Chambers Dictionary (13th Edition)
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Chambers Paperback Thesaurus
Containing alternatives for 9,000 common words, The Chambers Paperback Thesaurus is the ideal easy-to-use guide to finding the right alternative word every time. Cleary structured entries include numbered alternative meanings as well as antonyms -...
Chambers Murray Latin-English Dictionary
First published in 1933, the Chambers Murray Latin-English Dictionary is the standard reference text for all advanced students of Latin.
Chambers Dictionary of Etymology
With over 30,000 entries, Chambers Dictionary of Etymology is a prestigious and scholarly dictionary that explains where English words come from. An important etymological resource for the expert, it is also a useful reference source for the gener...
Against Marriage
Against Marriage is a radical argument for the abolition of state-recognised marriage. Clare Chambers argues that state-recognised marriage violates both equality and liberty, even when expanded to include same-sex couples. Instead Chambers propos...
The Oxford Companion to American Military History
With more than 1,100 entries written by some 500 distinguished contributors, The Oxford Companion to American Military History is "the most comprehensive treatment of American military history ever compiled" (Parameters: U.S. Army War Co...
Fluorine in Organic Chemistry
The introduction of carbon - fluorine bonds into organic compounds can profoundly influence their chemical and physical properties when compared to their non-fluorine containing analogues, leading to a range of man-made materials with highly desir...
Babes in Toyland's Fontanelle
Babes in Toyland was one of the most influential and underrated bands of the 1990s. They rode the wave of the Minneapolis grunge scene crafting a unique sound composed of self-taught instrumentation and unabashed banshee raging vocals. Their stage...
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
This new edition of a bestselling, evidence-based textbook provides a comprehensive overview of psychiatric and mental health nursing. Keeping service users and their recovery at the centre of care, the holistic approach will help nurses to gain t...
Rural Development
Rural Development
Walter Sickert
Walter Sickert was one of the most influential artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. An apprentice of Whistler and close associate of Degas, he engaged with the work of French artists of the time. Sickert in turn influenced many Briti...
Social Media and Personal Relationships
This book explores how digital communication generates new intimacies and meanings of friendship in a networked society, developing a theory of mediated intimacies to explain how social media contributes to dramatic changes in our ideas about pers...
Guide to Compassionate Healthcare
A Guide to Compassionate Healthcare looks at how to maintain wellbeing in today's challenging healthcare environments, enabling practitioners to make a positive difference to the care environment whilst providing compassionate care to patients. Th...
British Muslim Fictions
Through interviews with leading writers (including Ahdaf Soueif and Hanif Kureishi), this book¿analyzes the writing and opinions of novelists of Muslim heritage based in the UK. Discussion centres on writers' work, literary techniques, and influen...
Sex, Culture, and Justice
Autonomy is fundamental to liberalism. But autonomous individuals often choose to do things that harm themselves or undermine their equality. In particular, women often choose to participate in practices of sexual inequality-cosmetic surgery, gend...
Black Artists in British Art
*First history of Black artists & black art in Britain *Black british artists like Ofili & McQueen are very popular and highly respected. *Students on a variety of courses and general readers will want to read this.
Revolutions in Development Inquiry
Robert Chambers returns with a new book that reviews, together for the first time, some of the revolutionary changes in the methodologies and methods of development inquiry that have occurred in the past forty years, and reflects on their transfor...
Victor Hugo's Conversations with the Spirit World
During Victor Hugo's exile on the Isle of Jersey, where he and his family and friends escaped the reign of Napoléon III, he conducted "table-tapping" séances, transcribing hundreds of channelled conversations with entities from the beyon...
Sociolinguistic Theory
The revised edition of Sociolinguistic Theory presents a critical synthesis of sociolinguistics, centering on the study of language variation and change. A revised introduction to sociolinguistic theory by one of the top scholars in the field Prov...
If You Will Ask (If Ye Shall Ask)
If You Will Ask (If Ye Shall Ask)
Provoked
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Migrancy, Culture, Identity
In Migrancy, Culture, Identity, Iain Chambers unravels how our sense of place and identity is realised as we move through myriad languages, worlds and histories. The author explores the uncharted impact of cultural diversity on today's world, from...
Burning Secrets
An intense and thrilling teen mystery set on a tranquil island where all seems perfect? Daniel has dark secrets and a troubled past. So when his family move to the island of Wragge, a gentle backwater where local life remains undisturbed he feels ...
Connecting the Dots
Legendary Silicon Valley visionary and one of the world's greatest business leaders, John Chambers shares the playbook and philosophy that transformed Cisco into a global tech titan and now inspire a new generation of leaders. With numerous start-...
Pirate Queen of Ireland
This is the true story of Grace O'Malley, or Granuaile, who ruled on land and sea in Connaught over 400 years ago. A Pirate Queen and Chieftain, she became a legend. We meet Grace as a young girl on Ireland's west coast. Her father is a strong chi...
Chasing Rumor
A blip of prosperity at the turn of the 20th century brought American trout to Patagonia, then for a half-century they were forgotten to fight wars and build a nation. Rediscovered by fishermen a half-century later, the fish had grown to epic prop...
Incredible Hockey Drill Book
"Dave has produced what every coach dreams about . . . a smarter drill book for all situations and ages!" -- Roger Nielson, National Hockey League head coach for 20 years " The Incredible Hockey Drill Book is of great us...
Metaphysical World of Isaac Newton
Newton's heretical writings on theology, spirituality, alchemy, and prophecy, uncovered and analyzed. Isaac Newton (1643-1727) is still regarded by the world as the greatest scientist who ever lived. He invented calculus, discovered the binomial t...
Software for Data Analysis
John Chambers has been the principal designer of the S language since its beginning, and in 1999 received the ACM System Software award for S, the only statistical software to receive this award. He is author or coauthor of the landmark books on S...
Improve your speed reading skills
Improve Your Speed Reading Skills ¿and breeze through books, newspapers, textbooks, reports, webpages - whatever you need to read, however you want to read it.
Border Security
What kind of a world is one in which border security is understood as necessary? How is this transforming the shores of politics? And why does this seem to preclude a horizon of political justice for those affected? Border Security responds to the...
101 Ways to Pick Stock Market Winners
The unputdownable insider's guide! Clem Chambers is one of the world's leading authorities on market performance. His website, www.advfn.com, is hugely successful with investors in the UK and around the world, particularly in South America. In ord...
Changing Media, Homes and Households
Media technologies have played a central role in shaping ideas about home life over the last two centuries. Changing Media, Homes and Households explores the complex relationship between home, householders, families and media technologies by chart...
Atmospherics of the City
What happens to poetic beauty when history turns the poet from one who contemplates natural beauty and the sublime to one who attempts to reconcile the practice of art with the hustle and noise of the city? An Atmospherics of the City traces Charl...
Hockey Drill Book
The best-selling hockey drill book returns, bigger and better than ever! Now with 500 drills for all aspects of the game, The Hockey Drill Book, Second Edition, is a must-have for every coach and player! With more than 40 years at the junior, univ...