Aunt Tabby and Uncle Drac are heading off to Transylvania on Araminta's birthday--without Araminta. To make matters worse, Araminta will have a babysitter. When that sitter turns out to be Araminta's supercool cousin, Mathilda, things start to look up--except Mathilda shows up with two rowdy ghosts [...]
The Routledge Handbook on Crime and International Migration is concerned with the various relationships between migration, crime and victimization that have informed a wide criminological scholarship often driven by some of the original lines of inquiry of the Chicago School. Historically, migration[...]
All the essential facts on ancient Egypt covering mummification, the pharaohs, the pyramids and the mysterious rituals.[...]
From the Colosseum to Hadrian's Wall, Gem Ancient Rome shows us how Rome's vast empire laid the foundations of today's civilisation.[...]
From theatre to politics, no other single civilisation has influenced the Western world more profoundly than that of ancient Greece.[...]
What's lurking in the basement?Araminta thinks something horrible is hiding in the deep, hidden passages of Spookie House--could it be a werewolf? Then Max, Uncle Drac's creepy nephew, arrives and Araminta is sure he's up to no good. Araminta comes up with a plan to figure out what Max is up to--and[...]
THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO ACING THE OITE and ORTHOPAEDIC BOARDS First Aid for the(R) Orthopaedic Boards is a concise, up-to-date review of frequently-tested, must-know topics for the in-service exam (OITE) and the orthopaedic boards. High-yield facts and numerous illustrations make this review perfect [...]
The best-selling Complete Biology for Cambridge IGCSE Student Book is trusted by teachers around the world to support understanding and achievement. The popular, stretching approach will help students to reach their full potential. Written by an experienced author, this updated edition is full of en[...]
This book meets the needs of all students following the Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) syllabus for IGCSE Biology. Updated for the most recent syllabus and the latest scientific developments, it covers all aspects of the syllabus content in an attractive and engaging format for both nati[...]
Ron Pickering is a highly experienced teacher with many years' experience of maintaining students' interest in biology. Known for his informative, motivating style and straightforward explanations he maintains the same high level of interest and accessibility in this new book. The content of Complet[...]
A concise revision guide for IGCSE Biology written by an experienced teacher and the author of the popular Complete Biology for IGCSE. Suitable for students of all ability levels, it provides not only revision material but a huge bank of practice questions. It contains vocabulary-based exercises to [...]
This series builds on the fact that pictures are easier to memorize than words. Each topic is summarized on a single page using annotated diagrams and concise notes with a full index for easy reference. Expert authors have taken the content of the AS and A Level specifications and presented the[...]
Cybernetics is often thought of as a grim military or industrial science of control. But as Andrew Pickering reveals in this surprising book, a much more lively and experimental strain of cybernetics can be traced from the 1940s to the present. "The Cybernetic Brain" explores a largely forgotten gro[...]
Cybernetics is often thought of as a grim military or industrial science of control. But as Andrew Pickering reveals in this surprising book, a much more lively and experimental strain of cybernetics can be traced from the 1940s to the present. "The Cybernetic Brain" explores a largely forgotten gro[...]
Science as Practice and Culture explores one of the newest and most controversial developments within the rapidly changing field of science studies: the move toward studying scientific practice--the work of doing science--and the associated move toward studying scientific culture, understood as the [...]
This text offers an understanding of the nature of scientific, mathematical and engineering practice, and the production of scientific knowledge. The author presents an approach to the unpredictable nature of change in science, taking into account the number of factors - social, technological, conce[...]
An exploration of some of the key theoretical challenges and conceptual issues facing the emergent field of memory studies, from the relationship between experience and memory to the commercial exploitation of nostalgia, using the key concept of the mnemonic imagination.[...]