Festskriftet er utgitt til John Herstads 20-årsjubileum som riksarkivar og leder for Arkivverket, og inneholder artikler av både historikere og arkivfolk. Bidragene kommer fra alle de nordiske landene, og har stor spennvidde. Til sammen gir de arkivfaglige artiklene et spennende innblikk i det sys[...]

It is now widely recognized that recreation is as important as work. This revealing book analyzes leisure and outdoor recreation in terms of both their management and their wider importance to society. Specifically, it: clarifies the link between leisure, recreation, tourism and resource management [...]

A comprehensive introduction to urban sociology Cities and Urban Life, written by two of the best-known authors in the field, provides a comprehensive introduction to urban sociology, urban anthropology and urban studies. The focus of the text is sociological, but it also incorporates research and t[...]

This all embracing survey of Pompeii provides the most comprehensive survey of the region available. With contributions by well-known experts in the field, this book studies not only Pompeii, but also - for the first time - the buried surrounding cities of Campania. The World of Pompeii includes the[...]

Long respected as the most comprehensive nurse anesthesia resource available, this new edition continues the tradition of bringing together leading experts to create a balanced reference that applies scientific principles to today's clinical anesthesia practice. Inside you'll find a solid introducti[...]

This exceptional volume examines the interaction between authentic spiritual understanding and psychology by exploring the qualities of non-dualism as a concept in listening - both to ourselves and to others. "Listening From the Heart of Silence" attempts to show that only when we can fully recogniz[...]

Your body has a natural sense of truth. But in our modern world, this innate wisdom is usually obscured by our conditioned beliefs and deep-seated attitudes that lead us astray as we go about our lives and work. How can we move beyond knee-jerk reactions to our experience and learn to receive and re[...]

For too long, professional services firms have relied on the producer-manager model, which works well in uncomplicated business environments. However, today's managing directors must balance often conflicting roles, more demanding clients, tougher competetitors, and associates with higher expectatio[...]

Myths and misunderstandings continue to proliferate about Islam and its millions of followers worldwide. To refute these misconceptions, this newly-expanded, magnificently illustrated version offers succinct, and sometimes surprising, answers to the frequent questions about the Muslim faith in an ac[...]

Combines a theoretical treatment of NMR spectroscopy with an exposition of the experimental techniques applicable to proteins. This work describes measurement and use of residual dipolar coupling constants for structure determination, TROSY and deuterium labeling for application to large macromolecu[...]

Is there any connection between the vastness of the universes of stars and galaxies and the existence of life on a small planet out in the suburbs of the Milky Way? This book shows that there is. In their classic work, John Barrow and Frank Tipler examine the question of Mankind's place in the Unive[...]

Our immune system is a complex network of cells continually battling against a barrage of attacks from our environment, quite literally to save our lives. But what protects us from the potentially life-threatening microorganisms that surround us every day? In the lucid, accessible style for which Jo[...]