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  • DEFENDING CRETE FROM THE FALLSCHIRMJAGERS
    ANDREW G TAYLOR / JACK SEED
    By the spring of 1941, the enemy had taken much of Southern Europe: Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, and with Italy in the Axis it stood to dominate. The powerful British Naval Fleet and the amassed allied infantry of Britain, New Zealand, Australia, disposed Greeks, and the good people of Crete stood between the Axis powers and total control of the Mediterranean. This is...

    $383.99

  • RE-CONSTRUCTING THE GLOBAL NETWORK ECONOMY
    ANDREW TAYLOR / ADAM BRONSTONE
    This book looks at how to build more resilience into socio-economic networks within local communities. Understanding the relationships between attachment to place, complex systems and patterns of knowledge creation is not straightforward, but these relationships are emerging as the challenges that we face in bridging the gap between the social worlds that we inhabit and an emer...

    $1,239.00

  • VOYAGE CHARTERS
    JULIAN COOKE / TIM YOUNG / MICHAEL ASHCROFT / ANDREW TAYLOR / JOHN KIMBALL / DAVID MARTOWSKI / LEROY LAMBE
    Widely regarded as the leading authority on voyage charters, this book is the most comprehensive and intellectually-rigorous analysis of the area, is regularly cited in court and by arbitrators, and is the go-to guide for drafting and disputing charterparty contracts. Voyage Charters provides the reader with a clause-by-clause analysis of the two major charterparty forms: the G...

    $14,500.00

  • THE POLITICS OF THE YORKSHIRE MINERS
    ANDREW TAYLOR
    First published in 1984, The Politics of the Yorkshire Miners examines all aspects of political activity of the Yorkshire Area of the NUM. The book was written using original research from the archives of the Yorkshire Area combined with the author’s personal experience. It explores developments from 1945 onwards, and looks at internal politics within the Area, discussing the n...

    $979.00

  • HANDBOOK OF PSYCHOLOGY AND HEALTH, VOLUME IV
    SHELLEY E. TAYLOR / JEROME E. SINGER / ANDREW BAUM
    Originally published in 1984, the study of psychological aspects of health was a rapidly expanding enterprise. Most of the contributors to this volume were trained as social psychologists or by social psychologists. Some have been more applied in their focus or on the edge of several fields. All, however, share a common approach, focusing on the individual as he or she is buffe...

    $979.00

  • PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING IN SOCIAL WORK
    BRIAN TAYLOR / ‎ANDREW WHITTAKER
    Professional judgement and decision making are central to social work, both in everyday professional practice and in public perceptions of social work as a profession. This book examines key issues that are relevant today. The chapters cover child protection, mental health, and elder care settings in Europe, Australia and Canada. They discuss organisational and cultural context...

    $1,099.00

  • RISK IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
    ANDREW WHITTAKER / ‎BRIAN TAYLOR
    The study of ‘risk’ in social work involves complex interplay between human behaviour, emotion, evidence of fact, professional values and organisational systems. This book brings together contributions from key social work researchers and theorists from the UK, USA, New Zealand and Italy, writing with a focus on aspects of risk within social work. It examines key debates concer...

    $1,059.00

  • MAKING SENSE OF DATA IN THE MEDIA
    ANDREW BELL / TODD HARTMAN / ANETA PIEKUT / ALASDAIR RAE / MARK TAYLOR
    The amount of data produced, captured and transmitted through the media has never been greater. But for this data to be useful, it needs to be properly understood and claims made about or with data need to be properly scrutinized. Through a series of examples of statistics in the media, this book shows you how to critically assess the presentation of data in the media, to ident...

    $778.35

  • PEOPLE, PLACE AND GLOBAL ORDER
    ANDREW TAYLOR / ADAM BRONSTONE
    Globalization and technology are combining to change socio-economic relationships. The pace of change and uncertainty of the world of work – no job for life, zero-hours contracts, diminished pension rights and a growing delivery dependence on digital networks over human contact – are creating a profound unease that may be unprecedented in the Western world. If organizational pa...

    $1,339.00

  • THE TRADE UNIONS AND THE LABOUR PARTY
    ANDREW TAYLOR
    First published in 1987. This book considers the Trade Unions-Labour Party relationship. It traces developments over the 1970s and early 1980s, and analyses the debate between those who argue for the Unions to take a more prominent lead within the Party and those who are against this. This title will be of interest to scholars and students of politics and history. ...

    $579.00

  • CONGRESS
    ANDREW J. TAYLOR
    With record low approval ratings (the lowest poll results since 1974) Congress is a failing institution in the eyes of many Americans. Is public opinion correct in judging the inefficacy of the legislative branch, or is the public mistaken in these harsh criticisms? Congress: A Performance Appraisal teaches students about this critical institution of American democracy by exami...

    $999.00

  • THE NUM AND BRITISH POLITICS
    ANDREW TAYLOR
    This book is the second of two volumes examining the place of the National Union of Mineworkers in post-war British politics. Covering the years 1969 to 1995, it charts reactions to the pit closures programme of the late 1950s and 1960s and the development of the NUM's reputation as the union that could topple governments. This reputation influenced profoundly the relationship ...

    $899.00

  • THE NUM AND BRITISH POLITICS
    ANDREW TAYLOR
    From its formation in 1944, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) was one of the most powerful and important players on the British political and industrial stage. Whilst the nation relied upon coal for its electricity production, domestic heating and railway transportation, the miners and their unions would always play a central role in national politics with the ability to...

    $599.00

  • CHILDREN'S SERVICES
    MALCOLM HILL / SIR GEORGE HEAD / ANDREW LOCKYER / BARBARA REID / RAYMOND TAYLOR
    Childrens Services: Working Together brings together contributions from a number of authors in the field. The book covers policy, theory, research and practice relevant to students and professionals working with children in a wide range of roles. The emphasis on working collaboratively with other professionals, where appropriate, and the holistic approach to children make this ...

    $999.00

  • EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SLEEP
    KENNETH L. LICHSTEIN / H. HEITH DURRENCE / BRANT W. RIEDEL / DANIEL J. TAYLOR / ANDREW J. BUSH
    What is the prevalence of insomnia in a particular age group, in men and women, or in Caucasians and African Americans? What is the average total sleep time among normal sleepers among these groups? How does the sleep of Caucasians and African Americans differ? These are just some of the questions addressed in The Epidemiology of Sleep. This new book presents the most detailed ...

    $1,099.00

  • THE EUROPEAN UNION AND SOUTH EAST EUROPE
    ANDREW GEDDES / CHARLES LEES / ANDREW TAYLOR
    This book explores the interaction of the EU in Greece, Slovenia, Croatia, and Macedonia in three key policy sectors – cohesion, border managements and the environment – and assesses the degree to which the European Union’s engagement with the democracies of South East Europe has promoted Europeanization and Multi-Level Governance. Although there is a tendency to view the Balka...

    $779.00

  • STANLEY CAVELL, LITERATURE, AND FILM
    ANDREW TAYLOR
    This is the first book to offer a thorough examination of the relationship that Stanley Cavell’s celebrated philosophical work has to the ways in which the United States has been imagined and articulated in its literature. Establishing the contours of Cavell’s most significant readings of American philosophical and cultural activity, the volume explores how his philosophy and t...

    $1,139.00

  • TAKE MY HAND: A THEOLOGICAL MEMOIR
    ANDREW TAYLOR-TROUTMAN
    Take My Hand is an invitation to experience a year of preaching through the eyes of a first-year pastor. Andrew Taylor-Troutman reflects on his experience of ministry as a dynamic exchange between his theological education and the people in the pews. Each chapter consists of Taylor-Troutman's reflections about a particular aspect of living as a faith community and concludes wit...

    $479.00

  • TAKE MY HAND
    ANDREW TAYLOR-TROUTMAN
    Take My Hand is an invitation to experience a year of preaching through the eyes of a first-year pastor. Andrew Taylor-Troutman reflects on his experience of ministry as a dynamic exchange between his theological education and the people in the pews. Each chapter consists of Taylor-Troutman's reflections about a particular aspect of living as a faith community and concludes wit...

    $408.00

  • PARABLES OF PARENTHOOD
    ANDREW TAYLOR-TROUTMAN
    Jesus told simple stories about common items; yet his parables profoundly address our hearts and minds. We offer an interpretation, not only about what we read, but also what we think and feel. Parables of Parenthood presents modern biblical scholarship in an accessible writing style in order to model how these ancient stories continue to enrich life in the twenty-first century...

    $391.00

  • EARNING INNOCENCE
    ANDREW TAYLOR-TROUTMAN
    Think of the most memorable week of your life. Was it tragic? Joyous? Heartbreaking? Inspiring? A combination of emotions swirled together and splattered across your heart, soul, and mind?Reverend James Wheeler writes and reflects on such a monumental week. In the pages of his journal, he searches for peace in the shadows of the past and struggles with his current challenges. A...

    $337.00

  • THE LONG SONATA OF THE DEAD
    ANDREW TAYLOR
    In pursuit of the find of a lifetime, an academic confronts an old rival. Once visited by the likes of Charles Dickens, William Thackeray, and George Eliot, the London Library is a maze of books—a jumble of first editions and forgotten texts. For Tony, it is a refuge from the failure his life has become—and it is about to be invaded by a destructive old friend. Adam is a world-...

    $35.00

  • THE POCKET GUIDE TO POETS & POETRY
    ANDREW TAYLOR
    A concise history and guide to poetry, with short biographies of approximately 250 poets from Homer to Heaney and Dickinson to Dylan.   Starting with a history of poetry and discussions of poets and their work in the context of their times, and overviews of such topics as verse forms and genres, this book goes on to review an extensive list of individual poets, with biographica...

    $119.00

  • LITTLE BIG MOMENTS
    ANDREW TAYLOR-TROUTMAN
    Little Big Moments is a collection of short essays offering practical and entertaining advice about how to handle the stress of parenting young children. Andrew Taylor-Troutman divides his stories between two key themes: affirming caregivers ("You are enough") and valuing community ("You are not alone"). While sharing his experiences from camping vacations, grocery shopping, an...

    $320.00