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  • POLITICAL TRIBALISM
    ALLEN BUCHANAN
    Combining hard data with the author’s personal story of a life in the U.S. South and then as a university professor, this book sheds a new light on tribalistic ideologies. Such ideologies are a deeply troubling feature of civic life in America and in many Western democracies as they erode trust among citizens, sow divisions, and pervert a larger pursuit of truth and understandi...

    $920.00

  • MICROCIRCULATION IN CANCER METASTASIS
    F. WILLIAM ORR / MICHAEL R. BUCHANAN / LEONARD WEISS
    Although mechanisms involved in the spread of cancer have been the subject of a major research endeavor over the past decade, metastatic tumors still account for significant clinical morbidity and the failure of cancer treatment. Not only are the vascular pathways the most common route for the dissemination of cancer cells, but interactions between the cells and the circulation...

    $3,600.00

  • ENGLISH FOR IT COMMUNICATION
    TONY MYERS / JAIME BUCHANAN
    English for IT Communication provides a comprehensive introduction for students and professionals studying IT or computer science and covers all forms of technical communication from emails and memos through procedures to reports and design specs. In each case, the book offers multiple real-world examples, looking at who the texts are written for, what their purpose is, and how...

    $1,040.00

  • THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF PUBLIC SPEAKING RESEARCH AND THEORY
    STEVIE M. MUNZ, TIM MCKENNA-BUCHANAN, AND ANNA M. WRIGHT
    Providing a comprehensive survey of the empirical research, theory, and history of public speaking, this handbook fills a crucial gap in public speaking pedagogy resources and provides a foundation for future research and pedagogical development. Bringing together contributions from both up-and-coming and senior scholars in the field, this book offers a thorough examination of ...

    $1,260.00

  • SYMBOLIC DISTANCE
    S. BUCHANAN
    First Published in 1932 Symbolic Distance presents the grammatical account of the structure of symbols and the description of the field within which fictions arise. The author argues that it seems improbable that distance should become an exact technical term in art criticism as long as the divorce between works of art and symbols is maintained. The book discusses important the...

    $840.00

  • ADVANCED DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS
    BILL BUCHANAN
    The use of data communications and computer networks is constantly increasing, bringing benefits to most of the countries and peoples of the world, and serving as the lifeline of industry. Now there is a textbook that discusses data communications and networking in a readable form that can be easily understood by students who will become the IS professionals of the future.Advan...

    $3,300.00

  • GDPR AND CYBER SECURITY FOR BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS
    ANTONI GOBEO / CONNOR FOWLER / WILLIAM J. BUCHANAN
    The General Data Protection Regulation is the latest, and one of the most stringent, regulations regarding Data Protection to be passed into law by the European Union. Fundamentally, it aims to protect the Rights and Freedoms of all the individuals included under its terms; ultimately the privacy and security of all our personal data. This requirement for protection extends glo...

    $720.00

  • CRYPTOGRAPHY
    WILLIAM BUCHANAN
    Cryptography has proven to be one of the most contentious areas in modern society. For some it protects the rights of individuals to privacy and security, while for others it puts up barriers against the protection of our society. This book aims to develop a deep understanding of cryptography, and provide a way of understanding how privacy, identity provision and integrity can ...

    $1,700.00

  • THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT FOR LANGUAGE TEACHING
    JULIE NORTON AND HEATHER BUCHANAN
    The Routledge Handbook of Materials Development for Language Teaching is the definitive resource for all working in this area of language and English language teaching. With 34 chapters authored by leading figures from around the world, the Handbook provides an historical overview of the development of language teaching materials, critical discussion of core issues, and an asse...

    $1,280.00

  • THE CURSE OF THE TURTLE
    SUZANNE BUCHANAN
    Koh Tao--a small island in the Gulf of Thailand, surrounded by pristine beaches, swathed in sunshine, and a mecca for tourists, divers and backpackers. But "Turtle Island" has its dark side. In 2014, Koh Tao was the site of the brutal double murders of two British backpackers, but theirs weren't the only suspicious backpacker deaths. My name is Suzanne Buchanan. I am the former...

    $251.00

  • IDENTITY AFFIRMING CLASSROOMS
    ERICA BUCHANAN-RIVERA
    Learn how to create identity affirming classroom environments that honor the humanity of students. Although schools have potential to be spaces of inquiry and joy, they can also be the source of trauma and pain when educational equity is not a foundational element. With a race-conscious lens, Dr. Erica Buchanan-Rivera explains how to actively listen to the voices of students an...

    $860.00

  • DIGITAL ANALYSIS OF VAULTS IN ENGLISH MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE
    ALEXANDRINA BUCHANAN / JAMES HILLSON / NICHOLAS WEBB
    Medieval churches are one of the most remarkable creative and technical achievements in architectural history. The complex vaults spanning their vast interiors have fascinated both visitors and worshippers alike for over 900 years, prompting many to ask: ‘How did they do that?’ Yet very few original texts or drawings survive to explain the processes behind their design or const...

    $1,100.00

  • FIELD PHILOSOPHY AND OTHER EXPERIMENTS
    BRETT BUCHANAN / MATTHEW CHRULEW / MICHELLE BASTIAN
    This agenda-setting collection argues for the importance of fieldwork for philosophy and provides reflections on methods for such ‘field philosophy’ from the interdisciplinary vantage point of the environmental humanities. Field philosophy has emerged from multiple sources – including approaches focused on public and participatory research – and others focused on ethology, mult...

    $1,160.00

  • INCLUSIVE GROWTH IN AUSTRALIA
    JOHN BUCHANAN / PAUL SMYTH
    Inclusive Growth in Australia overturns two decades of assumptions that social policy is wasteful and a source of dependency. It reflects a global resurgence of the understanding that an active and effective social policy regime is vital not only for a flourishing society, but also for a strong economy. It explains this new paradigm of inclusive growth and shows how it can be i...

    $920.00

  • THE ROLE OF GRANDPARENTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
    ANN BUCHANAN / ‎ANNA ROTKIRCH
    Across the world, the role of grandparents is changing. This book highlights the changing roles, and the consequences of these changes, for both grandchildren and grandparents, by drawing together leading international authorities on grandparenting and intergenerational relations. The book includes scholarly summaries of research as well as new research findings. It should be a...

    $1,200.00

  • WILD THINKING
    NICK LIDDELL / RICHARD BUCHANAN
    Who is McLaren's greatest nemesis? What disappoints Ocado about their competitors? What wakes Google up at 4am? Why does Wimbledon sweat the small stuff? Wild Thinking will provide readers with the confidence to run their business differently, through unique access to thinking from the most original organizations in business today. The most successful businesses in the world ar...

    $799.00

  • PROGRESS IN PREVENTING AIDS?
    DAVID ROSS BUCHANAN / GEORGE PETER CERNADA
    Originally published in the "International Quarterly of Community Health Education", this work presents twenty-one chapters about the state of HIV/AIDS prevention programs in a global context. ...

    $3,200.00

  • PARENTING, SCHOOLING AND CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOUR
    ANN BUCHANAN
    Published in 1998, this book brings together some of the key findings in parenting and educational programmes from researchers at the University of Oxford, working in primary health care, educational studies, clinical psychology and applied social studies. At a time of considerable changes in family life and society in general, there is concern that some children are not achiev...

    $980.00

  • ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING DURING JAPAN'S POST-WAR OCCUPATION
    MAYUMI OHARA / JOHN BUCHANAN
    In 1945 Japan had to adjust very rapidly to sudden defeat, to the arrival of the American Occupation and to the encounter with the English language, together with a different outlook on many aspects of society and government. This scholarly book is based on in-depth interviews with people, now aged, who were school students at the time of the Occupation and who experienced firs...

    $1,200.00

  • HIGH PERFORMANCE WORK SYSTEMS
    DAVID A. BUCHANAN / JAMES MCCALMAN
    Originally published in 1989. Management styles in developed western countries are undergoing a crisis phase. Increased levels of international competition and volatile trading conditions are creating new demands of job skills and responsibilities. The management challenge is to find work organization and employment strategies that sustain and develop employee performance and c...

    $980.00

  • MOTHERING BABIES IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
    FIONA BUCHANAN
    This unique book offers an innovative feminist critique of attachment theory that offers an alternative understanding of relationships between women and their babies in domestic violence. Fiona Buchanan identifies a way forward for working with women, babies and people who have grown up with domestic violence focusing on strengths not deficits. In doing so, she raises new possi...

    $1,100.00

  • ACTS OF MODERNITY
    DAVID BUCHANAN
    In Acts of Modernity, David Buchanan reads nineteenth-century historical novels from Scotland, America, France, and Canada as instances of modern discourse reflective of community concerns and methods that were transatlantic in scope. Following on revolutionary events at home and abroad, the unique combination of history and romance initiated by Walter Scott’s Waverley (1814) f...

    $1,240.00

  • GUNPOWDER, EXPLOSIVES AND THE STATE
    BRENDA J. BUCHANAN
    Gunpowder studies are still in their infancy despite the long-standing civil and military importance of this explosive since its discovery in China in the mid-ninth century AD. In this second volume by contributors who meet regularly at symposia of the International Committee for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC), the research is again rooted in the investigation of the techn...

    $1,240.00

  • BEARING WITNESS TO CHANGE
    EZRA E. H. GRIFFITH, MICHAEL A. NORKO, ALEC BUCHANAN, MADELON V. BARANOSKI AND HOWARD V. ZONANA
    This book explores the response of forensic psychiatry and psychology to changes over the last several decades. It presents the disciplines themselves as change agents that have shaped forensic work, public policy, and law. Topics include selected developments in forensic practice, the management and treatment of individuals who have had involvement with law enforcement systems...

    $1,280.00

  • SOUNDSCAPES FROM THE AMERICAS
    DONNA A. BUCHANAN
    Dedicated to the late Gerard Béhague (1937-2005), whose pioneering work in Latin American music, popular culture, and performance studies contributed extensively to ethnomusicological discourse in the 1970s-1990s, this anthology offers comparative perspectives on the evolving legacy of performance ethnography in socio-musical analysis. President of the Society for Ethnomusicolo...

    $1,420.00

  • CANDID CONVERSATIONS WITH CONNIE, VOLUME 3
    KATHY BUCHANAN
    Lights, camera, action! Connie Kendall is at it again in this third volume in her advice series, doling out her sage-yet-witty wisdom to girls everywhere. Straight from her radio show aptly titled Candid Conversations with Connie, Connie helps girls explore their true beauty, the good and bad of media and technology, and more through unique activities. Known for making a great ...

    $270.00

  • CANDID CONVERSATIONS WITH CONNIE, VOLUME 2
    KATHY BUCHANAN
    Welcome to Candid Conversations with Connie, Volume 2! And these conversations are going to be very candid. In this book we’re only taking questions from girls! Yep, they can ask whatever they want, and I will answer from my vast knowledge and experience. (Well . . . maybe not vast.) If I don’t know the answer, I’ll ask my friend Penny. We’ve been where you are, and we know wha...

    $270.00

  • CANDID CONVERSATIONS WITH CONNIE, VOLUME 1
    KATHY BUCHANAN
    Welcome to Candid Conversations with Connie! And these conversations are going to be very candid. In this book we’re only taking questions from girls! Yep, they can ask whatever they want, and I will answer from my vast knowledge and experience. (Well . . . maybe not vast.) If I don’t know the answer, I’ll ask my friend Penny. We’ve been where you are, and we know what it’s lik...

    $270.00

  • ILLUSIONS OF EQUALITY
    ROBERT M. BUCHANAN
    The working lives of Deaf Americans from the mid-1850s to the post-World War II era depended upon strategies created by Deaf community leaders to win and keep jobs through periods of low national employment as well as high. Deaf people typically sought to de-emphasize their identity as sign language users to be better integrated into the workforce. But in his absorbing new book...

    $894.46

  • THE DOCTRINE OF SIGNATURES
    SCOTT BUCHANAN
    First published in 2000. This is Volume II of six in the Library of Philosophy series on the Philosophy of Science. Written in 1938, this text explores the author's interest in the freedom of speculation, and the doubts and fears of individual thinkers who may doubt the intellectual process and fear its consequences. He considers the profession of contemporary medicine who has...

    $1,560.00


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