The coup is the most frequently attempted method of changing government, and the most successful. "Coup d'etat" outlines the mechanism of the coup and analyzes the conditions--political, military, and social, that gives rise to it. In doing so, the book sheds much light on societies where power does[...]

Manetho was an Egyptian of the 3rd century BCE. Born probably at Sebennytus in the Delta, he became a priest or high priest at Heliopolis. Apparently he and a Greek Timotheus did much to establish the cult of Serapis in Egypt. Eight works or parts of works were ascribed to him, all on history and re[...]

This guide covers all the world's 313 raptor species illustrated with adult, juvenile and selected immature plumages as well as main geographical races. There are illustrations of over 2000 perched and flying birds, some with typical prey and facing texts summarising length, wingspan, male-to-female[...]

"One boggles at the thought of the stupendous work ...that has gone into the book. It deserves an honored place in what promises to be one of the great stages of advance in the physics of the cosmos." Contemporary Physics[...]

A study of physical education, this text corresponds to the Qualifications Curriculum Authority (QCA) criteria for A-Level study in PE. It covers the educational, ethical, biophysical, historical, social, political, cultural and psychological dimensions of performance, studied in A-Level PE.[...]

This fully photocopiable teaching resource provides tutors with a varied and lively range of learning activities and exercises to use with students to help equip them with the skills needed to plan for a research project in higher education.[...]

Eddie Izzard reflects on his childhood in Northern Ireland, Wales and London, and muses on animals, male tomboys, sex, crime, Bible stories starring Sean Connery and James Mason, and the trials and tribulations of being a cross-dressing, surrealist comedian intent on making it in America.[...]

How can the richness of individual lives be captured by the objective methods and statistical analyses of developmental research? Some of the leaders in developmental research pursue the answers to this question in this book. Each chapter is followed by a commentary and discussion by Marian Radke Ya[...]

This manual uses material from The Tibetan Book of the Dead for this preparation. The authors also make an important contribution to the interpretation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead. They show that it is concerned not with the dead, but with the living. The last section of the manual provides i[...]