Subject(s): Ibn Hanbal, Ahmad ibn Muhammad, 780-855 | Muslim scholars -- Biography | Islamic law -- Biography | Hadith -- Biography Summary: "Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241 H/855 AD), renowned for his profound knowledge of hadith -- the reports of the Prophet's sayings and deeds -- is a major figure in the history of Islam. Ibn Hanbal was fam

Subject(s): Educational psychology -- Textbooks Summary: Combines fresh concepts and contemporary research with long-standing theory and applications to create a textbook that addresses the needs of today's teachers and students Contents:1. Applying Psychology to Teaching. Part I: DEVELOPMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS AND THEORIES. 2. Theories

Subject(s): Autodesk Revit | Architectural drawing -- Data processing | Architecture -- Computer-aided design Summary: "Building information modeling (BIM) is the new AutoCAD® for architects and interior designers-and Revit® Architecture is the leading software package in the BIM marketplace. Revit® Architecture 2016 for Designers is

Subject(s): Parent and child | Parenting -- Psychological aspects | Developmental psychology Summary: "This thorough and multidisciplinary overview of childrearing illustrates and stands on two foundational principles: that the importance of parenting is immense, and that it is undervalued. The Critical Role of Parenting in Human Developmen

Subject(s): Short story | Liminality Summary: "This book is a study of the short story, one of the widest taught genres in English literature, from an innovative methodological perspective. Both liminality and the short story are well-researched phenomena, but the combination of both is not frequent. This book discusses the relevance of the

Subject(s): Poetry -- History and criticism | Nationalism in literature | War and literature Summary: "Nationalism has given the world a genre of poetry bright with ideals of justice, freedom and the brotherhood of man, but also, at times, burning with humiliation and grievance, hatred and lust for revenge, driving human kind, as the Austri

Subject(s): Sex crimes -- Psychological aspects | Social psychology Summary: "Psychology defines people who take pleasure in the suffering of others as having a form of mental illness, while media representations frame such behaviour as 'evil'. This is hotly contested territory, not least where sexual violence is concerned - violenc

Subject(s): Literacy | Sociolinguistics | Language and languages -- Study and teaching | Language and languages -- Globalization | Language and culture -- Globalization | Language and languages -- Variation | Multilingualism | Language and education Summary: "Language, Literacy and Diversity brings together researchers who are leading the i

Subject(s): Comparative literature Summary: "Introducing Comparative Literature is a comprehensive guide to the field offering clear, concise information alongside useful analysis and examples. It frames the introduction within recent theoretical debates and shifts in the discipline whilst also addressing the history of the field and its pr

Subject(s): Adopted children -- Juvenile fiction | Abandoned children -- Juvenile fiction | Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction Summary: April knows she was abandoned in a rubbish bin as a newborn baby, fourteen years ago. Now she's happily settled with her foster mother, Marion - but there's a part of April that's desperate t