Gill: 949 books

Drawing together international research from the fields of geography, alcohol studies, sociology, psychology and childhood studies, Jayne and Valentine explore children’s understandings and experiences of alcohol consumption and the role of alcohol in family life. Chapters address both extra-familial...

Children are at the heart of popular and public debates in North America and Europe about the culture of public space. On the one hand there is increased anxiety about children's vulnerability to stranger danger, on the other there is a rising tide of fear about out of control and dangerous youth....

2016 Confrontée à l'infidélité de son mari, Kitty Fisher quitte Londres pour se réfugier dans le chalet de son arrière-grand-père, aux États-Unis. Là, sur les rives du lac Akanabee, elle découvre un magnifique bijou qui va lui permettre de révéler un secret de famille longtemps caché... 1914 La...

This book analyses changes in intelligence governance and offers a comparative analysis of intelligence democratisation. Within the field of Security Sector Reform (SSR), academics have paid significant attention to both the police and military. The democratisation of intelligence structures...

On the job first hand experience of what it's like to grow old and suffer the denigration of age. This short story encapsulates all that is apparent when confronting a topic that very few care to discuss first hand from an invited carer perception. The trials of mankind aren't far from the author's...

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Used across the public health field, this is the leading text in the area, focusing on the context, participants and processes of making health policy.

Explores the notion of collaborative relationships between schools and institutes of higher education. Collaboration and co-operation is discussed and developed as part of the growing emphasis and importance placed upon continuing professional development in education through partnership.

Theologians are involved in a wide variety of public committees concerned with ethical issues arising from modern science, and are still holding their own against critics such as Richard Dawkins. It is important that a wide range of people are aware of how to be responsibly involved in these discussions, and to avoid the knee-jerk reactions of fundamentalists.

Hypodontia: A Team Approach to Management provides specialist clinicians with a practical reference to the multidisciplinary management of patients with this condition. The book synthesises current information and best practice from specialties involved in the treatment of hypodontia into one comprehensive...

This book provides the mathematical foundations for Feynman's operator calculus and for the Feynman path integral formulation of quantum mechanics as a natural extension of analysis and functional analysis to the infinite-dimensional setting.   In one application, the results are used to prove the...

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Index CONTENTS Map of North America (exclusive of Mexico) showing the eight regions into which the country is divided according to the prevailing character of the trees Frontispiece Synopsis of the Families of Plants...

A systematic, unifying approach to the dynamics of the ocean and atmosphere is given in this book, with emphasis on the larger-scale motions (from a few kilometers to global scale). The foundations of the subject (the equations of state and dynamical equations) are covered in some detail, so that students...

Perfect Detox is the ideal companion for anyone who wants to give their system a spring clean. Covering everything from 24-hour cleanses to full 30-day programmes, it gives step-by-step guidance on choosing the right detox plan and helpful advice to ensure that you get the full range of nutrients...