Academic Press: 465 books
Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives
Origins, Changes & Interactions
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2006
Consisting of more than 70 papers written by scholars concerned with pre-Christian Norse religion, the articles discuss subjects such as archaeology, art history, historical archaeology, history, history of ideas, theological history, literature, onomastics, Scandinavian languages, and Scandinavian...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2018
This volume, Engineering Technology and Industrial Chemistry with Applications**,** brings together innovative research, new concepts, and novel developments in the application of new tools for chemical and materials engineers. It provides a collection of innovative chapters on new scientific and...
Ballast
Laden with History
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
In Ballast: Laden with History, the archaeologist Mats Burström charts how ship ballast helped to shape the world we live in. Until only very recently, ships were ballasted with sand, gravel, stone, or rubble to give them stability, and when they no longer needed the extra weight, it was dumped....
John Redmond
Selected Letters and Memoranda, 1880–1918
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
Irish nationalist leader John Redmond left no diaries or memoirs, but was a prolific letter-writer. In John Redmond: Selected Letters and Memoranda, 1880–1918, Dermot Meleady skilfully edits Redmond’s correspondence to offer new and first-hand perspectives on key moments in Ireland’s history...
Reaching a State of Hope
Refugees, Immigrants and the Swedish Welfare State, 19302000
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Shedding new light on the issues concerning refugees and immigration in 20th-century Sweden, this analysis examines the implications of its immigration policies. On what grounds were refugees admitted? Where did they come from? How did the Swedish state aid its new citizens? What differences were...
Flattering Alliances
Scandinavia, Diplomacy and the Austrian-French Balance of Power, 16481740
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Taking a fresh look at the history of diplomacy, this book looks at the fight for hegemony between France and Austria after the Peace of Westphalia 1648, showing how their clashes dragged the Scandinavian kingdoms into European top-level politics and forced them to take part in the play, constantly...
Temperate Horticulture for Sustainable Development and Environment
Ecological Aspects
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Ecological and genetic control of plant resistance to unfavorable environmental influences is being carried out all over the world, and new varieties and hybrids of plants are being created, resulting in rich, new information and innovative new methods of cultivation. This new volume, Temperate Horticulture...
Information Security Management Systems
A Novel Framework and Software as a Tool for Compliance with Information Security Standard
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
This new volume, Information Security Management Systems: A Novel Framework and Software as a Tool for Compliance with Information Security Standard, looks at information security management system standards, risk management associated with information security, and information security awareness...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
This volume brings together innovative research, new concepts, and novel developments in the application of new tools for chemical engineers. It presents significant research, reporting on new methodologies and important applications in the field of chemical engineering. Highlighting theoretical foundations,...
Scandinavia in the First World War
Studies in the War Experience of the Northern Neutrals
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Denmark, Norway, and Sweden all managed to stay out of World War I, but all three countries were deeply affected by it. Opening with a systematically comparative introduction to the history of the Scandinavian countries during that time period, this account then presents 13 case studies examining the...
Nerves of Steele
The Phil Steele Story
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2017
Known to thousands of rugby fans as a knowledgeable, passionate and witty broadcaster, and as an entertaining and popular after-dinner speaker, Phil Steele’s confident demeanour and humorous disposition mask a life-long battle against depression and anxiety heightened by heartbreak and tragedy in...
Inside the Room
The Untold Story of Ireland’s Crisis Government
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
March 2011: Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore have just formed a coalition government between Fine Gael and Labour. Ireland’s banks are broken, unemployment is heading for half a million, the public finances are in deficit, international lenders rate Ireland as ‘junk’ and the country is in an IMF...
El Proyecto Macnamara
The Maverick Irish Priest and the Race to Seize California 1844-1846
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014
This is the story of Eugene Macnamara, a maverick young priest from Ennis, County Clare who sought to establish a colony for Irish families in the 1840s in Alta California, Mexico s far north-western territory. Had the 10,000 ready volunteers from Limerick, Clare and Cork of whom he boasted, actually...
by Bryan Fanning, Garvin Tom Garvin
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2014
This engaging and provocative work consists of 29 chapters and discusses over 50 books that have been instrumental in the development of Irish social and political thought since the early seventeenth century. Steering clear of traditionally canonical Irish literature, Bryan Fanning and Tom Garvin...