Stem Cell Proliferation and Differentiation, Volume 138, the latest release in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of

An extraordinary work of investigative journalism, literature, and sociology, London Labour and the London Poor originated in a series of articles for a local newspaper and grew into a massive record of the daily life of Victorian London\'s underclass. By turns alarming, touching, and funny, the pages of London Labour and the London Poor exposed a previously hidden world. Henry Mayhew conducted hundreds

The Oxford Handbook of Christmas provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary account of all aspects of Christmas across the globe, from the specifically religious to the purely cultural. The contributions are drawn from a distinguished group of international experts from across numerous disciplines, including literary scholars, theologians, historians, biblical scholars, sociologists, anthropologists,

Infectious Diseases: Smart Study Guide for Medical Students, Residents, Physicians and Clinical Pharmacists attempts to consolidate knowledge and information into a step-by-step process that would be easy to understand, remember, and apply in a clinical setting. High-yield information presented in this book is necessary for medical students and residents. This book has provided information for all

Find your baby\'s face in this delightful new lift-the-flap book with a mirror on every page! One thing is for sure - babies love mirrors! This brand new series of board books aims to enhance early mirror play as very young children will enjoy finding their own face on every

This book offers a contemporary approach to the study of religion in modern South Asia. It explores the development of religious ideas and practices in the region, giving students a clear and critical understanding of social, political and historical context. Part One takes a fresh look at some familiar themes in the study of religion, such as deity, authoritative texts, myth, worship, teacher traditions

In Juliana Goodman\'s powerful young adult debut The Black Girls Left Standing, Beau Willet will stop at nothing to clear her sister\'s name. Sixteen-year-old Beau Willet has dreams of being an artist and one day leaving the Chicago projects she\'s grown up in. But after her older sister, Katia, is killed by an off-duty police officer, Beau knows she has to clear her sister\'s name by finding the only

The Kind Kitchen is not just the title of a cookbook, or the name of a restaurant, it embodies a way of living for Jay Mac. As he says: \"We don\'t have a Planet B to call home! This one is all we have, and we have the power to change the way we treat mother earth through the foods we choose to

In this classic text Jarlath Benson presents the basic and essential knowledge required to set up and work with a group. He looks at how to plan and lead a group successfully and how to intervene skilfully. As well as covering the different stages in the life of a group, the book emphasizes the various levels of group experience and gives suggestions for working more creatively with them. For this

The most comprehensive guide to the Spanish language takes you from beginner level through to conversational fluency! This complete Spanish language program is a unique 2-in-1 book, containing the bestselling The Ultimate Spanish 101 plus a full second-year program. It covers everything required for basic conversational proficiency, from vocabulary and grammatical structures to abundant audio exercises

From a Turkish writer who has been compared with Joyce, Nabokov, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez comes a dazzling novel that is at once a captivating work of historical fiction and a sinuous treatise on the enigma of identity and the relations between East and

A comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to the economics of the production, distribution, and consumption of wine.Wine economics is a growing subfield that examines the economics of the production, distribution, and consumption of wine. In this book, Stefano Castriota takes a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to the study of wine economics, drawing on literature from industrial organization,

Winner of The Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award Align your leadership team to deliver the highest possible value to your customersToo many organizations today suffer from silo-centric behavior and intra-organizational conflict. Yet most don\'t understand what\'s holding them back from achieving outstanding performance.Value stream mapping--an essential but underusedmethodology--is

Imaginative, humorous plays presented by celebrated children\'s author Julia Donaldson and part of Bug Club - the reading scheme loved by kids across the

The epic fantasy series The Stormlight Archive, by international bestseller Brandon Sanderson, continues here! This is the second half of the second epic novel: Words of

Joining the Dots is designed to improve students\' skills in reading music at sight, enabling them to perform new music with confidence. The books feature short, creative exercises which help students to develop their ability to read music more quickly and easily, both in exams and when learning new

After decades of occupation and creeping annexation, Israel has created an apartheid system in historic Palestine. Peace efforts have failed because of one hard truth: the best Israeli offers do not meet the minimum that a truly free Palestine would require--nor that international law would recognize. There are, however, widening cracks in Israel\'s traditional pillars of support for this policy, and

By the late 1960s cartographic formats and spatial information had become a regular feature in many conceptual artworks. This volume offers a rich study of conceptualisms\' mapping practices that includes more expanded forms of spatial representation. The book presents twelve in-depth case studies that address artists\' engagement with matters of space at a time when space was garnering new significance