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Routledge Library Editions: Folklore is a collection of previously out-of-print titles from a variety of academic imprints. It provides in one place a wealth of important reference sources on a wide variety of folklore topics. The international authors include academics from a number of worldwide universities, and many are the acknowledged experts in their respective fields. The books span a wide date range, demonstrating both the development of the field and, at the same time, providing valuable background to current academic thinking. This set contains many essential texts, available now for the first time in some years, and is an invaluable resource on the study of folklore.

Bringing together 14 volumes originally published between 1971 and 1989, this set gives a comprehensive overview of politics and society in Germany prior to re-unification. The volumes examine the political parties and structure of the Bundestag, as well as discussing the German education system, industrial relations and the media. The collection as a whole represents an invaluable insight into the historical, political and social factors that have made Germany into the major European force that she is today.

Routledge Library Editions: Saudi Arabia republishes for the first time some key texts on Saudi Arabia, previously out-of-print. The titles cover all aspects of the country, from its native people and their customs, to the formation of the nation state; analyses of the countryΓÇÖs oil economy and its impact on its society; and studies of the countryΓÇÖs, and regionΓÇÖs, politics. Together, the books in this set form an essential reference source to Saudi Arabia.

Routledge Library Editions: Retailing and Distribution brings together as one set, or individual volumes, groundbreaking retail studies from the field of human geography. Encompassing town and retail planning, marketing geography, the development of shopping centres and the rise of consumerism, this set is an opportunity to purchase previously out-of-print classics from a variety of academic imprints such as Croom Helm and Methuen.

Part of a fourteen books collection that range from theoretical works on the definition and governance of common property to applied studies on the enforcement of pollution control laws.

Part of a collection gathers works on subjects that include how to value and measure the benefits from nature and how to effectively conserve and manage resources in an increasingly interconnected world.

Includes investigations of population and economic growth, the role of natural resource information in economic development, the role of women in developing economies, and the use and protection of land in tropical as well as Antarctic settings.

Part of a collection of ten books that include works which explore the management of public lands for extractive resources as well as for habitat protection and recreation.

A collection of eight books that represents many of the best works that RFF has published, including writings by Nobel Prize winning economists.

While media and public attention to energy issues tends to wax and wane, energy security and the environmental implications of energy use have always been a core component of RFF's research agenda. This title represents some of RFF's best work on these subjects.

Presents a study of sustainability in agriculture and fisheries, assessing options for improving food security as well as protecting the natural environment and human health.

No one is safe from the 'Curse of the Spawn,' as the darkness surrounding Jim's life begins to spread, pulling Twitch and Detective Rowand deeper into a world of intrigue and horror. A crash course on the origins of Jim's new powers and the man known as Al Simmons leads to a confrontation with the one person Jim thought he could trust - Clown.

Byatt, Alice Munro, Elizabeth Bowen, Sherwood Anderson, Edith Wharton, Anita Desai, Colm Toibin, Lorrie Moore and many others reflect upon all aspects of motherhood in stories lyrical and satirical, realistic and fantastic, hilarious and heartbreaking.

The poems collected here range from the classic villanelles of the nineteenth century - by Thomas Hardy, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Oscar Wilde and others - to such famous and memorable examples as Dylan Thomas's 'Do not go gentle into that good night,' Elizabeth Bishop's 'One Art' and Sylvia Plath's 'Mad Girl's Love Song'.

This 20 volume Routledge Revivals collection brings together a selection of groundbreaking Literature titles, from the rich and diverse Routledge backlist. With titles published between 1964 and 1996, this is a truly wide-ranging selection, encompassing works by distinguished authors such as: Andrew Motion, Hermione Lee, Alan Sinfield, Raymond Bradbury and John Sutherland.

This 20 volume Routledge Revivals collection brings together a selection of groundbreaking Philosophy titles, from the rich and diverse Routledge backlist. With titles published between 1933 and 1991, this is a truly wide-ranging selection, encompassing works by distinguished authors such as: Simone Weil, Hilary Putnam, Franz Brentano, Anthony Kenny, Karl Jaspers and Israel Scheffler.