Experience how it feels to be the subject of a blasphemy prosecution! Find out why 'wool' is a funny word! See how jokes work, their inner mechanisms revealed, before your astonished face! In 2001, after over a decade in the business, Stewart Lee quit stand-up, disillusioned and drained, and went of[...]

This companion provides an indispensable overview of contemporary and classical issues in social and cultural anthropology. Although anthropology has expanded greatly over time in terms of the diversity of topics in which its practitioners engage, many of the broad themes and topics at the heart of [...]

Considered cure-alls by Biblical people, healing by prayer and anointment with oils as practiced by Jesus' disciples and early Christians is made practical for us today in this book. Based on both science and scripture.[...]

This book is co-authored with Stuart Reuben, the well-known British poker player and chess promoter. It discusses pot-limit and no-limit betting ideas in far greater depth than other works. Popular poker forms covered include hold'em, Omaha, stud, and lowball draw.[...]

The chief goal in this textbook is to show students how calculus relates to biology, with a style that maintains rigor without being overly formal. The text motivates and illustrates the topics of calculus with examples drawn from many areas of biology, including genetics, biomechanics, medicine, ph[...]

This innovative collection investigates the ways in which television programs around the world have highlighted modernization and encouraged nation-building. It is an attempt to catalogue and better understand the contours of this phenomenon, which took place as television developed and expanded in [...]

The book is known for its accessibility, the step-by-step nature of the advice, comprehensiveness of the treatment of focus groups, and its historical perspective.[...]

Simplifying the complex chemical reactions that take place every day through the well-stated answers for more than 900 common chemistry questions, this reference is the go-to guide for students and professionals alike. The book covers everything from the history, major personalities, and groundbreak[...]

Provides currency, depth of analysis, and instruction as to how to approach this challenging area of Tort law. This title includes observations as to the scope and content of the growing body of legal interpretation of the tort law reform legislation across all jurisdictions, as courts throughout Au[...]

Using past life regression, Prentis and Wilson and a mutual friend return to previous lives on the lost continent of Atlantis. They provide a gripping description of their origins on the planet Sirius, arrival of Atlantis, the nature of Atlantean civilisation, their healing abilities and what brough[...]

Who is Jot Soora? Devoted fiance of movie star Monima Das, gifted programmer at software giant MysoreTech, or deadly Assassin with a secret? When Jot stumbles into a layer of code deep in his company's new device, the discovery threatens his relationship, his job, and his life. It also reveals shock[...]

Today's networked society offers us many possibilities for transmitting information, for interactive communication, mobility and flexibility. It also has a latent side effect: it renders the world 'flat.' Time-honored hierarchies, traditions, elites and canons are subject to the challenge of eroding[...]