This work sets study skills development in context, outlining good teaching practices and positive learning environments that enhance student skills. It addresses such skills as supportive infrastructures, induction practices, orientation of students to HE, and supporting "at risk" students.[...]
A comprehensive textbook of basic and clincal pharmacology for nurses and other allied health professionals.[...]
Hauled in a cart to a field hospital in northern France in March 1916, an American woman wakes from unconsciousness to the smell of gas gangrene, the sounds of men in pain, and an almost complete loss of memory: she knows only that she can drive an ambulance, she can draw, and her name is Stell[...]
The story of Stella Goldschlag, whom Wyden knew as a child, and who later became notorious as a "catcher" in wartime Berlin, hunting down hundreds of hidden Jews for the Nazis. A harrowing chronicle of Stella's agonizing choice, her three murder trials, her reclusive existence, and the trauma inheri[...]
From Audrey Hepburn in Givenchy, to sharp-suited gangsters in Tarantino movies, clothing is central to film. In Undressing Cinema, Stella Bruzzi explores how far from being mere accessories, clothes are key elements in the construction of cinematic identities, and she proposes new and dynamic links [...]
A comprehensive and practical course teaching Italian-English translation skills, this text focuses on ways of improving translation quality and also gives clear definitions of translation theories. The book also includes original texts from a range of sources.[...]
Introducing Italian culture and people through the medium of the language used today, Basic Italian: A Grammar and Workbook provides readers with the basic tools to express themselves in a wide variety of situations.Presenting twenty-three individual grammar points in lively and realistic contexts, [...]
Praise for New Documentary: 'It's refreshing to find a book that cuts through the tired old debates that have surrounded documentary film and television. It heralds a welcome new approach.' Sight and Sound 'Documentary practice changes so fast that books on the subject are often out of date before [...]
Part of a series which assists practitioners in the successful implementation of the Early Years Foundation Stage, this title encourages practitioners to think about and develop their own understanding of the implications for inclusion, respect for oneself and for others irrespective of ethnicity, c[...]
Christian churches and groups within Anglo-American contexts have increasingly used popular music as a way to connect with young people. This book investigates the relationships between evangelical Christianity and popular music, focusing particularly on electronic dance music in the last twenty yea[...]
Conceptual change research investigates the processes through which learners substantially revise prior knowledge and acquire new concepts. Tracing its heritage to paradigms and paradigm shifts made famous by Thomas Kuhn, conceptual change research focuses on understanding and explaining learning of[...]
From seeing-eye dogs to cats who sit in your lap, animals are there for us in more way than we can count. Helping us get through the day with a wag of the tail and a tilt of the head, they let us know that someone is on our side-no matter what. They also have an uncanny ability to break down barrier[...]
29 year old Finch More, connoisseur of antique glass is considered 'on the shelf'. But when her brother is mysteriously abducted, the world sees the real Finch More - a woman of action and passion - a woman who scorns defeat.[...]
How can you keep sexual desire alive over the long term? More and more people are finding it difficult to maintain a relationship that is both emotionally and sexually gratifying. In a book that will challenge and forever change how you think about love and sex, clinical psychologist and sex therapi[...]
A fascinating behind-the-scenes examination of how agreement on key financial reporting issues is reached, this book provides insights into a vital process which is normally inaccessible to all but its participants.[...]
Best remembered as the author of Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift was a Dublin native whose political pamphleteering led to a London-based position as editor of a conservative periodical. This journal, written between 1710-1713, consists of 65 letters to his friend and protegee, Esther "Stella" J[...]
First critical edition for over 50 years, it sheds new light on Swift, his relationships and the historical period.[...]
Rachel and Kirsty are off on another fairy adventure in this Rainbow Magic Special Edition, just in time for Christmas
Stella the Star Fairy's magical Christmas ornaments are missing --- and Jack Frost's mischievous goblins are to blame Without the ornaments, Christmas will lose its special sp[...]