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Allergy-Free Desserts
Wiley 2013; US$ 22.95Safe ways to sweeten the day for people with food allergies Some twelve million Americans suffer serious allergic reactions to nuts, dairy, gluten, and other ingredients typically found in desserts. Finally, here's a collection of delicious dessert recipes offering a safe option for allergy sufferers who don't want to give up their favorite treats.... more...
New Directions in Restorative Justice
Willan Publishing 2005; US$ 89.95This book addresses a number of key themes and developments in restorative justice, and is based on papers originally presented at the 6th International Conference on Restorative Justice in Vancouver. It is concerned with several new areas of practice within restorative justice, with sections on restorative justice and youth, aboriginal justice and... more...
My Dear Mother
Algonquin Books 1997; US$ 21.95This fascinating collection of letters between sons and mothers offers an intimate and unexpected glimpse into the mind and heart of the artist. Here are letters by over fifty writers, painters, and musicians, from boyhood to manhood--including Elvis Presley, Ezra Pound, E. B. White, Paul Cezanne, Henry James, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Richard Wagner,... more...
Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart
Da Capo Press 2009; US$ 13.99From a psychiatrist who has spent the past thirty-five years listening to other people?s most intimate problems and struggles, here is a generous and gentle alternative to the trial-and-error learning that makes wisdom such an expensive commodity. more...
User Participation Research in Health and Social Care
McGraw-Hill Education 2007; US$ 165.00Considers issues, challenges and rewards of user participation research. This text draws on the experience of doing research and working with users. It includes voices and contributions of users in reporting research. It is suitable for students, researchers, and practitioners wishing to undertake participative research involving service users. more...
Privacy in the 21st Century
ABC-CLIO 2005; US$ 59.00Concentrating on privacy issues in public, school and academic libraries, this title pays particular attention to the effect of technology on personal privacy in these settings. In depth discussions of the laws effecting personal privacy and privacy in library settings will be explored. Recent laws enacted that impact individual privacy are discussed... more...
A Slave in the White House
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 17.99Paul Jennings was born into slavery on the plantation of James and Dolley Madison in Virginia, later becoming part of the Madison household staff at the White House. Once finally emancipated by Senator Daniel Webster later in life, he would give an aged and impoverished Dolley Madison, his former owner, money from his own pocket, write the first... more...
New Zealand English
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 45.00New Zealand English is one of the newest varieties of English, and is unique in that its history and development are documented in extensive audio-recordings. On the basis of these recordings, this book examines the linguistic changes New Zealand English has undergone since it was first spoken in the 1850s. more...
The Future of American Democratic Politics
Rutgers University Press 2003; US$ 24.95In this book, fifteen major scholars assess the current state of American democracy, offering a spirited dialogue on the future of democratic politics. Contributors focus on three principles fundamental to democracy—equality, liberty, and participation. This timely collection covers the issues relevant to the future of American democracy... more...
Lincoln's Enduring Legacy
Lexington Books 2010; US$ 74.99This collection of highly readable and accessible essays on Lincoln's legacy offers a wide array of perspectives on the enduring impact of the nation's greatest president on leaders, thinkers, and American history. The book explores how Lincoln's words and deeds have influenced the pursuit of justice and freedom and the practice of democracy in the... more...









