Product Description: This book is a result of the second International Psychoanalytic Conference, “Aggression: From Fantasy to Action” held May 2010. It contains papers that were delivered at the conference, together with edited summaries of discussions from the floor that followed each paper...read more

Product Description: Robert Otic Armstrong is a young man aged fifteen with an academic mind way in advance of the scientific world to-date, living as a clandestine-vanguard among medical explorers as he exploits the tools of nanotechnology in the manipulation of biomolecules that regulate life and death...read more

A noted rock critic and historian takes a retrospective look at popular music during the 1990s in a series of essays that offer commentary on the musical developments and performers of the era.

Product Description: Current practice in the field is driven by the government White Paper 'Valuing People' (2001), which declared radical aims for services for people with learning difficulties. This fully revised second edition includes key updates on this White Paper and provides an up-to-date evaluation of the progress made towards those aims...read more

Originating in India, Mahayana Buddhism spread across Asia, becoming the prevalent form of Buddhism in Tibet and East Asia. Over the last twenty-five years Western interest in Mahayana has increased considerably, reflected both in the quantity of scholarly material produced and in the attraction of Westerners towards Tibetan Buddhism and Zen. Paul Williams’ Mahayana Buddhism is widely regarded as the standard introduction to the field, used internationally for teaching and research and has been translated into several European and Asian languages. Everyone studying this important tradition will find Williams’ book the ideal companion to their studies. Paul Williams is Professor of Indian and Tibetan Philosophy and Co-director of the Centre for Buddhist Studies at the University of Bristol. The author of six books and an editor of a further eight, he is a former President of the UK Association for Buddhist Studies. Among his other books for Routledge is Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition (2000).

Product Description: Peacekeeping in Global Politics investigates the changing role of peacekeeping and competing perspectives about what that role should be. It begins by addressing broad issues connected with the transition from a Westphalian to post-Westphalian international society, the ethical and legal dilemmas provoked by armed intervention, and the alternative ways of conceptualising the role that peacekeeping plays...read more

Product Description: In 1876 Custer's 7th Cavalry was savagely defeated during an unprovoked war to seize the Sioux hunting grounds. Turning former notions regarding the Little Bighorn battle on their head, Paul Williams penetrates Custer's mind, revealing the devastating logic for the fatal regimental division leading to the annihilation of his immediate command...read more

Product Description: In Kuala Lumpur, a dropout British spy stumbles upon a secret meeting between a group of men who are planning a cataclysmic attack on Western society. In Mogadishu, a burned-out mercenary is approached with an offer to cross over to a new job in the largest terrorism organization in the world...read more

Detailed descriptions, full-color captioned photographs, and step-by-step instructions highlight a visual guide to the selection and care of indoor plants, accompanied by helpful tips on how to grow strong, healthy plants, how to select the best plants for one's home, prevent problems and eradicate pests, and more. Original.

Product Description: The focus of Yes, Premier is on the big names of state and territory Labor politics: Carr, Beattie, Bracks, Rann, Gallop, Martin, Stanhope and Bacon/Lennon. The book includes a chapter on each state or territory, and in each case focuses on the leader who has led their party to power and so created this unprecedented and historical situation...read more

Product Description: Marianne and her social group in Lucerne Court, Brookner Street, are, in the opinion of the ever-cynical Roger, the most boring women in London. Yet, if she is indeed so dull, why would Marianne—with her Harrods suit and insignificant job in a private museum—be so captivated by a young skinhead builder she meets on a rare foray into the suburbs? Shedding light on the complex relations of modern times, this humorous yet moving tale offers a refreshingly gentle reflection of modern life in London as it chronicles a chance encounter that radically changes the lives of three young people...read more

An accessible translation of the erotic writings attributed to the sixth Dalai Lama offers insight into the late-seventeenth-century Buddhist leader's non-traditional belief systems, presenting complementary explanations of obscure points and allusions.

The best-selling author of Gangland recounts the true story of Irish godfather John Gilligan, leader of a vast drug empire and a leading figure in the Irish underworld, the assassination of Irish investigative journalist Veronica Guerin, and the behind-the-scenes efforts of law enforcement to bring Gilligan and his cronies to justice. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

Written between 1957 and 1960, these short stories by the sci-fi master establish the author as a fine craftsman of short fiction in the genre, taking readers from the space race of the 1950s on Earth to Mars and beyond, in such works as 'The Man Who Told Lies,' 'A Touch of Strange,' 'It Opens the Sky,' 'The Graveyard Reader,' and the title story.