Philippa: 291 books

Winner of the 2016 Julian Minghi Distinguished Book Award of the Political Geography Specialty Group at the AAG Providing important insights into political geography, the politics of peace, and South Asian studies, this book explores everyday peace in northern India as it is experienced by...

In late seventeenth century London two women, one white, one black, stake everything to prevent a manipulative mogul destroying them. Zenobia, born in poverty, grasps that her only hope of controlling her own life is to capitalise on her looks; Lily, brought to London on a sugar and slave ship as...

Gilver Memmer, a successful and handsome artist, was always lucky. His artistic skills were spotted at an early age and his good looks made him popular with the girls. He studied at Oxford where he was admired by teachers and students alike, and by the age of twenty-eight he was rich, famous and could...

The authors offer cogent reviews of the literature pertaining to the formation and maintenance of delusions, but the most substantial parts of the monograph expound the empirical inquiries which they and their colleagues have carried out in recent years. Most of the research has been published elsewhere,...

This is the extraordinary story of how Jeff Levin was shown a 'new generation' of vibrational medicine that can offer us all swift and lasting healing even from serious conditions.

The effects of lupus--a difficult-to-diagnose condition in which the immune system attacks the body--can be mild or life threatening. Therapy and awareness of lupus have improved greatly in recent years, and this book contains the latest information about the disease, its diagnosis, and its cures....

Craniofacial development is a multistep and intricate process initially involving a number of inductive interactions that control neural and neural crest development, which are followed by a series of epithelial-mesenchymal interactions that control outgrowth, patterning, and skeletal differentiation....

This essay looks critically at devoteeism, while examining what these fetishes communicate about the oppressions faced by disabled people and women. Most analysis of this issue has come from either a feminist or a disability rights perspective: this book combines the two and scrutinises the issue...

How can the diffusion and development of women's cricket as a global sport be explained? Women 's Cricket and Global Processes considers the emergence and growth of women's cricket around the world and seeks to provide a sociological explanation for how and why the women's game has developed the way it has.

Einst trug sie ihren Namen mit Stolz. Doch nun meidet Margaret Plantagenet aus dem Hause York jeden Hinweis auf ihre Herkunft – ihr Leben wäre sonst nicht sicher. Denn durch Verrat auf dem Schlachtfeld haben die Tudors die englische Krone an sich gerissen und fürchten alles, das an die rechtmäßige...

Herrscherinnen, Rivalinnen, Liebende Ein kurzer Blick in die Augen von Katharina von Aragón genügt, und Margaret Tudor weiß: Auf ewig wird ihr Schicksal miteinander verbunden sein – ob in Aufstieg oder Fall. Wenig später ist Katharina Königin von England. Margaret heiratet den schottischen...

Liebe und Intrige am Hofe Heinrichs VIII. Als Mary Boleyn mit vierzehn an den Hof von Heinrich VIII. kommt, fällt sie dem König sofort ins Auge. Schon bald ist sie seine Geliebte. Zuerst genießt Mary ihre Rolle als inoffizielle Königin, doch schnell muss sie erkennen, dass sie nur ein Spielball...

Drei Schwestern. Drei Leben. Drei Wege zur Macht. Jane Königin von England für neun Tage, wird die junge Jane Grey von der Halbschwester des Königs Mary in den Tower gesperrt und bezahlt für die Machtgier ihres Vaters auf dem Schafott. Katherine Lerne zu sterben, schreibt Jane an ihre lebensfreudige...

How to be a Nurse or Midwife Leader is an indispensable guide for all nurses and midwives who wish to develop and improve their practice as leaders. Written in collaboration with the NHS Leadership Academy, this practical book draws on the real experience of over 10,000 nurses and midwives to bring...