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Read With Biff, Chip and Kipper is the UK's best-selling home reading series. Over 5 million copies of the series sold in the UK alone since 2005. It is based on Oxford Reading Tree which is used in 80% of primary schools. Level 1 First Stories have been specially written to introduce and practise a range of key everyday words and to develop...

A Handbook for Field ProfessionalsEnvironmental public health is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the direct impact of exposure to environmental hazards on the public&'s health and wellbeing. Assessing and addressing the risks of chemical hazards requires a sound knowledge of toxicology, environmental epidemiology, environmental...

A Global HistoryA concise edition of the highly acclaimed Oxford Companion to the Book, this book features the 51 articles from the Companion plus 3 brand new chapters in on affordable volume. The 54 chapters introduce readers to the fascinating world of book history. Including 21 thematic studies on topics such as writing systems, the ancient and...

Selection, Phylogeny, and ConstraintEvolutionary biomechanics is the study of evolution through the analysis of biomechanical systems. Its unique advantage is the precision with which physical constraints and performance can be predicted from first principles. Instead of reviewing the entire breadth of the biomechanical literature, a few key...

Aspects of Law and Legality in the BibleWhat is the real meaning of &'an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth&'? Where did the idea for the &'Jubilee 2000&' and &'Drop the Debt&' campaigns come from? And what, really, are the &'Ten Commandments&'? In God, Justice, and Society, Jonathan Burnside looks at aspects of law and legality in the Bible,...

The Biology of Life on the MoveMigration, broadly defined as directional movement to take advantage of spatially distributed resources, is a dramatic behaviour and an important component of many life histories that can contribute to the fundamental structuring of ecosystems. In recent years, our understanding of migration has advanced radically...