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"Prolonged Labour" is a comprehensive, scholarly and balanced account of New Labour's domestic policies in its first two terms in office. It mobilizes ministerial speeches, elite interviews and policy documents, plus the best available, contemporary scholarship and political journalism, to build an ... More

Originally published in 1922. Contains detailed notes and explanations of The Book Of Leviticus, examined verse by verse.... More

This history of the books of Reading Abbey covers the period from the abbey's foundation to its dissolution, and follows up the dispersal of the book collections to c.1610. It provides valuable material on the ways in which books were used, and about the intellectual life of medieval monastery. Alan... More

This book brings together in one place the liberal and conservative arguments that face the Republican and Democratic parties in the run-up to the 2008 election. In each chapter, David Coates lays out the popular conservative case and then presents a point-by-point liberal response. Each chapter cha... More

"Education for Patients & Clients" sets out basic principles for providing patient education as an integral part of nursing care in all settings. The author challenges the view that simply giving information is enough and investigates strategies for making education as effective as possible. The au... More

"Word Structure," provides a complete introduction to morphology, the study of the structure of words. The book contains numerous exercises, an answer key, and clear and succinct summmaries.... More

This book challenges contemporary direct realist theories of perception and defends a version of the causal theory that the author locates in the critical realist tradition of which Wilfrid Sellars is the main recent exponent. The author highlights the difficulties direct realists face in providing ... More

Universities need to better understand their students. "Student Engagement in Campus-based and Online Education" presents a new analysis of the contemporary student experience. It maps out an approach for understanding online learning in campus-based education. With illustrative case studies to augm... More