This book traces the development of theories of the self and personal identity from the ancient Greeks to the present day. From Plato and Aristotle to Freud and Foucault, Raymond Martin and John Barresi explore the works of a wide range of thinkers and reveal the larger intellectual trends, controve[...]

Motivate your students to study finance by focusing on its five underlying principles.
 This Global Edition has been edited to include enhancements making it more relevant to students outside the United States
Foundations of Finance enables students to see the big picture by helping them und[...]

This work offers a method for approaching a Shakespeare play. It includes five chapters that illustrate the nature and impact of new approaches to Shakespeare that have altered literary studies: structuralism, poststructuralism, deconstruction, feminism, new historicism and cultural materialism.[...]

This third edition, which contains updated material, additional discussion of critical terms and approaches and a revised further reading list, is a guide to the study of English literature.[...]

This book provides social work students and professionals with core knowledge of the most important concepts in the social sciences. Offering a straightforward guide to diverse and complex disciplines, the book will equip and encourage you to delve further into the way societies function and individ[...]

For over half a century, Martin Gardner has established himself as one of the world's leading authorities on Lewis Carroll. His Annotated Alice, first published in 1960, has over half a million copies in print around the world and is highly sought after by families and scholars alike for it was Gard[...]

The 2nd edition of Intercultural Communication: Updates key theories of intercultural communication Explores the ways in which people communicate within and across social groups around three themes. These include identity, Othering, and representation Contains new examples from business, healthcare,[...]

This revised and updated edition of Teaching Classroom Drama and Theatre will be an essential text for anyone teaching drama in the modern classroom. It presents a model teachers can use to draw together different methodologies of drama and theatre studies, exemplified by a series of contemporary, e[...]

Carrying on the tradition established by its founding editor, the late Dr. Martin Abeloff, the 4th Edition of this respected reference synthesizes all of the latest oncology knowledge in one practical, clinically focused, easy-to-use volume. It incorporates basic science, pathology, diagnosis, manag[...]

Geared toward students and professionals in the fields of engineering, physics, chemistry, geophysics, and applied mathematics, this volume offers a unified treatment and critical review of the literature related to the fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and mass transfer of single bubbles, drops, and p[...]

Reproductive donation is the most contentious area of assisted reproduction. Even within Europe there are wide variations in what is permitted in each country. This multidisciplinary book takes a fresh look at the practices of egg, sperm and embryo donation and surrogacy, bringing together ethical a[...]