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Drought, Risk Management, and Policy
Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
Series: Drought and Water Crises
Australia and the United States face very similar challenges in dealing with drought. Both countries cover a range of biophysical conditions, both are federations that provide considerable responsibility to state governments for water and land management, and both face the challenges in balancing...
Published January 27th 2013 by CRC Press
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Dying to be Men
Psychosocial, Environmental, and Biobehavioral Directions in Promoting the Health of Men and Boys
Series: The Routledge Series on Counseling and Psychotherapy with Boys and Men
Masculinity has a powerful effect on the health of men and boys. Indeed, many of the behaviors they use to "be men" actually increase their risk of disease, injury, and death. In this book, Dr. Will Courtenay, an internationally recognized expert on men’s health, provides a foundation for...
Published April 14th 2011 by Routledge
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Understanding Developmental Language Disorders
From Theory to Practice
Developmental language disorders (DLD) occur when a child fails to develop his or her native language often for no apparent reason. Delayed development of speech and/or language is one of the most common reasons for parents of preschool children to seek the advice of their family doctor. Although...
Published June 30th 2008 by Psychology Press
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The First Englishmen in India
Letters and Narratives of Sundry Elizabethans written by themselves
First published in 1930. This volume contains letters and narratives of some of the Elizabethans who went to India. Here the beginnings of the British Indian Empire can be seen, arising out of the trading operations of the East India Company....
Published October 20th 2004 by Routledge