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Tracing Mobilities
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 114.95Mobility is one of the basic principles of modernity. This book is a foray into the exciting new field of interdisciplinary mobility research informed by theoretical reflection and empirical investigation. It presents a movement that begins with the macro-social transformations linked to mobility, concluding with empirical discussions on the new forms... more...
Pediatric Dentistry
Wiley 2013; US$ 174.99The second edition of Pediatric Dentistry: A Clinical Approach offers a fully revised and updated review of pediatric dentistry. This important text covers the full spectrum of the subject, basing itself in the clinical practice of the dental treatment of children and adolescents and providing a special emphasis on evidence-based oral health care... more...
Economics of Deforestation
Palgrave Macmillan 2000; US$ 148.00Tropical forests are disappearing at an unaltered pace, giving way to alternative land uses. This book gives an economic perspective on deforestation. Following a survey of different deforestation definitions, theories and empirical evidence, a case-study of Ecuador provides a versatile historical picture of factors affecting forest loss throughout... more...
Oil Wealth and the Fate of the Forest
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 185.00Reduction in the size of the world's remaining rainforests is an issue of huge importance for all societies. This new book - an analysis of the impact of oil wealth on tropical deforestation in South America, Africa and Asia - takes a much more analytical approach than the usual fare of environmental studies. The focus on economies as a whole leads... more...
Building Democracy and Civil Society East of the Elbe
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 44.95This book explores the idea of civil society and how it is being implemented in Eastern Europe. The implosion of the Russian empire fifteen years ago and the new wave of democratization opened a new field of inquiry. The wide-ranging debate on the transition became focused on a conceptual battle, the question of how to define "civil society". Because... more...
The Secret Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations in Oslo
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 42.95The Oslo secret negotiations from 1992 to 1993 were some of the most astonishing and also successful negotiations in the Middle East, leading to the mutual recognition between the PLO and Israel. Through an in-depth examination of the Oslo negotiations, this book argues that at the core of the negotiations was a fascinating dilemma of recognition.... more...
Offenders' Memories of Violent Crimes
Wiley 2007; US$ 155.00Claims of amnesia for violent and sexual crimes are common as guilty suspects allege memory loss to avoid punishment. The key issue then becomes whether the memory loss is genuine or feigned. Offenders’ Memories of Violent Crimes takes a new approach to the subject by focusing not on eyewitness or bystander testimonies, but on the... more...
Inventory Control
Springer-Verlag New York Inc 2007; US$ 99.99Advances in information technology have changed the possibilities to apply improved inventory control techniques, and progress in research resulted in more general methods that reduce the supply chain costs substantially. This book deals with a range of approaches and models to be used when developing inventory management systems and practices. more...
Lexicography in the Borderland between Knowledge and Non-Knowledge
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 147.00The book contains a state-of-the-art summary of the theoretical discussions within the field of lexicography during the last decades. On this basis it presents and argues for a new general theory, called the function theory. It goes on to develop this theory in one single field, i.e. learners lexicography where it both formulates the basic elements... more...
The Metaphysics of Memory
Springer 2008; US$ 129.99This book investigates central issues in the philosophy of memory. Does remembering require a causal process connecting the past representation to its subsequent recall and, if so, what is the nature of the causal process? Of what kind are the primary intentional objects of memory states? How do we know that our memory experiences portray things the... more...









