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Abigail Adams A Writing Life

In this book Edith B. Gelles asserts that Abigail Adams' vivid insightful letters are the best account that exists from the pre to the post-Revolutionary period in America of a woman's life and world. Adams' spontaneous witty letters serve dual purposes for the modern reader: it provides an intriguing first hand account of pivotal historical events and it shows how these events from the Boston Tea Party to the War of 1812 entered the private sphere. Included in the book is a chronology notes and reference section and a selected bibliography. This book will be a must for all scholars of American literature history and politics seeking to understand this literary figure. | Abigail Adams A Writing Life

GBP 180.00

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The Routledge Handbook of Content and Language Integrated Learning

Content and language integrated learning (CLIL) is an increasingly popular educational approach given its dual focus on enabling learners to acquire subject-matter through an additional language while learning this second language in tandem with content. This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of recent CLIL developments illustrating how CLIL has been uniquely conceptualised and practised across educational and geographical contexts. Divided into six sections covering language and language teaching core topics and issues contexts and learners CLIL in practice CLIL around the world and a final section looking forward to future research directions every chapter provides a balanced discussion of the benefits challenges and implications of this approach. Representing the same diversity and intercultural understanding that CLIL features the chapters are authored by established as well as early-career academics based around the world. The Routledge Handbook of Content and Language Integrated Learning is the essential guide to CLIL for advanced students and researchers of applied linguistics education and TESOL.

GBP 190.00

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The Routledge Handbook of Heritage Destruction

The Routledge Handbook of Heritage Destruction presents a comprehensive view on the destruction of cultural heritage and offers insights into this multifaceted interdisciplinary phenomenon; the methods scholars have used to study it; and the results these various methods have produced. By juxtaposing theoretical and legal frameworks and conceptual contexts alongside a wide distribution of geographical and temporal case studies this book throws light upon the risks and the realizations of art and heritage destruction. Exploring the variety of forces that drive the destruction of heritage the volume also contains contributions that consider what forms heritage destruction takes and in which contexts and circumstances it manifests. Contributors including local scholars also consider how these drivers and contexts change and what effect this has on heritage destruction and how we conceptualise it. Overall the book establishes the importance of the need to study the destruction of art and cultural heritage within a wider framework that encompasses not only theory but also legal military social and ontological issues. The Routledge Handbook of Heritage Destruction will contribute to the development of a more complete understanding and analysis of heritage destruction. The Handbook will be useful to academics students and professionals with interest in heritage conservation and preservation history and art history archaeology anthropology philosophy and law.

GBP 205.00

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The Routledge Handbook of Buddhist-Christian Studies

Buddhist-Christian dialogue has a long and complex history that stretches back to the first centuries of the common era. Comprising 42 international and disciplinarily diverse chapters this volume begins by setting up a framework for examining the nature of Buddhist-Christian interreligious dialogue discussing how research in this area has been conducted in the past and considering future theoretical directions. Subsequent chapters delve into: important episodes in the history of Buddhist-Christian dialogue; contemporary conversations such as monastic interreligious dialogue multiple religious identity and dual religious practice; and Buddhist-Christian cooperation in social justice social engagement pastoral care and interreligious education settings. The volume closes with a section devoted to comparative and constructive explorations of different speculative themes that range from the theological to the philosophical or experiential. This handbook explores how the study of Buddhist-Christian relations has been and ought to be done. The Routledge Handbook of Buddhist-Christian Studies is essential reading for researchers and students interested in Buddhist-Christian studies Asian religions and interreligious relationships. It will be of interest to those in fields such as anthropology political science theology and history.

GBP 205.00

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The Routledge Handbook of Evolutionary Approaches to Religion

The past two decades have seen a growing interest in evolutionary and scientific approaches to religion. The Routledge Handbook of Evolutionary Approaches to Religion is an outstanding reference source to the key topics problems and debates in this exciting and emerging field. Comprising over thirty chapters by a team of international contributors the handbook pulls together scholarship in the following areas: evolutionary psychology and the cognitive science of religion (CSR) cultural evolution the complementarity of evolutionary psychology cognitive science and cultural evolution Within these sections central issues debates and problems are examined including: Cliodynamics cultural group selection costly signaling dual inheritance theory literacy transmitting narratives prosociality supernatural punishment cognition and ritual meme theory fusion theory sexual selection agency detection evoked culture social brain hypothesis theory of mind developmental psychology emergence theory social learning cultural cybernetics cultural epidemiology evolutionary and cultural psychology memetics by-product and adaptationist theories of religion systems and information theory and computer modeling. This Handbook is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies and anthropology. It will also be very useful to those in related fields such as psychology sociology of religion cognitive biology and evolutionary biology.

GBP 190.00

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National Association of Broadcasters Engineering Handbook

The NAB Engineering Handbook is the definitive resource for broadcast engineers. It provides in-depth information about each aspect of the broadcast chain from audio and video contribution through an entire broadcast facility all the way to the antenna. New topics include Ultra High Definition Television Internet Radio Interfacing and Streaming ATSC 3. 0 Digital Audio Compression Techniques Digital Television Audio Loudness Management and Video Format and Standards Conversion. Important updates have been made to incumbent topics such as AM Shortwave FM and Television Transmitting Systems Studio Lighting Cameras and Principles of Acoustics. The big-picture comprehensive nature of the NAB Engineering Handbook will appeal to all broadcast engineers—everyone from broadcast chief engineers who need expanded knowledge of all the specialized areas they encounter in the field to technologists in specialized fields like IT and RF who are interested in learning about unfamiliar topics. Chapters are written to be accessible and easy to understand by all levels of engineers and technicians. A wide range of related topics that engineers and technical managers need to understand are covered including broadcast documentation FCC practices technical standards security safety disaster planning facility planning project management and engineering management. | National Association of Broadcasters Engineering Handbook

GBP 200.00

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The Passivhaus Designer's Manual A technical guide to low and zero energy buildings

Passivhaus is the fastest growing energy performance standard in the world with almost 50 000 buildings realised to date. Applicable to both domestic and non-domestic building types the strength of Passivhaus lies in the simplicity of the concept. As European and global energy directives move ever closer towards Zero (fossil) Energy standards Passivhaus provides a robust 'fabric first' approach from which to make the next step. The Passivhaus Designers Manual is the most comprehensive technical guide available to those wishing to design and build Passivhaus and Zero Energy Buildings. As a technical reference for architects engineers and construction professionals The Passivhaus Designers Manual provides:State of the art guidance for anyone designing or working on a Passivhaus project;In depth information on building services including high performance ventilation systems and ultra-low energy heating and cooling systems;Holistic design guidance encompassing: daylight design ecological materials thermal comfort indoor air quality and economics;Practical advice on procurement methods project management and quality assurance;Renewable energy systems suitable for Passivhaus and Zero Energy Buildings; Practical case studies from the UK USA and Germany amongst others;Detailed worked examples to show you how it's done and what to look out for;Expert advice from 20 world renowned Passivhaus designers architects building physicists and engineers. Lavishly illustrated with nearly 200 full colour illustrations and presented by two highly experienced specialists this is your one-stop shop for comprehensive practical information on Passivhaus and Zero Energy buildings. | The Passivhaus Designer's Manual A technical guide to low and zero energy buildings

GBP 180.00

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