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This is the first book to describe the real lives of unmarried mothers, and        attitudes towards them, in England from the First World War to the present day. The        focus is on England because the legal positions, and other circumstances, of        unmarried mothers were often very different elsewhere in Britain. The authors...

This revised edition illustrates the statistical analysis of data using computer programs in SAS, a widely used software package in the health sciences. Many numerical examples are provided to illustrate the methods and these are discussed along with the corresponding computer output. Several new datasets are included, mostly from the health and...

Damascius was head of the Neoplatonist academy in Athens when the Emperor Justinian shut its doors forever in 529. His work,     Problems and Solutions Concerning First Principles, is the last surviving independent philosophical treatise from the Late Academy. It has never before been translated into English....

In the first book for over a decade to deal with the issue of conscience in metaphysical poetry, Ceri Sullivan draws on theology, poetics, and rhetoric in detailed readings of the works of Donne, Herbert, and Vaughan. She shows that these poets see the conscience as part theirs, part God's, and respond uncomfortably to failures in its workings....

The A Practical Approach series is the perfect partner for practice work. Each        title focuses on one field of the law and provides a comprehensive overview of the        subject together with clear, practical advice and tips on issues likely to arise in        practice. The books are also an excellent resource for those new to the law,...

Organizations, Social Systems, and GovernanceWhere do markets come from and what drives their evolution? How do organizations cope with the competitive dynamism of markets? What is the role of governance mechanisms in the institutional coordination of markets? In this book, leading social scientists consider these questions and examine the...