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Paperback. Evidence and Evaluation in Social Policy examines the role of evidence in social policymaking and the extent of its influence. The chapters cover a range of topics with examples taken from around the world, and the contributors assess the ways in which scarce resources can best be used for the best care. Editor(s): Greener, Ian; Greve, Professor Bent. Series: Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118816547
- ISBN
- 9781118816547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.04
€ 40.04
Paperback. Exploring how and why creative therapies are so effective in helping children to recover from trauma, this cutting-edge book lays out the uses of a range of techniques including art psychotherapy, music therapy, dance therapy and dramatherapy. Editor(s): Hasler, Joy; Hendry, Anthea. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JKSF; JKSN; JMC; MQTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785920059
- ISBN
- 9781785920059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.37
€ 34.37
Paperback. Brimming with innovative ideas for supporting the development of healthy self-esteem, this fully updated and expanded new edition of Deborah M. Plummer's popular resource is an indispensable aid to those working with adolescents and young adults. The easy-to-use photocopiable activity sheets are suitable for work with individuals and with groups. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN2; JNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 296 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849054256
- ISBN
- 9781849054256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.36
€ 41.36
Paperback. Editor(s): Haslanger, Sally; Witt, Charlotte. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489631
- ISBN
- 9780801489631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.67
€ 41.99
€ 37.67
Paperback. A History of Warfare stresses that warmaking, for all its destructiveness, has been an inescapable feature of human culture since organised societies emerged. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 b/w plates. BIC Classification: HBT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Random House
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844137497
- ISBN
- 9781844137497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.26
€ 25.99
€ 18.26
Hardcover. As railways, steamships, and telegraph communications brought distant places into unprecedented proximity, previously minor discrepancies in local time-telling became a global problem. Vanessa Ogle s chronicle of the struggle to standardize clock times and calendars from 1870 to 1950 highlights the many hurdles that proponents of uniformity faced." Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; JFFS; PDX; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674286146
- ISBN
- 9780674286146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.41
€ 53.99
€ 45.41
Paperback. The books aims to help educators understand the value and power of meaningful informal conversations about teaching and to provide all educators with the "mental maps" and practical tools to enable them to conduct meaningful, although frequently informal, professional conversations about practice. Editor(s): Arneson, Mary Shelly. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 231 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781483373799
- ISBN
- 9781483373799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.27
€ 50.27
Paperback. Tells stories of a young army captain who risked execution to swim from free-market Taiwan to Communist China, a barber who made $150 million in the gambling dens of Macau, and, the richest woman in China, a recycling tycoon known as the 'Wastepaper Queen'. This book describes the clash between the individual and the Communist Party's struggle. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099589976
- ISBN
- 9780099589976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. Drawing on 40 years of working in challenging schools, and a decade of leading some of the toughest schools in London, this book shows aspiring leaders how to create vibrant centres of learning in our most broken communities. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNF; JNK. Category: (XT) Teacher text. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- John Catt Educational
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909717268
- ISBN
- 9781909717268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.41
€ 20.99
€ 20.41
Paperback. Against the domination of moral deliberation by rights-talk In Defence of War asserts that belligerency can be morally justified, even while it is tragic and morally flawed. Recovering the early Christian tradition of just war thinking, Nigel Biggar argues in favour of aggressive war in punishment of grave injustice. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM1; HRCM; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198725831
- ISBN
- 9780198725831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.37
€ 43.37
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Laitman Kabbalah Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772280081
- ISBN
- 9781772280081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. At one time during the first half of the twentieth century, Marcus Garvey was the most famous black man on the planet. This title chronicles Garvey's life, the failed business ventures, his misguided negotiations with the Ku Klux Klan, the two wives and the premature obituaries that contributed to his lonely, tragic death. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099501459
- ISBN
- 9780099501459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. China is urbanizing at an unprecedented speed. Filmmakers, artists, musicians, and writers all try to come to terms with the changes of their city. How is the Chinese city-as-spectacle, visualised and thus imagined and reimagined, if not contested, in art and popular culture? What are the possible escape routes from a completely commodified citysca Editor(s): Kloet, Jeroen de; Scheen, Lena. Series: Cities and Cultures. Num Pages: 278 pages, 28 colour 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 278
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089644459
- ISBN
- 9789089644459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 96.00
€ 96.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 500 pages, illustrations port. BIC Classification: BGHA; JKVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940322349
- ISBN
- 9780940322349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.98
€ 31.99
€ 22.98
Hardcover. Num Pages: 302 pages, over 270 color/bw images. BIC Classification: HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 227 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1832. illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBWQ; JWG. Dimension: 286 x 227 x 31. Weight: 1832.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764339509
- ISBN
- 9780764339509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.75
€ 64.75
Paperback. Anne Bishop confronts the question of oppression head on by drawing on her own experience both as an oppressed person as an oppressor. She tells us the we learn to be oppressors from our own oppression. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552667231
- ISBN
- 9781552667231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.96
€ 33.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Series: The Essential Guides. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNT; VFJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408261743
- ISBN
- 9781408261743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99
€ 21.99
Paperback. Assesses the contemporary practice of anthropology and its emerging shape as a discipline across the globe. This title explores the place of linguistics in contemporary language-centered anthropology, and ponders how studies of material culture imbue objects with "otherness." Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 167 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340775
- ISBN
- 9780822340775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.95
€ 32.99
€ 29.95
Paperback. On 16 May 1943, Johnny, alongside 132 specially selected comrades, took off from Scampton airbase in Lincolnshire. For six weeks they had been trained to fulfil one mission that was near impossible: to destroy three dams deep within Germany's Ruhr Valley. In this book, Johnny relives every moment of that fatal night - and the aftermath. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091957759
- ISBN
- 9780091957759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Across the political spectrum, unwed fatherhood is denounced as one of the leading social problems of today. This book looks at fatherhood among inner-city men often dismissed as "deadbeat dads." It helps you examine how couples in challenging straits come together and get pregnant so quickly - without planning. Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 1 map, 9 tables. BIC Classification: JFSG; JFSJ2; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283923
- ISBN
- 9780520283923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.05
€ 33.99
€ 25.05