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Ariadne is desperate for love, and she wants her teacher to give it to her. Ms. Bambini’s about as buxom as they come. Just the sight of her in those silky white blouses and black leather skirt …

La realtà si annida tra le ombre della nostra mente. Due brevi storie a fumetti per due spaccati di vita quotidiana. Attraverso la cronaca è possibile risalire alle più intime ed …

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When the Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings erupted in Africa, in the first two months of the year 2011, with the chant, ‘the people want to bring down the regime’, there was hope all over the continent …

In Brownsville’s twenty-one housing projects, the young cops and the teenagers who stand solemnly on the street corners are bitter and familiar enemies. The Ville, as the Brownsville-East New York se …

In 1966, aged 21, Lorraine developed panic attacks and suffered greatly for a number of years. Once recovered, she began to offer help to those suffering as she had. After a few years of helping suff …

‘The Gustav Holst Way’ is the first guidebook to describe the 35-mile rambling route across the Cotswolds to celebrate the life and work of the composer Gustav Holst. Published exactly 100 years afte …

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Supporting great computer science teaching through a scenario-based approach to problem solving and computational thinking. This resource is designed to inspire and motivate students by relating and …

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Building on the foundations laid in the companion text Modern Engineering Mathematics, this book gives an extensive treatment of some of the advanced areas of mathematics that have applications in va …

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The Edexcel AS/A level Politics Student Book is aligned to the new specifications to give you comprehensive coverage of the qualification content and great support for the new assessments. covers the …

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The UK’s most trusted A level Mathematics resources With over 900, 000 copies sold (plus 1.3 million copies sold of the previous edition), Pearson’s own resources for Pearson Edexcel are the market-l …

The UK’s most trusted A level Mathematics resources With over 900, 000 copies sold (plus 1.3 million copies sold of the previous edition), Pearson’s own resources for Pearson Edexcel are the market-l …

The UK’s most trusted A level Mathematics resources With over 900, 000 copies sold (plus 1.3 million copies sold of the previous edition), Pearson’s own resources for Pearson Edexcel are the market-l …

The UK’s most trusted A level Mathematics resources With over 900, 000 copies sold (plus 1.3 million copies sold of the previous edition), Pearson’s own resources for Pearson Edexcel are the market-l …

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Marketing: Real People, Real Decisions is the only text to introduce marketing from the perspective of real people who make real marketing decisions at leading companies everyday. Timely, relevant, a …

Emily Brontë’s only novel Wuthering Heights remains one of literature’s most disturbing explorations into the dark side of romantic passion. Heathcliff and Cathy believe they’re destined to …

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Beetle is in trouble. He has been summoned by the queen to find her gold ring, which is lost. She has heard that he has magical powers for finding things. He is frightened about what she will do to h …

Cain King is trouble. He is also big and slow. So when Cain challenges Ethan to shoot baskets, the stakes are high and Ethan is confident he can win. Ethan should have known better than to trust Cain …

Aton and his twin sister Ebana are from a poor family living in ancient Egypt. Unlike the rich family in the big villa they do not have easy access to education, cosmetics, fine clothes or a doctor. …

Two youths, David and Andrew, enjoy their holidays at Old Rusty’s farm in a wild and lonely valley. But after a new windmill power generator is built, something changes. Strange sights and buzzing so …

Alice and her sister Poppy are excited about going to stay with their Aunt Hettie at Sparkle Bay. Aunt Hettie is a filmmaker, and Poppy dreams of getting a starring role in her next film. They are di …

Dagger-mouth is hungry. He is living on the remains left by other dinosaur hunters. As a tyrannosaur he is king of the predators, but he is young and has still to learn how to make a successful attac …

Cyril, the palace dragon, fits in by following the other palace pets – Mac Kinlay the very cool cat and Buster the enthusiastic dog. But when he tries to cheer up the king by copying what Buster does …

Matt knew he shouldn’t ride down Breakneck Hill. Everyone knew that. But it didn’t stop the others. And if Matt didn’t ride – what would everyone think? So he did it. The only problem now was Pete. M …

Scott has won a science scholarship and his mum is driving him to enrol at a flash new school. He feels a weird mix of excitement and terror. He is not terrified of the new school. Scott is terrified …

In a storm-swollen river, a prince manages to cling to the floating trunk of a tree. But he is not pleased when he is joined on the log by three others trying to survive the storm and the flood: a sn …

When her family moved to a new house, Lilly said, "I bet I can find an adventure in the forest next door." "Good luck, Lilly, " said Dad, hugging her. "There’s nothing there …

"You’re in big trouble, young man." Sam had never seen his mum so angry. But he didn’t burn the hole in his pants. So how did it happen? Greetings from Mars is about mysterious events that …

aitlin loves wild animals. She begs her parents to let her have an unusual pet. They turn down her requests for a panda, a camel and a boa constrictor. But they are happy to let her have a mouse. Wha …

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Ethan knows he can win the skateboarding contest. Jet-board is a sure-fire winner. But when Jet-board helps to save someone’s life, a new adventure begins to unfold. Suddenly Jet-board is missing and …

Grace and Ethan are back! And this time they are heading to New York! The stage is set. The World Young Inventor’s Competition is on and Jet-bike is in with a chance. But before Grace and Ethan can b …

What if Dad twitches and the kids say stuff or give each other looks? What if this makes me feel embarrassed, when all I really want is to feel like a hero – full on proud of my dad? Me and My Dad is …

A car accident leaves Tom hurt and alone in the desert. Is his encounter with Shimmer and Wisp real or imagined? His time together with them is described with a naturalist’s eye for the very real dan …

Twin sisters, Bec and Lizzie, do everything together. That is, until Bec gets sick and has to miss the school hiking trip – the Odyssey. While Lizzie and her classmates are away, the world is watchin …

Russell’s father was a wildlife ranger, so Russell knew all about looking after Joeys. But nothing could have prepared Russell for this Super Joey. Award winner Mike Dumbleton has written a rollickin …

Elmer, a smallish dragon, is hauled before the School Council. ‘You came bottom in Bravery, ‘ snorts Snap Dragon. Elmer will be spared spending a week with the crocodiles at Crunch Creek if he can pu …

Dressed in her finery and accompanied by her bridesmaids, Skathi leaves her home. She is a giant on her way to marry a god. To make up for killing her father, the gods have offered Skathi marriage to …

Daisy Petal’s parents are not pleased when she brings home the class rats, Spick and Span. The Petals like everything to be perfect. They have won an award for Hygiene and All-Round Cleanliness, and …

In this book you will meet Susie Blue (who has trouble with a tube of super glue), a pig (who tries to fly) , a boy (whose report card is a catastrophe) , an elephant (who thinks she’s a duck) , and …

This book contains three powerful stories based on myths from ancient Greece and Rome.In ‘The Horses of the Sun’ Phaethon defies his father. In ‘Love in the Morning, Love in the Evening’ Aurora wishe …

Joel has spent most of his life moving from place to place – "time for a change" his mum calls it. And time for another new school. He has never stayed at a school long enough to make frien …

Flinders House hasn’t won the House Cup in years. Barton House always wins. This year it’s time for a change – that is, if David B, Cal and Masaru have their way.When the boys discover their favourit …

We all know what happened when the Big Bad Wolf came to the house of the Three Little Pigs. Or do we? The Big Bad Wolf is a playful reworking of the old well-known story. It has several surprises and …

When Louise, the giraffe in the zoo, gets a cold, the vet gives her a scarf. It looks wonderful. This is the colourful start to Louise’s life as a fashion model, travelling the world. The Giraffe in …

When Nick’s telescope arrives, his friends Caleb and Rosie get caught up in the excitement. The three decide to call themselves The Stargazers, and they work hard to construct an observatory in Nick’ …

Determined to know the truth about the gigantic creature in the cave and the piece of fabric bearing the international nuclear symbol of radiation, David and Andrew discovered in the limestone caves …

A tiger convinces a Brahmin to free him from a trap. Of course, he really plans to have the Brahmin for his next meal – but a wily jackal has other ideas. The treacherous tiger, the trusting Brahmin …

He thinks Plainsville is the most boring town on the planet. But Fletcher Fingal’s life becomes more interesting when the substitute teacher arrives. The Trouble with Worms is an engaging story about …

The Willow Boat River Race has a valuable prize – but to enter, you have to build your own boat with recycled rubbish! Lina and Kurt recruit the Pico twins to help them build their own boat, the Wild …

There’s a new kid at school and Ana doesn’t trust him. Nick is different from the other boys. And it doesn’t help that ever since he’s been around, stuff has gone missing. Then Ana and Nick are entan …

Amaterasu, the sun goddess, hides in a cave, high in the mountains. The earth is shrouded in darkness and the people of the earth are afraid. What can be done to coax the goddess out of her cave so t …

Drought, isolation and the likelihood that she will have to leave her home when the bank demands it back, are everyday things for Jacey Martin. …

Herbertia is a gentle snake. She lives among a colony of snakes who believe they should be vicious and vile to protect themselves. The people of a nearby village wish to rid themselves of their vicio …

David and Andrew are back at Old Rusty’s isolated farm. Eager to solve the mystery of a diaphanous fourth wing on the windmill – they go caving. Once through the hidden entrance they are delighted to …

A unique take on Male to Female body changing, M2F, gender change, Age Regression, gender bender, possession and School work. Wearing a dress on a job to steal alien technology had not been JJ’s idea …

No longer with any memory of his past life JJ now has a new life as a not so normal teenage girl “Abbey”. Follow Abbey at High School as she finds that getting older does not mean life gets any easie …

Hello, and welcome to an exciting new video game ezine,   EZ Gamer. Throughout this textbased ezine we aim to provide you with an insightful view on all things video games. We are dedicated game …

Cheats Unlimited are the specialists when it comes to video game cheats, tips and walkthrough guides. Fronted by the glamorous and gorgeous Cheatmistress, Cheats Unlimited has helped over seven milli …

I am living in a time of wonders. Beliefs about the limits of human potential are changing. Fifty years ago when I was a young man I doubt if I would have had the ability to write this book. I could …

Somewhere beyond the rain, the wind and the stars, and as far from the Earth as it’s possible to be, there was a town so old that no one can remember how or when it began. It was a town where everyon …

Murder, mayhem, and Rock n Roll, add in a serial killer from Hell and all combine to make a very interesting read in this tense thriller from Hertfordshire-based author Nigel Ledsham-Darter. It’s nin …

The independence of Mozambique in 1975 and its decolonisation process attracted worldwide attention as a successful example of ìnational unityî. Yet, the armed conflict that broke out between the gov …

For several centuries Cape Town has accommodated a great variety of musical genres which have usually been associated with specific population groups living in and around the city. Musical styles and …

The strength of Mandela the Spear and other Poems lies in Okai�s burning desire to celebrate the black experience and culture, through the iconic figures who symbolize those struggles and triumphs. T …

Das Buch ‘Philosophie – Eine Einführung’ von Tizian H. Liechti stellt eine tiefergehende Einführung in die Philosophie dar. Es ist geeignet für’s Selbststudium wie auch als Begleiter für ein formales …

This is a story of Nigeria, told from the inside. After a successful career in the private sector, Nasir El-Rufai rose to the top ranks of Nigeria’s political hierarchy, serving first as the privatiz …

It is the aim of this book while clarifying doubts and misconceptions, to provide a thorough reappraisal of the intellectual and rich cultural heritage of Islam with regards to the principles and pra …

In the chapters of this book which was first published in 1999, an attempt has been made to examine several aspects of the Nigerian banking and financial systems, capital market, economic development …

Nigeria has experienced significant economic progress since publication in 1999 of the first edition of Perspectives on Nigerian Economic Development. Two main drivers of this progress have been the …

There is a general agreement that piracy; counterfeiting and passing off are unfair. However, there is often surreptitious – or even open – sympathy for, say, those who purchase counterfeit designer …

Most Nigerians, when they talk about Nigeria, will always refer to her with bubbling jingoism as ‘giant of Africa’ or ‘our great nation, Nigeria’ but fail to ask ‘giant of what?’ Goodness or Evil? Pr …

In Nomads, Emmanuel Fru Doh combines historical fact, legend, and rumour to emerge with a memoir charged with nostalgia. In the process, he merges scenes and events from several lives and the process …

This book aims at educating parents generally but divorcing or divorced ones specifically. The instruction is that the future and interest of the children, whatever the cause of their separation (or …

In Nzarayaperais village, famine and hunger strike as rain could not fall. The sky remains blue with scorching heat that leaves no creature desiring to move on with life. Chief Nzarayapera and his co …

This book is a scriptural sculpture of how the physical dimensions of the earth nbuilt and natural n and antecedents of history structure knowledges and the physical containers n human and non-human …

In Cameroon life isnit only like living in limbo, it is like living in the very centre of a hellish junkyard where dreams are dumped and wishes shattered at will by forces which can barely be control …

Many contemporary African writers remain trapped in the quest for a worldview, philosophy, supposing a single i Africani demesne to explain the entire continent, referring to a mythical past. Paulin …

Do we live inside the breasts of our mothers? In the mind and hearts of two women, indeed at their breasts a nation lives. The whole universe is in the lives of the people Philo writes about. They he …

Nemeso n a four eyed mannlived in southeastern Zimbabwe in the mid-17th century. Stories about him are widely known by the Duma in southeastern Zimbabwe as he left a legacy, a delicious dish n of edi …

This volume powerfully conveys the pilgrimage of a singular spirit through adversity, equanimity, immanence and eventually, transcendence. It grapples with a range of emotions, topics and sensations. …

Laura Fair is Professor of History at Michigan State University in the U.S.A. She lived in Zanzibar for many years doing research for her first book: Pastimes and Politics: Culture, Community and Ide …

Elections provide a tremendous opportunity for national transformation and the pursuit of democratic practice. They can be a moment of national renewal. However, in most of Africa elections are often …

This pioneering and fascinating book is the first to tell the story of the remarkably enduring bonds between Malawi and Scotland from the time of David Livingstone to the flourishing cultural, econom …

Literature about Christianity in Africa disproportionately directs attention to the important work of Western missionaries, but to a great extent Africans were the agents of their own conversion. Thi …

Jonathan Nkhoma, in this scholarly collection of essays, enriches the reader with different interesting windows on how one can unearth the riches contained in some of the New Testament writings. The …

For courses in Human-Computer Interaction The Sixth Edition of Designing the User Interface provides a comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date introduction to the dynamic field of human-computer …

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The UK’s most trusted A level Mathematics resources With over 900, 000 copies sold (plus 1.3 million copies sold of the previous edition), Pearson’s own resources for Pearson Edexcel are the market-l …

Still Togetherexplores of the ways we feel detached from our lives, goals and relationships, and teaches us how we can begin to reclaim ourselves through mindfulness and meditation. While technology …

Close your eyes and think of a place where the sky meets the sea; where the weather changes from moment to moment; and where the coastline is beautifully rugged and where surf breaks on endless sandy …

The Saturn Return Survival Guide is the perfect companion for those seeking guidance as they enter this turbulent time. Every 27 to 29 years, Saturn returns to the sign it was in when you were born a …

The Green Indoors is a useful guide on how to find perfect plant matches for your home environments with a sustainable and innovative approach.Focussing on working with the plants you already own, th …

Selected for Jamie Olivers Cookbook Club In Vietnamese, Uyen Luu demonstrates that Vietnamese food is just as easy to whip up as a bowl of pasta all you need is a good bottle of fish sauce and a litt …

WINNER OF THE FORTNUM & MASON FOOD AND DRINK AWARDS 2022Guild of Food Writer’s Awards, Highly Commended in ‘General Cookbook’ category (2022)Observer Food Monthly top 20 food books of 2021Waterstones …

The Pasta Man, Mateo Zielonka, makes the most spectacular, original pasta you’ve ever seen. Striped, spotted, red and green and black, and every shape imaginable, Mateo’s pasta is a carb-lover’s drea …

Discover how to grow without a garden and reconnect with nature as you create an abundant flower meadow from your windowsill.The Flower Garden is a beautifully illustrated guide to show you how to st …

Seasonal baking recipes for special occasions, from the world’s prettiest bakery.With its fairytale pink faade and picture-perfect cupcakes, the Peggy Porschen Parlour has become a destination bakery …

An astonishing real-life whodunnit and investigative expose, Brave New Humans reveals the uncomfortable realities of assisted reproduction and its very human fallout. Journalist Sarah Dingle was 27 w …

The BBC primetime series The Great British Sewing Bee, is back.Starting with the basics, from how to use a sewing machine and understand paper patterns, to knowing your fabrics and how to achieve tha …

In Sex, Lies and Question Time, former MP Kate Ellis explores the good, the bad and the ugly of life as a woman in Australian politics. Seventy-seven years after the first woman entered Australian pa …

The book is divided into two parts. The first part is mainly narrative, telling in detail and vividly about Zhang Juzheng”s growth experience and main deeds; the second part is extended on the basis …

The complex and ever-changing nature of today’s—and tomorrow’s—workforce demands that all involved in talent management rethink how to attract, engage, and grow future talent. This forward-looking ha …

Day Break is the story of a family making their way back to Country on January 26. We see the strength they draw from being together, and from sharing stories as they move through a shifting landscap …

Antônio Carlos Belchior é autor de um dos gestos mais intrigantes da história recente da Música Popular Brasileira. Era um artista respeitado, dono de um repertório do qual qualquer músico poderia se …

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Look what the cat dragged in from the Middle Ages – a curious compendium of cats unlike any you’ve ever lapped up before. Medieval Cats is the purr-fect bedside companion for lonely cat people and ca …

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Set during one of the saddest periods in human history, Seven Voices presents seven great stories told by a group of exceptional authors. Seven different points of view, seven voices that scream loud …

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The challenge to improve safety at work remains a key concern of many organizations, as traditional approaches to safety in organizations have not had the anticipated impact of reducing accident rate …

Deregulation, privatization and marketization have become the bywords for the reforms and debates surrounding the public sector. This major book is unique in its comparative analysis of the reform ex …

Coaching Educational Leadership is about building leadership capacity in individuals, and in institutions, through enhancing professional relationships. It is based on the importance of maximising po …

‘Hatton’s book is a welcome antidote to stagnation and moribund thinking in contemporary professional practice and readers will gain much from engaging with the concepts he sets out and the challenge …

Protecting children from abuse and neglect is a serious and complex area of social work practice and understanding the critical skills of communicating with and listening to children′s voices, and th …

Within health and social care settings, high levels of sustained performance from individuals, teams, organisations and multi-agency collaborations are required. This book offers a service-oriented l …

Generative AI has the potential to transform teaching by reducing workload, enhancing learning, and fostering creativity. It also poses significant challenges and raises important questions. This boo …

Generative AI has the potential to transform teaching by reducing workload, enhancing learning, and fostering creativity. It also poses significant challenges and raises important questions. This boo …

Though rich, diverse, unique and engaging, Japan′s sociological outputs have been internationally underrepresented. In its thoughtful translation and curation of key Japanese sociological texts, this …

From the bestselling author of The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading, this is your essential guide to teaching reading in primary schools.   Filled with classroom-tested, practica …

Empowering teachers to live their healthiest, happiest lives and to thrive both in and out of the classroom. A practical, realistic guide for teachers supporting them to develop and maintain the beha …

Delivering holistic, person-centred care is at the heart of the nursing role and identity. This book will develop your understanding of what person-centred care actually means and show you how to app …

Get to grips with all aspects of research that you need to succeed in your nursing degree. Learn why research is so important to nursing, develop your knowledge of key methods and terminology and bui …

The development of spoken language underpins all seven areas of learning and development in the EYFS.  This book supports those studying the Early Years and Early Childhood to explore the wide r …

Understanding medicines management is central to the nursing role. As a nurse, you will need to make informed decisions about medicine use and optimisation that′s tailored to each patient in your car …

It is vital for marketers today to be comfortable in their use of data and quantitative approaches and have a thorough grounding in understanding and using marketing analytics in order to gain insigh …

Marketing Analytics Using Excel is the essential introduction to data-driven marketing, which simplifies complex concepts and offers practical, real-world applications. This comprehensive yet ac …

Teaching in secondary schools requires a professional mindset and the confidence to face challenging situations. This highly practical and accessible book for all secondary initial teacher education …

As our understanding of what constitutes ‘good health’ grows, so does our need to understand the psychological aspects of medicine and health, as well as the psychological interventions available in …

This textbook provides a clear and concise introduction to business and management consultancy. It will help you understand practices and techniques to hire and to implement business and management c …

Discover a fresh take on International Business with this textbook, which focuses on the key trends of sustainability and digitalization in today′s global business environment. With a balanced approa …

This is the guide to safeguarding for anyone training to teach in primary or secondary schools and qualified teachers wishing to deepen their professional knowledge. It offers practical guidance on m …

New to research? This book helps you understand, think about and interpret each stage of the research process before you dive in. The holistic coverage helps you ′think through′ each step, from formu …

Your complete and accessible guide to all aspects of digital marketing, from tools and channels to strategy, planning and marketing management. This fully updated third edition explores the applicati …

Grasp the fundamentals of Human Resource Management with this engaging and accessible text, ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Covering the key aspects of HRM, this bestselling book w …

Automation is a reality of the modern world, yet it is fraught with contradictions. On the surface it appears sleek, efficient and seamlessly integrated, and yet it is also changing, uncertain, troub …

This introduction to managing events, written by an events professional and lecturer, combines a much-needed real-world industry perspective with essential academic concepts for success in both your …

Fully updated in line with contemporary policy and practice, the second edition introduces core aspects of critical care – from infection prevention and control to psychological care – before introdu …

This accessible, comprehensive yet remarkably concise textbook is designed to help students and researchers in business and management with their research project. It covers key qualitative research …

This groundbreaking work presents a transformative perspective on political theory. This text is not just an introduction to political theory, it′s a call to broaden the discipline′s horizons, making …

Big ideas matter in politics, and they spark fierce debates about the future of our society. This pathbreaking new textbook examines the key political ideas that shape our lives today.  Politica …

With growing numbers of billionaires at one end and startling numbers of food banks at the other, ‘advanced’ industrial societies are becoming ever more unequal.  Yet the evolution and widesprea …

`This excellent, concise and even-handed book confronts the contradictions and dilemmas at the heart of today′s NHS. The book is aimed at healthcare professionals and students of health policy, and c …

A welcome addition to any reading list for those interested in contemporary Japanese society. – Roger Goodman, Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Society, University of Oxford ‘I know no better book …

Tackling infectious disease, understanding radicalisation, improving productivity, siting new airport capacity, getting people to save for retirement – nearly all the issues facing the UK now and in …

Grounded Theory is by far the most widely used research method across a wide range of disciplines and subject areas, including social sciences, nursing and healthcare, medical sociology, information …

New in Paperback: Publishing February 2006! `If you had to read only one book to understand the roots and branches of the study of strategy & organization, this would be it. Pettigrew, Thomas and Wh …

This handbook presents and critiques predominant and emergent traditions of Educational Action Research internationally. Now a prominent methodology, Educational Action Research is well suited to exp …

Social research is a bourgeoning field. Of course it has many traditions and approaches, but there is a high premium upon thinking differently and thinking anew because social life is never static or …

– what is the relationship between the social sciences and the natural sciences? – where do today′s dominant approaches to doing social science come from? – what are the main fissures and debates in …

′This is a very valuable book for statisticians and users of statistics. It contains a remarkable number of statistical tests which are currently available and useful for practical purposes′ – Statis …

This book offers a powerful new approach to policy studies. Drawing on recent perspectives from social constructionism, discourse analysis, the sociology of social problems and feminism, Carol Bacchi …

This original textbook provides a comprehensive and integrated approach to using quantitative methods in the social sciences. Thomas R Black guides the student and researcher through the minefield of …

`In this eminently sensible, practical and thought-provoking book, Jennifer Mackewn takes gestalt light years forward towards a synthesis and integration of psychological styles and away from what sh …

Services Marketing and Management provides an in-depth consideration of how services are conceptualized, designed and managed, creating the basis for a clear understanding of the multi-dimensional as …

Blaming the media for reproducing and extolling unrealistic female bodies has almost become a popular truism. Even medical opinion notes that the media can influence young women to starve themselves …

For students who want to advance their understanding of company logistics and supply chains, the author examines how a number of firms in a supply chain work together to create a flow of products and …

`This is an exceptional book. It tempted me to throw out most of my collected works on the management of change, because the author has somehow succeeded by including almost every aspect of education …

`A welcome and helpful addition to the shelves of tutors and students working on masters programmes. It will be most beneficial supporting students on programmes where there is a substantial research …

′[T]here is, as with all the chapters, an excellent set of suggested further reading…′ – Management Learning `Postgraduate students should find this a useful book, since it focuses on issues specif …

Why don′t best practices spread within firms? What exactly is sticky knowledge? Having recognized that knowledge assets are rapidly becoming their most precious source of competitive advantage, a lar …

The perfect book for any student taking a research methods course for the first time! The new edition of David and Sutton′s text provides those new to social research with a comprehensive introductio …

Understanding and Working with Substance Misusers explores the complex nature of addiction and the challenges involved in responding effectively through policy and practice. It examines the biopyscho …

This SAGE Handbook integrates basic research on social dimensions of aging. It presents programmatic applications of research in areas not often seen in Handbooks including imprisonment, technology a …

This innovative two-volume handbook provides a comprehensive exploration of the major developments of social psychological theories that have taken place over the past half century, culminating in a …

`It′s not often that you′ll find an article or book that explains what you need to know in such plain, simple terms. Treasure it′ – Andrew Farrell, Doctoral Researcher, Loughborough University `Ente …

This classic guide continues to be the leading Research Methods text that specifically deals with Educational Leadership and Management. The collection boasts an array of high-profile international e …

`This is a book that will be useful to carers, helping them understand the issues that affect male suffers and some of the barriers they will have to break down in order to recover. It will also reas …

How can differences be understood in social theory through comparisons, and how should social theory relate to regional studies to do so? This question has been prevalent within the sociological fiel …

This new edition of Social Work Research in Practice: Ethical and Political Contexts explores the intrinsic connection between knowledge, research and practice in social work. The authors argue that …

Older people are the biggest service user group for social workers and an increasing proportion of the population. In this refreshingly positive and practical textbook, Rory Lynch draws on years of p …

Recognizing the deep relations between politics, finance, cities and citizens, this book argues for a rejuvenated account of urban theory. The book emphasises the need to understand the importance of …

This practical book provides teachers in primary and secondary schools with advice and resources to develop a visual and active approach to teaching mathematics. It includes, specific examples of tea …

Written by an international team of experts in the field, the second edition of this popular text considers both the theoretical underpinnings and practical applications of narrative research. The au …

‘Rob Shields provides here an immensely sophisticated and detailed examination of the topological turn. He has been examining these issues for some decades and this book will surely become the standa …

Understanding Social Psychology Across Cultures Second Edition starts by asking why social psychology needs a cross-cultural perspective. It then examines cultural differences and their origins, befo …

We live in a world that is paradoxically both small and vast; each of us is embedded in local communities and yet we are only a few ′links′ away from anyone else in the world. This engaging book repr …

How do you conduct a small-scale research project? And how do you make it excellent? In this inspiring and engaging book, readers are presented with the key principles and practices of small-scale r …

′This structured and accessible book, with excellent case studies, will give confidence to anyone embarking on an action research project′ -Professor Ken Jones, Dean of Humanities, Swansea Metropolit …

This book provides an accessible introduction to using case studies. It makes sense of literature in this area, and shows how to generate collaborations and communicate findings. The authors bring to …

Social work students need to understand the relationship between research, knowledge and practice to be effective practitioners. In the second edition of this highly regarded book, Hugh Mc Laughlin s …

Objectivity and subjectivity are key concepts in social research. This book, written by leading authors in the field, takes a completely new approach to objectivity and subjectivity, no longer treati …

This book is a ′survival guide′ for students and researchers who would like to conduct a qualitative study with limited resources. Brinkmann shows how everyday life materials such as books, televisio …

The second edition of Interpreting Quantitative Data with IBM SPSS Statistics is an invaluable resource for students analysing quantitative data for the first time. The book clearly sets out a range …

This fresh, confident second edition expands its focus on the theoretical and practical aspects of doing qualitative research in light of new ethical dilemmas facing researchers today. In a climate o …

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This second edition provides an excellent overview of the field by covering the traditional themes and current trends in image centred photographic visual inquiry but extends this by demonstrating th …

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Just as newspapers do not, typically, engage with the ordinary experiences of people′s daily lives, so organizational studies has also tended largely to ignore the humdrum, everyday experiences of pe …

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Action Research in Healthcare is a practical guide to using research for improving practice in healthcare contexts. As an increasingly popular method of inquiry, action research is widely used in hea …

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The literature on social science methods and the issues surrounding them has grown massively and continues to increase. Yet many social scientists are ambivalent about methodology. For some, it plays …

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Understanding and applying research methods and statistics in psychology is one of the corner stones of study at undergraduate level. To enable all undergraduate psychology students to carry out thei …

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