Books published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd

This provocative text considers whether evolutionary explanations can be used to clarify some of life's biggest questions.

Natural Theology explores the knowledge of God as it is observed through nature. This book sets forth a new approach to the study of natural theology, reestablishing its legitimacy as a distinct aspect of Christian theology.

Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS is an introduction to the critical issues surrounding mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) across a wide range of disciplines for the non-specialist reader.

This book extends models of early literacy, analyzing how children's reading and spelling skills develop throughout their school career.

An easy-to-read guide on raising emotionally healthy children that is based on sound psychological research. The book's format makes it a good choice for students, parents, or practitioners.

This is a collection of the key articles written by renowned Wittgenstein scholar, G.P. Baker, on Wittgenstein's later philosophy, published posthumously. * Following Baker's death in 2002, the volume has been edited by collaborator and partner, Katherine Morris.

Genes, Culture, and Human Evolution: A Synthesisis a textbook on human evolution that offers students a unique combination of cultural anthropology and genetics. * Written by two geneticists---including a world-renowned scientist and founder of the Human Genome Diversity Project---and a socio-cultural anthropologist.

* This dynamic, new approach to teaching electronic media and culture balances a presentation of media history with analysis of contemporary media considerations and concerns. * Covers the key areas of programming, technology, regulation, and business, treating both historical aspects and contemporary conditions and projections.

Have humans been sharing the planet with other intelligent life for millions of years without realizing it? In Defense of Dolphins combines accessible science and philosophy, surveying the latest research on dolphin intelligence and social behavior, to advocate for their ethical treatment.

This compact and critically up-to-date introduction to Roman satire examines the development of the genre, focusing particularly on the literary and social functionality of satire. It considers why it was important to the Romans and why it still matters. Provides a compact and critically up-to-date introduction to Roman satire.

A novel introduction to Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialist phenomenology.

"It actually gave me what I expected to learn in college. I learned a great deal about life. " "A strong and important underlying philosophy, the knowledge of which will be useful in the real world. This knowledge is very important to anyone who aspires to be artistic as well as anyone who just aspires to be.

A comprehensive guide to Dante's life and literature, with an emphasis on his Commedia. This text looks at the influences that shaped Dante's writing, and the reception of his work by later readers, from the 14th century to the present.

This volume offers an introduction to a period characterized by diversity and vitality alongside war, plague, revolution and famine. The history of Europe between 1648 and 1688, often associated with the Age of the Baroque, was in fact disturbed by more cross-currents than almost any other period.

In Phenomenal Shakespeare , leading Shakespeare scholar Bruce R. Smith presents an original account for the ways in which Shakespeare's poems and plays continue to resonate with audiences, readers and scholars because of their engagement with the whole body, not just the reading mind.

This book gives a comprehensive account of financial optimization models used to support decision-making for financial engineers. It starts with the classical static mean-variance analysis and portfolio immunization, moves on to scenario-based models, and builds towards multi-period dynamic portfolio optimization.

This is a study of business ethics that takes into consideration the issues raised by the information age. It explores a range of topics including: marketing, privacy and the protection of personal information; employees and communication privacy; and intellectual property issues.

Through a series of case studies this book brings to the fore the voices, lives, and capacities of people with mental health problems as well as the difficulties they face.

The wastewater treatment field combines the environmental, civil, and chemical engineering disciplines and comprises both theoretical and practical considerations involved in practical design for both municipal and industrial wastewater sources.

Written by a leading researcher in the field, this fascinating examination of the relations between grammar, text, and discourse is designed to provoke critical discussion on key issues in discourse analysis which are not always clearly identified and examined.

Offers a political narrative of the rise and fall of the Tudor monarchy. This book begins with the factional quarrels which was the political life of England under Henry VI in the 1450s and then examines the rebuilding of the strength of royal government under Edward IV, Henry VII and Henry VIII.

Offers a perspective on everyday life in ancient Egypt. This book provides discussions of topics of debate, including the body, sexuality and issues of identity, and also addresses some of the traditional questions in archaeology about society and self, the individual and social relations.

aeo An updated, revised and redesigned edition of this well known and respected survey. aeo Now include substantial additional coverage of the formation of Yugoslavia. aeo Explores cultural developments as well as politics, war and revolution.

Challenges the reputation of the Spanish Inquisition as an instrument of religious persecution, torture and repression and looks at its wider role as an educative force in society. This book presents a reassessment of the history of the Spanish Inquisition.

Decolonization and its Impact is a ground-breaking comparative study of decolonization from before the Second World War to the early 1960s.

aeo First lexical treatment of Kant for almost 80 years. aeo Lengthy survey introduction covers Kanta s place in the "age of criticism". aeo Longer dictionary entries supported by short glossary items. aeo Comprehensive cross referencing. aeo First lexical treatment of Kant for almost 80 years.

* Explores British sport as experienced by those who watched it, played it, wrote and talked about it. * Gives equal attention to the post--war years and to the more immediate present. * Includes discussion of women, ethnic minorities, and the disabled within the general text rather than treating them separately.

* Examines the blue side of the airways with a first-ever analysis of the history and nature of off-color program content. * Explores the treatment of once-forbidden topics in the electronic media, investigating the beliefs, attitudes and actions of those who present such material, those who condemn it, and those who defend it.

This introductory textbook uses appreciation of film to explore debates between theology and contemporary culture. It examines both method and theory and features a range of film examples throughout.

Combining cutting-edge theories of culture and government with programming examples--including Todd TV, Survivor, and American Idol--Better Living through Reality TV moves beyond the established concerns of political economy and cultural studies to conceptualize television's evolving role in the contemporary period.