text features a cast of top contributors exploring emergency communications during crisis. Together they evaluate the use, performance and effects of traditional mass media, newer media, conventional telecommunications and…

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All’s Well That Ends Well

William Shakespeare

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world's most renowned voices. Originally…

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Local Authorities and the Social Determinants of Health

This crucial contemporary study reviews the evolving role of local authorities in health, social care and wellbeing. Health and policy experts survey disparities across Britain, share case studies of strategies…

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Local Authorities and the Social Determinants of Health

This crucial contemporary study reviews the evolving role of local authorities in health, social care and wellbeing. Health and policy experts survey disparities across Britain, share case studies of strategies…

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Getting Health Reform Right: A Guide to Improving Performance and Equity

Marc Roberts (Harvard School of Public Health, Boston),William Hsiao (Harvard School of Public Health, Boston),Peter Berman (Harvard School of Public Health, Boston),Michael Reich (Harvard School of Public Health, Boston)

Provides a multi-disciplinary framework for developing and analyzing health sector reforms. This book offers practical guidance - useful to policymakers, consultants, academics, and students alike - and stresses the need…

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The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory: 5 Volume Set

The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary compendium of original entries focusing on the origins, evolution, and global development of contemporary social theory.

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When Mandates Work: Raising Labor Standards at the Local Level

Starting in the 1990s, San Francisco launched a series of bold but relatively unknown public policy experiments to improve wages and benefits for thousands of local workers. This book brings…

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Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 5: The Actinobacteria

Includes a revised taxonomic outline for the Actinobacteria or the high G+C Gram positives is based upon the SILVA project as well as a description of greater than 200 genera…

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Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 5: The Actinobacteria

Includes a revised taxonomic outline for the Actinobacteria or the high G+C Gram positives is based upon the SILVA project as well as a description of greater than 200 genera…

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Kongur: China’s Elusive Summit

Sir Chris Bonington

When the Chinese Mountaineering Association opened many of China’s mountains to foreigners in the 1980s, Chris Bonington thought it too good an opportunity to miss. Kongur is his account of…

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A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the Old Testament: The Gospel Promised

Written from a Reformed, covenantal, and redemptive-historical perspective, this introduction to the Old Testament invites readers to see the cohesive story of the Bible through the lens of the gospel…

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The Waste Land after One Hundred Years

An exploration of the legacy of The Waste Land on the centenary of its original publication, looking at the impact it had had upon criticism and new poetries across one…

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State Crime: Current Perspectives

Examines state criminality, explaining how and why states violate their own laws and international law. It also explores various methods of controlling governmental criminality. With topics ranging from crimes of…

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