Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: atkins

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  • KEEPING SAFE AND WORKING EFFECTIVELY FOR SOCIAL WORKERS AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
    BRIAN ATKINS
    Social workers and health professionals are often placed in situations where they are verbally or physically threatened by service users and others. This book helps them recognise potential risks in situations, when to avoid involvement, and how best to manage these risks, giving them the confidence to work effectively. Suitable for practitioners, students, leaders and supervis...

    $580.00

  • CUTANEOUS MELANOMA
    CHARLES BALCH, ALAN HOUGHTON, ARTHUR SOBER, SENG-JAW SOONG, MICHAEL ATKINS, JOHN THOMPSON
    The Classic Text—Expanded, Updated...More Authoritative than Ever!Cutaneous Melanoma is the definitive and most authoritative textbook on melanoma used worldwide. This 5th edition provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive information needed for the clinical management and scientific study of melanoma. Written by the leading melanoma experts from the United States, Australi...

    $6,900.00

  • THE CHIEF VALUE OFFICER
    MERVYN KING / JILL ATKINS
    Integrated Reporting is having a profound impact on corporate thinking and reporting. Value is being assessed on the basis of the sources of value creation used by an organisation and not through a financial lens alone.  In Chief Value Officer:  Accountants Can Save the Planet, Mervyn King, a global corporate governance and reporting leader, challenges some of the systemic issu...

    $640.00

  • AERONAUTICAL DECISION-MAKING AND AVIATION SAFETY IN THE ALASKAN OPERATIONAL SETTING
    DANA ATKINS / DANIEL KWASI ADJEKUM
    Aeronautical Decision-Making and Aviation Safety in the Alaskan Operational Setting introduces the reader to the real-life experiences of aviators who fly in remote settings such as Alaska in the United States. It covers the challenges related to limited aviation infrastructure and support that affect human factors like aeronautical decision-making and its impact on aviation sa...

    $640.00

  • RESEARCHING LANGUAGE AND HEALTH
    ZSÓFIA DEMJÉN / SARAH ATKINS / ELENA SEMINO
    Researching Language and Health explores key topics in illness and healthcare contexts through multiple linguistic lenses. This book highlights key themes, guides readers through the design stages of research and the ethical considerations specific to linguistic health research, and brings methods and methodologies to life by demonstrating how these can be applied to specific i...

    $1,120.00

  • J. W. H. ATKINS ON LITERARY CRITICISM
    J. W. H. ATKINS
    Originally published between 1934 and 1952 these volumes are classics in the field of literary criticism. Their author was a respected scholar whose ability to survey a vast field of literature and criticism and explain and un-tangle it to students was well-known. The volumes: Analyze styles of literary criticism prevalent in ancient Greece and after the rise of the Roman Empir...

    $14,500.00

  • EXTINCTION GOVERNANCE, FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING
    JILL ATKINS
    The planet is currently experiencing a mass extinction event, with human and business activity being the root cause of species loss and habitat destruction. Industries, companies, banks, investors, accountants and auditors have all played their role. This book explores how they can also provide a solution. The book presents plans, metrics, frameworks, mechanisms and financial i...

    $1,120.00

  • EDUCATION, SKILLS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN A POLARISING WORLD
    BILL ESMOND / LIZ ATKINS
    This book explains how education policies offering improved transitions to work and higher-level study can widen the gaps between successful and disadvantaged groups of young people. Centred on an original study of ongoing further education and apprenticeship reforms in England, the book traces the emergence of distinctive patterns of transition that magnify existing societal i...

    $1,100.00

  • CREATING A LANGUAGE-RICH MATH CLASS
    SANDRA L. ATKINS
    What meanings do your students have for key mathematics concepts? What meanings do you wish them to have? Creating a Language-Rich Math Class offers practical approaches for developing conceptual understandings by connecting concrete, pictorial, verbal, and symbolic representations. The focus is on making mathematics memorable instead of on memorizing. You’ll learn strategies f...

    $740.00

  • ENGLISH LITERARY CRITICISM
    J. W. H. ATKINS
    In England literary consciousness had its beginning in the middle ages, and this book, originally published in 1943, describes and illustrates the first phases of the growth of a tradition of criticism. It does not confine itself to writers whose interest was in the vernacular, for there was a larger European movement of which English criticism was a part. It embodied much of t...

    $860.00

  • LITERARY CRITICISM IN ANTIQUITY
    J. W. H. ATKINS
    Originally published in 1934, this book contains the first volume of Atkins' 'sketch' of the development of ancient literary criticism. Atkins begins his history with a look at the styles of literary criticism prevalent in ancient Greece, and includes the responses of figures such as Aristophanes, Plato and Callimachus to changes in the literature of their day. This work is aim...

    $860.00

  • ENGLISH LITERARY CRITICISM
    J. W. H. ATKINS
    Originally published in 1947, this volume reviews the critical achievement at the Renaissance. It discusses the ideas of literature then current in England, as revealed in contemporary theorizing and judgments. The period has sometimes been dismissed as lacking great critics, and the critical works themselves have been described as elementary and remote, but, as this work shows...

    $960.00

  • LITERARY CRITICISM IN ANTIQUITY
    J. W. H. ATKINS
    Originally published in 1934, this book contains the second volume of Atkins' 'sketch' of the development of ancient literary criticism. Atkins concludes his history with a look at the styles of literary criticism prevalent after the rise of the Roman Empire, and includes the responses of figures such as Cicero, Tacitus and Lucian to changes in the literature of their day. ...

    $960.00

  • ENGLISH LITERARY CRITICISM
    J. W. H. ATKINS
    Originally published in 1951, this volume covers the transition period between the years of Renaissance influence and the dawn of 19th Century Romanticism. The book analyses the theories and judgments of various critics and their bearing on literary appreciation. The opening chapter concentrates on the account of French doctrines of the 17th Century which is essential as the ne...

    $960.00

  • CONTESTING HYDROPOWER IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON
    ED ATKINS
    In Contesting Hydropower in the Brazilian Amazon, Ed Atkins focuses on how local, national, and international civil society groups have resisted the Belo Monte and São Luiz do Tapajós hydroelectric projects in Brazil. In doing so, Atkins explores how contemporary opposition to hydropower projects demonstrate a form of ‘contested sustainability’ that highlights the need for sust...

    $1,200.00

  • SOUTH AMERICA INTO THE 1990S
    G. POPE ATKINS
    This book undertakes a multifaceted examination of South American international relations, emphasising on the continent's new era of domestic and international politics and the implications of the evolving environment for the policies of the many actors participating in the region's politics. ...

    $1,060.00

  • SUSTAINABILITY
    SANDY HALLIDAY / RICHARD ATKINS
    Sustainability is part of a brand new series providing must-read practical guidance to running efficient and successful projects using the new RIBA Plan of Work 2013. Each guide takes a core project task – in this case those associated with achieving sustainable design and construction - and explains the essential activities required at each stage. Concise and easy to use with ...

    $1,299.00

  • ARMS AND POLITICS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
    G. POPE ATKINS
    This chronicle and interpretation of recent military and political events in the Dominican Republic analyzes the political behavior of the country's armed forces and scrutinizes policies put in action since the nation's civil war and the subsequent U.S. intervention of 1965. ...

    $1,120.00

  • LATIN AMERICA IN THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SYSTEM
    G. POPE ATKINS
    More than a decade has passed since the publication of the first edition of Latin America in the International Political System. Since then, significant events have occurred in the region, and the nature of Latin America's international relations has changed considerably. Although the purpose of this text is unchanged-that of providing stude ...

    $1,200.00

  • MEMORY AND LITURGY
    PETER ATKINS
    Memory is a major factor in the composition and practice of liturgy. Recent research into how the brain and memory function points the way to how liturgy can best meet the needs of worshippers. In Memory and Liturgy, Peter Atkins draws on the fruits of his research into the process of the brain and our memory and applies it to liturgical worship. His extensive experience in wr...

    $1,240.00

  • INTERRUPTING RACISM
    REBECCA ATKINS / ALICIA OGLESBY
    Interrupting Racism provides school counselors with a brief overview of racial equity in schools and practical ideas that a school-level practitioner can put into action. The book walks readers through the current state of achievement gap and racial equity in schools and looks at issues around intention, action, white privilege, and implicit bias. Later chapters include interru...

    $1,040.00

  • HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH ON THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
    G. POPE ATKINS
    The study of Latin American and Caribbean international relations has a long evolution both within the development of international relations as a general academic undertaking and in terms of the particular characteristics that distinguish the approaches taken by scholars in the field. This handbook provides a thorough multidisciplinary reference guide to the literature on the ...

    $1,600.00

  • LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM
    G. POPE ATKINS
    The fourth edition of this widely praised text has been thoroughly revised to reflect the evolving characteristics of the current international system that have had a dramatic effect on every aspect of international relations of Latin America and the Caribbean. The original purpose of this book is unchanged: It continues to provide a topically current and analytically integrate...

    $1,600.00

  • THE BUSINESS OF BEES
    JILL ATKINS
    Our bee populations are under threat. Over the past 60 years, they have lost much of their natural habitat and are under assault from pesticides and intensive farming. We rely on bees and other insects to pollinate our fruit and vegetables and, without them, our environment and economy will be in crisis.The Business of Bees provides the first integrated account of diminishing b...

    $1,340.00

  • RETHINKING REPUTATIONAL RISK
    ANTHONY FITZSIMMONS / DEREK ATKINS
    A company's reputation is one of its most valuable assets, and reputational risk is high on the agenda at board level and amongst regulators. Rethinking Reputational Risk explains the hidden factors which can both cause crises and tip an otherwise survivable crisis into a reputational disaster. Reputations are lost when the perception of an organization is damaged by its behavi...

    $1,049.00

  • LIQUID MATERIALITIES
    PETER ATKINS
    As a food, milk has been revered and ignored, respected and feared. In the face of its 'material resistance', attempts were made to purify it of dirt and disease, and to standardize its fat content. This is a history of the struggle to bring milk under control, to manipulate its naturally variable composition and, as a result, to redraw the boundaries between nature and societ...

    $1,460.00

  • FOOD IN SOCIETY
    PETER ATKINS / IAN BOWLER
    Who can deny the significance of food? It has a central role in our health and pleasure as well as in our economy, politics and culture. Food in Society provides a social science perspective on food systems and demonstrates the rich variety of disciplinary and theoretical contexts of food studies. While hunger and malnutrition remain a reality in many countries, for some food h...

    $1,560.00

  • ANIMAL CITIES
    ATKINS, PETER J, PROFESSOR
    Animal Cities builds upon a recent surge of interest about animals in the urban context. Considering animals in urban settings is now a firmly established area of study and this book presents a number of valuable case studies that illustrate some of the perspectives that may be adopted. Having an ’urban history’ flavour, the book follows a fourfold agenda. First, the opening ch...

    $1,540.00

  • FROM CONFEDERATION TO NATION
    JONATHAN ATKINS
    In the era of the Early Republic, Americans determined the meaning of their Revolution and laid the foundation for the United States’ later emergence as a world power. This bookprovides students with an explanation of the major events and developments of one of the most important periods in American History. Focusing on the years between the Revolution and the Civil War, From C...

    $1,620.00

  • EQUITY AND TRUSTS
    SCOTT ATKINS
    Equity and Trusts is an ideal choice for all undergraduate and GDL students looking for a comprehensive yet accessible textbook on this complex area of law. The author’s clear writing style, plentiful explanations and focus on modern case law demystify difficult concepts and help to bring the subject to life. Equity and Trusts is shown to be a live, growing and developing subje...

    $1,800.00


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