The fourth edition of this work provides a clear and up-to-date account of the private international law topics covered in undergraduate courses. Theoretical issues are introduced in the first chapter and, where appropriate, considered in greater detail in later chapters. Basic principles of the con[...]

Anxiety is ubiquitous in everyday life and avoiding sources of anxiety is often at the core of our everyday choices and can even shape our life plans. But why are we all so anxious, when is this normal uniqueness as opposed to a diagnosable anxiety disorder, and why have anxiety disorders become mor[...]

Josef Stalin exercised supreme power in the Soviet Union from 1929 until his death in 1953. During that quarter-century, by Oleg Khlevniuk's estimate, he caused the imprisonment and execution of no fewer than a million Soviet citizens per year. Millions more were victims of famine directly resulting[...]

Equip your students for success in first year Hebrew, and save them money Assign the Biblical Hebrew Survival Kit as a supplemental 'text' for your course and give your students the tools they need. This value-priced kit ($8 less than items purchased separately) includes: * Old Testament Hebrew Voc[...]

This issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics provides an overview of childhood traumatic exposures and their impact for health care providers: child and adolescent psychiatrists, general psychiatrists, other pediatric behavioral health providers and primary care clinicians. Children in the[...]

Originally published: Understanding the CDM regulations. 2006.

The aim of this book is to stimulate debate by offering a critique of discourse about African music. Who writes about African music, how, and why? What assumptions and prejudices influence the presentation of ethnographic data? Even the term "African music" suggests there is an agreed-upon meaning, [...]

Focuses on the interaction between elemental metals and (in)organic ligands in different reaction conditions. This book generalizes the information in the area of direct reactions leading to the coordination and organometallic reactions.[...]

In 'Signs of Life', the authors apply the mathematical tools of complexity theory to model biological processes in terms of complex dynamics from which characteristic patterns of order emerge. They examine genetic networks - such as chaos in brain function and the emergent phenomenon of ant colonies[...]

Your hands-on guide to one of the world's major religions The dominant religion of India, "Hinduism" refers to a wide variety of religious traditions and philosophies that have developed over thousands of years. Today, the United States is home to approximately one million Hindus.[...]

Written by a pair of distinguished Soviet mathematicians, this compilation presents 160 lucidly expressed problems in quantum mechanics plus completely worked-out solutions. A high-level supplement rather than a primary text, it constitutes a masterful complement to advanced undergraduate and gradua[...]