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A Dictionary of Journalism is an accessible and authoritative quick reference dictionary. It covers over 1,400 wide-ranging entries on the terms that are likely to be encountered by students of the subject, and aims to offer a broad, accessible point of reference on an ever-topical and constantly-changing field that affects everyone's knowledge and...

The rise of the West is often attributed the presence of certain features in Western countries from the 16th century that were absent in more traditional societies: the abolition of serfdom and Protestant ethics, the protection of property rights, and free universities. The problem with this reasoning is that, before the 16th century, there were...

Brain death-the condition of a non-functioning brain, has been widely adopted around the world as a definition of death since it was detailed in a Report by an Ad Hoc Committee of Harvard Medical School faculty in 1968. It also remains a focus of controversy and debate, an early source of criticism and scrutiny of the bioethics movement. Death...

Jeden z głównych przedstawicieli Młodej Polski. Studiował w Krakowie w Szkole Sztuk Pięknych (m.in. u Jana Matejki) oraz w Ecole des Beaux-Arts w Paryżu. Od 1897 członek stowarzyszenia Sztuka. W latach 1897-1900 oraz 1912-21 profesor Akademii Sztuk Pięknych w Krakowie....

Oxford Assess and Progress: Clinical Surgery is a brand new addition to a trusted revision series for medical undergraduates. This volume includes over 270 SBAs and EMQs covering all the core surgical specialties from orthopaedics to urology. Many questions are illustrated with clinical photographs, scans, and anatomical diagrams. Each question is...

Landscape architecture plays an important role in shaping the places in which we live and work. But what is it? Landscape architects are involved, amongst other things, in the layout of business parks, the reclamation of derelict industrial sites, the restoration of historic city parks, and the siting and design of major pieces of infrastructure...