Oral history is increasingly acknowledged as a key tool for anyone studying the history of the recent past. This book is the first to provide a comprehensive and systematic overview of oral history theory in an accessible format.[...]

Every decision that is made by managers and policy-makers in a public sector organization requires an evaluation and a judgement of the risks involved. This vital requirement has been recognised in the growth of risk management. However, risks can never be fully prevented, which means that public ma[...]

This state-of-the-art volume provides insight into the recent developments in survey research. It covers topics like: survey modes and response effects, bio indicators and paradata, interviewer and survey error, mixed-mode panels, sensitive questions, conducting web surveys and access panels, coping[...]

This book examines critical theories in education research from various points of view in order to critique the relations of power and knowledge in education and schooling practices. It addresses social injustices in the field of education, while at the same time questioning traditional standards of[...]

A wish upon a star transports the luckless-in-love Jessica Blakely back in time to the thirteenth century. But her desire for a fair and gallant knight yields the fearsome Richard De Galtres. And it will take her tender touch--and stubborn will--to pierce his armor-clad heart...[...]

In her captivating new novel, bestselling author Lynn Kurland paints a magnificent portrait of 13th-century England -- with the passionate tale of a woman crippled by the past and a man destined to future greatness....[...]

USA Today bestselling author Lynn Kurland captures the haunting beauty of England, past and present--and the exquisite tenderness of timeless love... In a bleak, landlocked keep on the English moors, Iolanthe MacLeod dreams of the sea--and of a darkly handsome man to come rescue her. Centuries have[...]

A young woman inherits a castle--along with a ghost who tries to scare her away. Her biggest fear, however, is falling in love with him.[...]

Four classic novellas from the USA Today bestselling author, including "The Gift of Christmas Past," "The Three Wise Ghosts," "And the Groom Wore Tulle," and "The Icing on the Cake."[...]

In the second volume in a romance fantasy trilogy that began with Star of the Morning, as nightmarish monsters are unleashed on the kingdom of Neroche, Morgan, a mercenary and daughter of a treacherous black mage, battles the evil, while Miach of Neroche must choose between his duty to the kingdom a[...]