In this updated landmark book, the authors have gathered the seminal work and most current thinking on adult learning into one volume. Learning in Adulthood addresses a wide range of topics including: Who are adult learners? How do adults learn? Why are adults involved in learning activities? How do[...]

A new edition of Lassie Come-Home blends evocative full-color artwork with the poignant tale of a determined dog whose love for its master takes it on a long and difficult journey. Reprint. SLJ. PW.[...]

How did a religion whose founding proponents advocated a shocking disregard of earthly ties come to extol the virtues of the "traditional" family? In this richly textured history of the relationship between Christianity and the family Rosemary Radford Ruether traces the development of these centerpi[...]

This title features: full story of historic witch hunts; guide to haunted inns and historic houses; curses, spells, and bewitchments; accounts of magic, spell-casting, and witchlore; ghost and burial superstitions; and, profiles of publicly accessible places that have reports of haunting activity.[...]

The Encyclopedia of Saints offers thorough and fascinating accounts of familiar and little known holy men and women of the Catholic and Orthodox churches.
Drawing from documented accounts and supplemented with additional extensive research[...]

"The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits, Third Edition" includes more than 600 fascinating entries about ghosts, hauntings, related paranormal phenomenon, the people who investigate them, and the key theories about what causes them. Widely regarded as the definitive reference in the field, this ency[...]

Approximately 12 million U.S. citizens consider themselves vegetarians, and 13.5 percent of all U.S. households claim to have at least one family member practicing some form of vegetarianism. In the past 30 years, scientific endeavors in the area of vegetarian nutrition have progressively shifted fr[...]

Twenty-first-century developments in technology, education and design make it possible for learners to decide how, where and with whom they learn. However, current technology-rich learning development models need further work if they are to result in applications that enable learners to take full ad[...]

Nothing can take away the pain and loss for a child who has lost someone close to them, but there is a great deal that a caring adult can do to avoid the long-term distress which can be caused by hidden fears and anxieties. This book also deals with the problems special to terminal illness or sudden[...]

Private equity firms have long been at the center of public debates on the impact of the financial sector on Main Street. Are these firms white knights that ride in to save failing businesses or are they predatory intermediaries that bankrupt otherwise healthy companies and destroy jobs? The first c[...]