Although many humanities scholars have been talking and writing about the transition to the digital age for more than a decade, only in the last few years have we seen a convergence of the factors that make this transition possible: the spread of sufficient infrastructure on campuses, the creation o[...]
One of the leading public intellectuals of twentieth-century America and a pioneering and brilliant social scientist, C. Wright Mills left a legacy of interdisciplinary and hard-hitting work including two books that changed the way many people viewed their lives and the structure of power in the Uni[...]
Sociologist, social critic, and political radical C. Wright Mills (1916-1962) was one of the leading public intellectuals in twentieth century America. Offering an important new understanding of Mills and the times in which he lived, "Radical Ambition" challenges the captivating caricature that has [...]
The issue of sexist language has been hotly debated within feminist circles since the 1960s. Previous books have tended to regard sexism in language as easy to identify and have suggested solutions to overcome and counter sexism. Sara Mills takes a fresh and more critical look at sexism in language[...]
What is As You Like it about? This Cambridge Student Guide will help students to evaluate the historical, social and cultural contexts for a broader understanding of Shakespeare's play. Contents include an introduction; detailed running commentary on the text; insight into historical, social and cul[...]
A clear and concise up-to-date overview of the scientific research literature related to the biology of multiple sclerosis.[...]
Terence Mills' best-selling graduate textbook provides detailed coverage of the latest research techniques and findings relating to the empirical analysis of financial markets. In its previous editions it has become required reading for many graduate courses on the econometrics of financial modellin[...]
The second edition of the hugely popular The Clinical Anaesthesia Viva Book builds on the success of the first by providing a thorough review of short and long case questions typically given to Final FRCA viva candidates. An introductory chapter gives invaluable practical advice on preparation for t[...]
A sharp distinction is usually drawn between public international law, concerned with the rights and obligations of states with respect to other states and individuals, and private international law, concerned with issues of jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition and enforcement of foreign[...]
The right manufacturing strategy is vital to maintaining profitability and running an efficient business. Manufacturing, however, is a complex business, and it is often difficult to know where to start when reviewing and developing long term strategic plans. This industry guide explains in clear, si[...]
A reader from the best-selling Stablemates series, Belle features an American Quarter Horse and a Christmas theme
Emmy is nervous about moving from the country to the big city. The city is too loud and too busy. But what Emmy misses most is riding horses through the countryside.
Then Emmy m[...]
"A winning, nuanced portrait. . . . It seems unlikely we'll ever have a better record of a remarkable American life." --"USA Today"
"To Kill a Mockingbird "is one of the best loved novels of the twentieth century. Yet for the last fifty years, the novel's celebrated author, Harper Lee, known to [...]
This book combines John Stuart Mill's key writings, "Utilitarianism," "On Liberty," and 'Essay on Bentham', with formative selections from Mill's greatest influences, Jeremy Bentham and John Austin, and a discerning introduction written by the renowned ethics scholar Mary Warnock. This combination p[...]
Heterocyclic chemistry comprises at least half of organic chemistry research worldwide. The vast majority of organic work done in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries is heterocyclic chemistry. This book teaches the fundamentals of heterocyclic reactivity and synthesis in a way that is und[...]
"The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, Volume XIII: A Vision" is part of a fourteen-volume series under the general editorship of eminent Yeats scholar George Bornstein and formerly the late Richard J. Finneran and George Mills Harper. One of the strangest works of literary modernism, "A Vision" is Ye[...]
A Ukrainian folktale in which "a boy loses his mitten in the winter woods and one by one the wild animals crowd into it for shelter."--Commonweal.[...]
Locking up men who beat their partners sounds like a tremendous improvement over the days when men could hit women with impunity and women fearing for their lives could expect no help from authorities. But does our system of requiring the arrest, prosecution, and incarceration of abusers lessen dome[...]
This is a book of photocopiable sheets intended for Year 3 pupils use at school and at home. It includes activities on making decisions; reasoning about numbers and shapes and problems involving real life contexts, money and measures.[...]