For those living outside Scandinavia, the Viking Age effectively began in 793 with an attack on the monastery at Lindisfarne, a characteristically violent harbinger of what was in store for Britain and much of Europe from the Vikings for the next 300 years, until the final destruction of the heathen[...]

This book brings together ongoing debates about personalised learning, creativity and ICT in education, with a cross-curricular focus, and establishes a principled framework for cross-curricular teaching and learning in Mathematics. It identifies a range of key issues and constructs a research-based[...]

Cocktails are back - big time. Shaken, stirred or mixed, they're all here! Cocktails produce maximum style for minimum effort. They are the perfect choice for frivolous fun and can even become your stairway to heaven. This is Britain's best-selling cocktails book. With well over 1000 to choose from,[...]

This unprecedented collection of articles is an introduction to the study of cultural variations in childhood across the world and to the theoretical frameworks for investigating and interpreting them. * Presents a history of cross-cultural approaches to child-development * Recent articles examine [...]

Suitable for students following an undergraduate or postgraduate course on international marketing, this title explores the key roles that multiculturalism plays in different societies and its impact on marketing theory and practice and examines the importance of the cultural context in different so[...]

From the candy bar to the cigarette, records to roller coasters, a technological revolution during the last quarter of the nineteenth century precipitated a colossal shift in human consumption and sensual experience. Food, drink, and many other consumer goods came to be mass-produced, bottled, cann[...]

This compelling tale of courage, heroism, and terror is told in the words of ninety-one sailors and officers interviewed by the author about their World War II service aboard fifty-six destroyer escorts. They reveal many never-before-told details of life at sea during wartime and, along with informa[...]