This is a textbook for podiatry students and others, which looks at the treatment options for foot problems, how the appropriate selections should be made and how they should be incorporated into the management of the affected patient. The text is in 3 main sections: the essential principles of mana[...]
All social relations involve emotional responses, from the simplest face-to-face encounter through the mobilization of social movements to the commitments that individuals develop for culture and society. The social world is thus dependent upon the arousal of emotions, and equally significant confli[...]
This field guide is an abridged edition of the very successful Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania written by the same authors. It covers all 1089 bird species known from the region, including vagrants. This book combines the format and detailed treatment of the larger version with the convenience [...]
The life of one of Western art's most admired and misunderstood painters
J.M.W. Turner is one of the most important figures in Western art, and his visionary work paved the way for a revolution in landscape painting. Over the course of his lifetime, Turner strove to liberate painting from an ant[...]
The fully revised edition of this successful textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to medical sociology and an assessment of its significance for social theory and the social sciences. It includes a completely revised chapter on mental health and new chapters on the sociology of the body an[...]
The delights of his prose are many, not the least of which is Miller's comic irony, which asThe London Timesnoted, can be "as stringent and urgent as Swift's." Frederick Turner has organized the whole to highlight the autobiographical chronology of Miller's life, and along the way places the author [...]
Lights, camera, kiss! Hopeless romantics and movie buffs will fall in love with these romantic notecards featuring magical moments with some of Tinseltown's most famous actors, including Gene Kelly, Greta Garbo, and Clark Gable.[...]
Featuring more than 1240 stunning color photographs, this comprehensive field guide will remain a trusted, authoritative trailside reference for years to come. It describes and illustrates 1220 commonly encountered species, both native and nonnative, including perennials, annuals, and shrubs. Encomp[...]
No more complex store-bought kits. No more lopsided barn thatwas supposed to be Prince Charming's castle. Just fun with thefamily while constructing fanciful gingerbread houses withgrahamcrackers, frosting, cookies, and candies of all varieties. WithNo-Bake Gingerbread Houses for Kids, everyone from[...]
For the first time, 'Turner Classic Movies' has assembled thousands of the best questions from their extensive trivia archives to produce the ultimate collection for classic film fans. In over 3,000 fun and informative questions, "TCM Classic Movie Trivia" features a century of landmark films, glitt[...]
This Companion provides scholars and graduates, serving and retired military professionals, members of the diplomatic and policy communities concerned with security affairs and legal professionals who deal with military law and with international law on armed conflicts, with a comprehensive and auth[...]
CNN, AOL/Time Warner, Jane Fonda, The America's Cup: Ted Turner's story is the stuff of legend. Never before has the controversial businessman shared his personal journey. Here, for the first time, he will. In this exceptional book, Turner spares no details of his extraordinary career and provides f[...]
Etsy is a wildly popular website where crafters and craftsmen alike have discovered a portal where they can market and sell their handmade wares - literally around the globe. Any successful Etsy seller will tell you the difference between a successful Etsy storefront and the storefront that gets los[...]
In early 1917 Vimy Ridge, one of the most important features on the Western Front, was considered impregnable. However, in a spectacular victory, the four Divisions of the Canadian Army Corps, under Lieutenant-General Sir Julian Byng, took almost the entire ridge in a day. This book examines every a[...]
Modern urban life cuts us off from direct connection with the animal world, yet daily the lives of millions of animals are affected by what we consume and wear and what we trade in. The use of animals for food, labour and pleasure pursuits has long been justified with the assumption that unlike huma[...]
At 0310 hours on 7 June 1917, the pre-dawn gloom on the Western Front was shattered by the 'pillars of fire' - the rapid detonation of 19 huge mines, secreted in tunnels under the German lines and containing 450 tonnes of explosives. Admitted by the Germans to be a 'masterstroke', the devastating bl[...]
On New Year's Day 1964, the first edition of "Top of the Pops" was broadcast on the BBC. The timing was perfect, British rock and roll had just entered its greatest period - the Beatles were occupying the top five positions in the American singles charts, and their international success was followed[...]
The story of the sexual revolution that brought Freud's couch to the explosion of the 60s, and the left-field pioneer Wilhelm Reich who made it all happen.[...]
A scintillatingly unusual approach to the history of sex and attitudes to sex in the twentieth century from a very promising new cultural historian.[...]
`A complete page-turner and an emotional rollercoaster. Tissues will be required' Sinead Moriarty `A wonderfully life-affirming book...Carmel Harrington writes with such honesty' New York Times bestselling author, Hazel Gaynor[...]
A collection of seven fantasy stories features humorous twist endings and such characters as leprechauns, mischievous schoolboys, ghosts, magic spells, an elf prince, and a missing heir to the throne. Reprint.[...]
An updated overview of the music of the Beatles includes dozens of photographs and background information on the individual situations, events, and people that inspired the group's lyrics, in a resource arranged chronologically by album to reveal how the group's writing was influenced by their own l[...]