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The first book designed specifically for hospitalists and other hospital-based staff who need concise, evidence-based guidance on the vital topic o...

Provides a highly illustrated guide for designers, installers and contractors working on hot and cold water supplies. The book takes account of the...

Is Democracy overrated? Does power corrupt? Or do corrupt people seek power? Do corporate puppet masters pull politicians’ strings? Why does Frank...

The first book to explore the religious dimensions of the family and the household in ancient Mediterranean and West Asian antiquity. Advances ou...

The first book to explore the religious dimensions of the family and the household in ancient Mediterranean and West Asian antiquity. Advances ou...

Households are, without question, the most important social units in human society. They are interactive social units whose primary concern is the ...

The growing literature on comparative European housing policy has played a major part in developing our understanding of the way housing in provide...

This book is a timely assessment of 20 years of progress in the field of housing economics and its application to policy and practice. Two decades ...

Exclusion from social groups is a source of conflict, stress, and tension in social life around the globe. How do children and adolescents evaluate...

This book provides a critical review of research into how children come to understand the social world, an area often known as children's "theories...

This book provides a critical review of research into how children come to understand the social world, an area often known as children's "theories...

This is the second edition of a textbook that has met with enthusiastic acclaim since its publication in 1988. It explores in detail theories and d...

Conversation is very often spontaneous, natural and informal. But even at its most casual it is governed by rules and principles of language and be...

Taste is the number one driving force in the decision to purchase a food product and food consumption is the most critical function for living orga...

Covering 5,000 years of global history, How Food Made History traces the changing patterns of food production and consumption that have molded econ...

Covering 5,000 years of global history, How Food Made History traces the changing patterns of food production and consumption that have molded econ...

This monograph builds upon our cumulative efforts to investigate personal storytelling as a medium of socialization in two disparate cultural world...

Structural engineering is central to the design of a building. How the building behaves when subjected to various forces – the weight of the materi...

HOW STRUCTURES WORK DESIGN AND BEHAVIOUR FROM BRIDGES TO BUILDINGS, THIRD EDITION DAVID YEOMANS Structural engineering is essential to the design o...

This book includes 10 lectures in a light, entertaining style, with each "lecture" building on the previous one - making it easy for the reader to ...

How The Endocrine System Works is not another standard introduction to endocrinology, but an innovative and fun way to learn about the importance o...

How the Immune System Works How the Immune System Works provides a concise and accessible overview of how the immune system protects us from diseas...

Do you want to improve standards of practice? Do you know how to construct examinations so that they are fit for purpose? Can you give constructive...

How to be a Nurse or Midwife Leader is an indispensable guide for all nurses and midwives who wish to develop and improve their practice as leaders...