If you desire success in all areas of your life then it is essential that you have emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is the ability to identify and manage your own emotions as well as rec
Accelerating urbanization worldwide is leading to more urban-centered disasters. With more people living in densely populated areas, the threat of increased loss of life, livelihoods and city fabric f
Bringing together cutting-edge studies into a range of contemporary sites of urban concern, this volume unfolds the collective research agenda of urban cosmopolitics in three directions: the relationa
Stereological techniques allow biologists to create quantitative, three-dimensional descriptions of biological structures from two-dimensional images of tissue viewed under the microscope. For example
Lawsuits are rare events in most people's lives. High-stakes cases are even less commonplace. Why is it, then, that scholarship about the Japanese legal system has focused almost exclusively on epic c
A leader of a global superpower is betrayed by his mistress, who makes public the sordid details of their secret affair. His wife stands by as he denies the charges. Debates over definitions of moral
A variety of contributors discuss the impact of such Japanese cultural exports as anime, manga, and electronic/video games and explain why these forms of culture are so popular with many American chil
[Prompted by the question, “What would children’s lives have been like if these people had not lived?” Shapers of American Childhood: Essays on Visionaries from L. Frank Baum to J.K. Rowling explores
West (law, U. of Michigan) presents this examination of legal constructions of love, marriage and sex in the Japanese legal system. Drawing on court documents and a careful linguistic analysis of tran
Revealing the stories behind the headlines, Los Angeles Times writer Mark Heisler investigates the 45-year history of the Los Angeles Lakers and unveils a pattern of pampered and/or misguided players,
With the growing emphasis on theory in literary studies, psychoanalytic criticism has taken its place alongside other forms as an important contribution to literary interpretation. Despite its tendenc
In a story set against the backdrop of 16th-century Tudor England, a poor London boy and a wealthy young prince who share an uncanny resemblance get the opportunity to appreciate each other's life fir
In a story set against the backdrop of 16th-century Tudor England, a poor London boy and a wealthy young prince who share an uncanny resemblance get the opportunity to appreciate each other's life fir
In a story set against the backdrop of 16th-century Tudor England, a poor London boy and a wealthy young prince who share an uncanny resemblance get the opportunity to appreciate each other's life fir
This volume is a collection of immunohematology and transfusion medicine cases, comprised of clinical vignettes and antibody panels with questions based on each case, arranged in a workbook format. Th
?Kathleene West’s poetry is unflinchingly raw, honest, and emotional; West does not forget her feminist roots or her predecessors in verse: Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath. Her poetry, hard and unforgivi
For more than twenty-five years, After the Fact has guided students through American history and the methods used to study it. In dramatic episodes that move chronologically through American history,
For more than twenty-five years, After the Fact has guided students through American history and the methods used to study it. In dramatic episodes that move chronologically through American history,
