Nelson George and Alan Leeds have assembled the first comprehensive collection of writings about the late, great Godfather of Soul, creating a fascinating mosaic of the man and the musician. Known as the hardest-working man in show business, James Brown embodied rhythm and blues, funk and soul, and [...]

The Costa Blanca has long been the best known Hot Rock winter sun venue for climbers wanting a break from the grim northern winter. The reasons the place became popular in the first place are same reasons that this popularity has endured; easy access, loads of quality accommodation, a benign winter [...]

This popular textbook is aimed at children's nurses in a wide range of practice settings including primary, ambulatory, and tertiary care. Covering the full age and specialty spectrum this text brings together chapters from among the best-known children's nurses in the UK. It describes family-centre[...]

Training that originated at China's famous Shaolin Temple is a unique elixer that would change the way the world perceived mind and body. Here, the author provides modernity with comprehensive, time-tested techniques in martial arts, health maintenance, energetic healing and spiritual transformation[...]

Looks at real-world situations you face every day and provides no-nonsense strategies for turning close encounters of the worst kind into civil, sane, productive, and profitable exchanges.[...]

The surge of inequality in income and wealth in the United States over the past twenty-five years has reversed the steady progress toward greater equality that had been underway throughout most of the twentieth century. This economic development has defied historical patterns and surprised many econ[...]

Agile techniques have demonstrated immense potential for developing more effective, higher-quality software. However,scaling these techniques to the enterprise presents many challenges. The solution is to integrate the principles and practices of Lean Software Development with Agile's ideology and m[...]

Suggests that applied psychologists have many similar skills that can be used in different ways in different circumstances. This book identifies 7 roles used by most applied psychologists such as counsellor, colleague, and, agent for change. It includes topics on work-based counselling, police psych[...]

"James's chilling ghost story of innocence and evil"
One summer a young governess is sent to take charge of Miles and Flora, two beautiful, charming orphans living in a country house. But silence covers their past. Then the servants reappear who, before they died, had looked after the children. [...]

This pioneering book is the prototype of the etymological thesaurus that has been the goal of the Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus project (STEDT) since 1987. It presents nearly 170 Proto-Tibeto-Burman etymologies in the semantic area of the reproductive system, along with discussi[...]

After reviewing the types of error and violation and the conditions that provoke them, the author sets out the broader picture, illustrated by examples of three system failures. Central to the book is a comprehensive review of error management, followed by chapters on: managing person, the task and [...]