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Robert Schumann was one of the most enigmatic figures of his age. Extraordinarily gifted in both music and literature, his fame was based both on his skill as a music critic and as a composer. His life was controversial -- from the tempestuous courtship of his future wife, Clara Wieck, to his tragic incarceration in the mental asylum where he died....

Handbook of Intervention Strategies with Domestic Violence will help professionals swiftly and compassionately meet the multiple needs of domestic violence clients. Based on the successful   Helping Battered Women (OUP, 1996), this completely revised and expanded volume includes 25 chapters written by experts in the field covering the latest...

Frontier Epilogue to the American RevolutionWhen President George Washington ordered an army of 13,000 men to march west in 1794 to crush a tax rebellion among frontier farmers, he established a range of precedents that continues to define federal authority over localities today. The "e;Whiskey Rebellion"e; marked the first large-scale...

It is 2030. What are the new technologies that have advanced healthcare? What are        the new or strengthened demands placed on the healthcare systems of the world? Is        the future affordable, or do we see drastic rationing of care or the collapse of        healthcare insurance?This book tackles these questions, and provides some...

Mammals are the dominant large animals of today, occurring in virtually every environment. This book is an account of the remarkable 320 million year long fossil record that documents their origin, their long spell as no more than small, nocturnal creatures, and their explosive radiation since the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago....

In this book, John P. Burkett presents microeconomics as an evolving science,        interacting with mathematics, psychology, and other disciplines and offering        solutions to a growing range of practical problems. The book shows how early        contributors such as Xenophon, Ibn Khaldun, and David Hume posed the normative...