This great-value activity book is packed with games, puzzles and colouring activities based on Rod Campbell's bestselling classic "Dear Zoo," and over 40 reusable stickers. It is perfect for rainy days, journeys and holidays![...]

A letter to the zoo asking for a pet results in a succession being dispatched - all of the deliveries containing highly unsuitable pets! All, of course, except the last one ...[...]

The Second World War put an end to America's historical isolation from international power politics, and so also to the long-standing American defiance of the Realist ideology that shaped Old World affairs. The advent of transoceanic military technologies, now wielded by menacing states such as Nazi[...]

From the time of the Crimean War through the fall of the Tsar, the question of what to do about the Russian empire's large Muslim population was a highly contested issue among educated Russians both inside and outside the government. As formulated in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Muslim Que[...]

This highly original book -- the first in a series analyzing historical population behavior in Europe and Asia -- pioneers a new approach to the comparative analysis of societies in the past. Using techniques of event history analysis, the authors examine 100,000 life histories in 100 rural communit[...]

This accessible, hands-on textbook not only introduces students to the important topics in historical linguistics but also shows them how to apply the methods described and how to think about the issues. Abundant examples and exercises allow students to focus on how to do historical linguistics. The[...]

Contract Theory by Patrick Bolton and Mathias Dewatripont, a comprehensive textbook on contract theory suitable for use at the graduate and advanced undergraduate levels, covers the areas of agency theory, information economics, and organization theory and presents many applications in all areas of [...]

'I can't kidnap her!' 'If you have to, you must. Bring Pen home.' Penelope Thorne was in trouble - alone somewhere between Rome and Paris, running out of money, totally vulnerable. Until His Grace the Duke of Sedgemoor arrived to take her back to England, whether she wanted to go or not...The last[...]

Suitable for undergraduate and graduate courses in organizational behaviour, this classic textbook has provided many generations of students with an exceptional introduction to organization, written by the masters of the subject. Now adapted to meet the needs of students in Europe, it offers real li[...]

In 1989, 1998, and 2005, fifteen Gullah speakers went to Sierra Leone and other parts of West Africa to trace their origins and ancestry. Their journey frames this exploration of the extraordinary history of the Gullah culture-characterized by strong African cultural retention and a direct influenc[...]