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This glossary offers an introduction to Irish culture and society and a route-map to further study. Designed specifically with undergraduates in mind, it contains around 400 short and accessible explanations of the key events, figures and concepts in Irish Studies since the pre-modern period.

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Few issues have captured media headlines over the past two decades like Islam and Muslims. This tackles head-on the Australian news media's treatment of Islam and Muslims. It brings together the research and insights of academics, editors and journalists on the representation of Islam and its impact on social relations, the newsworthiness of Muslim issues and the complexities of covering Islam.

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Are libraries destined for extinction as more people turn to the Web for their information needs A fascinating read for anyone working in the information industry-from library managers and practitioners to faculty and students of library and information science.

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Spanish language classes now have a reference source to encourage critical thinking and debate important, current topics in Spain, Mexico, and the rest of Latin and South America.

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Offers librarians an opportunity to share thinking on topics that fall under the headings of Management Issues, Personnel, Operations and Collection Requirements. This book includes topics such as accreditation standards, auxiliary roles and responsibilities on the campus, marketing library services, and collection development personnel issues.

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This introduction to life and culture in Japan presents a captivating portrait of the island nation, home to 127 million people and one of the most robust economies in the world.

This volume focuses on an often misunderstood nation with vast economic and cultural influence in the United States and around the world.

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A guide to Japanese works in the various fields of economics.

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This book features Jim Aylesworth, a popular picture book author. Each book features personal information about the author, including insight into why he or she writes a particular type of book, plus ideas that will assist teachers in lesson plans and/or activities for each of the author's featured books.

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John Fowles, best known as the author of The French Lieutenant's Woman, has also written numerous other works--fiction as well as nonfiction.

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Journalism: A Guide to the Reference Literature is a critically annotated bibliographic guide to print and electronic sources in print and broadcast journalism.

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This book reports the results of a comparative survey of journalism students in university-level institutions in 22 countries of the major world regions. The students had three different concepts of the role of the press: the enlightenment model in which the prime functions is to educate and inform;

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Most scholars and students relied on card catalogs, printed bibliographic indices, and hardcopy books and journals. This book examines the history of digital resources for scholarly communication, JSTOR. It looks at JSTOR's mission of saving storage space and thereby storage costs, a mission that expanded to improving access to the literature.

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Gather your students and jump back in time to experience what life was like back then. Elementary teachers, librarians, youth leaders, and home schoolers will appreciate this complete and creative resource that covers four major areas of the elementary curriculum: Ancient cultures Native American culture Colonial America Pioneers.

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A comprehensive and compelling critique of Just War Theory and Responsibility to Protect (R2P)

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Offers a deep engagement with developments at the intersection of Habermasian communicative ethics and international relations. -- .

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The first volume in the series State Bibliographies, this book provides comprehensive coverage of secondary materials on Kansas history and also includes useful references to major archival and manuscript collections.

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This penetrating work, the first book-length study of Kate Smith to appear in print, offers a candid look at the life and show business career of one of the most beloved women of our time.

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Simple, straightforward guidance for the practitioner who wants to use assistive technologies to extend library access.