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    New Edition - Anorexia Nervosa by Janet Treasure and June Alexander

    The highly respected and widely known Anorexia Nervosa: A Survival Guide for Sufferers and Friends was written in 1997. This long-awaited new edition builds on the work of the first book, providing essential new and updated research outcomes on anorexia nervosa. It offers a unique insight and guidance into the recovery process for those who suffer from an eating disorder as well as advice and information for their loved ones.

32. 

    The Analyst’s Ear and the Critic’s Eye

    The Analyst’s Ear and the Critic’s Eye is the first volume of literary criticism to be co-authored by a practicing psychoanalyst and a literary critic. The result of this unique collaboration is a lively conversation that not only demonstrates what is most fundamental to each discipline, but creates a joint perspective on reading literature that neither discipline alone can achieve. 

33. Earthscan from Routledge March Highlights

    With so many great titles publishing this month it has been impossible to give them all the justice they deserve in our March newsletter, so to be sure you don't miss out you can find them all here.
     

34. 

    Handbook of Test Security

    High stakes tests are the gatekeepers to many educational and professional goals. As such, the incentive to cheat is high. This Handbook is the first to offer insights from experts within the testing community, psychometricians, and policymakers to identify and develop best practice guidelines for the design of test security systems for a variety of testing genres.

35. 

    Speech Recognition in Adverse Conditions: Explorations in Behaviour and Neuroscience

    Speech recognition in ‘adverse conditions’ has been a familiar area of research in computer science, engineering, and hearing sciences for several decades. In contrast, most psycholinguistic theories of speech recognition are built upon evidence gathered from tasks performed by healthy listeners on carefully recorded speech, in a quiet environment, and under conditions of undivided attention.

36. 

    Now Available in the Psychology Revivals Series

    Psychology Revivals is a new initiative aiming to re-issue a wealth of academic works which have long been unavailable. Encompassing a vast range from across the Behavioural Sciences, Psychology Revivals draws upon a distinguished catalog of imprints and authors associated with Routledge and Psychology Press, restoring to print books by some of the most influential scholars of the last 120 years. 

37. 

    And the Award Goes to: Critical Approaches to Comics

    Congratulations to Critical Approaches to Comics: Theories and Methods edited by Matthew J. Smith and Randy Duncan. WINNER of the 2013 Peter C. Rollins Book Award in Sequential Art/Comics and Animation Studies, sponsored by the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association.

    Read more about this award winning book here.

38. 

    Holi 2013: A Festival of Colour

    Every year, thousands participate in the festival Holi to celebrate the beginning of spring.

    Holi was originally a festival that celebrated fertile land and a good harvest. It is a time to enjoy spring's abundant colors and to say farewell to winter. 

    The main day, Holi, also known as Dhuli in Sanskrit, or Dhulheti, Dhulandi or Dhulendi, is commemorated by people showering each other in scented powder.

39. 

    The Power of Reflection: Predicting the Value of Solar Thermal Systems

    We are pleased to present a new Earthscan from Routledge blog post: written by Chris Laughton, author of Solar Domestic Water Heating.

    With a new entry every fortnight, blog posts written by various Earthscan from Routledge authors will be displayed both on the Routledge website and on our Facebook page here. Each post within Facebook will be open to comments so please feel free to voice your thoughts!
     

40. 

    Understanding Cognitive Development: Approaches from Mind and Brain

    The papers in this volume examine the state of the art in key areas of developmental cognitive neuroscience, focusing on theoretically driven research on cognition and its development. The past decade has seen an increasing number of empirical papers on the relationship between brain and cognitive development.