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Total Books: 981 - 1000 /1629

Parental Life Courses after Separation and Divorce in Europe

This book assembles landmark studies on divorce and separation in European countries, and how this affects the life of parents ...

Parenting and Work in Poland A Gender Studies Perspective

The book provides a critical account of parenthood in Polish society. It uses a qualitative perspective to show how mothers ...

Parks and People in Postcolonial Societies

This volume analyses the dynamic relations between people and national parks and assesses these in southern Africa against ...

Particle Verbs in English : A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective / Han Luo

This book explains why cognitive linguistics offers a plausible theoretical framework for a systematic and unified analysis ...

Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas : The IMO's Role in Protecting Vulnerable Marine Areas

Designations of large Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSAs) triggered a controversial debate within the International ...

Parting the Cosmic Veil

Astronomers have used telescopes, operating at the visible wavelengths that we see with our eye, to reveal the true extent ...

Passione per Trilli : Alcune idee dalla matematica = Passion for Tinker Bell: Some ideas from mathematics

It is a general belief that mathematics is a difficult subject to understand, that uses esoteric symbols and an incomprehensible ...

Past Meets Present : Archaeologists Partnering with Museum Curators, Teachers, and Community Groups

Past Meets Present provides the reader with models for implementing public outreach programs with an emphasis on collaborative ...

Paths Why is life ﬁlled with so many detours?

This book explores the amazing similarity between paths taken by people and many other things in life, and its impact on ...

Pathways and Consequences of Legal Irregularity

This book provides a unique study of the complexities and consequences of irregular legal status of Senegalese migrants in ...

Pattern Asterisms

Orion is a familiar constellation. He even looks like a hunter – at least it’s easy to visualize his belt and sword.Since ...

Pedagogies of the Imagination : Mythopoetic Curriculum in Educational Practice

This book is about the practice of Imaginal Knowing in education. Imaginal knowing is not fantasy, but is linked to the way ...

Pedagogy and ICT Use : In Schools Around the World Findings from the IEA Sites 2006 Study

What impact is the pedagogical use of ICT making in schools around the world? This book addresses such questions through ...

Pedestrian Dynamics : Feedback Control of Crowd Evacuation

The book also provides various feedback control laws to accomplish the effective evacuation. The book uses the hydrodynamic ...

Pediatric Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Genetics

The broad field of neuro-ophthalmology encompasses lesions of both the afferent and efferent pathways, which can result from ...

Peer-Led Team Learning: Evaluation, Dissemination, and Institutionalization of a College Level Initiative

"Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) is one of the success stories resulting from the National Science Foundation's investment ...

Pension Systems

Recently, policy debate and comparative research on old-age pensions have focused on the financial sustainability of pension ...

Pentecostalism and Witchcraft

This open access book presents fresh ethnographic work from the regions of Africa and Melanesia—where the popularity of ...

People and Things : A Behavioral Approach to Material Culture

This comprehensive text sets forth a theory for understanding the relationship between people and things. Humans, whether ...

People, Population Change and Policies : Lessons from the Population Policy Acceptance Study Vol. 1: Family Change

This two-volume work presents social cohesion and demographic challenges that are associated with low birth rates and population ...

Total Books: 981 - 1000 /1629