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Book SynopsisThe home of trusted Italian dictionaries for everyday language learning.With 40,000 words and phrases and 60,000 translations packed into this Collins Gem Italian to English and English to Italian dictionary, you'll have everything you need to know on the go.All the latest words reflecting changes in modern lifestyle are included in this small Italian dictionary, plus notes about life in Italy and top tips on commonly confused words. This is the perfect choice for travellers, students and business people. An essential, user-friendly travel Phrasefinder is included, along with a handy menu-reader ensuring you always get what you expect from a meal out.A clear layout, useful examples, and language and cultural notes makes this Collins Italian Gem dictionary ideal for school and a great companion to GCSE Italian.For more on Italian language usage, the Collins Italian Essential Dictionary (9780008270759) or the Italian Pocket Dictionary (9780008183646) are available for purchase.

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Book SynopsisThe home of trusted German dictionaries for everyday language learning.This book offers beginners a clear and easy-to-understand guide to the verbs and grammar of German. Perfect for German exams revision.Designed for all those learning German at school, at work or at home. It provides easily accessible information in an attractively presented layout, with new German spellings included throughout. Key grammatical points are highlighted as a means of reinforcement. In addition, a full glossary gives clear explanations of grammatical terminology.This book also provides beginners with all the regular verb forms and conjugations, and the most common tenses of irregular verbs are shown in full. An index contains thousands of verbs which are cross-referred to their conjugation model.Explains the essential points of German grammar using simple language throughout.Hundreds of examples of real German illustrate clearly the grammatical points being made.Clear layout ensures that you find the information you need quickly and easily.

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Book SynopsisThe home of trusted Irish dictionaries for everyday language use.An up-to-date, easy-reference Irish to English and English to Irish dictionary with a practical, fun supplement, ideal for learners of Irish.Designed for learners of Irish, whether you are learning at school or in an evening class. The entries cover everyday Irish (including all essential set expressions) so that you can be sure of having all the vocabulary you need.There is additional help in the form of a full guide to using the dictionary, essential grammar pages, a section on expressing yourself in Irish, and free extra study material online. With extensive language notes, this dictionary gives a solid foundation for Irish language learning.Easy to use: thousands of examples of real Irish show you exactly how translations are used. With no jargon or unclear symbols, this is the easiest Irish dictionary to use.Easy to read: clear layout takes you quickly to the words you want, with all Irish words, phrases and translat

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Book SynopsisThe world's leading Spanish to English and English to Spanish bilingual dictionary.The perfect resource for all advanced students of the Spanish and English languages.With more than 310,000 words, meanings and phrases and 442,000 translations.First published in 1971, the Collins Spanish Dictionary pioneered a new approach to bilingual dictionary publishing which continues to inspire millions of language users today. With wide-ranging coverage of contemporary Spanish and English, a wealth of examples and idioms, and a clear layout, this remains the ideal dictionary for advanced learners and professionals using Spanish.Up-to-date, with thousands of the latest words from a wide range of areasThousands of examples and idioms, all based on evidence from a multimillion-word corpus of real Spanish and EnglishExtensive notes on language, grammar and culture, to help the user with typical translation issuesCoverage of European and Latin American SpanishIncludes the acclaimed Language in Use supTrade Review“A formidable achievement that provided a blueprint for any future bilingual dictionary”, The Independent.

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Book SynopsisThe home of trusted Latin dictionaries for everyday language learning.This Latin Dictionary and Grammar offers the student of Latin the essential two-in-one reference: a comprehensive Latin to English and English to Latin dictionary and a user-friendly Latin grammar in one handy volume.Designed for students of Latin this is the ideal text for anyone who needs easy access to both a dictionary and a grammar reference guide.Offers comprehensive treatment of the vocabulary of texts read in school and university.The perfect complement to the dictionary a comprehensive grammar guide which presents detailed verb tables covering 120 regular verbs and over 300 irregular verbs.The clear layout ensures that users find the information they need quickly and easily.

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Book SynopsisThe home of trusted German dictionaries for everyday language learning.

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Book SynopsisThe home of trusted Irish dictionaries for everyday language use.This book offers Irish learners a clear and easy-to-understand guide to Irish verbs to help in their exam revision.Designed for all those learning Irish at school, work or home. The main section of the book consists of 115 fully conjugated verbs, both regular and irregular.The introduction gives a clear explanation of the main tenses and moods in which the verbs are conjugated. It also points out that the forms given in the verb tables conform to the Official Standard of Irish, with additional notes on the principal dialect variants. Finally, an alphabetical index lists many widely used Irish verbs, including the key verbs which appear in full in the verb tables.Shows all the major tenses and moods of the most important Irish verbs in full.A list of the 115 key verbs is given in the introduction.Clear layout ensures that you find the information you need quickly and easily.

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Book SynopsisThe home of trusted Irish dictionaries for everyday language use.This grammar of Irish offers learners a clear and easy-to-understand guide to help with Irish exam revision.For all those learning Irish at school, work or home this book provides easily accessible information in an attractively presented layout. Key grammatical points are highlighted throughout as a means of reinforcement. In addition, a full glossary gives clear explanations of grammatical terminology.All the regular verb forms and conjugations, and the most common tenses of irregular verbs are shown in full. An index contains hundreds of verbs which are cross-referred to their conjugation model.Collins Easy Learning Irish Grammar explains the essential points of Irish grammar using simple language throughout.Hundreds of examples of real Irish illustrate clearly the grammatical points being made.

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Book SynopsisA trusted Thai dictionary for everyday language learning, with short grammars of Thaiand English.A handy and affordable Thai to English and English to Thai reference dictionary for everyday use, including short grammars of Thai and English. The clear layout allows for fast and easy access when you most need it. Ideal for use at home, in the office, at school or on holiday.23,000 translations.Designed for all those studying Thai who need maximum information in a portable format.Offers comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of Thai and English.Useful grammar supplements covering the main points of Thai and English grammar, illustrated with clear, helpful examples.Delivers the accuracy and reliability you expect from the Collins name. With in-depth treatment of the most important core vocabulary, this dictionary will help you find the exact translation you want.All Thai words, phrases and translations are shown with their romanized transcription ideal for beginners.

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Book SynopsisThe home of trusted Irish dictionaries for everyday language use.28,000 headwords, 46,000 translations.A handy Irish to English and English to Irish dictionary. Offering learners at home, school and in the office extensive and up-to-date coverage of Irish and English in a compact, portable format.A grammar supplement helps you to develop your knowledge of Irish and your confidence in the language Useful verb tables show all verb forms for the most common regular and irregular Irish verbs.All the latest words reflecting changes in modern lifestyle are included in this small Irish dictionary, making it the perfect choice for travellers, students and business people. The Phrasefinder supplement has all the most useful phrases at your fingertips for ease of access.For more on Irish language usage, the Collins Irish Pocket Dictionary (9780008320003) is available for purchase.

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Book SynopsisThe home of trusted English dictionaries and thesauruses for school use.The perfect English reference for all students aged 11 and above. A combined dictionary and thesaurus, in the best-selling Gem format, shows both dictionary and thesaurus texts on the same page to make it the perfect tool for both school work and homework.With up-to-date definitions relating to Covid-19 (coronavirus, lockdown), environmental issues (biodegradable, deforestation, global warming, sustainable), and technology (cloud computing, stream, virtual), this is an invaluable two-in-one reference book in a handy, portable and durable format.Clear, straightforward definitions with matching thesaurus entries provide a generous choice of synonyms and antonyms.The Get It Right supplement addresses the main points in the 3 key curriculum areas of Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling.

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Book SynopsisThe Collins English Dictionary is a book to be treasured, no home should be without one, The Times.The largest single-volume English dictionary in print celebrates the extraordinary breadth and changing nature of world English, with more than 732,000 words, meanings and phrases.Updated with the very latest new words and senses, this is an unparalleled resource for word lovers, word gamers and word geeks everywhere. It draws on Collins' extensive language databases and covers many literary and rare words useful for crossword solvers and setters as well as Scrabble players.Ideal for use at work, at home and for study new words, new meanings and new uses are tracked by Collins' lexicographers who monitor language change around the world. This, along with suggestions from the public on the award-winning collinsdictionary.com, ensures Collins English Dictionary truly is the home of living language.More place names and biographical entries with over 9,500 place names and 7,300 biographies Trade Review“I am absolutely thrilled to have a copy of the Collins English Dictionary. If I am ever cast off on a desert island, this is the book I want to have with me.”Dame Judi Dench “I find Collins English Dictionary invaluable because it is an encyclopaedia as well as a dictionary, and it stands up to really intensive use.”John Grant, Crossword Editor, The Times

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Book SynopsisThe result of sixteen years of research in Talmudic, gnostic, cabalistic, apocalyptic, patristic, and legendary texts, the classic reference work on angels is beautifully illustrated and its reissue coincides with the resurgence of belief in angels in America. Simultaneous.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"...Huff...teaches readers how they can do the same. He provides details on effective business strategies, including: how to find your niche; what makes an effective artist website; email marketing; blogging; social media marketing; and paid advertising--then explains how to tie all these online activities into offline efforts." -- ArtDaily "...Huff also helps readers articulate the stories of their creations as a way of connecting with potential buyers. VERDICT Any artist who is ready to treat their art career seriously will want to check this guide out." -- Library Journal

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Book SynopsisA guide to some of the world''s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. His travels took him from the hidden pockets of his hometown of New York to a tribal longhouse in Borneo, from cosmopolitan Buenos Aires, Paris, and Shanghai to Tanzania''s utter beauty and the stunning desert solitude of Oman''s Empty Quarter''and many places beyond.InWorld Travel, a life of experience is collected into an entertaining, practical, fun and frank travel guide that gives readers an introduction to some of his favorite places''in his own words. Featuring essential advice on how to get there, what to eat, where to stay and, in some cases, what to avoid,World Travelprovides essential context that will help readers further appreciate the reasons why Bourdain found a place enchanting and memorable.Supplementing Bourdain''s words are a handful of essays by friends, colleagues, and family that tell even deeper stories about a place, including sardonic accounts of traveling with Bourdain by his brother, Christopher; a guide to Chicago''s best cheap eats by legendary music producer Steve Albini, and more. Additionally, each chapter includes illustrations byWesley Allsbrook.For veteran travelers, armchair enthusiasts, and those in between,World Traveloffers a chance to experience the world like Anthony Bourdain.

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Book SynopsisFeaturing plays and poetry from all over the world, including Latin American and African fiction, this book offers a deeper look into the famed fiction of Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde and more, as in-depth literary criticism and interesting authorial biographies give each work of literature a new meaning.Table of Contents 1: Introduction 2: Heroes and legends 3000BCE – 1300CE 1: Only the gods dwell forever in sunlight, The Epic of Gilgamesh 2: To nourish oneself on ancient virtue induces perseverance, Book of Changes, attributed to King Wen of Zhou 3: What is this crime I am planning, O Krishna? Mahabharata, attributed to Vyasa 4: Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles, Iliad, attributed to Homer 5: How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there’s no help in the truth! Oedipus the King, Sophocles 6: The gates of hell are open night and day; smooth the descent, and easy is the way, Aeneid, Virgil 7: Fate will unwind as it must, Beowulf 8: So Scheherazade began… One Thousand and One Nights 9: Since life is but a dream, why toil to no avail? Quan Tangshi 10: Real things in the darkness seem no realer than dreams, The Tale of Genji, Murasaki Shikibu 11: A man should suffer greatly for his Lord, The Song of Roland 12: Tandaradei, sweetly sang the nightingale, “Under the Linden Tree”, Walther von der Vogelwelde 13: He who dares not follow love’s command errs greatly, Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart, Chretien de Troyes 14: Let another’s wound be my warning, Njal’s Saga 15: Further reading 2: Renaissance to enlightenment 1300 - 1800 1: I found myself within a shadowed forest, The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri 2: We three will swear brotherhood and unity of aims and sentiments, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Luo Guanzhong 3: Turn over the leef and chese another tale, The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer 4: Laughter’s the property of man. Live joyfully, Gargantua and Pantagruel, Francois Rabelais 5: As it did to this flower, the doom of age will blight your beauty, Les Amours de Cassandre, Pierre de Ronsard 6: He that loves pleasure must for pleasure fall, Doctor Faustus, Christopher Marlowe 7: Every man is the child of his own deeds, Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes 8: One man in his time plays many parts, First Folio, William Shakespeare 9: To esteem everything is to esteem nothing, The Misanthrope, Moliere 10: But at my back I always hear Time’s winged chariot hurrying near, Miscellaneous Poems, Andrew Marvell 11: Sadly, I part from you; like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too, The Narrow Road to the Interior, Matsuo Basho 12: None will hinder and none be hindered on the journey to the mountain of death, The Love Suicides at Sonezaki, Chikamatsu Monzaemon 13: I was born in the Year 1632, in the City of York, of a good family, Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe 14: If this is the best of all possible worlds, what are the others? Candide, Voltaire 15: I have courage enough to walk through hell barefoot, The Robbers, Friedrich Schiller 16: There is nothing more difficult in love than expressing in writing what one does not feel, Les Liaisons dangereuses, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 17: Further reading 3: Romanticism and the rise of the novel 1800 - 1855 1: Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge, Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge 2: Nothing is more wonderful, nothing more fantastic than real life, Nachtstucke, E T A Hoffmann 3: Man errs, till he has ceased to strive, Faust, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 4: Once upon a time… Children’s and Household Tales, Brothers Grimm 5: For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn? Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen 6: Who shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley 7: All for one, one for all, The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas 8: But happiness I never aimed for, it is a stranger to my soul, Eugene Onegin, Alexander Pushkin 9: Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes, Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman 10: You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass 11: I am no bird; and no net ensnares me, Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte 12: I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul! Wurthering Heights, Emily Bronte 13: There is no folly of the beast of the Earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men, Moby-Dick, Herman Melville 14: All partings foreshadow the great final one, Bleak House, Charles Dickens 15: Further Reading 4: Depicting real life 1855 – 1900 1: Boredom, quiet as the spider, was spinning its web in the shadowy places of her heart, Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert 2: I too am a child of this land; I too grew up amid this scenery, The Guarani, Jose de Alencar 3: The poet is a kinsman in the clouds, Les Fleurs du mal, Charles Baudelaire 4: Not being heard is no reason for silence, Les Miserables, Victor Hugo 5: Curiouser and curiouser! Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll 6: Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart, Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky 7: To describe directly the life of humanity or even of a single nation, appears impossible, War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy 8: It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view, Middlemarch, George Eliot 9: We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne 10: In Sweden all we do is to celebrate jubilees, The Red Room, August Strindberg 11: She is written in a foreign tongue, The Portrait of a Lady, Henry James 12: Human beings can be awful cruel to one another, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain 13: He simply wanted to go down the mine again, to suffer and to struggle, Germinal, Emile Zola 14: The evening sun was now ugly to her, like a great inflamed wound in the sky, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy 15: The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde 16: There are things old and new which must not be contemplated by men’s eyes, Dracula, Bram Stoker 17: One of the dark places of the earth, Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad 18: Further reading 5: Breaking with tradition 1900 - 1945 1: The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle 2: I am a cat. As yet I have no name. I’ve no idea where I was born, I am a Cat, Natsume Soseki 3: Gregor Samsa found himself, in his bed, transformed into a monstrous vermin, Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka 4: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, Poems, Wilfred Owen 5: April is the cruellest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, The Waste Land, T S Eliot 6: The heaventree of stars hung with humid nightblue fruit, Ulysses, James Joyce 7: When I was young I, too, had many dreams, Call to Arms, Lu Xun 8: Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself, The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran 9: Criticism marks the origin of progress and enlightenment, The Magic Mountain, Thomas Mann 10: Like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars, The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald 11: The old world must crumble. Awake, wind of dawn! Berlin Alexanderplatz, Alfred Doblin 12: Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston 13: Dead men are heavier than broken hearts, The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler 14: It is such a secret place, the land of tears, The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery 15: Further reading 6: Post-war writing 1945 – 1970 1: Big Brother is watching you, Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell 2: I’m seventeen now, and sometimes I act like I’m about thirteen, The Catcher in the Rye, J D Salinger 3: Death is a gang-boss aus Deutschland, Poppy and Memory, Paul Celan 4: I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me, Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison 5: Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul, Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov 6: Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it’s awful! Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett 7: It is impossible to touch eternity with one hand and life with the other, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Yukio Mishima 8: He was the beat – the root, the soul of beatific, On the Road, Jack Kerouac 9: What is good among one people is an abomination with others, Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe 10: Even wallpaper has a better memory than human beings, The Tin Drum, Gunter Grass 11: I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee 12: Nothing is lost if one has the courage to proclaim that all is lost and we must begin anew, Hopscotch, Julio Cortazar 13: He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt, Catch-22, Joseph Heller 14: I rhyme to see myself, to set the darkness echoing, Death of a Naturalist, Seamus Heaney 15: There’s got to be something wrong with us. To do what we did, In Cold Blood, Truman Capote 16: Ending at every moment but never ending its ending, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez 17: Further reading 7: Contemporary literature 1970 – present 1: Our history is an aggregate of last moments, Gravity’s Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon 2: You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino’s new novel, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller, Italio Calvino 3: To understand just one life you have to swallow the world, Midnight’s Children, Salman Rushdie 4: Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another, Beloved, Toni Morrison 5: Heaven and Earth were in turmoil, Red Sorghum, Mo Yan 6: You could not tell a story like this. A story like this you could only feel, Oscar and Lucinda, Peter Carey 7: Cherish our island for its green simplicities, Omeros, Derek Walcott 8: I felt lethal, on the verge of frenzy, American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis 9: Quietly they moved down the calm and sacred river, A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth 10: It’s a very Greek idea, and a profound one. Beauty is terror, The Secret History, Donna Tartt 11: What we see before us is just one tiny part of the world, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami 12: Perhaps only in a world of the blind will things be what they truly are, Blindness, Jose Saramago 13: English is an unfit medium for the truth of South Africa, Disgrace, J M Coetzee 14: Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories, White Teeth, Zadie Smith 15: The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn’t one, The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood 16: There was something his family wanted to forget, The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen 17: It all stems from the same nightmare, the one we created together, The Guest, Hwang Sok-yong 18: I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer 19: Further reading 8: Glossary 9: Index 10: Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisAlison Smith is a sewing expert and tutor. Her sewing school, the Alison Victoria School of Sewing, is the largest independent sewing school in England, and offers courses and workshops on all aspects of sewing. Alison regularly speaks at specialist sewing shows and has had projects and articles published in a variety of UK magazines. She is a regular contributor to Sewing World magazine, and has appeared on the ITV television series Ladette to Lady teaching dressmaking skills. In 2013 Alison was awarded an MBE for services to sewing and corsetry.

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Book SynopsisAlison Smith is a sewing expert and tutor. Her sewing school, the Alison Victoria School of Sewing, is the largest independent sewing school in England. Alison regularly speaks at specialist sewing shows, is a regular contributor to Sewing World magazine, and has appeared on the ITV television series Ladette to Lady. In 2013 Alison was awarded an MBE for services to sewing and corsetry.

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Book SynopsisAnette Moldvaer is the co-founder and green coffee buyer of Square Mile Coffee Roasters, an award-winning roasting company. Anette has judged international trade competitions, such as the World Barista Championships, and leads workshops in Europe, the US, Latin America, and Africa; she is also a World Cup Tasting Champion. She began her career as a barista in Norway in 1999, and now visits coffee producers around the globe, sourcing the very best coffees.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface. 1. Introduction to Medical Terminology. 2. The Human Body in Health and Disease. Word Part Review. 3. The Skeletal System. 4. The Muscular System. 5. The Cardiovascular System. 6. The Lymphatic and Immune Systems. 7. The Respiratory System. 8. The Digestive System. 9. The Urinary System. 10. The Nervous System and Mental Health. 11. Special Senses: The Eyes and Ears. 12. Skin: The Integumentary System. 13. The Endocrine System. 14. The Reproductive Systems. 15. Diagnostic Procedures, Pharmacology and Complimentary Medicine. Comprehensive Medical Terminology Review. Appendix A: Word Parts: Prefixes, Combining Forms and Suffixes. Appendix B: Abbreviations and their Meanings. Appendix C: Pathology and Procedures. Flash Cards.

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Book SynopsisPPPP . . . To compress 200 years of psychiatric theory and practice into a compelling and coherent narrative is a fine achievement . . . . What strikes the reader [most] are Shorter''s storytelling skills, his ability to conjure up the personalities of the psychiatrists who shaped the discipline and the conditions under which they and their patients lived.--Ray Monk The Mail on Sunday magazine, U.K. An opinionated, anecdote-rich history. . . . While psychiatrists may quibble, and Freudians and other psychoanalysts will surely squawk, those without a vested interest will be thoroughly entertained and certainly enlightened.--Kirkus Reviews. Shorter tells his story with immense panache, narrative clarity, and genuinely deep erudition.--Roy Porter Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. In A History of Psychiatry, Edward Shorter shows us the harsh, farcical, and inspiring realities of society''s changing attitudes toward and attempts to deal wTable of ContentsPreface 1 The Birth of Psychiatry vii A World without Psychiatry 1 Traditional Asylums 4 Heralding the Therapeutic Asylum 8 Organizing the Therapeutic Asylum 18 Nervous Illness and Nonpsychiatrists 22 Toward a Biological Psychiatry 26 Romantic Psychiatry 29 2 The Asylum Era 33 National Traditions 34 The Pressure of Numbers 46 Why the Increase? 48 Redistribution of Illness 49 Rising Rate of Psychiatric Illness 53 Dead End 65 3 The First Biological Psychiatry 69 Enter Ideas 69 A German Century 71 French Disasters 81 Anglo-Saxon Laggards 87 Degeneration 93 The End of the First Biological Psychiatry 99 An American Postscript 109 4 Nerves 113 Nerves Better than Madness 114 The Flight of Madness into the Spa 119 Tired Nerves and the Rest Cure 129 Neurology Discovers Psychotherapy 136 5 The Psychoanalytic Hiatus 145 Freud and His Circle 146 The Battle Begins 154 American Origins 160 The Arrival of the Europeans 166 Triumph 170 Psychoanalysis and the American Jews 181 6 Alternatives 190 Fever Cure and Neurosyphilis 192 Early Drugs 196 Prolonged Sleep 200 Shock and Coma 207 Electroshock 218 The Lobotomy Adventure 225 Social and Community Psychiatry 229 7 The Second Biological Psychiatry 239 The Genetic Strand 240 The First Drug That Worked 246 The Cornucopia 255 Neuroscience 262 Antipsychiatry 272 Return to “the Community” 277 The Battle over ECT 281 8 From Freud to Prozac 288 Maintaining Market Share 289 A Nation Hungers for Psychotherapy 293 Science versus Fashion in Diagnosis 295 The Decline of Psychoanalysis 305 Cosmetic Psychopharmacology 314 Why Psychiatry? 325 Notes 329 Index 421

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Book SynopsisIn a series of 54 full-colour maps covering 3,000 years and spanning the whole of Europe, this book comprehensively charts the dramatic history of the Celts from their origins in the Bronze Age to their present-day diaspora. It deals with the Continental Celts, the Atlantic Celts and the modern Celts and their state of culture.Trade Review'A brilliantly balanced and entirely up-to-date picture of the Celts through time … an incomparable source, an essential companion for everyone setting out to discover the Celts' - Professor Barry CunliffeTable of ContentsThe Continental Celts • The Atlantic Celts • The Modern Celts •

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Understanding Religion is a lucid, creatively structured, and nearly jargon-free introduction to theories and methods for studying religious communities and traditions in diverse societies, bold in scope, and presented in a manner that is undergraduate-friendly, yet sophisticated enough for use in a graduate-level course." * Journal of Interreligious Studies *"Explores themes one might expect in a textbook as well as ones welcomely added, emphasizing a 'deeply political' approach that continually draws the reader’s attention back to whose voice gets expressed in scholarship, and whose does not." * Religious Studies Review *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Boxes Acknowledgments and Dedications Introduction PART I. WHAT IS RELIGION AND HOW TO APPROACH IT? 1. Religion: Language, Law, and Legacies Case Study 1A: Falun Gong: Religion or Self-Cultivation Practice? Case Study 1B: Christians and Ancestor Veneration: Religion or Culture? 2. Method: Insider-Outsider Debates, Phenomenology, and Reflexivity Case Study 2A: Living between Religious Worlds: Conversion and Reconversion Case Study 2B: Hindu and Christian? Multiple Religious Identities 3. Life: Lived Religion, Syncretism, and Hybridity Case Study 3A: Mexican American Catholicism and Our Lady of Guadalupe Case Study 3B: Thai Buddhism as Lived Religion and Syncretic Practice PART II. THEORIES, METHODOLOGIES, AND CRITICAL DEBATES 4. History: Historical Methodology and the Invention of Tradition Case Study 4A: The Historical Jesus and the Christ of Faith Case Study 4B: Laozi, the Daodejing, and the Origins of Daoism 5. Power: Social Constructionism, Habitus, and Authority Case Study 5A: Mosques, Minarets, and Power Case Study 5B: Individual (New Age/Alternative) Spirituality as Modernity's Ideology 6. Identity: Social Identity Theory, In-Groups, Out-Groups, and Conflict Case Study 6A: Shiv Sena, Hindu Nationalism, and Identity Politics Case Study 6B: Race, Religion, and the American White Evangelical 7. Colonialism: Postcolonialism, Orientalism, and Decolonization Case Study 7A: Beyond "Inventing" Hinduism Case Study 7B: Magic, Superstition, and Religion in Southeast Asia and Africa 8. Brains: The Cognitive Science of Religion and Beyond Case Study 8A: Religion, Non-Religion, and Atheism Case Study 8B: Ancestors, Jesus, and Prosocial Behavior in Fiji 9. Bodies: Material Religion, Embodiment, and Materiality Case Study 9A: Weeping Gods and Drinking Statues Case Study 9B: Embodied Practice at a Christian Shrine 10. Gender: Feminism, Sexuality, and Religion Case Study 10A: Priests, Paul, and Rewriting Texts Case Study 10B: Buddhist Feminisms and Nuns 11. Comparison: Comparative and Contrastive Methodologies Case Study 11A: Comparing Hinduism and Judaism Case Study 11B: A Comparison of Zen Buddhist and Protestant Christian Sitting Practices 12. Ritual: Ritualization, Myth, and Performance Case Study 12A: The Zen Tea Ceremony and Protestant Eucharist as Performance and Ritual Case Study 12B: Buddhist Ordination Rites PART III. RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY AND SOCIETY 13. Diversity: Religious Borders, Identities, and Discourses Case Study 13A: The Memory of Al-Andalusia Case Study 13B: Dominus Iesus and Catholic Christianity in Asia 14. Dialogue: Interreligious Discourse and Critique Case Study 14A: Christian and Muslim Women Reading Scriptures Case Study 14B: Buddhist-Christian Dialogue: History and Discourse 15. Violence: Fundamentalism, Extremism, and Radicalization Case Study 15A: The Invention of Islamic Terrorism Case Study 15B: Buddhism and Violence 16. Secularism: Secularization, Human Rights, and Religion Case Study 16A: Laïcité and the Burkini Ban Case Study 16B: Singapore's Common Space 17. Geography: Place, the Lived Environment, and Environmentalism Case Study 17A: Trees as Monks? Case Study 17B: Protestant Christian Understandings of the "Holy Land" 18. Politics: Governance, the Colonial Wound, and the Sacred Case Study 18A: Ethnicity and Religion: The Singaporean Malay-Muslim Identity Case Study 18B: Saluting the Flag: The Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the United States Glossary Who's Who Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book is a must-read for any researcher, even those who specialize in quantitative methods. . . .It aims to be a textbook but achieves much more." * EPIC - Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Community *"Qualitative Literacy: A Guide to Evaluating Ethnographic and Interview Research is a wonderful book that should be required reading for all graduate students in Sociology; indeed, it is a useful guide for any social science discipline that incorporates both quantitative and qualitative training." * Social Forces *Table of ContentsCONTENTS Preface Introduction 1 Cognitive Empathy 2 Heterogeneity 3 Palpability 4 Follow-Up 5 Self-Awareness Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix: A Note on Proposals Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisOriginally published as: Second edition. (Helm field guides): London: Christopher Helm, 2011.Trade ReviewPraise for the first edition: "Birds of the Hom of Africa is another excellent publication in the Princeton Field Guides series."--Frederic Brock, Wildlife Activist Praise for the first edition: "A welcome addition to the literature on the birds of Africa... [A]n outstanding work."--Emil K. Urban, Augusta State University Praise for the first edition: "This eagerly awaited field guide is the first ever to cover the stunning birds of an outstanding region... With its unrivalled, truly authoritative coverage, Birds of the Horn of Africa is indispensable for birders and ornithologists alike."--C. Hilary Fry, University of Aberdeen Praise for the first edition: "This is one of the best field guides in the world. The writing is of a very high standard, and I am impressed by the overall quality of the plates and attention paid to local subspecies. Birds of the Horn of Africa is the premier field guide to the region."--Keith N. Barnes, editor of The Eskom Red Data Book of Birds of South Africa, Lesotho, and SwazilandTable of ContentsIntroduction 9 Acknowledgements 10 How to use this book 11 The plates 11 Species accounts 11 Abbreviations 15 Maps 16 Taxonomy and nomenclature 17 Bird Identification 18 Learning to identify birds 18 Individual variation 19 Moult 20 Bird topography 21 Glossary 23 Geography, climate and habitats 26 Important Bird Areas 30 Organisations and websites 32 Species accounts 33 Ostriches STRUTHIONIDAE34 Albatrosses DIOMEDEIDAE 36 Petrels and shearwaters PROCELLARIIDAE 36-38 Storm-petrels HYDROBATIDAE 40 Tropicbirds PHAETHONTIDAE42 Frigatebirds FREGATIDAE 42 Boobies SULIDAE 44 Pelicans PELECANIDAE 46 Grebes PODICIPEDIDAE 46 Cormorants PHALACROCORACIDAE 48 Darters ANHINGIDAE 48 Finfoot HELIORNITHIDAE 48 Bitterns, herons and egrets ARDEIDAE 50-56 Hamerkop SCOPIDAE 58 Storks CICONIIDAE 58-62 Shoebill BALAENICIPITIDAE 62 Ibises and spoonbills THRESKIORNITHIDAE 64-66 Flamingos PHOENICOPTERIDAE66 Ducks and geese ANATIDAE 68-78 Secretarybird SAGITTARIIDAE 80 Hawks, buzzards and eagles ACCIPITRIDAE 80-112 Falcons FALCONIDAE 114-122 Guineafowl NUMIDIDAE 124 Quails and francolins PHASIANIDAE 124-130 Buttonquails TURNICIDAE 130 Rails, crakes and gallinules RALLIDAE 132-138 Cranes GRUIDAE 140 Bustards OTIDIDAE 142-144 Jacanas JACANIDAE 146 Painted-snipe ROSTRATULIDAE 146 Crab-plover DROMADIDAE 148 Oystercatchers HAEMATOPODIDAE 148 Stilts and avocets RECURVIROSTRIDAE 148 Thick-knees BURHINIDAE 150 Coursers and pratincoles GLAREOLIDAE 152-154 Plovers CHARADRIIDAE 156-164 Sandpipers and allies SCOLOPACIDAE 164-176 Skuas STERCORARIIDAE 178 Gulls LARIDAE 180-184 Terns STERNIDAE 186-192 Skimmers RYNCHOPIDAE 190 Sandgrouse PTEROCLIDAE 194 Pigeons and doves COLUMBIDAE 196-204 Parrots and lovebirds PSITTACIDAE 206 Turacos MUSOPHAGIDAE 208 Cuckoos and coucals CUCULIDAE 210-216 Barn owls TYTONIDAE 218 Typical Owls STRIGIDAE 218-222 Nightjars CAPRIMULGIDAE 224-228 Swifts APODIDAE230-234 Mousebirds COLIIDAE 236 Trogons TROGONIDAE 236 Kingfishers ALCEDINIDAE 238-242 Bee-eaters MEROPIDAE 244-248 Rollers CORACIIDAE 248-250 Wood-hoopoes and scimitarbills PHOENICULIDAE 252-254 Hoopoes UPUPIDAE 254 Hornbills BUCEROTIDAE 256-258 Ground-hornbills BUCORVIDAE 258 Barbets and tinkerbirds CAPITONIDAE 260-264 Honeyguides INDICATORIDAE 266 Woodpeckers and wrynecks PICIDAE 268-270 Larks ALAUDIDAE 272-282 Swallows and martins HIRUNDINIDAE 284-288 Wagtails, pipits and longclaws MOTACILLIDAE 290-296 Cuckooshrikes CAMPEPHAGIDAE 298 Hypocolius HYPOCOLIIDAE 298 Pittas PITTIDAE 300 Bulbuls PYCNONOTIDAE 300-302 Thrushes and chats TURDIDAE 304-322 Warblers SYLVIIDAE 324-342 Cisticolas and allies CISTICOLIDAE 344-352 Flycatchers MUSCICAPIDAE 354-358 Monarch flycatchers MONARCHIDAE358 Wattle-eyes and batises PLATYSTEIRIDAE 360 Babblers TIMALIIDAE 362-364 Tits PARIDAE 366 Treecreepers CERTHIIDAE 366 Penduline-tits REMIZIDAE 368 White-eyes ZOSTEROPIDAE 368 Sunbirds NECTARINIIDAE 370-378 Shrikes LANIIDAE 380-384 Bush-shrikes MALACONOTIDAE 384-390 Nicators INCERTAE SEDIS 390 Helmetshrikes PRIONOPIDAE 392 Orioles ORIOLIDAE 394 Drongos DICRURIDAE 396 Crows CORVIDAE 396-400 Starlings and oxpeckers STURNIDAE 402-410 Sparrows and petronias PASSERIDAE 412-416 Weavers PLOCEIDAE 416-432 Waxbills ESTRILDIDAE 434-444 Whydahs and indigobirds VIDUIDAE 446-448 Canaries and seedeaters FRINGILLIDAE 450-456 Buntings EMBERIZIDAE 456-458 Checklist of the birds of the Horn of Africa 460 Appendix 1: Species endemic to the Horn of Africa 488 Appendix 2: Hypothetical species 491 Appendix 3: LARGE WHITE-HEADED GULL S 492 References and further reading 493 Index 495 Quick index to the main groups of birds 512

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of New Statesman's Books of the Year 2021""A Birdwatcher's Yearbook Best Bird Book of the Year""Ninth Place for the 2022 BB/BTO Best Bird Book of the Year, British Birds and the British Trust for Ornithology""Beautiful to hold and to ponder . . . A glorious piece of political advocacy."---Mark Cocker, New Statesman"A guiding light for all bird fans. . . . This 640-page tour de force follows in the finest traditions of the WildGuides . . . a must-have addition to birdwatchers' libraries."---Stuart Winter, Sunday Express"The most comprehensive, authoritative and ambitious single-volume photographic guide to Europe’s birds ever produced. . . . Essential if your birding takes you a little further afield."---John Miles, Birdwatching Magazine"A beautifully produced book, crammed with some of the most exquisite bird photography I’ve seen in any field guide to date."---Calvin Jones, Ireland's Wildlife"Must-have . . . comprehensive and dazzling photographic guide."---Stephen Moss, Stephen Moss's 2021 Round-up of Nature Books"Europe’s Birds is superbly planned, executed and produced, and is a joy to pick up and browse. It comes highly recommended."---Chris Kehoe, British Birds"Astonishingly beautifully and technically masterful . . . pin-sharp pictures of hard-to-separate species in almost perfect analogue poses. . . . placed in close proximity to the well-chosen words of a master of fieldguide prose, Mr Rob Hume. The combination is truly superb."---Mark Cocker, Unofficial Bookclub"One of the best and the most complete [field guide] out there."---Stephen Menzie, British Birds and British Trust for Ornithology"The book brings the quality of the genre to a new high."---Ian (DIM) Wallace, Honorary Life President of Flamborough Ornithological Group, and contributing author to The Birds of the Western Palearctic"Very useful. . . . The layout is excellent."---Gordon Hamlett, Birdwatchers’ Yearbook"Essential for anyone visiting this bird-rich area of southern England."---Jeremy Brock, Scottish Birds"It’s impossible to see how this latest WILDGuide can be anything but another winning-formula best seller. . . . The quality of the photographs from 350 worldwide photographers displayed in Europe’s Birds is mostly stunning, exceptional or simply the best on offer. . . . Open to birdwatchers of all abilities and experience with many, many pages to simply enjoy or from which to verify, learn or check understanding - there is something for everyone."---Phil Slade, Another Bird Blog"If you are in the market for a new field guide to the birds of Europe, you could do little better than this important new addition to the literature."---David Gascoigne, Travels with Birds"The most inclusive and up to date photographic guide of Europe’s birds available at a bargain price. Containing all the UK species, this may be the only guide you will ever need."---Eric Brown, News Shopper"The latest identification guide from WildGuides and as is to be expected is of a very high standard and is the most comprehensive and ambitious one yet. . . . The best identification to Europe’s birds."---Mike King, Gloster Birder"Europe’s Birds is accessible to birdwatchers of all abilities and experience with many, many pages to simply enjoy or from which to learn or verify an ID – there is something for everyone."---Frank Lambert, Birder's Library"This is the best photographic guide to the birds of Europe currently available!"---Ian Paulsen, The Birdbooker Report"This will become the new go to book for our next generation of birders."---Steven Rutherford, British Naturalists Association"Cleverly created multiple-image plates of great photographs laid out to show you 928 species in a variety of plumages and different poses. . . . Amazing value."---Keith Betton, Kingfisher"The artwork of “Europe’s Birds: An Identification Guide” is dazzling, the text condensed and comprehensive, and the layout and design are without peer. Highly recommended."---Dragan Simic, 10,000 Birds

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Book SynopsisThis innovative and carefully designed photographic pocket-sized guide provides a concise introduction to the identification of the 246 birds most likely to be seen in Great Britain and Ireland.Trade Review"One of British Birds' Best Bird Books of 2019""This is a fantastic piece of work . . . . [It] manages to cram a huge amount of information in the pages without it feeling too cluttered or overwhelming. The text is concise but thorough enough to help with identification . . . . this is a must have for new and seasoned birders alike."---Scott Mayson, British Trust for Ornithology"The book is packed with quality colour photographs, no mean feat to gather so many images together for one book, with at least two images per species sometimes more. . . this a great pocket guide to British Birds and I would certainly recommend it to anyone getting into birds and birdwatching."---Alan Davies, BirdwatchingTrips"Well thought out and structured to assist the reader. . . . another one of the top quality bargain books we have come to expect from Princeton's WildGuides series."---Phil Slade, Another Bird Blog"The best bird identification guide I have seen, ever."---Jim Williams, Star Tribune"These carefully curated photographs are the conclusive answer to any who said that photos cannot illustrate identification features. . . . It is a treasure trove: the pages pack in a wealth of images."---Thomas Wingfield, London Naturalist"First, it is a compact guide suitable to slip into a pocket . . . Second, it is lively and inspiring, full of real birds that you want to go out and identify. Third it is relatively inexpensive, and with a durable cover. In short, it is a great guide for beginners to take in the field . . . Even for more experienced birders there are details that make it worth keeping handy."---Will Cresswell, Scottish Birds"This is a fantastic book packed with useful information and stunning photographs. It will be a welcome addition to the beginner, intermediate and expert alike. This is one of the best bird books I have seen for a long time, and I would certainly recommend it. A fine complement to any birdwatcher's collection."---Neville Davies, Wild About Gwent"At a handy five inches by seven inches [this book] slips easily in the pocket and is also ideal for the kitchen shelf. . . . a perfect . . . gift at a bargain price."---Eric Brown, News Shopper Bexleyheath & Welling"I must say I was blown away! Not only are the photographs of the highest quality but the designers have crammed an incredible amount of information into what is literally a coat pocket sized book. . . . this is an excellent and outstandingbook and at no more than a tenner that is great value for money." * Essex Birding *

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Book SynopsisAn illustrated mini-encyclopedia of fungal lore, from John Cage and Terrence McKenna to mushroom sex and fairy rings. With more than 180 entries, this collection will transport both general readers and specialists into the remarkable universe of fungi.Trade Review"One of American Institute of Graphic Arts’ Top 50 Books / 50 Covers of 2021""This little book is big fun."---Michael Pollan on Twitter"The cultural encyclopedia of mushrooms that we need right now." * Literary Hub *"A delightful collection of notes on a wide variety of mycologically related topics . . . . This is a book you can pick up for a few minutes, or get hooked into for an hour."---Susan Kayser, Fungus Friends"If your fungal forays have been limited to identifying toadstools, this A-Z of the fungal kingdom, written with profound knowledge and wry good humour, will be a revelation."---Phil Gates, BBC Wildlife"[Millman] illuminates some obscure corners of mycology for sure, but better, he brings a kind of feisty joyousness to the endeavor that makes the facts feel fresh. . . . As far as I am concerned, there can never be enough mushroom books out there. And I call this one a treasure."---Eugenia Bone, New York Mycological Society Newsletter"Fungipedia can be read in less than two hours and will prove useful to all. It would make a great stocking stuffer or gift for anyone with whom you may want to share your passion for fungi."---Dianna Smith, The Mycophile"Millman is an excellent guide through a wide variety of topics in this relatively small but loaded package."---Ron Tracy, Mushroom: The Journal of Wild Mushrooming"Small, fun filled . . . quirky, fact filled book."---Steve Rutherford, Country-Side"Fungipedia is a fun, fast-paced, fascinating, fungi foray formatted on facsimile foolscap (OK, that last one about it being printed on facsimile foolscap I just made up, but the paper is indeed quite nice)."---Johannes E. Riutta, The Well-read Naturalist"A delightful little introduction to the world of fungi. . . . a whimsical 184-page A-Z miscellany that could be slipped into your back pocket . . . even seasoned mycologists will here find things to entertain and enlighten them." * Inquisitive Biologist *"Millman has come out with a delightful stocking stuffer. . . . Wit and good humor are never lacking, the whimsy doesn’t belie the deep knowledge, and its diminutive size makes it useful, as well as readable."---Art Goodtimes, Montrose Mirror"It could best be described as a light, whimsical, yet extremely knowledgeable dip into the world of mycology. . . . Whether you are interested in fungi or not, I think this book will appeal." * Essex Birding *"I found this a delightful little book, a mini-encyclopaedia, hardback, and at just 4.5 × 6.75 ins,easy to slip into a pocket and dip in and out of on a bus or metro journey. An ideal Christmas stocking-filler for both mycologists, whether “amateur” or “professional”, and inquisitive naturalists." * IMA Fungus *"The author is a true snapper-up of unconsidered trifles, which he blends into erudite and cheery notes which will inform and entertain, amaze and (occasionally) repel you. . . . I have never laughed so much over a serious book. And I learned a lot too."---Gillian Mawrey, Historic Gardens Review"An extraordinary treasure box for readers."---Irmgard Krisai-Greilhuber, Osterreiche Zeitschrift fuer Mykologie"Charming, fact-filled, enjoyable read."---Neville Davies, Wild About Gwent"This little handbook produced by Princeton University Press and authored by renowned mycologist Lawrence Millman, is a sort of 'all you ever wanted to know about mushrooms' work; and fascinating and helpful it is too."---David Gascoigne, Travels With Birds"A wonderful blend of discoveries and stories for the reader to enjoy . . . . The book provides a wonderful journey of exploration into this fascinating [fungi] kingdom."---Maxine Herman-Oakley, Current Biology"[Millman] is a true snapper-up of unconsidered trifles, which he blends into erudite and cheery notes which will inform and entertain, amaze and (occasionally) repel you. . . . I have never laughed so much over a serious book. And I learned a lot too."---Gillian Mawrey, Historic Gardens Review"There are writers who have the ability to astonish readers with each new page, such is their erudition, their wit, and their ability to turn a phrase. Millman is one such writer, providing in Fungipedia, a book that draws novices like me into mycology, but which also has tidbits, tiny morsels of trivia if you will, that will satisfy the more discerning palate of the experts among us."---David O. Born, Toadstool, newsletter of the Minnesota Mycological Society"We enjoyed this book immensely and recommend it wholeheartedly to those eager to have a delightful entrée into the world of fungi." * Life: The Excitement of Biology *"A whimsical peek into the obscure world of fungi. . . . With its easy-to-read snippets, Fungipedia inspires the general public to find out more about fungi, beyond the knowledge that mushrooms taste good with butter and garlic. On the other hand, experts will appreciate the life-like depictions and illustrations of their favourite fungal subjects. It is a must-read for all."---Daphne Ng, AC Review of Books"Fungipedia is a whimsical peek into the obscure world of fungi. The book is as much for general readers as it is for experts in fungi. With its easy-to-read snippets, Fungipedia inspires the general public to find out more about fungi, beyond the knowledge that mushrooms taste good with butter and garlic. On the other hand, experts will appreciate the life-like depictions and illustrations of their favourite fungal subjects. It is a must-read for all."---Daphne Ng, AC Review of Books

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Book SynopsisWith over 8,000 terms and expressions, this best-selling dictionary provides clear, concise and up-to-date information on all aspects of civil, criminal and commercial law. Examples and encyclopedic comments help to explain complex terms from British, European and US legal procedure.Trade Review'A useful volume for non-lawyers' Citizens Advice Bureaux

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Book SynopsisExplores the fragrant world of magical oils. This book shows how to select and mix 67 essential oils for a myriad of magical, medicinal, and spiritual applications - arranged alphabetically for ease of use. It is filled with 1,200 original recipes for spells, rituals, and remedies.

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Book SynopsisThe thoroughly revised and updated Handbook on Theories of Governance brings together leading scholars in the field to summarise and assess the diversity of governance theories. The Handbook advances a deeper theoretical understanding of governance processes, illuminating the interdisciplinary foundations of the field.Trade Review‘Pity the poor doctoral student who propose to tackle theories of governance. Confronted by many competing theories from multiple disciplines, which way to turn? Once hapless, now help is to hand. Ansell and Torfing provide an authoritative, comprehensive source. They cannot reconcile all the theoretical and disciplinary differences, but they can and do provide a systematic overview of the field. All can now reflect upon this current blessing not their previous misfortune.’ -- Roderick Rhodes, University of Southampton, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface xii Acknowledgements xvii 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Theories of Governance 1 Christopher Ansell and Jacob Torfing PART I THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF GOVERNANCE 2 Collective action theory 18 Robert Holahan and Mark Lubell 3 Organization theory 28 Morten Egeberg, Åse Gornitzka and Jarle Trondal 4 Public management theory 42 Zoe Radnor, Stephen Osborne and Russ Glennon 5 Planning theory 56 Thomas Hartmann and Stan Geertman 6 Policy process frameworks 66 Saba Siddiki 7 State theory 77 Bob Jessop 8 Democratic theory 89 Andreas Klinke 9 Public law and regulatory theory 104 Shauhin Talesh 10 Development theory 118 Jennifer N. Brass 11 International relations theory 129 Kerstin Sahlin PART II BASIC THEORETICAL CONCEPTS 12 Heterarchy 140 Karen Stephenson 13 Network 149 Patrick Kenis 14 Public participation 158 Kathryn S. Quick and John M. Bryson 15 Representation 169 Lucy Taylor 16 Deliberation 178 Per Ola Öberg 17 Power 187 Mark Haugaard 18 Legitimacy 196 Sylvia I. Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen 19 Trust 205 Bart Nooteboom 20 Accountability 215 Yannis Papadopoulos 21 Transparency 226 Jenny de Fine Licht and Daniel Naurin 22 Evidence 234 Paul Cairney 23 Learning 244 Tanya Heikkila and Andrea K. Gerlak 24 Innovation 254 Jean Hartley and Jacob Torfing 25 Risk 264 Ortwin Renn and Andreas Klinke 26 Steering 278 Renate Mayntz 27 Soft and hard governing tools 285 Paula Blomqvist PART III THEORETICAL MODES OF ANALYSIS 28 Information-based governance 298 Graham Bullock 29 Discourse theory 309 Steven Griggs and David Howarth 30 Institutional theory 323 B. Guy Peters 31 Public choice theory 336 Lina Ericksson 32 The Advocacy Coalition Framework 353 Jonathan J. Pierce and Alex Osei-Kojo 33 Economic theory 365 Klaus Nielsen 34 Governmentality 378 Peter Triantafillou 35 Complexity theory and systems analysis 389 Christopher Koliba, Lasse Gerrits, Mary Lee Rhodes and Jack W. Meek 36 Narrative and interpretative theory 407 Nick Turnbull 37 Pragmatism 419 Christopher Ansell 38 Normative considerations of interactive governance: effectiveness, efficiency, legitimacy and innovation 429 Jurian Edelenbos and Ingmar van Meerkerk PART IV FORMS OF GOVERNANCE 39 Co-production: theoretical roots and conceptual frameworks 446 Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler 40 Democratic network governance 462 Eva Sørensen 41 Regulatory governance 472 John Yasuda 42 Network governance 485 Robyn Keast 43 Collaborative governance 497 Alison Gash 44 Private governance 510 Marija Isailovic and Philipp Pattberg 45 Urban and regional governance 519 Jon Pierre 46 Multi-level governance 528 Ian Bache, Ian Bartle and Matt Flinders 47 EU and supranational governance 540 Diana Panke and Miguel Haubrich-Seco 48 Transnational economic governance 555 Walter Mattli and Jack Seddon 49 Metagovernance 567 Jacob Torfing 50 Adaptive governance 580 Toddi Steelman 51 Experimentalist governance 592 Bernardo Rangoni 52 Epilogue: the current status and future development of governance theories 604 Christopher Ansell and Jacob Torfing Index

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Book SynopsisValerie Cumming is currently Editor of Costume: The Journal of the Costume Society. She is a former Chairman of The Costume Society (2004-2009) and has worked with museums for many years as a curator, administrator and trustee.Trade ReviewNearly forty years on [...] the volume reappears as The Dictionary of Fashion History, skilfully enlarged and re-edited by Valerie Cumming. Given fresh life and thorough coverage from 1900 through the present day, the new dictionary is once again ready to prove itself a trustworthy guide and companion to all those interested in the absorbing study of clothing. -- Review of the first edition, Ann Saunders, Editor of Costume 1967-2007A welcome, needed update of an early landmark dictionary on dress; a must have for all who care about the A to Z of fashion. -- Review of the first edition, Joanne B. Eicher, Regents Professor Emerita at the University of MinnesotaConcise yet detailed, academic, and fabulous, it is truly a dictionary. The Dictionary of Fashion History is an essential purchase for any library serving patrons with an interest in fashion, clothing, art, history, theater, anthropology, or nearly any area of the social sciences. -- Review of the first edition, Library JournalThis new edition brings The Dictionary of Fashion History completely up date, immersing it within today's material culture approaches to fashion history. Above all, this edition is gloriously enhanced by Valerie Cumming's admirable choice of color images of precious surviving garments and accessories. -- Lou Taylor, Brighton University, UKComprehensive in range, well-illustrated in color, with helpful glossaries and a useful list of sources, this handy compendium is essential for the specialist and of interest to the general reader. An impressive achievement. -- Aileen Ribeiro, The Courtauld Institute of Art, UK.Table of ContentsIntroduction Acknowledgements Image Credits List of Illustrations Acknowledgments DICTIONARY Bibliography List of Sources

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Book SynopsisThis fourth edition of Metric Pattern Cutting for Children's Wear and Babywear remains the standard text book but has three majorimprovements. First, the sections have been re-organised to reflect changes in producing and marketing children's clothes.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 4 Introduction 5 Design and pattern cutting for babywear and children’s wear 6 The growth of children and adolescents 8 Tools and equipment for making patterns 10 Chapter 1 The basic principles – sizing – using the blocks 11 Part One: ‘Flat’ Cutting – Babywear (birth–2 years) Chapter 2 Specifi c babywear blocks 23 Chapter 3 Specifi c babywear adaptations 31 Part Two: ‘Flat’ Cutting – Basic Garments (1–14 years) Chapter 4 The ‘fl at’ blocks – woven and jersey fabrics 39 Chapter 5 Basic tops, dresses and skirts for girls 57 Chapter 6 Overgarments for girls and boys 69 Chapter 7 Sport and leisurewear for girls and boys 79 Chapter 8 Nightwear for boys and girls 87 Part Three: Standard Pattern Cutting Processes (birth–14 years) Chapter 9 Constructing sleeves 95 Chapter 10 Constructing openings, collars and hoods 109 Part Four: ‘Form ‘ Cutting – Schoolwear and Formal Wear (3–14 years) Chapter 11 Classic blocks for schoolwear and formal wear 121 Chapter 12 Pattern adaptations for schoolwear 149 Chapter 13 Pattern adaptations for girls’ formal wear 165 Part Five: ‘Form’ Cutting – Constructing Blocks For Girls With Developing Figures (11–14 years) Chapter 14 The basic blocks and size charts 175 Part Six: Grading Patterns (birth–14 years) Chapter 15 Grading patterns for babywear and children’s wear 187 Appendix: Aliquot parts 201 Glossary 202 Supplementary body measurements 203 Bibliography and further reading 206 Chapter index 207

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Book SynopsisThe first and only crochet stitch dictionary to feature tapestry crochet motifs. With bold, graphic designs, the 150 motifs in this book are perfect for the modern maker. Plus, five projects allow you to mix and match motifs into one-of-a-kind designs that reflect your own tastes. There is also advice on choosing stitches and fixing mistakes.

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Book SynopsisWant to know how to use an electronic component? This second book of a three-volume set includes key information on electronics parts for your projects - complete with photographs, schematics, and diagrams. You'll learn what each one does, how it works, why it's useful, and what variants exist.

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