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  • COLONISED MINDS
    AKIRA O′CONNOR / ERIN ROBBINS
    Psychology, as it is taught in the Global North, strives to be an objective science beyond reproach – but what happens when we examine the discipline critically, through an anti-colonial lens? This text pulls back the curtain on the existing canon to reveal the historical power structures that shaped the discipline, and examines the extent to which psychology today continues to...

    $425.94

  • RESTORATIVE JUSTICE TRIBUNAL
    ZACHARY SCOTT ROBBINS
    Learn how to implement a restorative justice approach that reduces suspension and expulsion rates, without compromising school safety and classroom order. Author Dr. Zachary Scott Robbins, who has turned around schools in Boston, Massachusetts, and Las Vegas, Nevada, explores the assumptions that underpin school policies that lead to high rates of suspensions and expulsions, es...

    $659.00

  • FUNCTIONAL LINEAR ALGEBRA
    HANNAH ROBBINS
    Linear algebra is an extremely versatile and useful subject. It rewards those who study it with powerful computational tools, lessons about how mathematical theory is built, examples for later study in other classes, and much more. Functional Linear Algebra is a unique text written to address the need for a one-term linear algebra course where students have taken only calculus....

    $2,300.00

  • THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF THE BIOARCHAEOLOGY OF CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
    GWEN ROBBINS SCHUG
    This handbook examines human responses to climatic and environmental changes in the past,and  their impacts on disease patterns, nutritional status, migration, and interpersonal violence. Bioarchaeology—the study of archaeological human skeletons—provides direct evidence of the human experience of past climate and environmental changes and serves as an important complement to p...

    $1,139.00

  • CHURCH-STATE RELATIONS
    THOMAS ROBBINS
    Encounters between agents of the state and religious organizations have been increasing throughout the world, thus the need to understand the relationships between religion and other major domains of life is increasingly important. In this comprehensive reader on church-state relations, scholars examine the connections between religion and political life from a comparative pers...

    $1,139.00

  • THE WORK OF PIERRE BOURDIEU
    DEREK ROBBINS
    This book seeks to offer a chronological account of the development of Pierre Bourdieu's thinking. It is intended to guide readers towards and through the original texts and attempts to represent the French meaning of Bourdieu, hence the concentration on the French chronology. ...

    $1,299.00

  • THE BRITISH HEGELIANS
    PETER ROBBINS
    Originally published in 1982, this volume examines the sources of British Hegelian thinking, the lines of its development and intellectual relationships among members of the school. The sources in this book include twentieth century Marxians who pioneered the move ‘back to Hegel’ such as Gramsci and Lukacs. It includes brief biographical entries of the principal British Hegelia...

    $899.00

  • CONSCIOUSNESS, LANGUAGE, AND SELF
    MICHAEL ROBBINS
    Consciousness, Language, and Self proposes that the human self is innately bilingual. Conscious mind includes two qualitatively distinct mental processes, each of which uses the same formal elements of language differently. The "mother tongue," the language of primordial consciousness, begins in utero and our second language, reflective symbolic thought, begins in infancy. Mich...

    $939.00

  • LIONEL ROBBINS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
    LIONEL ROBBINS
    Lionel Robbins (1898–1984) is best known to economists for his Essay on the Nature and Significance of Economic Science (1932 and 1935). To the wider public he is well known for the 'Robbins Report' of the 1960s on Higher Education, which recommended a major expansion of university education in Britain. However, throughout his academic career – at Oxford and the London School o...

    $1,059.00

  • THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN ECONOMIC THEORY
    CARL CONE / LIONEL ROBBINS
    The long paper which gives the title to this collection and which has never before been published as paperback was initially an attempt to promote international academic understanding. The Economics Department at the London School of Economics had arranged a colloquy between two groups of Russian and British economists; and where the author asked to contribute a general survey ...

    $1,199.00

  • UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH METHODS
    DONIJO ROBBINS
    Managers and administrators in the public-policy and nonprofit sectors rely heavily on analytical skills to quickly pore through a massive amount of research. They dissect it and apply specific, useful data that can inform critical policy changes and help them improve their organization’s overall performance and financial position. To master this vital role, it is imperative th...

    $2,800.00

  • HANDBOOK OF PUBLIC SECTOR ECONOMICS
    DONIJO ROBBINS
    The Handbook of Public Sector Economics builds an understanding of the role of public economics in public administration, public policy, and decision making. The handbook introduces a wide variety of current issues related to the public provision and production of goods and services. The volume documents the history of economics and fiscal doctrine, explores the theory of publi...

    $1,139.00

  • IN PURSUIT OF PRESTIGE
    THOMAS ROBBINS / CHARLES GOLDMAN
    By almost any measure, higher education is a vital part of the U.S. economy and society. Yet there is concern that the sector is inefficient or ill equipped to adapt to a changing environment. The information revolution, an aging population, demographic shifts, and a declining fiscal base all present it with major challenges.In Pursuit of Prestige describes the results of a two...

    $1,199.00

  • THE GREAT DEPRESSION
    STEPHEN LONGRIGG / LIONEL ROBBINS
    This book examines the nature and the causes of the 1929 depression, tracing its background and the broad conditions from which the depression emerged. As an infl uence on economic activity, Robbins sees World War I, and the political changes that followed it, as a series of shifts in the fundamental conditions of demand and supply, to which economic activity had to adapt. Th e...

    $1,199.00

  • RANCH HIDEOUT
    SANDRA ROBBINS
    In this inspirational romantic suspense, a witness in a criminal trial falls in love with the government agent assigned to protect her. A key witness in an impending criminal trial, Liz Madison Kennedy finds refuge at a friend’s ranch in rural Tennessee. But when she faces down an attacker in a parking lot, she fears her hideout location has been compromised. The handsome stran...

    $109.00

  • HOW TO BUILD COMMUNICATION SUCCESS IN YOUR SCHOOL
    KAREN DEMPSTER / JUSTIN ROBBINS
    This book provides a step-by-step guide to achieve best practice communication within schools. Communication is a critical component in building strong partnerships with parents, attracting and retaining the best teachers, building and protecting a school’s reputation and, ultimately, in ensuring that students can be at their best. Aligned to the National Standards of Excellenc...

    $779.00

  • AN ANTHROPOLOGY OF MONEY
    TIM DI MUZIO / RICHARD ROBBINS
    An Anthropology of Money: A Critical Introduction shows how our present monetary system was imposed by elites and how they benefit from it. The book poses the question: how, by looking at different forms of money, can we appreciate that they have different effects? The authors demonstrate how modern money requires perpetual growth, an increase in inequality, environmental devas...

    $999.00

  • SPORT, EXERCISE, AND PERFORMANCE PSYCHOLOGY
    JAMIE E. ROBBINS, PHD / LEILANI MADRIGAL, PHD
    This concise, engaging text, distinguished by its skillful integration of theory and practice, addresses the key principles of sport, exercise, and performance psychology. It reflects the broadening of sport psychology studies to encompass more widespread human performance research. Emphasizing practical applications of theory, the book helps students interested in pursuing a c...

    $1,862.00

  • BRITISH GENERALSHIP DURING THE GREAT WAR
    SIMON ROBBINS
    Following the career of one relatively unknown First World War general, Lord Horne, this book adds to the growing literature that challenges long-held assumptions that the First World War was a senseless bloodbath conducted by unimaginative and incompetent generals. Instead it demonstrates that men like Horne developed new tactics and techniques to deal with the novel problems ...

    $1,299.00

  • GREAT BRITAIN
    KEITH ROBBINS
    This is a timely exploration of national identity in Great Britain over nine hundred years of history. Our attitudes to the nation state are changing - national assemblies in Scotland and Wales and growing pressures for regional assemblies. In his vigorous new survey, Professor Robbins provides the background to these changing attitudes. He considers the development as well as ...

    $1,399.00

  • THE EMPIRICAL SCIENCE OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
    MANDY ROBBINS
    The Empirical Science of Religious Education draws together a collection of innovative articles in the field of religious education which passed the editorial scrutiny of Professor Robert Jackson over the course of his impactful fourteen year career as editor of the British Journal of Religious Education. These articles have made an enormous contribution to the international li...

    $1,059.00

  • DARWIN AND THE BIBLE
    RICHARD H. ROBBINS / MARK NATHAN COHEN
    For courses in evolution, creationism or as a supplemental item in biology and/or biological anthropology courses. Darwin and the Bible helps readers to understand the nature, history and passions behind the debate over scientific and religious versions of creation and human origins. Darwin and the Bible: The Cultural Confrontation is about the history and nature of the dispute...

    $1,099.00

  • PEER COACHING TO ENRICH PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE, SCHOOL CULTURE, AND STUDENT LEARNING
    PAM ROBBINS
    How can educators work together more effectively to improve professional practice in a way that enhances student performance? The answer, says author Pam Robbins, involves combining collaborative activities and peer coaching—teachers supporting teachers. This book describes how any school can implement these proven practices and experience positive changes in teaching, school c...

    $497.00

  • CULTURAL RELATIVISM AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
    DEREK ROBBINS
    "The political and academic worlds are fractured by two competing discourses: the universalism of human rights and cultural relativism. This fracture is represented by the deep separation of cultural analysis and theories of international politics. Derek Robbins in a brilliant interrogation of European thinkers from Montesquieu to Pierre Bourdieu seeks to replace cultural relat...

    $411.85

  • RURAL LIFE AND RURAL CHURCH
    LESLIE J. FRANCIS / MANDY ROBBINS
    The essays brought together here present a broad assessment of the serious issues facing rural life and the rural church today. The authors are drawn from the Anglican, Baptist, Methodist and Pentecostal Churches. The essays explore a wide range of biblical, theological, sociological, and historical concerns and topics. Throughout, the book is informed by a spirit of listening ...

    $1,039.00

  • A SYMPHONY IN THE BRAIN
    JIM ROBBINS
    A “fascinating overview” of neurofeedback and its potential benefits for treating depression, autism, epilepsy, and other conditions (Discover).   Since A Symphony in the Brain was first published, the scientific understanding of our bodies, brains, and minds has taken remarkable leaps. From neurofeedback with functional magnetic resonance imaging equipment, to the use of radio...

    $229.00

  • THE ECLIPSE OF A GREAT POWER
    KEITH ROBBINS
    Covers both the expansion and the decline of the British Empire and the reasons behind this sudden eclipse in power. ...

    $1,799.00

  • THE POWER OF SPIRITUALITY IN THERAPY
    PETER A KAHLE / JOHN M ROBBINS
    Factor your clients' religious beliefs into their therapy! A recent Gallup poll found that nearly two-thirds of Americans surveyed said they would prefer to receive counseling from a therapist who is religious. The Power of Spirituality in Therapy: Integrating Spiritual and Religious Beliefs in Mental Health Practice addresses the apprehensions many clinicians have when it come...

    $999.00

  • SCOTT JOPLIN
    NANCY R. PING ROBBINS
    First Published in 1998. This book is the first resource guide to published materials on Scott Joplin and encompasses a wide variety of items having to do with the man, his Iife, his music, and his influence on ragtime throughout the twentieth century. This guide includes articles and listings on festivals, concerts, clubs or societies, individual performers, performing groups,...

    $1,279.00

  • CHURCHILL
    KEITH ROBBINS
    Keith Robbins provides an excellent introduction to Winston Churchill's dramatic rise to power and traces the unpredictable way his career moved between triumph and tragedy. Providing a vivid picture of the political landscapes through which he moved, it outlines his career and uncovers what made possible Churchill's leading role in national and world affairs.  ...

    $1,139.00


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