Critical theory emerged in the 1920s from the work of the Frankfurt School, the circle of German-Jewish academics who sought to diagnose -- and, if at all possible, cure -- the ills of society,...
Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series for English Language Teaching (ELT) markets, designed for children learning English as a foreign or second language. The Phonics Focus pages at the start...
W. E. B. Du Bois was a public intellectual, sociologist, and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture in the United States through his...
The historical study of crime has expanded in criminology during the past few decades, forming an active niche area in social history. Indeed, the history of crime is more relevant than ever as...
Mr. Tod wanted to eat Peter Rabbit, Lily, and Benjamin. They needed Squirrel Nutkin's help!Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories,...
It was the night of the Pony Party, and the ponies were very excited. They wanted to have a great night!Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern...
Jon and his friends are big fans of famous footballer Ben Wills. Can they learn to play like him and win? For over thirty-five years, the best-selling Read it yourself with Ladybird has helped...
This work meets a long-standing need in the helping professions żeby being the first and only comprehensive book devoted to these priority-defining and goal-setting values clarification strategies...
Find out about many different minibeasts and where they live. What do spiders eat? How do bees help us? Why don't we like flies?Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales,...
Sensitively edited and with a connecting commentary żeby editor, Mirjam Pressler, the abridged edition of IThe Diary of a Young /IGirl by Anne Frank, gives younger readers their first introduction...
This concise volume fills a long-standing need for a sophisticated, brief primer on American national politics. A major theme of the book is the interplay between constitutional and...
In The Deep End, book 15 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley and his family hit the road for a cross-country camping trip, ready...
The key resource you need to prepare for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Certification and Maintenance of Certification examinations. Now in its twelfth edition, Mayo Clinic Internal...
In this Very Short Introduction, Vanessa Schwartz argues that modern France, as both a world stage and a global crossroads, is an essential actor in the development of contemporary culture. Indeed,...
This text uses a case-study approach to present the core principles of biochemistry and molecular biology in the context of human disease to students who will be involved in patient care. The 33...
This stimulating Very Short Introduction throws open the doors on a remarkably diverse musical genre, with a world-wide reach that goes far beyond America's shores to discuss folk music of...
Young adventurer Beck Granger is invited to South Africa aby an old friend of his parents' to help out on a project to prevent rhino poaching. But when he arrives all is not as it seems, and...
The Oxford Handbook of World Philosophy provides the advanced student or scholar a set of introductions to each of the world's major non-European philosophical traditions. It offers the...
First published in 1954 and having gone through several editions, this comprehensive book remains the authoritative source in the field. This paperback edition includes all of the 350 illustrations...
This up-to-date introduction to the most fundamental ideas of molecular orbital theory leads the reader through a clear and non-mathematical presentation of electronic structure, geometry, and...
Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary is widely recognized as the definitive dictionary of psychiatry--up-to-date, comprehensive, and authoritative. Distinguished by its clarity and scholarship, it...
C.S. Lewis's space trilogy - Out of the Silent Planet (1938), Perelandra (1943), That Hideous Strength (1945) - has been both admired and dismissed for its staging of a sharply defined struggle...