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When Cats Reigned Like Kings On the Trail of the Sacred Cats

When Cats Reigned Like Kings On the Trail of the Sacred Cats

In her fascinating exploration of feline history Georgie Anne Geyer explores the connections between the royal and sacred felines of ancient civilizations and the beloved domestic cats of today. Chasing an irresistible mystery across the globe Geyer conducts exhaustive research into the little-known puzzle of how cats came to occupy their unique position in the lives of humans. Treated with the tenacity resourcefulness and narrative instinct of a seasoned foreign correspondent the investigation yields unexpected answers and poses tantalizing new questions. It was Geyer's curiosity about her own cats that inspired her to study the history of human-feline relations and especially the exalted status of cats among the ancients as royal or sacred beings. In Egypt Geyer learned of the cat-goddess Bastet and of the cat's role in the transmigration of souls. In Myanmar she saw Leonardo DiCaprio Ricky Martin and the other incongruously named cats of the Nga Phe Kyaung monastery trained by the monks to jump through hoops. She even met a family who dutifully guards the heritage of the Japanese Bobtail cultivating the line in of all places rural Virginia. Richly illustrated with photographs of Geyer's journeys and historical cat images When Cats Reigned Like Kings describes forty-one recognized modern cat breeds plus other popular cats. Every cat lover can thus trace his or her cat to these breeds and their many relatives. The result is a remarkable book bound to delight and amaze cat fanciers and adventure seekers. | When Cats Reigned Like Kings On the Trail of the Sacred Cats

GBP 130.00
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The Turing Test Argument

The Turing Test Argument

This book departs from existing accounts of Alan Turing's imitation game and test by placing Turing's proposal in its historical social and cultural context. It reconstructs a controversy in England 1946–1952 over the intellectual capabilities of digital computers which led Turing to propose his test. It argues that the Turing test is best understood not as a practical experiment but as a thought experiment in the modern scientific tradition of Galileo Galilei. The logic of the Turing test argument is reconstructed from the rhetoric of Turing’s irony and wit. Turing believed that learning machines should be understood as a new kind of species and their thinking as different from human thinking and yet capable of imitating it. He thought that the possibilities of the machines he envisioned were not utopian dreams. And yet he hoped that they would rival and surpass chauvinists and intellectuals who sacrifice independent thinking to maintain their power. These would be transformed into ordinary people as work once considered 'intellectual' would be transformed into non-intellectual 'mechanical' work. The Turing Test Argument will appeal to scholars and students in the sciences and humanities and all those interested in Turing's vision of the future of intelligent machines in society and nature.

GBP 130.00
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Statistical Analysis for Education and Psychology Researchers Tools for researchers in education and psychology

Statistical Analysis for Education and Psychology Researchers Tools for researchers in education and psychology

Basic statistical concepts such as probability estimation and inference and their role in research design and analysis are presented in this volume. The author demonstrates which statistical test to use in given circumstances and how to use it drawing on data from psychology and education. ; Written for those without a strong mathematical background the book's examples can be worked using a pocket calculator. Real life data are analyzed using statistical software (SAS) output is interpreted and a decision chart is presented which summarizes considerations when choosing a statistical test. | Statistical Analysis for Education and Psychology Researchers Tools for researchers in education and psychology

GBP 175.00
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Environmental Management: Revision Guide for the IEMA Associate Membership Exam and NEBOSH Diploma in Environmental Management

Environmental Management: Revision Guide for the IEMA Associate Membership Exam and NEBOSH Diploma in Environmental Management

Written by Adrian Belcham author of Manual of Environmental Management this is the essential guide to prepare you for the IEMA Associate Membership Exam and NEBOSH Diploma in Environmental Management. Through the inclusion of revision tips exam guidance and self-test questions this guide will consolidate your understanding of environmental management and help you to prepare for your exam. It provides full coverage for both the IEMA and NEBOSH exams and includes coloured sections to help you to identify the content relevant for each qualification. Small handy size ideal for on the move Illustrations and tables to improve understanding Written by expert tutor of IEMA and NEBOSH environmental qualifications. | Environmental Management: Revision Guide for the IEMA Associate Membership Exam and NEBOSH Diploma in Environmental Management

GBP 160.00
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Working Through Conflict Strategies for Relationships Groups and Organizations

Working Through Conflict Strategies for Relationships Groups and Organizations

This fully updated ninth edition provides an introduction to conflict and conflict management that is firmly grounded in current theory research and practice. Covering a range of conflict settings including interpersonal group and organizational conflicts it includes an abundance of real-life case studies that encompass a spectrum of theoretical perspectives. Its emphasis on application makes it highly accessible to students while expanding their comprehension of conflict theory and practical skills. This new edition features a new chapter presenting key principles students can practice to become more skillful at managing conflict a wealth of up-to-date research and case examples suggested readings and video resources and integrated questions for review and discussion. This textbook can be used in undergraduate or graduate courses on conflict in communication business and management political science and counseling programs. An accompanying instructor's manual including suggested assignments cases exercises and test questions can be found at www. routledge. com/9780367461478 under Instructor and Student Resources. | Working Through Conflict Strategies for Relationships Groups and Organizations

GBP 120.00
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The Therapist's Notebook for Family Health Care Homework Handouts and Activities for Individuals Couples and Families Coping with Illnes

The Therapist's Notebook for Family Health Care Homework Handouts and Activities for Individuals Couples and Families Coping with Illnes

Effective interventions to help your clients deal with illness disability grief and loss The Therapist‘s Notebook for Family Health Care presents creative interventions for working with individuals couples and families dealing with illness loss and disability. This book offers creative resources like homework handouts and activities and effective field-tested interventions to provide counselors with useful information on specific family dynamics and topics. It equips mental health clinicians with practical therapeutic activities to use in their work with clients struggling with health care or grief issues. The effects of illness disability and loss in everyday life can be profound. Besides the individual repercussions these challenges also affect the lives of the family and social networks of those individuals experiencing them. The Therapist‘s Notebook for Family Health Care brings together the knowledge and experience of over 30 experts in the field for a unique collection that therapists and clients alike will find immediately useful. Situated in four unique subject-specific sections for quick reference this text covers a broad scope of common problems. Also included is a bonus section focusing on thoughtful suggestions for self-care and professional development. Some of the many topics and techniques presented in The Therapist‘s Notebook for Family Health Care include: conducting interviews using the biopsychosocial-spiritual method using the Family System Test (FAST) to explore clients experiences with their healthcare system and providers increasing social support to manage chronic illness coping and adapting to developmental changes challenges and opportunities using a patient education tool in family therapy helping children (and their families) to manage pain through knowledge and diaphragmatic breathing creating a personal ‘superhero for a child | The Therapist's Notebook for Family Health Care Homework Handouts and Activities for Individuals Couples and Families Coping with Illnes

GBP 175.00
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American Public Administration Public Service for the Twenty-First Century

American Public Administration Public Service for the Twenty-First Century

American Public Administration has been the go-to introductory textbook for Public Administration courses with a focus on civil society for the last decade. Now in an extensively revised and updated second edition authors Cropf and Wagner weave the most recent and compelling research throughout every chapter to give students a useful in-depth understanding of the field today. Changes to this edition include: A stronger focus on e-governance and the ways in which technological change (e. g. social media government information policy surveillance) have transformed the government’s relationship with citizens as well as the role of the public servant/nonprofit worker at the federal state and local levels An expanded discussion of citizen participation in all aspects of governing including the 2016 elections the Occupy Wall Street movement and the Black Lives Matter movement Updated mini case studies throughout the text on topics such as climate change LGBT rights and violent extremism to maximize student engagement A new section on major local government issues including public–private partnerships land-use planning and economic development – and their relevance to Public Administration A chapter focusing on environmental policy administration and the role and responsibilities of public administrators in a time of global climate change Expanded coverage of the nonprofit sector and discussion of important linkages between Public Administration and Nonprofit Management A comprehensive suite of online supplements including PowerPoint slides an Instructor’s Manual with suggested lectures discussion questions and a test bank (includes multiple choice true-false matching) as well as student exercises (written individual group and web-based). Comprehensive well-written and offering a careful consideration of the fundamentals American Public Administration Second Edition is an ideal introductory text for courses at the undergraduate or graduate level offering students a broader civil society context in which to understand public service. | American Public Administration Public Service for the Twenty-First Century

GBP 94.99
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Designing for Play Designing for Play

Designing for Play Designing for Play

This title was first published in 2001. Architects landscape designers builders gardeners and teachers have all at some time been called upon to design a play area. However this diversity of profession has not resulted in a diversity of design solution as playgrounds appear to have remained virtually the same throughout the world since their creation over a century ago. This text is not a how-to book instead by using thinking from child development and child psychology Barbara Hendricks hopes to offer an approach to finding an innovative design solution that will challenge the established notions of play provision. This book covering sociological environmental and design issues provides designers with an exploration of and a guide to designing from a Child's eye view of the world. | Designing for Play Designing for Play

GBP 115.00
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Rights for Aborigines

Rights for Aborigines

'We cannot help but wonder why it has taken the white Australians just on 200 years to recognise us as a race of people' Bill Onus 1967Aboriginal people were the original landowners in Australia yet this was easily forgotten by Europeans settling this old continent. Labelled as a primitive and dying race by the end of the nineteenth century most Aborigines were denied the right to vote to determine where their families would live and to maintain their cultural traditions. In this groundbreaking work Bain Attwood charts a century-long struggle for rights for Aborigines in Australia. He tracks the ever-shifting perceptions of race and history and how these impacted on the ideals and goals of campaigners for rights for indigenous people. He looks at prominent Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal campaigners and what motivated their involvement in key incidents and movements. Drawing on oral and documentary sources he investigates how they found enough common ground to fight together for justice and equality for Aboriginal people. Rights for Aborigines illuminates questions of race history political and social rights that are central to our understanding of relations between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians.

GBP 130.00
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Evidence for Hope The Search for Sustainable Development

Evidence for Hope The Search for Sustainable Development

Since the Stockholm Environment Conference in 1972 and the Rio Summit in 1992 there has been unprecedented public concern for the future of the planet and a growing awareness that development needs to be sustainable. This text charts the growth of these ideas by beginning with a visionary piece written by Barbara Ward in the 1970s and ends with a chapter looking ahead another 30 years into the future. Two generations of thinkers and activists have helped to shape environment and development policy and increase local level power in environmental management. In celebration of their 30th anniversary the IIED's most influential writers provide in this volume a perspective on three decades of development and green debates. | Evidence for Hope The Search for Sustainable Development

GBP 160.00
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Communicating for Success

Communicating for Success

Communicating for Success third edition is a core textbook for Introduction to Communication courses and gives students an overview of the subfields of Communication Studies and how these areas provide practical fun and immediate applications to students pursuing a wide variety of career paths as well as practical instruction in public speaking for success on today’s social media platforms. This fully updated third edition focuses on the key communication competencies recommended by the National Communication Association including verbal and nonverbal communication listening interpersonal communication and conflict resolution group and organizational communication public speaking leadership and the roles of social media technology culture gender and ethics in communication. With a vibrant and engaging design this volume is packed with applied features including practical scenarios and examples key terms discussion questions sample activities learning objectives and more. A concentrated focus on the influence of communication on careers in business education and healthcare is highlighted in a two-page career spread at the end of each chapter and takes lessons beyond the classroom. New features in this edition include a greater focus on public speaking in the workplace; emphasis on demographic and behavioral factors in audience analysis; and increased discussion of issues of social justice and equity. Online resources for instructors include PowerPoint slides and an Instructor’s Manual with guidance on how to use the book’s activities in both in-person and online courses.

GBP 110.00
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Mathematics for Social Justice

Mathematics for Social Justice

Mathematics instructors are always looking for ways to engage students in meaningful and authentic tasks that utilize mathematics. At the same time it is crucial for a democratic society to have a citizenry who can critically discriminate between “fake” and reliable news reports involving numeracy and apply numerical literacy to local and global issues. This book contains examples of topics linking math and social justice and addresses both goals. There is a broad range of mathematics used including statistical methods modeling calculus and basic algebra. The range of social issues is also diverse including racial injustice mass incarceration income inequality and environmental justice. There are lesson plans appropriate in many contexts: service-learning courses quantitative literacy/reasoning courses introductory courses and classes for math majors. What makes this book unique and timely is that the most previous curricula linking math and social justice have been treated from a humanist perspective. This book is written by mathematicians for mathematics students. Admittedly it can be intimidating for instructors trained in quantitative methods to venture into the arena of social dilemmas. This volume provides encouragement support and a treasure trove of ideas to get you started. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal PRIMUS: Problems Resources and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies. | Mathematics for Social Justice

GBP 130.00
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Practical Analog Electronics for Technicians

Practical Analog Electronics for Technicians

'Practical Analog Electronics for Technicians' not only provides an accessible introduction to electronics but also supplies all the problems and practical activities needed to gain hands-on knowledge and experience. This emphasis on practice is surprisingly unusual in electronics texts and has already gained Will Kimber popularity through the companion volume 'Practical Digital Electronics for Technicians'. Written to cover the Advanced GNVQ optional unit in electronics this book is also ideal for BTEC National A-level electronics and City & Guilds courses. Together with 'Practical Digital Electronics for Technicians' this text comprises a complete practical electronics course designed for students with little prior knowledge of the subject.

GBP 105.00
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Organizational Literacy for Educators

Organizational Literacy for Educators

Teachers and administrators who understand the politics in schools can operate more successfully to facilitate change. This text teaches educators to identify and influence common social patterns that affect their work in school organizations. It combines literature from educational leadership and foundations of education to provide a comprehensive introduction to organizational theories related to schooling. A particularly notable feature is that in addition to traditional bureaucratic and political approaches there is a substantial focus on recent critical and feminist theories. Extensive use of narrative vignettes makes the theories accessible for prospective and practicing teachers. Practice cases and exercises assist students in applying the theories to their own organization settings. Assuming little prior knowledge of theories about school organizations this volume is intended as a text for introductory graduate courses as well as for advanced undergraduate courses and groups such as site-based management teams and district professional development committees. | Organizational Literacy for Educators

GBP 175.00
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Instruction Design for Microcomputing Software

Instruction Design for Microcomputing Software

Selected as one of the outstanding instructional development books in 1989 by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology this volume presents research in instructional design theory as it applies to microcomputer courseware. It includes recommendations - made by a distinguished group of instructional designers - for creating courseware to suit the interactive nature of today's technology. Principles of instructional design are offered as a solid base from which to develop more effective programs for this new method of teaching - and learning. | Instruction Design for Microcomputing Software

GBP 175.00
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Checklists for Due Diligence

Checklists for Due Diligence

If you are buying a company how can you be sure you are buying the business you think you are? Are you sure it is as good as the seller says? How can you be certain unexpected costs and obligations will not suddenly appear once you are the owner and responsible for them? How best can you arm yourself for the negotiations? Designed to help you make your due diligence process as smooth and effective as possible this collection of checklists by acknowledged expert Peter Howson will ensure you manage the risk aspects of any acquisition. The author takes you through the due diligence process itself from legal financial and commercial to employment and IT and guides you through the collection. Each checklist includes a short introduction that enables you to make the best use of the material. Due Diligence is by its nature a process for which checklists are a wonderful source of ideas and reassurance. Peter Howson's checklists (all of which are repeated in PDF form on the downloadable resources) is a must-have reference for anyone contemplating a merger or acquisition a management buyout joint venture or other risky business transactions involving third parties. | Checklists for Due Diligence

GBP 175.00
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City for Conquest

City for Conquest

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby still captivates readers with its vision of 1920s New York as a city of infinite potential where ambition and defeat live hand in hand. This sentiment is captured with even greater acuity in the pages of Aben Kandel's nearly forgotten masterpiece of urban life City for Conquest (1936). The source of the classic 1940s James Cagney film of the same name this panoramic New York novel captures the complex patterns of city life vividly evoking a metropolis of dreams and nightmares. Kandel portrays a volatile city inhabited by the aristocrat the criminal the idealist the bohemian the driven the entrapped and the impoverished all equally striving to make a dent in this town. The city itself is booming its new constructions callously built on destruction supplanting with equal disdain the slums of Brooklyn and the farm fields of the Bronx. This feverish microcosm of humanity inhabits a world of immense inequality where six blocks from Wall Street people haven't got a dime six blocks from duplex apartments people live in hovels and between the scarlet sore and the apple of the eye there lay a thick eyebrow of indifference. A literary triumph in the tradition of Stephen Crane's Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and John Dos Passos' Manhattan Transfer and out of print for far too long City for Conquest is the inaugural work of fiction in Transaction's new Lost Urban Classics series.

GBP 130.00
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Early Years Stories for the Foundation Stage Ideas and Inspiration for Active Learning

Early Years Stories for the Foundation Stage Ideas and Inspiration for Active Learning

Following on from the success of Mal Leicester's previous books Stories for Classroom and Assembly and Stories for Inclusive Schools this book shows how to make use of the learning power of story-time for young children providing original themed stories and associated learning activities to promote young children's cognitive and emotional development. Stories in this highly practical resource stimulate the child's interest and acts as a springboard to related learning games designed to develop children's skills in the six foundation areas of learning: personal social and emotional development communication language and literacy mathematical development knowledge and understanding of the world physical development creative development. Beautifully illustrated throughout with extensive photocopiable material this book recognizes the importance of play games social interaction parental involvement multicultural education and how to enjoy learning from an early age. All Early Years practitioners will find this book an essential addition to their bookshelves. | Early Years Stories for the Foundation Stage Ideas and Inspiration for Active Learning

GBP 115.00
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Research Methods for Public Administrators

Research Methods for Public Administrators

Research Methods for Public Administrators contains a thorough overview of research methods and statistical applications for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and practitioners. The material is based on established social science methods. Concepts and applications are discussed and illustrated with examples from actual research. The book covers research design methods of data collection instructions on formulating research plans measurement sampling procedures and statistical applications from basic statistics to more advance techniques. The basics of conducting experiments survey research case studies and focus groups are discussed. Data organization management and analysis are also covered as are data analysis and hypothesis testing. Descriptive and inferential statistics are discussed and illustrated with examples. The book also includes a chapter on obtaining and analyzing secondary data (data already collected for other purposes) and a chapter on reporting and presenting research results to a variety of audiences. This is a general textbook written primarily for students of public administration and practitioners in public and not-for-profit organizations. It includes materials shown to be useful in gathering and assessing information for making decisions and implementing policies. The material is discussed at a level to be accessible and with enough detail to be useful. New to the seventh edition: Additional and expanded material on qualitative research big data metadata literature reviews and causal inference New material on experiments and experimental research New examples and case studies including those dealing with public policy Expanded material on using computers for data management Information on new NSF and NIH ethics and protection of human subjects requirements for researchers New data sets and Power Point slides for each chapter.

GBP 105.00
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Awe for the Tiger Love for the Lamb A Chronicle of Sensibility to Animals

Awe for the Tiger Love for the Lamb A Chronicle of Sensibility to Animals

Respect for animals has always been a part of human consciousness. Poets thinkers philosophers scientists and statesmen have long celebrated our compassion towards Earth's other beasts. Awe for the Tiger Love for the Lamb compiles the most significant statements of sensibility to animals in the history of thought. From the myths of the ancient world to the Middle Ages to Darwin and beyond Preece captures the most telling and fascinating accounts of humankind's relationship to the wild world placing them in historical context. Jung called it an unconscious identity with animals while Wordsworth saw it as the primal sympathy which having been must ever be. Linking the diverse chords of human experience that are touched by the animal world Preece shows that despite a historical thread of cruelty there still remains in all humanity a constant underlying concern for other beings as an integral part of the moral community. With musings and meditations from Lao Tse to Mohammed from Plato to Jane Goodall from classical religion to parliamentary proceedings Awe for the Tiger Love for the Lamb is an original superbly researched history that deepens our understanding of all living beings. | Awe for the Tiger Love for the Lamb A Chronicle of Sensibility to Animals

GBP 130.00
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Contracting for Project Management

Contracting for Project Management

In all but the smallest of projects the project sponsor inevitably has to buy in the goods and services of other suppliers. This requires people to make contracts so that they know the basis on which they are working with each other and to deal with any disagreements that subsequently arise. So a knowledge of contracting specifically for project management is essential if a project is to avoid difficulties and reach a successful conclusion. This book concentrates specifically on the contracting issues that surround projects of any size. | Contracting for Project Management

GBP 175.00
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