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This third edition provides an insight into this most universal of subjects, critically analyzing recent research by psychologists and neuroscientists (much of which has been published since the 1990s) and reviewing historical and cultural beliefs about dreams.

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Social Security in Britain provides an analysis of the social security system in Britain. As well as covering the historical and comparative context, the book explains today's complex system in simple terms. Current issues, such as the policy debate around welfare reform and the effects of the social security system, are also discussed.

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Focusing on nursing, remedial therapy and social work, this book examines core social values expressed through policy. The implications of these ideas for the caring professions in social welfare are explored, as are questions about the use of industrial and commercial metaphors in health and human services.

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Social Work and Community Care makes a case for the involvement of social work skills, knowledge and values as part of the development of policy and multi-professional practice in community care. Malcolm Payne shows how ideas of community and community care are entwined with the development of social work and the social services.

A comprehensive two-volume overview and analysis of all facets of espionage in the American historical experience, focusing on key individuals and technologies.

This two-volume text reviews spirit possession throughout history, analyzes case studies from a cognitive neuroscience perspective, and examines rites for exorcism.

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This is a practical guide for teachers of middle-school students that provides clear and fully-developed lesson plans and activities that use the teaching of poetry reading and writing as a vehicle for developing students own creativity and appreciation for diversity.

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From the award-winning author of The Rise of Islamic State, the essential story of the Middle East's disintegration

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This collection contains Celtic tales of kelpies, mermaids, selkeis, ghosts, warlords, and fairies. Also included is a brief history of the Celts, a glossary of the Gaelic integrated in the stories and an appendix of superstitions about fairy protection.

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Offers an analysis of the future of the world's ground forces: Where are future large-scale conflicts or other catastrophes most plausible Which of these could be important enough to necessitate the option of a US military response And which of these could in turn require significant numbers of American ground forces in their resolution

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An enlightening and delicious look at how vegans - and their critics - are redefining the way the world eats in the twenty-first century.

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The much-anticipated first book by photographer Kevin Amato, a leading influencer in fashion today

Readers can quickly find topics of interest, with alphabetical and topical lists of entries in the frontmatter, along with cross-references to related entries per entry.

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One of Israel's most controversial writers demystifies the "peace camp" liberals

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Examining the political development of Central Asia, this book argues that Soviet practice had always been to build on local institutions and promote a local elite making it decentralized. It also contains an analysis of the Central Asian states - Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kirghizstan and Azerbaijan.

Other research featured here describes the biology or psychology of realistic and bizarre dreams, of symbolic images in dreams, and of how differences in gender and personality affect dreams and dreaming.

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New edition of this major work examining the development of neoliberalism

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Salbi presents a riveting collection of letters and first-person narratives by amazing women who survived wars devastation

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People's capabilities form the most crucial of all mankind's resources. Topics covered include prodigies, geniuses, the acceleration of development in young people, and the influences of family backgrounds on young people.

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