(Paperback)

(Hardback)

This study of fandom at its most intense looks at the Star Wars phenomenon from the audience's perspective, finding that the saga exerts a powerful influence on the social, cultural and spiritual lives of those drawn to its myth, and unearthing an almost endless array of fans who use it creatively.

(Hardback)

Medicine, and particularly neuroscience, appears to offer the kind of educational quick fixes that politicians and the public would love to have. Following media reports of drugs that seemingly improve learning and memory, this title examines commonly held beliefs about learning, knowledge and intelligence, and critically assesses such claims.

(Paperback)

Online scholarly publishing is revolutionizing scholarly communication, and the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) is among those protocols leading the way in the transformation process.

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

Using Twitter to Build Communities: A Primer for Libraries, Archives, and Museums is a quick-and-easy guide for libraries, archives, and museums looking to use Twitter as far more than a broadcasting tool. It condenses years of research for launching or reviving your organizations Twitter presence into an impactful medium in your community.

(Paperback)

Using Twitter to Build Communities: A Primer for Libraries, Archives, and Museums is a quick-and-easy guide for libraries, archives, and museums looking to use Twitter as far more than a broadcasting tool. It condenses years of research for launching or reviving your organizations Twitter presence into an impactful medium in your community.

(Hardback)

The scope of the book focuses on research-based strategies and instructional methodologies for implementing video analysis of authentic teaching in teacher education. The structure includes a preface, introduction, table of contents, four chapters, and an author/subject index.

(Paperback)

The scope of the book focuses on research-based strategies and instructional methodologies for implementing video analysis of authentic teaching in teacher education. The structure includes a preface, introduction, table of contents, four chapters, and an author/subject index.

(Paperback)

Many teachers-in-training and their more experienced colleagues find classroom management challenging. Using what works: Elementary School Classroom Management invites elementary school to look beyond untested teacher strategies. Instead this book presents an evidence-based ap...

(Hardback)

Many teachers-in-training and their more experienced colleagues find classroom management challenging. Using what works: Elementary School Classroom Management invites elementary school to look beyond untested teacher strategies. Instead this book presents an evidence-based ap...

(Paperback)

This fully illustrated study lifts the veil on two of history's last battleship-vs-battleship battles as the US and Japanese navies clashed in the Pacific during World War II.

(Paperback)

As the Pacific war escalated into the largest naval conflict in history the role of the carrier, the revolutionary and formidable of various naval weapons, became the linchpin of American and Japanese naval strategy. This book reveals the experiences of the airmen and guncrews of the rival vessels.

(Paperback)

Although the war in the Pacific is usually considered a carrier war, it was the cruisers that dominated the early fighting. This title presents the cruiser clashes during the battles for Guadacanal , highlighting the Battle of Savo Island and the Battle of Cape Esperance.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

The Vietnam War placed unexpected demands upon American military forces and equipment. The principal US naval fighter, the McDonnell F-4 Phantom, had originally been designed to defend the Fleet from air attack at long range. Its opponent was the MiG-17. This book illustrates their dangerous duels and includes detailed cockpit views.

(Paperback)

Employing archive photographs and full-color artwork, this study reassesses the role and record of Japan's formidable submarine fleet in the months after Pearl Harbor.

(Paperback)

Reveals the design and development history of the naval Phantom, its variants and the exported designs adopted by other NATO countries. Packed with illustrations, and photographs, this book provides a technical history of one of the most famous aircraft ever built.

(Paperback)

A fully illustrated study that investigates the clash between British and US sloops-of-war on the inland lakes of North America during the War of 1812. It will appeal to all those interested in the Age of Fighting Sail.

(Paperback)

This study examines US relations with Spain during its political transition to democracy after 1975. The author focuses on the US military presence in the country and analyzes how the Spanish democratic governments perception of the states own recent past affected its aims and actions in the post-Franco period.

(Hardback)

This study examines US relations with Spain during its political transition to democracy after 1975. The author focuses on the US military presence in the country and analyzes how the Spanish democratic governments perception of the states own recent past affected its aims and actions in the post-Franco period.

(Hardback)

A provocative and highly original exploration of suicides that have gained wider political resonance, and the challenge this poses to the liberal order.

(Paperback)

Explores Bentham's political philosophy in its historical and intellectual context and in the light of his own later re-assessment of his philosophical project.