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  • CREATION IN THE BIBLICAL TRADITIONS
    RICHARD J. CLIFFORD SJ / JOHN J. COLLINS
    This book brings together a series of informative essays on the theme of Creation in various Biblical traditions. They include Bernard Batto's "Creation Theology in Genesis"; Robert Di Vito's "The Demarcation of Divine and Human Realms in Genesis 2-11"; Richard Clifford's "Creation in Psalms"; James Crenshaw's "When Form and Content Clash: The Theology of Job 38:1-40:5"; Gale Y...

    $444.00

  • FOLSOM TECHNOLOGY AND LIFEWAYS
    JOHN E. CLARK / MICHAEL B. COLLINS
    This volume is an extensive collection of chapters discussing Folsom artifacts and sites, as well as innovative experiments undertaken to understand Folsom technology and lifeways. Public and private collections of Folsom artifacts were brought together with professional and amateur lithic analysts and knappers in an attempt to determine how the ancient stone tools were made an...

    $1,380.00

  • THE RADIO HANDBOOK
    JOHN COLLINS / ARRAN BEE
    Updated and revised, the fourth edition of The Radio Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the medium of radio and the radio industry in the UK. Featuring new chapters on social media and podcasting, this book offers a thorough breakdown of the knowledge and skills needed to work within the contemporary radio industry. Using examples, case studies and transcripts, it examines th...

    $1,320.00

  • U.S. DEFENSE PLANNING
    JOHN M COLLINS
    Superior defense plans fuse political, economic, military, technological, and sociological power in ways that cover state interests, while conserving resources to the greatest prudent extent. Poor products can increase costs without reducing risks, because forces and funds that support slipshod schemes often fail to furnish security. This critical appraisal of the U.5. defense ...

    $1,200.00

  • HR MANAGEMENT IN THE FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORY
    JOHN M. COLLINS
    HR Management in the Forensic Science Laboratory: A 21st Century Approach to Effective Crime Lab Leadership introduces the profession of forensic science to human resource management, and vice versa. The book includes principles of HR management that apply most readily, and most critically, to the practice of forensic science, such as laboratory operations, staffing and assignm...

    $1,329.00

  • PROBLEM SOLVING FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS
    JOHN MICHAEL COLLINS
    While most healthcare facilities have an extremely high success rate at the most challenging lifesaving work and we all know of friends and relatives who have had supreme care, mistakes are still made and patients’ lives have been put at risk and lost. How often have we heard politicians say after some disastrous report, "Lessons must be learned", but what does this really mean...

    $1,040.00

  • AN ANALYSIS OF ADAM SMITH'S THE WEALTH OF NATIONS
    JOHN COLLINS
    Adam Smith’s 1776 Inquiry into The Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations – more often known simply as The Wealth of Nations – is one of the most important books in modern intellectual history. Considered one of the fundamental works of classical economics, it is also a prime example of the enduring power of good reasoning, and the ability of reasoning to drive critical thi...

    $179.00

  • SOCIAL AND CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS IN GLOBAL STUDIES
    EVE STODDARD / JOHN COLLINS
    From the Foundations in Global Studies series, this text offers students a fresh, comprehensive, multidisciplinary entry point to the study of the social and cultural aspects of global studies. After a brief introduction to global studies, the early chapters of the book survey the key concepts and processes of globalization as well as a critical look at the meaning and role glo...

    $1,420.00

  • HOMELESSNESS, HEALTH CARE AND WELFARE PROVISION
    FISCHER, KEVIN / COLLINS, DR JOHN
    Homelessness, Health Care and Welfare Provision is the first known publication in which service providers examine the particular difficulties encountered by homeless people in gaining access to healthcare, both in Britain and the US. Specific chapters examine the complex issue of mental health and homelessness, responses to single homeless people with drink-related problems and...

    $1,380.00

  • APOCALYPTICISM IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
    JOHN J. COLLINS
    Since the photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls were released in 1992, there has been an explosion of interest in them. This volume explores the issue of apocalypticism in the Scrolls; how the notions of the 'end', Messianic expectation and eternal life affected the Dead Sea sect, influenced Judaism and filtered into Christianity. Collins' volume provides a valuable and accessibl...

    $1,160.00

  • AN ANALYSIS OF MILTON FRIEDMAN'S THE ROLE OF MONETARY POLICY
    NICK BROTEN / JOHN COLLINS
    Milton Friedman was one of the most influential economists of all time – and his ideas had a huge impact on the economic policies of governments across the world. A key theorist of capitalism and its relationship to democratic freedoms, Friedman remains one of the most cited authorities in both academic economics and government economic policy. His work remains striking not jus...

    $179.00

  • AN ANALYSIS OF JOHN MAYNARD KEYNE'S THE GENERAL THEORY OF EMPLOYMENT, INTEREST AND MONEY
    JOHN COLLINS
    John Maynard Keynes’s 1936 General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money is a perfect example of the global power of critical thinking. A radical reconsideration of some of the founding principles and accepted axioms of classical economics at the time, it provoked a revolution in economic thought and government economic policies across the world. Unsurprisingly, Keynes’s clo...

    $179.00

  • HAZARDS, RISKS AND, DISASTERS IN SOCIETY
    COLLINS, ANDREW E. / SAMANTHA, JONES / MANYENA, BERNARD / JAYAWICKRAMA, JANAKA / SHRODER, JOHN F.
    Hazards, Risks, and Disasters in Society provides analyses of environmentally related catastrophes within society in historical, political and economic contexts. Personal and corporate culture mediates how people may become more vulnerable or resilient to hazard exposure. Societies that strengthen themselves, or are strengthened, mitigate decline and resultant further exposure ...

    $1,907.00

  • FELA
    JOHN COLLINS
    "A vibrant and multifaceted portrait of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti . . . and his role as a giant of modern African music." —Michael E. Veal, author of Dub Fela: Kalakuta Notes is an evocative account of Fela Kuti—the Afrobeat superstar who took African music into the arena of direct action. With his antiestablishment songs, he dedicated himself to Pan-Africanism and th...

    $229.00

  • WEST AFRICAN POPULAR THEATRE
    KARIN BARBER / JOHN COLLINS / ALAIN RICARD
    " . . . a ground-breaking contribution to the field of African literature . . . " —Research in African Literatures "Anyone with the slightest interest in West African cultures, performance or theatre should immediately rush out and buy this book." —Leeds African Studies Bulletin "A seminal contribution to the fields of performance studies, cultural studies, and popular culture....

    $229.00