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  • GOD, PANDEMICS, AND THE HOLOCAUST
    CLIFFORD CHALMERS CAIN
    How is a loving, powerful, good, and cognizant God related to human lives that are beset with pain and suffering and plagued by diseases and natural catastrophes? What is the role and activity of God in history and nature? How does God help us in our struggles and our tragedies? God, Pandemics, and the Holocaust suggests answers to these questions and others through the prisms ...

    $408.00

  • UNIVERSITY TEACHING IN FOCUS
    LYNNE HUNT / DENISE CHALMERS
    The second edition of University Teaching in Focus distils the knowledge and insights of internationally acclaimed experts in university teaching. It empowers university teachers and contributes to their career success by developing their teaching skills, strategies and knowledge. Written in a clear and accessible style, it provides a sharp focus on student learning through the...

    $980.00

  • ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE HUMANITIES
    SHANE CHALMERS / SUNDHYA PAHUJA
    This Handbook brings together 40 of the world’s leading scholars and rising stars who study international law from disciplines in the humanities – from history to literature, philosophy to the visual arts – to showcase the distinctive contributions that this field has made to the study of international law over the past two decades. Including authors from Australia, Canada, Eur...

    $1,260.00

  • HALF A CITIZEN
    SONIA MARTIN / SUELLEN MURRAY / GREG MARSTON / JENNY CHALMERS / JOHN MURPHY
    'This important and illuminating book provides a powerful and harrowing depiction of the inadequacies of the Australian welfare system. Its findings challenge the foundations and direction of the welfare reform agenda.' - Professor Peter Saunders, University of New South Wales 'This major new study challenges many myths about life on welfare and in low paid work. It should be r...

    $1,200.00

  • ATTUNEMENT
    CLIFFORD CHALMERS CAIN
    We live in a century in which we must either change our way of regarding and acting toward nature or else imperil our survival as a species and jeopardize as well the fate of the planet itself. This book by a theologian and environmental scientist examines four religious figures from European and Asian contexts who could aid us in developing a more sustainable and caring orient...

    $426.00

  • ONE HUNDRED CENTURIES OF SOLITUDE
    JAMES FLYNN / JAMES CHALMERS / DOUG EASTERLING / ROGER KASPERSON / HOWARD KUNREUTHER
    Time is both the ally of high-level nuclear waste (HLNW) managers and the enemy. It is the ally because the radioactivity in elements and isotopes decreases with age, making the waste progressively less dangerous to human health and safety and the environment. This rate of radioactive decline varies, in some cases diminishing by half (the half life) in seconds, minutes, hours, ...

    $1,200.00

  • EUROPEAN UNION LAW
    DAMIAN CHALMERS / ERIKA SZYSZCZAK
    First published in 1998, this volume drew upon a variety of primary and secondary sources from a number of academic disciplines. European Union Law provides not merely the materials which form the law, but also analysis of the pressures, ideologies and agents which have shaped it. It is suitable for newer types of European Union law courses which trace the development of the Eu...

    $1,460.00

  • LIBERIA AND THE DIALECTIC OF LAW
    SHANE CHALMERS
    It is the condition of modernity that an institution cannot depend on a god, tradition, or any other transcendental source to secure its foundations, which thereby come to rest upon – or rather in, and through – its subjects. Never wholly separated from its subjects, and yet never identical with them: this contradictory condition provides a way of seeing how modern law gives fo...

    $1,260.00

  • GENETIC TESTING AND THE CRIMINAL LAW
    DON CHALMERS
    Genetic Testing and the Criminal Law is a unique international treatment of the dynamic and established criminal investigation technique of DNA testing. Gathering together expert practitioners, judges and researchers from twelve countries, each chapter deals with the specific criminal law of the jurisdiction in its interaction with the expanding use of DNA testing in criminal i...

    $2,000.00

  • ADVANCED HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING
    FRANCESCO BANTERLE / ALESSANDRO ARTUSI / KURT DEBATTISTA / ALAN CHALMERS
    This book explores the methods needed for creating and manipulating HDR content. HDR is a step change from traditional imaging; more closely matching what we see with our eyes. In the years since the first edition of this book appeared, HDR has become much more widespread, moving from a research concept to a standard imaging method. This new edition incorporates all the many de...

    $1,280.00

  • COMMUNICATING WITH CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO FOUR YEARS
    DEBBIE CHALMERS
    Developing Children’s Communication from Birth to Four Years is an encouraging guide for practitioners and students working with young children in the Early Years Foundation Stage, which will also appeal to parents and family carers. Providing a clear outline of children’s needs, responses and abilities at each developmental stage, it guides the reader on: how to recognise and ...

    $740.00

  • ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY
    J. ALAN CHALMERS
    Atmospheric Electricity brings together numerous studies on various aspects of atmospheric electricity. This book is composed of 13 chapters that cover the main problems in the field, including the maintenance of the negative charge on the earth and the origin of the charges in thunderstorms. After a brief overview of the historical developments of atmospheric electricity, thi...

    $970.00

  • CREATING COMMUNITIES IN EARLY YEARS SETTINGS
    DEBBIE CHALMERS
    Creating Communities in Early Years Settings encourages and supports all early years practitioners who work with children and their families within the Early Years Foundation Stage. Offering advice, ideas and strategies for developing an early learning community, this book provides clear guidance and real world examples that show how practitioners can provide an excellent, incl...

    $1,060.00

  • LESS IS BETTER
    MALCOLM CHALMERS
    Despite the rise of ‘new’ security threats like terrorism, cyber-war and piracy, the terrible destructive power of nuclear weapons still hangs over the world. Discussion on further strategic nuclear arms reduction has tended to be dominated by the analysis of possible trade-offs between the US and Russia. But as the prospect of further cuts below ‘New START’ levels is contempla...

    $640.00

  • DRAMA 3-5
    DEBBIE CHALMERS
    Would you like to offer constructive, creative and exciting new dramatic learning experiences to the children in your setting? The importance of using drama to promote active and creative learning in the early years is widely recognised, and this fully updated second edition of Drama 3-5 will guide and inspire practitioners in all settings, allowing them to lead drama with conf...

    $820.00

  • SUPPLEMENTAL APOLOGY FOR BELIEVERS IN SHAKESPEARE PAPERS
    GEORGE CHALMERS
    First published in 1971. This is Volume 26 in the Eighteenth Century Shakespeare series. From the preface: At the time of the appearance of George Chalmers Apology (1797) it was rumoured that Malone intended a full reply; but whether tired of the controversy, unable to make enough capital of the defects in the Apology, or simply discreet, no such answer forthcame from the autho...

    $1,340.00

  • ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY
    J. ALAN CHALMERS
    Atmospheric Electricity, Second Edition provides a comprehensive discussion of the various aspects and areas of concern in atmospheric electricity. The book limits its concerns to the essential and unique topics that are relevant to the general problems in atmospheric electricity. The text first presents historical survey atmospheric electricity, and then proceeds to covering ...

    $1,249.00

  • FIDIC CONTRACTS: LAW AND PRACTICE
    ELLIS BAKER / BEN MELLORS / SCOTT CHALMERS / ANTHONY LAVERS
    FIDIC Contracts: Law and Practice is sure to become the leading industry standard guide to using the FIDIC forms, and is the only book to date which deals with the whole suites of contracts, including the new gold book for Design, Build and Operate projects. The White & Case work is outstanding in its detailed consideration and treatment of the legal aspects of the interpretati...

    $15,300.00

  • TEACHING FOR LEARNING AT UNIVERSITY
    DENISE CHALMERS / RICHARD FULLER
    This text looks at how university teachers can teach their students learning strategies. It describes how teachers can teach each strategy in their normal classes and encourage students to use the strategies in their own study time. It includes case studies. ...

    $1,240.00

  • THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP AGAINST WMD
    ALAN HEYES / WYN Q. BOWEN / HUGH CHALMERS
    The 9/11 terrorist attacks prompted a new urgency in efforts to deal with chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear proliferati on. The potential acquisition and use by terrorist groups of such weaponry was suddenly a much increased threat. The G8 Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction subsequently encouraged some twenty-two coun...

    $340.00

  • WHO'S WHO IN HELL
    ROBERT CHALMERS
    "A funny and exceptionally well-wrought romance that starts in disaster, ends in tragedy, and never loses sight of the manic and surreal in life" ( Kirkus Reviews).   Struggling writer Daniel Linnell is a charming, though hapless, young Londoner until he meets Laura, an unsettlingly feisty American who likes to go skydiving on weekends. In no time at all, Daniel finds himself f...

    $179.00

  • INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN JAPAN
    NORMA CHALMERS
    The conventional picture of industry and industrial relations in Japan is of a number of very large firms providing extremely attractive working conditions for their happy and contented workforce. Norma Chalmers shows that there is in fact another, very different side to the picture, which occurs in the the peripheral sector. Here, conditions are often poor, wages very low and ...

    $1,240.00

  • THE UNCONSCIOUS
    ALASDAIR CHALMERS MACINTYRE
    This edition includes a substantial new preface by the author, in which he discusses repression, determinism, transference, and practical rationality, and offers a comparison of Aristotle and Lacan on the concept of desire. MacIntyre takes the opportunity to reflect both on the reviews and criticisms of the first edition and also on his own philosophical stance. ...

    $920.00

  • EMERGING LESBIAN VOICES FROM JAPAN
    SHARON CHALMERS
    Lesbian Sexuality has remained largely ignored in Japan despite increasing exposure of disadvantaged minority groups, including gay men. This book is the first comprehensive academic exploration of contemporary lesbian sexuality in Japanese society. The author employs an interdisciplinary approach and this book will be of great value to those working or interested in the areas ...

    $1,460.00

  • MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF POLYMERS
    JOHN M. CHALMERS
    Written by expert contributors from the academic and industrial sectors, this book presents traditional and modern approaches to polymer characterization and analysis. The emphasis is on pragmatics, problem solving and property determination; real-world applications provide a context for key concepts. The characterizations focus on organic polymer and polymer product microstruc...

    $4,453.00

  • MICROBIOLOGY OF WATERBORNE DISEASES: MICROBIOLOGICAL ASPECTS AND RISKS
    PERCIVAL, STEVEN L. / YATES, MARYLYNN V. / WILLIAMS, DAVID / CHALMERS, RACHEL / GRAY, NICHOLAS
    The second edition of Microbiology of Waterborne Diseases describes the diseases associated with water, their causative agents and the ways in which they gain access to water systems. The book is divided into sections covering bacteria, protozoa, and viruses. Other sections detail methods for detecting and identifying waterborne microorganisms, and the ways in which they are re...

    $2,415.00

  • UNDERSTANDING COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
    MAGGIE MCGONIGLE-CHALMERS
    Understanding Cognitive Development provides a fresh, evidence-based research perspective on the story of children’s cognitive development in the first ten years of human life. Starting with a brief survey of the key theoretical positions that have come to define developmental psychology, the textbook then focuses on the different cognitive abilities as they emerge throughout e...

    $1,397.53

  • FORTUNE'S BASTARD
    ROBERT CHALMERS
    "A spontaneous seduction prompts a surreal chain of events in this raucous new novel . . . This is a wry, writhing tale about the forces that shape our fate." — Booklist   After his highly popular Who's Who in Hell, Robert Chalmers delivers his second novel, a painfully funny story of disaster and redemption that recalls Katherine Dunn's Geek Love.   One morning Edward Miller, ...

    $159.00

  • LA MENTE CONSCIENTE
    CHALMERS
    Agotado

    $870.00

  • QUE ES ESA COSA LLAMADA CIENCIA?
    F. CHALMERS ALAN
    Esta accesible exposición de los intentos científicos modernos por destronar el pensamiento empirista se ha convertido, en el transcurso de los últimos veinticinco años, en un éxito de ventas a la vez que el texto universitario de referencia, traducido a más de quince lenguas. Las grandes teorías de la Filosofía de la ciencia del siglo pasado ?el falsacionismo, los paradigmas d...
    Agotado

    $580.00