Presented as a series of letters between Adams and his former student, Zach, "Letters to a Young Progressive" reveals how the "education" of college kids across the country is producing a generation of unhappy, unimaginative, and unproductive adults. The perfect book to help parents prevent--or undo[...]

Brin and Arlo are ordinary twins -until their twelve-and-a halfth birthday, when they discover some extraordinary talents! Non-stop comedy from the author of Young Dracula. Barrington Stoke specialise in books for reluctant, struggling and dyslexic readers.[...]

One of the most influential non-fiction books of the 1950s was "Family and Kinship in East London", which examined in great depth the life of people living in the dockland areas that had been so comprehensively destroyed in the blitz. What has happened since? In the 50 years since the whole area wen[...]

This text presents nearly 200 of Bronislaw Malinowski's photographs, taken between 1915 and 1918, of the Trobriand Islanders. Michael Young, an anthropologist and Malinowski's authorized biographer, has selected the photographs based on one of Malinowski's studies of the region, and the plan of that[...]

Brewing is designed for those involved in the malting, brewing, and allied industries who have little or no formal training in brewing science. While some elementary knowledge of chemistry and biology is necessary, the book clearly presents the essentials of brewing science and its relationship to b[...]

'This book tackles some of the most important educational questions of the day...It is rare to find a book on education which is theoretically sophisticated and practically relevant: this book is' - "From the Foreword by Hugh Lauder". What is it in the twenty-first century that we want young people,[...]

A visually intuitive approach to statistical data analysis Visual Statistics brings the most complex and advanced statistical methods within reach of those with little statistical training by using animated graphics of the data. Using ViSta: The Visual Statistics System-developed by Forrest Young an[...]

Why do Internet, financial service, and beer commercials dominate Super Bowl advertising? How do political ceremonies establish authority? Why does repetition characterize anthems and ritual speech? Why were circular forms favored for public festivals during the French Revolution? This book answers [...]

Drawing on research in criminology and deviance in the discipline of sociology, this book offers an understanding of sport-related deviance through the application of various approaches to deviance in a sport context. It explains how forms of wanted and unwanted rule violation are produced by and me[...]

For over 600 years, Robert Bruce has occupied a unique place in Scottish history. Yet behind the legendary figure is a complex, and in many ways more intriguing, picture. Bruce was a man who not only led his nation to a famous victory over the English at Bannockburn, but also overcame powerful odds [...]