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Bloom's How to Write about Robert Frost
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 54.00Known for his poetic transformation of New England and nature, Robert Frost has retained his position through the years as one of the essential American poets of the 20th century. This book explores his classic works, including "The Road Not Taken," "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," and "The Death of the Hired Man". more...
Perspectives on World Politics, Third Edition
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 52.95Perspectives on World Politics has been essential reading for students of international relations since the 1980s. This new edition fully updates this key text for the twenty-first century. Focusing on the main competing analytical perspectives, the first and second editions established an authoritative sense of the conceptual tools used to... more...
Forty Years of Research, Policy and Practice in Children's Services
Wiley 2005; US$ 180.95Founded in 1963, Dartington Social Research Unit conducts scientific research into child development within the context of children?s services with a view to informing interventions for children in need. Originating from a festschrift to celebrate the work of Roger Bullock, one of Dartington?s first researchers and a Fellow of the Centre for Social... more...
Primate Dentition
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 54.00Primate Dentition is a comprehensive reference work on the teeth of extant primates that will serve as a benchmark for researchers in primatology, physical anthropology, comparative anatomy and vertebrate paleontology. more...
Human Senescence
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 34.00It is only comparatively recently in evolutionary terms that humans have developed late-life survival. Looking at anthropological, gerontological and biocultural evidence, Human Senescence explores why humans age only slowly over our lifespan, and what impacts this has on our health and lives today. more...
Human Paleobiology
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 58.00Human Paleobiology explores the adaptability and variation in past and present human populations under a range of changing environmental conditions. Using a historical approach emphasizing phenotypic features instead of complex taxonomy, it will be a stimulating and challenging read for all those interested in human paleobiology, evolutionary biology... more...
Comparative Primate Socioecology
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 84.00Comparative Primate Socioecology is an exciting new book drawing together recent and controversial findings from field research on a wide variety of primate species including lemurs and humans. It creates a new synthesis and provides methodologies for all those interested in human and non-human primate behaviour and evolution. more...
Simulating Human Origins and Evolution
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 42.00Computer simulations of evolutionary and genetic processes can help us understand more about the earliest origins of humankind. In this book, Ken Wessen shows graduate students and researchers in human evolution, genetics and biological anthropology how to unpick the complex interactions using novel simulation software, made available on an associated... more...
Bioarchaeology of Southeast Asia
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 46.00Bioarchaeology of Southeast Asia focuses uniquely on the physical remains of the pre-historic peoples of this region, exploring questions such as possible migration routes, and health in the advent of agriculture. Written for archaeologists and anthropologists, it is a fascinating insight into the bioarchaeology of this important region. more...
Neanderthals and Modern Humans
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 34.00Why did the Neanderthals go extinct? Were they just out-competed by our own ancestors? This book provides compelling evidence that populations of both species existed side by side for some time, and that it was the Neanderthals' failure to adapt fast enough to changing climatic conditions that sounded their death-knell. more...









