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This book seeks to shed new light on the development of the ecclesiology of Jonathan Edwards from the writings of his youth until his Stockbridge treatises.

The present volume focuses on the jurisprudence of national, supranational and international jurisdictions (and quasi-juridictions) as regards the legal status of same-sex couples. Its aim is to explore the content, rationale, functioning and potential of the different jurisdictions’ reasonings and their contribution to the strengthening of LGBTI rights (and duties). As a consequence, the book tries to convey the complexities and controversies...

This edited volume challenges popular notions of sex, gender and biology and features international, trans-disciplinary research. The book begins with an exploration of supposedly ‘natural’ sexual differences, then looks at research in evolutionary biology and examines topics such as gender stereotypes in humans.The first chapters explore important questions: What are the fundamental sex differences? How do genes and hormones influence an indi...

With applications ranging from drug discovery and medical diagnostics to gas sensing and chemical/biological/environmental risk monitoring, molecular sensors or chemosensors offer a valuable tool for engineers and scientists, enabling new MEMS/NEMS devices and providing a variety of nanoscale sensing techniques. This book provides comprehensive coverage of the current and emerging technologies of molecular sensing, explaining the principles of...

Demonstrates how landscape features such as waterways, iron forges, and caves played a key role in the conduct and effectiveness of the Underground Railroad.

Annabelle Richard, analyste financière de haut niveau, a décidé de quitter la jungle des finances et de faire une pause chez sa soeur à Hawaï pour décider de ce qu'elle veut faire de sa vie. Arrivée sur place, elle apprend que son neveu a disparu et entreprend de mener l'enquête. Elle rencontrera sur son chemin un drôle de balayeur et un gourou arrogant, qui lui donneront tous deux des indices transformateurs sur le fonctionnement de la vie en...

Coby and his friends don't have enough players for tee ball so they call on Widget, Coby's alien friend. The children learn that coaching Widget takes patience, know-how and a sense of humor! Ages 5-9

Contributors from the fields of sociology, anthropology, history and women's studies focus on the everyday social interactions that makeschools, workplaces and neighbourhoods sites of cultural creativity, transformation and resistance.

A Women's Devotional - Short daily stories that offer hope, encouragement, and inspiration. Written thousands of years ago, the Bible continues to be the best-selling book of all time. Why? Unlike any other piece of literature, the Word of God is living and active. It is our handbook for everyday living.I invite you to come along with me on this journey called life, an exciting adventure where God weaves together the fabric of existence throug...

Harry the Ant teaches his friends that exercise will give them increased energy and make them feel happier in this whimsical story of a lazy group of teenage bugs. Learn the basics of volleyball as the bugs try to save a bunch of bubbles from floating away. Ages 5-9

Selected contributions to the Ninth World Shakespeare Congress, which took place in July 2011 in Prague, represent the contemporary state of Shakespeare studies in thirty-eight countries worldwide. Apart from readings of Shakespeare's plays and poems, more than forty chapters map Renaissance contexts of his art in politics, theater, law, or material culture and discuss numerous cases of the impact of his works in global culture from the Americ...

The book offers a highly original interpretation of how the climax of transfers of power in the British Empire were lubricated by the imagery, codification and subsequent `memory¿ of Independence celebrations.This book was published as a special issue of The Round Table.

Bringing some of the insights of modern critical theory to bear on Pound's activities as a literary critics, K.K. Ruthven provides a provocative re-reading of a major modernist writer who dominated the discourse of modernism.

First Published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This book evaluates Kofi Annan¿s endeavor to reform the United Nations, seeking to understand why it was unsuccessful in so many cases, but also how global politics and ideological divisions played so forcefully into the many intra-institutional debates.

First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This innovative volume brings a selection of leading political theorists to the debate on multiculturalism and political legitimacy, and confronts issues including rights, liberalism, cultural pluralism and power relations.

An in-depth analysis of the complete range of environmental problems facing China today, including root causes and possible future scenarios.

First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

It is generally accepted that Britain was held together during the second world war by a spirit of national democratic `consensus'. But whose interests did the consensus serve? And how did it unravel in the years immediately after victory?