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Social Identity
Offering an introduction to social science theories of identity, for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates, this book includes chapters that addresses the debate about whether identity matters, and reviews the postmodern approach to identity. It focuses on sociology, anthropology and social psychology.
Social Work Perspectives on Human Behaviour
By drawing from biological, psychological and sociological perspectives, the book aims to provide social work students with a theoretically informed basis to observe, understand, and interpret people's behaviours in ways that will contribute to excellent practice.
Storytelling and the Future of Organizations
The concept of narrative is explored in many different fields from organization studies to studies on identity, psychology, and learning. This book offers a systematic examination of non-traditional narrative inquiry in the management realm, organizing and developing its approach, and providing insights for management students and scholars.
Struggling for Recognition
Examines the important role psychological factors play in fostering changes toward more democratic structures. This book presents an alternative to the theories of social and political changes that fail to test the causal assumption they make about human psychology.
Suicide in the Military
Suicidal behaviour is an important issue in the military. There are some specific problems arising in the military surrounding. Many servicemen loose significant relationships and have financial and psychological problems. This book deals with the relationship between military service and suicidal behaviour.
Sun Tzu Strategies for Marketing
Presents marketing principles including organization of intelligence - know your market as well as you know yourself, and a secure position - occupy a position that cannot easily be taken by your opponent. This book also presents the principle of surprise - gain psychological dominance and deny the initiative to you opponent.
Sustainability Analysis
Sustainability Analysis provides a detailed exploration of current environmental thinking from a variety of perspectives, including institutional and psychological angles. Primarily focusing on macroeconomic policies and green national accounting, this book provides a strong basis for further study in sustainable development.
The Art of Executing Well
In a feature unique to Italy, the people who prepared a condemned man or woman spiritually and psychologically for execution were not priests or friars, but laymen. This book includes some of the songs, stories, poems, and images that they used, and also first-person accounts and ballads describing particular executions.
The Disenchantment of the World
Interprets the development of the modern west, with its political and psychological complexities, in terms of mankind's changing relation to religion. This book views Western history as a movement away from religious society, beginning with prophetic Judaism, gaining momentum in Christianity, and leading to the rise of the political state.
The Ecology of Human Development
To understand the way children develop, Bronfenbrenner believes that it is necessary to observe their behavior in natural settings, while they are interacting with familiar adults over prolonged periods of time. His book offers an important blueprint for constructing a new and ecologically valid psychology of development.
The Effects of Imprisonment
Ponders whether the prison harms its inhabitants, its employees, and others, and redirects the conversation among academics, policy-makers and professionals on the effects of imprisonment. This book examines the social, psychological, behavioural, and emotional impacts of the incarceration experience on prisoners, their families, and on society.
The Experiences of Film Location Tourists
While most research has focused on the tourism-inducing effects of film productions, not much has been written about the film location tourists themselves. This book examines the on-site experiences of these tourists by drawing from various disciplines, including geography, sociology and psychology.
The Financial Spread Betting Handbook
Financial spread betting is growing in popularity. This book uses the model of climbing a mountain to explain a disciplined, winning approach to spread betting. It covers issues that include trade planning, record keeping, performance reviews, more on risk management, psychology and continual development.
The Guerrilla Marketing Revolution
Including 125 effective marketing weapons, this book takes the proven methods, strategies and weapons of Guerrilla Marketing and intertwines these with advanced psychology and Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP). It also offers a structured approach to consistent marketing success.
The Heart of Enterprise
Stafford Beer is undoubtedly among the worlda s most provocative, creative, and profound thinkers on the subject of management, and he records his thinking with a flair that is unmatched. His writing is as much art as it is science. He is the most viable system I know.| |http://www.pickabook.co.uk/bookdetails.aspx?ISBN=9780471948377|http://www.pickabook.co.uk/CoverImages/02d0/02D022D5.JPG| |1-28| | | |GBP|35|50| |0|1|1|1| EN|9780471950264|9780471950264|VACCINES AGAINST VIRALLY INDUCED CANCERS|ONCOLOGY|JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD| |VACCINES AGAINST VIRALLY INDUCED CANCERS by |Exploring the development of vaccines against virally-associated cancer, this volume describes the current status of vaccines and discusses plans for their improvement. It also considers other means of stimulating the host immune system to combat virally-induced cancers.| |http://www.pickabook.co.uk/bookdetails.aspx?ISBN=9780471950264|http://www.pickabook.co.uk/CoverImages/02d0/02d02392.JPG| |1-28| | | |GBP|22.5|75| |0|1|1|1| EN|9780471952411|9780471952411|International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology|OCCUPATIONAL & INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY|John Wiley and Sons Ltd| |International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology by C. L. Cooper, Ivan T. Robertson (Editor)|This volume offers a critical review of the current research and knowledge of various issues in industrial psychology. It includes a substantial list of key references.| |http://www.pickabook.co.uk/bookdetails.aspx?ISBN=9780471952411|http://www.pickabook.co.uk/CoverImages/02d0/02D02469.JPG| |1-28| | | |GBP|100.5|150| |0|1|1|1| EN|9780471954637|9780471954637|Role of Non-living Organic Matter in the Earth's Carbon Cycle|ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY|John Wiley and Sons Ltd| |Role of Non-living Organic Matter in the Earth's Carbon Cycle by Richard G. Zepp (Editor), C.H. Sonntag (Editor)|Nonliving organic matter (NLOM) comprises the bulk of the organic carbon stored in the terrestrial biosphere and a major part of the organic carbon in the sea.| |http://www.pickabook.co.uk/bookdetails.aspx?ISBN=9780471954637|http://www.pickabook.co.uk/CoverImages/02d0/02D02547.JPG| |1-28| | | |GBP|238.5|265| |0|1|1|5| EN|9780471957140|9780471957140|Understanding and Teaching Children with Autism|TEACHING OF CHILDREN / ADULTS WITH SPECIFIC LEARNING DIFFICULTIES|John Wiley and Sons Ltd| |Understanding and Teaching Children with Autism by Rita Jordan, Stuart Powell|This book is concerned with the education of children with autism. It offers practical guidance based on the premise that effective teaching must be rooted in understanding. The book deals with the fundamental triad of impairments in autism: in social understanding and relatedness, in communication and in flexibility of thought and behavior.| |http://www.pickabook.co.uk/bookdetails.aspx?ISBN=9780471957140|http://www.pickabook.co.uk/CoverImages/March2007/02D02642.JPG| |1-28| | | |GBP|33.99|33.99| |0|1|1|3| EN|9780471957874|9780471957874|Understanding Psychological Preparation for Sport|SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY|John Wiley and Sons Ltd| |Understanding Psychological Preparation for Sport by Lew Hardy, Graham Jones, Daniel Gould|This book is designed to advance both theory and practice in the psychological preparation of high-level sports performers. The authors integrate the relevant qualitative and quantitative research literatures with practical knowledge gained via their own personal experience of working with elite athletes.| |http://www.pickabook.co.uk/bookdetails.aspx?ISBN=9780471957874|http://www.pickabook.co.uk/CoverImages/02d0/02D0268B.JPG| |1-28| | | |GBP|26.99|29.99| |0|1|1|3| EN|9780471957966|9780471957966|Sitting in the Hot Seat|MANAGEMENT & MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES|John Wiley and Sons Ltd| |Sitting in the Hot Seat by Rhona Flin|Crisis management is an area of activity which has been propelled to the forefront of the management agenda as a consequence of a number of recent incidents.| |http://www.pickabook.co.uk/bookdetails.aspx?ISBN=9780471957966|http://www.pickabook.co.uk/CoverImages/2009_12_4/9780471957966.jpg| |1-28| | | |GBP|49|70| |0|1|1|1| EN|9780471958697|9780471958697|Pattern-oriented Software Architecture|SOFTWARE ENGINEERING|John Wiley and Sons Ltd| |Pattern-oriented Software Architecture by Frank Buschmann, Regine Meunier, Hans Rohnert|Both a tutorial and a reference guide, this manual presents a number of techniques for solving recurring software design problems in a comprehensive manner which includes many guidelines and constraints regarding practical applications.| |http://www.pickabook.co.uk/bookdetails.aspx?ISBN=9780471958697|http://www.pickabook.co.uk/CoverImages/02d0/02d026dd.JPG| |1-28| | | |GBP|25.89|36.99| |0|1|1|2| EN|9780471961734|9780471961734|Cognitive Therapy for Delusions, Voices and Paranoia|PSYCHOTHERAPY|John Wiley and Sons Ltd| |Cognitive Therapy for Delusions, Voices and Paranoia by Paul Chadwick, M.J. Birchwood, Peter Trower|Internationally respected authors, actively working in this area, establish theoretical reasons for extending cognitive therapy to these symptoms.| |http://www.pickabook.co.uk/bookdetails.aspx?ISBN=9780471961734|http://www.pickabook.co.uk/CoverImages/02d0/02d0280d.JPG| |1-28| | | |GBP|34.19|35.99| |0|1|1|2| EN|9780471961758|9780471961758|The Psychology of Criminal Conduct|CRIMINAL OR FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY|John Wiley and Sons Ltd| |The Psychology of Criminal Conduct by Ronald Blackburn|Taken from published reviews: Dr Blackburn has written a remarkably good book; indeed, the best book on the topic from either side of the Atlantic I have read. the breadth of the author s knowledge is nothing short of encyclopaedic.
The Jordanian-Palestinian-Israeli Triangle
Highlights the options for co-operation in the Triangle. This book deals with the history of the peace agreements between the Triangle parties in socio-economic, cultural, political and psychological perspectives.
The Little Book of Behavioral Investing
In The Little Book of Behavioral Investing, expert James Montier takes you through some of the most important behavioral challenges faced by investors. Montier reveals the most common psychological barriers, clearly showing how emotion, overconfidence, and a multitude of other behavioral traits, can affect investment decision-making.
The Media and Body Image
Although it has become popular to blame the media for extolling unrealistic female body images, little academic work has addressed the issue. This book, drawing together literature from sociology, gender studies and psychology, offers a broad discussion of the topic in the context of socio-cultural change, gender politics, and self-identity.