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The single greatest way to improve health and quality of life is not by developing new medical approaches, but by addressing harmful personal behaviors. This book is designed to teach students and practitioners strategic principles for creating positive behavioral change on a population level.

Offering important insights into the changing higher education policy context in an age increasingly defined by globalization, China's Rising Research Universities will appeal to higher education leaders and policymakers; students, faculty, and scientists who interact with Chinese counterparts; and scholars of international and comparative studies.

Based on contemporary accounts, settlers' reminiscences, and the work of other historians, Sod Busting dives deeply into the practical realities of how things worked to make vivid one of the quintessentially American experiences, breaking new land.

A portion of the proceeds from sales of this book will go to the Grady Nia Project for abused, suicidal, and low-income African American women.

A portion of the proceeds from sales of this book will go to the Grady Nia Project for abused, suicidal, and low-income African American women.

The Siddhantasundara is the last major treatise of Indian astronomy and cosmology to receive serious scholarly attention, Knudsen's careful effort unveils the 500-year-old Sanskrit verses and shows the clever quirkiness of Jnanaraja's writing style, his keen use of mathematics, and his subtle philosophical arguments.

This book should be of interest to students and scholars of comparative literature, world literature, and the history and theory of the modern novel.

The capstone of Clifford's distinguished career and the definitive book on women teachers in America, Those Good Gertrudes will engage scholars in the history of education and women's history, teachers past, present, and future, and readers with vivid memories of their own teachers.

Readers will be delighted by the broad array of comic talent spotlighted in this book, and for those interested in comedy with substance, it will offer an alternative punchline.

Reflecting the authors' masterful use of archival sources and their magisterial knowledge of the era's complex metropolitan and colonial institutions, this volume is the capstone of a research endeavor spanning nearly sixty years.

Segal, on psychoanalytic interpretations.

Segal, on psychoanalytic interpretations.

Written in clear, accessible prose, this book will be invaluable for students and scholars in the fields of political science, social movements, anthropology, Latin American studies, and labor studies.

This updated edition includes a substantive new preface that reconsiders some of the issues raised in the book.

Filled with memorable photographs, Rock Star will appeal to anyone interested in modern American popular culture or music history.

Students and scholars of both Latin American politics and comparative politics will find The Resilience of the Latin American Right of vital interest.

Students and scholars of both Latin American politics and comparative politics will find The Resilience of the Latin American Right of vital interest.

Richard TracyTracey D. TubervilleMichael TumaThane Wibbels

Thoughtfully illustrated, carefully written, and covering a broad spectrum of topics, this classic text clarifies a subject that is often misunderstood and oversimplified.

Colored Troops, Union military strategy, and race relations during and after the tumultuous Civil War.

As accessible as it is fascinating, The Large Hadron Collider reveals the inner workings of this masterful achievement of technology, along with the mind-blowing discoveries that will keep it at the center of the scientific frontier for the foreseeable future.

This edition of Ducks, Geese, and Swans consists of two volumes, printed in full color, and packaged in a slipcase, along with a CD containing references and additional maps.

This book will appeal to social science students and citizens interested in the role of social networks in information diffusion and yet it serves as a cautionary tale for communication practitioners and policymakers interested in leveraging social ties as an inexpensive method to spread information.

It is preparation for life.

Reflecting the richness of three centuries of American higher education, this complex and nuanced collection will be an essential resource for students of the history of education.

SchraederAlfred StepanMark TesslerFrederic VolpiLucan WayFrederic WehreySean L. Yom

Kuhnhardt reviews the history of Africa's international status and employs the rising African Union's own identified "intervention areas"-peace and security; development, integration, and cooperation; shared values; and institution- and capacity-building-to analyze challenges and possibilities.

Each chapter concludes with discussions of successes, failures, and lessons learned.

Topics include the gendering of the immediate aftermath of war; the military, politics, and changing masculinities in postwar societies; policies to restore the gender order and foster marriage and family; demobilization and the development of postwar welfare states; and debates over sexuality (gay and straight).

Case studies examine the economics, domestic politics, and international factors that ultimately shaped military events more than military capacity and strategy.