A history of Scotland told from the innovative perspective of maps and map-making, beautifully illustrated throughout with full-colour plates.[...]
"The Rough Guide to California" is the ultimate guide to the USA's most exciting and varied state. Whether you're looking for inspiring accommodation, great places to eat, the best bars, chilled muso haunts or cutting-edge clubs, you'll find the solution. This guide also includes three full-colour s[...]
"An evocative, heart-warming story of unfulfilled dreams and unrequited love. Based on the hit film screenplay by Charles Dance starring Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, and on the original short story by William J. Locke, Ladies In Lavender tells the tale of two sisters Ursula and Janet who live in a c[...]
Voices of Oman is a collection of eyewitness accounts of the most significant event of modern Omani history, the Omani Renaissance of 1970, which transformed a tent-in-the-desert culture into a modern urban state. The stories told in the 15 interviews contained in this work show the human dimension [...]
J.R.R. Tolkiens "Bilbo" är förhistorien till "Sagan om ringen", alltså en fantasyklassiker, och en av de mest älskade böckerna genom tiderna. Nu föreligger denna sagoklassiker för första gången som serieroman i stämningsrika färgbilder. Bilbo är berättelsen om Bilbo Bagger, en lugn och [...]
Näyttöön perustuvan toiminnan vaatimukset koskettavat kaikkia sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon työntekijöitä. Sen edellytysten varmistaminen on kuitenkin johtajien tehtävä. Tässä kirjassa tarkastellaan, mitä näyttöön perustuva toiminta on ja millaisia haasteita se asettaa johtamiselle ja [...]
Long considered one of the most provocative and demanding major works on human sociobiology, "Genes, Mind, and Culture" introduces the concept of gene-culture coevolution. It has been out of print for several years, and in this volume Lumsden and Wilson provide a much needed facsimile edition of the[...]