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This interdisciplinary volume represents the first comprehensive English-language analysis of the development of Protestant Christianity in Xiamen from the nineteenth century to the present. This important regional study is particularly revealing due to the unbroken history of Sino-Christian interac... More

Named A Best New Book of 2018 by The Chicago Review of Books H Is for Hawk meets Grief Is the Thing with Feathers in this evocative debut novel about a pill-popping anesthesiologist and avid birder who embarks on a quest to find one of the world’s rarest species, allowing nothing to get in his way—u... More

Heritage tourism is a global multi-million-dollar phenomenon, influencing national, regional and local cultural identities. Hong Kong finds itself at the confluence of several post-colonial economic, political and social developments and with this comes a greater awareness of the need for more meani... More

Nineteenth-Century Writings on Homosexuality is a comprehensive collection which provides, for the first time in one volume, many texts unavailable outside specialised academic libraries. Chris White has brought together a wide range of primary source material, including prose, poetry, fiction, his... More

Leadership is not just about reading data points and asserting corresponding action points; it is about designing an organizational structure and culture that directly generates desired performance results. Part of that involves understanding internal controls (such as motivation) versus external co... More

Shane is 14, and life starts to go wrong, with strange lumps on his body, and flak from the school druggies over his father being a policeman. One night, after a party, this feud gets serious and he nearly loses both his girlfriend and his best friend.... More

Recent computer-based tools for project planning and management focus on user-friendliness and interconnectivity. However, these programs function on the Critical Path Method, or CPM, which was created in the 1950s. These programs, which involve simplistic models and methods, ignore the fact that th... More

Climate change and an evolving non-renewable energy sector threaten the future viability and sustainability of communities across the country. While rural communities have a special place in the national fabric, they often lack the resources to tackle these important and evolving threats. Planni... More

An exhaustive look at the final hours of the Confederacy’s most audacious general. May 1863. The Civil War was in its third spring, and Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas Jonathan Jackson stood at the peak of his fame. He had risen from obscurity to become “Old Stonewall,” adored across the South and fea... More

The remarkable story of how one of America’s greatest military heroes became a literary legend. The former general in chief of the Union armies during the Civil War . . . the two-term president of the United States . . . the beloved ambassador of American goodwill around the globe . . . the respec... More

A gripping narrative of one of the Civil War’s most consequential engagements. In the spring of 1864, the newly installed Union commander Ulysses S. Grant did something none of his predecessors had done before: He threw his army against the wily, audacious Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Vi... More

This Civil War history and guide offers a vivid chronicle of this dramatic yet misunderstood battle, plus invaluable information for battlefield visitors.The battle of Fredericksburg is usually remembered as the most lopsided Union defeat of the Civil War. It is sometimes called “Burnside’s folly,” ... More

The first book-length study of two overlooked engagements that helped turned the tide of a pivotal Civil War battle. By May of 1863, the stone wall at the base of Marye’s Heights above Fredericksburg, Virginia, loomed large over the Army of the Potomac, haunting its men with memories of slaughter ... More

Exam Board: WJEC Level: GCSE Subject: Religious Studies First Teaching: September 2016 First Exam: Summer 2018For the new Welsh specification for first teaching 2017Stretch and challenge your students to achieve their full potential with learning materials that guide them through the new Unit 1 cont... More

Welsh language edition. For the new Welsh specification for first teaching 2017Trust the experts; let the market-leading publisher and subject specialists with examiningexperience provide accessible content that draws out the key ethical theories, helping to ensureyour students have a thorough under... More

Bring out the best in every student, enabling them to develop in-depth subject knowledge with this accessible and engaging Student's Book, created for the 2016 specification by a team of subject specialists and the leading Religious Studies publisher.- Helps students of all abilities fulfil their po... More

Welsh language edition. For the new Welsh specification for first teaching 2017. Stretch and challenge your students to achieve their full potential with learning materials that guide them through the new Unit 1 content and assessment requirements; developed by subject experts with examining experie... More

For the new Welsh specification for first teaching 2017.Trust the experts; let the market-leading publisher and subject specialists with examining experience provide accessible content that draws out the key ethical theories, helping to ensure your students have a thorough understanding- Teach the U... More

This innovative book explores social work, therapy and counselling as a series of encounters - between clients and human services professionals, social workers, their colleagues and other professionals, and more widely between citizens and the state. Providing a variety of social constructionist per... More

Bring out the best in every student; enable them to develop in-depth subject knowledge with this accessible and engaging Student Book, created by subject specialists and covering the content your students need to know for the reformed specification in a single book.- Helps students of all abilities ... More

Bring out the best in every student; enable them to develop in-depth subject knowledge with this accessible and engaging Student Book, created by subject specialists and covering the content your students need to know for the reformed specification in a single book.- Helps students of all abilities ... More

For the new Welsh specification for first teaching 2017.Trust the experts; let the market-leading publisher and subject specialists with examining experience provide accessible content that draws out the key ethical theories, helping to ensure your students have a thorough understanding- Teach the U... More

Exam Board: WJEC Level: GCSE Subject: Religious Studies First Teaching: September 2016 First Exam: Summer 2018For the new Welsh specification for first teaching 2017Stretch and challenge your students to achieve their full potential with learning materials that guide them through the new Unit 1 cont... More

Exam Board: WJECLevel: GCSESubject: Religious StudiesFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2018Bring out the best in every student, enabling them to develop in-depth subject knowledge with this accessible and engaging Student's Book, created for the 2016 specification by a team of subject s... More

“Gives the reader an excellent readable narrative of the first day of battle . . . [and] an incredible driving tour which closes each chapter.” —Matthew Bartlett, Gettysburg ChronicleDo not bring on a general engagement, Confederate General Robert E. Lee warned his commanders. The Army of Northern V... More