Covers various core skills. This title introduces the skills needed to succeed in Higher Education. It includes checklists, record sheets and practical activities.

The author of Fermat's Last Theorem tackles the cause of the last century's most destructive event - the discovery of nuclear power. Aczel presents the fascinating story of the rival scientists who uncovered uranium's potential and reveals the ongoing tale of an element that is never far from today's headlines.

A guide to contract law for those embarking on a first degree or conversion course in law. It contains key information as well as more complex issues to serve as a course companion, and also to aid revision in preparation for exams.

Illustrated with photographs of performances chosen by RSC Directors, tis title features on-page notes which explain words and phrases unfamiliar to a modern audience. It is suitable for undergraduates or A-level students of Literature or Drama; lecturers or teachers of Literature or Drama.

Offers Spanish IWLP course and includes 2 CDs. This title is useful for HE students. It includes tailor-made foundations languages, with exercises and pairwork and groupwork opportunities and a self-study section.

Dealing with the political ideologies, this book contains a chapter on multiculturalism, consideration of the changing nature of ideological discourse, including the transition from 'traditional' to 'new' ideologies. It also covers the impact on the major ideological traditions of developments such as globalization and the 'war on terror'.

Described by The Times as 'the book no writer should be without', the new edition of The Writer's Handbook is the definitive guide for everyone in the writing profession. Includes free online access to The Writer's Handbook website offering its comprehensive directory and even more resources and advice for writers. A must-buy for writers.

Revised edition of this popular beginner's classroom text now including 2 CDs with each copy. Foundations Languages courses are tailor-made for HE students on IWLPs, with lively exercises and integrated pairwork and groupwork opportunities plus a comprehensive self-study section. The course fits neatly into the 20-24 week teaching year.

Constitutional and Administrative Law provides a comprehensive introduction to the basic legal principles of the UK constitution. This book places the law in the context of the main political ideas which have influenced its development and discusses some of the most fundamental questions about government.

Offers a comprehensive introduction to quantitative techniques that emphasizes business relevance. This title uses mini case studies to illustrate the relevance of the subject to the business world. It covers chapters on Revision Mathematics, Investment Appraisal, Decision-making and Simulation. It integrates Excel and SPSS.

Designed for engineering undergraduates with a low-level background in mathematics, this text teaches mathematics through an applications context drawing on a wide range of disciplines.

The fully updated and revised fourth edition of this widely-used text provides a comprehensive survey of leading perspectives in the field including entirely new chapters on Historical Sociology by Andrew Linklater and International Political Theory by Terry Nardin.

Guiding readers through the latest SPSS package (also known as PASW Statistics), the authors provide clear step-by-step instructions on the main statistical techniques, with expanded sections on graphing and exploring data. The new, fully updated edition of this bestseller, now in colour, remains an essential tool for all psychology students.

The right to individual and collective self-defense in international law and politics has always been a controversial issue. Using the example of how the US employs self-defense against Iraq, this book uncovers new dimensions, which lead to innovative and practical strategies and analysis.

In Peaceful Islamist Mobilization in the Muslim World: What Went Right, Julie Chernov Hwang presents a compelling and innovative new theory and framework for examining the variation in Islamist mobilization strategies in Muslim Asia and the Middle East.

This volume comprises thirteen original research papers and three overview papers presenting new work using a number of experimental techniques from psycho- and neurolinguistics in the three key areas of current semantics and pragmatics: implicature, negation and presupposition.

Revolutionary Imaginings in the 1790s discusses the work of three prominent women writers by focusing on the response to the French Revolution and the struggle for reform in Britain. Examining previously-neglected texts as well as more familiar ones, the book contributes to our understanding of a period of intense political and literary engagement.

This book contends that there is a fundamental logic underlying the participation of non-elites in the nationalist enterprise. In order to understand this logic we must cast aside the standard myopia ingrained in most Rational Choice analysis.

When one thinks of the New Deal era, the issue of the environment does not immediately come to mind. Yet New Deal policies had a huge impact on environmental thinking, defining a new role for the federal government in the scientific management of the natural environment.

An international selection of 15 short stories by distinguished modern writers including Peter Carey, Zadie Smith and Bernard Malamud. Featuring the theme of 'difference', each story has something to say about cultural encounters, often arising from experiences of migration or uprooting. With biographic and photographic portraits.