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Two Case Histories: 'Little Hans' and the 'Rat Man' (1909) This collection of twenty-four volumes is the first full paperback publication of the standard edition of The Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud in English Includes: Analysis of a Phobia in a Five-Year-Old Boy (1909) Notes Upon a Case of Obsessional Neurosis (1909)

A humorous novel in which an Earl and his aristocratic family are divided by what is seen as a socially unsuitable marriage.

Part of a twenty-four volume series.

The corpus of letters by Michael Choniates (1138-1222), the learned Metropolitan of Athens, provides a reliable historical source for Athenian life in the 12th and 13th centuries. The 181 letters are models of Byzantine eloquence and rhetorical elegance, through this edition, complemented by prolegomena, regesta and indexes, the rhetorical skill and stylistic elegance of the correspondent present a complete picture of life (fiscal system, book...

Exercises, examples and checklists show writers how to capture and keep a young reader's attention by mastering key storytelling elements.

Statistical physics is a core component of most undergraduate (and some post-graduate) physics degree courses. It is primarily concerned with the behavior of matter in bulk-from boiling water to the superconductivity of metals. Ultimately, it seeks to uncover the laws governing random processes, such as the snow on your TV screen. This essential new textbook guides the reader quickly and critically through a statistical view of the physical wo...

A terrible family secret threatens to shatter Polly Farrow's dreams for ever.

Tucker is endlessly fascinating and well-informed on this little known region of Asia where the end of A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh elides surreally into Paul Theroux's Mosquito Coast.' Times Literary Supplement'Written with fluency and verve, the book has to be regarded as a standard work and is indispensable for understanding the travails of modern Burma.' John McEnery, author of Epilogue in BurmaBurma offers the first up-to-date overvi...

The New Art History explores the fundamental changes which have occurred both in the institutions and practice of art history over the last thirty years.

This brief and accessible overview of contemporary scientific thought, assesses the religious and philosophical impact of scientific developments on our understanding of evolution and the natural world.

Original and brilliant" ("Sunday Times"), novel set in early eighteenth century Lisbon, by the 1998 Nobel prize winner. "Bawdy, angry, and tender, combining comedy, surreal science fiction and countless good stories" "Sunday Independent".

This text offers a different perspective on taking care of our anger, by treating it as we would a crying baby. Filled with stories and techniques this book offers a look at transforming anger into peace in order to bring harmony and healing to all areas of our lives affected by this emotion.

This major new study presents a political and cultural history of some of Ireland's key national theatre projects from the 1890s to the 1990s. Impressively wide-ranging in coverage, Theatre and the State in Twentieth-Century Ireland: Cultivating the People includes discussions on: *the politics of the Irish literary movement at the Abbey Theatre before and after political independence, *the role of a state-sponsored theatre for the post-1922 u...

Ambivalent Europeans examines the implications of living on the fringes of Europe. In Malta, public debate is dominated by the question of Europe, both at a policy level - whether or not to join the EU - and at the level of national identity - whether or not the Maltese are 'European'. Jon Mitchell identifies a profound ambivalence towards Europe, and also more broadly to the key processes of 'modernisation'. He traces this tendency through a ...

There is endless talk about the need for an urban renaissance, can it happen in the real world? In this broad, challenging and highly engaging book, Nicholas Schoon argues that the foremost priority for regeneration is to make neighbourhoods and cities places where people with choices choose to live.The author surveys the last two centuries of metropolitan growth and decay, analyzes the successes and failures of recent changes in urban policy ...

When Barry Meadow decided to take two months off from his everyday life to play blackjack in every Nevada casino, he had no idea what he would find. Leaving behind his business, his fiancée, and his son, he set out on the road with a suitcase, a tape recorder, and $8, 000 on the trip of a lifetime. He ran into cowboys and Indians, suffered the Stardust curse, split 10s in Winnemucca, and learned more about real-world gambling than anyone shoul...

The most species-rich regions of the globe, the tropics, are economically the poorest. How can biologists work toward effective protection for endangered species in countries hungry for food and basic resources? And why should local people in those countries trust the advice of scientists from wealthier countries, who have broken their promises in the past and have typically shown little respect for the cultural values of others?

Neither a particular style nor the product of one company, crackle glass has become one of the popular fields of twentieth century glass collecting. Crackling, a finish caused by dipping the hot piece of glass into cooling water, is the common feature that gives this type of glass its name. The majority of this glass was handblown by West Virginia glass companies such as Blenko, Pilgrim, Rainbow, Kanawha, and Bischoff. This volume shows thousa...

Companion to the work of playwright Tom Stoppard who also co-authored screenplay of Shakespeare in Love.

Draws together ten important essays which explore the significance of sexuality in Shakespeare's work.