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For those who want to make educated decisions about whether, and when, to use natural products, this text explains the most current scientific evidence of the roles that plants can play in our health: how they can prevent, modify, or treat disease.

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For those who want to make educated decisions about whether, and when, to use natural products, this text explains the most current scientific evidence of the roles that plants can play in our health: how they can prevent, modify, or treat disease.

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Catholic canon law changes very slowly, but it constantly adds rules, interpretations and applications. This text takes into account the changes and adaptions that have taken place during the period between 1989 and 2004, making reference to the sexual abuse allegations against the church in the United States.

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There has been an explosion of interest in Francophone studies, as postcolonial and diaspora literatures more generally have gained recognition both within and outside the academy. The number of Francophone Caribbean women writers has increased, and the contributors explore this trend.

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An introductory, single authored textbook in theology, introducing the reader to biblical, doctrinal and historical dimensions of Christianity.

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This book is intended to serve as a first acquaintance with competition law for students, teachers in further and higher education, officials and practising lawyers who are not usually faced with competition law issues in their everyday working lives.

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Constructivism is based on the principle that our personalities, behaviour and society are organized by the ways in which we attribute meanings to events and act upon these meanings. This work explains constructivism as an epistemology and demonstrates its practical relevance for social work.

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An outline of dramatic history which marks the great turning points in the development of theatre. A delineation of the conventions which various playwrights invented, and of the societies in which they wrote. The author intends to explain what has happened in the history of the stage, why it happened, and what it means.

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Suitable for students and lecturers working on Education Studies programmes, this title introduces the reader to the main themes they may encounter in their study of education such as the sociology of education, the philosophy of education, comparative education, and ethics for educators.

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Suitable for students and lecturers working on Education Studies programmes, this title introduces the reader to the main themes they may encounter in their study of education such as the sociology of education, the philosophy of education, comparative education, and ethics for educators.

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"This textbook introduces and explores the ideas, practices, and philosophy of the movement of engaged Buddhism. This new movement argues that suffering is not just caused by cravings of the mind, but also by political and social factors. Therefore, engaged Buddhists 'engage' with social issues to achieve liberation"--

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An accessible but comprehensive guide to the world of finance and financial markets. Taking an international approach, the authors examine the different types of banking and markets around the world, and cover foreign exchange and derivative products. This edition is right up to date and incorporates recent events and developments in finance.

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"A student-friendly book that assesses how such trends as marketization, conglomeration, digital convergence, personalization and competition, are transforming the global media landscape"--

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Translation of: Vvedenie v istoricheskuiu komparativistiku: uchebnoe posobie.

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This collection of papers, the product of two seminars, analyses the European Convention on Human Rights on public and criminal law and its future.