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Paperback. Provides evidence-based perspective with an up-to-date overview of policy and practice Covers several disciplinary boundaries Goes beyond mere description to enable engagement in critical analysis of various policy areas as they relate to children and families. Editor(s): Broadhurst, Karen B.; Grover, Chris; Jamieson, Janet. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470697566
- ISBN
- 9780470697566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.83
€ 57.83
Hardcover. This book presents researchers and graduate students in agent-based modeling with an introduction to agent-based computational sociology and its scientific applications. It focuses on marking the difference between what is intended for sociology as a science and what is not. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470711743
- ISBN
- 9780470711743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.96
€ 85.96
Hardcover. Developing Language and Literacy presents the details of two proven intervention programs developed by the authors, a team of noted academics and specialists. The programs improve the phonological skills, vocabulary and grammar of young children at risk of reading difficulties. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNFD; JNLA; JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470711866
- ISBN
- 9780470711866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.81
€ 111.81
Hardcover. Therapy and Beyond: Counselling Psychology Contributions toTherapeutic and Social Issues presents an overview of theorigins, current practices, and potential future of the disciplineof counselling psychology. Editor(s): Milton, Martin. Num Pages: 346 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470715475
- ISBN
- 9780470715475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.86
€ 116.86
Hardcover. Practitioner-focused, but with strong research and theory foundation Considers outsourcing from both management and staff perspectives Includes chapters on cultural and individual differences, the life-cycle approach, best practice and recruitment Also features valuable case studies from the field. Editor(s): Morgan, Stephanie J. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JMJ; KJWX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 175 x 23. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470718704
- ISBN
- 9780470718704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.47
€ 88.47
Hardcover. Gifts, Talents and Education: A Living Theory Approach is a practical guide for teachers on how to help all their pupils to enhance their gifts and talents in the classroom. Examples reveal how teachers can transform the way education is understood in schools, by relating stories of how they learned about their own gifts and talents. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JNSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470725399
- ISBN
- 9780470725399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.28
€ 87.28
Paperback. Children Behaving Badly? presents a powerful challenge to commonly held beliefs about peer violence and portrays it as an important child welfare concern. Editor(s): Barter, Christine; Berridge, David. Series: Wiley Child Protection & Policy Series. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSP1; JNHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470727058
- ISBN
- 9780470727058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.51
€ 53.51
Paperback. Understanding Criminal Investigation provides a critical examination of investigative practice by focusing on the key issues and debates underpinned by academic literature on crime investigation. Series: Wiley Series in Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470727263
- ISBN
- 9780470727263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.00
€ 60.00
Hardcover. A practical manual, The Treatment of Sex Offenders with Developmental Disabilities contains traditional methods and techniques to guide clinicians through setting up and delivering group therapy to sexual offenders. Particular attention is given to how to set up role plays, how to present material effectively, and how to motivate the group. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVQ1; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470741603
- ISBN
- 9780470741603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.44
€ 120.44
Paperback. The Use of the Polygraph in Assessing, Treating and Supervising Sex Offenders presents an in-depth examination of the contribution that polygraph testing can make to offender treatment programmes, with a particular focus on sexual offenders. Editor(s): Wilcox, Daniel. Series: Wiley Series in Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law. Num Pages: 358 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVQ; JMK; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470742235
- ISBN
- 9780470742235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.85
€ 60.85
Hardcover. This book describes nerve agents and vesicants, their decomposition and their degradation products' chemistry as well as their toxicity including a list of detection techniques of nerve agents and their degradation products. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKV; PNF; TTMW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470745878
- ISBN
- 9780470745878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.23
€ 92.23
Paperback. Mental health concerns are the most serious and prevalent healthproblems among students in higher education. Increasingly effectivepsychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatments havefacilitated matriculation for students with histories of anxiety,mood, personality, eating and substance abuse disorders. Editor(s): Kay, Jerald; Schwartz, Victor. Num Pages: 396 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNH; JNM; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 169 x 21. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470746189
- ISBN
- 9780470746189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.50
€ 75.50
Hardcover. Across all cultures parenting is the foundation of family life. It is the domain where adult mental health meets infant development. Beginning in pregnancy, parenting involves many conscious and unconscious processes which have recently been shown to affect a child's development significantly. Series: World Psychiatric Association. Num Pages: 486 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JM; MJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 173 x 21. Weight in Grams: 978.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470747223
- ISBN
- 9780470747223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.83
€ 114.83
Paperback. The reader reprints extracts of key historical texts - those of Daniel Bell on the post-industrial society and Jean-Francois Lyotard on the post-modern condition. The new cultural logic of contested pluralism is analysed in seminal papers by Andreas Hyssen and Jim Collins. Editor(s): Jencks, Charles. Series: AD Reader. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: AB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470748664
- ISBN
- 9780470748664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.27
€ 43.27
Paperback. According to Jessica Pryce-Jones, happiness at work is not some abstract idea but a practical reality with a clear impact on you and your workplace. This book reveals that the happier you are the more you'll achieve, yielding tangible benefits to you and your organization. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: JMJ; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470749463
- ISBN
- 9780470749463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.46
€ 29.46
Paperback. A unique cross-disciplinary critique of the foundations of Special Education. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JNS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470753972
- ISBN
- 9780470753972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.30
€ 48.30
Paperback. Offers a fresh perspective on how conversation analysis can be used to highlight the sophisticated nature of what children actually do when interacting with their peers, parents, and other adults. Editor(s): Gardner, Hilary; Forrester, Michael A. Num Pages: 294 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFP; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 193 x 17. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470760345
- ISBN
- 9780470760345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.40
€ 73.40
Hardcover. Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. Num Pages: 752 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 226 x 43. Weight in Grams: 2020.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume 6
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470768860
- ISBN
- 9780470768860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 218.05
€ 218.05
Hardcover. Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: JMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 218 x 45. Weight in Grams: 2162.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume 12
- Number of pages
- 816
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470768877
- ISBN
- 9780470768877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 218.05
€ 218.05
Paperback. * More than twenty notable survey methodology researchers from around the world have gathered to contribute valuable insight on the role of question evaluation methods in improving data quality. Series: Wiley Series in Survey Methodology. Num Pages: 378 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470769485
- ISBN
- 9780470769485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 104.20
€ 104.20