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This unique and fascinating book transforms an area of study previously dominated by clinical models to look instead at cross-dressing and sex-changing as a highly variable social process. Giving precedence to the processual and emergent nature of much cross-dressing and sex-shanging phenomena, the book traces the phased femaling career path of the 'male femaler' from 'beginning femaling' through to 'consolidating femaling'. Based upon sevente...

The condition of the countryside is a major issue in contemporary society. "Countryside Planning" addresses the key concepts and issues, including planning for agriculture, farmers and countryside management, the built environment, forestry and woodland, and planning for the natural environment. Each chapter considers individual countryside planning issues in a structured way, from introductory discussion of key concepts and issues to the evol...

This book explores how IT can make a real difference to the quality of learning. Its approach takes account of some of the cultural, sociological and psychological factors, which influence how IT is used. The chapters are arranged in three parts. Part one explores the potential of IT as one of many tools which can influence the quality and experience of learning. Part two looks at how teachers' professional development can help them to use IT ...

East Asia is an area now attracting much interest internationally, not least because of the growing economic importance of the region. Taking economic development and the international environment in twentieth century East Asia as its major theme, the volume presents native views of the historical changes and transitions which have occurred in East Asia since the nineteenth century. Looking at the introduction of Western ideas to East Asia and...

Societies and Nature in the Sahel provides an in-depth analysis of the diverse Sahara Desert environment. Drawing on a wealth of research and historical development, this book explores the links between environment and social systems in the Sahel, integrating ecological, demographic, economic, technical, social and cultural factors. Examining the conditions for land occupation and natural resource use in the Sahel, this book offers a conceptua...

Concrete durability in climates where freezing and thawing occurs is a continuing problem. It is particularly acute for highway and bridge structures, where de-icing salts are used to combat the effects of frost, snow and ice. These salts can cause damage to concrete and accelerate corrosion of reinforcements. This book presents the latest international research on this area, with contributions from North America and Europe which were presente...

This book presents the refereed proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Constraint Database Systems, CDB '97, held in Delphi, Greece, in January 1997 together with some papers presented at the CP '96 Workshop on Constraints and Databases, held in Cambridge, Massachussetts, in August 1996. The 18 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the volume, also included are the extended abstract of...

This is a user friendly introductory grammar of New Testament Greek written with the learner in mind. This unique book includes a rapid movement toward encounter with the original text of the New Testament. It highlights the pitfalls and pointers that the reader should note, and presents not just practice exercises at the end of each lesson, but also a practical applications guide for the reader to apply concepts learned. The text contains 31 ...

This third volume of Facets of Faith and Science presents case studies covering astronomy, biology, cosmology, and physics.

This book details the process of developing agreements between high schools and colleges in the United States to allow students to earn both high school and college credit while at high school. The author explains issues including: legal constraints, processes for curriculum alignment, funding sources, and evaluation procedures.

This volume addresses the recent concern over the state of education in the U.S. today by tracing the history of educational theory from its classical roots to the reforms recommended by early and later liberals.

This book ties together a number of loose ends brought out by various studies of the modern syndrome of totalitarianism. There have been a number of important, in- depth contributions to the study by such luminaries as Talmon, Brezinski, and Arendt.

The pro-hunting/anti-hunting controversy is a national issue that reaches from California to New York to Florida. Hunters defend their activity while anti-hunters vehemently condemn it. This book presents arguments from both groups and will help to broaden the perspective of each side. This book will be useful to students and scholars of environmental ethics. Contents: The Case for Hunting, The Case Against Hunting, Leopold's Ethics of Hunting...

An autobiography of Brian Wilson, of the "Beach Boys" fame.

Burroughs, the eccentric, brilliant artist who burned the bridge with logic and wrote the classic Naked Lunch, has a court recorder in Victor Bockris. Bockris has collected into a cogent whole the man's most brilliant moments of conversation, thinking, and interview repartee. This fascinating material, gleaned from the fertile time at Burroughs's New York headquarters, the Bunker (which was located on the Bowery, three blocks from CBGB), encom...