During the past decade, the science of dynamic meteorology has continued its rapid advance. The scope of dynamic meteorology has broadened considerably. Much of the material is based on a two-term course for seniors majoring in atmospheric sciences.

This book presents a cogent explanation of the fundamentals of meteorology and explains storm dynamics for weather-oriented meteorologists. It discusses climate dynamics and the implications posed for global change. The new edition has added a com...

Written by an international team of leading scholars, this groundbreaking reference work explores the nature of language change and diffusion, and paves the way for future research in this rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field. Features 35 newly-written essays from internationally acclaimed experts that reflect the growth and vitality of the burgeoning area of historical sociolinguisticsExamines how sociolinguistic theoretical models, methods, findings, and expertise can be used to recons...

An exhaustive, international overview of this broad field with a unique approach that bridges disciplines and moves beyond theoretical discussion to demonstrate how the central concepts can be applied.

A cutting edge collection for this global and fast-moving field, edited by two of the world's leading political communications scholars.

This landmark volume is the first to give a comprehensive assessment of the field of social work today. It covers the most pertinent topics of investigation in the subject and is written by an international team of highly regarded researchers.

English for Academic Study: Reading This fully updated 2012 edition of English for Academic Study: Reading is designed to challenge and stimulate students on pre-sessional and pre-departure courses. The Course Book contains step-by-step activities written by EAP professionals at the University of Reading's International Study and Language Centre. The activities are designed for use with authentic reading texts in the accompanying EAS: Reading & Writing Source Book.

EAS: Reading is based on an...

50 Steps to Improving Your Academic Writing 50 Steps to Improving Your Academic Writing addresses the challenges facing every student beginning a program of academic study. This comprehensive guide gives you everything you need to write well-constructed academic essays. It is packed full of information that is critical to attaining better marks, including: * how to apply critical thinking skills * how to strengthen your arguments * how to include paper referencing * how to avoid plagiarism 50...

Zorg voor de chronisch zieke gaat over een steeds grotere groep zorgvragers waarvan verzorgenden een groot aandeel in de zorgverlening voor hun rekening nemen. Het boek biedt dé basiskennis, die nodig is om chronisch zieken te verzorgen. Aan bod komen de beschrijving van de organisatie van de zorg aan chronisch zieke zorgvragers en de specifieke problematiek als therapietrouw en de rol van mantelzorgers. Ook wordt uitgebreid aandacht besteed aan de veel voorkomende chronische ziekten, met da...

In 1724 organiseerde de kort daarvoor opgerichte Middelburgse Commercie Compagnie een handelsexpeditie naar de Stille Zuidzee. Het doel van de reis was de westkust van Zuid-Amerika: een verboden gebied met rijke zilvermijnen, dat onder Spaans gezag viel. Bij Kaap Hoorn kwamen de schepen in problemen. Door hevige stormen keerden twee schepen naar Brazilië terug. Alleen de Don Louis wist uiteindelijk Kaap Hoorn te ronden. Daarbij liep het fregat zware averij op. Ook nam het aantal sterfgevalle...

The most important writings of Lyotard on contemporary art in English for the first timeSeven writings assembled in the context of the philosophy of art that Jean-François Lyotard developed in the nineteen-eighties, at the time of the Differend (1983) and of the 'Kantian turn' leading to the Lessons on the Analytic of the Sublime (1992), are here published for the first time in English translation. The texts focus on three artists with widely divergent aesthetic orientations: the colourist-d...