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  • MUSLIMS IN THE RUSSIAN ARMY
    FRANZISKA DAVIES
    Muslims in the Russian Army is the first comprehensive account of the tsarist army’s relationship to Muslim soldiers in late imperial Russia. When Russia mobilized her army in the summer of 1914 more than half a million of the soldiers recruited for the front were Muslims from the Volga-Ural region, that is present-day Tatarstan and Bashkortostan. They were the only ones among ...

    $1,240.00

  • DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND
    R. TREVOR DAVIES
    The author and acclaimed historian of this book, originally published in 1926, was a strong advocate for the use of original source documents in the study of history, maintaining that applying historical criticism to documents, and balancing one document against another was a process of ‘the highest educational value’. He compiled this volume with the aim of giving easy access ...

    $1,480.00

  • GETTING INTO SECONDARY TEACHING
    ANDY DAVIES
    This book is essential reading if you are considering making an application for secondary initial teacher education or preparing to begin your programme. It introduces you to a range of perspectives on teaching and teacher education and guides you through the application process to ensure you choose the training route that’s right for you to achieve a successful outcome. Key ch...

    $800.00

  • MAJOR AND SERIOUS CRIME INVESTIGATIONS
    RICHARD CARR / COLIN DAVIES
    This text explores the concept of major and serious crime investigations as it takes the reader through the fundamental elements of investigative theory and practice that are relevant to this area of criminality. Unlike other texts that concentrate on either bespoke areas of criminality such as homicide, terrorism or tends in concepts such as county lines, this book recognises ...

    $800.00

  • THE REGULATION OF GENDER STEREOTYPES IN ADVERTISING
    DAVID DAVIES
    This book provides an innovative and policy-oriented analysis of gender stereotypes in advertising regulation from a socio-legal perspective. Examining the law and policy of the European Union and three case studies in Sweden, Spain and the UK, the book draws on interviews, focus group data and desk research to critically assess the legislation and regulation on the use of gend...

    $1,240.00

  • URBAN DRAINAGE
    DAVID BUTLER / CHRISTOPHER DIGMAN / CHRISTOS MAKROPOULOS / JOHN W. DAVIES
    This new edition of a well-established textbook covers the health, environmental, and engineering aspects of the management of rainwater and wastewater in areas of human development. Urban Drainage deals comprehensively not only with the design of new systems but also with the analysis and upgrading of existing infrastructure. Keeping its balance of principles, practice, and re...

    $1,420.00

  • A LITTLE GUIDE FOR TEACHERS: DIFFERENTIATION AND ADAPTIVE TEACHING
    CAROLINE BENTLEY-DAVIES
    A Little Guide for Teachers: Differentiation and Adaptive Teaching seeks to support readers with one of the most challenging parts of teaching. Drawing upon the authors’ extensive teaching and training experience, this book references key research and offers an in-depth discussion on how teachers can meet the needs of each pupil. Offering hints and tips and ideas for the c...

    $250.70

  • SCIENCE 5-11
    KENDRA MCMAHON / ALAN HOWE / CHRIS COLLIER / SARAH EARLE / DAN DAVIES / DARREN MCKAY / KERRY-ANNE BARBER /  
    This fully updated fourth edition of the bestselling textbook Science 5-11 provides a comprehensive introduction to current research and professional practice for teaching science in the primary school. Chapters are organised into five sections, first introducing theory and practice, then providing specific guidance on teaching topics in biology, chemistry and physics, and fina...

    $780.00

  • THE HEART OF THE BIBLE
    JEANNIE B. THOMSON DAVIES
    Originally published in 1933, from the preface: “The aim of this particular venture is to present the writings now collected in the volume called the Bible in an order approaching that in which they came into being. The hope is that a considerable amount of both the Old and New Testaments may be read in a fresh setting, so that questions about inconsistencies in the Bible, or a...

    $960.00

  • THE HEART OF THE BIBLE
    JEANNIE B. THOMSON DAVIES
    Originally published in 1933, from the volume one preface: “The aim of this particular venture is to present the writings now collected in the volume called the Bible in an order approaching that in which they came into being. The hope is that a considerable amount of both the Old and New Testaments may be read in a fresh setting, so that questions about inconsistencies in the ...

    $960.00

  • THE HEART OF THE BIBLE
    JEANNIE B. THOMSON DAVIES
    Originally published in 1933, from the preface in volume one: “The aim of this particular venture is to present the writings now collected in the volume called the Bible in an order approaching that in which they came into being. The hope is that a considerable amount of both the Old and New Testaments may be read in a fresh setting, so that questions about inconsistencies in t...

    $960.00

  • GAIR O GYSUR
    ELIN ANGHARAD DAVIES
    A beautifully designed book which aims to provide comfort for those who are grieving or experiencing a difficult time in their lives. It contains original poems from her work and a number of other songs, generally contemporary poets, along with comforting sayings, adaptations of gardens and quotations from popular songs. ...

    $140.99

  • INTRODUCTORY IMMUNOBIOLOGY
    HUW DAVIES
    A brief treatment of immunobiology for second year undergraduates with little previous knowledge of the topic. The author illustrates molecular, biochemical and cellular phenomena with reference to all areas of zoology, including invertebrates, to draw out common themes and principles. ...

    $1,360.00

  • THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC
    JOHN BOOTH DAVIES
    What happens when we listen to music? Why are certain forms pleasing and others not? John Davies was both a psychologist and a talented musician and The Psychology of Music, originally published in 1978, explores the nature of man’s eternal need for, and love of, music. Drawing on current research in psychology and social psychology at the time, he explores the processes beneat...

    $960.00

  • USE OF GROUPS IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
    BERNARD DAVIES
    First Published in 1975, Use of Groups in Social Work Practice seeks to encourage caseworkers to use groups as an integral part of their professional practice and assumes that no one book could entirely meet this need. The present book adopts an interactionist approach. It discusses crucial themes like group work in the British social work tradition; the North American experien...

    $860.00

  • WHAT'S IN A NAME?
    C STELLA DAVIES / JOHN LEVITT
    First Published in 1970, What's in a Name is intended for the layman who feels some curiosity about local names and would like to know more about them- their history, the clues they hold to the life of the past, and the methods of discovering what they have to tell. Place-names can, as the authors of this book put it, ‘help to unravel the beginnings of English history’. Books o...

    $860.00

  • AMERICAN LABOUR
    ERNEST DAVIES
    First Published in 1943, American Labour presents a comprehensive story of the American trade union movement. The book discusses important themes like United States versus the workers; progress of unionization; labour and the new deal; industrial unions; behaviour of John L Lewis; labour and defence; the absence of a Labour Party in America and American labour after the war. Wi...

    $860.00

  • GHOSTS: A SOCIAL HISTORY, VOL 4
    OWEN DAVIES
    Reveals changing perceptions of ghosts at different social levels from the Reformation through to the twentieth century in Britain and America. This five-volume set focuses on the key published debates that emerged in each century, and illustrates the range of literary formats that reported or discussed ghosts. ...

    $1,480.00

  • GHOSTS: A SOCIAL HISTORY, VOL 1
    OWEN DAVIES
    Reveals changing perceptions of ghosts at different social levels from the Reformation through to the twentieth century in Britain and America. This five-volume set focuses on the key published debates that emerged in each century, and illustrates the range of literary formats that reported or discussed ghosts. ...

    $1,480.00

  • GHOSTS: A SOCIAL HISTORY, VOL 3
    OWEN DAVIES
    Reveals changing perceptions of ghosts at different social levels from the Reformation through to the twentieth century in Britain and America. This five-volume set focuses on the key published debates that emerged in each century, and illustrates the range of literary formats that reported or discussed ghosts. ...

    $1,480.00

  • GHOSTS: A SOCIAL HISTORY, VOL 2
    OWEN DAVIES
    Reveals changing perceptions of ghosts at different social levels from the Reformation through to the twentieth century in Britain and America. This five-volume set focuses on the key published debates that emerged in each century, and illustrates the range of literary formats that reported or discussed ghosts. ...

    $1,480.00

  • GHOSTS: A SOCIAL HISTORY, VOL 5
    OWEN DAVIES
    Reveals changing perceptions of ghosts at different social levels from the Reformation through to the twentieth century in Britain and America. This five-volume set focuses on the key published debates that emerged in each century, and illustrates the range of literary formats that reported or discussed ghosts. ...

    $4,500.00

  • OLD PEOPLE'S HOMES AND THE PRODUCTION OF WELFARE
    BLEDDYN DAVIES / MARTIN KNAPP
    In 1980 old people comprised over half the clients of Local Authority Social Services Departments and accounted for about half of their resources, yet until then residential care of the aged had been a backwater of both research and practice. During the 1970s a large research literature had developed on the subject, particularly in the United States. However, studies had been p...

    $840.00

  • THE ORGANISATION OF CRIME AND HARM IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
    JON DAVIES / HANNA MALIK
    Drawing on empirical work and secondary analysis from the UK and Finnish construction industries, this book contributes a deep-rooted analysis of construction industry harms that originate from corporate-industrialstate processes. The UK context arguably represents a classic ‘neoliberal’ system categorised by privatisation of services and minimal regulation, whereas Finland bro...

    $1,240.00

  • THE SOVIET UNION
    R. W. DAVIES
    The Soviet Union (1989) examines the state of the Soviet Union at the end of the 1980s. The Soviet Union claimed to offer a new social, economic and political order – a planned socialist system – and this book looks at the Soviet alternative and the extent of its success. It surveys the major components of Soviet society and examines the principal issues and debates that surrou...

    $840.00

  • AN INTRODUCTION TO PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF SPORT
    ADAM CULLINANE / GEMMA DAVIES / PETER O'DONOGHUE
    Performance analysis has become an essential tool for coaches, athletes, sports organisations and academic researchers. Collecting and interpreting performance data enables coaches to improve their training programmes, athletes to make better tactical decisions, sports organisations to manage teams more effectively and researchers to develop a better understanding of sports per...

    $1,260.00

  • SOUTH WALES RAILWAYS GALLERY
    STUART DAVIES
    At its peak, the South Wales railway network was one of the most complex in the world. Its primary purpose was to transport Coal from source to point of consumption or export via the various docks. To this was added the other raw materials necessary for making Iron and ultimately Steel, together with the respective products of that industry. True, there was no glory in this day...

    $329.00

  • ALCOHOL PROBLEMS AND ALCOHOL CONTROL IN EUROPE
    PHIL DAVIES / DERMOT WALSH
    The nature of alcohol problems is very diverse and the strategies adopted for minimising these vary even more. Thinking in the study of alcohol problems in the 1970s and early 1980s had focused on the public health perspective, seeking not only to lessen alcohol problems by controlling the availability of alcohol, but also to promote moderate drinking practices and to preserve ...

    $960.00

  • PRISONERS OF SOCIETY
    MARTIN DAVIES
    Prison is seen by most people as an inevitable part of the penal system, but there is a growing awareness that its effects on offenders are rarely beneficial and may be positively harmful. In Prisoners of Society, originally published in 1974, Martin Davies argued that there was still the need in society for a commitment, not to reform its deviant members, but to provide a comp...

    $840.00

  • THE ART OF DANCE COMPOSITION
    JENEFER DAVIES
    The Art of Dance Composition: Writing the Body is an introduction to modern dance composition, providing clear and structured approaches to designing and defining movement that demystify the creative process. The book introduces the concepts of creating authentic movement, processes for gathering and ordering compositional elements, and the ways in which theme, story, and desig...

    $1,120.00