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Product Description: The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies responds to and celebrates the explosion of research in this interdisciplinary field over recent decades. A one-volume reference work, it provides an introduction to the academic study of early Christianity (c...read more

Product Description: Osteoarthritis is a common disorder of the joints that affects more than 2 million people in the UK, and studies suggest that this number will double in the next 20 years. The condition is strongly associated with ageing and is believed to affect up to 30% of people over 60 years of age...read more

Product Description: The Yearbook of International Environmental Law has established itself as a vital source of information and analysis in an increasingly important legal field. The contributors for this volume are drawn from leading figures around the world who, together with the expert team of editors, have created the best source of information on world-wide events in this field...read more

The Offas Dyke is a national trail along the Welsh Marches, 170 miles from Chepstow in the south to Prestatyn. Constructed by King Offa of Mercia in the 8th century, it is split into 14 stages (averege 13 miles). This book is for both the long-distance walkers and those making shorter excursions along Offa's Dyke Path.

Describes the many ingredients and additives found in cigarettes, their functions, and the health hazards they may cause, including flavor enhancers, filters, and additives to make cigarettes more addictive.

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Product Description: Are antidepressants truly as effective as the advertisements claim? Should pharmaceutical companies even be allowed to advertise them? This book looks at these questions and others as it examines the volatile issue of marketing antidepressants.

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Examines the ways in which drugs are discovered and marketed, and looks at some of the controversies and questions that surround pharmaceutical businesses.

Looks at the issue of marketing antidepressants, discussing how the advertising of these drugs has opened pharmaceutical companies to skepticism and criticism.

Discusses some of the injustices in America's judicial system, including abuse, political pressures, unjust court procedures, and racial and economic discrimination.

Product Description: Things to Do in Knoxville When You're Dead by David Hunter is a collection of short stories based in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Chapters written by professional programmers discuss XML specification and navigation, linking, XSLT, presentation technologies, databases, messaging, and B2B applications.

Chapters written by professional programmers discuss XML specification and navigation, linking, XSLT, presentation technologies, databases, messaging, and B2B applications.

Product Description: Trailer Trash from Tennessee by David Hunter is a childhood memoir of growing up in Knoxville, Tennessee during the 1950's and early 1960's.

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