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Development Technology
1st Edition
By H.J. Duller
May 01, 2026
The problem of economic development in the Global South was recognized as one of the defining challenges of the twentieth century. Professor Duller, a Dutch economist who worked in advisory and research capacities across various developing nations, demonstrates in Development Technology (originally...
Dictionary of Astrology
1st Edition
By Fred Gettings
May 01, 2026
Originally published in 1985, this Dictionary remains a reliable and comprehensive guide to astrological terminology. It forms a reference and sourcebook for general astrological studies and includes terms derived from the major post-medieval sources of astrology, up to and including modern forms ...
Dictionary of Astronomical Names
1st Edition
By Adrian Room
May 01, 2026
Originally published in 1988, this dictionary explores the origins of a large number of astronomical names, including the better-known stars, the constellations, all the planets and many of their satellites. It also provides information on major features on celestial bodies, such as the craters and...
Dictionary of Trade Name Origins
1st Edition
By Adrian Room
May 01, 2026
Originally published in 1982 this illustrated dictionary gives the stories behind over 700 well-known brand names, from home medicines to everyday foods and drinks and from High Street stores to car and aircraft models. Here the reader will find the origin of Bovril, the meaning of Mazda cars and ...
Education in Northern Nigeria
1st Edition
By Albert Ozigi, Lawrence Ocho
May 01, 2026
Education in Northern Nigeria (1981) is a comprehensive account of educational development in that region of Nigeria known from 1900 to 1967, when it was a single administrative and political unit, as the Northern Region. The authors have assembled in one volume contemporary material which is ...
English Drama from Early Times to the Elizabethans: Its Background, Origins and Developments
1st Edition
By A.P. Rossiter
May 01, 2026
First published in 1950, English Drama from Early Times to the Elizabethans is a detailed examination of representative plays, and of the growth of a native drama in England up to the foundation of the Tudor stage. The major purpose of this book is to throw light on and to show the link, in ...
Form and Style in Early English Literature
1st Edition
By Pamela Gradon
May 01, 2026
First published in 1971, Form and Style in Early English Literature critically investigates the main literary genres and styles of Old and Middle English, illustrated by close reference to the major works—Beowulf, Gawain and the Green Knight and the writings of Langland, Chaucer, Gower, Lydgate, ...
French History and Society: The Wars of Religion to the Fifth Republic
1st Edition
By Roger Mettam, Douglas Johnson
May 01, 2026
French History and Society (1974) ranges over French history and society, thought, literature, painting, sculpture and architecture, music, and politics and institutions to examine France as a whole from the sixteenth century to the present day....
French Planning in Theory and Practice
1st Edition
By Saul Estrin, Peter Holmes
May 01, 2026
First published in 1983, French Planning in Theory and Practice (now with a new preface by the authors) provides the first detailed account since the late 1960’s of the French system of economic planning, and its relevance for other market economies. It offers an original and non-technical ...
From Berlin to Berkeley: German-Jewish Identities
1st Edition
By Reinhard Bendix
May 01, 2026
Originally published in 1986, From Berlin to Berkeley is an intellectual portrait of one of America’s leading 20th century social scientists, Reinhard Bendix, and his father, Ludwig Bendix. It discusses cultural identity and assimilation and provides a profound account of Ludwig Bendix’s life as a ...
From Charity to Social Work: In England and the United States
1st Edition
By Kathleen Woodroofe
May 01, 2026
First published in 1962, From Charity to Social Work is the story of the evolution of social work in England and the United States from the nineteenth to the twentieth century. Beginning with the origins of casework, group work, and community organisation in nineteenth-century England, it traces ...
Gangland: The Case of Bentley and Craig
1st Edition
By Francis Selwyn
May 01, 2026
On the evening of 2nd November 1952, a shot fired from a makeshift weapon on a warehouse roof in Croydon killed PC Sidney Miles. Next morning the newspaper headlines proclaimed a Chicago gun-battle in London, gangsters machine-gunning armed police over the rooftops. But the trial of Bentley and ...