In this volume the focus is on the interrelations of the global and the local in their consequences for work. The process of restructuring of work is analyzed as an ongoing, locally situated process in which actors within work organizations play an important role. Nevertheless, when taking the conte[...]

"In Health Care and the Rise of Christianity Avalos helpfully turns our attention to the care of bodies as fundamental to the growth and expansion of early Christianity. Response to basic issues--such as cost, access to care, and perceived efficacy--helped to fashion an early Christian system of hea[...]

Christine de Pizan (1364-?1430) was the first French woman poet to make her living by the pen, and the first female interpreter of classical myths; she held enormous power in the French court and influenced late medieval culture in France and in England in a number of ways. The Letter of Othea to He[...]

This 1949 text studies life in early Scotland, encompassing the Picts, the Scots, and the Welsh of southern Scotland.[...]

Clarifies the vital interdependence between structural steel design and fabrication drawings, equipping students to work flexibly with both. This book offers an overview of structural design theory. It provides examples, illustrations, and real-world assignments.[...]

This title comes from inspired picture-book creator Polly Dunbar, the colourful, charming, soon-to-be televised series following the escapades of Tilly and her friends. Hector is so happy sitting on Tilly's lap - until the others all join in and spoil it. But Tilly knows just how to show Hector how [...]

Hector Kipling is a famous artist. But Hector is not as famous as his best friend, Lenny Snook. And as they are standing in the Tate Gallery one afternoon, Hector's life begins to unravel. For a painter, this existential crisis is the place from which great art is born. If the painter happens to be [...]

A 21st century Bonfire of the Vanities, set in LA.

A dramatic account of the 33 miners of the San Jose mine in Chile by novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hector Tobar, in official collaboration with 'The 33' and with the full cooperation of the Chilean authorities behind the daring rescue operation.[...]