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  • ASIA-PACIFIC SECONDARY STATES AS KINGMAKERS
    RICHARD J. COOK / MAXIMILIAN OHLE / ZHAOYING HAN
    Focusing on the Asia-Pacific region, Cook, Ohle and Han investigate the escalating strategic competition between China and the US. They explore the dynamics of key regional secondary states caught in the middle, namely Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and Vietnam, emphasising their crucial role as potential kingmakers in the shifting balance of power. China and the US are co...

    $1,240.00

  • THE UK ASSOCIATION OF SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER HANDBOOK OF SUPPORTIVE ONCOLOGY
    RICHARD BERMAN FRCP
    What does supportive oncology do that palliative care doesn’t already do? Answering that question forms part of the rationale behind this text. Supportive oncology is delivered across the whole cancer experience from diagnosis through treatment to post-treatment care, and so necessitates the involvement of most clinical specialties and many non-clinical services. Palliative car...

    $1,200.00

  • PROBABILITY, STATISTICS, AND RELIABILITY FOR ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS
    BILAL M. AYYUB / RICHARD H. MCCUEN
    Virtually every engineer and scientist must be able to collect, analyze, interpret, and properly use vast arrays of data. This means acquiring a solid foundation in the methods of data analysis and synthesis. Understanding the theoretical aspects is important, but learning to properly apply the theory to real-world problems is essential. The goal of this popular and proven book...

    $3,200.00

  • SILENT EXODUS—PARENTS' SILENT SUFFERING
    MATTHEW RICHARD SHELDON TODD
    The broad cultural phenomenon of youth dechurching is often accompanied by stories of broken-hearted parents. The objective of this book is to consider ways immigrant parents are impacted by generational assimilation and dechurching from ethno-religious communities. The original contribution of the book is in substantiating parents' experience from a spectrum of impacts. The au...

    $497.00

  • PSYCHOANALYTIC GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY
    RICHARD M. BILLOW
    In this comprehensive volume, Richard M. Billow provides a thorough introduction to group psychotherapy from a psychoanalytic perspective. Billow integrates contemporary psychoanalytic thinking with Freudian and Kleinian core concepts, as well as Bion’s early group theory and his later metapsychology, to provide a holistic overview of group therapy and its potential benefits fo...

    $640.00

  • THE FAMILY COURT IN PRACTICE
    RICHARD HARPER
    Written by an experienced former senior judge of the family court, this practical guide provides all students and practitioners working with children with a clear understanding of safeguarding good practice and the principles and proceedings of the family court. Where there is serious risk of harm, it examines how all involved in the community or family court proceedings can pl...

    $520.00

  • POETRY AND HEROISM
    RICHARD MCCOMBS
    Kierkegaard lamented that many people find life distressingly empty, devoid of consolation, and a cause for despair; and set out to provide a remedy to this malaise. As a "singular kind of poet and thinker," he employed a holistic approach, which he strikingly called "dialectical lyric," to the all-important question of how we should live. His poetic task is to praise ideals, a...

    $355.00

  • PAINTING AS A WAY OF LIFE
    RICHARD NEER
    Neer uncovers a key moment in the history of early modern art, when painting was understood to be a tool for self-transformation and for living a philosophical life.    In this wide-ranging study, Richard Neer shows how French painters of the seventeenth century developed radically new ways to connect art, perception, and ethics. Cutting across traditional boundaries of classic...

    $961.11

  • THE UNITED STATES AND THE LUSO-BRAZILIAN EMPIRES
    EARL RICHARD DOWNES
    This volume highlights factors that led to the onset of the U.S. presence within colonial Brazil’s mercantilist economy and then the independent Brazilian empire’s agricultural, scientific, religious and educational institutions. The book examines the interaction of U.S. businessmen, explorers, scientists, immigrants, missionaries, and educators with the dominant institutions o...

    $1,160.00

  • RULING ENGLAND 1042–1227
    RICHARD HUSCROFT
    Since its first publication in 2005, Ruling England has established itself as an authoritative account of English politics and the growth of royal power from 1042. Using chronicle and administrative records, it focuses on the aims and priorities of the kings of England and on how and why the systems which established and enhanced their authority developed during this period. It...

    $1,160.00

  • FROM BOARDING HOUSE TO BISTRO
    RICHARD PILLSBURY
    The quest for food to fill the body, and food to seduce the soul, has provided a catalyst for the exploding variety of restaurants in the United States. Mapping out the development of the great American restaurant, the author takes us on a nostalgic journey in From Boarding House to Bistro (originally published in 1990) through the history of a nation’s eating houses. From the ...

    $1,480.00

  • ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY
    RICHARD BENNETT / JOSEPH E. OLIVER
    This book offers a comprehensive overview of the central theoretical tenets of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), guidance on key practical applications of the approach, and reflection on the strategic issues inherent to the delivery of this psychological intervention. This thoroughly revised edition explains and demonstrates the range of acceptance, mindfulness, and beha...

    $580.00

  • AT THE EMPEROR'S PLEASURE
    RICHARD GRAHAM
    At the Emperors Pleasure follows the young couple Christopher and Topsy Man through the savage battle for Hong Kong and the years of enforced separation, she interned in Stanley Camp, Hong Kong, he as a prisoner of war and forced labourer in Kobe, Japan. The book is not about Christopher and Topsy Man alone but also of friends and colleagues close to them forced to endure the c...

    $255.99

  • A HISTORY OF THE GUARDS ARMOURED FORMATIONS 1941-1945
    CHARLES RICHARD TRUMPESS
    Although the Guards armored Division and its sister formation the 6th Guards (Tank) Brigade shared a common origin, they went on to forge quite different operational records. One of the units would be tarnished by its failures while the other was applauded for its successes. A month after VE Day, the two Guards’ armored formations would be reunited one last time before being of...

    $255.99

  • REIMAGINING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
    RICHARD J. BADHAM / BRENDA M. SANTIAGO
    This engaging and thought-provoking book offers a rich, multifaceted approach to mastering leadership and driving organizational change. With its extensive, playful and insightful use of cartoons, thought-provoking debriefs, and practical self-assessments, the book is designed to be not only a guide but an experience, turning the often-complex topics of leadership and change in...

    $580.00

  • FORENSIC BIOLOGY
    RICHARD LI
    Forensic Biology, Third Edition, provides students with a general understanding of forensic biology, particularly in forensic serology and forensic DNA analysis, and addresses rapid advancements in the field over the past few years. The book is divided into 26 chapters that are designed to be covered in a single-semester course for students majoring in forensic science, with th...

    $1,900.00

  • THE USE OF FORCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
    RICHARD M. HOUGH
    This text addresses the how, why, and when of utilizing force against citizens in a democracy. This second edition of the first true textbook on this topic offers students and instructors a balanced, research-based approach to understanding the use of force in law enforcement, as well as in corrections and juvenile justice settings. Hough includes features to reinforce key conc...

    $1,340.00

  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER PLANNING
    RICHARD H. MCCUEN
    Undergraduate students in almost all disciplines experience curricula dominated by technical foundations, but lacking many of the "soft" topics that the students will need in order to be fully prepared to practice professionally after graduation. Professional Development and Career Planning: Guidance for STEM Careers provides the information that will enable readers to develop ...

    $1,480.00

  • BRITAIN AND IRELAND FROM THE TREATY TO THE TROUBLES
    RICHARD CARR
    Using extensive and fresh archival material, this book places the relationship between the United Kingdom and Ireland after 1921 in a new light, encouraging us to rethink the dominant narrative of conflict and strife. While the work does not shy away from the clear points of dispute, it contends that these were far from the full story. Clearly, partition and the Troubles seen f...

    $1,140.00

  • THE AI GLOSSARY
    RICHARD KHAN
    Embark on a journey of clarity and discovery with "THE AI GLOSSARY: Demystifying 101 Essential Artificial Intelligence Terms for Everyone." In a world increasingly powered by AI and ML, understanding these technologies is no longer a luxury but a necessity. This book stands as your guide through the complex terrain of artificial intelligence terms, transforming the intricate in...

    $800.00

  • PANZER CREWMAN
    SIMON FORTY / RICHARD CHARLTON-TAYLOR
    “…great detailed shots and drawings for those looking for references in their models. Highly recommended for beginners to advanced builders.” -AMPS The German Panzerwaffe ripped up the rulebooks of war that had been laid down by the grinding slaughter of the trenches of World War I. Armored vehicles, close-air support, and bold leadership based on mission command, Auftragstakti...

    $229.99

  • 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

  • DON'T PUT US AWAY
    RICHARD KEAGAN-BULL
    A unique, honest and powerful account of what it is like to grow up with learning disabilities in the UK. An ordinary man has written an extraordinary book. Richard Keagan-Bull has learning disabilities. He struggles to read and write, but he has dictated his life story to his friend-turned-secretary Hazel Bradley. It is written exactly as he speaks – not necessarily grammatica...

    $540.00

  • AMBASSADORS IN CHAINS
    RICHARD B. STEELE
    Ambassadors in Chains is a study of four Christians from different eras who were imprisoned for taking stands against the policies and practices of their respective governments: Perpetua of Carthage (181-203), Maximus the Confessor (580-662), Thomas More (1478-1535), and Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968). All four wrote about the religious convictions for which they were incar...

    $515.00

  • AN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF MEXICO
    RICHARD J SALVUCCI
    After a turbulent modern history of conquest and colonialism, Mexico has developed as an economy that may be emerging but still displays significant levels of poverty, particularly in relation to its neighbor to the north, the United States. Drawing on archival data, decades of new Mexican historiography, and considering issues of political economy, this book explores how Mexic...

    $1,160.00

  • LEADING ORGANIZATIONS IN HAZARDOUS TIMES
    RICHARD ALFRED
    Does your organization have the capacity to respond to risk it has not anticipated or prepared for? Is its approach to risk explicit and understood by employees? Does it have a robust risk culture? Do employees take responsibility for managing risk? If your response to these questions is guarded or uncertain, this book will have value for you and your organization. Organization...

    $1,280.00

  • APPLYING LOCAL CLIMATE EFFECTS TO HOMICIDE INVESTIGATIONS
    RICHARD H. GRANT
    Applying Local Climate Effects to Homicide Investigation presents the concepts behind using local climate and weather records to enhance understanding of criminal cases. While sources of such local climate and weather information varies by country and regions, weather conditions are typically measured at airports or grassy areas as part of a national, regional, or state-wide ne...

    $1,620.00

  • SACRAMENTAL STREAMS
    RICHARD DAVENPORT
    The church has long seen baptism as one of the means by which God delivers his grace to his people. Many passages in the New Testament detail the value of baptism and indicate its status as one of the primary gifts God gives. At the same time, Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus indicates the benefits of baptism should already be evident. The early church understood this and saw...

    $337.00

  • FRENCH GRAMMAR AND USAGE
    RICHARD TOWELL / MARIE-NOËLLE LAMY / ROGER HAWKINS
    Long trusted as the most comprehensive, up‑to‑date, and user‑friendly grammar book available, French Grammar and Usage is a complete guide to French as it is written and spoken today. It includes clear descriptions of all the main grammatical phenomena of French and their uses, illustrated by numerous examples taken from contemporary French, and distinguishes the most common fo...

    $1,160.00

  • PRACTISING FRENCH GRAMMAR
    MARIE-NOËLLE LAMY / RICHARD TOWELL / ROGER HAWKINS
    Practising French Grammar, fifth edition, offers a set of varied and accessible exercises for developing a practical awareness of French as it is spoken and written today. Practising French Grammar provides concise summaries of key grammatical points at the beginning of each exercise, as well as model answers to the exercises and translations of difficult words. The lively exam...

    $1,100.00