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Which kind of decisions are passed by Cabinet in coalition governments? What motivates ministerial action? How much leeway do coalition parties give their governmental representatives? This book focuses on a comparative study of ministerial behaviour in Germany, Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands.... More

[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Indian Mutiny]Life for Katherine Mary Bartrum must have seemed to have been almost perfect in early 1857, wife of a well-liked and respected medical officer posted just outside Luckn... More

This book discusses the future of the European Union following the failure of the Constitutional and reform treaties, examining the transformations, dynamics and major issues facing present-day Europe. Discussing key questions relating to the future of the European project, this book brings togethe... More

This volume examines the multiple connections between education, broadly defined, and work, through an analysis of the literature on the transition from school to work, on vocational training and on the labour market. It shows that concepts such as skill, unemployment rates, young people and the tra... More

Was Descartes a Cartesian Dualist? In this controversial study, Gordon Baker and Katherine J. Morris argue that, despite the general consensus within philosophy, Descartes was neither a proponent of dualism nor guilty of the many crimes of which he has been accused by twentieth century philosophers.... More

Sea-changes in society, technology, consumer expectations and our understanding of behavioral economics have caused us to rethink our understanding of the scope of knowledge required to navigate, analyze and shape consumer behavior. You hold in your hand a field guide for this adventure. Ron Hill a... More

The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures tells the full story of her life, including what it took to work at NASA, help land the first man on the moon, and live through a century of turmoil and change.In 2015, at the age of 97, Kather... More

"If one wants to understand why, from its modest beginnings, the European Parliament has become a major player in EU decision-making, look no further than this book. It presents, to date, the theoretically most compelling, methodologically disciplined and empirically richest account of parliamentary... More

Before and After Radical Prostate Surgery is a research-based, comprehensive, and comprehensible resource on prostate surgery in Canada. Aimed at men with concerns about prostate surgery and their partners, this invaluable guide includes chapters on preparing for prostate surgery, the surgery itself... More

O livro conta a história de Kara, a única híbrida de vampiro e telepata da qual já se ouviu falar. Por isso, ela lida com muito preconceito e pessoas tentando machucá-la devido a sua perigosa combinação de poderes. Ela e sua melhor amiga vampira, Olivia, estão fazendo um trabalho para uma vampira tã... More

As western-style food systems extend further around the world, food sustainability is becoming an increasingly important issue. Such systems are not sustainable in terms of their consumption of resources, their impact on ecosystems or their effect on health and social inequality. From 2009 to 2011... More

Pig is a remarkable French Bulldog with the ability to, quite nearly, transform both posture and personality into a menagerie of animals before your very eyes. Whether on land or by sea, from safari to barnyard, Pig is one peculiar dog.... More

From bubbles in the bath, to teddy bears in bed—it's all the things I like!... More

Anais led an enchanted life with her fiance at her side and servants hovering about: it was all so elegantly simple. Then she met a pianist who awakened desires within her. But she becomes entangled in a plot which overshadows her personal crisis.... More

Eli loves horses but he is afraid of how big they are! One night, he gets a special visitor to help him get over his fear. His parents think that it's just a dream but Eli knows its real! Will Eli be able to touch or ride one of his grandfather’s horses?... More

The Holocaust Short Story is the only book devoted entirely to representations of the Holocaust in the short story genre. The book highlights how the explosiveness of the moment captured in each short story is more immediate and more intense, and therefore recreates horrifying emotional reactions fo... More

A young unicorn wants a gold horn but his is white. The only way to change it is to do good deeds for others. While on his journey, the unicorn can’t find any—will he ever get his gold horn?... More

Profiles of five women that aim “to shed light on personal and career obstacles women face in achieving success” by a cultural anthropologist (Publishers Weekly).Mary Catherine Bateson has been called “one of the most original and important thinkers of our time” (Deborah Tannen). Grove Press is plea... More

Bateson, an anthropologist among many other roles, analyzes her life and those of 4 other women. She finds that they must constantly improvise and change their ways of living as their environments, their employment, their relationships all evolve over time. Nothing is constant for a lifetime and rad... More

Conflicts between environmental protection laws and human rights present delicate trade-offs when concerns for social and ecological justice are increasingly intertwined. This book retraces how the legal ordering of environmental protection evolved over time and progressively merged with human right... More

Historically speaking, theology can be said to operate “materiaphobically.” Protestant Christianity in particular has bestowed upon theology a privilege of the soul over the body and belief over practice, in line with the distinction between a disembodied God and the inanimate world “He” created. Li... More

Most histories seek to understand modern Africa as a troubled outcome of nineteenth century European colonialism, but that is only a small part of the story. In this celebrated book, beautifully translated from the French edition, the history of Africa in the nineteenth century unfolds from the pers... More

This collection brings together research on linguistic prescriptivism and social identities, in specific contemporary and historical contexts of cross-cultural contact and awareness. Providing multilingual and multidisciplinary perspectives from language studies, lexicography, literature, and cultur... More

Featured on The Ellen DeGeneres Show sharing her "Holiday Magic" viral video. Hope, humor, and spiritual inspiration to families in the trenches of parenthood from the founder of Mom Babble. Mary Katherine Backstrom spends her days mending booboos, conquering the boogie man, comforting heartaches, ... More

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.... More