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  • THE ROUTLEDGE DICTIONARY OF NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
    DAVID B. GIVENS / JOHN WHITE
    Every day, the human awakes to a new world, a new dawn and a new cascade of nonverbal communication. It may be the pleasant scent of a rose, the soft touch of a loved one, the sight of sun rays on a bedroom floor or the excited chatter of a child. Whatever form it takes, your environment and all who inhabit it send nonverbal signals all day long – even while they sleep. The Rou...

    $779.00

  • SPORT AND SPIRITUALITY
    R. SCOTT KRETCHMAR / ‎JOHN B. WHITE
    This comprehensive volume explores the interface between sport and religion, or more broadly, sport and spirituality. While most of the contributions come from Western and Christian traditions, the volume raises broader questions about the kinds of impact that spirituality can and should have on sport, and equally, that sport can and should have on spirituality. The authors put...

    $1,099.00

  • A LEVEL FILM STUDIES
    SARAH CASEY BENYAHIA / JOHN WHITE
    This essential book covers the key areas for A Level Film Studies students, building confidence through a careful, step-by-step approach. The first part of the book establishes a basic understanding of the grounding of film analysis in the various elements of film construction, mise en scène, cinematography, editing, sound and performance, developing the knowledge students have...

    $979.00

  • ATLANTA POP IN THE '50S, '60S & '70S
    ANDY LEE WHITE / WILLIAMS M JOHN
    Discover the people and places that made Atlanta the pop music capital of the United States in the second half of the twentieth century. Former DJ Bill Lowery attracted a galaxy of talent and created an empire of music publishing, production and promotion. In 1956, the Lowery Music Company had its first million copy-selling hit single with “Be-Bop-a-Lula,” by Gene Vincent. Unde...

    $229.00

  • HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT
    JOHN WHITE
    At a time when our knowledge and understanding of health and safety at work is at its highest, statistics show that ongoing improvements in accident rates and time taken off work due to injury and ill-health are stagnating. Alongside the fact that around 80% of accidents can be attributed to human error, there is also increasing concern that modern-world issues of mental and ph...

    $1,659.00

  • STILL SEEING RED
    JOHN KENNETH WHITE
    In Still Seeing Red, John Kenneth White explores how the Cold War molded the internal politics of the United States. In a powerful narrative backed by a rich treasure trove of polling data, White takes the reader through the Cold War years, describing its effect in redrawing the electoral map as we came to know it after World War II. The primary beneficiaries of the altered lan...

    $899.00

  • PARTY ON!
    JOHN WHITE / MATTHEW KERBEL
    Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson laid the foundations for today's political debates between Democrats and Republicans. Hamilton believed that freedom must be married with a strong central government and especially an energetic president, while Jefferson believed freedom derived from local civic virtues. Throughout history, Democrats and Republicans have chosen sides in t...

    $999.00

  • EUROPEAN ART CINEMA
    JOHN WHITE
    European art cinema includes some of the most famous films in cinema history. It is elite filmmaking that stands in direct opposition to popular cinema; and yet, it also has an intimate relationship with Hollywood. This guidebook sketches successive phases of art cinema in Europe from its early beginnings of putting Shakespeare’s plays on the screen, through movements such as E...

    $659.00

  • WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY?
    JOHN WHITE
    As the 2016 election campaign attests, the Grand Old Party—once moderate and even magnanimous—has fallen into a prison of its own making when it comes to presidential politics. After the debacle of the George W. Bush presidency and the rout of the Romney candidacy, Republicans said they must broaden their base, become more inclusive, and return to the warmth of Reagan idealism....

    $999.00

  • A HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADERSHIP
    JOHN WHITE / BRUCE J. DIERENFIELD
    The story of black emancipation is one of the most dramatic themes of American history, covering racism, murder, poverty and extreme heroism. Figures such as Malcolm X and Martin Luther King are the demigods of the freedom movements, both film and household figures. This major text explores the African-American experience of the twentieth century with particular reference to si...

    $1,099.00

  • THE CLASSROOM X-FACTOR: THE POWER OF BODY LANGUAGE AND NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION IN TEACHING
    JOHN WHITE / JOHN GARDNER
    Why is it that some teachers have a kind of magical charisma and charm which sets them apart from their peers? This book gives us a fresh and exciting answer – They have the classroom X-Factor! White and Gardner’s gripping text, The Classroom X Factor, examines the notion of having what the public has come to call the ‘X-Factor’ from the perspective of the teacher, offering fas...

    $859.00

  • WET BRITCHES AND MUDDY BOOTS
    JOHN H. WHITE
    “Succeeds admirably as an introductory survey of the early American travel experience”—from the National Book Award-nominated author (Journal of Transport History).   What was travel like in the 1880s? Was it easy to get from place to place? Were the rides comfortable? How long did journeys take? Wet Britches and Muddy Boots describes all forms of public transport from canal bo...

    $229.00

  • ORGANIC CHEMISTRY OF MUSEUM OBJECTS
    JOHN MILLS / RAYMOND WHITE
    'The Organic Chemistry of Museum Objects' makes available in a single volume, a survey of the chemical composition, properties and analysis of the whole range of organic materials incorporated into objects and artworks found in museum collections. The authors cover the fundamental chemistry of the bulk materials such as wood, paper, natural fibres and skin products, as well as ...

    $2,800.00

  • TOWARDS A COMPULSORY CURRICULUM
    JOHN WHITE
    Written prior to the introduction of the national curriculum, this volume argued for precisely that: a broad framework of a compulsory education at national level for all schools. The author considers the question of the content of his proposed compulsory curriculum in terms of principles derived from a fundamental ethical position and from an analysis of kinds of human activit...

    $1,299.00

  • EXPLORING WELL-BEING IN SCHOOLS
    JOHN PETER WHITE
    Can we teach others how to lead a fulfilling life? The notion of personal well-being has recently shot up the political and educational agendas, placing the child's well-being at the heart of the school’s task. With his renowned talent for distilling the most complex of philosophical arguments into accessible laymen's terms, John White addresses the maze of issues surrounding w...

    $979.00

  • WESTERNS
    JOHN WHITE
    It is a common assertion that the history of America is written in its Westerns, but how true is this? In this guidebook John White discusses the evolution of the Western through history and looks at theoretical and critical approaches to Westerns such as genre analysis, semiotics, representation, ideology, discourse analysis, narrative, realism, auteur and star theory, psychoa...

    $659.00

  • PHILOSOPHERS AS EDUCATIONAL REFORMERS (INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION VOLUME 10)
    PETER GORDON / JOHN WHITE
    This volume assesses how far the ideas and achievements of the 19th century British Idealist philosophical reformers are still important for us today when considering fundamental questions about the structure and objectives of the education system in England and Wales. Part 1 examines those ideas of the Idealists, especially T. H. Green, which had most bearing on the educationa...

    $4,600.00

  • THE AIMS OF EDUCATION RESTATED (INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION VOLUME 22)
    JOHN WHITE
    John White's study is the most substantial work on what the aims of education should be since Whitehead's Aims of Education of 1929. It draws on material not only from schools and colleges, but also from the broader educative or miseducative nature of the 'ethos' of society and some of its major institutions. Sifting the different views about aims which are now prevalent and ci...

    $1,379.00

  • FIFTY KEY AMERICAN FILMS
    WHITE, JOHN / HAENNI, SABINE
    Fifty Key American Films explores and contextualises some of the most important films ever made in the United States. With case studies from the early years of cinema to the present day, this comprehensive Key Guide provides accessible analyses from a range of theoretical perspectives. This chronologically ordered volume includes coverage of: Citizen Kane Casablanca Psycho Taxi...

    $799.00

  • INTELLIGENCE, DESTINY AND EDUCATION
    JOHN WHITE
    The nature of intelligence and how it can be measured has occupied psychologists, educationalists, biologists and philosophers for hundreds of years. However, there has been little investigation into the rise of the traditional dominant educational ideology that intelligence and IQ have innate limits and are unchanging and unchangeable. This book traces the roots of this mind s...

    $1,379.00

  • THE CHILD'S MIND
    JOHN WHITE
    How does a child's mind work? And what should parents know about it to help them in their daily interaction with children? This book is a fascinating, non-technical introduction to the mental life of the child. Written in a simple, accessible way for those without an academic background in philosophy, the book explores and explains key elements of the child's mind without overw...

    $999.00

  • PCR PROTOCOLS: A GUIDE TO METHODS AND APPLICATIONS
    INNIS, MICHAEL A. / GELFAND, DAVID H. / SNINSKY, JOHN J. / WHITE, THOMAS J.
    The correct procedures you need for frustration-free PCR methods and applications are contained in this complete, step-by-step, clearly written, inexpensive manual.Key Features* This first-rate guide will help you* Avoid contamination--with specific instructions on setting up your lab* Avoid cumbersome molecular biological techniques* Discover new applications* Simply call our ...

    $928.00

  • ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA IN LABORATORY ANIMALS
    KOHN, DENNIS F. / WIXSON, SALLY K. / WHITE, WILLIAM J. / BENSON, G. JOHN
    Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals focuses entirely on the special anesthetic, analgesic, and postoperative care requirements associated with experimental surgery. Sponsored by the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine, this informative work provides the reader with agents, methods, and techniques for anesthesia and analgesia that ensure humane and successf...

    $1,768.00

  • FACTORS BEHIND THE UKRAINIAN EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY SURGE FROM 1989 TO 1999
    JOHN EDWARD WHITE
    Throughout its history, the Soviet Union was one of the most closed places in the world to missionary work. As perestroika came in the late 1980s and the Soviet Union fell in 1991, a spiritual vacuum formed as massive numbers of people became interested in Christianity. An unprecedented freedom allowed evangelicals to engage in missionary work. Much has been written about fore...

    $639.00

  • THE MILK COWS
    JOHN F. WHITE
    “A comprehensive look at the German submarine tanker program during World War II . . . engaging.” —The NYMAS Review  During the Second World War the Germans developed a specially adapted U-boat oil tanker with two aims. First, by refueling the attack U-boat fleet their range of operations and duration of patrol could be significantly increased. Secondly, these underwater tanker...

    $129.00

  • SECURITY RISK ASSESSMENT: MANAGING PHYSICAL AND OPERATIONAL SECURITY
    WHITE, JOHN M.
    Security Risk Assessment is the most up-to-date and comprehensive resource available on how to conduct a thorough security assessment for any organization. A good security assessment is a fact-finding process that determines an organization’s state of security protection. It exposes vulnerabilities, determines the potential for losses, and devises a plan to address these secur...

    $636.00

  • HYGIENE IN FOOD PROCESSING: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
    LELIEVELD, HUUB / MOSTERT, M A / WHITE, B / HOLAH, JOHN
    A high standard of hygiene is a prerequisite for safe food production, and the foundation on which HACCP and other safety management systems depend. Edited and written by some of the world's leading experts in the field, and drawing on the work of the prestigious European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group (EHEDG), Hygiene in food processing provides an authoritative and com...

    $3,560.00

  • MANAGING GLOBAL BUSINESS STRATEGIES: A TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY PERSPECTIVE
    MCMANUS, JOHN T / WHITE, DON / BOTTEN, NEIL
    Aimed at key decision makers and those responsible for global strategy, this book is about changing markets and the complexity of undertaking business in a fast paced technological and knowledge based age in a dynamic and strategic context. Trends show a renaissance in entrepreneurial activity that is fuelling innovation particularly in the so called BRIC nations of Brazil, Rus...

    $890.00

  • MACHINE LEARNING FOR HACKERS
    DREW CONWAY / JOHN MYLES WHITE
    If you’re an experienced programmer interested in crunching data, this book will get you started with machine learning—a toolkit of algorithms that enables computers to train themselves to automate useful tasks. Authors Drew Conway and John Myles White help you understand machine learning and statistics tools through a series of hands-on case studies, instead of a traditional m...

    $427.00

  • MACHINE LEARNING FOR EMAIL
    DREW CONWAY / JOHN MYLES WHITE
    If you’re an experienced programmer willing to crunch data, this concise guide will show you how to use machine learning to work with email. You’ll learn how to write algorithms that automatically sort and redirect email based on statistical patterns. Authors Drew Conway and John Myles White approach the process in a practical fashion, using a case-study driven approach rather ...

    $200.00


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