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This accessible textbook provides therapy students and practitioners with an understanding of postmodern theories, founders, and practical applicat...

Understanding poverty and what to do about it, is perhaps the central concern of all of economics. Yet the lay public almost never gets to hear wha...

Does poverty lead to environmental degradation? Do degraded environments and natural resources lead to poverty? Or, are there other forces at play?...

Understanding Pragmatics takes an interdisciplinary approach to provide an accessible introduction to linguistic pragmatics. This book discusses ho...

About the Book Most texts on religion and science rightly focus on the effect of modern cosmology and biology on views about God and on the place o...

About the Book Many counselling courses have a strong research element built into the modules and students are expected to gain a thorough understa...

Death threats, fatwa to behead and even murderous assaults have not been able to strangulate the voice of Salman Rushdie, who has always championed...

Understanding Signed Languages provides a broad and accessible introduction to the science of language, with evidence drawn from signed languages a...

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Kim offers an accessible, interdisciplinary textbook using systems theory as a framework to stimulate discussion about how the social sciences deve...

Keeping the mathematics to a minimum yet losing none of the required rigor, Understanding Solid State Physics, Second Edition clearly explains basi...

About the Book Do you need a concise, jargon-free and compact guide to the UK building regulations? Simon Polley boils down the regulations to thei...

About the Book This new introductory textbook provides students with the tools they need to understand the way digital technologies have transforme...

About the Book Despite the plethora of textbooks available on the European Union and the wide range of interdisciplinary and non-specialist courses...

Focusing on a less well-known area of education, the Further Education (FE) sector, this book provides education studies students a chance to provo...

Conflict and disaster have been part of human history for as long as it has been recorded. Over time, more mechanisms for responding to crises have...

About the Book This is a lucid and lively introduction to key concepts and developments in media and media studies. The new edition, with updated c...

The textbook provides a holistic understanding of health and well-being through the presentation of multicultural concepts and practices in the fie...

About the Book In this penetrating account of the impacts of risk on everyday life, Gabe Mythen provides a theoretically informed overview of the r...

This textbook provides students across Social Sciences, Humanities, Politics, and International Studies with an in-depth understanding of the issue...

This book provides critical commentary on key issues around virtual reality, using media technology as a tool to challenge perspectives for learnin...

About the Book Over the past 15 years there have been considerable advances in understanding visual processing. These advances have been fuelled by...

It is hard to conceive of a classroom activity that does not involve working memory – our ability to work with information. In fact, it would be im...

This book is an introduction to Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras and its core concepts about the self, suffering and consciousness. It highlights its releva...

Acts of sexual violence are often committed with impunity―perpetrators do not consider their actions consequential. Yet throughout history, impunit...

About the Book India is passing through a phase where a major share of its population is in its prime and of working age. Many have spoken of the '...

Unequal Sisters has become a beloved and classic reader, providing an unparalleled resource for understanding women's history in the United States ...

In today’s world, social inequalities are diverse, intricate, and are magnified by different kinds of discrimination. Inequalities in education, em...

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