Fifty remarkable short stories from a range of contemporary fiction authors including Junot Diaz, Amy Tan, Jamaica Kincaid, Jhumpa Lahiri, and more, selected from a survey of more than five hundred English professors, short story writers, and novelists.

Contributors include Russell Banks, Donald Barthelme, Rick Bass, Richard Bausch, Charles Baxter, Amy Bloom, T.C. Boyle, Kevin Brockmeier, Robert Olen Butler, Sandra Cisneros, Peter Ho Davies, Janet Desaulniers, Junot Diaz, Anthony Doerr, Stuar...

An Introduction to Museum Archaeology provides a comprehensive survey and synthesis of all aspects of current museum practice in relation to the discipline of archaeology. Drawing heavily on examples it deconstructs the different challenges posed by trying to tell archaeological stories in museum buildings, and on related sites. The final section sums up the state of museum archaeology in the early 21st century and discusses the major issues it is currently confronting.

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This fully updated edition offers over 11,000 entries, each providing clear, up-to-date coverage of specialist nursing terms including diseases, symptoms, anatomy, instruments, common drugs and biological terms. It covers both everyday vocabulary relating to patient care and terms from medical specialisations such as psychiatry. It provides the user with a complete guide to the vocabulary likely to be encountered by nurses (and other health care professionals) in their day-to-day work.

Business Statistics is a student-friendly book written to encourage first year business students to understand (and enjoy!) their first experience of statistics. Each topic is well illustrated, with worked examples, tutorial sheets, supplementary exercises, and computer worksheets in SPSS, Minitab and Excel - all with answers provided.

Gives an account of the emergence of progressive religious thinkers and organisations on the 'religious left'. This book offers an analysis of the cultural roots, key ideas and organisational structures of this faith, assessing its significance in the changing moral and religious landscape of contemporary western society.

The Story of Art, one of the most famous and popular books on art ever written, has been a world bestseller for over four decades. Attracted by the simplicity and clarity of his writing, readers of all ages and backgrounds have found in Professor Gombrich a true master, and one who combines knowledge and wisdom with a unique gift for communicating his deep love of the subject.For the first time in many years the book has been completely redesigned. The illustrations, now in color throughout, ...

Aan de hand van de ervaringen uit haar lange carrière als psychotherapeute en hoogleraar in de psychologie laat Mia Leijssen zien hoe ieder van ons een helder inzicht kan verwerven in wat wezenlijk is in het leven.;;;De 'ziel' is de ankerplaats van de diepste waarden die een mens koestert. Op zoek gaan naar je ziel betekent op zoek gaan naar het diepste van jezelf.;;;Dit boek wijst de lezer de weg uit het gemis dat velen ervaren, ondanks onze materiële welvaart en alle overvloed aan zintuig...

Graded activity beschrijft een gedragsgeoriënteerde behandeling die de kwaliteit van het leven van een (te) grote groep mensen met chronische pijn kan verbeteren. De hulpverlener leert om de cliënt te motiveren tot gedragsverandering en de cliënt leert om te gaan met de problematiek van zijn klachten. Deze gezamenlijke werkwijze is er dus op gericht dat zowel de hulpverlener als de cliënt zijn verantwoordelijkheid neemt.Het boek bestaat uit twee delen. In het eerste deel wordt de achterli...