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Skills-focused resources to support the study of Cambridge International AS and A Level Psychology (9990) for first examination in 2018.

This book provides a basis for interdisciplinary discussions between policy makers, scientists and practitioners. Using current scientific information, the policy questions related to peatlands across the globe are addressed throughout and restoration is presented as a prerequisite for the sustainable management of ecosystem services in a changing environment.

Charles Holcombe begins this extraordinarily ambitious book by asking the question 'What is East Asia?' A shared past and the interconnections among the distinct, yet related societies are at the heart of this book, which traces the story of East Asia from the dawn of history to the twenty-first century.

Xenophon, the Athenian philosopher and historian, holds a central place in literary and political culture from antiquity to the present. This accessible volume explains the major problems and issues that are at stake in the study of his writings, while simultaneously pointing the way forward to newer methodologies, issues and questions.

This extended and thoroughly updated second edition introduces researchers and students to the growing range of theoretical and methodological perspectives being developed in the vibrant field of strategy as practice. With new authors and additional chapters, it summarizes recent developments in the field while presenting a clear agenda for future research.

Based on the RCOG Advanced Training Skills Module in Fetal Medicine, this book provides a comprehensive knowledge base for doctors practising in obstetrics and maternal-fetal medicine. It is well-illustrated with images of normal and abnormal findings in pregnancy. Readers benefit from the vast clinical experience of the internationally renowned authors.

The claim by certain rulers to universal empire has a long history stretching as far back as the Assyrian and Achaemenid Empires. This book traces its various manifestations in classical antiquity, the Islamic world, Asia and Central America as well as considering seventeenth- and eighteenth-century European discussions of international order.

This highly topical book provides a global synthesis and integrated analysis of environmental drivers and quantitative rates of solute and sedimentary fluxes in cold environments, and the likely impact of projected climate change. It will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in the fields of geomorphology, sedimentology, and global environmental change.

Turn to this book if you want to learn about different types of circuits and their behavior. You will gain a deep and intuitive understanding of circuit operation, be exposed to advanced circuit designs, and learn to build analog and digital devices from first principles using basic components.

A focused, 50-60 hour course for the revised Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) exam from 2015.

Originally published in 1903, this book presents the complete Greek text of Gregory of Nyssa's Oratio Catechetica. The text is consummately edited with detailed textual notes and a long critical introduction. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Gregory of Nyssa, theology and the history of Christianity.

Originally published in 1914, this book contains a transcription of leaves from three Arabic Qurans, purchased in Egypt in 1895. Lewis and Mingana date the sections to pre-Othmanic Islam, and each reveal surprising variations in the original Quranic texts.

Few books in the English language seem to demand a companion more insistently than Ulysses. This volume offers fourteen concise and highly accessible essays by accomplished scholars that explore this masterpiece of world literature. It also includes numerous resources to aid both new and returning readers on their own Odyssean journey through the novel.

This 1748 publication, edited by naval chaplain Richard Walter (1717-85), documents the extraordinary and lucrative circumnavigation accomplished by the British naval officer George Anson (1697-1762) in 1740-4. Despite the significant loss of crew, the expedition became famous for its capture of Spanish treasure.

The Life Skills Kit focuses on promoting life skills to learners of five to nine years of age, as stated in the National Curriculum Statement. The donkey's shadow and other stories is a collection of three stories based on Aesop's fables. Each story contains a lesson or moral.

The Life Skills Kit focuses on promoting life skills to learners of five to nine years of age, as stated in the NCS. I'm a lot like you focuses on a young child who is living with HIV. We see how similar her life is to that of her friends.

Drip, trickle, roar is a non-fiction book about water. The book provides learners with an opportunity to examine non-fiction information and the layout of a non-fiction book, including contents and index pages, captions, labels and headings of various levels. The illustrations are a mixture of photographs and drawings.

What if? is a non-fiction book about water. It provides learners with an opportunity to examine non-fiction information and the layout of a non-fiction book, including contents and index pages, captions, labels and headings of various levels. The illustrations are a mixture of photographs and drawings.

Remembering Grandmother gently handles the concept of death as a part of life; a sad, but in this case, natural event. Although there is real sadness, there is also comfort and support from family and friends. The story shows learners that there is a cycle to life.

More than sorry is a non-fiction book about water. It provides learners with an opportunity to examine non-fiction information and the layout of a non-fiction book, including contents and index pages, captions, labels and headings of various levels. The illustrations are a mixture of photographs and drawings.

Remembering Grandmother gently handles the concept of death as a part of life; a sad, but in this case, natural event. Although there is real sadness, there is also comfort and support from family and friends. The story shows learners that there is a cycle to life.

Lizo's song tells the story of a homeless boy living on the streets of Cape Town. He sings to passers-by in the hopes of earning some money. One day a member of a carnival band hears Lizo singing and invites him to join them.

Perfectly me tells the story of a messy young boy who has a neat and tidy sister. With effort he manages to become clean, but is still a little untidy. He decides that his sister may be perfect, but that he is perfectly himself.

Monkey business follows a monkey family who are watching a human family at a picnic. They copy the humans and try drinking beer and smoking cigarettes. After becoming ill and also setting fire to the forest, they decide that some human habits are not worth copying.

The Life Skills Kit promotes NCS guided life skills to learners of five to nine years of age, using local content and context. Touch addresses inappropriate touches and child abuse. Without being specific it deals with a little girl's right to decide who may touch her and how.

Jake is a baby who lives in an unsafe house. The members of his family are busy and only notice that he is in danger when it's almost too late. At the end, instead of making their home safer, they put Jake in a playpen to keep him safe.

This edition of our successful series to support the Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry syllabus (0620) is fully updated for the revised syllabus from first examination from 2016.

This edition of our successful series to support the Cambridge IGCSE Physics syllabus (0625) is fully updated for the revised syllabus for first examination from 2016.

This volume showcases the impact of the work of Douglass North, winner of the Nobel Prize and father of the field of new institutional economics. It speaks concisely about his legacy across multiple social sciences disciplines, specifically on scholarship pertaining to the understanding of property rights and economic growth.

This richly illustrated, four-colour textbook introduces the art and archaeology of ancient Greece, from the Bronze Age through to the Roman conquest. Emphasizing context and function, Barringer explores the purpose and use of buildings and objects within their particular time and place, leading students to a rich sociohistorical understanding of Greek art.