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Discover Digital Libraries: Theory and Practice is a book that integrates both research and practice concerning digital library development, use, preservation, and evaluation. The combination of current research and practical guidelines is a unique strength of this book. The authors bring in-depth...

Advanced Land-Use Analysis for Regional Geodesign: Using LUCISplus is the follow-up book to Smart Land-Use Analysis: The LUCIS Model (Esri Press 2007). Both are important works in the growing field of geodesign and smart land-use planning. This book, like its predecessor, shows how geographic information...

Freedom in Pain introduces a new type of psychotherapeutic method for self-help with pain and for the treatment of chronic pain patients: mindfulness-based pain therapy MBPT. It is based on the 2,500-year-old ancient techniques of the Buddhist mindfulness practice that have found their way into modern...

This new book illustrates how Taiwanese lesbians negotiate their lives outside patriarchal families, while seeking varying ways to maintain working relationships with their families of origin, as their notion of family distinguishes them from same sex couples in other countries. This ambivalence has...

The book you are holding is an introduction to the questions which arise when considering the future of healthcare. It tackles the history of healthcare systems and their complex evolution, focuses on new trends and increasingly sophisticated technology while acknowledging that health is one of the...

This book uniquely focuses on the role of family law in transnational marriages. The author demonstrates how family law is of critical importance in understanding transnational family life. Based on extensive field research in Morocco, Egypt and the Netherlands, the book examines how, during marriage...

It's a g'day, mate when three sexy heroes down under tangle with women tough enough to match their fire. You'll fall in love, too, with these smoldering romances, Aussie-style: Looking for Prince Charming: Glory agrees to pose as her boss's girlfriend while he campaigns for Lord Mayor of Melbourne--which...

Charli Honey is a career girl, until she meets her new boss, William Knight. She can’t resist him - result? She’s pregnant with his baby. William Knight will want to do the right thing by her and their baby, but does Charli want to be married to a man who doesn’t love her? Will doesn’t...

Inspiration - der Begriff ist allgegenwärtig. Keiner, der nicht schon einmal gesagt hätte, dieses oder jenes inspiriere ihn – oder ihm fehle die Inspiration. Welche Erklärungsversuche bieten Philosophie, Psychologie oder moderne Neurowissenschaften an? Kann man Inspiration gezielt herbeirufen...

“Ecco la mamma. Nella sua camera. Sembrava dormisse, ma era tutta sporca di sangue. Non era morta, si muoveva. Aveva alzato piano la mano, quando lei era entrata nella stanza. E le aveva indicato il telefono. Poi basta”

Horse racing fan Ken Hinde had to die but why? and what happened to two valuable racehorses that needed such drastic action? In 'Death on the Home Straight' Valerie Elphick, Ken's close friend and assistant, sets out to discover some answers, but attracts the attention of the wrong people - with terrifying consequences.

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2005 in the subject Psychology - Developmental Psychology, grade: A- , LMU Munich (Department Psychologie), course: Research Practice, 15 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Crossing the nations boarder was always one of people's aims....

Obwohl ich nun schon mehrmals, genauer gesagt drei Mal, auf der anderen Hälfte der Erdkugel war, zieht es mich immer wieder nach Afrika. So als ob jemand ein magisches Gummiband an meinem Herzen befestigt hätte. Es dehnt sich bis Europa. Bin ich hier aber zu lange, zupft jemand daran und schwupp...

An atmospheric mystery from Wales’ best-loved author -The Second World War is over. Artist Riana Evans falls in love with a dilapidated mansion in Wales, despite its rumoured ghosts, and is delighted when its elderly, eccentric owner sells it to her for a pittance. The ‘ghosts’ prove good for...