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   Expertise and Skill Acquisition: The Impact of William G. Chase

   The chapters in this volume document the enduring scientific contributions of William G. Chase to current knowledge and understanding of human expertise and skill acquisition and applications his work has supported. It will be of interest to those researching, studying, and working in the multiple fields that were greatly influenced by Chase's work.

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   Single Case Research in Schools

   Single Case Research in Schools addresses and examines the variety of cutting-edge issues in single case research (SCR) in educational settings. Featuring simple and practical techniques for aggregating data for evidence-based practices, the book delves into methods of selecting behaviors of interest and measuring them reliably. 

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   Language Online - Investigating Digital Texts and Practices

   In Language Online, authors David Barton and Carmen Lee explore the impact of the online world on the study of language.

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   Land and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

   In twenty-one chapters by twenty-five authors, this book considers experiences with, and approaches to, post-conflict land issues in seventeen countries and in varied social and geographic settings. Highlighting key concepts that are important for understanding how to address land rights in the wake of armed conflict, the book provides a theoretical and practical framework for policy makers, researchers, practitioners, and students

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   Second Language Acquisition - An Introductory Course, 4th Edition

   "The coverage is broad and current, the style accessible, the discussions of theory and research findings balanced and insightful. Highly recommended." - Mike Long*

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   The American Civil War - A Literary and Historical Anthology, 2nd Edition

   "This volume captures a diversity of perspectives on the Civil War, and impresses on us the important role literature, across genres, played during the conflict." - Colleen G. Boggs*

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   The Nativist Movement in America - Religious Conflict in the 19th Century

   "Katie Oxx wonderfully brings us into an America teeming with religious violence, where convents were burned, riots ravaged cities over Bibles, and stealing stones became an expression of patriotic Protestantism." - Edward J. Blum*

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   Models of Madness, Second Edition

   This second edition of Models of Madness challenges the simplistic, pessimistic and oftentimes damaging theories and treatments of the ‘medical model’ of madness. Psychiatric diagnoses and medications are based on the false premise that human misery and distress are caused by chemical imbalances and genetic predispositions, and ignore the social causes of psychosis and what psychiatrists call ‘schizophrenia’.

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   How and Why We Still Read Jung

   How relevant is Jung’s work today?

   How and Why We Still Read Jung offers a fresh look at how Jung’s work can still be read and applied to the modern day. Written by seasoned Jungian analysts and Jung scholars, the essays in this collection offer in depth and oftentimes personal readings of various works by Jung.

10. International Day for Biological Diversity

    To commemorate the International Day for Biological Diversity 2013 we have put together a selection of our most relevant books.

    The theme of this year's International Day for Biological Diversity is Water and Biodiversity. Find out more here.