Katy: 496 books

This book explores the role played by families in the Russian revolutionary movement and the first decades of the Soviet regime. While revolutionaries were expected to sever all family ties or at the very least put political concerns before personal ones, in practice this was rarely achieved. In the...

This book presents a new framing of policy debates on the question of racism through a discursive critique of contemporary issues and contexts, drawing on a program of new European research carried out between 2010 and 2013, with a central focus on the UK. This includes analysis of the discursive...

Have you tried endless diets in the past and always found they simply didn’t work for you? You were probably hungry, right? Who wants to be hungry when they don’t have to be? Nobody! The bottom line is that a diet should be a lifestyle change, and in order to make that change you need some...

Education and Learning offers an accessible introduction to the most recent evidence-based research into teaching, learning, and our education system. Presents a wide range references for both seminal and contemporary research into learning and teaching Examines the evidence around topical issues...

Wissen allein hat im beruflichen Alltag nie gereicht, um erfolgreich zu handeln - immer schon war Kompetenz gefordert. Der rasche Wandel in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft stellt heute aber völlig neue Anforderungen. Es braucht u. a. die Bereitschaft zu lebenslangem Lernen, die Fähigkeit, sich ständig...

Cancer is such a scary word. I still remember the night the doctors told me, at twenty-five years old, that I had stage 4 cancer. I felt frightened and numb. Surely this couldnt be true! But it was. When I used to hear the word cancer, I immediately thought of death. But this isnt a story about death....

Which were more dangerous—his secret desires. . . or her own? Cruel false gossip and scandal follow Velvet Campbell everywhere she goes in London—and for the sake of her sanity she must get away. Accepting a position as governess at an estate in remote Cornwall, Velvet hopes to start over,...

This deck features 50 easy-to-follow, artfully illustrated techniques for giving and receiving the perfect massage. Coded by body region, these portable cards include detailed instructions, tips for when to use aromatic oils and lotions, and suggested sequences for ten- and twenty-minute massages....

Have you ever wondered why the word wrestle begins with a w? Or why the word knuckle begins with a k? How about the word gnat? Have you ever wondered why it begins with a g? Perhaps you wonder why the word honeycomb ends with a b. In Dexter Has a Dream, Dexter is taken back in time to meet four very...

Erotic dance is one of the most contentious issues in feminist debates today and a source of fascination in media and popular cultural representations. Yet, why is it that we currently know so little about those who perform erotic dance for female customers, or the experiences of these spectators...

In an increasingly ethnically diverse society, debates about migration, community, cultural difference and social interaction have never been more pressing. Drawing on the findings from a two-year, qualitative Economic and Social Research Council funded study of different locations across England,...

How has it been possible for Irish political leaders to actively promote two of the largest challenges to Irish nation-statehood: the concession of sovereignty to the European Union and the retraction of the constitutional claim over Northern Ireland? The author of this book argues that such discourses...

This report is a follow-up to Harriger and McMillan's Speaking of Politics: Preparing College Students for Democratic Citizenship through Deliberative Dialogue (Kettering Foundation Press, 2007). That book described a four-year study at Wake Forest University in which students, called Democracy Fellows,...

For more than twenty years, the Insiders’ Guide® series has been the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information—from true insiders whose personal, practical perspective gives you everything you need to know. The Great Smoky Mountains and their environs have been one...