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Competence and vulnerability in biomedical research (2008)
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Bielby, P. (2008). Competence and vulnerability in biomedical research. The University of Hull. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8604-5

Enhanced knowledge of the nature and causes of mental disorder have led increasingly to a need for the recruitment of ‘cognitively vulnerable’ participants in biomedical research. These individuals often fall into the ‘grey area’ between obvious deci... Read More about Competence and vulnerability in biomedical research.

Venous Thromboembolism in Advanced Disease: A clinical guide (2008)
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Lee, A. Y. Y., Johnson, M. J., & Noble, S. I. R. (Eds.). (2008). Venous Thromboembolism in Advanced Disease: A clinical guide. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199232048.001.0001

© Oxford University Press 2009. All rights reserved. There is increasing recognition of the burden of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with advanced incurable disease and the clinical, ethical, and philosophical challenges they may pose. With... Read More about Venous Thromboembolism in Advanced Disease: A clinical guide.

Archaeology and environment in a changing East Yorkshire landscape: The Foulness Valley c. 800 BC to c. AD 400 (2008)
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(2008). Archaeology and environment in a changing East Yorkshire landscape: The Foulness Valley c. 800 BC to c. AD 400. Archaeopress

This study combines new aerial surveying and fieldwalking with interpretation of the Iron Age and Roman sites of a 20 x 30km area of East Yorkshire, focusing squarely on the landscape context. Peter Halkon examines the development of the landscape, a... Read More about Archaeology and environment in a changing East Yorkshire landscape: The Foulness Valley c. 800 BC to c. AD 400.

Masculinity, corporality and the English stage 1580–1635 (2008)
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Billing, C. M. (2008). Masculinity, corporality and the English stage 1580–1635. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315594194

The significance of human anatomy to the most physical of art forms, the theatre, has hitherto been an under-explored topic. Filling this gap, Christian Billing questions conventional wisdom regarding the one-sex anatomical model and uses a range of... Read More about Masculinity, corporality and the English stage 1580–1635.

Care planning: a guide for nurses (2008)
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Woollands, A., Barrett, D., & Wilson, B. (2008). Care planning: a guide for nurses. Pearson Education

Planning the care of patients is one of most importantaspects of a nurse’s role. Adopting an interactive approach, this bookexplores the theory of care planning anddiscusses how this relates toclinical nursingpractice.Three patient scenarios are refe... Read More about Care planning: a guide for nurses.

Defeat and memory: Cultural histories of military defeat in the modern era (2008)
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Macleod, J. (Ed.). (2008). Defeat and memory: Cultural histories of military defeat in the modern era. London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230582798

The legacy of defeat in war reverberates through private and collective memory and remains a sub-text in international relations and political discourse. This book examines the manner in which a series of military defeats have been understood and rem... Read More about Defeat and memory: Cultural histories of military defeat in the modern era.

Addressing offending behaviour: context, practice and values (2008)
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Green, S., Feasey, S., & Lancaster, E. (2008). Addressing offending behaviour: context, practice and values. Cullompton, Devon: Willan

Offending behaviour is one of the most talked about issues in contemporary society. What can be done to stop people reoffending? What can be done to help people escape their criminal lifestyles? This book aims to review and analyse the different ways... Read More about Addressing offending behaviour: context, practice and values.

Shakespeare's Book: Essays in Reading, Writing and Reception (2008)
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Meek, R. (2008). Shakespeare's Book: Essays in Reading, Writing and Reception. Manchester University Press

This collection of essays is part of a new phase in Shakespeare studies. The traditional view of Shakespeare is that he was a man of the theatre who showed no interest in the printing of his plays, producing works that are only fully realised in perf... Read More about Shakespeare's Book: Essays in Reading, Writing and Reception.

American culture in the 1930s (2008)
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Eldridge, D. (2008). American culture in the 1930s. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

A clear overview of the major cultural forms of 1930s America: literature and drama, music and radio, film and photography, art and design, and case studies of influential texts and practitioners of the decade.

Extending the frontiers: Essays on the new transatlantic slave trade database (2008)
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Richardson, D., & Eltis, D. (Eds.). (2008). Extending the frontiers: Essays on the new transatlantic slave trade database. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. https://doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300134360.001.0001

Since 1999, intensive research efforts have vastly increased what is known about the history of coerced migration of transatlantic slaves. A huge database of slave trade voyages from Columbus' era to the mid-nineteenth century is now available on an... Read More about Extending the frontiers: Essays on the new transatlantic slave trade database.

Das Erbe der Monarchie: Nachwirkungen einer deutschen Institution seit 1918 (2008)
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Biskup, T., & Kohlrausch, M. (2008). Das Erbe der Monarchie: Nachwirkungen einer deutschen Institution seit 1918. Frankfurt: Campus

Die Monarchie wurde 1918 in Deutschland abgeschafft. Aber erlosch damit auch ihre Wirkung? Was hinterließ sie jenseits leerer Throne und wie gingen die Deutschen damit um? In diesem Band wird erstmals untersucht, welche Spuren diese Institution in de... Read More about Das Erbe der Monarchie: Nachwirkungen einer deutschen Institution seit 1918.

Reassessing Suez 1956: new perspectives on the crisis and its aftermath (2008)
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Smith, S. C. (Ed.). (2008). Reassessing Suez 1956: new perspectives on the crisis and its aftermath. Farnham: Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315603889

The nationalization of the Suez Canal in 1956 triggered one of the gravest international crises since the Second World War. The fiftieth anniversary of the Suez crisis in 2006 presented an ideal opportunity to re-visit and reassess this seminal episo... Read More about Reassessing Suez 1956: new perspectives on the crisis and its aftermath.

Community, conflict and the state: Rethinking notions of 'safety', 'cohesion' and 'wellbeing' (2008)
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Cooper, C. (2008). Community, conflict and the state: Rethinking notions of 'safety', 'cohesion' and 'wellbeing'. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9780230582125

Traditional understandings of what constitutes community safety have created a skewed understanding of crime and disorder that ignores the real threats to community cohesion and wellbeing. State-sponsored community safety strategies focus on property... Read More about Community, conflict and the state: Rethinking notions of 'safety', 'cohesion' and 'wellbeing'.

Understanding Modern Warfare (2008)
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Tuck, C., Jordan, D., Walton, D., Speller, I., Kiras, J., & Lonsdale, D. (2008). Understanding Modern Warfare. Cambridge University Press

The Internet and Parliamentary Democracy in Europe: a comparative study of the ethics of political communication in the digital age (2008)
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Dai, X., & Norton, P. (Eds.). (2008). The Internet and Parliamentary Democracy in Europe: a comparative study of the ethics of political communication in the digital age. Abingdon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1080/13572330701500763

The overall aim of this volume is to investigate the impact of new information and communications technologies (ICTs), in particular the Internet, upon parliamentary democracy in Europe. Through a comparative study of four parliaments (the British, E... Read More about The Internet and Parliamentary Democracy in Europe: a comparative study of the ethics of political communication in the digital age.

Blind spots (2008)
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Rumens, C. (2008). Blind spots. Seren Books

Informed by a consciousness that is as fiercely personal and tender as it is public-minded and political, this compelling collection presents a wide range of poetry, from a sonnet, a sestina, and a villanelle, to a pantoum, a ghazal, or a fluid free... Read More about Blind spots.

Self Defense in Islamic and International Law: Assessing Al-Qaeda and the Invasion of Iraq (2008)
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Shah, N. (2008). Self Defense in Islamic and International Law: Assessing Al-Qaeda and the Invasion of Iraq. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230611658

The book argues that the concept of self-defense in Islamic and International law is compatible. Al-Qaeda's declaration of Jihad does not meet the Islamic legal test. Similarly, the invasion of Iraq does meet the international legal test.