It is well established that children recognize themselves in mirrors by the end of infancy, showing awareness of the self as an object in the environment. However, the cognitive impact of objective self-awareness requires further elucidation. This gap in the literature is addressed in a series of 7 [...]
This title contains everything you need to know about modern-day self-sufficient living from stars of the BBC series - "It's Not Easy Being Green" - Dick & James Strawbridge. Want to save on your fuel bills, ready to grow your own, reduce your carbon footprint, and take the self-sufficient plunge? D[...]
Contains more than 1,600 multiple-choice questions and answers, with explanatory discussions of correct and incorrect responses.[...]
Well-known outdoor expert Dave Canterbury offers basic techniques and essential information for primitive wilderness survival in this new heavy-duty pocket guide series from Waterford Press. Perfect for throwing into an overnight pack or brushing up on skills before an expedition, these waterproof, [...]
Take your first draft from so-so to sold! You've finished the first draft of your novel--congratulations! Time to have a drink, sit back...and start revising. But the revision process doesn't have to be intimidating. Revision and Self-Editing for Publication, Second Edition gives you the tools and a[...]
The most comprehensive, authoritative, and easy-to-use tool for reading Japanese art signatures is again available, in a limited-edition reprint. Designed for both layman and scholar, its simplified approach allows users to find and identify over 11,000 names of Japanese artists and craftspeople, fr[...]
Using a combination of fiction and case studies based on real events, this book aims to provide students with an effective platform to develop their language and intercultural skills. It includes reading and listening activities that are designed to support students preparing for the Cambridge BEC H[...]
With fresh interpretations from two new authors, wholly reconceived themes, and a wealth of cutting-edge scholarship, the "Fifth Edition of America: A Concise History" is designed to work perfectly with the way you teach the survey today. Building on the book's hallmark strengths -- balance, explana[...]
Discussions of the self in James Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" traditionally have a generic or a generalized quality: the self is modernist or postmodernist, essential or processive, unified or fragmented, etc. "Pathologies of Desire" takes a different tack: it shifts the ground [...]
Known for its interpretive voice, balanced analysis, and brief-yet-comprehensive narrative, "America: A Concise History" helps students to make sense of it all while modeling the kind of thinking and writing they need to be successful. Offering more value than other brief books, "America "is""compet[...]