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  • THE SISTERS WE WERE
    WENDY WILLIS BALDWIN
    "Readers will be eager for more." —Booklist "An insightful and empathetic view into the daily struggles of living with obesity. A solid entry for titles with plus-sized heroines." —Library Journal Pearl and Ruby's choices drove them apart. Finding their way back to each other might be the only way forward. The weight of their family secrets could not have shaped Pearl and Ruby ...

    $344.00

  • A DECOLONIAL BLACK FEMINIST THEORY OF READING AND SHADE
    ANDREA N. BALDWIN
    This book uses a decolonial Black feminist lens to understand the contemporary significance of the practices and politics of indifference in United States higher education. It illustrates how higher education institutions are complicit in maintaining dominant social norms that perpetuate difference. It weaves together Black feminisms, affect and queer theory to demonstrate that...

    $1,099.00

  • HEROES OF THE OLDEN TIME: A STORY OF THE GOLDEN AGE
    JAMES BALDWIN
    Paves the way to an enjoyable reading of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, by presenting the legends about the causes of the Trojan War woven into a continuous narrative, ending where the story of the Iliad begins. The youthful Odysseus is the hero, as he journeys to visit his grandfather Autolycus, then Nestor and Menelaus, hearing the old stories as he goes. (Goodreads) ...

    $39.70

  • FIFTY FAMOUS PEOPLE: A BOOK OF SHORT STORIES
    JAMES BALDWIN
    Fifty Famous People is comprised of short stories about people, some more famous than others. The stories cannot be strictly called biographical but there is truth in each of them. Each person has had a lasting influence and an ethical lesson can be found in each story. (Goodreads) ...

    $39.70

  • THE STORY OF SIEGFRIED
    JAMES BALDWIN
    A delightful retelling of the Siegfried/Sigurd legend, suitable for both adults and children. The author skilfully weaves together different accounts of Siegfried from the Nibelungen Lied, the Volsunga Saga, the Elder Edda and other lesser known material. In addition to this he includes numerous retellings of some of the myths of our Gods into the fabric of the story, making th...

    $39.70

  • OLD GREEK STORIES
    JAMES BALDWIN
    A precise, and engaging introduction to the history of Greek gods and goddesses narrated in the form of short stories. A must read starting book for people alien to the history of Greek gods and heroes. amazing bedtime read for kids. (Goodreads) ...

    $39.70

  • ENGLISH LOANS IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN
    YULIYA BALDWIN
    English Loans in Contemporary Russian presents over 2,000 English borrowings in the Russian lexicon, providing a unique account of changes in the language and culture. The entries in this practical Russian-English dictionary cover a wide range of well-established loanwords to more recent neologisms. They address an increasingly relevant part of the contemporary Russian lexicon,...

    $999.00

  • HEALTH PROMOTION IN THE 21ST CENTURY
    MARY LOUISE FLEMING / LOUISE BALDWIN
    How should we invest precious health resources? At a time when chronic illness is increasing, inequality persists and climate change is starting to impact our health, how can health promotion improve health outcomes across the whole population? Health Promotion in the 21st Century offers a systematic introduction to the principles of health promotion today, and effective planni...

    $979.00

  • FIFTY FAMOUS STORIES RETOLD
    JAMES BALDWIN
    James Baldwin has collected fifty wonderful stories, including Robin Hood, William Tell, King Alfred And Julius Caesar. Your child will be delighted to hear or read these, and will not only be entertained, but learn about history and folklore. These stories will also help lay the foundation for broader literary studies. ...

    $19.00

  • HOW TO DRESS AN EGG
    NED BALDWIN / PETER KAMINSKY
    Learn to cook one thing exceptionally well and you open the door to a multitude of possibilities, with no need for special equipment or fussy techniques. That’s the premise of this book. Ned Baldwin, a home cook who taught himself to be an excellent chef, sees no reason why anyone else can’t do the same. By showcasing one ingredient per method, Baldwin introduces all the skills...

    $547.49

  • SELFHOOD
    RICK HOYLE / MICHAEL H. KERNIS / MARK R. LEARY / MARK W. BALDWIN
    This text provides an integrative survey of the burgeoning social-psychological literature on the self. By way of an introduction, the authors establish the intellectual climate that gave rise to contemporary perspectives on the self and integrate early and more recent research on the structure of the self. The core of the text surveys the literatu ...

    $1,099.00

  • THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF NATIONAL SECURITY
    HELEN V MILNER / DAVID A BALDWIN
    This bibliography focuses on books and articles dealing with the interplay of wealth and power in the context of national security policy, emphasising on the economic instruments of statecraft that are used to pursue national security goals and examining the politics of economic cooperation. ...

    $1,099.00

  • DESIGNING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS FOR OLDER ADULTS
    CARRYL L. BALDWIN / BRIDGET A. LEWIS / PAMELA M. GREENWOOD
    This book provides comprehensive information needed to assist with all aspects of designing, delivering, or evaluating transportation systems for use by older adults, and presents the necessary background on aging and human factors issues as well as practical guidelines needed to accommodate older adult transport users. Features Presents clear design guidance aimed at improving...

    $1,499.00

  • ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
    JOHN H BALDWIN
    A comprehensive overview and discussion of all major aspects of environmental planning and management, Professor Baldwin's textbook highlights the causes and interrelationships of environmental problems, emphasizing the important economic and ecological functions of the land as the stage for all human activities and the "source" and "sink" for all ...

    $1,099.00

  • ANIMALS, FEED, FOOD AND PEOPLE
    R. L. BALDWIN
    Numerous authors have presented analyses of the world food problem and the appropriate role of animals in food production and have drawn qualitative conclusions. However, projection and planning require quantitative considerations, and this volume addresses that challenge. Experts in animal science, farm management, economics, international agriculture, and nutrition elucidate ...

    $1,099.00

  • LEADING ENGLISH IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL
    LISA BALDWIN
    Leading English in the Primary School is a comprehensive guide for both aspiring and experienced leaders of primary English. It supports you in navigating your way through the role and offers practical guidance to help you develop a clear understanding of how to improve the teaching of English in your school. Written by experts with extensive experience of both leadership and t...

    $739.00

  • MANAGING CLASSROOMS AND STUDENT BEHAVIOR
    CATHERINE LAWLESS FRANK / JENNIFER T. CHRISTMAN / JONI L. BALDWIN / STEPHEN B. RICHARDS
    Managing Classrooms and Student Behavior provides the essential information necessary for understanding and applying classroom and behavior management techniques with a Response to Intervention (RTI) approach. The presentation and application of information more closely resembles the actual decision-making approaches used by individuals and teams of teachers, schools, and distr...

    $1,899.00

  • SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY, CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND COMMUNITY-BASED URBAN DEVELOPMENT
    CATHY BALDWIN / ROBIN KING
    Urban communities around the world face increased stress from natural disasters linked to climate change, and other urban pressures. They need to grow rapidly stronger in order to cope, adapt and flourish. Strong social networks and social cohesion can be more important for a community’s resilience than the actual physical structures of a city. But how can urban planning and de...

    $539.00

  • LACAN AND ADDICTION
    YAEL GOLDMAN BALDWIN
    With chapters from Rik Loose, Fabian Naparstek, Patricia Gherovici, Bruce Fink, Thomos Svolos and many others, the anthology is for people interested in the topic of addictions, or in Lacanian psychoanalysis, and especially for those interested in how the two intersect. Lacan and Addiction is based on papers presented at a 2006 conference where Lacanians from around the world g...

    $979.00

  • LET'S KEEP TALKING
    YAEL GOLDMAN BALDWIN
    Let's Keep Talking: Lacanian Tales of Love, Sex, and Other Catastrophes is a collection of original Lacanian case studies of young people today as they struggle with their own modern existential dilemmas of sex and love, life and death. The context, background, and forms of expression may be contemporary, but the clients' problems, structures, and existential dilemmas are quite...

    $979.00

  • GENOCIDE
    JAMES BALDWIN
    This book is dedicated to a consideration of genocide in the context of political sociology. It demonstrates that the underlining predicates of sociology give scant consideration to basic issues of life and death in favor of distinctly derivative issues of social structure and social function. ...

    $1,139.00

  • PICTURE AS SPECTRE IN DIDEROT, PROUST, AND DELEUZE
    THOMAS BALDWIN
    "The possibility of ekphrasis, the verbal representation of visual imagery, is fundamental to all writing about art, be it art criticism, theory or a passage in a novel. But there is no consensus concerning how such representation works. Some take it for granted that writing about art can result in a precise match between words and visual images. For others, ekphrasis amounts t...

    $1,059.00

  • CARE MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY CARE
    MARK BALDWIN
    This title was first published in 2000: Community care stands as an example of a complex policy, failing to be implemented as intended. Using research and studies of literature on community care, this text investigates the reasons behind the failure of this "flagship" policy, focusing on the part played by care managers, management and policy implementation approaches. It prese...

    $939.00

  • ROBERT A. DAHL: AN UNENDED QUEST
    DAVID BALDWIN
    This book is devoted to the work of Robert A. Dahl, who passed away in 2014. Dahl was one of the most important American political scientists and normative democratic theorists of the post-war era, and he was also an influential teacher who mentored some of the most significant academics of the next two generations of American political science. As an incredibly productive scho...

    $1,259.00

  • WOMEN IN THE MUSEUM
    JOAN H. BALDWIN / ANNE W. ACKERSON
    The number of women working in museum settings has grown exponentially since the start of the twentieth century. Women in the Museum explores the professional lives of the sector’s female workforce today and examines the challenges they face working in what was, until recently, a male-dominated field. Drawing on testimony gathered from surveys, focus groups, and interviews with...

    $999.00

  • DEVELOPING THE FUTURE AVIATION SYSTEM
    ROD BALDWIN
    The major changes taking place in technology have some of the greatest effect in the world of aviation. Yet, in an industry which started with the concept of 'open skies', each sector has traditionally developed on its own and adjusted to developments in other areas as and when required. The need for integration is particularly important as the skies become increasingly crowd...

    $899.00

  • THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
    DAVID A. BALDWIN
    International relations theory is a diverse and constantly evolving area of scholarly research reflecting the fluctuations in world politics. This volume brings together a number of the most important research papers published on this subject during the last sixty years. Divided into five thematic sections, this work provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of developm...

    $10,000.00

  • SHINING A LIGHT ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM
    DEBRA COSTLEY / SUSANNA BALDWIN / SUSAN BRUCK / KAAREN HAAS / KERRY RITZROW
    Produced in conjunction with Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect), Australia’s largest provider of services with people on the autism spectrum, this new text explores the experiences, needs and aspirations of adults on the spectrum. The volume utilises the structure of a recent survey (the only one of its type in Australia and one of few conducted internationally) and presents da...

    $1,259.00

  • AUDITORY COGNITION AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE
    CARRYL L. BALDWIN
    Hearing and understanding sound- auditory processing- greatly enriches everyday life and enhances our ability to perform many tasks essential to survival. The complex soundscape in which we live influences where we direct our attention, how we communicate with each other, and how we interact with technological systems. Auditory Cognition and Human ...

    $1,399.00

  • SOCIAL WORK, CRITICAL REFLECTION AND THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION
    MARK BALDWIN
    A critical characteristic of human service organizations is their capacity to learn from experience and to adapt continuously to changing external conditions such as downward pressure on resources, constant reconfiguration of the welfare state and rapidly changing patterns of social need. This invaluable, groundbreaking volume discusses in detail the concept of the learning or...

    $1,099.00


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