Aaron Chalmers gives students a unique introduction to the religious and social world of ancient Israel. The first part explores the major religious offices mentioned in the Old Testament, including prophets, priests, sages and kings. As well as considering what these key people said and did, the au[...]

Social work is a profession that is increasingly involved with issues which have a global dimension. This Handbook tackles the global/local aspect of social work in its various forms and interrogates the key concerns that societies are facing through an international lens. The contributors show tha[...]

The SAGE Handbook of Social Cognition is a landmark volume. Edited by two of the field's most eminent academics over the past two decades and supported by a global advisory board of similar magnitude, the 56 authors, each an expert in their own chapter topic, provide authoritative and thought-provok[...]

This new edition of the much-loved Handbook of Early Childhood Literacy has been revised and updated to retain its cutting-edge focus on emergent and important areas of research. This comprehensive and ground-breaking work guides the reader through current social, cultural and historical analysis on[...]

Previous efforts at legal development have focused almost exclusively on state legal systems, many of which have shown little improvement over time. Recently, organizations engaged in legal development activities have begun to pay greater attention to the implications of local, informal, indigenous,[...]

This beautifully designed and wonderfully witty Septimus Heap compendium is a dazzling cornucopia of information on every aspect of Septimus' world and the creatures that inhabit it: from secret files, journal excerpts and charm theory to the seven basic spells, dispatches from the Message Rat Offic[...]

On the shortest day of the year, as the Castle is lit with candles and everyone prepares to celebrate, Wizard Apprentice Septimus Heap marks his fourteenth birthday. He has reached a new stage in his apprenticeship: Darke Week. Awe-inspiring, terrifying, unbelievably important, Septimus's future wil[...]

The next utterly spellbinding and brilliantly plotted instalment in the internationally bestselling series[...]